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Rating: Rated R (for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture throughout, and for language) Running time: 95 mins.
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THE CAST
Jigsaw/John………………………………………………….…...... Tobin Bell Agent Strahm…………………………………………………………….....Scott Patterson Jill………………………………………………………….…………………Betsy Russell Hoffman………………………………………………...... Costas Mandylor Rigg…………………...……………………………………..………………… Lyriq Bent Art………………………………………………………………..…………….Justin Louis Agent Perez……………………………………………………...………..Athena Karkanis Lamanna……………………………………………………….………….Simon Reynolds Fisk………………………………………………………………………..…..Mike Realba Ivan…………………………………………………………………………..Marty Adams Brenda……………………………………………………………………….Sarain Boylan Cecil………………………………………………………………….…………..Billy Otis Corbett………………………………………………………………………Niamh Wilson Vagrant………………………………………………………………..……Julian Richings
THE FILMMAKERS
Directed by..………………………………………………………..Darren Lynn Bousman Screenplay by…….…………………………………... Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan Story by…………………………..Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan and Thomas Fenton Produced by ..…………………………………………………………….. Gregg Hoffman …………………………………………………………………………….. Oren Koules ………………………………………………………………………………... Mark Burg Executive Producers………………………………………………….Daniel Jason Heffner …………………….…………………………………………………………....James Wan …………………………………………………………………………... Leigh Whannell ……………………………………………………………………………...... Stacey Testro Executive Producers……...…………………………………………………… Peter Block …………………………………………………………………………Jason Constantine Director of Photography ……………………………………………David A. Armstrong Production Designer…………………………………………………………..David Hackl Editors..…………………………………………………………………….Kevin Greutert ……………………………………………………………………………….Brett Sullivan Music by…………………………………………………………………...Charlie Clouser Costume Designer………………………………………………………….Alex Kavanagh Casting…………………………………………………...Stephanie Gorin, C.S.A., C.D.C.
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3 SYNOPSIS
Jigsaw and his apprentice Amanda are dead.
Upon the news of Detective Kerry's murder, two seasoned FBI profilers, Agent Strahm (Scott Patterson) and Agent Perez (Athena Karkanis), arrive at the depleted police precinct and help veteran Detective Hoffman (Costas Mandylor) sift through Jigsaw's latest grisly game of victims and piece together the puzzle. But then SWAT Commander Rigg (Lyriq Bent), the only local officer who has yet to experience Jigsaw’s (Tobin Bell) handiwork, is suddenly abducted. Thrust into the madman's harrowing game, he has but 90 minutes to overcome a diabolical series of interconnected traps...or face the deadly consequences.
Rigg's citywide pursuit leaves a wake of dead bodies, and Detective Hoffman and the FBI uncover long hidden clues that lead them back to Jigsaw's ex-wife Jill (Betsy Russell). The genesis of Jigsaw's evil is unveiled, exposing the puppet master's true intentions and the sinister plan for his past, present and future victims.
SAW IV is directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II, SAW III). The screenplay is by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan, from a story by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan and Thomas Fenton. The producers are Gregg Hoffman, Oren Koules and Mark Burg. The film is executive produced by Daniel Jason Heffner, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, Stacey Testro, Peter Block and Jason Constantine.
4 ABOUT THE SAW FRANCHISE
“What the fuck is going on? Where am I?”
Those words, uttered two minutes into 2004’s SAW, express the primal emotions – the hopeless confusion, the awful sense of powerlessness and sheer, panic-stricken terror – that lie at the heart of Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures’ SAW franchise; emotions that are a key to its phenomenal success. The SAW films follow the machinations of Jigsaw, a terminally ill cancer patient with an exacting moral agenda and a genius for gruesome games of survival, “played” with those he believes have ceased to value and appreciate the gift of life. Ratcheting up tension and invention with each successive film, the SAW franchise has touched a chord while jangling millions of nerves worldwide. It has picked up the baton from classic horror series such as HALLOWEEN and NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET to become a cultural touchstone, as well as the most profitable horror franchise, both theatrically and on DVD, in movie history. To date, the three SAW titles have taken in over $400 million in worldwide theatrical box office and their combined net DVD sales exceed 13 million units. The franchise has helped make Lionsgate the leading studio for horror today, with #1 rankings in box office and DVD consumer spending. SAW made its world premiere at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival as part of the Festival’s popular “Park City at Midnight” program. Festival Director Geoffrey Gilmore, who programs the annual event, recalls that he was impressed by the first-time filmmakers’ command of both form and theme. “SAW grabbed the viewer from the first frame; it was bold, cleverly constructed and flat-out terrifying,” he comments. “But what really set SAW apart was its moral seriousness. This movie didn’t just want to scare you, it wanted to make you think about what you would do to stay alive. In today’s world, that is not a trivial thing to contemplate -- either as an individual or as a member of society.” As the SAW series has continued, the films have tunneled further into Jigsaw’s beliefs and worldview. Says Leigh Whannell, who created the original story with director
5 James Wan and wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for SAW, SAW II and SAW III, “Jigsaw’s cancer has led him to think very hard about what it means to be alive and how close we are to death at any given time. But he’s not someone who stops with a simple ‘carpe diem’ and a trip to Europe. The concept of life’s value becomes a springboard to look at other personal moral choices, like forgiveness versus retribution. Jigsaw keeps digging into these issues, which become grist for his games. And as twisted as the games are, his intention is to help people. Between his philosophical bent and his sick take on altruism, I like to think Jigsaw is somewhat unique in the horror universe.” The SAW franchise has been part of a wave of horror films that have drawn favorable comparisons to the independent horror cinema of the 1970s, a connection highlighted in a Summer 2007 series at New York’s Museum of the Moving Image, entitled “It’s Only a Movie: Horror Films from the 1970s and Today.” The six-weekend retrospective drew a thru-line between films like Wes Craven’s LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972) and Tobe Hooper’s TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974), which shocked audiences of their day with envelope-pushing gore and disturbing explorations of human behavior; and the films of the SAW age, including Darren Lynn Bousman’s SAW II, which contain images and stories that have left today’s viewers just as stunned and terrified -- and eager for more -- as the moviegoers of the 1970s. “It’s Only a Movie” presented double features that paired films from each era, with SAW II sharing a bill with Stanley Kubrick’s A CLOCKWORK ORANGE. Announcing the series in June 2007, the Museum’s Chief Curator, David Schwartz said, “These movies are of considerable aesthetic and cultural interest, clearly reflecting the fears of contemporary lives…. Of course we are aware that these films contain disturbing, often shocking images, but they are powerful precisely because they tap into our deepest anxieties.” Assistant Curator Livia Bloom also weighed in. “The filmmakers in this series use the horror genre as a commercial framework to make smart, often subversive films. Their work examines deep psychological concerns, and comments on social and political issues of the day.” Bloom noted that in SAW’s “startling scenes of torture,” she found “reflections of a life during a time of war and turmoil.”
6 The thematic and stylistic consistency of the SAW series owes much to the stewardship and participation of a core team, including SAW originators James Wan and Leigh Whannell; writer/director Darren Lynn Bousman, who joined the team with SAW II; producers Oren Koules, Mark Burg and the late Gregg Hoffman; and executive producers Stacey Testro, Peter Block and Jason Constantine. The key creative team has been with the series from the start, and includes director of photography David Armstrong; production designer David Hackl; editor Kevin Greutert; and composer Charlie Clouser, a onetime member of the band Nine Inch Nails. Another critical member of the SAW team is actor Tobin Bell, who has portrayed Jigsaw throughout the franchise. In his September 7, 2007 essay on contemporary horror movies in the L.A. Weekly, critic Luke Thomson wrote, “Tobin Bell’s performance as Jigsaw is a wonder; he’s the best ‘real-world’ horror antihero since Anthony Hopkins first played Hannibal Lecter.” As intricate as one of Jigsaw’s games, the SAW films reveal their twisting plots gradually. The series itself resembles an even larger jigsaw puzzle, with each new film linking up in some way with its predecessor. With SAW IV arriving in theatres for Halloween 2007, let’s take a look at the pieces thus far. To paraphrase Jigsaw’s victims: where are we?
SAW Director: James Wan Screenwriter: Leigh Whannell Story by James Wan and Leigh Whannell
SAW’s opening scene immediately plunges the audience into the unknown, along with the two unfortunate men, Adam (Leigh Whannell) and Dr. Lawrence Gordon (Cary Elwes), who wake to find themselves chained up in a fetid subterranean bathroom. The
7 captives are the most recent targets of a psychopathic genius known as Jigsaw, who constructs elaborate games that force his victims to make impossible choices between life and death. As Adam and Dr. Gordon struggle to unravel the elaborate puzzle of their fate, Detective Tapp (Danny Glover) and his colleague Kerry (Dina Meyer) work furiously to determine Jigsaw’s identity before he can claim yet more victims. But Jigsaw has accomplices – whose willingness is not entirely clear – and his meticulous planning enables him to escape. SAW opened nationwide on Friday, October 29, 2004. The film stunned industry observers by debuting at #3 with a weekend take of $18.4 million and it remained in the Top 10 for 4 weeks. Produced for just $1.2 million, SAW went on to worldwide box office earnings of over $102 million ($55.1 domestic, $47.7 international). It won the Audience Award for Best Feature at the 2004 San Sebastián Horror and Fantasy Film Festival. SAW was released on DVD/home video on February 15, 2005; it debuted at #1 on the home entertainment charts and sold 2.8 million units in its first week. It was the top-selling horror DVD of 2005.
SAW II Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Screenplay: Leigh Whannell, Darren Lynn Bousman
SAW II finds Jigsaw playing two games simultaneously: one involving eight victims who wake up in a crumbling house and must solve their mastermind’s riddle before their insides are destroyed by poison; and the other with Detective Eric Matthews (Donnie Wahlberg), whose rebellious son is among the eight captives. Also among the abducted is Amanda (Shawnee Smith), who was introduced in SAW as the only victim to have survived Jigsaw’s tests. Desperate to save his son, Detective Matthews resorts, not
8 for the first time, to brutality and trickery. It’s a decision that leads him right into a trap designed by Jigsaw in collaboration with his new apprentice: Amanda. SAW II opened nationwide on Friday, October 28, 2005. It was the weekend’s #1 film with a box office tally of $31.7 million, outperforming SAW’s opening weekend by $12 million, an increase of approximately 60%. SAW II spent 7 weeks in the U.S. Top Ten, and was the most profitable horror film of 2005, with domestic theatrical box office receipts of $87 million. Internationally, SAW II opened at #1 in Australia, Brazil, Germany and Austria; its combined international box office was $65.9 million. SAW II was released on DVD/home video on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2006; it debuted at #1 on the home entertainment charts, selling 2.5 million units on its first day and 3.5 million units in its first week. It was nominated for the 2006 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA; star Tobin Bell was nominated for the 2006 MTV Movie Award nomination for Best Villain.
SAW III Director: Darren Lynn Bousman Story: Leigh Whannell and James Wan Screenplay: Leigh Whannell
As SAW III begins, Jigsaw’s health is failing and he is preparing his adoring acolyte, Amanda, to carry on his work. Amanda has designed numerous games herself, building various horrendous contraptions to test the survival instincts of her victims. A very important game involves a brain surgeon, Lynn (Bahar Soomekh), who is forced to operate on the dying man. Meanwhile, in another section of Jigsaw’s lair, a grieving father, Jeff (Angus Macfadyen) is given the barbed opportunity to fulfill his dreams of revenge. Like so many before him, Jeff lives down to Jigsaw’s expectations … with dire consequences for the people he loves.
9 SAW III opened nationwide on Friday, October 27, 2006. It was the weekend’s #1 film with a box office tally of $33.6 million, the biggest opening in Lionsgate history. It spent 4 weeks in the U.S. Top Ten, and was the most profitable horror film of 2006, with domestic theatrical box office receipts of $80.2 million. SAW III’s international box office receipts totaled over $100 million, and it marked the first Lionsgate film to open at #1 in Great Britain, where it took in $4.9 million in its first weekend. SAW III was released on DVD/home video on January 23, 2007, debuting at #1 on the charts, selling 1.6 million units in the U.S. and Canada on its first day and 2.5 million units in its first week. It is on track to become the best-selling horror DVD of 2007. SAW III was nominated for the 2007 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA; star Tobin Bell was nominated for the 2007 MTV Movie Award for Best Villain; Bell and Shawnee Smith received a joint Spike TV Scream Award nomination for Most Vile Villain (awards ceremony to be held October 23, 2007).
SAW IV Director: Darren Lynn Bousman; Screenplay: Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan Story by Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan and Thomas Fenton
Fans may well be wondering what SAW IV holds, given that Jigsaw died at the end of SAW III. Though SAW IV is not a prequel, Jigsaw remains a prominent character. How SAW IV solves this dilemma is just part of the fun. Says director Darren Lynn Bousman, “Jigsaw’s death in SAW III left us with a major creative challenge, but also a very exciting one. We had to do something really smart and different with this movie, lest we fall prey to sequel-itis or self-parody. SAW IV became an opportunity to up the ante
10 and go even deeper into Jigsaw’s story, his philosophies and obsessions. Given who Jigsaw is and what he’s done, we think it makes for quite a horrifying journey.”
11 GIVING TIL IT HURTS: THE ANNUAL SAW BLOOD DRIVE
The SAW franchise is not only about big-screen blood; it also about the blood that saves lives. With the release of the first SAW in 2004, Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures embarked on a cutting-edge promotion tailored specifically to the franchise’s profile: a nationwide SAW blood drive that exhorts fans to “Give Til It Hurts” to benefit the Red Cross. The SAW “Give Til It Hurts” Blood Drive has become a key element of the SAW franchise, as much a part of its annual rituals as the Halloween premiere date. Each year brings a new ad campaign photographed by Tim Palen, Lionsgate Co-President of Theatrical Marketing and fine art photographer, and featuring the SAW nurses, seductive angels of questionable mercy and considerable visual impact. In the first three years of the blood drive, SAW filmgoers donated nearly 38,000 pints of blood to help save as many as 112,500 lives. This year, the SAW “Give Til It Hurts” Blood Drive has acquired two important new partners, the American Red Cross and Yahoo!, to help make this year’s campaign is bigger, better and more bloodily ambitious than ever. Lionsgate and the American Red Cross entered into their first formal partnership to administer the SAW IV Blood Drive on a nationwide basis. The national organization will join local Red Cross chapters in setting up donation centers, a commitment that will more than quadruple the number of centers, from 250 to 1200. SAW star Tobin Bell is featured in several PSA’s advertising the event. Meanwhile, Yahoo! is providing massive online support for the SAW IV Blood Drive as Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures’ key online partner. In addition to providing hundreds of millions of impressions across Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Mail, and Yahoo Movies, Yahoo! is also hosting the Blood Drive website. By searching for "Saw Blood Drive" on Yahoo!, users can access the SAW IV Blood Drive website, which features a branded, interactive Yahoo! Map that allows users to find the closest Blood Drive to their geographic location. In addition to the interactive map, users can watch the Blood Drive PSA with Tobin Bell, grab branded downloads, and tell a friend about the Blood Drive. The SAW IV Blood Drives are taking place at college campuses and other locations across the country. Field drives began the week of September 16, 2007 and Red Cross blood drives began the week of September 23rd. The SAW IV Blood Drive will continue through the first week of SAW IV’s release. Lionsgate’s goal for the SAW IV drive is to gather 60,000 pints, more than 2½ times the amount collected in 2006. Collection totals from the SAW blood drives have doubled year after year: during the 2004 inaugural drive, 4,200 pints were collected, in 2005, 10,000 pints were collected, and in 2006, 23,493 pints were collected, resulting in tens of thousands of lifesaving blood transfusions.
12 ABOUT THE CAST
TOBIN BELL (Jigsaw)
Whether you know him as Jigsaw in the wildly successful SAW movies, Nordic in THE FIRM or even Ted Kaczynski in UNABOMBER – THE REAL STORY, Tobin Bell has displayed an uncanny – and occasionally chilling – ability to burrow deep into a character’s psyche. Tobin’s longevity and chameleon-like ability to assume any role has placed him in the upper echelon of consummate professional actors. His success as the star of the SAW movies is a fitting reward for almost 30 years spent appearing in movies and television shows, mainly in character roles.
Starting with the role of FBI agent Ernest Stokes in MISSISSIPPI BURNING (1988), Tobin Bell has played a long line of interesting characters on both sides of the law: JFK conspirator David Ferrie in RUBY, Mendoza in IN THE LINE OF FIRE, the riveting Nordic in THE FIRM, gunfighter Dog Kelly in THE QUICK AND THE DEAD, Lucian Morano in SERIAL KILLER, a parole officer in GOODFELLAS, the voice of Zaragosa in DreamWorks’s ROAD TO EL DORADO, and roles in “Overnight Delivery”, HBO’s “The Fourth Floor”, “Good Neighbor”, “Black Mask 2”, “Loose Cannons”, “Malice”, and “Powerplay.”
Tobin is a familiar face to viewers of TV movies and dramas (though comedy fans will recognize him as Ron from “Seinfeld”). Tobin has been a prominent guest star on some of the most critically acclaimed and popular dramas of the last decade: as attorney Nathan Volk on the NBC drama “Revelations”, with Bill Pullman, Natasha McElone and John Rhys-Davies; as Peter Kingsley in five episodes of “24”; as Agent Dreyer on “Alias”; and as Karl Storm in one of the fans’ favorite episodes of “Walker: Texas Ranger.” Tobin has also appeared on “The West Wing”, “The Guardian”, “The Sopranos”, “Charmed”, “Once and Again”, “X-Files”, “Stargate”, “Silk Stalkings”, “ER”, “La Femme Nikita”, “NYPD Blue”, “Murder One”, and “Chicago Hope”. His resume also includes the television movies-of-the-week ONE HOT SUMMER NGIHT, BABYSITTER’S SEDUCTION, MORTAL FEAR, and DEEP RED.
Tobin comes by some of his acting skill naturally; his mother is the British actress Eileen Bell. But Tobin also learned from the best, studying with Lee Strasberg and Ellen Burstyn at the New York's Actor Studio and with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. On the New York stage Tobin has appeared at the New York Shakespeare Festival, the New York Public Theater, Ensemble Studio Theater, and Playwright’s Horizons.
Tobin was born in New York City and raised in Weymouth, Mass. As befits the star of “thinking men’s horror movies,” Tobin is a graduate of Boston University, with a master’s degree in Environmental Education from Montclair State College. Hobbies include playing the guitar, taking wildlife photographs and making frequent climbing trips to the Presidential Range of New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Also a writer, Tobin has completed several screenplays and stage plays. He is married, with two children, and splits his time between homes in New York and Los Angeles.
SCOTT PATTERSON (as Agent Strahm)
Probably best known for his role of Luke Danes on the critically-acclaimed WB series “Gilmore Girls,” Scott Patterson is an accomplished actor in film and television and also a former major league baseball player.
13 Born in Philadelphia and raised in New Jersey, Scott attended Rutgers University. A professional-caliber pitcher, upon graduation he signed with the Atlanta Braves. Scott also played for the New York Yankees and the LA Dodgers before retiring and focusing his attentions elsewhere.
Scott began studying acting in New York with renowned acting coaches Robert Lewis and Sondra Lee. He was trained at the Actors’ Studio by such notables as Paul Newman and Arthur Penn.
Since then, Patterson has appeared on the big screen in LITTLE BIG LEAGUE with Jason Robards, THREE WISHES with Patrick Swayze, RHAPSODY IN BLOOM with Penelope Ann Miller and HER BEST MOVE alongside Lisa Darr.
On television, Scott has guest starred opposite some of the top leading women of the small screen. He has played the love interest of “Elaine” (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) on “Seinfeld,” “Grace” (Debra Messing) on “Will & Grace” and also opposite Jennifer Grey’s character in “It’s Like, You Know” and Sharon Lawrence on “Fired Up.” He has also appeared in several telefilms including ALIEN NATION: DARK HORIZON and voiced the character of “Lt. Farraday” on the animated series JUSTIC LEAGUE UNLIMITED.
Currently, Scott can be seen on the CW’s “Aliens in America” as father “Gary Tolchuck.” Scott resides in Los Angeles.
BETSY RUSSELL (as Jill)
Betsy Russell was born and raised in San Diego and gravitated toward acting at a young age. By sixteen, Betsy could be seen in a national Pepsi commercial. The day after graduating high school, she moved to Los Angeles.
Betsy quickly began her television career appearing in hits such as “The A-Team”, “T.J Hooker” and “Family Ties.” Her first starring role was opposite Phoebe Cates in the seminal teen feature PRIVATE SCHOOL. Betsy continued to work steadily until her self-imposed hiatus during which she raised two sons.
Currently, Betsy can be seen as the wife of Jigsaw, the infamous killer from the popular SAW franchise.
COSTAS MANDYLOR (as Hoffman)
This handsome actor quickly established himself in a handful of featured roles in films, and as Officer Kenny Lacos on the acclaimed drama series "Picket Fences." Born in Australia of Greek descent, Mandylor abandoned a professional soccer career after sustaining injuries and relocated to Hollywood to pursue acting. He quickly won a co-starring role in the Holocaust drama TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT. Director Oliver Stone cast him as an Italian aristocrat in his biopic THE DOORS, and Mandylor went on to star in MOBSTERS. He also played an actor in the soap opera spoof SOAPDISH. Other credits include the post-nuclear FIST OF THE NORTH STAR, the futuristic sci-fi LAST EXIT TO EARTH, and he played Denzel Washington's doomed partner in the big-budget sci-fi action VIRTUOSITY. Costas has also appeared on the hit show
14 "7th Heaven," and starred in the highest rated Sci-Fi Channel movie ever, DINOCROC. He can also be seen most recently in MADE IN BROOKLYN, SAW III, TOXIC, and NOBODY.
LYRIQ BENT (as Rigg)
After graduating with high honors from Seneca College with plans on becoming a Computer Graphic Technician, Lyriq Bent took up acting on a dare. Since then, Bent has appeared on both film and television and his career has been on a steady rise. His eclectic mix of roles has made him one of the most after actors working today.
Prior to landing a co-starring role on Lifetime’s “Angela’s Eyes”, Bent guest starred on the UPN/Touchstone series “Kevin Hill” and the ESPN/Disney series “Playmakers.” Bent was also featured in Columbia Tristar’s series “Street Time”, as well as the Canadian series, “Blue Murder.” Bent also appeared in Robert Townsend’s mullet-award winning television movie “10,000 Black Man Named George” and “Jane Doe” alongside Teri Hatcher.
Additionally, his film credits include starring opposite Mark Wahlberg and Andre 3000 in the John Singleton film FOUR BROTHERS. TAKE THE LEAD with Antonio Banderas and Alfre Woodard, and SAW II with Donnie Wahlberg. Bent was also featured in HONEY alongside Jessica Alba and Mekhi Phifer and CRIME SPREE with Gerard Depardieu. Bent also starred in director Michael Mabbott’s critically acclaimed debut feature film, THE LIFE AND HARD TIMES OF GUY TERRIFICO, which premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival, winning the award for Best First Canadian Feature Film. Most recently, Bent co-starred in Lion’s Gate horror film SKINWALKERS with Jason Behr and Rhona Mitre.
ATHENA KARKANIS (Agent Perez)
Athena Karkanis has worked in theatre, television and has enjoyed success in several animated series including the voice of Creepy in “Growing Up Creepy”, Decode’s “Delilah And Julius”, The Comedy Network’s “Odd Job Jack”, “Tomboy”, Teletoon’s “Skyland” as well as Nelvana’s CARE BEAR MOVIE II and III. Athena has also appeared in the several television series including “Kevin Hill”, “Kojak”, “Train 48”, “Missing” and “Chappelle’s Show” and “The Best Years.” Athena is currently filming OPERATION ESPIONAGE in Vancouver with Wesley Snipes.
15 ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
DARREN LYNN BOUSMAN (Director) Darren Lynn Bousman grew up in Kansas, where he became heavily involved in the theater community. He attended Kansas University where he majored in theater and film. During his sophomore year, he left KU to attend a film school in Orlando, FL. It was in Florida that Darren began writing and directing short horror films. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, Darren began directing music videos and commercials for such Utopian Pictures artists as Velma Fix, and Tamela. In early 2003, Darren became a freelance director for The Firm, a Beverly Hills- based management company. While working with The Firm, he has directed various music videos and commercial spots, including the STATIC X hit “So” which made its premier on MTV and FUSE. In 2004, Darren helmed the commercial campaign for VIRGIN COLA where he directed five separate national spots. Darren was introduced to the Twisted Pictures producers Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, and Oren Koules after penning the script THE DESPERATE, which sparked the seed that Leigh Whannell and Bousman would later turn into 2005’s smash hit SAW II. Upon completing principle photography for SAW II, Darren went on to direct the music video "FORGET TO REMEMBER" for Mudvayne, but returned to helm SAW III in 2006. Having finished production on SAW IV, Bousman is now directing REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA in Toronto.
PATRICK MELTON (Screenwriter)
Patrick Melton hails from Evanston, Illinois and attended the University of Iowa where he met his writing partner, Marcus Dunstan. After moving to Los Angeles and working for various film companies, including Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Patrick attended Loyola Marymount University where he received his MFA in Screenwriting. After that, Patrick worked as a story analyst for the talent agency, International Creative Management. In 2004, Patrick won the filmmaking contest Project Greenlight, produced by Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Chris Moore, and Wes Craven for the script he co-wrote with Marcus Dunstan titled FEAST. Dimension Films is set to release the film theatrically this October. Since then, Patrick and Marcus have been busy working on various projects such as The Neighbor and The Midnight Man for Dimension Films (the latter of which Marcus is directing), The Vineyard for Fox Television, and Saw IV for Twisted Pictures and Lionsgate Films.
MARCUS DUNSTAN (Screenwriter)
Marcus Dunstan hails from Macomb, Il and attended the University of Iowa where he met his writing partner, Patrick Melton. After moving to North Hollywood in January of 1999, Marcus attempted to stay in shape by jogging in a nearby park. He found a gun in that park, ran back to his apartment and shortly thereafter gained 50 pounds. Odd job after odd job followed as Mr. Dunstan watched his youth dim under the mocking gaze of his Communications Degree. A fateful call from Patrick Melton began with “what if we took a shot at writing a film?” That script became FEAST, which was selected by Project Greenlight to become a motion picture aiming to scare audiences this Halloween from Dimension Films. Marcus has since been counting his blessings and still has about 35 pounds to lose.
16 MARK BURG (Producer)
As co-founder of Evolution Entertainment and Twisted Pictures, Mark Burg has assembled an impressive client list that represents talent both in front of and behind the camera. Formerly the president of Island Pictures, Burg is a veteran film producer, whose credits include films like CAN’T BUY ME LOVE, BULL DURHAM, THE SANDLOT and THE GINGERBREAD MAN. After partnering with Oren Koules to form Evolution, their list of films produced includes JOHN Q, LOVE DON’T COST A THING, DUMB AND DUMBERER and GOOD ADVICE, and the CBS Emmy nominated television series “Two and a Half Men.” Burg went on to produce SAW, one of the most profitable films of 2004, which lead to a distribution deal with Lionsgate Films and the formation of Twisted Pictures. The Twisted slate included CATACOMBS, SAW II and SAW III. Twisted Pictures is also in pre-production on REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA set for release in Spring 2008. Burg also served as a Producer on Universal's DEAD SILENCE from SAW creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell.
OREN KOULES (Producer)
Oren Koules began his career as a commodities trader in Chicago, where he worked for eight years before leaving as a member in good standing in 1992. Relocating to California, he began his career as a producer, partnered with Dale Pollock in Peak Productions. The two produced two successful films for Paramount, including the thriller SET IT OFF with Jada Pinkett and Queen Latifah and MRS. WINTERBOURNE with Shirley MacLaine. Koules then served as Senior Vice-President of Production with Paramount Pictures for two years before leaving to co-found Evolution Entertainment with Mark Burg. Koules produced SAW, one of the most profitable films of 2004, which lead to Evolution to signing a distribution deal with Lionsgate Films. A new company, Twisted Pictures, would become the result of the success. The Twisted slate included CATACOMBS, SAW II, and SAW III. Twisted Pictures is also in pre-production on REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA set for release in Spring 2008. Koules served as a Producer on Universal's DEAD SILENCE from SAW creators James Wan and Leigh Whannell. In addition to producing over 16 films in the feature world, Koules is also an Executive Producer on the CBS Emmy nominated television series “Two and a Half Men.”
DAVID A. ARMSTRONG (Director of Photography)
David Armstrong started working in films when he was 18 years old. His first project was a UCLA Graduate thesis film in 1982. He walked onto the set offering to do any position to gain set experience. After that, he never looked back and continued to work on student shorts and low budget independent films. In 1985 he applied and was accepted to the California Institute of the Arts where he earned and graduated with a BFA in cinematography in 1988. In 1990 he later joined I.A.T.S.E. Local 600 (International Cinematographers Guild) as an assistant cameraman.
Six years later (1996) he applied and was accepted to the world-renowned American Film Institute (A.F.I.) where he earned a masters degree in Cinematography in 1998. His first project earned him the Mary Pickford Foundation Award for Cinematography. His second year, he won the American Film Institute's “Franklin J. Schaffner” Fellows award in 1998. Armstrong was the first student to receive the Inaugural (ASC) American Society of Cinematographers Heritage Award at the 26th Annual Student Academy Awards in 1999. His film, JOHN, also won the
17 Student Academy Award Gold and was under Academy Consideration (the final 10) for the 72nd Academy Awards. This led to an opportunity to shoot the feature, P.S. YOUR CAT IS DEAD, directed by and starring Steve Guttenberg.
Armstrong has also been featured in the International Cinematographers Guild (I.C.G.) Film Showcase two years in a row. In addition, he has had two short films featured at the Cannes Film Festival/American Pavilion 2000 & 2001.
Recent released feature films have included the SAW feature films. The first one directed by James Wan, which premiered January (2004) at Sundance Film Festival. Armstrong went on to helm the visuals for SAW II and SAW III directed by Darren Lynn Bousman.
In between the SAW franchise films, Armstrong has shot an additional 6 feature films. Armstrong just wrapped 2WO THIR13EN directed by Charles Adleman. Armstrong was also a Producer as well as D.P. Armstrong is currently beginning pre-production on THE LODGER, a re-make of an Alfred Hitchcock film.
DAVID HACKL (Production Designer)
David Hackl is a Toronto-based art director, production designer and commercial director. Over the past twenty years he has worked extensively in Canada and also the United States, Europe, The UK, Africa and South America.
David began his film career in 1983 working on countless music videos and commercials as an art director and 1989 he made the leap to commercial director.
David returned to designing in 1998 when he was approached by Actor /Director Saul Rubinek to production design his debut feature JERRY AND TOM (starring Joe Mantegna and Sam Rockwell).
David Hackl’s production design credits include Sci-Fi Channel series LEXX-the Dark Zone and STARHUNTER, the independent features CLUBLAND (directed by Saul Rubinek, starring Steven Webber and Alan Alda), the television films ZEBRA LOUNGE(starring Stephen Baldwin), REDEMPTION-the Stan Tookie Williams Story(starring Jamie Foxx) and THE RIVER MAN( starring Cary Elwes) and the 2003 miniseries THE GRID. In 2005 Hackl served as production designer on the feature films SAW II, SAW III and SKINWALKERS.
David is currently working on the epic Viking /Alien feature OUTLANDER for Ascendant Pictures and distributors The Weinstein Company.
David lives in Toronto with his wife, producer Lorraine Ward Hackl and their two boys Sean (8) and Dylan (3).
KEVIN GREUTERT (Editor)
Kevin Greutert is a native of Pasadena, California. He received a production degree at USC Film School and rose through the ranks of film editing on such projects as TITANIC, ARMAGEDDON, CORKY ROMANO, and INSPECTOR GADGET. In a moment of unlikely serendipity, he was brought into the SAW family through the merits of his work on the Disney comedy GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE II, and edited all three films of the horror series. Recently
18 he also edited the Brendan Fraser/Mos Def drama JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE NIGHT, as well as STRANGERS, with Liv Tyler. In his meager allotment of spare time he writes, directs his own films, plays the piano, and travels.
BRET SULLIVAN (Editor)
Brett Sullivan has edited numerous features and over one hundred hours of television, receiving respective Genie and Gemini nominations in 2001 for GINGER SNAPS and LUCKY GIRL. He won a Gemini Award in 1998 for Best Picture Editing for PSI FACTOR. In 1998 he wrote and directed his first short film, SHUDDER, followed by 6IX in 1999 and THE PROMISE, starring Gordon and Leah Pinsent in 2001. Sullivan also attended the Director’s Resident Programme at the Canadian Film Centre in 2001. GINGER SNAPS II: UNLEASHED (2004), his feature directorial debut, was an incredible success critically and at the box office. It continues to be a festival favorite worldwide and is a hot DVD seller. Sticking to a genre that gnaws at his insides, his latest psychological horror thriller THE CHAIR, is currently traveling the festival circuit. At present, Brett is directing episodic television dramas. Brett is looking forward to shooting his next comedically macabre and unique dark thriller entitled DENISE’S BACK.
ALEX KAVANAGH (Costume Designer)
Alex Kavanagh has been designing costumes for film and television since 1997. Her recent credits include GEORGE A. ROMERO’S DIARY OF THE DEAD which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, Allan Moyle’s WIERDSVILLE, and Martin Gero’s romantic comedy YOUNG PEOPLE FUCKING.
Alex designed the costumes for the very successful horror films SAW II and SAW III, directed by Darren L. Bousman, George A. Romero’s LAND OF THE DEAD as well as GINGER SNAPS II and III. She also designed the costumes for Gregory MacKenzie’s undead romantic comedy CAMILLE starring Sienna Miller and James Franco.
Comfortable with any genre of film, television, or theatre Kavanagh enjoys a creative challenge utilizing her theatre training at the Dalhousie University Costume Studies program from which she graduated in 1992. She is currently designing the costumes for Darren L. Bousman’s futuristic horror rock opera REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA.
STEPHANIE GORIN (Casting Director)
Stephanie has been in show business for almost 25 years going from performer to stage manager to company manager to teaching acting in schools and college and then casting. She is currently the treasurer for the Casting Directors Society of Canada (C.D.C) and is a member of The Casting Society of America (CSA). Casting has been her love, along with her beautiful family, for 18 years. Recent credits include: REPO: THE GENETIC OPERA, SAW II, SAW III, HOW SHE MOVE, THE STONE ANGEL, and THE POET. Features she Co-cast include HAIRSPRAY, GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN’, TAKE THE LEAD, and CHICAGO. Selected Television series include: “The Tudors” (Season II Canada), “The Best Years”, “Missing”, “Degrassi”, “Instant Star”, “The Border”, “Sue Thomas F.B. Eye”, “Recent M.O.W.s are Guns”, “Jump In”, “Knights of South Bronx” and “Cheetah Girls.” Numerous Theatre credits include DIRTY DANCING, WE WILL ROCK YOU, THE LORD OF THE RINGS, MAMMA MIA, THE LION KING, and RENT.
19 END CREDITS Co-Producer/Production Manager Greg Copeland Associate Producer Troy Begnaud First Assistant Director Elizabeth Scherberger Second Assistant Director Joel Hay
Jigsaw/John TOBIN BELL Hoffman COSTAS MANDYLOR Agent Strahm SCOTT PATTERSON Jill BETSY RUSSELL Rigg LYRIQ BENT Agent Perez ATHENA KARKANIS Art JUSTIN LOUIS Lamanna SIMON REYNOLDS Eric Mathews DONNIE WAHLBERG Jeff ANGUS MACFADYEN Amanda SHAWNEE SMITH Lynn BAHAR SOOMEKH Kerry DINA MEYER Fisk MIKE REALBA Ivan MARTY ADAMS Brenda SARAIN BOYLAN Cecil BILLY OTIS Dr. Heffner JAMES VAN PATTEN Pathologist DAVID BOYCE Trevor KEVIN RUSHTON Vagrant JULIAN RICHINGS SWAT Pete KELLY JONES Tracy INGRID HART Corbett NIAMH WILSON Morgan JANET LAND Rex RON LEA Crime Scene Photographer JOANNE BOLAND Lab Technician ZOE HEATH Young Cop BILL VIBERT Matt ERIC GORES Derek DEVON BOSTICK Gus TONY NAPPO Addison EMMANUELLE VAUGIER Michael NOAM JENKINS Paul MIKE BUTTERS Troy J LAROSE The Man OREN KOULES Young Girl ALISON LUTHER Nurse Deborah KIM ROBERTS Dr. Steve DAVID WEBSTER Nurse Patti SANDRA MANSON
Additional Voice Talent SHAUNA BLACK DARRELL DENNIS TRACEY FERENCZ CATHERINE FITCH CHRIS MARREN CHRISTOPHER MORRIS
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Stunt Coordinator ALISON REID Stunt Double – Eric Mathews BILL OLIVER Stunt Double – Cecil MARCO BIANCO Stunt Double – Art NEIL DAVISON Stunt Double – Trevor SHAWN STUART Stunt Riggers DAVE VAN ZEYL MARCO BIANCO
Camera Operator BRIAN GEDGE First Assistant Camera KEVIN LEBLANC Second Assistant Camera MIKE WILLIAMS Camera Trainee ADAM CRAIG Video Assist Operator JAN BRUNTON
Camera Crane Technician MIKE SMITH Hot Head Technician MIKE DARBY
Production Coordinator CRISTIN L. BECKER Assistant Production Coordinator RYAN HUPPONEN Production Secretary LISA GYORFI
Production Accountant KYM CREPIN First Assistant Accountant CARLA SPIZZIRI Payroll Accountant PAULINE QUONG
Script Supervisor ELIZABETH TREMBLAY
Third Assistant Director KAREN YOUNG Trainee Assistant Director NICHOLAS LOPEZ Set Production Assistant KATHRYN HUGHES
Art Director ANTHONY IANNI 1st Assistant Art Director SORIN POPESCU 1st Assistant Art Director / Set Designer BRENT MCGILLIVRAY Graphics SEAN SCOFFIELD Art Department Trainee ANDREA KRISTOF
Storyboard Artist SAM AGRO
Set Decorator LIESL DESLAURIERS Lead Man JASON LUNN Sets Buyer KARI MEASHAM On Set Dresser DONOVAN DRUMMOND Daily On Set Dresser GARRY CAIN Set Dressers CHERIE SPENCER STEVEN CIANCAMERLA Assistant Location Manager / Studio Manager ROGER LUMYOUNG Locations PA's JOHN TEIXEIRA JOHN SHONE Property Master JIM MURRAY Assistant Property Master/ Props Buyer MARIO MOREIRA Daily Props JEFF MAWLE
Props Builder/Animatronics JASON EHL
21 Assistant Costume Designer STEPHANIE LEES Set Supervisor LESLIE KAVANAGH Costume Coordinator CIARA BRENNAN Key Wardrobe Breakdown Artist KAREN EPPSTADT Wardrobe Buyer GERRI GILLAN
Key Make-up CANDICE ORNSTEIN Assistant Makeup Artist COLIN PENMAN
Prosthetics Makeup FRANCOIS DAGENAIS Key Prosthetics Assistant DAMON BISHOP 1st Prosthetics Assistant KYLE GLENCROSS Prosthetics CHRIS BRIDGES NEIL MORRILL PATRICK BAXTER
Key Hair STEPHANIE INGRAM Assistant Hair Stylist VINCENT SULLIVAN
Gaffer IRA COHEN Best Boy Electrician CHRIS TAKACS Electricians SEAN DAWES STEPHEN MYERS PHIL WHITFIELD RICHARD BERUBE
Key Grip MONTY MONTGOMERIE Best Boy Grip DEREK PARKES Dolly Grip TOM CARE Grips STEVE VAN DENZEN DAVE FERGUSON STEVE COCKS Rigging Grips PETER DAPRATO ROBERT DAPRATO TRACY SHAW
Production Sound Mixer RICK PENN, C.A.S. Boom Operator JASON HOPFNER
Construction Coordinator JAMIE BURKE Head Carpenter RICK FERNANDEZ Construction/Paint Administrator REBECCA DAWES On Set Carpenter MICHAEL BUNT Assistant Carpenter GORD CRAIG Carpenters RON BUNT DOUGLAS CATTY ROBERT CRAIG BRIAN CRANSTONE MIKE DUTKOWSKI MATTHEW HALLETT STEFAN HOLMBERG MICHAEL HYDE JOHN KEENAN BRIAN LUMLEY KEITH MCCULLY J.D. MOORE
22 HUBERT PEDDLE SVEN THAYSEN ROBERT VALERIOTE JOHN WAREING
Labourers MARK LEDUC EMILY HYDE BILL MCSHANE
Key Scenic Painter VICTORIA HAMILTON Head Scenic Painter JAY SONDERER On Set Painter MATTHEW LAMMERICH Painters CHRIS ANDREWS MIKE ANDREWS TED DUDAS MIROSLAV DZIWIK NAPOLEON FORBES JEFF HELGASON WILLIAM (BILL) KOON LESLIE MCCULLAGH DAN O’NEILL FRANK PERNA JAMIE POUNDER DOUG RENNIE
Special Effects WARREN APPLEBY / ACME FX Key Special FX TIM BARRABALL 1st Assistant Special FX GREGORY JONES Special FX Builder TERRY DOYLE Special FX Rigging Key DANNY WHITE Shop Coordinator FIONA MACPHERSON
Weapons Wrangler AL VRKLJAN
Video Playback TELLAVISION KRIS WOOD
Video Playback Compositor 24 Frame Playback Operators DANIELLE LEBLANC
Production Assistants DILLON BOWMAN TRICIA EDWARDSON TESS JACKSON-SPENTZOS
Assistant to Darren Bousman JANE KIM Assistant to Dan Heffner KALEIGH KAVANAGH Assistant to Mark Burg & Oren Koules ERICK SALOMON
Transportation Coordinator EDDIE BOWMAN Transportation Captain JOE HALL Transportation Co-Captain FRANK ELDRIDGE Drivers MIKE BOWMAN RYAN ELDRIDGE DOUG PERRY
Special FX Driver PAUL MARSHALL
23 Set Dec Driver EVAN SIEGEL Construction Driver MARTY MUNRO Set Medic Services PANNO THERAPEUTIC / JIM PANNO Set Medics YERUSALEM GHEBRHIWET KATE PHILLIPS
Stills Photographer STEVE WILKIE
Videographer GREG GAYNE
Extras Casting JANE ROGERS Stand-ins BILL VIBERT HORACE ABEL JULIE MCLEOD Physician DR. MARVIN WAXMAN
Caterer CATERING BY DAVID’S DAVID MINTZ JOHN DOYLE CATERING ON LOCATION KELLY MIKOLOVICH
Craft Services STAR GRAZING DAVID KINNERSLY Craft Servers ASHLEIGH MILLAR DARREN MARTIN
Twisted Pictures Accounting Services DEAN A. AVEDON, CPA Twisted Pictures Key Accountant TAMMI ROBINSON Twisted Pictures Office Affairs JUSTINE STEVENSON
Travel Services LINDEN TRAVEL DOROTHY BURG Second Unit Second Unit Director DAVID HACKL Camera Operator JAMES JEFFERY First Assistant Camera ERNEST SPITERI Second Assistant Camera CYLVAN DESROULEAX BLAIN THRUSH Location Security CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL RALPH BRUZZESE Security ANDREW BYRNE ANDREW FINCH DAVID HEYS
Company Production Counsel HEENAN BLAIKIE LLP BOB TARANTINO Twisted Pictures Legal Counsel MARC PRIMIANI
Post-Production Supervisor MATT CAHILL
Additional Editor DIANE BRUNJES Assistant Editor CHAD GLASTONBURY
Supervising Sound Editors MARK GINGRAS
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Dialogue Editor ALLAN FUNG Sound Effects Editor TOM BJELIC ADR Editor JOHN LAING Assistant Sound Editor JIMMY ROBB Music Editor PAUL INTSON
Foley Artist STEVE BAINE Foley Recordist PETE PERSAUD Foley Assistant GINA WARK
DELUXE | POSTPRODUCTION Re-recording Mixers KEITH ELLIOT ANDREW TAY MARK ZSIFKOVITS
Re-recording Assistants JAMIE GOULD JASON PERREIRA
ADR Recordist MATTHEW MCKENZIE
Optical Track Recordist MIKE PATERSON
Dailies Color Timers RYAN RUSKAY
Telecine Sync Operator JEFF HOCKEN
Project Manager - Picture GARY BROWN
Project Manager - Sound ROBERTA BRATTI
Project Coordinator – Sound CHRISTIAN CARRUTHERS
SWITCH VFX Visual Effects Supervisor JON CAMPFENS Visual Effects Producer PETE DENOMME VFX Coordinator BEAU PARSONS Senior Compositor GUDRUN HEINZE
Compositors JEF LONN GEOFF WIGMORE SETH MARTINIUK JASON KOZSUREK MAG SARNOWSKA GREG ZAJAC ROB SISCHY KEREN KURTZ AMIR EFTEKHARI MIN HYUN CHA STEVE WIGMORE
CG Supervisor DAVID ALEXANDER CG Animator VOYTEK KUFNER Lead Tracker KEMAL ALLY Modeller MIKE HABJAN Data Wrangler JUN ASIDO
OPENING TITLE DESIGN BY SWITCH VFX Opening Title Inferno Artist SETH MARTINIUK Opening Title CG Artist DAVID ALEXANDER
25 DELUXE | EFILM | TORONTO DI Producer NICK IANNELLI DI Coordinator TAVIA CHARLTON
Supervising DI Colorist CHRIS WALLACE
DI Editors CHRIS MACKENZIE DAVE MUSCAT
Digital Opticals MOTASSEM YOUNES AHMAD ISMAIL
Scan / Record NICK PAULOZZA TREVOR LEWIS
Dust Busters ROBERT MACDONALD MAG SARNOWSKA SARA TESOLIN
Negative Cutter EXACT CUT TOM MAYCLIM
Original Score performed by CHARLIE CLOUSER PETER FREEMAN CHAS SMITH Music Recorded & Mixed by CHARLIE CLOUSER
Strings on Main Theme Arranged & Recorded by ERIC GORFAIN Strings on Main Theme Performed by “THE SECTION” QUARTET
Music Supervisors JONATHAN MCHUGH JONATHAN PLATT JONATHAN SCOTT MILLER Music Clearances & Coordination YVONNE MCDONALD
“I.V.” Performed by X Japan Written by Yoshiki Published by Extasy Music and 901 Highland Music
Saw IV Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Available on Artists' Addiction Records
For LIONSGATE Marketing TOM ORTENBERG SARAH GREENBERG TIM PALEN ERIKA SCHIMIK STACEY MOORADIAN YON ELVIRA AUBREY MCCLURE SHYAMA FRIEDENSON ANNE PARDUCCI CHELA JOHNSON MIGUEL CASILLAS International Sales STEPHANIE DENTON ANNE MARIE BOYSEN JOEY MONTEIRO
26 Business Affairs WAYNE LEVIN WENDY JAFFE CHARLYN ADKINS ADAM BIALOW
Post Production BOB WENOKUR DANNY ST. PIERRE VALOEN POWER
Acquisitions EDA KOWAN STEPHANIE LEWIS Camera Systems by PANAVISION STEWART AZIZ Grip & Lighting & Chapman Camera Dollies WILLIAM F. WHITE LTD. BILL WHITE ROGER PLAYTER Cranes & Lifts DWIGHT CRANE Payroll Services EP CANADA Studios CINESPACE STUDIOS STEVE MIRKOPOULOS JIM MIRKOPOULOS Location Support FILM INC. JOHN SINOPOLI Film Negative Stock FUJI FILM CANADA ALAN FRASER; DARREN KOTANIA
Avid supplied by URBAN POST PRODUCTION Re-recording Studio DELUXE | POSTPRODUCTION Sound Editing Facilities URBAN POST PRODUCTION Foley Recording Studio DELUXE | POSTPRODUCTION ADR Recording Facilities DELUXE | POSTPRODUCTION THE COMPLEX SHARPE SOUND SOUNDTRACK RECORDING STUDIOS Walla Group Supplied by CALDWELL & COMPANY Post-Production Continuity List HI TEXT MEDIA SERVICES DON AYRES Insurance Broker AON/RUBEN-WINKLER ENTERTAINMENT INSURANCE BROKERS DARLENE MILLEY Script and Title Research Services THE RIGHTS COMPANY AMY LENNIE DAVID HARRISON
Special Thanks Ontario Media Development Corporation Toronto Film and Television Office Metropolitan Hotel – Toronto Terroni Restaurant Henry M. Wu, Orson W. Sharpe Tanya Mallean Colleen Ross, Lori Lapierre Lynn and Nancy Bousman Phil Raskind Adam Levine Chris Ridenhour Andrew Wilson Nick Mirkopoulos Russ Robertson Laura Bosserman Dan McLellan
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