THE COLLECTION JOSH STEWART EMMA FITZPATRICK LEE TERGESEN CHRISTOPHER Mcdonald WRITTEN by PATRICK MELTON & MARCUS DUNSTAN DIRECTED by MARCUS DUNSTAN

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Total Running Time: 82 Minutes SYNOPSIS

From the writing-directing team Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (Saw IV, V VI and 3D) comes The Collection, a suspense horror film with nonstop thrills at every turn. Directed by Dunstan and starring Josh Stewart (The Dark Knight Rises, The Collector), Emma Fitzpatrick (The Social Network) and Christopher McDonald (“Boardwalk Empire,” Requiem for a Dream), the film centers on a traumatized man forced to help rescue a beautiful woman who has become the latest obsession of a crazed killer who “collects” humans in a booby- trapped house of horrors. When ELENA (Fitzpatrick) is talked into attending an underground warehouse party with her friends, she finds herself caught in a nightmarish trap where the revelers are mowed, sliced and crushed to death by a macabre series of contraptions operated by a masked psychopath. When the grisly massacre is over, Elena is the only survivor. But before she can escape, she is locked in a trunk and transported to an unknown location. Fortunately for Elena, one man—ARKIN (Stewart)—knows exactly where she’s headed, having just escaped from there with his life and sanity barely intact. Going back is the last thing on Arkin’s mind, but Elena’s wealthy father (McDonald) hires a crack team of mercenaries to force Arkin to lead them to the killer’s lair. But even these hardened warriors are not prepared for what they encounter: an abandoned hotel-turned-torture-chamber, rigged with deadly traps and filled with mangled corpses. Can Arkin and the team get to Elena before she too becomes part of his gruesome “collection”?

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

It may come as a surprise that a movie as frightening as The Collection has its roots in a gentler time in cinematic history—specifically in the 1967 Terence Young-directed Wait Until Dark, starring Alan Arkin and Audrey Hepburn. The inspiration comes from the groundbreaking suspense-thriller, where Hepburn plays a blind woman who is terrorized by a trio of thugs searching for a heroin-stuffed doll they believe is in her apartment. Over four decades later, writer-director Marcus Dunstan and his longtime writing partner, Patrick Melton, took the basic elements of that story and re- worked them into what became the 2009 crime-horror hit The Collector, the forerunner to The Collection. In homage to Wait Until Dark, the writers even named their male lead Arkin, after Alan Arkin, and gave their female lead, Elena, a physical disability of her own: she’s hearing impaired. But they also added an all-important twist to the home-invasion sub-genre that carries through both films, explains Dunstan. “What happens when a thief interrupts the crime of a far more nefarious man? That’s the DNA of the first film. You have Mr. Bad versus Mr. Worse, and Mr. Bad all of a sudden becomes so much more relatable. When you see a street criminal go against a horror-movie villain, the street criminal becomes an anti-hero with absolute titanium for blood— I love the feeling of that. Those were the types of films I enjoyed when I was young.” The Collection follows the story of the traumatized Arkin (Josh Stewart), last seen trapped in a small red trunk, who is coerced into leading a band of trained fighters on a mission to rescue Elena (Emma Fitzpatrick) from the clutches of a crazed killer. The title alludes to the killer’s penchant for “collecting” and mutilating humans for display in an abandoned hotel he’s turned into a museum of death. The filmmakers decided to kick-start the action—and the bloodletting— almost from the first scene. “The challenge storytelling-wise was to learn about 3

the characters while the terror was unfolding,” Dunstan explains. “There wasn’t a calm environment at all to get to know these people.” Instead, the filmmakers used the long opening sequence, in which Elena joins her friends at an underground warehouse party, to do a sort of bait and switch. “We wanted to trick the viewers into thinking it was another horror movie about hot-bodied teens making stupid decisions and getting themselves into bad situations,” says Melton. “You don’t need a lot of time to set up those archetypes.” “It’s only after the warehouse party scene comes to a sudden and blood- curdling conclusion involving a combine harvester blade, various other medieval contraptions and 55 gallons of fake blood, that the movie really starts,” Melton says. “It makes the movie not necessarily self-aware, but a little bit smarter than the average horror movie,” he adds. Dunstan explains that populating the film with three-dimensional characters is a fundamental tenet in his approach to filmmaking. “There are other horror films that only celebrate the demise of the character and the ingenuity of the kill per se,” the director observes, “but the movie-going experience is much richer when you can make audiences care about the characters—when you give characters a heartbeat and flaws that audiences can latch on to. And then, when you add that unforeseen terrifying element of a stalker, of a predator, it gives the movie so much more to work with to get into audiences’ heads and follow them all the way home into their nightmares.” When it came to casting The Collection, the filmmakers already had their leading man, Josh Stewart, in place. In preparation for shooting The Collector, casting director Monika Mikkelsen had submitted an audition from Stewart (The Dark Knight Rises, “Criminal Minds”) for the role of Arkin. The filmmakers had already seen

numerous other actors, but Dunstan says they instantly knew they had something special in Stewart. “In a split-second he became this man,” Dunstan recalls. “He was vulnerable, capable of doing violence, but all of that would just become one note if he didn’t have the depth, the haunted nature behind his eyes, and the absolute cunning Josh can display. He can play smart, dangerous and vulnerable. It’s quite a juggling act and he does it effortlessly. If it wasn’t for him, there would be no movie. This was a movie built around one man.” So it was a no-brainer to keep Stewart on board for their next film. “Stewart recalls the last-minute casting session that landed him the role. “I got a phone call on a Wednesday morning, auditioned Wednesday afternoon, I was on a plane Friday, shooting Monday,” he recalls, adding there were several factors that attracted him to the script. “The really cool thing was the cat-and- mouse element that you don’t usually see in this genre. Also, there are about 70- plus pages with no dialogue, other than occasionally to myself. It was really pretty silent. Like acting, filmmaking does its job when you can tell a story without beating an audience over the head.” The actor describes his character as “a guy who has definitely been down the wrong road more than once. He’s made mistakes in his life and he’s paid the price for them in a lot of different ways. Now his conscience has gotten the better of him to the point where he feels like he owes something back to the world for everything he’s taken from it. So he’s trying to do the right things now.” Stewart says the physicality of the role proved particularly challenging: the actor broke his thumb and dislocated a shoulder during the shoot. “I never could have imagined it would have been that physical and that tough emotionally,” he says. “In these thriller-action-horror movies, you’re in a constant state of tension from the time you start until the time you go home. You have to carry that tension in your body; you have to look like at any moment you could die. Carrying that around for four-plus weeks really beats you up. Every

morning it takes a little longer to get into everything, as much as you try to carry it over.” To prepare for shooting The Collection, Stewart says he once again took up boxing—a sport he first did in college. “I went back and did a lot of that training, just to bulk up and get bigger, carry more muscle, so I would have the strength,” he says. “I also had someone beat on my bare chest with a broomstick for three minutes a day, just to toughen me up. That way, when I was getting banged on every five seconds during shooting, I was at a level where I could deal with it.” For all the punishment he took, Stewart says he’s game for another follow- up film. “If we do, we’ll have to put down the broomsticks and get some shovels!” he quips. “After the beating I’ve taken on the first two, a third isn’t going to kill me.” Stewart’s co-star, Emma Fitzpatrick, describes the actor as “a real-life tough guy.” That toughness was exemplified by how he dealt with his dislocated shoulder. “I was trying not to gag watching them pop it back in,” the actress recalls. “He pushed everyone away and was just like, ‘I need a cigarette.’ Then he disappeared for 10 minutes and came back and did the scene.” But Fitzpatrick says Stewart also had a soft, supportive, generous side, even taking her out for coffee before the production kicked into gear. “He kind of big-brothered me,” she says. “He didn’t know me at all; he didn’t owe me anything. I felt very safe on set with him.” In casting the role of Elena, the filmmakers wanted an actress who could hold her own opposite Stewart. When The Collection casting director Joseph Middleton brought their attention to Fitzpatrick’s turn in The Social Network, they were blown away by what they saw. “Wow, OK, there she is,” recalls Dunstan of his initial reaction. “This was a young woman who could protect you in a second, and yet there was nothing but

absolute relatable humanity in what she did every step of the way. She was so adroit, so unwilling to bend in the face of danger, but in a realistic way.” The Collection marks Fitzpatrick’s first leading role in a feature film after making her debut in The Social Network. Prior to her acting career, Fitzpatrick graduated from Belmont University where she studied theater, music, dance and film. After graduating from college, she enjoyed a six-month stint singing standards on a celebrity cruise liner and joined Tokyo Disney to sing in a jazz/Broadway review called “Big Band Beat” at Tokyo Disney Sea. Like Hepburn’s character in Wait Until Dark, the role of Elena combines beauty, vulnerability and indomitability of spirit. “She is tired of being scared,” says Dunstan. “She’s not waiting for someone to save her; she’s going to save herself. Powerful women are inspiring. Especially in horror, women are far too often given a familiar path. They all end up in the same tank top running up to the top of a haunted house instead of running out the front door. We wanted Elena to be that knuckle-breaking big sister that we’ve always wanted to have.” Fitzpatrick says she was intrigued by the extent to which the filmmakers had developed Elena’s character. “She has this very quiet confidence which then gets parlayed into these kick-ass moments,” she says. “I thought, ‘Wow, this girl is so tenacious!’ It’s cool to see someone feminine and soft do all these powerful things.” It also helped that the character was more nuanced than your garden- variety “scream queen.” “Terror isn’t always screaming,” Fitzpatrick observes. “They wanted some really genuine emotional performances. I don’t even think I screamed in the movie.” Like Stewart, the actress found the emotional demands of the role physically challenging. “The thing I was most worried about was having the stamina,” she recalls. “I had never carried a whole movie before. I knew as far as emotional 7

vulnerability, I could bring it to the table, but I had never been challenged to do it for that long. Everything is experienced through the character’s eye. If you’re not having genuine moments of terror, the audience knows it. It was like a boot-camp experience—to be that emotional for that long was really exhausting. It took me a while to recover.” Stewart says Fitzpatrick rose to the challenges of the role, and that something in her appearance helped his own performance. “She has an innocence about her,” he says. “Physically, when you look at her face, it draws you in right away, in a way that you want to take care of her, protect her, be the big brother to her. We immediately clicked on a friendly level, which made it really easy to slip into that and go for it.” The most seasoned actor in the film is Christopher McDonald (“Boardwalk Empire,” Requiem for a Dream), who plays the small but pivotal role of Elena’s wealthy father, Mr. Peters. “He was really cool,” recalls Stewart of the few scenes he had with the veteran. “The guy’s been around forever and worked with everyone. Any time you jump into a scene with a guy like that, you do your homework and throw it all away and look forward to what happens.” As for the diabolical Collector himself, played by stuntman Randall Archer (Shooter), he remains mysterious to the end, his face masked for the entire film, or else turned away from the camera. In conceiving of such a twisted villain, the filmmakers were inspired by the idea of someone who combines murderous impulses with an interest in collecting insects. “He’s an entomologist—he studies bugs,” says Melton. “He’s essentially creating these deformed, demented humans that have extra appendages, and puts them on display like a bug he caught. That’s his thing.” As for coming up with the elaborate mechanisms the Collector uses to snare and maim his prey, the filmmakers tapped into their experience on the Saw franchise.

“We were deeply entrenched in the world of traps and such,” Melton explains. “He’s just trying to trap them, but often these traps would result in their death and dismemberment. We tried to have that theme throughout. We looked at certain bug traps and animal traps. We didn’t want to make things too ridiculous. You lose some grounded-ness and reality if you make things too heightened. So his lair relates to the world of bugs and traps and taxidermy.” Rounding out the cast are Lee Tergesen (Monster), who plays the role of Lucello; Tim Griffin (The Bourne Supremacy), who plays the part of Dre; and Andre Royo (“The Wire”), who plays Wally. As for Dunstan, the cast members say the director is one of the nicest men you could expect to meet and a joy to work with. “He is one of the strangest paradoxes,” says Fitzpatrick. “He’s such a jolly man. You’d think you have to be really demented to make these movies. He’s like a fanboy, which made it a lot more fun. I kind of hit the jackpot with this one.” Stewart agrees. “He’s the type of guy that wouldn’t ask you to do anything he wouldn’t do himself,” the actor says. “If he wants you to go into the room that’s on fire, you feel like he’s going to get in there with you and not leave you hanging. And he’s just the nicest dude on top of it. He never, ever raises his voice. He’s a constant cheerleader.” Dunstan’s collaboration with Melton stretches back a dozen years. They met as college students at the University of Iowa, where they were both projectionists and discovered their love of the horror genre. Their paths have run together ever since. “We both ended up moving to California, in the same building,” Dunstan says, adding that they collaborated on their first script, Feast, on a Halloween weekend. The film was released in 2005. “We just have a good working relationship,” says Melton. “We both bring different things to the table and complement each other well. At this point, we have a shorthand between us. We don’t worry about hurting each other’s feelings. Our personalities work together, like a marriage.” 9

Melton says it helps that he doesn’t have directing aspirations. “That’s Marcus’ forte,” he says. “There’s a difference between what you want to write and what you can actually shoot, especially when you’re dealing with a budget. Marcus knows what can and can’t be done within certain budgetary parameters.” Most of the exterior shots in The Collection were filmed in Atlanta, which was also the location of the fictional Argento Hotel, name based off the legendary horror director—a former boarding school that served as the Collector’s lair. “You needed a tetanus shot just to look at it,” says Dunstan of the dilapidated building. “Its decay and design were just perfect.” Most of the other interiors, including the hospital scenes, were built and shot at CBS Studio Center in Los Angeles. Dunstan credits executive producer Tom Luse (Jeepers Creepers) with making the budgetary dollars stretch to the greatest effect. “He took every one of our nickels and turned them into 500 bucks,” the director says. “He knew with absolute clarity how to make this movie head and shoulders above competing projects that had double our budget.” For all the chaos and horror depicted in the film, the shoot itself was a remarkably smooth ride with a mostly fun and playful mood on set, according to the filmmakers and actors alike. “There weren’t many hiccups along the way,” Melton says. Stewart agrees. “It was hard not to feel like a little kid,” he says. “The set was kind of like a grown-up version of the game Mouse Trap, and we got to play in it. It’s so easy with these types of things to get dark and gruesome; if you really turn yourself over to that, it can be a miserable couple of months. We were very focused when we needed to be, especially when things had the potential to be dangerous. But at the same time there was still that sense that we’re all pretty lucky to be doing this for a living.” For Dunstan, the challenges encountered during the production were partly artistic—finding and maintaining the right balance between action and horror. 10

“You want action and horror to blend just right,” he says. “Often, a horror movie is servicing a kill or a display of bloodletting, whereas an action film involves a bit of ballet—it’s largely silence punctuated by gunfire. Action films are intrinsically thrilling, but rarely intimidating or scary. However, the best of them, like Death Wish or Rolling Thunder, have elements of action that also have a very cruel streak—dangerous men stalking vicious men—which results in some searing moments where you feel the thrill of action and fear for everybody involved. That was our goal.” And then there were the challenges inherent in shooting a film so rife with special effects. The long opening sequence where the warehouse party turns into a bloodbath, for instance, involved numerous crew members, a crane, lots of extras, elaborate stunt work, CGI work and gallons and gallons of blood, Dunstan says. As intimidating as those days were, the crew consistently wrapped early, he says, giving kudos to cinematographer Sam McCurdy and camera operator BJ McDonnell. For Dunstan, making movies like The Collection is a privilege. “We get to tell stories, to scare people, to invite people into a theater, turn off the lights and frighten them—for fun. That kind of opportunity can only be honored with the most sincere effort to get it right.” And just as he and Melton trace their love of the horror genre to their childhoods, it’s their hope that they will be able to pass that joy in being scared to others. “We started out watching some films we were too young to watch,” Dunstan says. “And we’re hoping some kid will get in trouble staying up too late, getting caught watching something we’ve worked on.”

ABOUT THE CAST

JOSH STEWART (Arkin) was most recently seen opposite Christian Bale and Tom Hardy in Christopher Nolan’s summer box-office phenomenon The Dark Knight Rises. The actor followed a relatively non-traditional path to Hollywood. A West Virginia native whose parents were a small-town Baptist preacher and an elementary school teacher, Stewart graduated college with a degree in business marketing, but after appearing in a number of local theater productions, he decided to put his business career on hold to pursue his artistic passion. Stewart moved to Manhattan and was soon discovered by television producer John Wells, who gave the aspiring actor his first big break by casting him as a rookie police officer navigating the mean streets of New York in the final season of NBC’s “Third Watch.” Next, Stewart quickly landed a starring role opposite Courteney Cox in the FX Networks series “Dirt.” His emotionally nuanced performance as an actor on the precipice of fame was singled out by TV critics. Stewart made his mainstream feature film debut opposite Brad Pitt in David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. His other credits include recurring roles on NBC’s long-running series “Criminal Minds” and last season’s “No Ordinary Family,” for ABC. A happily married father of two, Stewart is also a competitive snowboarder, boxer and avid outdoorsman. EMMA FITZPATRICK (Elena) was born in Marion, Ohio. She has a background in classical music and musical theater, with a Bachelors of Music from Belmont University where she studied theater, music, dance and film. After graduating from college, Emma enjoyed a six-month stint singing standards on a Celebrity Cruise liner. She then joined Tokyo Disney, where she sang in a jazz/ Broadway review called "Big Band Beat" at Tokyo Disney Sea. One year later, Emma finally settled in Los Angeles to formally study acting with Lesly Kahn, 12

dabble in modeling, and to write music and perform with her band THE MOTS NOUVEAUX. Previously, Emma was cast in the Oscar-nominated drama, Social Network, directed by David Fincher, as well as the feature film In Time, directed by Andrew Niccol. Her other credits include guest stars on “CSI: NY” and “Undercovers”. CHRISTOPHER MCDONALD (Mr. Peters) is a classically trained stage actor with a diverse body of work in film, television and the theater. Most recently, McDonald was a series regular on David E. Kelley’s NBC series “Harry’s Law,” starring alongside Kathy Bates. In addition, he has been recurring on HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire” and his character returns in the new season. Other television credits include “Family Law,” Veronica’s Closet,” “North Shore” and “Cracking Up,” all in leading roles. McDonald has guest starred on “The Sopranos,” “The Bronx is Burning,” “61,” “SGU Stargate Universe,” “Numb3rs,” “Law & Order,” “My Boys” and “Psych.” His voice work includes a recurring role on Disney Channel’s “Kim Possible.” Born in New York City, McDonald is one of seven children. He grew up in Romulus, New York, where his father was the high-school principal and musical director. Originally a pre-med major at Hobart College, McDonald decided to pursue an acting career in the midst of his senior year. He then studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, and the Stella Adler Acting Conservatory in New York. McDonald first caught Hollywood’s attention when he played Goose McKenzie in Grease 2. Beloved for his comedic roles as Mr. Stifler in American Pie and Shooter McGavin in Happy Gilmore, he also made his mark in memorable performances in such films as Thelma and Louise and Quiz Show, among others. Additional film credits include The Boys Next Door, Outrageous Fortune, Chances Are, Dutch, Wild Orchids 2, Grumpy Old Men, Fatal Instinct, Terminal Velocity, Cover Story, Rich Man’s Wife, Leave It to Beaver, Flubber, The Iron 13

Giant, The Perfect Storm, Spy Kids 2, Grind, Takedown, Rumor Has It, Kickin It Old Skool, Mad Money, Superhero Movie, Fanboys and The House Bunny, among others. Also a respected stage actor, McDonald has won such honors as the Drama-Logue Award for Best Actor for his performance in “Final Touches.” In 2006, he starred on Broadway as Billy Flynn in “Chicago.” He also took the stage in productions of “Nightclub Cantina,” “Hay Fever,” “Bounders” and The Los Angeles Theatre Center’s productions of “Hamlet,” “Othello” and “The Taming of the Shrew.” In his free time, McDonald is an avid pilot and also enjoys skiing, fishing and auto racing. He has competed in the Long Beach Grand Prix and on several tracks in Germany. McDonald currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife Lupe, his son and three daughters.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

MARCUS DUNSTAN (Director, Writer) is an emerging filmmaker who has penned screenplays for a number of prominent genre films, including installments in the popular Saw and Feast franchises. Most recently, he co-wrote the forthcoming thriller The Occult, starring Jennifer Carpenter, Rufus Sewell and Colm Meaney. Dunstan was born in Boise, Idaho, and raised from the age of five in Macomb, Illinois. He met writing partner Patrick Melton while studying at the University of Iowa. The duo’s first collaboration, Feast, was produced for season three of “Project Greenlight.” The Feast films became a trilogy for Dimension. Dunstan and Melton turned to more serious horror fare in their collaboration on the Saw franchise for Lionsgate. Melton and Dunstan co-wrote Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI and Saw 3D for the studio. They also did an un-credited rewrite on another 3-D chiller, My Bloody Valentine. Dunstan made his directorial debut with 2009’s The Collector, the result of another creative collaboration with Melton. The film starred Josh Stewart, Andrea Roth and Juan Fernández. The writing duo recently completed adapting their first novel, Blacklight, into a script for producer Michael De Luca. Summer 2013 sees the release of Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim, on which Melton and Dunstan contributed a production polish for Warner Bros. They have also commenced writing the sci-fi adventure Rise for the studio and are adapting the popular video game “God of War” for Universal. Currently, Dunstan spends every waking moment being grateful.

PATRICK MELTON (Writer) is an accomplished screenwriter whose career is on a rapid upward trajectory. It was his involvement with the Saw franchise that first brought wide recognition to Melton and his co-writer Marcus

Dunstan. They scripted Saw IV, Saw V, Saw VI and Saw 3D for a worldwide total of nearly $500 million in box-office receipts. Most recently, Melton and Dunstan wrote horror films The Collector, directed by Dunstan and starring Josh Stewart, Andrea Roth and Juan Fernández, and Piranha 3DD, with Danielle Panabaker and David Koechner. They are currently working on God of War for Universal and a sci-fi epic called Rise, for Warner Bros. Melton was born in Champaign, Illinois. He attended Evanston Township High School and graduated from the University of Iowa, where he met Marcus Dunstan. Melton also attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, where he received an M.F.A. in screenwriting. In 2004, Melton and Dunstan won the “Project Greenlight” season-three competition. The series aired on Bravo and resulted in the film Feast. Two sequels followed. Halloween 2011 marked the release of Melton and Dunstan’s debut novel, Black Light, co-written with Stephen Romano. It was published by Little Brown imprint Mulholland Books. The writing team has also performed un-credited work on Piranha, My Bloody Valentine and most recently Pacific Rim, which is being directed by Guillermo Del Toro. They co-wrote The Occult, a thriller starring Jennifer Carpenter, Rufus Sewell and Colm Meaney, which is set for a 2013 release.

BRETT FORBES (Producer) formed Fortress Features in 2004 with Patrick Rizzotti. A lean, cost-conscious independent company, Fortress focuses on the skills of the principals and their relationships. Soon after Fortress opened its doors, Forbes and Rizzotti executive produced one of the highest-rated miniseries to air on the Discovery Channel, “Battleground: The Art of War.” A year later, they produced the critically acclaimed feature Pride, starring Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac. 16

Next for Fortress was The Collector, directed by Marcus Dunstan, who co- wrote the script with Patrick Melton. The horror film was a domestic and international success while developing a cult following. Fortress also produced Balls to the Wall, a comedy directed by Penelope Spheeris (Wayne’s World, Black Sheep). In association with Academy Award-winning producer Barrie Osbourne, Forbes and Rizzotti recently executive produced Syrup, a comedy starring Amber Heard (Zombieland, Pineapple Express) and Kellan Lutz (Twilight, A Nightmare on Elm Street).

PATRICK RIZZOTTI (Producer) founded Fortress Entertainment in 2004 with partner Brett Forbes. Providing development financing to producers working independently of the studio system, the Los Angeles-based company is quickly becoming one of the most talked-about financing companies in the film industry. Fortress has a proven ability to develop material and attach talent to get the project into production. Rizzotti grew up in an Irish-Italian family in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. A sports fan, Rizzotti has always had a passion for baseball, and played at Moorpark College. Less than a year after Fortress opened its doors, Forbes and Rizzotti executive produced one of the highest-rated miniseries to air on the Discovery Channel, “Battleground: The Art of War.” Soon thereafter, they produced the critically acclaimed Pride, starring Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard and Bernie Mac, which was financed and distributed by Lionsgate. Next for Fortress was The Collector, co-written and directed by Marcus Dunstan. A domestic and international success, the horror film has developed a cult following. Fortress also produced Balls to the Wall, a comedy directed by Penelope Spheeris (Wayne’s World, Black Sheep). Forbes and Rizzotti recently teamed with Barrie Osbourne, producer of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, to executive produce Syrup, a comedy starring 17

Amber Heard (Zombieland, Pineapple Express) and Kellan Lutz (Twilight, A Nightmare on Elm Street).

Unit Production Manager CALEB WOMBLE First Assistant Director ALISA FREDERICKS Second Assistant Directors SCOTT THOMAS MARY BETH CHAMBERS

CAST

Arkin JOSH STEWART Elena EMMA FITZPATRICK Mr. Peters CHRISTOPHER McDONALD Lucello LEE TERGESEN Dre TIM GRIFFIN Wally ANDRE ROYO The Collector RANDALL ARCHER Paz SHANNON KANE Lin BRANDON MOLALE Abby ERIN WAY Missy JOHANNA BRADDY Josh MICHAEL NARDELLI Brian WILLIAM PELTZ Basil DANIEL SHARMAN Zack JUSTIN MORTELLITI Lisa NAVI RAWAT Elena (9 years old) COURTNEY CUMMINGS Cheryl LAURA MARION Sick Person JOSHUA BURION-MOHR Older Man MICHAEL H. COLE Brian’s Sexy Blond HEATHER MOTE DJ #1 ANNE TYLER DJ #2 TANDRA CALDWELL Police Spokesperson RYAN CUTRONA Female TV Reporter ANNE MARIE HOWARD Male TV Reporter MEL FAIR Agent Gulager JOHN GULAGER Agent Camillo SETH CAMILLO Fire Captain Adam Lynch JEFF ARBAUGH Sergeant Hoss Wiggins BRETT FORBES Sergeant Hilton JENNIFER HILTON MONROE Doctor ROBERT PRALGO Nurse Rizzo PATRICK RIZZOTTI 19

Nurse Mary Jane BRITA PARKER Nurse Snickelfritz DAVID LANDSNESS Deceased Cat Lover DAVID KARLAK

Stunts Stunt Coordinator HIRO KODA BANZAI VITALE

Stunt Performers JENNIFER BADGER BRENT BERNHARD SHELLITA BOXIE JWANDACE CANDECE MAX CALDER ELIZABETH DAVIDOVICH PHILLIP DIDO BOB FISHER DANTE W. HA BRIAN HITE TRACY KAY HENRY KINGI JR. TIM MCADAMS Arkin Stunt double BANZAI VITALE Lucello Stunt double MIKE MUKATIS Elena Stunt Double MARIE FINK Crew Co-Producer STEPH ACCETTA Co-Producer TODD ULMAN

A Camera/Steadicam Operator BJ MCDONNEL A Camera 1ST AC BRUCE ROBINSON A Camera 2nd AC NATHAN MCCONNELL B Camera Operators GLEN BROWN

B Camera 1st AC JOSH HANCHER B Camera 2nd AC ROSS DAVIS Camera Loader TRACY MINNIS Camera Production Assistant ANGELA HOLFORD

Script Supervisor AMY LACY

Sound Mixer SHIRLEY LIBBY, C.A.S Boom Operator BRIAN DIDSBURY Utility Sound JAMES PETERSON Gaffer RICK CRANK Best Boy Electric BRANDON DAVIS 20

Rigging Gaffer MICHAEL TYSON Rigging Best Boy Electric GARY HOLMES Electricians CONNOR O’MALLEY DEREK WILSON STEVE SUDGE Board Operator GREG SOURIS Genny Operator REID ANDREWS Rigging Electricians LEON WILSON NICK FERNANDEZ Rigging Grip MIKE PILCHER Key Grip EDDIE EVANS Best Boy Grip TOM BARRETT A Dolly Grip FRANK BOONE B Dolly Grip MIKE BEESAW

Property Master JOHN SANDERS Assistant Property Master ANGIE WOODARD Property Assistant DAMIAN DUNN

Propmakers RICHARD FIELDS FREDERICK FONNER JOSH JEANTET TERRENCE MCCARTHY JOEY ODOM BERRY STOVALL MARTIN TYLER

Set Painters JONATHAN HIERS MICHAEL BROWN JEFFERY ELLIS DONNY JORDON BOBBY MARTIN JIMMY MARTIN Set Decorator KRISTEN DONALDSON WALKER

Animal Trainers NICHOLAS NELSON GREG TRESAN, ATLANTA DOGWORKS ASHLEY BARRIENTOS

Locations Manager DOUG NICELY Assistant Locations Manager PATRICK KING Locations Assistant CALEB HINSHAW

Art Director DOUG FICK Art Department Coordinator KATIE WEAVER 21

Leadman DAN POST On Set Dresser ELLIOT BOSWELL Buyer LINDA VERZI Swing BLACK MYERS JAMES VASILOVIC AARON BARNES KENNETH NELSON

Collector's Paintings by ANTHONY LEONARDI III CREW Storyboard Artist THE BRENNAN BROTHERS Matte Artist DANIEL BRENNAN

Art Department Assistant ANDI CRUMBLEY

Costume Supervisor AMANDA ZENIL Key Costumer ILIANA SANCHEZ Costumers MELANIE MASCIOLIO JAMIE COLEY

Casting Associate TINEKA BECKER Casting Assistant BRITTANY SHAPIRO Extras Casting PATRICK INGRAM

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Key Set Production Assistant SAMANTHA HOLLINGSWORTH Set Production Assistants TRAVIS “T” LOVE ARIC SABIN BLAKE H. HUGHES Production Coordinator MANDY MCCOWAN Assistant Production Coordinator CHRISTINA BONACCORSE

Production Accountant MIKE KIELY First Assistant Accountant MERCI NAVARRO Second Assistant Accountant CHRIS MENDONCA Payroll Accountant JOAN DEVILLA Accounting Clerk MAGGIE FREE

Production Assistants HUNTER R. THOMPSON ROBERT RANDOLPH

Liddell Executive MICHAEL ZELMAN 22

Assistant to Tom Luse AUSTIN HARKEY Assistant to Marcus Dunstan SAM VEAL Assistants to Mickey Liddell PATRICK RAYMOND ERIN SHIPLEY Assistant to Fortress Features Sage "El Presidente" Fishelman

Interns KRISTA SLAVIK SOPHIE MINDUS

Special Effects Foremen TOM KITTLE MORGAN GUYNES TIM WALKEY BRENDAN MCHALE Special Effects Coordinator DAVID FLETCHER Special Effects Technicians PETER DAMIEN PAUL DAMIEN JAMES “JC” CHESHIRE VINCE BALL PHIL PROCTOR SCANLEN BACKUS JOHN DODSON MATTHEW “SKIP” SCURRY BRIAN SMITH SAM BEAN SCOTT WILLIS

Construction Coordinator JOHN FORE Construction General Foreman DALE JEANTET Construction Buyer JAMES ANTHONY Lead Scenic TAYLOR BENNETT Scenic Foreman ROBBIE MARTIN Gang Boss GORDON DAVENPORT JEFF GIBBS

Still Photographer BOB MAHONEY

Transportation Coordinator KEITH COLLIS Transportation Captain DENNIS CARTER DOT Officer ANDY STRAUSS Drivers KEN ROBINSON VINCE THRIFT MICHAEL GARDNER RICKIE RICO HALL STEPHSON ROLAND JIM PADGETT 23

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Chefs PHILIPPE GALLICHET MICHAEL BOWERS Assistant Chefs JOHN MEKHAIL CHARLES LONG Key Craft Service JOHN D. BERT Assistant Craft Service MILES LOGAN JAVAN MONTE ADAMS JR.

Set Medic TASHA WDOWIN Construction Medic KEVIN AMICK Special make-up effects and trophy room statues created Make Up Effects Designed and Created by by Two Hours in the Dark Inc GARY J. TUNNICLIFFE Coordinator MIKE JAY REGAN Crew GARY PAWLOWSKI JAMIE GROVE MIKE MEASIMER SNOWY HIGHFIELD DAN DRISCOLL CHRIS HANSON LUCAS MERCER DENISE LEIBEE BAER JEFF DEIST TIM GORE BRYAN BLAIR JAMES KAGEL CLAIRE JANE VRANIAN Make Up Department Head DONNA PREMICK Key Make-Up ADRIENNE BOOTH Hair Department Head TAYLOR KNIGHT Key Hair VINCENT GIDEON

Post Production Supervisor MITCHELL GROBMAN Additional Editors SETH GOTTLIEB JOSEPH M. GONZALEZ ALEX LUNA Post Production Assistants ASHLEY BROWN STEVE GREENBERG

Post Production Sound Services by WARNER BROS. POST PRODUCTION SERVICES 24

Supervising Sound Editor WALTER NEWMAN Co-Supervising Sound Editor KENNETH YOUNG Supervising Dialogue Editor DARLEEN STOKER SFX Editor ADAM JOHNSTON ADR Editor LOU THOMAS Assistant Editors DERON STREET SONNY PETTIJOHN DAMON COHOON Re-Recorded at WARNER BROS. Foley Mixer DAVID JOBE Re-Recording Mixers DAN HILAND GARY RODGERS ADR Recordists ERIC GOTTHLEF JASON OLIVER ADR Voice Casting WALTER KIRK STRATTON JR

POST PRODUCTION SERVICES PROVIDED BY MAD OLD NUT PRODUCTIONS, INC Lead DI Colorist TED BRADY Digital Intermediate Producer CHRISTIAN ELLIS CHIEF TECHNICAL ENGINEER ANDREW GOODNEY

Digital Motion Picture Laboratory Services Technicolor Digital Scanning and Film Recording Technicolor Digital Intermediate Services Technicolor DI Producer Nancy Fuller Digital Intermediate Colorist Damian McDonnell

VFX Supervisor DAVID KARLAK Senior VFX artist & CG Supervisor NAREG KALENDERIAN Render Wrangler MILED CHALFOUN Previsualization Lead NAREG KALENDERIAN Previsualization Animator NICK GREENLEE Previsualization Animator ERNEST URZUA YASHINKI STUDIOS VFX Supervisor & Lead Compositor YARON YASHINSKI 3D & Compositing ELAD (KATHA) NAIM Compositing DENIS DVORIN 3D SHAI WAX 3D VUK EPSTIEN Eyelandarts Studios VFX Supervisor ALEX FRIDERICI Paint/Roto KATERINA FRIDERICI Hoax Films VFX Supervisor RICK SANDER

VFX Producer ALEXIS NELSON VFX Coordinator KRISTIN GUINN Digital Artists OMID ENSAFI GERONIMO MORALEZ IV MATT RESTA EDWARD RIVAS

Score Composed and Recorded by CHARLIE CLOUSER Vocals by JOSH BOARDMAN AND MEREDITH SHOTTES

Music Editor JAMES BLADON Music Supervisor TRICIA HOLLOWAY Music Clearance PATH MUSIC Music Supervisor’s Assistant JON WESTON

Title Design By DAVID KARLAK Christie Mischel Dolby Sound Consultant Trevor Ward Editorial Facilities Provided By MAD OLD NUT PRODUCTIONS, INC

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EPK Producer AUSTIN HARKEY 2ND UNIT 2nd Unit Director DAVID KARLAK Director of Photography MARC DOBIECKI 1st Assistant Camera BRETT LANIUS NAN ZIEGLER 2nd Assistant Camera DANIEL PERNAS Gaffers GARY HOLMES 26

CHRIS SOREL Key Grip TOM BARRETT Dolly Grips SCOTT TRIMBLE Script Supervisor DEB WALTERS VFX Supervisor DAVID KARLAK Best Boy Rigging Grip LEVI LOY Rigging Grips MIKE PILCHER JARROD HUMPHREY JASON ZALUSKA Leadman DAN POST On Set Dresser ELLIOT BOSWELL Buyer SHERRY PETERSON Additional Photography: Los Angeles 2nd Unit Director TODD ULMAN Casting Director DEANNA BRIGIDI-STEWART, CSA Extras Casting KRISTAN BERONA MIKE PASSINE Line Producer NELLIE NUGIEL Director of Photography JULES LABARTHE A Camera Operator ROBERT R. ALTMAN A Camera 1st Assistant GREG WILLIAMS A Camera 2nd Assistant KT COMKOWYCZ B Camera Operator TONY CUTRANO B Camera 1st Assistant MATT DELRUTH B Camera 2nd Assistant ROB MONROY Gaffers JOHN VECCHIO PAUL HAUSER Key Grip KENNETH E. DAVIS Best Boy Grip MATT MOLES CBS Best Boy Grip MICHAEL GOLDMAN "A" Dolly Grip JOHN CASSIDY "B" Dolly Grip BENJAMIN VAN CLEAVE Grip TOM LEMBCKE Best Boy Electric CRAIG MOLSBERRY CBS Best Boy Electric DAVID LOEB Electric MIKE KENNEDY DON WOTHERSPOON SAM WAYMAN Production Designer Art CORY LORENZEN Department Coordinator TOM ZAMORA Set Decorator CAROL BAYNE KELLEY Leadman CHRIS NEELY On Set Dresser ERIC KELLY Property Masters ERICK GARIBAY 27

BRUCE MINK Assistant Property Master MARK KELLY Script Supervisor MAXINE BERGEN Storyboard Artist WARREN DRUMMOND Production Supervisor KATIE BACCARO Production Office Coordinator NINA FINDLEY Assistant Production Office Coordinator JAMIE HANTON Production Assistants DAVID ODERE ERIC VAN WINKLE MARLENE MELBY 1st AD FORREST MURRAY 2nd AD MITCHEL KELLEHER Key Set PA KEVIN YU Set PA SHANE CHUNEPHISAL Production Accountant MIKE KIELY 1st Assistant Accountant ROBERT SPENCE Costume Designer SYBIL MOSELY Key Costumer GLORIA MAROUN Costumer NAZHAT HESTER Craft Service MARTIN PALMA Assistant Craft Service RON HAIRSTON Department Head Makeup FARAH BUNCH Make-Up SARAH WOOLF Department Head Hair MICHELLE PAYNE Hair LAUREN UPSHAW SPFX Make-Up GARY TUNNICLIFFE ALMOST HUMAN TOM FLOUTZ Sound Mixer JON AILETCHER Boom Operator DAVE HADDER Utility Sound LAURA RUSH SPFX Coordinator CHRIS BAILEY Stunt Coordinator HIRO KODA Transportation Coordinator BOB DORN Drivers CHARLES MARTINEZ MARK THOMPSON TIM SGRIGNOLI EVAN M. KAVAN SCOTT BOURKE VFX Supervisor DAVID KARLAK Construction Coordinator STACEY S. MCINTOSH The Collector Stunt Double STEVE UPTON

Additional Photography 1st Assistant Director CORY JOHNSON 28

2nd Assistant Director FEDERICO FERRERI Set Production Assist ants DAVID CHIRCHIRILLO ROXANNE PAUL Script Supervisor BRYAN SUNDSTORM A Camera 1st Assistant RICK LAMB A Cam 2nd Assistant JACQUELINE STAHL Loader MAYA MORGAN Best Boy JERRY KNIGHT Electric RON NEWBURN JOHN SALTMAN Best Boy Grip DAN CARPLUK CBS Best Boy Grip JOAN MAHON Dolly Grip JOHNNY SEGAL Company Grips RYAN BUSSCHER CHRIS MORIARITT Property Master BRUCE MILK Props HAYDEN BILSON Transportation Captain CHARLES MARTINEZ Set Costumers MARY FLEMMING KRISTINA WEST Department Head Make-up JENNIFER DARAYANI Key Make-up NEDRA HAINEY Make Up FX Designer ROBERT HALL Special Effects Make-Up ALEX NOBLE Key Hair MICHELLE PAYNE Hair Assistant EVELYN ROSENTHAL Set Dresser BILLY BAKER Sound Mixer JOE AILETCHER Boom Operator DAVE HADDER Insect Wrangler MARCO SOLIS Contact Lens Tech SEAN KELLEY APOC JOSH RUTTA Office Production Assistants LYSSA JUNEK SAM MANTELL Catering LEAVE IT TO LINDA Craft Service MIKE SMUDA LORE WILHELM

Accountant DIANE CONN Production Intern STEPHEN CIATTA

“Talk to Me” Written by Mauro Remiddi Performed by Porcelain Raft Courtesy of Sunday Music Management

“When You’re Out” Written by Ronald Kaufman Performed by Kauf Courtesy of Songs For Film & TV

“Monsterbot” Written by Che Brooks & Dax Brooks Performed by Robosoul Courtesy of Robosoul, LLC.

“Marauder Erode” Written by Bryan Lee Brown & Paul Fig Performed by Bryan Lee Brown & Paul Fig Courtesy of Memory Bulldozer

“THE COLLECTION End Title” Written by Bryan Lee Brown & Paul Fig Performed by Bryan Lee Brown & Paul Fig Courtesy of Memory Bulldozer

“Haunt You” Written by Maya Miller and Becky Black Performed by The Pack a.d. Courtesy of Mint Records Inc.

“Awake To You (The Collection Remix)” Written by Andrew Reed Performed by Patient 113 Courtesy of Patient 113

Special Thanks

Diane Liddell Theresa Davidson Robert Darwell Huy Nguyen Matthew Viner Monroe Cecily Rivka Monroe Eleanor Golda Monroe Susan and Lee Hilton Wade and Sally Monroe Lauren and Aron Hochhauser Andy Viner Jennifer Murray Kennedy Ireland Clu Gulager Josh LeBlanc Maria Dunstan Tom Dunstan Kristin Dunstan Debbie Landsness Jeff Temple, Orthopedic Specialist Mildred Toivonen Kya Trevor and Meghan Engelson Phil d'Amecourt Simon Faber Theresa Kang Sheryl Petersen Dave Feldman Toivo's Gretchen & David The W Hotel Midtown The Clairmont Stella Rosa Our Friends at The Galley Eebin, Tai, Keke & Easton Melton David Boxerbaum Debbie Deuble Hill Greg Slewett Richard Thompson Dylan Blakely Bruce and Bonnie Fishelman Lauren Fishelman Shayna Forbes Bruce Forbes Big Mike and Debbie Rizzotti Mike and Kathy Rizzotti Mr. and Mrs. Catalano Jill Amsler Billy Hanson Brandon Cox The Champions of The Basement Cheryl Tarnofsky Brita Parker Sara Catalano Mike Perretta Mike Gozzard Tony Safford Scott Lumpkin Seth Camillo Ben Weiss Alexis Garcia Sheryl Goodhead Matsuda Josh Beller Vince Palomino Eric Leach Erica Fyhrie Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center Widex Hearing Corporation Atlanta Hearing Aid of Decatur ESPN Jenny Landry Joe Bunting Kimball Hastings/Polo Ralph Lauren Megan Colligan Michelle Bohan Smart/ Mercedes-Benz Spirit Hoods Steve Sauer Wayne Miller/VER Camera Rentals

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