The Apocalypse Watch (1997) (TV)

Director:

Kevin Connor

Writers (WGA):

Robert Ludlum (novel)
John Goldsmith (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:

2 March 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

When Drew's brother, a CIA field agent, is killed on one of his missions, he sets out to pursue the assignment himself in order to get to the killers...

Plot Keywords:

Two Part TV Movie | Based On Novel

Cast

Patrick Bergin	...	Drew Latham
John Shea	...	Harry Latham / Lassiter
Virginia Madsen	...	Karin De Vries
Benedick Blythe	...	Frederick De Vries
Malcolm Tierney	...	Clive Murrow
Al Matthews	...	Wesley Sorenson
Ted Maynard	...	Stanley Witkowski
Christopher Neame	...	Ulrich von Schnabe
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
James Aubrey	...	Winston Ross
Glynis Barber	...	Janine Courtland
Michael Brandon	...	Ambassador James Courtland
Steven Bronowski	...	Dieter Kramer
Sarah Cameron	...	Alexandra
Daphne Cheung	...	Dr. Saphir Tan
David Cheung	...	Tom Okaru
Anthony Cochrane	...	Palmer
Toyin Fani-Kayode	...	Nora Gunnell
James Faulkner	...	Sir Alexander Strong
Harry Fielder	...	Prime Minister's Guard
Harold Finley	...	Reporter 1
Jonathan Finley	...	Reporter 2
Hugh Futcher	...	Yossi Perelman
Gordon Griffin	...	Alastair
Jonathan Hartman	...	Hit Man 2
Eric Jorrin	...	Lab Technician
Roger Llewellyn	...	Prime Minister
Joshua Losey	...	John Wade
Jonathan Magnanti	...	Karitz
Ben Murphy	...	Krueger
David Riley	...	Christopher Peters
David Riley	...	Christopher Peters
Stephanie Schonfield	...	Magda Pike
Alan Shearman	...	Jones
Victoria Stewart	...	Nurse
Geoffrey Toone	...	General Weigel
William Wilde	...	Commander Ramage
Jerome Willis	...	Dr. Hans Troupman
Kathleen Worth	...	Mrs. Perelman
Pentti Halonen	...	Lab Coat (uncredited)
Curtis Rivers	...	Neo Nazi Guard (uncredited)

Directed by
Kevin Connor

Writing credits (WGA)
Robert Ludlum		(novel)
John Goldsmith		(teleplay) and
Christopher Canaan		(teleplay) (as Chris Canaan)

Produced by
Steven North	....	producer

Original Music by
Ken Thorne

Cinematography by
Derek V. Browne
Dennis C. Lewiston

Film Editing by
Barry Peters
Roger Wilson

Casting by
Allan Foenander
Sharon Jetton

Production Design by
Keith Wilson

Art Direction by
Alistair Kay
Michal Krska

Set Decoration by
Peter Palmer

Costume Design by
Diane Holmes

Makeup Department
Stephanie Kaye	....	chief hair stylist
Madeleine Masters	....	makeup artist
Jirina Pahlerova	....	makeup artist: Czech Republic
Christine Penwarden	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Dickie Bamber	....	production supervisor
Lucie Hertlova	....	production manager
Viktor Mayer	....	production manager: Czech Republic
Rudolf Prokes	....	production supervisor: Czech Republic

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Terry Bamber	....	first assistant director
Oscar Beuselinck	....	second assistant director
David Byrne	....	third assistant director
David Cain	....	third assistant director
Stephen Cranny	....	second assistant director
Gary Robinson	....	first assistant director
Alan Shearman	....	second unit director
Daniel Shepherd	....	third assistant director
Milan Spinka	....	assistant director: Czech Republic
Mark Ward	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Bill Draper	....	construction manager
Miloslav Dvorak	....	property master: Czech Republic
James Hambidge	....	assistant art director
Charles Torbett	....	property master
Marianne I. van Abbe	....	art photographer: set dressing

Sound Department
Sandy Buchanan	....	adr mixer
Laurie Clarkson	....	sound mixer
Steve Fish	....	boom operator
Glenn Freemantle	....	supervising sound editor
Keith Marriner	....	dialogue editor
Rupert Scrivener	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alan Snelling	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ian Tapp	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
David Harris	....	special effects supervisor
Neil Toddy Todd	....	special effects
Ian Whittaker	....	animatronic model designer
Alexander Gunn	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Christine Overs	....	model maker

Stunts
Richard Bradshaw	....	stunts
Dean Forster	....	stunts
Chrissy Monk	....	stunts
Curtis Rivers	....	stunt double: Patrick Bergin

Camera and Electrical Department
Tim Battersby	....	clapper loader: second unit
Derek V. Browne	....	camera operator: second unit (as Derek Browne)
Ian Coffey	....	clapper loader
Sean Connor	....	focus puller
Tim Dodd	....	focus puller: second unit
Ray Hall	....	key grip
Robert Hind	....	still photographer
Ben Koeller	....	trainee grip
Peter Lamb	....	best boy
Tomas Palecek	....	gaffer: Czech Republic
Marianne I. van Abbe	....	still photographer
Micky Wilson	....	gaffer (as Mickey Wilson)
Tim Wooster	....	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Venceslava Vrtiskova	....	wardrobe mistress: Czech Republic
Chrissie Wrench	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Tom Ash	....	assistant editor
Stephen Boucher	....	assistant editor
Helen Eley	....	assistant editor

Music Department
John Bell	....	orchestrator
Robert Hathaway	....	music editor
William Kidd	....	conductor
William Kidd	....	orchestrator
David Snell	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Andy Thomson	....	driver: camera truck

Other crew
Bachofen Alexis	....	assistant production coordinator
Giles Ashton	....	assistant location manager
Paige Chaytor	....	assistant to producer (as Paige Wingrove)
Tim Desbois	....	aerial coordinator
Peter Elford	....	location manager
Lorraine Fennell	....	production coordinator
Petr Junek	....	location manager: Czech Republic
Suzanne McGeachan	....	script supervisor (as Sue Clegg)
Debbie Moseley	....	production runner
Sandra Nixon	....	production accountant
Daniel Shepherd	....	set production assistant
Dana Synkova	....	production coordinator: Czech Republic
Joss Skottowe	....	supervising armorer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• RHI Entertainment
• Hallmark Entertainment

Distributors

• Sonar Entertainment (II) (1997-) (worldwide) (all media)
• Video Film Express (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Schröder Media (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1997) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Anvil Post Production  sound re-recording
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• Reelsound  post-production sound
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services

Also Known As:

"Robert Ludlum's The Apocalypse Watch" - USA (complete title)

Runtime:

240 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Germany:12 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:16 (video rating)

Filming Locations:

Czech Republic

Company:

RHI Entertainment

Trivia:

Last film of Geoffrey Toone.

A Complete Muddle

Robert Ludlum is a guilty pleasure, discovered in airline terminals, nourished during long flights or bus trips. A real pot-boiler, spiced with ghastly scenes of blood and passionate romance. What a disappointment this movie is. Yes, there is Virginia Madsen, who is fully capable of rising to the stature of a Ludlum heroine, but she is given little to do. How odd that a worse writer, like Clancy (who can neither write nor think, and therefore is advising the Bush White House), has gotten much better treatment from the Hollywood gods. This is an incomprehensible, but predictable, muddle.