Wing Commander (1999)

Director:

Chris Roberts

Writers (WGA):

Chris Roberts (characters)
Chris Roberts (story)
(more)

Release Date:

12 March 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

At the edge of our universe, all hell is about to break loose.

Plot:

Blair, a fighter pilot, joins an interstellar war to fight the evil Kilrathi who are trying to destroy the universe.

Plot Keywords:

Fighter Pilot | Commander | Wing Commander | Outer Space | Fictional War

Cast

Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Lt. Christopher Blair
Saffron Burrows	...	Lt. Cdr. 'Angel' Deveraux
Matthew Lillard	...	Lt. Todd 'Maniac' Marshall
Tchéky Karyo	...	Commodore James 'Paladin' Taggart
Jürgen Prochnow	...	Cdr. Paul Gerald
David Suchet	...	Capt. Jason Sansky
David Warner	...	Admiral Geoffrey Tolwyn
Ginny Holder	...	Lt. Rosie Forbes
Hugh Quarshie	...	Lt. Obutu
Ken Bones	...	Admiral Bill Wilson
John McGlynn	...	Richard Bellegarde
Richard Dillane	...	Lt. Hunter
Mark Powley	...	Lt. Polanski
David Fahm	...	Lt. Knight
Simon MacCorkindale	...	Flight Boss (as Simon McCorkindale)
Fraser James	...	Helmsman
Craig Kelly	...	Radar Man Falk
Kieron Phipps	...	Peterson
Jamie Treacher	...	Pegasus Radar Man
Cyril Nri	...	Security Officer
Jari Kinnunen	...	Concordia Radar Man (as Jari K. Kinnunen)
Raffaello Degruttola	...	Rodriguez (as Raph Taylor)
Paul Courtenay Hyu	...	Com Officer
Mark Jones	...	Kilrathi Admiral
Graham Riddell	...	Kilrathi Captain
Christopher P. Kibbey	...	Medic
Mark Hamill	...	Merlin (voice) (as ?)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Bondi	...	Lt. Court (uncredited)
John F. Kennedy	...	Himself (archive sound) (uncredited)
Chris Roberts	...	Lt. Roberts - Rescue & Recovery Pilot (uncredited)

Directed by
Chris Roberts

Writing credits (WGA)
Chris Roberts		(characters)
Chris Roberts		(story)
Kevin Droney		(screen story)
Kevin Droney		(screenplay)

Produced by
Donna Burkons	....	co-producer
Joseph Newton Cohen	....	executive producer (as Joseph N. Cohen)
Jean-Martial Lefranc	....	executive producer
Todd Moyer	....	producer
Tom Reeve	....	line producer
Romain Schroeder	....	executive producer
Neil Young	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
David Arnold		(original theme)
Kevin Kiner

Cinematography by
Thierry Arbogast		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Peter Davies

Casting by
Suzanne Crowley		(as Suzanne Crowley)
Gilly Poole

Production Design by
Peter Lamont

Art Direction by
Simon Bowles
Ken Court
James Hambidge
Mark Harris
Simon Lamont
Charles Dwight Lee		(supervising art director)
Alan Tomkins

Set Decoration by
Michael Ford
Richard Roberts

Costume Design by
Magali Guidasci

Makeup Department
Pat Hay	....	hair styles supervisor
Pat Hay	....	makeup supervisor
Vivian Nowak	....	hair stylist
Daniel Parker	....	animatronics
Stephen Rose	....	hair stylist
Ghislaine Soisson	....	assistant makeup artist
Stuart Bray	....	special effects model maker (uncredited)

Production Management
Stirling Belafonte	....	post-production supervisor
Laurent Dumas	....	unit manager
Meinir Stoutt	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Oscar Beuselinck	....	second assistant director
Ralph Eisenmann	....	third assistant director
Claude Ludovicy	....	second second assistant director
Kieron Phipps	....	first assistant director
Veronique Souques	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Dominic Ackland-Snow	....	carpenter
Dean Coldham	....	plasterer
Manuel Demoulling	....	stand-by props
Katrina Duce	....	art department coordinator
James Enright	....	modelmaker
James Gemmill	....	scenic artist
Alex Hill	....	storyboard artist
Carol Kupisz	....	graphic designer
Ginger McCarthy	....	head rigger
Bill Pearson	....	senior props/modeller
Tiffany Rodenfels	....	assistant prop electrician
Dan Urbin	....	painter
Christi-Anne Valentine	....	buyer
Christi-Anne Valentine	....	model maker
Barry Wilkinson	....	property master
Jamie Wilkinson	....	supervising props
Simon Wilkinson	....	chargehand stand-by propman
Peter Williams	....	construction coordinator
Bruno Zenatello	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Peter Baldock	....	supervising sound editor
Sandy Buchanan	....	adr mixer
Gillian Dodders	....	supervising adr editor
Gillian Dodders	....	supervising dialogue editor
Glenn Freemantle	....	supervising sound editor
Susan French	....	assistant sound editor
Graham V. Hartstone	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Heslop	....	sound editor
Miriam Ludbrook	....	foley editor
Gerard McCann	....	adr editor
Brendan Nicholson	....	extra effects mixer
Richard Pryke	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Rodda	....	production sound mixer
Tom Sayers	....	foley editor
Seppe van Groeningen	....	boom operator
Mark Sheffield	....	post-production sound assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Terry Jones	....	animatronic technician
Jill Robertson	....	assistant model maker
Grant Rogan	....	special effects assistant
Edward Wiessenhaan	....	special effects coordinator
Harrie Wiessenhaan	....	special effects supervisor
Rob Wiessenhaan	....	special effects senior technician
Nik Williams	....	animatronic supervisor
Mark Woollard	....	supervising modeller: props

Visual Effects by
Eric Alba	....	facility visual effects producer: digital anvil (as Frederick G. Alba)
David Altenau	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Cory Bedwell	....	digital effects artist
Jan Bernotat	....	motion control operator
Minky Billups	....	wire removal & roto compositing
Rob Blue	....	digital artist
Matt Brooks	....	vfx editorial assistant
Chris Brown	....	visual effects supervisor
Rodney Brunet	....	digital effects artist
Colin Campbell	....	digital compositor
Sophia Chowdhury	....	modeller
Gregory Creaser	....	digital timer: Pacific Title
Thomas Dadras	....	co-visual effects supervisor
Dennis Davis	....	compositing supervisor
Alex Deshazer	....	production coordinator
Brad Doan	....	digital artist
John Ford Jr.	....	digital artist
Quentin Frost	....	visual artist: Digital Anvil
Jerry Hall	....	digital compositor
Jeff Heusser	....	digital compositing supervisor: The Post Group
Chris Holmes	....	digital compositor
Mark Intravartolo	....	visual effects artist
Mark Lambert	....	CG supervisor
Christopher Lance	....	compositor
Seth Lippman	....	technical director
Michael McNeill	....	sequence supervisor
Curtis Neal	....	digital artist
Chris Olivia	....	sequence supervisor
Rob Ostir	....	digital effects artist
Scott Peterson	....	technical director
Ethan Phillips	....	director of photography visual effects unit
Dane Picard	....	technical director
Olivier Sarda	....	digital compositor
Kevin Andrew Smith	....	technical director
Cameron Stevning	....	visual effects motion control producer: title sequence
Erik Strauss	....	visual effects producer: Fox
Mary Stuart-Welch	....	executive visual effects producer
Hector Tantoco	....	digital artist
David Taritero	....	visual effects producer: Pacific Title
Marty Taylor	....	Inferno artist: Digiscope
Alex Toader	....	digital artist
Sarma Vanguri	....	computer animator: Digital Anvil
Chris Waegner	....	digital effects artist
Jeff Wells	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title/Mirage
Guy Williams	....	digital artist
Eric Withee	....	data/film manager: The Post Group
Jennifer Wollan	....	visual effects editor
Toby Gallo	....	system administrator (uncredited)
Paul Lambert	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Annemiex Boonstra	....	stunts (as Annemiek Boonstra)
Willem de Beukelaer	....	stunts
Nicolas de Pruyssenaere	....	stunts
Roland Goddijn	....	stunts (as Roland Godijn)
Martin Lader	....	stunts
Yuma Li	....	stunts
Patrick Rappard	....	stunts
Sustar Silvo	....	stunts
Michel Struik	....	stunts
Richard van Drempt	....	stunts
Ray Weaver	....	stunts
Randy Wener	....	stunts
Diana Wiersma	....	stunts (as Diane Wiersma)
Rick Wiessenhaan	....	stunt coordinator
Samir Bezzah	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nicolas de Pruyssenaere	....	stunt double: Freddie Prinze Jr. (uncredited)
Radica Jovicic	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Alessandro Bolognesi	....	Steadicam operator
Alessandro Bolognesi	....	camera operator
Sophie Bosquet	....	clapper loader
Etienne Braun	....	still photographer
Maurizio Cremisini	....	focus puller
Mick Durlacher	....	gaffer
Joris Hetsen	....	electrician
Claude Hirsch	....	gaffer
Graham Johnston	....	video assist operator
Raphael Jourdan	....	grip
Michel Miltgen	....	camera loader
José Alberto Pinto de Jesus	....	electrician
Jean-François Roqueplo	....	key grip
Tom Ryan	....	first assistant camera
Roger Simonsz	....	camera operator
Roger Simonsz	....	director of photography: second unit
Carlo Thiel	....	focus puller
Laurent Wallerang	....	grip
Wolfgang Wesemann	....	clapper loader
Eric Wobma	....	best boy electric

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ivo Coveney	....	costume maker
Dave Croucher	....	costumes
Guillaume De Esteban	....	dresser
Sharon McCormack	....	costume cutter
Tiny Nicholls	....	wardrobe supervisor
Nicole Young	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Mark Nakamine	....	colorist: digital color correction
Paul Parsons	....	assistant editor
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Jean-Luc Simon	....	third assistant editor
Wayne Smith	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
David Alexander	....	additional music scoring
David Arnold	....	theme by
Nicholas Dodd	....	conductor
Nicholas Dodd	....	orchestrator
Dina Eaton	....	music editor
Mark Evans	....	music engineer
Mark Evans	....	music mixer
Geoff Foster	....	music engineer
Geoff Foster	....	music mixer
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Barklie K. Griggs	....	music supervisor
Terry Wilson	....	preview music editor

Transportation Department
Gary Sharp	....	transportation captain
Kevan Willis	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Pascal Charlier	....	location manager
Christophe Chrompin	....	stand-in (as Christophe Crompin)
Henry Eshelman	....	unit publicist
Sue Field	....	script supervisor
Michael Hogh	....	production assistant
Bénédicte Humbel	....	production secretary
Radica Jovicic	....	stand-in
Christopher P. Kibbey	....	production coordinator
Rozenn Le Pape	....	production coordinator
Seth Lippman	....	technical director
Raj Malde	....	production accountant
Nigel Marchant	....	production coordinator
Benjamin Palmer	....	creature crew
Laurence Parker	....	production accountant
Eric K. Peterson	....	director of operations
Frederic Roeser	....	location assistant

Production Companies

• Carousel Picture Company, The (as No Prisoners Productions)
• Digital Anvil
• No Prisoners (as No Prisoners Productions)
• Origin Systems Inc.
• Wing Commander Productions

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1999) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Egmont Film Distributors (1999) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Jugendfilm-Verleih (1999) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Laurenfilm (1999) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (1999) (France) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Egmont Entertainment (1999) (Finland) (VHS)
• Egmont Entertainment (2000) (Finland) (DVD)
• GAGA
• Gativideo (2000) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Nelonen (2005) (Finland) (TV)
• Odeon (1999) (Greece) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Animated Extras (creature creation)
• Cinesite (digital film effects)
• Digiscope (additional visual effects)
• Digital Anvil Effects
• Pacific Title

Other Companies

• Air Lyndhurst Studios  music mixed at
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  music recorded at
• General Screen Enterprises  end titles
• London Session Orchestra, The  orchestra (uncredited)
• Sylvia Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual references and sci-fi action/violence

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA | Luxembourg

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12/9 | France:U | Germany:12 | New Zealand:PG | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 | Philippines:PG-13 | Iceland:10 (original rating) | Iceland:LH (video rating) | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Company:

Carousel Picture Company, The

Trivia:

A subplot about a traitor was cut from the film. However, toy manufacturer X-Toys made and distributed the "Pilgrim Traitor" action figure. It comes with a mask hiding the traitor's face. When the mask is removed, the identity of the traitor is reveled: Admiral Wilson.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Devereaux verifies Taggart rank on rapier console, the rapier communicates with the Tiger Claw to verify code punched in. The Tiger Claw was in Radiation field preventing any communications according to Rosie.

Quotes:

[Explaining why no one mentions the names of dead pilots]
Angel:Let me give you a reality check. In all likelihood you're going to die out here. We're all going to die out here, but none of us need to be reminded of that fact. So you die, you never existed. Understand?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Brows Held High: Vinyl (#2.10)" (2012)

Great World War 2 flick in space

I was pleasantly surprised by this movie after reading the bad prior reviews. It is a good combat science fiction movie. The special effects were really good considering the budget of the film. The acting was decent, and the story was well written. The only problem I had was the poor effects of the Kilrathi, they did not look good at all. Fans of the wing commander games should go see this movie with an open mind. No Mark Hammil, but the movie is not any lesser with him missing. See this film, you will like it. 10/10