Thunderbirds (2004)

Director:

Jonathan Frakes

Writers (WGA):

Gerry Anderson (television series) &
Sylvia Anderson (television series) ...
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Release Date:

30 July 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Fantasy | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Family

Tagline:

Coming to the rescue

Plot:

When The Hood finds and invades International Rescue's secret base and traps most of the Tracy family, only young Alan Tracy and his friends can save the day.

Plot Keywords:

Rescue | Oil Rig | Henchman | Presumed Dead | Secret Island

Cast

Brady Corbet	...	Alan Tracy
Debora Weston	...	Teacher
Soren Fulton	...	Fermat
Lou Hirsch	...	Headmaster
Alex Barringer	...	Excited Kid
Demetri Goritsas	...	News Anchor
Genie Francis	...	Lisa Lowe
Philip Winchester	...	Scott Tracy
Deobia Oparei	...	Mullion
Bill Paxton	...	Jeff Tracy
Kyle Herbert	...	Know It All Kid
Dominic Colenso	...	Virgil Tracy
Ben Torgersen	...	Gordon Tracy
Sophia Myles	...	Lady Penelope
Ron Cook	...	Parker
Johannes Zadrozny	...	Panhead
Nicola Walker	...	Panhead's Mother
Ben Kingsley	...	The Hood
Anthony Edwards	...	Brains
Harvey Virdi	...	Onaha
Bhasker Patel	...	Kyrano
Vanessa Hudgens	...	Tintin
Lex Shrapnel	...	John Tracy
Rose Keegan	...	Transom
Stewart Howson	...	Engineer
Mark Nelmes	...	Ice Cream Man
Julian Spencer	...	Henchman
Andy Smart	...	Henchman & Oil Rig Worker

Directed by
Jonathan Frakes

Writing credits (WGA)
Gerry Anderson		(television series) &
Sylvia Anderson		(television series)
Peter Hewitt		(story) and
William Osborne		(story)
William Osborne		(screenplay) and
Michael McCullers		(screenplay)

Produced by
Tim Bevan	....	producer
Jo Burn	....	co-producer
Liza Chasin	....	executive producer
Chris Clark	....	co-producer
Eric Fellner	....	producer
Debra Hayward	....	executive producer
Mark Huffam	....	producer

Original Music by
Ramin Djawadi
Hans Zimmer

Cinematography by
Brendan Galvin

Film Editing by
Martin Walsh

Casting by
Mary Selway

Production Design by
John Beard

Art Direction by
David Allday
Ray Chan
Paul Cross
John Frankish
Matthew Gray
Rod McLean
Stephen Morahan
Stuart Rose
Mark Harris		(uncredited)

Set Decoration by
Joanne Woollard

Costume Design by
Marit Allen

Makeup Department
Joceline Andrews	....	hair stylist: additional shooting
Joceline Andrews	....	makeup artist: additional shooting
Tamsin Dorling	....	hair stylist
Tamsin Dorling	....	makeup artist
Renata Gilbert	....	hair stylist: additional shooting
Renata Gilbert	....	makeup artist: additional shooting
Peter King	....	hair designer
Peter King	....	makeup designer
Laura McIntosh	....	makeup artist
Susan Parkinson	....	hair stylist: second unit
Susan Parkinson	....	makeup artist: second unit
Sarah Pickering	....	hair stylist
Janine Schneider	....	hair stylist
Janine Schneider	....	makeup artist
Lucy Willis	....	hair stylist: additional shooting
Lucy Willis	....	makeup artist: additional shooting
Jules Wilson	....	hair stylist: additional shooting
Petrona Winton	....	hair stylist
Petrona Winton	....	makeup artist
Jeremy Woodhead	....	hair stylist
Jeremy Woodhead	....	makeup artist

Production Management
David Cain	....	unit manager: second unit
James Grant	....	unit manager
Jeanette Haley	....	post-production supervisor
Angus More Gordon	....	unit production manager
Paul Turcotte	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Terry Bamber	....	first assistant director: second unit
David Cain	....	second assistant director: second unit
Tatiana Cuvelier	....	assistant director: Seychelles
William Dodds	....	assistant director: dailies
Fraser Fennell-Ball	....	third assistant director: second unit
Tommy Gormley	....	first assistant director
Alice Grinomet	....	assistant director: Seychelles
Hanna Haffenden	....	additional assistant director
Jaques Harter	....	assistant director: Seychelles
Jessica Hurles-Laws	....	third assistant director: second unit (as Jessica Hurles)
Laurent Levy	....	assistant director: Seychelles
Shaun O'Dell	....	second unit director
Sarah Purser	....	second assistant director
Aoife Thunder	....	assistant director
Sue Wood	....	crowd assistant director

Art Department
Alan Bailey	....	property master
Jerry Bingham	....	storyboard artist
Thomas Brown	....	draughtsman
Roy Chapman	....	chargehand dressing props
Justin Chappell	....	vehicle technician
Aaron Chetwynd	....	draughtsman
Fergus Clegg	....	assistant set decorator
Fergus Clegg	....	buyer
Mike Cuddy	....	props storeman
Laura Davison	....	prop making buyer/coordinator
Robert J. Dugdale	....	painter
Colin Ellis	....	dressing prop
James Enright	....	prop manufacturing supervisor
Dave Fisher	....	chargehand stand-by props
Dean Fisher	....	stand-by prop
Gavin Fitch	....	draughtsman
Joanna Foley	....	stand-by art director
James Foster	....	assistant art director
Katie Gabriel	....	art department coordinator
Gary Gleeson	....	head of department painter
Gordon Grant	....	property making assistant
John Greaves	....	storyboard artist
Kate Grimble	....	draughtsman
John C. Hill	....	art director: Useful Companies
Marc Homes	....	concept artist
Frank Howe	....	drapesman
Paul Inglis	....	assistant art director
Carol Kupisz	....	graphic designer
Dominic Lavery	....	concept artist
Charles Leatherland	....	draughtsman
Alex Lemonis	....	art department assistant
Tony Marks	....	carpenter
Iain McFadyen	....	assistant art director
Rebecca Neville	....	stand-by props: second unit
Tyrone Reed	....	stagehand
Chris Seddon	....	drapes master
Anna Skrein	....	art department coordinator
Keith Stevenson	....	set dresser
Lucinda Sturgis	....	props buyer
Daniel Thompson	....	carpenter
Ashley Winter	....	stand-by art director
Lotta Wolgers	....	junior draughtsperson
Harvey Woodward	....	painter
Helen Xenopoulos	....	set designer
Kun Chang	....	concept artist (uncredited)
Jonathan Houlding	....	draughtsman (uncredited)
Matthew Savage	....	art department work experience (uncredited)
Josh Weston	....	sculptor (uncredited)

Sound Department
Hugo Adams	....	foley editor
Sandy Buchanan	....	adr mixer
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer
Steve Finn	....	daily boom operator
Diana Flores	....	adr mixer
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Glenn Freemantle	....	sound designer
Glenn Freemantle	....	supervising sound editor
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lee Herrick	....	dialog & adr editor
Mark Heslop	....	sound editor
Phil Heywood	....	foley artist
Christian Joyce	....	production sound mixer: second unit
Mark Kenna	....	foreign version
Mark Kenna	....	sound consultant: Dolby (foreign language versions)
Peter Lindsay	....	production sound mixer
Adrian Medhurst	....	foley artist
Martin Oswin	....	foley recordist
Richard Pryke	....	sound re-recording mixer
Malcolm Rose	....	sound maintenance
Tom Sayers	....	sound effects editor
Chris Sturmer	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
John Taylor	....	additional production sound mixer
Andrew Wilkinson	....	sound effects editor
Andrew Caller	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Matthew G. Armstrong	....	assistant buyer: physical effects
Jonathan Barrass	....	special effects assistant
Nick Bonathan	....	special effects crew
Ben Broadbridge	....	special effects crew
Jonathan Bullock	....	special effects technician
Keith Dawson	....	special effects technician
Ricky Farns	....	special effects supervisor: second unit
Dean Ford	....	special effects trainee
Garth Gutteridge	....	special effects technician
Dan Homewood	....	special effects technician
Jess Lewington	....	special effects buyer
Jess Lewington	....	special effects coordinator
Jason Marsh	....	special effects engineer
Jason McCameron	....	special effects
Huw Millar	....	special effects trainee
Bill Pearson	....	modelshop supervisor
Dave Poole	....	senior special effects technician
Stuart Prior	....	special effects trainee
Peter Talbot	....	cinematographer: model unit
Mike Trim	....	vehicle designer
Steven Warner	....	special effects technician
Gareth Wingrove	....	special effects technician
Michael Badley	....	special effects trainee (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Ben Aickin	....	digital compositor
Diccon Alexander	....	digital texture artist
Michael Alkan	....	effects technical director
Terence Alvares	....	digital effects artist
Christoph Ammann	....	effects technical director
Stella Ampatzi	....	digital paint artist
Sergio Ayrosa	....	digital paint artist
Avtar Bains	....	lead sequence compositor
Rebecca Barbour	....	sequence producer: wasp/scorpion
Giles Bartlett	....	camera technical director
Paul Beilby	....	lead technical director
Jenny Bichsel	....	modeller
Joyce Brereton	....	digital paint artist
Ronn Brown	....	senior matte artist
Sule Bryan	....	digital compositor (as Sule Bryan-Hurst)
Daire Bryne	....	system support engineer
Delphine Buratti	....	digital compositor
Derek Burgess	....	editor: visual effects
Ross Burgess	....	technical director
Andy Burrow	....	scan manager
Melissa Butler Adams	....	digital paint artist
Michelle Camp	....	visual effects editorial assistant
Alison Carter	....	visual effects assistant editor
Mei-Ming Casino	....	visual effects line producer: Framestore CFC
Frederic Cervini	....	technical director: Framestore CFC
Edward Xi Chen	....	data operator
Fiona Chilton	....	senior visual effects producer
Craig Clarke	....	digital compositor
James Clarke	....	digital lab operator
Jerry Corda-Stanley	....	effects technical director
Amy Crowther	....	visual effects production assistant
Kate Cuffin	....	digital paint artist
Tabitha Dean	....	visual effects and digital lab editorial
Virginie Degorgue	....	digital texture artist
Jerome Dewhurst	....	digital lab operator
Alex Doyle	....	camera technical director
Jonathan Dredge	....	digital lab operator
Louis Dunlevy	....	lead effects technical director
Stephen Enticott	....	technical animator
Nick Epstein	....	render support
Matt Estela	....	technical director
Michele Fabbro	....	effects technical director
Jonathan Fawkner	....	2D supervisor
Andrew Fineberg	....	camera technical director
David Fish	....	lighting technical director: Framestore CFC
Lianne Forbes	....	camera technical director
Steven Forrester	....	additional visual effects editor: Framestore CFC
Ian Frost	....	lead effects technical director
Fiona Garland	....	visual effects production assistant
Danny Geurtsen	....	digital environment artist
Adam Glasman	....	digital colourist
Jeff Gordon	....	system support engineer
Michael Greenwood	....	animator
Piers Hampton	....	visual effects line producer
P.J. Harling	....	visual effects Avid operator: Framestore CFC
Peter Hartwig	....	lighting technical director
Mark Hodgkins	....	lead effects technical director
Jan Hogevold	....	production executive: Framestore CFC
Kate Hood	....	technical director
Daren Horley	....	digital texture artist
Andy Howell	....	technical director
Charles Howell	....	visual effects coordinator
Matt Hughes	....	lead modeller
Stephen Inch	....	data operations
Jamie Isles	....	technical director
Kevin Jenkins	....	matte painter: digital environment
Adam Jeziak	....	effects technical director
Ken Mitchel Jones	....	effects technical director: Framestore CFC
Ken Mitchel Jones	....	technical director
Matt Kasmir	....	digital compositor
Lucinda Keeler	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Uzma Khalid	....	digital effects artist
Lucy Killick	....	visual effects producer
Angela King	....	camera technical director
Robert Krupa	....	lead technical director
Dan Lavender	....	technical director
Kirsty Lawlor	....	digital compositor
John Lee	....	senior model maker
John Peter Li	....	technical director
Benjamin Loch	....	camera technical director
Patrick Lowry	....	render wrangler
Craig Lyn	....	CGI supervisor
Martin Macrae	....	digital environment supervisor: Framestore CFC
Don Mahmood	....	technical director
Aron Makkai	....	technical director
Chris Mangnall	....	technical director
Rebecca Manning	....	data operation assistant: Framestore CFC
Scott Marriott	....	lead sequence compositor
Justin Martin	....	effects supervisor
Mike McGee	....	visual effects supervisor
Claire McGrane	....	digital grade producer
Dan McRae	....	digital lab operator
Jake Mengers	....	technical director
Evonne Merlicek	....	digital effects artist
Jon Miller	....	camera technical director
Karl Morgan	....	focus puller: model unit
Kirsty Morgan	....	visual effects coordinator
Mike Morrison	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Gerome Mortelecque	....	technical director
Mark Nelmes	....	visual effects supervisor
Bruce Nelson	....	digital paint artist
Helen Nesbitt	....	digital paint artist
Nic Nicholas	....	effects technical director
Artemis Oikonomopoulou	....	digital artist
Mark Osborne	....	lighting technical director: Framestore CFC
Mark Oxenham	....	digital paint artist
Steve Parsons	....	digital compositor
Thomas Pastor	....	technical director
John Peck	....	digital compositor
Stuart Penn	....	lead modeller: Framestore CFC
Dan Perry	....	digital lab operator
Marnie Pitts	....	lighting technical director: Framestore CFC
George Plakides	....	modeller
Cecile Plattner	....	technical director
Henriette Plum	....	camera technical director
Richard Poet	....	visual effects editorial assistant: Framestore CFC
Travis Porter	....	digital paint artist
Howard Protheroe	....	digital artist
Cristina Puente	....	digital compositor
Nordin Rahhali	....	lead effects technical director
Jeff Ranasinghe	....	technical director
Andrew Rawling	....	lead technical director
Rob Richardson	....	render support
Graham Riddell	....	senior propmaker
Matthew Riordan	....	modeller: Framestore CFC
John Roberts-Cox	....	lead technical director
Dave Robinson	....	systems engineer
Dean Robinson	....	camera technical director
Gavin Round	....	assistant visual effects Avid editor: Framestore CFC
Afonso Salcedo	....	render wrangler
Rex Sander	....	technical director
Cal Sawyer	....	data operations
Jeremy Sawyer	....	data operations
Ben Schrijvers	....	lead effects technical director
James Sellers	....	lead camera technical director
Aatesh Shah	....	systems engineer: Framestore CFC
John Sharp	....	digital compositor
David Shere	....	digital compositor
Serdar Simga	....	digital environment artist
James Sims	....	render wrangler
Matina Skouteri	....	digital lab operator
Alan Smith	....	titles director
Mohamed Sobhy	....	effects technical director
Marc Stevenson	....	camera technical director
Simon Stoney	....	technical director
Maria Stroka	....	film recording manager
Julien Stuart-Smith	....	lighting technical director
Christopher Thomas	....	visual effects
Chris Thomas	....	technical director
Steve Tizzard	....	digital compositor
Sophia Tufail	....	digital paint artist
Matthew Twyford	....	2D supervisor
Paola Varvaro	....	digital clean-up
Steve Wagendorp	....	digital grading assistant
Tara Walker	....	visual effects
Susan M. Weeks	....	digital compositor
Ben White	....	lead technical director
Gabriel White	....	technical director lighter
Stephen Willey	....	systems engineer
Corrina Wilson	....	digital compositor
Kate Windibank	....	digital compositor
Christine Wong	....	digital compositor
Pat Wong	....	digital compositor
Aubrey Woodiwiss	....	digital lab operator
Alan Woods	....	technical director
Annabel Wright	....	digital lab operator
Dylan Wyn Owen	....	digital paint artist
Trevor Young	....	digital compositor
Dianne Gordon	....	data operator: Framestore CFC (uncredited)
Nathan Hughes	....	digital matte painter (uncredited)
Christopher Page	....	digital cleanup artist (uncredited)
Jon Veal	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Tom Aitken	....	stunts
Clare Aldington	....	stunts assistant
Nicola Berwick	....	stunts
Ben Cooke	....	stunts
Clive Curtis	....	stunts
Glenn Foster	....	stunts
Sy Hollands	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Gary Hoptrough	....	stunts
Rowley Irlam	....	stunts
Ruth Jenkins	....	stunts
Paul Jennings	....	stunt coordinator
Adam Kirley	....	stunt performer
Maurice Lee	....	stunts
Paul Lowe	....	stunts (as Paul Vincent Lowe)
Jo McLaren	....	stunt double: Rose Keegan
Jo McLaren	....	stunts
Daz Parker	....	stunts
Leonard Woodcock	....	stunts
Nicola Berwick	....	stunt double: Sophia Myles (uncredited)
Paul Lowe	....	stunt double: Fermat (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John Attwood	....	rigging gaffer
Chas Bain	....	focus puller
Chris Bain	....	focus puller
John Bowman	....	video playback operator
Steve Brooke Smith	....	focus puller: model unit
John Conroy	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography
Carlos De Carvalho	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Toby Eedy	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Conor Finlay	....	practical electrician
Chris Gilbertson	....	lighting console operator
Alan Grayley	....	electrician: night sequences
Kevin Greene	....	camera technician
John Higgins	....	gaffer
Martin Hume	....	camera operator: second unit
Paul Kelly	....	lighting technician
Wayne Leach	....	rigging gaffer
Adam Lee	....	electrician
David Maund	....	camera grip: second unit
Adrian McCarthy	....	grip
Joe McGee	....	practical electrician
Philip McKeon	....	assistant camera
Shaun O'Dell	....	director of photography: second unit
Jennie Paddon	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Ben Pendrey	....	camera trainee: additional photography
Nigel Permane	....	first assistant camera: model unit
Urszula Pontikos	....	camera trainee: second unit
Rupert Power	....	Steadicam operator
Kate Reid	....	camera trainee: model unit
Philip Sindall	....	camera operator: "b" camera
David Sinfield	....	electrician
Gary Smith	....	grip
Roger Tooley	....	Steadicam operator
Simon Werry	....	aerial camera operator
Des Whelan	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Shawn White	....	gaffer: model unit
J. Glyn Williams	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Charlie Woodburn	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Darren Bailey	....	remote camera technician (uncredited)
Vince McGahon	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
David Bunting	....	animator
Stuart Doig	....	animator

Casting Department
Shaheen Baig	....	casting: children
Lynda Halligan	....	casting associate (as Linda Halligan)
Leanna Sheldon	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Karl Ayton	....	wardrobe department assistant
Charlotte Child	....	costume assistant
Annie Crawford	....	costume supervisor
Yvonne Duckett	....	costume assistant
Jane Law	....	costumes: Sophia Myles
Jane Petrie	....	assistant costume designer
Thomas Sjolander	....	embroidery

Editorial Department
Alison Carter	....	assistant editor
Ruth Coulson	....	assistant editor
Lucie Graves	....	post-production coordinator
Alastair Grimshaw	....	first assistant editor
Keith Lowes	....	conforming editor
Steve Maguire	....	assistant editor
Jason Wheeler	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Nick Angel	....	music supervisor
Jeffrey Biggers	....	assistant score engineer
Sophie Cornet	....	second music editor
James Dooley	....	composer: additional music (as James Michael Dooley)
Andrew Dorfman	....	preview music editor
Geoff Foster	....	score recordist
Bruce Fowler	....	orchestrator
Walt Fowler	....	orchestrator
Nick Glennie-Smith	....	conductor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Michael Higham	....	music editor
Alexandra Hill	....	music coordinator
Kirsten Lane	....	music consultant
Yvonne S. Moriarty	....	orchestrator
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	scoring assistant: James Dooley
Mel Wesson	....	music arranger: electronic music

Transportation Department
Justin Chappell	....	vehicle technician
Graham Kelly	....	special vehicle supervisor
Chris J. Smith	....	picture vehicle technician

Other crew
Karl Ayton	....	locations department assistant
Kate Bailey	....	assistant coordinator
Philip Ball	....	stand-in
Jason Biles	....	personal trainer: Ben Kingsley
Paige Chaytor	....	product placement coordinator
Sarah Clark	....	unit publicist
Ian Creed	....	diving coordinator
Ian Creed	....	marine coordinator
Desiree Densiti	....	stand-in
Stephanie Dölker	....	production coordinator: second unit
Farnaz Donovan	....	assistant accountant
Chloe Dorigan	....	assistant: Tim Bevan
Clay Duncan	....	synthesizer programmer
Sam Feuer	....	adr voice
Steve Fletcher	....	on-set tutor
Mélanie Gautier	....	location manager
Katie Harlow	....	replacement script supervisor
Andy Hennigan	....	financial controller
Paul Hornsby	....	stand-in
Sammy Horton	....	assistant accountant
Andrew Houghton	....	double: "Brains"
Aliza James	....	assistant: Eric Fellner
Kevin Jenkins	....	location assistant
Oliver Kersey	....	floor runner
Joe Lacey	....	stand-in
Matthew Lee	....	floor runner: second unit
Sue Lefton	....	movement director
Natalie Lovatt	....	script continuity assistant
Siobhan Lyons	....	production coordinator
Sylvia Mackintosh	....	assistant accountant
Rhys Maitland-Jones	....	sync rushes
Frankie Malhotra	....	production assistant
Sharon Mansfield	....	script supervisor: second unit
Gavin McKenzie	....	computer and video playback technician: Useful Companies
Christophe Meslin	....	head of systems
Victoria Morgan	....	assistant production coordinator
Juliet Morris	....	production runner
Clarissa Newman	....	assistant: Mark Huffam
Ruth Nicol	....	nurse: second unit
Chris Norman	....	assistant accountant
Nick Oliver	....	location scout
Rhys Owen	....	digital playback technician
Luke Parker Bowles	....	development coordinator
Tanya Phegan	....	assistant: Jonathan Frakes
Finlay Pile	....	location assistant
Emma Pill	....	location manager
Marco Ruffatti	....	production assistant
Gemma Smithers	....	assistant accountant
Sally Jo Sousa	....	animal trainer: butterflies
Adrian Spanna	....	computer and video project manager
Mario Spanna	....	computer playback technician
Simon Staines	....	creative supervisor: Useful Companies
Sara-Jane Valentine	....	computer and video coordinator: Useful Companies
Angela Wharton	....	script supervisor
Julia Wilson Dickson	....	dialect coach (as Julia Wilson-Dixon)
Andrew Zack	....	assistant: Hans Zimmer
David Zealey	....	production runner: second unit
Chris Hopkins	....	audio/video systems engineer (uncredited)
Zoe Margolis	....	additional floor runner (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Working Title Films (presents)
• Studio Canal (presents)
• Tracy Films (uncredited)

Distributors

• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (UK) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2004) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (2004) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Paradise Group (2004) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2004) (Italy) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Argentina) (all media)
• Argentina Video Home (2005) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• RTL Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL7)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2004) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures (2004) (UK) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Framestore CFC (digital visual effects)
• Effects Associates (special effects)
• Cine Image Film Opticals (digital end titles)
• Snow Business International (snow effects)

Other Companies

• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by

Also Known As:

The Thunderbirds (USA) (working title)
Thunderbirds - Les sentinelles de l'air (France)

MPAA:

Rated PG for intense action sequences and language.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

UK | France

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital EX | DTS-ES

Certification:

Malaysia:U | Iceland:L | Finland:K-11 (original rating) | Finland:K-7 (re-rating) | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Germany:6 | Italy:T | Netherlands:MG6 | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Cliveden House, Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Company:

Working Title Films

Trivia:

Richard Curtis worked on Lady Penelope and Parker's scenes uncredited.

Goofs:

Factual errors: When the Hood and his men are in the mole, they start an EMP to knock out the security system. An EMP would also knock out the lights and the rest of the power, but they are still on throughout the movie.

Quotes:

Tintin: [after Fermat and Alan discovers Tintin watching them halfnaked] You are worse than two girls!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#32.1)" (2004)

Soundtrack:

Thunderbirds Are Go

Makes you want to take up Bird shooting

'Thunderbirds' was an immensely popular Sixties show that has transcended the years and generations to the point it is still as popular now, with both adults and children alike, as it was in its heyday. So, one would deduce the chance to produce a live-action feature film with a million pound Hollywood budget was an excellent opportunity to revive the series as has been done with 'Spider-Man' and 'The X-Men'. But a terrible storyline and bland acting obliterated this opportunity and it was soon apparent all that was destined for this film was a trip to the bargain bin of the kiddies' section.

Instead of a film focusing on the five Tracey sons, their father and trusty geek Brain striving to rescue people and protect the world from villains, our hero in this drudge is a malcontent and bratty thirteen-year-old Alan Tracey, fourteen-year-old Tin-tin and ten-year-old brain-box Fermat, son of Brains (yes, Brains' son despite this being a man who could surely never score a woman if he tried; maybe he grew the kid in a petri dish). As one can tell from a run-through of our three lead characters, this 2004 remake 'Thunderbirds' was clearly aimed at entertaining only children under twelve instead of trying to appeal to a broad age-range as those involved in the much superior revival of 'Spider-Man' did. The plot itself was so bland with clunky, awkward dialogue and weak jokes that probably wouldn't amuse brighter pre-teens. The scriptwriter seemed more interested in ripping off 'Spy Kids' (which was at least quirky and original) instead of remaking the show people know and love.

Although Sophia Myles and Ron Cook were excellent as Miss Penelope and Parker, they only had about three lines between them so their presence was barely felt. Bill Paxton's Jeff Tracey was just boring and there was only the slightest of mention of the other four Tracey boys while Anthony Edwards and Ben Kingsley, as Brains and the Hood respectively, were just embarrassing. The Hood, in particular, is not at all threatening or sinister and instead comes across as a campy, two-bit stereotypical villain as limp as a piece of rotting lettuce.

Brady Corbet, who plays Alan Tracey, may well be a good young actor but it was hard to see that in a film where he plays a whinging brat who just grates and the same goes for Vanessa Anne Hutchinson as Tin-tin since the most she gets to do is look pretty and be all for 'Girl Power'. Ironically, it is young Soren Fulton's Fermat who is the only interesting character of the film as Fulton delivers a natural and relaxed performance.

'Thunderbirds' the series will be forever remembered as an excellent show that proves puppets can give solid performances! 'Thunderbirds' the film will be forgotten by most and remembered by a few as one big flop.