The Quarry (1998)

Director:

Marion Hänsel

Writers:

Damon Galgut (novel)
Marion Hänsel (writer)

Release Date:

14 January 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

This thriller investigates the mysterious assassination of a gay pastor in rural South Africa. Without witnesses or explanations...

Plot Keywords:

Police | Prejudice | Gay | Suspicion | Quarry

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

John Lynch	...	The Man
Jonny Phillips	...	Captain Mong
Oscar Petersen	...	Valentine April
Sylvia Esau	...	The Woman
Jody Abrahams	...	Small
Serge-Henri Valcke	...	Rev. Frans Niemand
Mrs. Van Wyk	...	Owner of the Restaurant
Dina Claasen	...	Beauty
Anton Stoltz	...	Owner of the Coffee Shop
Denzel Phillips	...	Policeman in the Police Station
Morne Visser	...	Policeman 1
Sean Arnold	...	Policeman 2
Dr. Kleingeld	...	Doctor
Samuel Bois	...	Jonas
Robert McCarthy	...	The Lawyer
Hannes Horne	...	The Judge

Directed by
Marion Hänsel

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Damon Galgut		novel
Marion Hänsel		writer

Produced by
René Goossens	....	assistant producer
Marion Hänsel	....	producer
José María Morales	....	co-producer
Jeremy Nathan	....	co-producer
Jeremy Nathan	....	line producer: Catalyst Films
Jacqueline Pierreux	....	co-producer
René Scholten	....	co-producer
Eric van Beuren	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Takashi Kako

Cinematography by
Bernard Lutic

Film Editing by
Michèle Hubinon

Casting by
Moonyeenn Lee

Art Direction by
Thierry Leproust

Costume Design by
Yan Tax

Makeup Department
Dick Naastepad	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Karen Coetzee	....	production manager: South Africa
Jacqueline Louis	....	production manager: Belgium
Lynne Motijoane	....	executive production manager
Puy Oria	....	production manager: Spain

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrick Delabrière	....	first assistant director
Pluto Panoussis	....	second assistant director
Dean Schwartz	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Sjoerd Didden	....	special props
Darryl Hammer	....	stand-by props
Annick Leproust	....	set dresser/props
Gerard Rausch	....	assistant art director
Stephan Rubens	....	chief constructor
Hamish Shand	....	construction foreman

Sound Department
Philippe Baudhuin	....	sound mixer
Benoît Biral	....	sound mixer
Sandrine Deegen	....	sound editor
Anne Frey	....	dialogue editor
Michèle Hubinon	....	sound editor
Valène Leroy	....	assistant sound editor
Jo Masset	....	post-synchronisation
Stéphane Morelle	....	boom operator
Jörn Poetzl	....	foley artist (as Joern Poetzl)

Special Effects by
Olivier de Laveleye	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Jodie Bieber	....	still photographer
Didier Frateur	....	first assistant camera
Raymond Fromont	....	camera operator (as Remon Fromont)
Brad Jensen	....	best boy grip
Patrick Madonsela	....	camera trainee
William Masuku	....	gaffer best boy
Johannes Mokonyama	....	key grip
Steven Ndu	....	clapper loader
Bethwell Ngxingolo	....	camera trainee
Elliot Sewape	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kate Abramovitz	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Anne Frey	....	assistant editor
Petro van Leeuwen	....	color corrector

Music Department
Shinichi Tanaka	....	music recordist (as Shin-Ichi Tanaka)

Other crew
Ethel Williams Abrahamse	....	production secretary
Clinton Barker	....	set runner
Wiebina Berrington	....	script supervisor (as Wiebena Berrington)
Hetta Burger	....	set runner
Cedric Chetty	....	location manager
Cecil Joubert	....	set runner
Bureau Lerminiaux	....	production accountant
Lucas Lesita	....	assistant location manager
Véronique Mandron	....	production secretary
Nadine Marteleur	....	production secretary
Zelda Noeth	....	craft lady
Abraham Shiburi	....	set runner
Arlette Zylberberg	....	production executive

Production Companies

• Man's Films
• SNG Film / Studio Nieuwe Gronden
• Tchin Tchin Productions
• Wanda Films

Distributors

• First Run Features (2000) (USA)

Other Companies

• ACME Films  titles and opticals
• Cineco  film lab
• Film Lab, The  film lab
• GTC  film lab
• Logical Designs  camera equipment
• Southern Lighting  lighting equipment
• Studio l'Équipe  sound recording
• Tintamarre  editing facilities

Also Known As:

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

Belgium | France | Netherlands | Spain

Language:

English | Afrikaans

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

South Africa

Company:

Man's Films

Biblical

I just finished watching this movie this minute and i don't feel satisfied, it did not get together in the end, maybe that is the whole point when one looks at it on a larger scale concerning the human situation keeping at heart and in mind the stirrings of the soul. i mean this film did have its moments and it did keep me interested and maybe I dare to say that it was overall tight to the subject. I knew way in advance that he would give himself up, due to the fact that he was dealing with The book of books here and the fact that the priest he killed did tell ask him to open up "What are you running away from?" The barren desert areas do suggest a biblical story. Finally the fact that the younger brother not without reason nicknamed "Small" is the greatest and the one who is set free. This film echoes the words of The Lord. I got to point out how other characters besides our hero here have secrets and their share of sins, like the rest of us, which they want to conceal, the conscience is making them feel a sense of shame like the love affair between the chief cop and the lady carer. the cop winds up committing the same crime/sin as our "hero". I like the fact that the hero is shot dead on the rail track which makes a lot of sense since he was, or at least we are given the impression that he has been living a trail of the kind of stuff we are allowed to know of him from when the movie begins, he is already running away.