Awake (2007)

Director:

Joby Harold

Writer:

Joby Harold (written by)

Release Date:

30 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Every year, one in 700 people wake up during surgery. When they planned her husband's murder, they never thought he'd be the one.

Plot:

The story focuses on a man who suffers "anesthetic awareness" and finds himself awake and aware, but paralyzed, during heart surgery. His mother must wrestle with her own demons as a drama unfolds around them, while trying to unfold the story hidden behind her son's young wife.

Plot Keywords:

Surgery | Heart Surgery | Medication | Nonlinear Timeline | Hospital

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Jan. 13

3:30 AM

SHOW

Cast

Hayden Christensen	...	Clay Beresford
Jessica Alba	...	Sam Lockwood
Terrence Howard	...	Dr. Jack Harper
Lena Olin	...	Lilith Beresford
Christopher McDonald	...	Dr. Larry Lupin
Sam Robards	...	Clayton Beresford Sr.
Arliss Howard	...	Dr. Jonathan Neyer
Fisher Stevens	...	Dr. Puttnam
Georgina Chapman	...	Penny Carver
David Harbour	...	Dracula
Steven Hinkle	...	Young Clay (as Stephen Hinkle)
Denis O'Hare	...	Financial News Analyst
Charlie Hewson	...	Brian the Orderly
Court Young	...	Officer Doherty
Joseph Costa	...	Dr. Elbogen
Poorna Jagannathan	...	Dr. Neyer's Nurse
Lee Wong	...	Mr. Waturi
Kae Shimizu	...	Asian Translator
Steven Rowe	...	Teacher
Jeffrey Fierson	...	Head Chef
John C. Havens	...	Policeman
Richard Thomsen	...	Minister
Joshua Rollins	...	Funeral Minister
Brenda Schad	...	Pregnant Woman
Sam Pitman	...	Zombie
Ross Klavan	...	Financial News Analyst #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rana Morrison	...	Nurse (uncredited)

Directed by
Joby Harold

Writing credits
Joby Harold		(written by)

Produced by
Kelly Carmichael	....	executive producer
Donny Deutsch	....	co-executive producer
Amy J. Kaufman	....	co-producer
Jason Kliot	....	producer
John Penotti	....	producer
Fisher Stevens	....	producer
Tory Tunnell	....	co-producer
Joana Vicente	....	producer
Bob Weinstein	....	executive producer
Harvey Weinstein	....	executive producer
Tim Williams	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Samuel Sim

Cinematography by
Russell Carpenter		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Craig McKay

Casting by
Avy Kaufman

Production Design by
Dina Goldman

Art Direction by
Ben Barraud

Set Decoration by
Tora Peterson

Costume Design by
Cynthia Flynt

Makeup Department
Chris Bingham	....	makeup department head
Michelle Johnson	....	hair stylist: J. Alba and L. Olin
Anna Krommydas	....	department head hair
Evelyne Noraz	....	makeup artist: J. Alba and L. Olin
Barney Burman	....	prosthetics makeup consultant (uncredited)

Production Management
Tim Clawson	....	executive in charge of physical production: The Weinstein Company
Michael Cole	....	executive in charge of production: The Weinstein Company
Miles Ferguson	....	post-production supervisor (as Miles H. Ferguson)
Michael Jackman	....	executive in charge of post-production: The Weinstein Company (as Michael A. Jackman)
Matt Landon	....	executive in charge of post-production: The Weinstein Company (as Matthew Landon)
Robin Sweet	....	unit production manager (as Robin Nelson Sweet)
Lulu Zezza	....	executive in charge of physical production: The Weinstein Company

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Amanda Slater	....	first assistant director
Alfonso Trinidad	....	key second assistant director
Michael L. Walker	....	second assistant director
Zeke Dunn	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Glen Aldous	....	camera scenic artist
Russell Bullock	....	charge scenic artist
Peter Bundrick	....	head carpenter
Steve Cascarelli	....	set dresser (as Stephen Cascarelli)
Ipek Celik	....	head shopper
Ipek Celik	....	set dresser
Dominick Cocuzzo	....	construction grip
Pat Cocuzzo	....	construction grip
David Cooney	....	storyboard artist
Abariss Culjak	....	props assistant
Mary Frances Eglin	....	art department coordinator
Richard Hebrank	....	construction coordinator (as Richie Hebrank)
Kelly Hemenway	....	graphic designer (as Kelly Rae Hemenway)
T.W. John House	....	key construction grip
Robert Keller	....	shop craftsman
Martin Kirchoff	....	shop craftsman
Anthony Klien	....	construction grip
Pamela Lenau	....	scenic artist
Elizabeth Minot	....	additional set dresser
Wayne Moss	....	key carpenter
Julio Palma	....	additional set dresser
Paul Pitalo	....	additional set dresser
Joseph Proscia	....	leadman (as Joseph F. Proscia)
Alex Quarles	....	set dresser
Adam Roffman	....	property master
Alana Rose	....	floral designer
Michael Rubenstein	....	scenic artist
Kyle Salvatore	....	on-set dresser
Anu Schwartz	....	assistant property master
Brandon Stewart	....	construction grip
Adam VanWagner	....	art department production assistant
Joshua Barraud	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Tasayu Tasnaphun	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Bob Chefalas	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Bobby Chefalas)
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist (as Marko Costanzo)
Tim Dallesandro	....	sound re-recordist
Dustin DuPilka	....	apprentice sound editor
Dan Edelstein	....	dialogue editor
Michael Feuser	....	assistant sound editor
Christopher Fondulas	....	utility sound (as Chris Fondulas)
Anguibe Guindo	....	utility sound
John Gutierrez	....	boom operator
Ruth Hernandez	....	supervising adr editor
Paul Hsu	....	sound designer
Bret Johnson	....	sound re-recordist
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
James Nichols	....	sound technician: Dolby
Mike Poppleton	....	foley editor
Mary Ellen Porto	....	dialogue editor
Theresa Radka	....	utility sound
Nicholas Renbeck	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nicholas Renbeck	....	supervising sound editor
Wyatt Sprague	....	sound effects editor
Lidia Tamplenizza	....	assistant sound editor
Noah Timan	....	sound mixer (as Noah Vivekanand Yiman)
Steven Visscher	....	supervising foley editor
Craig MacLellan	....	assistant adr recordist (uncredited)
Gabriel Sanders	....	utility sound (uncredited)
David Schumacher	....	sound (uncredited)
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Russell Berg	....	special effects foreman
Peter Kunz	....	special effects
Dan Crawley	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Anthony Grow	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Hill Vinot	....	mold maker: Burman Studios (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Chris Gelles	....	visual effects executive producer: & Company
David Isyomin	....	visual effects supervisor: & Company
Jeremy Fernsler	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Peter Bucossi	....	stunt coordinator
Stephanie Finochio	....	stunt double: Lilith
Samantha MacIvor	....	stunt double: Sam (as Samantha Twyford)

Camera and Electrical Department
K.C. Bailey	....	still photographer
John Coots	....	electrician
Jeffrey Dutemple	....	first assistant camera (as Jeffrey DuTemple)
Jeffrey Dutemple	....	first assistant camera: Steadicam (as Jeffrey DuTemple)
George Elias	....	grip
Jay Feather	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Robert K. Feldmann	....	dolly grip (as Robert Feldmann)
Ken Finlay	....	shop electrician
Avra Fox-Lerner	....	electrician
Jamison Grella	....	generator operator
Pedro Hernández	....	best boy grip (as Pedro Hernandez)
Dan Kubicek	....	electrician
Andrew Lowe	....	shop electrician
Gary Martone	....	key grip
Michael J. Maurer	....	best boy electric
Tim McNulty	....	camera loader
John Merriman	....	best boy rigging electric
Christopher Moeller	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Joe Nittoso	....	electrician
Beth O'Brien	....	electrician
Hernan Michael Otaño	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Hernan Michael Otano)
Justin Panzanaro	....	grip
Christopher G. Passalaqua	....	electrician
Steve Ramsey	....	gaffer (as Steven Ramsey)
Michael Rudolph	....	electrician
John Schwartz	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Jamie Silverstein	....	Steadicam operator
Jamie Silverstein	....	camera operator
David Skutch	....	rigging gaffer
Igor Srubshchik	....	video playback advisor
T. Ray Treece	....	video assist operator
Fernando Vallejo	....	camera intern
Daniel Wiener	....	second assistant camera (as Dan Weiner)
Christopher Cannucciari	....	additional electrician (uncredited)
Robert Carnevale	....	grip (uncredited)
Luis Colon	....	grip (uncredited)
Keith Gordon	....	grip (uncredited)
Dennis A. Livesey	....	camera operator: "b" camera (uncredited)
Jason Messeri	....	grip (uncredited)
Kit Pennebaker	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
Lance Rieck	....	remote camera technician (uncredited)
Ethan Rosenduft	....	grip (uncredited)
Jonathan Stern	....	additional rigging electrician (uncredited)
Joshua Van Praag	....	electrician (uncredited)
Kevin Vincent	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Meredith Jacobson	....	background casting (as Meredith Jacobson Marciano)
Sondra James	....	adr voice casting
Jason Shapiro	....	background casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mark Richard Caswell	....	wardrobe production assistant
Penelope Laughman	....	costumer
Colleen McTigue	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Colleen M. McTigue)
Amy Pickering	....	wardrobe supervisor
Frankie Ritacco	....	assistant costume designer (as Frankie Ritacco Sirianni)
Clifford Wray	....	costumer

Editorial Department
George Bunce	....	digital intermediate on-line editor
John Crowley	....	colorist
Kate Eales	....	co-editor
Kimberly K. Ferraro	....	post-production coordinator
Rich Glassey	....	post-production coordinator: Greenestreet Films
Gordon Grinberg	....	co-editor
James W. Harrison III	....	first assistant editor (as Jim Harrison)
David B. Hastings	....	on-line editing assistant (as Dave Hastings)
Valdís Óskarsdóttir	....	editorial consultant (as Valdis Oskarsdottir)
Alexander M. Pearson	....	post-production production assistant
Sarah Jean Porter	....	first assistant editor (as Sarah Porter)
Matthew Reedy	....	senior digital intermediate producer (as Matt Reedy)
John Scott	....	editorial consultant
Ira Schweitzer	....	colorist: high definition dailies (uncredited)

Music Department
Andy Brown	....	conductor
Katie Butler	....	music assistant
Missy Cohen	....	music editor
Mark Curry	....	scoring mixer
John M. Davis	....	music editor (as John Davis)
Boris Elkis	....	musician: programming and keyboards
Clarissa Farrán	....	music producer (as Clarissa Farran)
Clarissa Farrán	....	orchestrator (as Clarissa Farran)
Andrew Haveron	....	orchestra leader
Bob Kraushaar	....	score mixer: Golddust Studios
Richard Lancaster	....	assistant score engineer: Stratosphere Sound
Rachel Levy	....	executive in charge of music: The Weinstein Company
Dan Lieberstein	....	music supervisor
The London Metropolitan Orchestra	....	music performed by
Stephen McLaughlin	....	score recordist: Abbel Road Studios (as Steve McLaughlin)
Graeme Revell	....	composer: theme music
Samuel Sim	....	music producer
Samuel Sim	....	orchestrator
Annabel Thwaite	....	musician: piano
Ty Unwin	....	additional music programmer

Transportation Department
Raphael Banks	....	transportation co-captain (as Raphael Andre Banks)
Theodor A. Brown	....	transportation captain (as Ted Brown)
Dennis W. Cook Jr.	....	driver (as Dennis Cook)
Jimmy Heidrich	....	driver
Rodney Henry	....	driver
James Kober	....	driver
Peter Krienbihl	....	driver (as Peter Krenbihl)
Ralph Mango	....	driver
Gary O'Connell	....	driver
Todd Parkhurst	....	driver
Peter Reith	....	driver
Mike Scalice	....	driver
Matt Stapleton	....	driver
Jerry Wiener	....	driver
Drew Yanarella	....	driver

Other crew
Courtney Andrialis	....	assistant: J. Vicente and J. Kliot
Dr. Stephen Bailey	....	medical consultant
Paul Bischot	....	production office assistant
Kathryn Blacker	....	set production assistant
Steve Boyle	....	post-production accountant
Vicki Cherkas	....	business & legal affairs executive: Greenestreet Films
Dwayne Cooper	....	assistant: H. Christensen
Thomas Cosola	....	consultant: physician assistant
Joseph Costa	....	consultant: physician assistant
David Crawford Jr.	....	set production assistant
Angela Cutrone	....	set production assistant
Alexandra Dell	....	business & legal affairs executive: Greenestreet Films
Gillian DiNapoli	....	double: L. Olin
Zeke Dunn	....	set production assistant: Texas
Maggie Engelhardt	....	production coordinator (as Maggie G. Engelhardt)
Amanda Essick	....	assistant: J. Penotti
Lindsay Feldman	....	assistant production coordinator
Scott Ferlisi	....	location assistant
Charlotte Fleck	....	dialect coach
Jesse Fox Chaney	....	key set production assistant
Shayla Freeman	....	set production assistant
Andrew Friedman	....	assistant: F. Stevens
Shellie Gillespie	....	accountant
Jessica Grant	....	publicist: Jeremy Walker + Associates
Gabriel Greenberg	....	assistant location manager
Alaina Gurwitz	....	production office intern
Shane Haden	....	location manager
Pete Hayes	....	assistant post-production accountant
Sean Hogan	....	production accountant
Annabella Hursp Brown	....	assistant: G. Chapman
Jon M. Johnson	....	parking coordinator (as John Johnson)
Louis Katz	....	production physician (as Louis A. Katz M.D.)
Phyllis Kaufman	....	production legal
Meredith Kaunitz	....	translator: Japanese
Shane Kelly	....	finance executive: Greenestreet Films
Brian Kornreich	....	business & legal affairs executive: Greenestreet Films
Samantha Kreitzer	....	production secretary
Andrew Leroy	....	assistant: J. Vicente and J. Kliot
Barry Littman	....	executive in charge of business and legal affairs: The Weinstein Company
Carl Low	....	stand-in: T. Howard
Boy Martell	....	set production assistant (as Andre 'Boy' Martell)
Mercedes Martinez	....	assistant: J. Alba
Matthew Martini	....	double: H. Christensen (as Matt Martini)
Kyle Martin	....	assistant: J. Harold
Kyle Martin	....	assistant: Mr. Harold
Mark Mikutowicz	....	assistant: A. Kaufman
Christie Moreau	....	adr loop group
Rana Morrison	....	location assistance
Kat Murello	....	stand-in: J. Alba
Frank Murray	....	first assistant accountant
Brian Perkis	....	finance executive: Greenestreet Films
Anthony Pettine	....	script supervisor
Michal Podell	....	executive in charge of business and legal affairs: The Weinstein Company
Corey Roberts	....	set production assistant (as Corey 'Complex' Roberts)
William Sepulveda	....	craft service
Joe Sevey	....	location manager
Thomas M. Sevey	....	location assistant (as Tom Sevey)
Adam Shah	....	accounting intern
Jonathan Shukat	....	assistant: J. Penotti
Salvatore E. Sutera	....	set production assistant
Judd Taylor	....	production office intern
Eva Vedock	....	craft service
Jay B. Walker	....	set production assistant: New York
Jeremy Walker	....	publicist: Jeremy Walker + Associates
Sam Weber	....	set production assistant: New York
David Wenzel	....	stand-in: H. Christensen
Kevin Wigfall	....	assistant: T. Howard (as Kevin 'Webb' Wigfall)
Elson Williams III	....	set production assistant
Nicole Wodowski	....	location scout
Frank Dauro	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Kathryn Dean	....	location scout (uncredited)
Omar Hernandez	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Aaron Hurvitz	....	location scout (uncredited)
Meredith Kaunitz	....	dialect coach: Japanese (uncredited)
Sean Oliver	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
John Perez	....	location scout (uncredited)
B. Reeves	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Guillaume Renberg	....	remote head technician (uncredited)
Sascha Springer	....	location scout (uncredited)
Bill Timoney	....	adr voice group (uncredited)

Thanks
Jay Baker	....	special thanks
Justin Bartha	....	special thanks
Will Battersby	....	special thanks
Michael Bloomberg	....	thanks (as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg)
Georgina Chapman	....	special thanks
Stephen Clark	....	special thanks
Laura Comerford	....	thanks
Dr. Niloo Edward	....	special thanks
Carlos K. Goodman	....	special thanks (as Carlos Goodman)
Kris Isacsson	....	special thanks
Dr. Charles Marboe	....	special thanks
Gretchen McGowan	....	thanks
Christopher Passig	....	special thanks
Andrea Remanda	....	special thanks
Shawn Simon	....	special thanks
Michael Dart Wadsworth	....	thanks

Production Companies

• GreeneStreet Films
• Weinstein Company, The
• Open City Films

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Bazuca Films (2008) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Icon Film Distribution (2006) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Bazuca Films (2008) (Chile) (all media)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Weinstein Company, The (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• & Company

Other Companies

• AON/Albert G. Ruben Insurance Services  insurance (as AON)
• Abbey Road Studios  score recording facility
• Amerifilm Casting  background casting
• Big Bug Creative  main title sequence
• Burman Studios  prosthetics
• C5  post-production sound services
• Camera Service Center  cameras and lenses
• DitlevFilms  end title sequence
• Eastman Kodak Company  raw stock
• Entertainment Partners  payroll services
• Galahad Protective Services  security services
• Golddust Studios  score mixing facilities
• Gotham Sound  walkies and production sound
• Haddad's  trucks and campers
• JFA  post-production accounting services
• Jeremy Walker + Associates  publicity
• Kaufman Astoria Lighting  electric equipment
• Kaufman Astoria Studios  soundstage
• McKenna Brothers Kraft Service  craft service (as McKenna Brothers)
• Postworks New York  HD dailies
• Postworks New York  post-production equipment
• Premiere Catering  catering
• Raygun Motion Picture Supplies  grip and electric expendables
• Soundtrack Film & Television  sound re-recording facility
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Technicolor East Coast  dailies and scanning
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility

MPAA:

Rated R for language, an intense disturbing situation, and brief drug use.

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #43173) | Singapore:NC-16 | Ireland:15A | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:MA | Malaysia:U | Finland:K-13 | Argentina:16 | Taiwan:R-12 | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Chile:14 | Italy:VM14 | Peru:14 | Netherlands:16 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

18 East 68th Street, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

GreeneStreet Films

Trivia:

Jessica Alba replaced Kate Bosworth after she dropped out to shoot Superman Returns (2006).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The surgeon starts prepping the op site even before the anesthesiologist intubates the patient. Usually you first sedate, then anesthetize & intubate the patient before any preparations starts b/c the sedatives and hypnotics tend to make a person susceptible to hallucinations & bad trips that could be triggered by sensory input (noise, light, the cold from the disinfectant).

Quotes:

Lilith Beresford: Clay, you've got your whole life ahead of you.
Clay Beresford: Do I?

Soundtrack:

Jingle Bells

Old Fashioned Entertainment: Awesome!

I keep thinking about this movie. There are all these "awards" movies out there, and some of them (think JUNO) are really great, but others are just pedigree films that we "should" see but we don't actually really want to see or enjoy seeing. Then there is AWAKE. This is a movie with a capital M. This is a movie where you just have a roller coaster great time. Leave your inner critic at home and just sit back and enjoy the riveting entertainment. It has amazing twists that even the lame critics who said "they didn't like this film", sheepishly admit was incredibly well done. I did notice that Roger Ebert didn't follow the crowd and said it was great. Because it is. Awesome.