Cirque du Soleil: Journey of Man (2000)

Director:

Keith Melton

Writers (WGA):

Steve Roberts (written by) &
Peter Wagg (written by)

Release Date:

5 May 2000 (Canada)

Genre:

Documentary | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Musical

Tagline:

The journey is about to begin...

Plot:

A child is born. We see underwater swimmers representing this. He is young, in a jungle setting, with...

Plot Keywords:

Love | Acrobat | Acrobatics | Cube | Statue

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Ian McKellen	...	Narrator (voice)
Nicky Dewhurst	...	Young Man
Brian Dewhurst	...	Old Man
Anait Karagyezyan	...	Vagabond Girl
Chris Van Wagenen	...	Youth
Kenny Raskin	...	Man
Cully Smoller	...	Infant / Child
Mikhail Matorin	...	Cube Act
Yves Decoste	...	Statue Act
Marie-Laure Mesnage	...	Statue Act
Jennifer Clément	...	Character Statue Act (Mephisto Stilt Demon)
Konstantine Besschetnyj	...	Banquine
Yelena Kolesnikova	...	Banquine
Aleksandr Leontiev	...	Banquine
Oleg Ouchakov	...	Banquine
Aleksandr Pestov	...	Banquine
Denis Pirogov	...	Banquine
Igor Strizhanov	...	Banquine
Aleksandr Zajtsev	...	Banquine
Tatiana Gousarova	...	Banquine
Sergei Okhai	...	Banquine
Roman Polishchuk	...	Banquine
Dmitro Sidorenko	...	Banquine
Aleksandr Majorov	...	Banquine
Konstantin Zakharenko	...	Banquine
Mariya Akhlatkina	...	Taiko Drummer
Nathalie B. Bollinger	...	Taiko Drummer
Pierre Dube	...	Taiko Drummer
Natasha Hallett	...	Taiko Drummer
Annick Moreau	...	Taiko Drummer
Ursula Trpin	...	Taiko Drummer
Mark Ward	...	Taiko Drummer
Gregory Wise	...	Taiko Drummer
Michelle Wise	...	Taiko Drummer
Sylvie Frechette	...	Swimmer
Heather Stanley	...	Swimmer
Isabelle Thomas	...	Swimmer
Katy Savoie	...	Swimmer
Kari Kreitzer	...	Swimmer
Suzannah Bianco	...	Swimmer
Jill Sabrina Sudduth	...	Swimmer
Linda Belanger	...	Bungee
Martin Boisvert	...	Bungee
Shana Carroll	...	Bungee
Carolyne Vita	...	Bungee
Sandra Feusi	...	Bungee
Chantal Côté	...	Character Bungee Act (Palmier)
Michael John Rosenberger	...	Bungee
Lorenzo Pisoni	...	Character Bungee Act (Moha-Samedi Puppet)
Micheline Doucette	...	Character Bungee Act (Palmier)
Josette Dechene	...	Floune
Daniel Licaciu	...	Character Bungee Act (Double Face)
Paul Vachon	...	Floune

Directed by
Keith Melton

Writing credits (WGA)
Steve Roberts		(written by) &
Peter Wagg		(written by)

Produced by
Mitchell Cannold	....	executive producer
Antoine Compin	....	co-producer
Charis Horton	....	co-producer
André Picard	....	producer
Peter Wagg	....	producer

Original Music by
Benoit Jutras		(as Benoît Jutras)

Cinematography by
John Hora
Reed Smoot

Film Editing by
Harry B. Miller III

Production Design by
John Zachary

Costume Design by
Mark Bridges

Makeup Department
Melanie Robinett	....	assistant makeup artist
Jenny-King Turko	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Deborah Hebert	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Grayford	....	first assistant director
Rod Smith	....	assistant director
Claudia Wipfler	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Robert Clark	....	sculptor
Kevin Farrell	....	illustrator
Kevin Farrell	....	storyboard artist
Michael McCombe	....	head greensman
Beth Peterson	....	greens
Crain E. Smith	....	on-set assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Dean Beville	....	sound effects editor
Jerome Boiteau	....	adr recordist
Dan Gleich	....	sound mixer
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Myers	....	sound designer
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jennifer Barin	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Juan Peralta	....	sound mix technician (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Ray Brown	....	special effects foreman
Skip Burrows	....	special effects
Casey Pritchett	....	special effects technician
Bob Riggs	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Peter Anderson	....	visual effects supervisor
Curtis Augspurger	....	visual effects
Buckley Collum	....	computer graphics supervisor
Martin Foster	....	technical director
Mike Goslin	....	chief engineer
Alan G. Markowitz	....	visual effects supervisor: Imagica USA

Stunts
Chuck Borden	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Russel Bowie	....	assistant camera
Keith Bronsdon	....	loader
Don Cerrone	....	key grip
Paul Freuer	....	lighting technician
Marc Wolff	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Brian Sharp	....	electrician (uncredited)
Michael Tolochko	....	underwater lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Lillian Pyles	....	casting: Cleveland

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marti Acker	....	costumes (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Adrian Colon	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Adrian Colon	....	apprentice editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Robb Boyd	....	assistant music editor
Robert Puff	....	music preparation
J.A.C. Redford	....	orchestrator and conductor
Allan K. Rosen	....	music editor

Transportation Department
David R. Blakely	....	driver: honeywagon
Roger Bojarski	....	transportation coordinator
Lance Cherniet	....	transportation captain
Lonnie Craig	....	driver
William P. Lafon	....	driver generator operator
Michael Vieira	....	driver

Other crew
Peter Anderson	....	3-D supervisor
Peter Anderson	....	stereographer
Nancy Blumstein	....	production coordinator
Stel Deleon	....	assistant accountant
Paul Kenney	....	first assistant accountant
Katalin Kovacs Rogers	....	script supervisor
Peter McManus	....	production accountant
Michael Neal	....	payroll accountant
Michael Neal	....	second assistant accountant
Frederic Perrin	....	caterer
David Schladweiler	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Vanessa Tolino	....	production assistant
Adriana Sharp	....	craft service (uncredited)

Distributors

• Alta Dimensión Cinematográfica S.A. (Spain)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Les Productions de la Géode (France)
• Sony Pictures Classics Large Format (2000) (USA)

Special Effects

• Click 3X
• Imagica

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services

Also Known As:

Runtime:

39 min | Spain:38 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.44 : 1

Sound Mix:

IMAX 6-Track | DTS 70 mm

Certification:

France:U | New Zealand:G | Norway:A | Spain:T | USA:G | South Korea:All

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Hot Tub Time Machine/Chloe/How to Train Your Dragon (#2.12)" (2010)

And the Band Played On

"Cirque du Soleil - the Journey of Man" is a visually stunning 3-D film that would be more rewarding if it was longer than 40 minutes and had a fuller message. As is, it serves as an enticement to see the complete Cirque du Soleil performance whether in person in Las Vegas or by recorded videotape. The stream of consciousness involving the little boy becoming an aging man symbolizing his development is not intuitively complete. In showing man's self discovery and his experiences of love and joy with us, the film fails to bring us his uniqueness and his identity. It may be enough, for some, just to see the virtuoso acrobatics of the four set pieces - the underwater magic of five synchronized swimmers, the quartet trapeze artists dangling on rope who twirl their bodies forward rhythmically from their waists, the couple with precise control who raise and lower each other by sheer muscular strength on a water lily platform, and the finale involving multi-level players standing on each other's shoulders and the star figure jumping somersaults to reach a pinnacle. But these are merely appetizers that lead us astray, making us anticipate a piece-de-resistance that will not be forthcoming.