Panic Room (2002)

Director:

David Fincher

Writer (WGA):

David Koepp (written by)

Release Date:

29 March 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

It was supposed to be the safest room in the house

Plot:

A woman and her teenage daughter become imprisoned in the panic room of their own house by 3 criminals.

Plot Keywords:

Break In | Home | Diabetic | Panic Room | Cat And Mouse

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

Cast

Jodie Foster	...	Meg Altman
Kristen Stewart	...	Sarah Altman
Forest Whitaker	...	Burnham
Dwight Yoakam	...	Raoul
Jared Leto	...	Junior
Patrick Bauchau	...	Stephen Altman
Ann Magnuson	...	Lydia Lynch
Ian Buchanan	...	Evan Kurlander
Andrew Kevin Walker	...	Sleepy Neighbor
Paul Schulze	...	Officer Keeney
Mel Rodriguez	...	Officer Morales
Richard Conant	...	SWAT Cop
Paul Simon	...	SWAT Cop
Victor Thrash	...	SWAT Cop
Ken Turner	...	SWAT Cop
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nicole Kidman	...	Stephen's Girlfriend on the Phone (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
David Fincher

Writing credits (WGA)
David Koepp		(written by)

Produced by
Ceán Chaffin	....	producer (as Cean Chaffin)
John S. Dorsey	....	associate producer
Judy Hofflund	....	producer
David Koepp	....	producer
Gavin Polone	....	producer

Original Music by
Howard Shore

Cinematography by
Conrad W. Hall		(director of photography)
Darius Khondji

Film Editing by
James Haygood
Angus Wall

Casting by
Laray Mayfield

Production Design by
Arthur Max

Art Direction by
Keith Neely
James E. Tocci

Set Decoration by
Jon Danniells
Garrett Lewis
Jacqueline Jacobson Scarfo		(uncredited)

Costume Design by
Michael Kaplan

Makeup Department
Alec Gillis	....	special makeup effects artist
Frances Mathias	....	hair stylist: Ms. Foster
Robert McCann	....	makeup artist: Ms. Foster
Edward Morrison	....	key hair stylist
Julie Pearce	....	key makeup artist (as Julie L. Pearce)
Tom Woodruff Jr.	....	special makeup effects artist
Patrick Magee	....	makeup lab crew (uncredited)
Randy Westgate	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Peter Mavromates	....	post-production supervisor
Denis L. Stewart	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Maria Mantia	....	second second assistant director
Mike Topoozian	....	first assistant director
Bob Wagner	....	second assistant director

Art Department
John Hammer Maxwell	....	on-set dresser (as John H. Maxwell)
Bryce Moore	....	assistant property master
Roy 'Bucky' Moore	....	property master (as Bucky Moore)
Carla S. Nemec	....	art department coordinator
Dan Pemberton	....	construction coordinator (as Daniel R. Pemberton)
Peter A. Ramsey	....	storyboard artist (as Peter Ramsey)
Jeff Brown	....	greens coordinator (uncredited)
Philip Canfield	....	lead man (uncredited)
David Chow	....	pre-visualization artist (uncredited)
Val I. Deikov	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Sylvain Despretz	....	concept artist (uncredited)
Doug Devine	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Gary Grill	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Lisa M. Kittredge	....	construction auditor (uncredited)
Mark A. Mancinelli	....	plaster foreman (uncredited)
Richard A. McCarthy	....	plaster department head (uncredited)
Steve Park	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Ron D. Peake	....	welder (uncredited)
Jason Puga	....	stand-by painter (uncredited)
Shane Reed	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Bert Rodriguez	....	general foreman (uncredited)
Stan Tropp	....	set designer (uncredited)
Michael Walsh	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Darrell L. Wight	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tom Bellfort	....	adr editor
Todd Boekelheide	....	sound re-recording mixer
Karen Brocco	....	assistant dialogue editor
Jeanette Browning	....	adr recordist (as Jeannette Browning)
Willie D. Burton	....	production sound mixer (as Willie Burton)
Eric Dachs	....	assistant sound designer (as Eric B. Dachs)
Luke Dunn Gielmuda	....	assistant foley editor
Malcolm Fife	....	foley supervisor
J.R. Grubbs	....	sound conforming editor
Edward J. Hernandez	....	adr engineer
Lora Hirschberg	....	sound re-recording mixer
David C. Hughes	....	sound effects editor
Richard Hymns	....	sound supervisor
Misa Kageyama	....	assistant sound editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Ren Klyce	....	sound designer
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
Marvin E. Lewis	....	boom operator
Stuart McCowan	....	assistant adr editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Larry Oatfield	....	sound conforming editor (as E. Larry Oatfield)
David Parker	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Quinn	....	dialogue editor
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Michael Silvers	....	dialogue editor
Ewa Sztompke	....	dialogue editor
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist
Doug Winningham	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	adr editor
Sean England	....	machine room operator (uncredited)
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Steven Morrow	....	sound mixer: fill-in (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Yuri Everson	....	project supervisor: Amalgamated Dynamics
Jon Thackery	....	special effects foreman (as Jonathan Thackery)
Joe Viskocil	....	special effects supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil)
Thomas Zell	....	special effects foreman
Steven Carlton Ficke	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Steve Galich	....	special effects supervisor (uncredited)
Roy Goode	....	pyrotechnician (uncredited)
Steve Koch	....	designer/sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc. (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Johnny Alves	....	digital artist: BUF (as Boudaille Alves)
Delahaye Bonnell	....	digital artist: BUF
Olivier Cauwet	....	artist CG supervisor: BUF (as Olivier Caowet)
David Ebner	....	digital effects supervisor: ComputerCafe
Ron Frankel	....	pre-visualization supervisor: Pixel Liberation Front
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	digital effects producer: ComputerCafe (as Vicki Galloway Weimer)
Raymond Gieringer	....	visual effects supervisor: Toybox
Colin Green	....	pre-visualization animator: Pixel Liberation Front
Michael Hatton	....	visual effects compositing supervisor: Toybox
Kevin Tod Haug	....	visual effects supervisor
JoAnn Knox	....	visual effects producer
Wendy Lanning	....	visual effects project manager: Toybox
Leslie McMinn	....	visual effects coordinator
Akira Orikasa	....	lead animator: ComputerCafe
Philippe Palmieri	....	digital artist: BUF
S. Quinn	....	pre-visualization coordinator: Pixel Liberation Front
Persis Reynolds	....	visual effects producer: Toybox
Gabriel Vargas	....	animator: ComputerCafe
David Verbeke	....	digital artist: BUF (as Dupuis Verbeke)
Xavier Allard	....	digital artist: BUF (uncredited)
Steve Arguello	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Jeff Barnes	....	executive producer: ComputerCafe (uncredited)
Nicolas Bonnell	....	visual effects producer: BUF (uncredited)
Alex Boothby	....	visual effects compositor: Toybox (uncredited)
Francois Boudaille	....	digital artist: BUF (uncredited)
J. André Chaintreuil	....	pre-visualization documentarist: Pixel Liberation Front (uncredited)
Jon Cowley	....	visual effects animator: Toybox (uncredited)
Phil Dakin	....	3D animator: ToyBox (uncredited)
Andrea D'Amico	....	visual effects producer: R!OT Pictures (uncredited)
Mark Davies	....	3D animator: ToyBox (uncredited)
Valerie Delahaye	....	visual effects producer: BUF (uncredited)
Domenic DiGiorgio	....	visual effects animator (uncredited)
Jeremy Dineen	....	visual effects animator: Toybox (uncredited)
Christophe Dupuis	....	digital artist: BUF (uncredited)
David Ebner	....	compositor: ComputerCafe (uncredited)
Leif Einarsson	....	pre-visualization artist (uncredited)
Kenn Elliott	....	HD colourist (uncredited)
Jay Field	....	compositor (uncredited)
Derek Fisher	....	pre-visualization artist (uncredited)
Adam Francis	....	motion control technician (uncredited)
Fabrice Garulli	....	digital artist: BUF (uncredited)
Paul C. George	....	digital effects 3D animator: Toybox (uncredited)
Mark Goldberg	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Jeff Goldman	....	animator: ComputerCafe (uncredited)
Jeff Goldman	....	compositor: ComputerCafe (uncredited)
Adrian Graham	....	3D technical director: Toybox (uncredited)
Kevin Tod Haug	....	visual effects unit director (uncredited)
Gudrun Heinze	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Lu Kondor	....	data manager: The Post Group (uncredited)
Laurent Lavigne	....	pre-visualization designer (uncredited)
Mike Leben	....	motion control operator (uncredited)
Roger Loftis	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Zachary V. Lowe	....	computer animator (uncredited)
Chad Malbon	....	digital film coordinator (uncredited)
Rob Menapace	....	motion control operator (uncredited)
Michael Douglas Middleton	....	visual effects still photographer (uncredited)
Lon Molnar	....	sequence supervisor: Toybox (uncredited)
Jaime Norman	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Eric Pascarelli	....	visual effects director of photography (uncredited)
Chris Paxson	....	motion control technician (uncredited)
Hans Pfleiderer	....	digital effects artist / previz (uncredited)
Eddy Richard	....	digital artist: BUF (uncredited)
Andy Robinson	....	Inferno artist: Toybox (uncredited)
Guillaume Rocheron	....	modeler: BUF (uncredited)
Geoff D.E. Scott	....	senior 3D animator: Toybox (uncredited)
Jason Snea	....	compositor: Toybox (uncredited)
Rob Stauffer	....	pre-visualization artist (uncredited)
Klaus Steden	....	visual effects systems integrator: Toybox (uncredited)
Jeff Sturgill	....	first assistant cameraman (uncredited)
Mark Thomas-Stubbs	....	digital artist: Toybox (uncredited)
Alexander Vegh	....	previsualization consultant (uncredited)
Bob Wiatr	....	digital artist: R!OT Pictures (uncredited)
Peipei Yuan	....	pre-visualization artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Dan Bradley	....	stunt coordinator
Charlie Brewer	....	stunts (as Charles Brewer)
Chris Carnel	....	stunts
Kevin Derr	....	stunts
Lanier Edwards	....	stunts
Andy Epper	....	stunts (as Andrew W. Epper)
Thirl Haston	....	stunts (as Thirl R. Haston)
John Hateley	....	stunts
Steven Lambert	....	stunts (as Steve Lambert)
Cliff McLaughlin	....	stunts
Rachel Parsons	....	stunts
Darrin Prescott	....	stunts
Todd Schneider	....	stunts
Jill Stokesberry	....	stunts
Pete Turner	....	stunts
Rachel Parsons	....	stunt double: Kristen Stewart (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
John T. Connor	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Doug Cowden	....	key grip
Brandon M. Cox	....	camera loader (as Brandon Cox)
Douglas A. Degrazzio	....	video playback supervisor: 24-frame (as Douglas A. DeGrazzio)
Ray De La Motte	....	camera operator (as Ray de la Motte)
Rick Dungan	....	video playback technician: 24-frame (as Richard J. Dungan)
Lisa Guerriero	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Mark Hadland	....	assistant chief lighting technician (as Mark D. Hadland)
Scott Hammer	....	video assist operator
Ian Kincaid	....	chief lighting technician (as Ian R. Kincaid)
Merrick Morton	....	still photographer
Matthew Nelson	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Aaron Pazanti	....	camera operator
Walter Royle	....	best boy grip
Danny Stephens	....	dolly grip
Robert Baird	....	camera intern (uncredited)
Chris Bangma	....	technician: Libra remote head (uncredited)
Bruce Byall	....	grip (uncredited)
Kyle Carden	....	grip (uncredited)
Chris Cuevas	....	second assistant camera: additional camera (uncredited)
Jeff Cutter	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Tracy Estes	....	electric rigging crew (uncredited)
Dominik Feller	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)
David Ghegan	....	best boy electric: second unit (uncredited)
Daniel Hanych	....	first assistant camera: insert unit (uncredited)
Wilfried Jeanblanc	....	video operator (uncredited)
Seth Kotok	....	second assistant camera: insert unit (uncredited)
Karl Linde	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Clement Lush	....	tape operator (uncredited)
Bill-Brady Majors	....	grip (uncredited)
Kevin McKenna	....	video assist operator (uncredited)
Michael K. O'Melia	....	assistant chief lighting technician: second unit (uncredited)
Christopher Prampin	....	dimmer board operator (uncredited)
Pablo Santiago-Brandwein	....	grip (uncredited)
Andrew Shulkind	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Igor Srubshchik	....	video playback operator: New York (uncredited)
Adam Sudtell	....	grip (uncredited)
H. Mark Vuille	....	gaffer: second unit (uncredited)
Jarred Waldron	....	gaffer: additional unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Christie Cean George	....	casting assistant
Barbara Harris	....	voice casting: loop group
Sande Alessi	....	extras casting (uncredited)
Kristan Berona	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Terry Anderson	....	costumer
Scott R. Hankins	....	costumer (as Scott Hankins)
Linda Matthews	....	costume supervisor
Meg Matthews	....	costumer: Ms. Foster (as Marguerite Matthews)

Editorial Department
Stephen Nakamura	....	digital color timer
Alex Olivares	....	assistant editor
John Venzon	....	assistant editor
Robert Hugh Ellis	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)
David Zevin	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Ramiro Belgardt	....	music editor
Mark Curry	....	scoring engineer (as Mark E. Curry)
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor
David Gleeson	....	music co-producer
Lisa Jaime	....	music editor
John Klepko	....	music editor
John Kurlander	....	scoring engineer
Michael Tremante	....	music co-producer
Mark Willsher	....	music editor
Grimace Boyer	....	conductor (uncredited)
Jeff Grace	....	music coordinator (uncredited)
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring crew (uncredited)
Kevin Mahonchak	....	music preparation (uncredited)
Carl Rydlund	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Gary Preece	....	transportation captain
Richard West	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Alison Anne Abrohams	....	assistant: Mr. Fincher
Billy Bonifield	....	production assistant: re-shoots, Los Angeles
Judith M. Brown	....	studio teacher
Jason Cox	....	production assistant
Carlos P. Cunha	....	production assistant
Petter Eldin	....	production assistant
Yuri Everson	....	puppeteer
Steve Frakes	....	puppeteer
Alec Gillis	....	puppeteer
Orlando R. Gonzales	....	assistant production coordinator
Daren Hicks	....	production coordinator
Stephen B. Howard	....	production assistant
Michael Kehoe	....	craft service
Janice Naehu	....	assistant: Mr. Koepp
Erin O'Donnell	....	assistant: Ms. Foster
Scott Puckett	....	production secretary
Mike Revell	....	production accountant (as Michael J. Revell)
Sharron Reynolds	....	script supervisor (as Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez)
Robert W. Sanders	....	medic
Todd Skaggs	....	production assistant (as Robert Todd Skaggs)
Kathryn Watkins	....	production assistant (as Katie Watkins)
John 'Magic' Wright	....	craft service (as John Wright)
Kirsten Anderson	....	first assistant accountant (uncredited)
Beth Avery	....	location assistant (uncredited)
Richard Bronskill	....	auricle operator (uncredited)
Chris Castaldi	....	additional set production assistant (uncredited)
Michael Connor	....	assistant: Mr. Whitaker (uncredited)
Joni Cuquet	....	field publicist (uncredited)
Alison Flierl	....	assistant: Judy Hofflund (uncredited)
Maryann C. Fondulas	....	first assistant accountant (uncredited)
Cliff Fuller	....	assistant production office coordinator: New York (uncredited)
Samantha C. Kirkeby	....	script supervisor: second unit (uncredited)
Craig Nix	....	assistant crane operator: Technocrane (uncredited)
Andrea O'Connor	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Greg Outcalt	....	assistant production coordinator: re-shoots (uncredited)
Wayne Petrocelli	....	security: Jodie Foster (uncredited)
Wayne Petrucelli	....	security: Ms. Foster (uncredited)
Sara Solomon	....	stand-in: Kristen Stewart (uncredited)
Mai-Khanh Ta	....	payroll accountant: re-shoots (uncredited)
Sara Tune	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Alexander Vegh	....	consultant: pre-visualization (uncredited)
Andrew Yeo	....	location scout (uncredited)

Thanks
Gary Handel	....	special thanks
Joe Wolcott	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Hofflund/Polone
• Indelible Pictures

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (2002) (USA) (theatrical) (a Sony Pictures Entertainment company)
• Columbia TriStar Film (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de Argentina (2002) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Films de España (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Italia (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2002) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Prooptiki (2002) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (three-disc special edition)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (Brazil) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (200?) (Argentina) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (????) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Yorin (2005) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• Command Post Toybox (visual effects)
• Amalgamated Dynamics (make-up effects)
• BUF (cgi visual effects)
• Computer Cafe, The (digital effects) (as ComputerCafe)
• Pixel Liberation Front (pre-visualization services)
• W.M. Creations (special prosthetic makeup)

Other Companies

• American Saferoom Door Company  special thanks
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies (uncredited)
• Computer Cafe, The  opening titles
• Gavin De Becker Inc.  special thanks
• Magic Film and Video Works  negative cutting
• Picture Mill, The  main titles
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Technique  digital intermediate
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack published by

Also Known As:

Safe Room (USA) (working title)
The Panic Room (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Runtime:

112 min | Spain:113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Malaysia:U (cut) | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Belgium:16 (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 (DVD rating) | Belgium:KT (cinema release) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | Canada:R (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 | France:U (with warning) | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Hungary:16 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Peru:14 | Philippines:R-18 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:14 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Darius Khondji left the project after just two weeks into principal photography. He was still credited as co-D.O.P in the opening credits

Goofs:

Continuity: Burnham rolls the carpet back to get to the safe twice.

Quotes:

Junior: How do we get in there?
Burnham: You can't.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Visions of Stanley Kubrick (2007) (V)

Well acted action-thriller, weak conclusion

David Fincher directs this cleverly conceived thriller about a mother and daughter trapped inside a panic room by three criminals. The film is well-paced and the camera work is slick. The film does well in exploring the confines of the house. Jodie Foster is effective and maintains a high intensity throughout. Kristen Stewart is decent as her daughter. Forest Whitaker plays a slightly sympathetic criminal and does well. Unfortunately, after an engrossing game of cat and mouse, the conclusion is weak. Staple clichés crop up and the film goes for a crowd-pleasing finale that doesn't quite feel right. Still watchable.

Overall 7/10