The Day the World Ended (2001) (TV)

Director:

Terence Gross

Writers (WGA):

Brian King (story)
Max Enscoe (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:

23 November 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Horror

Tagline:

Sometimes quiet little boys have terrifying secrets.

Plot:

Horror film finds a killer alien, who is just misunderstood, devouring people. A school psychologist...

Plot Keywords:

Boy | Alien | School Psychologist | Doctor | Valley

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Nastassja Kinski	...	Dr. Jennifer Stillman
Randy Quaid	...	Dr. Michael McCann
Bobby Edner	...	Ben Miller / McCann
Harry Groener	...	Sheriff Ken
Lee de Broux	...	Cook Harlan (as Lee DeBroux)
Stephen Tobolowsky	...	Principal Ed Turner
Debra Christofferson	...	Nurse Della Divelbuss
Nik Dressbach	...	Buzzcut
Brandon de Paul	...	Frankie Carter
Kate Fuglei	...	Waitress Carlita
Neil Vipond	...	The Judge
Brian Steele	...	The Creature
David Getz	...	Deputy #1
Kathryn Fiore	...	Maggie Miller
David Doty	...	Nice Guy
Robert Hill	...	Deputy #2
Alexander Gould	...	Young Ben
Olivia Marlow	...	Woman in Crowd

Directed by
Terence Gross

Writing credits (WGA)
Brian King		(story)
Max Enscoe		(teleplay) &
Annie DeYoung		(teleplay)

Produced by
Lou Arkoff	....	producer
Samuel Z. Arkoff	....	executive producer
Dan J. Birnbaum	....	associate producer
Colleen Camp	....	producer
Steve Ecclesine	....	line producer
Buddy Epstein	....	executive producer
Brian J. Gilbert	....	co-producer
David S. Greathouse	....	co-producer
Carrie Iglehart	....	associate producer
Andrea Lapins	....	associate producer
Shane Mahan	....	co-producer
Robyn Rosenfeld	....	executive producer
Scott Shapiro	....	associate producer
Stan Winston	....	producer

Original Music by
Charles Bernstein

Cinematography by
Mark Vargo

Film Editing by
Stephen Mark

Production Design by
Jerry Fleming

Art Direction by
Peter Borck

Set Decoration by
Betty Berberian

Costume Design by
Julia Schklair

Makeup Department
Barbara Cantu	....	key hair stylist
Stephanie Coffey	....	makeup artist
Polly Lucke	....	assistant hair stylist
Myke Michaels	....	makeup department head
Richard Wetzel	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Larry Ferguson Jr.	....	post-production supervisor
Marsha L. Swinton	....	production supervisor
Robert E. Warner	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dirk Craft	....	first assistant director (as Dirk Wallace Craft)
Jessica W. Leung	....	second assistant director
Elenie Mansalis	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Manuel Baca	....	assistant property master
Sarah Bullion	....	art department assistant
Lance DeSpain	....	lead scenic artist
Steven P. Duchscherer	....	property master
Bill Luckey	....	property maker
Lisa Robinson	....	on-set dresser
Christopher Schultz	....	swing
Wayne Springfield	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Kami Asgar	....	supervising sound editor
William Freesh	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Tim Tuchrello	....	first assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Joe Andreas	....	special effects
David Gallion	....	special effects foreman
Chris Grossnickle	....	technician: Stan Winston Studio
Lindsay MacGowan	....	design artist: Stan Winston Studio
Bob Mano	....	key mechanical designer: Stan Winston Studio
Bob Mano	....	puppeteer
David Monzingo	....	technician: Stan Winston Studio
Steve Newburn	....	technician: Stan Winston Studio
Justin Raleigh	....	technician: Stan Winston Studio
Arjen Tuiten	....	crew member: Stan Winston Studio
Jor Van Kline	....	special effects coordinator
Stan Winston	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Oliver Arnold	....	digital artist
Eric Heavens	....	digital compositing supervisor
Dan Schmit	....	visual effects supervisor
Stan Winston	....	visual effects

Stunts
Shauna Duggins	....	stunts
Thomas M. Ficke	....	stunt coordinator (as Tom Ficke)

Camera and Electrical Department
J.D. Bishop	....	assistant chief lighting technician
D.R. Curtis	....	set lighting technician
Casey Ellison	....	set lighting technician
Mary Funsten	....	first assistant camera
Daniel H. Goldstein	....	set lighting technician
Matthew Livingston	....	dolly grip
Brett Lood	....	grip
Bob Myers	....	grip
Jeff Noble	....	grip
Stephen Martin Paull	....	lighting technician
Michael Pescasio	....	grip
C. Shipley	....	best boy grip
Chris Shipley	....	best boy grip
Donna Simons	....	grip
Christian Franz Staab	....	grip
Bruce Swift	....	key grip
Richard Tibbetts	....	grip
Jason Young	....	electrician
Chuck Zlotnick	....	still photographer

Casting Department
Shari Steinberg	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tess Inman	....	set costumer
Daniela Kurrle	....	costume manufacturer
Daniela Kurrle	....	costumer
Mandi Line	....	assistant costume designer
Hayley Stuppel	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Pharaba Hacker-Witt	....	post-production assistant (as Pharaba Witt)
Mark Hartzell	....	assistant editor
Jonny Jenks	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Dino A. Moriana	....	music editor (as Dino Moriana)

Other crew
Michael Barnes	....	financial legal services
Eamon Buehning	....	payroll accountant
Robert Cable	....	first assistant accountant
Charles Canzoneri	....	key set production assistant
Robert Gluck	....	location manager (as Bob Gluck)
Andrew Harrison	....	assistant location manager
Stephen Jensen	....	paralegal
Samantha C. Kirkeby	....	script supervisor (as Samantha Clair Kirkeby)
Shari LaFranchi Blakney	....	production coordinator (as Shari LaFranchi)
Charissa McLain	....	assistant production coordinator
Darin Pfeiffer	....	assistant to executive producer
Jeffrey Pritz	....	personal assistant: Lou Arkoff
Austin Rodriguez	....	medic
Lynn M. van Kuilenburg	....	location manager

Thanks
James H. Nicholson	....	dedicated to the memory of

Production Companies

• Creature Features Productions LLC

Distributors

• Home Box Office (HBO) (2001) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• RTL Klub Televízió (2007) (Hungary) (TV) (original airing)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• LK-TEL (2002) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Video Film Express (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• First Unit Inc. (visual effects)
• Stan Winston Studio

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Digital Symphony  avid editing
• Entertainment Partners  payroll
• Level 3 Post  post-production services
• Michelson Food Services  catering
• Rocky Mountain  camera equipment provided by
• Sony Pictures Studios  post-production services
• Xtraz Casting  extras casting

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MPAA:

Rated R for horror violence, some language and a sex scene

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Finland:K-15 | Canada:18+ (Ontario) | Singapore:PG13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Wrightwood, California, USA

Company:

Creature Features Productions LLC

Movie Connections:

References The Birds (1963)

Weird, pretentious – but not entirely bad

There are definitely too many references to other movies and story traditions in this flick. It starts like Stanley Kubrick's The Shining (the heroine driving a New Beetle – yech!), it continues with dark humor like a novel by Kafka (heroine with a badly defined mission comes to a strange place and meets a bunch of strangely hostile stereotype comic book characters of uncertain authority), then there's a whiff of Twin Peaks (hints of sexual abuse of minors and general depravity in the backwoods), then in comes E.T. (minor bonds with extraterrestrial), then it turns out that minor's mother was regarded by the populace as a kind of a witch and was treated accordingly. On top of that, there is a clear reference to a 50ies horror B-movie. (Hence the confusing title which has nothing to do with the story told here).

The references in themselves are not really bad or a rip-off. However, it would have been more fun, had they tied all that stuff together in a more coherent, rigid and orderly fashion. The pairing of psychology and the supernatural clearly does not work here. I didn't manage to find out what story the movie wants to tell and I suspect its makers could never really make up their mind. This is a pity, as the cast is quite good. I hope Nastassja Kinski still has a long career ahead of her. Not only for her looks, but also because she really is a versatile actress who in my opinion still didn't get her share of good movie parts. Randy Quaid and Bobby Edner are equally convincing in their roles, within the apparent limits of the script. The same goes for the rest of the characters who are parodies or stereotypes.