Renegade (2004) Blueberry (original title)

Director:

Jan Kounen

Writers:

Matthieu Le Naour (screenplay) &
Alexandre Coquelle (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

11 February 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Adventure | Western

Tagline:

When the angels kiss the demons,... you'd better be ready.

Plot:

Alledged wayward adolescent Louisiana gentleman Michael 'Mike' Blueberry is dumped by his family with a Wild West uncle...

Plot Keywords:

Deputy | U.S. Marshal | Superstition Mountains | Medicine Man | Desert

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Vincent Cassel	...	Mike Blueberry
Juliette Lewis	...	Maria Sullivan
Michael Madsen	...	Wallace Sebastian Blount
Temuera Morrison	...	Runi
Ernest Borgnine	...	Rolling Star
Djimon Hounsou	...	Woodhead
Hugh O'Conor	...	Young Mike Blueberry
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Greg Sullivan
Nichole Hiltz	...	Lola (as Nicole Hiltz)
Kateri Walker	...	Kateri
Vahina Giocante	...	Madeleine
Guillermo Arévalo	...	Kheetseen (as Kestenbetsa)
Tchéky Karyo	...	Uncle
Eddie Izzard	...	Prosit
Colm Meaney	...	Jimmy McClure
Dominique Bettenfeld	...	Toothless Man
Antonio Monroi	...	Julio
William Lightning	...	Young Runi
Jan Kounen	...	Billy
François Levantal	...	Pete the Barman
Joel Gonzales	...	Lead Warrior
Panshin Biri	...	Elder Indian Woman
Juan Manuel Bernal	...	Jeremy
François Bercovici	...	Desk Clerk
Richard Andrew Jones	...	Mike's Escort (as Richard Jones)
Val Avery	...	Judge
Pascal Demolon	...	Dentist
Leticia Gutiérrez	...	Runi's Mother
Tetsuo Nagata	...	Chiricahua Man
Cyril Dupuy	...	Cymbalum Player
Paul Rodden	...	Irish Singer
Javier Clave	...	Ranch Hand
José Gómez Parcero	...	Ranch Hand
Karl Braun	...	Posse Member (as Karl H. Braun)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean Giraud	...	(unconfirmed)
Chattoune	...	Leader of the Vertue Ligue (uncredited)

Directed by
Jan Kounen

Writing credits
Matthieu Le Naour		(screenplay) (as Matt Alexander) &
Alexandre Coquelle		(screenplay) (as Matt Alexander) and
Gérard Brach		(screenplay) and
Louis Mellis		(screenplay)
Jan Kounen		(screen story) and
Gérard Brach		(screen story)
Jean Giraud		(comic book) (as Jean 'Moebius' Giraud) and
Jean-Michel Charlier		(comic book)
Carlo De Boutiny		early collaboration
Cassidy Pope

Produced by
Yousaf Bokhari	....	line producer: Spain
Timothy Burrill	....	co-producer
Mariano Carranco	....	line producer
Jean-Michel Lacor	....	executive producer
Thomas Langmann	....	producer
Benoit Ponsaillé	....	assistant producer
Ariel Zeitoun	....	producer

Original Music by
Jean-Jacques Hertz
François Roy

Cinematography by
Tetsuo Nagata

Film Editing by
Jennifer Augé
Bénédicte Brunet
Joël Jacovella

Casting by
Louis DiGiaimo

Production Design by
Michel Barthélémy

Set Decoration by
Marie-Hélène Sulmoni

Costume Design by
Chattoune
Fab		(co-costume designer)

Makeup Department
Clément Bagot	....	makeup artist
Guillaume Castagné	....	special makeup effects artist
Montse Damas	....	additional crowd makeup
Maria De Lourdes	....	key hair stylist
Maria De Lourdes	....	key makeup artist
Lourdes Delgado	....	makeup department head
Sylvie Ferry	....	makeup artist
Delgado Garcia	....	key hair stylist
Delgado Garcia	....	key makeup artist
Sébastien Imart	....	makeup artist
Frédéric Lainé	....	special makeup effects artist
Felipe Salazar	....	key makeup artist
Hue Lan Van Duc	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Mari Arnedo	....	assistant production manager
Nicolas Bary	....	unit manager trainee
Maxime Bochner	....	unit manager
Mariano Carranco	....	production manager: Mexico
Eric Duriez	....	post-production supervisor
Ernesto Garabito	....	unit manager
Emmanuel Jacquelin	....	production supervisor
Philippe Meyer	....	unit manager
Karine Petite	....	assistant unit manager
Roxanne Pinheiro	....	unit manager
Guillaume Sion	....	assistant unit manager
Carlos 'Buho' Tames	....	unit production manager
Héctor Villegas	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roxane Andreani	....	second assistant director
Renan Bendersky	....	assistant director
Javier Clave	....	first assistant director
Marco Polo Constandse	....	second assistant director
Laurence Guérault	....	assistant director
Koke Riera	....	third assistant director
Pascal Salafa	....	first assistant director
Frederic Sanchez Del Rio	....	assistant director
Julian 'Chico' Valdez	....	assistant director
Olivier Vergès	....	second assistant director
Franck Vestiel	....	assistant director

Art Department
Gilles Boillot	....	first assistant production designer
Marc Caro	....	special design: hieroglyphic alphabet
Alisarine Ducolomb	....	art department coordinator
Enrique Echeverría	....	set decorator: Mexico
Laura González	....	set decorator: Mexico
Barbara Horcasitas	....	art assistant
Carlos Y. Jaques	....	construction coordinator
Nicolas Javel	....	set sculptor
Delphine Mabed	....	first assistant production designer
Iñigo Navarro	....	set designer
Patrick Pasquier	....	art director: Mexico
Jessica Rugias	....	dressing props
Jorge Sainz	....	set designer
Jorge Sainz	....	set dresser
Vincent Sentis	....	carpenter
Elise Tulli	....	assistant decorator
Sandra Castello	....	sculpture (uncredited)
Farid Kermici	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Albert Bailey	....	sound recordist
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Nicolas Becker	....	sound designer
Fabrice Conesa	....	foley recordist
Nicolas d'Halluin	....	sound recordist
Alain Féat	....	sound designer
Dean Humphreys	....	sound supervisor
Andy Kennedy	....	sound design editor
Peter Levin	....	adr recordist
Nick Lowe	....	dialogue editor
Conor Mackey	....	sound editor
Steve Meyer	....	sound editor
Glenn T. Morgan	....	supervising adr editor: US
Stuart Morton	....	sound editor
Grahame Peters	....	sound effects editor
Andy Walker	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
César Abades	....	special effects technician
Reyes Abades	....	special effects supervisor
Carlos Ferrández Hernández	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Romain Arnoux	....	digital effects artist
Rodolphe Chabrier	....	visual effects supervisor
Bertrand Cordier	....	lighting technical director: Mac Guff Ligne
Chia-Chi Hu	....	digital compositor
Francois Launet	....	digital effects artist
David Liebard	....	visual effects artist
Stéphanie Machuret	....	senior compositor: Mac Guff Ligne
Eclair Numerique	....	visual effects
Benoit Philippon	....	digital effects artist
Olivier Poujaud	....	digital compositor
Eric Vidal	....	digital compositor
Frantz Vidal	....	animator
Vincent Wauters	....	digital artist

Stunts
Hugo Aguilera	....	stunt double
Omar Ayala	....	stunts
Balo Bucio	....	stunt double
Julian Bucio	....	stunt coordinator
Rémi Canaple	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Rémi Canaple	....	stunts
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunt coordinator
Santiago Garcia Galvan	....	stunt double
Mario Luraschi	....	stunt coordinator
José Antonio Oña Sánchez	....	stunt double: Hugh O'conor

Camera and Electrical Department
Stéphane Agostini	....	electrician
Jean-Christophe Allain	....	second assistant camera
Stéphane Birzin	....	grip
Fabrice Bismuth	....	assistant camera
Bruno Calvo	....	still photographer
David Campbell	....	camera operator
Julien Cottret	....	additional grip
Gil Fontbonne	....	key grip
Santiago Garcia Galvan	....	assistant camera
Wilma Gómez Luengo	....	focus puller
Iwao Kawasaki	....	assistant camera
Ralph Mendoza	....	aerial camera operator: SpaceCam
Fernando Moreno	....	gaffer: Mexico
Craig Nix	....	crane operator: Technocrane
Sebastien Pentecouteau	....	first assistant camera
Jorge Sacristan	....	gaffer
Laurent Tangy	....	assistant camera
Thierry Valletoux	....	special photographer: additional crew

Casting Department
Rachel Desmarest	....	casting assistant (as Rachel Berger)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Agnès Beziers	....	wardrobe
Caroline de Tugny	....	patina & tint
Marylin Fitoussi	....	costume supervisor
Christophe Giraud	....	costume painter/dyer
Sylvie Ong	....	costume supervisor
Sandra Picchiottino	....	costume assistant (as Sandra Picchiottino-Beguery)
Carlos Rosario	....	assistant costume designer: Los Angeles
Jessica Rugias	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Yvan Lucas	....	colorist: Eclair
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director

Music Department
Benjamin Caillaud	....	music editor
Amélie de Chassey	....	music supervisor
Delphine Mathieu	....	music supervisor
Stéphane Reichart	....	score recordist

Transportation Department
Carlos Ponce de León	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Jose Manuel Ballesteros	....	caterer: Mexico
Jose Manuel Ballesteros	....	craft service: Mexico
Michaël Barocas	....	production assistant
Karl Braun	....	location manager
Nicolas Daniel	....	2K operator
Loreto de la Garza	....	production secretary
Jon Duncan	....	production accountant: UK
Sophie Fortat	....	production accountant trainee
Nicolas Gueilburt	....	runner
Amélia Guyader	....	production assistant
Marie-Noelle Hauville	....	accounts supervisor
'Chico' Hernandez	....	carriages and horses
'Chico' Hernandez	....	horses and wagons supplier
Alfredo Hernandez	....	wrangler
Rodrigo Herranz	....	production coordinator: Mexico
Richard Andrew Jones	....	dialect coach (as Richard Jones)
Carlos Larios	....	production assistant
Juan Carlos Merino	....	location scout
Norberto Nava	....	security coordinator
Sebastian Pereira	....	horse wrangler
Cassidy Pope	....	English script adaptor
Claudia Puebla	....	location manager
Gemma Rawsthorne	....	assistant accountant
Arturo Saldivar	....	production contact
Mark Shultz	....	production assistant
Mark Shultz	....	travel coordinator
Nicole Soriano	....	production coordinator
Juan Uruchurtu	....	assistant production coordinator
Héctor Villegas	....	assistant to unit managers

Production Companies

• A.J.O.Z. Films (co-production)
• La Petite Reine (co-production)
• Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) (co-production)
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)
• 120 Films (co-production)
• Crystalcreek Ltd. (co-production)
• Ultra Films (co-production)
• TPS Star (with the participation of)

Distributors

• Cinema Mondo (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Filmax S.A. (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Limon Yapim (2004) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (as "Renegade")
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Millennium Storm (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Moviemax (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Southern Sun  lighting

Also Known As:

"Blueberry" - France (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexuality, nudity and drug content

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

France | Mexico | UK

Language:

English | Athapascan languages | German | French | Spanish | Apache languages

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Chihuahua, Mexico

Company:

A.J.O.Z. Films

Trivia:

Val Kilmer was originally offered the headlining role but respectfully declined. Willem Dafoe and Benicio Del Toro were then considered for the role of Mike Blueberry, but Jan Kounen remembered conversations he had about shamanism with his friend Vincent Cassel and chose him instead.

Quotes:

Wallace Sebastian Blount:Animals are beasts, but men are monsters.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Eddie Izzard: Sexie (2003) (V)

Soundtrack:

Danny Boy

The most unusual western I have ever seen

Wow! That is all I can think of....wow!!! I have never been glued to the screen like I was with this movie. It is strange and unusual and there were times that I wasn't sure what was happening or why, but the visual effects are unlike anything I have seen before. I found the scenery gorgeous and breathtaking. I watched with interest to see just where it was filmed. The cast is very good. The main character I am unfamiliar with but there are a lot of good character actors in this movie. Geoffrey Lewis and his daughter Juliette play father and daughter. Ernest Borgnine is cast as "Rolling Star", a sheriff confined to a wheel chair. All of the characters are strong and well acted and the computer generated sequences are majestic and at the same time, eerie.

If you are like me and find it hard to sit through the predictable movie, you will want to put this movie on your "must see" list. I recommend it highly!!