Ghost Ship (2002)

Director:

Steve Beck

Writers (WGA):

Mark Hanlon (story)
Mark Hanlon (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

25 October 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Sea Evil

Plot:

A salvage crew that discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea soon notices, as they try to tow it back to land, that "strange things" happen...

Plot Keywords:

Sea | Passenger | Salvage | Ghost Ship | Ghost

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Gabriel Byrne	...	Murphy
Julianna Margulies	...	Epps
Ron Eldard	...	Dodge
Desmond Harrington	...	Ferriman
Isaiah Washington	...	Greer
Alex Dimitriades	...	Santos
Karl Urban	...	Munder
Emily Browning	...	Katie Harwood
Francesca Rettondini	...	Francesca
Boris Brkic	...	Chief Steward
Bob Ruggiero	...	Captain (as Robert Ruggiero)
Iain Gardiner	...	Purser
Adam Bieshaar	...	First Officer
Cameron Watt	...	Second Officer
Jamie Giddens	...	Friendly Officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Matthew Wollaston	...	Steward Number 3 (uncredited)

Directed by
Steve Beck

Writing credits (WGA)
Mark Hanlon		(story)
Mark Hanlon		(screenplay) and
John Pogue		(screenplay)

Produced by
Gilbert Adler	....	producer
Bruce Berman	....	executive producer
Susan Downey	....	co-producer (as Susan Levin)
Stephen Jones	....	associate producer
Richard Mirisch	....	co-producer
Steve Richards	....	executive producer
Joel Silver	....	producer
Robert Zemeckis	....	producer

Original Music by
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
Gale Tattersall		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Roger Barton

Casting by
Lora Kennedy
Fiona McMaster
Tom McSweeney

Production Design by
Graham 'Grace' Walker

Art Direction by
Richard Hobbs

Set Decoration by
Beverley Dunn

Costume Design by
Margot Wilson

Makeup Department
Paige Badenoch	....	additional makeup artist
Jason Baird	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Nikki Gooley	....	makeup supervisor
Sue Laidlaw	....	additional makeup artist
Antony McMullen	....	prosthetics workshop technician
Anita Morgan	....	makeup artist
Christopher Allen Nelson	....	special makeup effects artist
Scott Patton	....	special makeup effects artist
Nadine Wilkie	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Craig Forrest	....	production manager: Canada
Stephen Jones	....	unit production manager
Bill Draper	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)
Barbara Russo	....	post-production executive (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Danny Baldwin	....	second unit director: Australia
Miranda Colman	....	third assistant director
Colin Fletcher	....	first assistant director
Jennifer Leacey	....	second assistant director
Scott Lovelock	....	third assistant director
Nick McKinnon	....	third assistant director
Ian 'Thistle' Thorburn	....	second unit director
Darwin Brooks	....	third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Joshua Black	....	set finisher
Julian Borbidge	....	steelworker
Lisa Brennan	....	property master
Wendy Buick	....	graphic artist
Graeme Callander	....	storyboard artist
Jac Charlton	....	set dresser
Claudine Clark	....	set designer
Garth Croft	....	set builder
Peter Exton	....	steelwork foreman
Craig Fison	....	props
Christian Huband	....	set designer
Miriam Johnson	....	research/clearances
Kate Lovejoy	....	set designer
Tim Lyall	....	art department coordinator
Dale Mackie	....	concept artist
Charles McGuinness	....	assistant art director
Jim Millett	....	assistant art director
Ross Murdoch	....	set builder
David Nimmo	....	set designer
John Rann	....	construction manager
Darrin Smith	....	carpenter
Marcus Smith	....	welding supervisor
Natalie Taylor	....	art department accountant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard Adrian	....	supervising sound editor
Christopher Alba	....	first assistant sound editor
Thom Brennan	....	supervising foley editor
Paul 'Salty' Brincat	....	production sound mixer
Stephanie Brown	....	dialogue editor
Rod Conder	....	boom operator
Dane A. Davis	....	supervising sound editor
William R. Dean	....	assistant sound editor
Christopher Eakins	....	sound effects mastering
Julia Evershade	....	supervising adr editor
Eddie Kim	....	assistant sound editor
Andrew Lackey	....	sound editor
John Marquis	....	sound effects mastering
Nicole Miller	....	sound assistant
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Ken S. Polk	....	sound re-recording mixer
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Tom Trafalski	....	analog/digital audio engineer
Donna G. Walker	....	sound effects coordinator
Linda Lew	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Steven Boyle	....	special makeup effects technician
Aaron Cox	....	special effects technician
Brian Cox	....	special effects coordinator
Angelo Sahin	....	special effects onset supervisor
Julian Summers	....	special effects technician
Richard Miranda	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Lindsay Adams	....	digital compositor
Pippa Anderson	....	post production manager
Michael Bain	....	3D digital artist
Andy Barrios	....	Inferno artist: Photon VFX, Australia
Patrick Bergeron	....	senior digital compositor
Jason Billington	....	digital compositor
Nick Booth	....	scanning and recording technician: Weta Digital
Kent Boswell	....	digital effects production manager: Photon
Kirsty Bruce	....	visual effects assistant
Andy Cadzow	....	animation supervisor
Angus Cameron	....	senior compositor
Steve Cronin	....	senior compositor
Ken Dackermann	....	digital compositor
Ben De Luca	....	senior system administrator
Gareth Dinneen	....	digital compositor
Christina Drahos	....	digital compositor
Dale Duguid	....	visual effects supervisor
Simon Dye	....	compositor
Edwin Erdmanis	....	roto & cleanup
Eyal Erez	....	effects animation supervisor
Joe Farrell	....	digital compositor
Bryn Farrelly	....	digital compositor
Kirsten Fazio	....	visual effects production manager
Patrick Felgueras	....	digital artist
Keith Foston	....	visual effects coordinator: Photon VFX
Alex Fry	....	senior 2-D artist
Caroline Grubb	....	visual effects associate producer
Mark Harmon	....	digital grading
Scott Harper	....	senior compositor
Mark Harrison	....	first assistant director: visual unit
Daniel Harvey	....	executive visual effects producer
Sean Heuston	....	motion control assistant operator
Chris Holmes	....	digital compositor
Aruna Inversin	....	digital compositor
Mike Jamieson	....	digital artist
Rimas Juchnevicius	....	digital compositor
Brad Kalinoski	....	digital artist: comp and paint
Mike Kelly	....	motion control operator
Steven Anthony Khoury	....	3D visual effects
Steven Anthony Khoury	....	lighting technical director
Andrew Kunzel	....	digital artist
Nicky Ladas	....	IT manager
Nicky Ladas	....	system administrator
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Brad Lindenmayer	....	vfx editor
Matt Linder	....	visual effects
Kimberley Liptrap	....	3D artist
Chris Long	....	animator
Chris Long	....	compositor
Robert Malina	....	visual effects editor
Evans Mark	....	3D artist
Naomi Mitchell	....	visual effects producer
Ivan Moran	....	digital compositor
Marc Morissette	....	digital compositor
Steve Newman	....	miniatures visual effects director of Photography
Tony O'Loughlan	....	motion control camera assistant
Jeff Olm	....	Inferno artist: Photon VFX, Australia
Matthew Ozerski	....	assistant visual effects editor: Photon VFX
Kim Pearce	....	render wrangler
Kim Pearce	....	system administrator
Eric Person	....	film scanning supervisor: Photon VFX
Gerard Benjamin Pierre	....	digital effects supervisor
Cheryl Potter	....	visual effects assistant editor
Andrew Quinn	....	3D artist: Photon VFX
Mohan Ramachandran	....	scanning and recording technician: Weta Digital
Ron Roberts	....	digital effects supervisor
James Rogers	....	senior digital effects supervisor
Rick Sander	....	compositor
Michael Sarkis	....	lead motion control operator
Jörg Schulz-Gerchow	....	digital compositor
Andrew Schwartz	....	digital compositor: Photon
Jason Selfe	....	digital compositor: sequence design
Rasha Shalaby	....	compositor: Photon
Betty Shaw	....	IT manager
John Siczewicz	....	Inferno artist: Photon VFX, Australia
Matt Sloan	....	visual effects assistant supervisor
Murray Smallwood	....	digital compositor
Leon Stuparich	....	visual effects assistant editor
Tiare Tomaszewski	....	post production manager
Jensen Toms	....	digital artist
Linda Tremblay	....	digital compositor
Greg Tuckwell	....	lead model maker
Matthew Unwin	....	visual effects artist
Georgie Uppington	....	visual effects coordinator
Randy Vellacott	....	digital compositor
Donna Wallace	....	visual effects production accountant
Chris Young	....	digital effects artist
Papavramides Alexandra	....	digital compositor: Photon, Australia (uncredited)
Vaughn Arnup	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Katrina Barker	....	assistant visual effects editor (uncredited)
Brad Blackbourn	....	senior 3D artist (uncredited)
Melany Bourgouin	....	digital effects production assistant (uncredited)
Michelle Bromham	....	visual effects assistant editor (uncredited)
David Cole	....	lead digital colourist (uncredited)
Jeanmarc Furio	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Andy Garcia	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Jonathan Hairman	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Sean Heuston	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Rosano Lepri	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Kirsty Millar	....	supervising compositor (uncredited)
Ben O'Brien	....	Inferno artist (uncredited)
Benoit Pelchat	....	digital matte artist (uncredited)
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	visual effects production supervisor: Warner Bros. (uncredited)
Michele Stewart	....	assistant to visual effects producer (uncredited)
George Zwier	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Ric Anderson	....	stunts
Sue Maree Anderson	....	stunts
Ray Anthony	....	stunts
Brittany Baldwin	....	stunts
Danny Baldwin	....	stunt coordinator
Sue Baldwin	....	stunt department coordinator
Udo Bartschat	....	stunts
Andrew Beattie	....	stunts
Clancy Beck	....	stunts
Bradd Buckley	....	stunts
Stuart Campbell	....	stunts
Dean Caulfield	....	stunts
Mark Chique	....	stunts
Michelle Comerford	....	stunts
Michael Corrigan	....	stunts (as Mick Corrigan)
Mick Corrigan	....	stunt performer
Haydn Dalton	....	stunts
Nick Deriboklou	....	stunts
Sebastian Dickens	....	stunts
Nicole Downs	....	stunts (as Nicole Downes)
Erik Dragsbaek	....	stunts
Craig Dunn	....	stunts
Sam Elia	....	stunts
Neil Fanning	....	stunts
Kyle Gardiner	....	stunt assistant
Lou Horvath	....	stunts
Peter Jeremijenko	....	stunts
Marc Kabamba	....	stunts
Zed Korshoonoff	....	stunts (as Zed Korshoonof)
Sándor Kovács	....	stunts
Nick Lawson	....	stunts
Rick MacLure	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Rick MacClure)
Rick MacLure	....	dive supervisor (as Rick MacClure)
Phil Meacham	....	stunts
Robin Menzies	....	stunts (as Robyn Menzies)
Darren Mitchell	....	stunts
Angela Moore	....	stunts
Kai Nuuhiwa	....	stunts
Scott O'Donnell	....	stunts
Gulliver Page	....	stunt double: Karl Urban
Gulliver Page	....	stunts
Rene Perrin	....	stunts
Zoran Petrovic	....	stunts
Paul Phillips	....	stunts
John Reynolds	....	stunts
Stephen Robinson	....	stunts
Debbie Santic	....	stunts
Josef Schwaiger	....	stunts (as Joe Schwaiger)
Yasca Sinigaglia	....	stunts
Greg Skipper	....	stunts
Cathie Small	....	stunts
Melody Sorensen	....	stunts
Gillian Statham	....	stunts
Daniel Stevens	....	stunts
Sheree Swords	....	stunts
Karen Trent	....	stunts
Annette Van Moorsel	....	stunts
Mick Van Moorsel	....	stunts
Ron Vreeken	....	stunts
Darrell Walshe	....	stunts
Don Welch	....	stunts
Vic Wilson	....	stunts
Wilfred Woodrow	....	stunts
Michael Young	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Stuart Bell	....	grip
Shaun Conway	....	gaffer
James Hopwood	....	best boy grip
Ben King	....	second assistant camera
Colin Larsen	....	grip
Peter McDougall	....	underwater camera operator
Jason McPhee	....	best boy grip
David Nichols	....	key grip
Paul Reddin	....	grip
Ricky Schamburg	....	first assistant camera
Ian 'Thistle' Thorburn	....	director of photography: second unit
John Trapman	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Vince Valitutti	....	still photographer
Simon Werry	....	aerial camera operator

Casting Department
Tom McSweeney	....	casting: Australia
Jade Tam	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Janice MacIsaac	....	costume designer: Vancouver
Melissa Montague	....	costume buyer
Samantha Walker	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Adam Avery	....	post-production coordinator
Trish Cahill	....	telecine dailies colorist
Elana Joy Livneh	....	assistant editor
Robert Malina	....	first assistant editor
Jeff Smithwick	....	color timer
Rebecca Weigold	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Frank Bennett	....	orchestrator
Pablo Duchovny	....	composer: additional music
Steve Durkee	....	music mixer
Steve Durkee	....	score mixer
Chad Gray	....	composer: song "Not Falling"
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Nick Ingman	....	conductor
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Micha Liberman	....	composer: song "My Little Box"
Tommy Lockett	....	music editor
Herwig Maurer	....	additional score production
John McBride	....	music scoring coordinator
Tom Trafalski	....	soundtrack co-producer
Mark Tucker	....	assistant scoring engineer
Alec Wilder	....	composer: song "Senza Fine"
Rick Winquest	....	score mixer
Gavyn Wright	....	orchestra leader

Other crew
Tara Aucoin	....	assistant: Mr. Byrne
Sim Bajaj	....	assistant: Mr. Richards
Liam Banks	....	accountant
Bob Beresh	....	production aide
Justin Brace	....	assistant to producer and director
Kelsey Clark	....	assistant: Robert Zemckis
Suzanne Evans-Booth	....	production secretary
Kristine Fraser	....	production assistant
David Gambino	....	assistant: Ms. Levin
Kelly Helstrom	....	staff production coordinator: Warner Brothers
Melina Kevorkian	....	assistant: Mr. Silver
Louisa Kors	....	production coordinator
Wade Krawczyk	....	assistant armourer
Alan J. Lam	....	production accountant
Melaini Lewis	....	assistant production coordinator
Lisa McSweeney	....	assistant: Ms. Margulies
Tim O'Connor	....	accountant
James Paul	....	mechanical prosthetics
Monique Perez	....	assistant to producer
Sean Rigby	....	additional water safety
Kym Sainsbury	....	prosthetics crew
Fiona Searson	....	unit publicist
Bruce Shapiro	....	dialogue coach
Kent Sponagle	....	location manager: Vancouver
Jackie Sullivan	....	script supervisor: second unit
Tammy Triffet	....	production accountant
Michelle Tuella	....	assistant: Mr. Silver
Kayne Tumahai	....	production assistant
Amanda Uber	....	staff coordinator
Belen Volich	....	assistant: Mr. Mirisch
Prudence Williams	....	assistant accountant
Jeffrey Woods	....	unit nurse
Rowena Zande	....	production coordinator: pick-up unit
Vickie Gest	....	nurse: second and third unit (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
• Village Roadshow Pictures (in association with)
• NPV Entertainment (in association with)
• Dark Castle Entertainment
• Ghost Ship Films Pty. Ltd.

Distributors

• Cinergia (200?) (Ukraine) (theatrical)
• Columbia Pictures (2003) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Karo Premiere (2003) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2003) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2002) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2003) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2003) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2003) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2003) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Net5 (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2003) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2003) (Finland) (VHS)
• Sub (2009) (Finland) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (Canada) (DVD) (4 film collection)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (USA) (DVD) (4 film collection)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• JMB FX Studio (special make-up effects)
• K.N.B. Effects Group (special makeup effects)
• Photon VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Canadian Kitchen  catering
• Cutting Edge Post Pty. Ltd.  telecine dailies
• Danetracks  sound post-production
• FILM Archives  "Killer Punch" footage provided by
• Maura Fay Group  casting: Australia
• Pacific Film and Television Commission  thanks
• Picture Mill, The  titles designed by
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack released by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Cutting Edge  post-production (Dailies)
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Spectrum Films International  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore, language and sexuality

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English | Italian | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18SG | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Brazil:16 | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Denmark:15 | France:U | Germany:16 (cut) | Germany:18 | Hong Kong:III | Ireland:18 | Italy:VM14 | Japan:PG-12 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 | Spain:18 | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #39390) | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

The opening floor deck sequence of the film where everyone is severed in the torso area by a cable, was originally conceived to be that everyone was decapitated, but the studio didn't like the idea.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Though Francesca (the lounge singer) speaks perfect Italian during the rest of the movie, the song she performs during the title sequence ("Senza Fine") is sung in heavily-accented Italian. (Italian actress Francesca Rettondini is lip-syncing a non-Italian performer.)

Quotes:

[first lines]
Greer:I can't hold her much longer, Murph. Port bow is heeling. She's taking on way too much water.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Film Geek (2005)

Soundtrack:

Not Falling

‘Love Boat' out of hell!!

I'm rather pleasantly surprised after seeing Ghost Ship…I expected it to be a lot sillier, more dumb and inferior than it actually is. Still a long way from being a good horror film but a step in the right direction, to say the least. Cast and crew paid attention to building up a horrifying atmosphere instead of attacking the audience with lame and violent killing scenes. That's an effort that gets my appreciation. The vicious opening sequence is professional horror… a scene that grabs you by the throat and demands your complete attention and curiosity for the rest of the movie. The high quality level is held up a little while longer but unfortunately it loses his grip during the second half. For as long as the mysterious, deserted ship is portrayed as a complete riddle, the film is fascinating, interesting and beautifully shot. As soon as a few plot-aspects are clarified, Ghost Ship turns into a mediocre and predictable thriller…I'm convinced that, with a slightly more intelligent script, this could have become one of the better horror-thrillers since the new Millennium. Now, it's only regarded as a reasonable and decent effort that lacks a bit of talent. Nonetheless, the settings and decors make it worth watching. The graphic decorations aren't overused, so it remains a beautiful experience to observe at least once. Gabriel Byrne is acting far below his normal standards and yet he's still great! All the other cast-members are pretty uninspired and forgettable. I'd describe Ghost Ship as a nice waste of time. If you have the opportunity, I advise you to search for an 80's horror title called `Death Ship'…a terrific piece of trash of which Ghost Ship borrowed a lot of ideas.