A Wrinkle in Time (2003) (TV)

Director:

John Kent Harrison

Writers (WGA):

Susan Shilliday (teleplay)
Madeleine L'Engle (novel)

Release Date:

10 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Family | Fantasy | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

To rescue their father, they must save the universe.

Plot:

The movie is based on a children's series by the same name. Meg and Charles Wallace are aided by Calvin and 3 interesting women...

Plot Keywords:

Father | Time Travel | Psychic Power | Supernatural | Fantasy World

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Katie Stuart	...	Meg Murry
Gregory Smith	...	Calvin O'Keefe
David Dorfman	...	Charles Wallace Murry
Chris Potter	...	Dr. Jack Murry
Kyle Secor	...	The Man With Red Eyes
Sean Cullen	...	Happy Medium
Sarah-Jane Redmond	...	Dr. Dana Murry
Kate Nelligan	...	Mrs. Which
Alison Elliott	...	Mrs. Who
Alfre Woodard	...	Mrs. Whatsit
Munro Chambers	...	Sandy Murry
Thomas Chambers	...	Dennys Murry
Ellen Dubin	...	Aunt Beast
Guy Fauchon	...	Bingo Man
Alexander Pollock	...	Eric O'Keefe
Bryce Hodgson	...	Max
Matthew Brevner	...	Louie
Rachel Victoria	...	Isabel
Norman Armour	...	Mr. Porter
Roger Haskett	...	Mr. Jenkins
Angela Moore	...	Ms. Myles
Angelica Kero	...	Young Meg
Nancy J. Lilley	...	Calvin's Mom (as Nancy Lilley)
Jeffrey Ballard	...	Billy
Anita Adams	...	Billy's Mom
Apollonia Vanova	...	Valentina Tereshkova
Alexa Fox	...	14 Year Old "IT" Girl
Noel Fisher	...	16 Year Old "IT" Boy
Jacoba Rozema	...	6 Year Old "IT" Girl
Christine Kennedy	...	School Girl # 1
Sarah Le Greca	...	School Girl # 2 (as Sarah La Greca)
Robbie Ruddell	...	Camazotz Boy # 1
Peter Benson	...	Stone Face
Iris Quinn	...	Camazotz Lady
Shawn Reis	...	Guard # 1
Sarah Hayward	...	Secretary
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Becker	...	Ubalon (uncredited)
Mikka Dargel	...	Camazotz Young Woman (uncredited)
Vincent Gale	...	Ellwood (uncredited)
Mark Gibbon	...	Centaur (uncredited)
G. Michael Gray	...	Gill Man (uncredited)
Taras Kostyuk	...	Double Brow Alien (uncredited)
Tanya Reid	...	Camazotz Woman (uncredited)
Kelly Dean Sereda	...	Camazotz Young Man (uncredited)
Robert Wisden	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
John Kent Harrison

Writing credits (WGA)
Susan Shilliday		(teleplay)
Madeleine L'Engle		(novel)

Produced by
Fitch Cady	....	producer
Jay Firestone	....	executive producer
Adam Haight	....	executive producer
Catherine Hand	....	executive producer (as Catherine Hand O'Dell)
Jordan Kerner	....	executive producer
Josanne B. Lovick	....	executive producer
Patricia Rozema	....	executive producer
Michael Leahy	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Jeff Danna
Patric Caird		(uncredited)
Shawn Pierce		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Jon Joffin		(director of photography)
Philip Linzey		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Susan Maggi
T.C. Martin		(uncredited)

Casting by
Irene Cagen
Meg Liberman
Camille H. Patton		(as Cami Patton)

Production Design by
Sandy Cochrane
Troy Hansen
Graeme Murray

Art Direction by
Gwendolyn Margetson
David McLean		(as David Maclean)

Set Decoration by
Terry Ewasiuk
Johanna Mazur

Costume Design by
Nancy Bryant

Makeup Department
Ian C. Ballard	....	hair stylist (as Ian Ballard)
Sandy Cooper	....	key makeup artist
Lisa Love	....	key makeup artist
Vladimir Lushnikov	....	special makeup effects sculptor
Sanna Seppanen	....	hair stylist
Dave Bubniw	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Rachel Griffin	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Ann McLaren	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Bill Terezakis	....	special makeup designer (uncredited)

Production Management
Wayne Bennett	....	unit manager
Sally Dixon	....	post-production supervisor
David Hauka	....	production manager
Tracy Hillman	....	post-production supervisor
Tracy Long	....	production manager
Keri Young	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bonnie Benwick	....	first assistant director
Donald P.H. Eaton	....	first assistant director
Patrice Leung	....	first assistant director
Karen Margolese	....	second assistant director
Tracey Poirier	....	second assistant director
Cindy Smith	....	second assistant director
Richard Coleman	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Brett Dowler	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Linda Pearce	....	third assistant director (uncredited)
Michael Pohorly	....	trainee assistant director (uncredited)
Gary Blair Smith	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)
Patrick Stark	....	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Jim LeBlanc	....	property master (as Jim Leblanc)
Vladimir Lushnikov	....	head sculptor: reshoot
Vladimir Lushnikov	....	scenic artist
David Valentine	....	property master
Renata Zaleska	....	prop buyer
Ricardo Alms	....	scenic carpenter (uncredited)
Denise Bradley	....	art department coordinator (uncredited)
Kevin Brown	....	prop buyer (uncredited)
Nancy Anna Brown	....	set designer (uncredited)
Dave Emmonds	....	head greensman (uncredited)
Jack Gauvreau	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Tyler Bishop Harron	....	illustrator (uncredited)
Craig Henderson	....	construction coordinator (uncredited)
Darren Moore	....	greensperson (uncredited)
Kenneth Panzer	....	set buyer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Kris Fenske	....	sound designer
Martin Fossum	....	production sound mixer
Kelly Frey	....	background sound editor
Kirby Jinnah	....	dialogue editor
Mark Klausmayer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael McGee	....	production sound mixer (as Michael Mcgee)
Mike Paprocki	....	sound effects editor
Iain Pattison	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Paul Sharpe)
Anke Bakker	....	sound editor (uncredited)
Adam Boyd	....	sound effects editor: temp mix (uncredited)
Dario DiSanto	....	foley editor (uncredited)
Philip Hunter	....	adr editor (uncredited)
Devan Kraushar	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Jean Raymond	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Adam Sharpe	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
James Wallace	....	additional sound designer (uncredited)
Matthew Wilson	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Stewart Bradley	....	special effects coordinator
Rory Cutler	....	special effects coordinator
Cara E. Anderson	....	special effects assistant: reshoots (uncredited)
Dan Cervin	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Roy Gabriel	....	special effects foreman: reshoot (uncredited)
Eric Milner	....	special effects technician: reshoot (uncredited)
John Reynolds	....	special effects first assistant: re-shoot (uncredited)
Grant Smith	....	special effects rigger (uncredited)
Terry Sonderhoff	....	special effects coordinator (uncredited)
Andrew Verhoeven	....	motion base operator (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Chris Capell	....	visual effects producer
Jayne Craig	....	visual effects coordinator
Bryan Davies	....	visual effects artist
Charlene Eberle Douglas	....	visual effects coordinator (as Charlene Eberle)
Antonio Diaz Escobedo	....	digital effects artist
Brian Garbet	....	visual effects assistant
Leann Harvey	....	visual effects production assistant
Kevin Tod Haug	....	visual effects supervisor (as Kevin Haug)
Foad Afshari	....	visual effects: Eden FX (uncredited)
Tom Archer	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Marcus Beiner	....	vfx system integration (uncredited)
Nadine Blackler	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Rod Bland	....	3D animator (uncredited)
Ann-Marie Blommaert	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Kathryn Bolt	....	digital compositing artist (uncredited)
Corey Bramall	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Dan Brittain	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Jeff Bruneel	....	digital compositor: Toybox (uncredited)
Brynley Cadman	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Dug Claxton	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Lecily Corbett	....	assistant camera: visual effects unit (uncredited)
Jon Cowley	....	visual effects supervisor: Toybox (uncredited)
Kristin Dearholt	....	rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Jeremy Dineen	....	visual effects animator: Toybox (uncredited)
Pete Dionne	....	3D artist: ToyBox (uncredited)
Chris Doll	....	digital compositing artist (uncredited)
Antonio Diaz Escobedo	....	rigging: cg modeler (uncredited)
Kevin Genzel	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Ted Gervan	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Mark Goldberg	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Adrian Graham	....	3D technical director: Toybox (uncredited)
Robin Hackl	....	visual effects supervisor: Image Engine (uncredited)
James Halverson	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Christopher Hartt	....	shading artist (uncredited)
Gary Hutzel	....	miniature cinematographer (uncredited)
Gary Hutzel	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Aruna Inversin	....	digital compositor: Toybox (uncredited)
John Karner	....	digital artist (uncredited)
James Lau	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Sue Len Quon	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)
Todd Liddiard	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Colin Liggett	....	digital compositing artist (uncredited)
Kevin Little	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Paul Maples	....	motion control operator (uncredited)
Ryan Mintenko	....	digital artist/animator: Toybox (uncredited)
Steve R. Moore	....	visual effects editor (uncredited)
Christopher Mossman	....	executive producer: Image Engine (uncredited)
Joseph Ngo	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Sarah Norton	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Doug Oddy	....	CG supervisor (uncredited)
Christine Petrov	....	digital compositing artist (uncredited)
Fred Pienkos	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Michael Porterfield	....	digital compositing artist (uncredited)
Christopher Raimo	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Persis Reynolds	....	visual effects producer: Toybox (uncredited)
Dane Allan Smith	....	visual effects producer: MeniThings (uncredited)
Michael Stewart	....	digital compositor: Lost Boys Studios (uncredited)
Aristomenis Tsirbas	....	visual effects supervisor: MeniThings (uncredited)
Tom Turnbull	....	visual effects aerials (uncredited)
Lisa Turner	....	visual effects coordinator: Image Engine (uncredited)
Adrian Van Der Park	....	3D animator (uncredited)
Joe Waistell	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, visual effects unit (uncredited)
Brian Wawzonek	....	digital compositing artist (uncredited)
Wendy Whaley	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Bruce Woloshyn	....	digital compositing artist (uncredited)
Bojan Zoric	....	digital matte painter: Toybox (uncredited)

Stunts
Marny Eng	....	stunt coordinator
Corbin Fox	....	stunt rigger
Brad Loree	....	stunt coordinator
Chris Atkinson	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Paul Becker	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Claude Bouchard	....	key aerial/stunt rigger (uncredited)
Duane Dickinson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Connor Dunn	....	stunt player (uncredited)
Marny Eng	....	stunt double: Katie Stuart (uncredited)
Corry Glass	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Dave Hospes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dave Lane	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)
Scott Nicholson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Shawn C. Orr	....	stunts (uncredited)
Justin Sain	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Heath Stevenson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lori Stewart	....	stunt double: wire work (uncredited)
Ty Trand	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Dubé	....	best boy (as Mike Dube)
Cam Esau	....	lighting technician
Dennis Jones	....	gaffer
Stuart Lennox	....	key grip
Ron MacLeay	....	key grip (as Ron Macleay)
Dean Morris	....	best boy
Keith Saayman	....	remote head technician
Paul Slatter	....	gaffer
Michael Adams	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Chris Banting	....	dolly grip (uncredited)
Cameron Drinkle	....	video playback operator (uncredited)
Jim Filippone	....	pilot: camera helicopter (uncredited)
Chris Helcermanas-Benge	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Mark Hryma	....	aerial director of photography: Wescam camera (uncredited)
David Hutton	....	key grip: reshoots, second unit (uncredited)
Marcus James	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
Simon Jori	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (uncredited)
Phil Klapwyk	....	gaffer: second unit (uncredited)
Scott Kozak	....	grip: re-shoot (uncredited)
Carol Macdonald	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, re-shoots (uncredited)
Marty McInally	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)
Marty McInally	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Brian C. Murphy	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Jos Oman	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (uncredited)
Clayton Richard-Long	....	second assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Richard Sinclair	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (uncredited)
Brad Smith	....	best boy grip (uncredited)
Jarrod Tiffin	....	rigging gaffer (uncredited)
Gary Viola	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Heike Brandstatter	....	casting: Canada
Errin Clutton	....	casting assistant: Canada
Diane Kerbel	....	casting: Canada
Blair Law	....	casting: Canada
Coreen Mayrs	....	casting: Canada
Melanie Taylor	....	casting assistant: US
James Forsyth	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Steve Oben	....	set costume supervisor (uncredited)
Nicola Ryall	....	set costumer (uncredited)
Frances Sweeney	....	truck costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Sue Len Quon	....	assistant editor
Allison Melech	....	post-production assistant
Karen Smith	....	post-production coordinator
Sean Bowers	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)
Phaedra Eccleston	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)
Kevin Willis	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Nicholas Dodd	....	orchestration
Brad Haehnel	....	score mixer
Brad Haehnel	....	score recordist
Joseph Lobato	....	music recording
Don Nemitz	....	additional orchestration
Peter Fuchs	....	score recordist (uncredited)
Shawn Pierce	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Dave Liboiron	....	transportation coordinator
Allan Morgan	....	transportation coordinator (as Al Morgan)
Peter Huff	....	transportation captain (uncredited)
Dave Miller	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Jasmine Elsworth	....	production coordinator
Corinna Gagnon	....	security
Ann Goobie	....	location manager
Catherine Howard	....	production coordinator
Beth Mercer	....	script supervisor
Christina Ollson	....	assistant to producer
Steve Porohowski	....	security captain
Neil Robertson	....	location manager
Scooby Vincent	....	production assistant
Cristina Weigmann	....	script supervisor
Stephen Arnott	....	lead man set-up (uncredited)
Adria Budd	....	script coordinator (uncredited)
Simone De Camargo	....	accountant (uncredited)
Rob Doak	....	video coordinator (uncredited)
Ian Doig	....	animal trainer (uncredited)
Paul Giordano	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Mark Hoeppner	....	security officer (uncredited)
Eli Holzman	....	production executive (uncredited)
Shelley Kreutz	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Grace MacLeod	....	animal trainer (uncredited)
April D. Matthews	....	first assistant accountant (uncredited)
Colin Meacham	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Terry Mialkowsky	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Claudia Morgado Escanilla	....	script supervisor: second unit (uncredited)
Kathleen Nurit	....	production coordinator (uncredited)
Elysia Bliss Pyne	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Adrienne Sol	....	second assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
W. Scott Weston	....	key production assistant (uncredited)
Steve Woodley	....	head animal trainer (uncredited)
Vince Yoshida	....	puppeteer (uncredited)
Kody Zimmermann	....	office production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Wrinkle Productions Ltd. (producer)
• Kerner Entertainment Company (in association with) (as Kerner Entertainment)
• BLT Productions
• Dimension Television
• Fireworks Entertainment (as Fireworks - A CanWest Company)
• Neo Art & Logic

Distributors

• ABC Distribution Co.
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2004) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Echo Bridge Home Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• FXSmith (special makeup effects: Aunt Beast) (as FXSmith Ltd.)
• Gajdecki Visual Effects (GVFX) (digital effects) (as GVFX)
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures (digital effects)
• Image Engine Design (digital effects)
• Toybox (West) (digital effects) (as TOYBOX Vancouver)
• Lost Boys Studios (digital effects)
• Menithings Productions (digital effects) (as MeniThings Productions LLC)
• Image Savant (digital effects)

Other Companies

• Farrar, Strauss & Giraux  original publisher: based on the book "A Wrinkle in Time" (as Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, Inc.)
• Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)  with the participation of (as Canada - The Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit Program)
• DGC  acknowledgment (as DGC Directors Guild of Canada)
• I.A.T.S.E. Local 891  acknowledgment (as I.A.T.S.E. 891 Motion Picture Technicians)
• Northwest Imaging & FX  telecine
• Province of British Columbia Film Incentive BC  with the participation of
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  telecine
• Union of B.C. Performers  acknowledgment (as UBCP)
• William F. White International  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

Runtime:

USA:128 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby (as Dolby Surround)

Certification:

USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Wrinkle Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

Filmed in 2001 but not broadcast until 4/25/2003 in Canada and 5/10/2004 in the U.S.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the movie when Meg and the schoolboys get into a semi-fight, the black boy is behind Meg when they're mocking her (at around 39 mins) and then magically appears next to her in the next camera angle (at around 40 mins) when the fight starts without time for him to have moved.

Quotes:

Mrs. Whatsit:In all the one of who you are now. In the glory of everything you are becoming. In all that you feel, you have something the darkness does not have. Can never have, my darling.
Meg Murry:What? What is it?
Mrs. Whatsit:It is only yours if you find it for yourself.

Movie Connections:

References Casablanca (1942)

Soundtrack:

Happy Medium

Worst Adaption of a Well-loved Book EVER!

I have loved this book since my 5th grade teacher read it to our class many years ago. And I have read it to every one of my 3rd and 5th grade classes over my past 18 years of teaching. Supposedly a movie had been made in the past, but I'd never been able to locate it. Well, my students and I were all so excited when we heard that Disney had brought Madeline L'Engle's excellent book to the screen.

As I watched the movie, I had the highest of hopes. As the film went on, I became more and more despondent. They had botched it badly! Never had I been so let down by a favorite book-to-film adaption. I understand that films can't stick strictly to a book, but they don't need to change things for the sake of it! Most, if not all, of departures from the book were totally unnecessary!

I kept my opinion to myself at first and just listened to my students discuss the movie. Well, it wasn't just me. Nearly every single one felt the same way--cheated out of the great story that Madeline L'Engle had so skillfully created!

Why, they wondered, did Aunt Beast look like Chewbacca from the star wars movie? Why couldn't Calvin's hair have been red? Why did Mrs. Which not have the proper "witch-like" outfit that was such a clever play on her name? Basically, we all wondered--why did nearly every single detail have to be changed?

I have always dreamed of how wonderful a movie this book would make. I am still waiting for that movie. This one was A Wrinkle in Time in only the broadest of senses. I'm going to write to Peter Jackson and try to convince him to take on the task!