A Sound of Thunder (2005)

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Director:

Peter Hyams

Writers (WGA):

Ray Bradbury (short story)
Thomas Dean Donnelly (screen story) ...
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Release Date:

2 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Evolve or die.

Plot:

When a scientist sent back to the prehistoric era strays off the path he causes a chain of events that alters history in disastrous ways.

Plot Keywords:

Time | Time Travel | Hunter | Wave | Present

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Armin Rohde	...	John Wallenbeck (as Armin Rhode)
Heike Makatsch	...	Alicia Wallenbeck
Jemima Rooper	...	Jenny Krase
David Oyelowo	...	Payne
Wilfried Hochholdinger	...	Dr. Lucas
Edward Burns	...	Travis Ryer
August Zirner	...	Clay Derris
Ben Kingsley	...	Charles Hatton (as Sir Ben Kingsley)
Catherine McCormack	...	Sonia Rand
Alvin Van Der Kuech	...	Young Technician
Andrew Blanchard	...	George the Doorman
William Armstrong	...	Ted Eckles
Corey Johnson	...	Christian Middleton
Nikita Lespinasse	...	Newswoman on TV (as Nikita Le Spinasse)
Scott Bellefeville	...	Onlooker (as Scott Bellefeuille)
Sai-Kit Yung	...	Chinese Man I (as Stuart Ong)
Han Chou Ho	...	Chinese Man II (as Chou Ho Hon)
Antonin Hausknecht	...	Taxi Driver (as Antonín Hausknecht)
Anezka Novak	...	Elderly Woman (as Anezka Novakova)
John Hyams	...	Delivery Man
Martin Svetlik	...	Grocery Boy
John Comer	...	Grocery Man
Kurt Van Der Basch	...	Armed Policeman
Vladimír Kulhavý	...	Man at Eckles'
Jiri Klenot	...	Man at Middleton's

Directed by
Peter Hyams

Writing credits (WGA)
Ray Bradbury		(short story)
Thomas Dean Donnelly		(screen story) &
Joshua Oppenheimer		(screen story)
Thomas Dean Donnelly		(screenplay) &
Joshua Oppenheimer		(screenplay) and
Gregory Poirier		(screenplay)

Produced by
Howard Baldwin	....	executive producer
Karen Elise Baldwin	....	producer (as Karen Baldwin)
Yoram Barzilai	....	line producer
Steven Cantor	....	associate producer (as Steve Cantor)
Romana Cisarova	....	executive producer
Moshe Diamant	....	producer
Breck Eisner	....	executive producer
Jan Fantl	....	co-producer
John Hardy	....	executive producer
Frank Hübner	....	co-producer
William J. Immerman	....	executive producer
Guy J. Louthan	....	line producer
Rick Nathanson	....	executive producer
Elie Samaha	....	executive producer
Andrew Stevens	....	executive producer
Jörg Westerkamp	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Nick Glennie-Smith

Cinematography by
Peter Hyams		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Sylvie Landra

Casting by
Anja Dihrberg
Jessica Horáthová
Sue Jones

Production Design by
Richard Holland

Art Direction by
Keith Pain

Set Decoration by
Richard Roberts

Costume Design by
Sakina Msa
Esther Walz

Makeup Department
Steve Artmont	....	makeup artist: Edward Burns
Katalin Elek	....	makeup assistant
Zoltan Elek	....	makeup artist
Jake Garber	....	prosthetic manufacture
Linda Mooney	....	hair stylist
Ivana Nemcova	....	hair assistant
Radek Petr	....	makeup assistant

Production Management
Tim Grover	....	post-production supervisor
Reinhild Gräber	....	production supervisor: ApolloMedia
Nicole Haeussermann	....	production supervisor: Kolin S.A.
Rudolf Kurz	....	production supervisor: ApolloMedia
Karolina Morrison	....	interpreter (as Karolina Sperkova)
Ondrej Slama	....	unit production manager
Petr Splichal	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Miroslav Fozo	....	second second assistant director
Martina Götthansova	....	third assistant director
Raza Mallal	....	second unit director
David Strangmueller	....	third assistant director
Adrian Toynton	....	second assistant director
Charlie Watson	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Julian Caldow	....	concept illustrator
Desmond Crowe	....	set designer
Manuel Demoulling	....	stand-by props
James Doh	....	storyboard artist
Maus Drechsler	....	stand-by props
James Enright	....	prop making supervisor
Stuart Heath	....	prop maker
Klara Holubova	....	art department coordinator
Jonathan Houlding	....	set designer
James Lewis	....	set designer
Jon Marson	....	key greensman
Jean-Francois Mignault	....	conceptual designer
Lee Oliver	....	concept artist
Sarah Robinson	....	prop manufacturing coordinator
David Scott	....	graphic designer
Martina Ter-Akopowá	....	props/sets buyer
Slavek Vankat	....	art department assistant
Terry Whitehouse	....	prop maker

Sound Department
Nick Baldock	....	assistant sound editor
Peter Baldock	....	supervising sound editor
Manfred Banach	....	sound mixer
Oliver Barth	....	adr editor
Anja Bause	....	foley recordist
Craig Clark	....	adr supervisor
Richard Fordham	....	assistant sound editor
Noemi Hampel	....	foley editor
Michael Hinreiner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Benjamin Krüger	....	boom operator
Sebastian Morsch	....	assistant sound editor
Giancarlo Petroni	....	dubbing mixer
Robin Pohle	....	sound effects editor
Colin Rogers	....	adr mixer
Martin Schinz	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dominik Schleier	....	dialogue editor (as Dominik Kehl)
Oswald Schwander	....	supervising sound editor
Sven Serfling	....	sound effects assistant editor
Ian Silvester	....	technical engineer
Jan Skala	....	second boom operator
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andrew Caller	....	adr assistant (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Duncan Capp	....	special effects technician
Igor Chevalier	....	conceptual illustrator
Michael Dawson	....	assistant special effects supervisor
Tony Edwards	....	special effects technician
Manex Efrem	....	special effects senior technician
Joe Halford	....	special effects crew
Neil Toddy Todd	....	special effects
Brian Wade	....	cyberscan: creature models
Joss Williams	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Fred Aldeschulte	....	digital artist
Casey Allen	....	compositor: Hydraulx
Mike Amron	....	digital artist
Ulysses Argetta	....	digital compositor
Arndt Baumueller	....	visual effects
Tim Baxter	....	film recording
Denis Behnke	....	effects production manager: Black Mountain Studio
Sven Bergmann	....	assistant visual effects supervisor: QIX International Cologne
Jan Berner	....	digital artist
Les Bernstien	....	visual effects
Jan Burda	....	digital artist
Brent Burpee	....	systems engineer
Gayle Busby	....	visual effects producer
Ken Busick	....	digital compositor
Falk Büttner	....	digital artist
David Carlson	....	digital effects artist
Lauren Carr	....	technical director
Serena Chang	....	digital artist
Igor Chevalier	....	visual effects art director
Adam Chrystie	....	digital artist
Dylan Cole	....	conceptual artist
Brian Conlon	....	digital compositor
David Crawford	....	Inferno compositor
Gregory Creaser	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Andy Davis	....	digital compositor: Big Red Pixel
Ante Dekovic	....	digital compositor
Kathryn Capri Dougan	....	digital artist (as Kathryn Capri)
Scott Dougherty	....	visual effects executive producer: Furious FX
Paul Dreisen	....	digital artist
Steven Fagerquist	....	title artist
Tarn Fox	....	digital compositor
Toby Gallo	....	senior systems engineer
Kevin Gendreau	....	visual effects producer: UFO FX
Buddy Gheen	....	digital compositor
Amit Gicelter	....	visual effects assistant
Maurizio Giglioli	....	technical director
Angie Glocka	....	animator
Jericho Green	....	modeler
Sebastian Greese	....	lead artist: Black Mountain Studio
Stefan Guenther	....	digital artist
Soline Guyonneau	....	visual effects editor
Marlan Harris	....	rotoscope artist
Dietrich Hasse	....	animation supervisor: Baboon lizards
Dietrich Hasse	....	previsualization artist
Andreas Hassmann	....	lead technical director: Black Mountain Studio
Sam Hodge	....	senior technical director
Andrew Honacker	....	visual effects consultant
Alexander Hupperich	....	digital artist: Qix and Black Mountain Studios
Andreas Illenseer	....	head of production: Black Mountain Studio
Dragos Jieanu	....	CG artist
Chris John Jones	....	creative director: Zoic Studios
Shant Jordan	....	lead compositor
Francesco Juilland	....	visual effects
Bruce Jurgens	....	visual effects
Hans-Joerg Keim	....	lead technical director
Hans-Joerg Keim	....	previsualization artist
Ron Kern	....	digital artist
Cathleen Klein	....	visual effects
Thomas Knop	....	visual effects (as Thomas Knop)
Marc Kolbe	....	special visual effects supervisor
Jiri Kotlas	....	first assistant director: visual effects unit
Manfred Kraemer	....	digital artist
Robert Kuczera	....	modeler: Black Mountain
Michael Landgrebe	....	lead artist: Black Mountain Studio
Kevin Lane	....	digital artist
Tu Le	....	digital effects artist
Bonnie Lemon	....	visual effects production manager
David Lingenfelser	....	visual effects supervisor: Furious FX
Anthony Mabin	....	visual effects supervisor: Modern VideoFilm
Adam MacGowan	....	visual effects artist
Manuel Macha	....	digital artist
Diane Macke	....	project manager: efilm
Ralph Maiers	....	digital compositor and matte painter
Joe Mandia	....	previsualization artist
Wolfgang Maschin	....	digital artist
Dirk Mauche	....	digital artist
Natalie Maximova	....	visual effects
Mark 'Crash' McCreery	....	character design
Tim McGovern	....	visual effects supervisor
Christian McIntire	....	visual effects supervisor: UFO FX
George Merkert	....	visual effects producer
Marius Mohnssen	....	visual effects producer
Martin Mueller	....	digital compositor
Craig A. Mumma	....	special visual effects supervisor
Axel Mähler	....	visual effects supervisor: QIX
Payankulath Nandakumar	....	compositor
Tino Nettling	....	visual effects artist
Moritz Peters	....	digital effects artist
Jason Porath	....	previsualization artist: Big Red Pixel
William Powloski	....	visual effects consultant
Mladen Pozeg	....	digital artist (as Mladen Podzeg)
Merlin Prokasky	....	digital artist
Rebecca Ramsey	....	visual effects executive producer: Modern Videofilm
Jay Randall	....	sequence supervisor
Neil Reynolds	....	digital compositor
Robert Rossello	....	visual effects supervisor: Big Red Pixel
Christian Sawade-Meyer	....	digital artist
Achim Schawer	....	digital artist
Bastian Schreitling	....	visual effects coordinator
Florian Schroeder	....	digital compositor
Kino Scialabba	....	matte painter
Robert Scopinich	....	digital compositor
Ray Sena	....	previsualization artist
Ray Shantz	....	engineer
Bvr Shivakumar	....	roto & paint artist
Damian Snelgrove	....	technical director: skin/muscle
Christoph Sprenger	....	senior technical director
Juri Stanossek	....	lead cgi artist
Jacob D. Stephens	....	digital effects artist
Jesse Sugarman	....	digital animator
Eva Sütterlin	....	digital compositor
Robert Tucker	....	digital compositor
John Van Der Zalm	....	character technical director
Brian Wade	....	creature sculptor
Mike Waltl	....	digital artist
Oli Weber	....	digital artist
Nina Wels	....	digital artist
Adina Wernstedt	....	digital artist
Scott Wheeler	....	digital effects artist
Bryan Whitaker	....	technical director: MVF
Steffen M. Wild	....	digital effects supervisor
Edson Williams	....	Inferno artist
David J. Witters	....	CGI supervisor
Michael Wortmann	....	technical director
William R. Wright	....	animator
Yoshiya Yamada	....	digital artist
Jason Michael Zimmerman	....	digital compositor
Kristen Branan	....	head of production: Zoic studios (uncredited)
Jung Min Chang	....	modeler (uncredited)
Robert D. Crotty	....	digital effects producer (uncredited)
Owen Hammer	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Paul Maurice	....	Lidar supervisor: Lidar Services (uncredited)
Hee-Chel Nam	....	digital texture artist (uncredited)
Felix Schaller	....	modeler (uncredited)

Stunts
Rudolf Bok	....	stunts
Pavel Cajzl	....	stunts
Zuzana Drdacka	....	stunts
Petr Drozda	....	stunt coordinator
Martin Dvorsky	....	stunts
Michal Grün	....	stunts
Han Chou Ho	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Hon Chou Ho)
Blanka Jarosova	....	stunt double
Blanka Jarosova	....	stunts
Rémy Julienne	....	car stunt coordinator
Jindrich Klaus	....	stunt rigger
Miroslav Lhotka	....	stunts
David Listvan	....	stunts
Louis-Marie Nyee	....	stunts
Vaclav Pacal	....	stunts
Petr Sekanina	....	stunts
Jiri Simberský	....	stunts
Rudolf Vrba	....	stunts
Chi Man Wong	....	stunt rigger
Xin Xin Xiong	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Andy Arnautov	....	gaffer: Czech Republic
Alessandro Bolognesi	....	Steadicam operator
Alessandro Bolognesi	....	camera operator
Robert-James Bova	....	best boy grip
Stephen S. Campanelli	....	camera operator
Václav Cermak	....	rigging gaffer
Murray Close	....	still photographer
Ian Coffey	....	clapper loader
Kriz David	....	electrician: rigging
Helge Felgendreher	....	key grip
Sven Fink	....	focus puller
Nimi Getter	....	gaffer
Graham Hall	....	assistant camera
Borivoj Klecka	....	best boy
James Lewis	....	underwater camera loader
Mario Matic	....	grip
Dean Morrish	....	underwater first assistant camera
Fabio Sargenti	....	focus puller
Théodore Theodorides	....	assistant camera
Carlo Thiel	....	assistant camera
Emiliano Topai	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Vodvarka Zdenek	....	rigging best boy

Animation Department
Steffen Harder	....	cgi artist

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Till Fuhrmann	....	assistant costume designer
Katrin Hoffmann	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Kate Baird	....	second assistant editor
Jeremy Bradley	....	conforming editor
Hermione Byrt	....	first assistant film editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Nadia Naimi	....	first assistant editor
Ross Porter-Ward	....	assistant editor
Kurt Smith	....	film color timer
Lisa Tutunjian	....	digital intermediate editor
Jason Wheeler	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Mark Berrow	....	musician: violin
Thomas Bowes	....	musician: violin solos
Philippa Davies	....	musician: flute 1
Andrew Dudman	....	assistant music engineer
Nick Glennie-Smith	....	conductor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Benoît Groulx	....	music preparation
Benoît Groulx	....	orchestrator
Helen Keen	....	musician: flute 2
Jamie Luker	....	assistant music recordist
Jamie Luker	....	assistant music scoring mixer
Malcolm Luker	....	music recordist
Malcolm Luker	....	music scoring mixer
Gerard McCann	....	music editor
Sam Okell	....	assistant music engineer (as Sam O'Kell)
Andy Patterson	....	music technical assistant (as Andrew Patterson)
Bruce White	....	viola
Gavyn Wright	....	orchestra leader

Transportation Department
Silvie Janculová	....	unit transportation coordinator
Ondrej Modry	....	personal driver

Other crew
Catherine Allinson	....	script supervisor
Leslie Angle	....	assistant: Edward Burns
Daniel Bird	....	rushes preparation: Czech Republic
Mike Bocek	....	key set production assistant
Deborah Brock	....	film production consultant
Sarka Cimbalova	....	accommodation coordinator
Hana Duplinska	....	assistant: Sir Ben Kingsley (as Hanka Duplinska)
Eva Dvorakova	....	on-set medic
Guy Hendrix Dyas	....	visual consultant (as Guy Dyas)
Tracy Fedak	....	second assistant accountant
Bennett Fidlow	....	additional legal services
Veronika Finkova	....	assistant: Rick Nathanson
Thomas Fischer	....	legal affairs
Christian Frohn	....	assistant: Jan Fantl
Jack W. Haddox	....	post-production accountant
Veronika Horka	....	production coordinator
Lenka Kadlecova	....	production assistant
Ernestine Kahn	....	dialect coach
Ernestine Kahn	....	dialogue
Vladimir Kesl	....	computer technician
Tomas Kreisl	....	cashier
Jiri Krejcir	....	location manager
Guy J. Louthan	....	production executive
Ivana Machackova	....	assistant: Catherine McCormack
Dianne Mapp-Cheek	....	production controller
Dusan Matic	....	extras coordinator
Lucie Pokorná	....	assistant: Peter Hyams
Alexander Xavier Ponce-Bonano	....	scientific consultant
Adam W. Rosen	....	legal services
Karolina Ruzickova	....	assistant: Peter Hyams
Todd Slater	....	marketing & promotions
John Stonehill	....	assistant to director: Los Angeles (as Jonathan Steinberg)
Ruben Aram Ter-Akopow	....	runner
Ian Watermeier	....	staff coordinator
Victor A. Haddox	....	assistant post-production accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Franchise Pictures
• Crusader Entertainment
• ApolloMedia Distribution (as ApolloMedia)
• Baldwin Entertainment Group
• Coco
• Dante Entertainment
• ETIC Films
• Epsilon Motion Pictures
• Film 111
• Forge
• Jericho Productions Ltd.
• MFF (Sound of Thunder)
• Matrix Film Finance
• QI Quality International GmbH & Co. KG
• Scenario Lane Productions
• Signature Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Aurum Producciones (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Bioscop (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Gemini Film (2005) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Moonlight Films (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Pioneer Films (2004) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Rialto Film AG (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2005) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2005) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Film1 (2006) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Laptron / Franchise Pictures (2004) (Non-USA) (all media) (international sales)
• Mobius International (2005) (non-USA) (all media) (sales)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• PlazaVista Entertainment (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2005) (Romania) (all media)
• Veronica (2007) (Netherlands) (TV)

Special Effects

• QIX Quality International Effects (visual effects)
• Cineplus Cologne (additional visual effects)
• Feinwerk Berlin (additional visual effects)
• Black Mountain (additional visual effects)
• Furious FX

Other Companies

• Barrandov Studios  studio facilities provided by
• Earth Media Studios  post-production
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Lidar Services  visual effects (Lidar scanning and modelling)
• Macwell  computer services provided by
• Matrix Film Finance  funding
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by (as Panavision Prague)
• Roundabout Entertainment  adr stage

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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence, partial nudity and language

Runtime:

USA:110 min | 102 min (Cinemax) | USA:101 min

Country:

UK | USA | Germany | Czech Republic

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:PG (Alberta/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba) | Czech Republic:15 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Iceland:12 | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40964)

Filming Locations:

Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

Franchise Pictures

Trivia:

Spota's supermarket is a reference to director Peter Hyams's wife's family name.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the (computer-generated) eel-creature is first seen swimming along the surface of the water in the flooded subway tunnel, it doesn't create the slightest ripple or wave, indicating that the film makers did not take into account its interaction with the environment when they added it to the scene.

Quotes:

Sonia Rand:I'm a nerd, not a lawyer

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Teen Titans Go!: Staring at the Future (#1.31)" (2013)

Worse than expected.

Yeah sure, the movie its visuals already did looked horrible and not very promising but the premise and the cast looked good, so I still sort of expected to be entertained by this movie. This however unfortunately wasn't the case. The premise is good but the story is filled with improbabilities and is logically flawed.

This movie is potential flushed down the toilet. The main plot is interesting and somewhat original. It's good enough to make a good adventurous movie out of would you think. This movie however fails to entertain and I think that that is this movie biggest flaw. Perhaps it takes itself too serious and a little bit more humor certainly wouldn't had done the movie any harm. Instead it now is nothing more than a lame and cheap looking movie, filled with the one unlikely event after the other, that also steals a bit too much from other, more successful movies. Mainely "Jurassic Park" obviously.

The characters also don't help to make the movie any more compelling or at least interesting to watch. I still think that Edward Burns did a fairly decent job as the 'heroic' main lead. The rest of the characters however really get muddled in into the movie and they get very little interesting to do. The movie rather relies on its visual, which are extremely poor. Catherine McCormack also plays a very irritating character. Basically all her character does is complain and talk about how right she was and the rest oh so wrong. Her character just isn't a likable one. And the rest of the characters...well I already have forgotten their names, I think that that is saying enough about them. It certainly is true though that Ben Kingsley's performance alone makes this movie worth watching. He is really excellent in his sort of villainous businessman role but from the moment when he disappears out of the movie the movie really goes downhill rapidly.

Visually the movie is extremely poor. It has some dreadful looking CGI effects and they couldn't even get the more simple 'blue-screen' effects look convincing in the movie. The sets are also awful and cheap looking, like they can fall over and break down every moment.

The movie never gets tense, exciting or adventurous since the story is brought in the least interesting and engaging way possible. It's a very distant movie with distant characters that fails to impress. There are plenty of action sequences but all of them are so ridicules looking and far from believable that they never get tense or good enough.

So basically this movie is lacking in everything that is needed to make a genre movie like this one a good and successful one. It's sad to see how low director Peter Hyams has sunk to the last couple of years, after making some good movies in the '70's and '80's.

4/10

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