A Sound of Thunder (2005)

User Rating:

4.1/10   

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 | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Evolve or die.

Plot:

When a hunter sent back to the prehistoric era runs off the path he must not leave, he causes a chain reaction that alters history in disastrous ways. |

Plot Keywords:

Prehistoric | Lion | Babe Scientist | Shockwave | Environmentalist

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)
Ho Hon Chou	...	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
Vladimir Kulhavy	...	Man at Eckles' (as Vladimír Kulhavý)
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	....	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 (as Guy Louthan)
Rick Nathanson	....	executive producer
Elie Samaha	....	executive producer
Andrew Stevens	....	producer
Jörg Westerkamp	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Nick Glennie-Smith

Cinematography by
Peter Hyams

Film Editing by
Sylvie Landra

Casting by
Anja Dihrberg
Jessica Horáthová

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 Nemec	....	hair assistant (as Ivana Nemcova)
Radek Petr	....	makeup assistant

Production Management
Reinhild Gräber	....	production supervisor: ApolloMedia
Tim Grover	....	post-production supervisor
Nicole Haeussermann	....	production supervisor: Kolin S.A.
Rudolf Kurz	....	production supervisor: ApolloMedia
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
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 manufacturing supervisor
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

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
Ben Kruger	....	boom operator
Benjamin Krüger	....	boom operator
Sebastian Morsch	....	assistant sound editor
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
Igor Chevalier	....	visual effects art director
Michael Dawson	....	assistant special effects supervisor
Manex Efrem	....	special effects senior technician
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
Kathryn Capri	....	digital artist
David Carlson	....	digital effects artist
Lauren Carr	....	technical director
Serena Chang	....	digital artist
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
Scott Dougherty	....	visual effects executive producer: Furious FX
Paul Dreisen	....	digital artist
Steven Fagerquist	....	title artist
Tarn Fox	....	digital compositor
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 Günther	....	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
Bruce Jurgens	....	previsualization artist: Prague, Czech Republic
Hans-Joerg Keim	....	lead technical director
Hans-Joerg Keim	....	previsualization artist
Ron Kern	....	digital artist
Cathleen Klein	....	visual effects
Thomas Knop	....	visual effects
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
Bonnie Lemon	....	visual effects production manager
Tu Le	....	digital effects artist
David Lingenfelser	....	visual effects supervisor: Furious FX
Anthony Mabin	....	visual effects supervisor: Modern VideoFilm
Manuel Macha	....	digital artist
Diane Macke	....	project manager: efilm
Axel Mähler	....	visual effects supervisor: QIX
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
Moritz Peters	....	digital effects artist
Mladen Podzeg	....	digital artist
Jason Porath	....	previsualization artist: Big Red Pixel
William Powloski	....	visual effects consultant
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
Robert Scopinich	....	digital compositor
Ray Sena	....	previsualization artist
Ray Shantz	....	engineer
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
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
Ho Hon Chou	....	assistant stunt coordinator (as Chou Ho Hon)
Zuzana Drdacka	....	stunts
Petr Drozda	....	stunt coordinator
Martin Dvorsky	....	stunts
Michal Grün	....	stunts
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
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
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
Théodore Theodorides	....	assistant camera
Carlo Thiel	....	assistant camera
Emiliano Topai	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Vodvarka Zdenek	....	rigging best boy

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
Nick Glennie-Smith	....	conductor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Benoît Groulx	....	lead orchestrator
Jamie Luker	....	music scoring engineer
Jamie Luker	....	second scoring engineer
Malcolm Luker	....	music scoring mixer
Gerard McCann	....	music editor
Andy Patterson	....	music technical assistant

Transportation Department
Silvie Janculová	....	unit transportation coordinator

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 Dyas	....	visual consultant
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
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
John Stonehill	....	assistant to director: Los Angeles (as Jonathan Steinberg)
Victor A. Haddox	....	assistant post-production accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Franchise Pictures
• Crusader Entertainment
• ApolloMedia
• Baldwin Entertainment Group
• Dante Entertainment
• ETIC Films
• Epsilon Motion Pictures
• Forge
• QI Quality International GmbH & Co. KG
• Signature Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (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)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Mobius International (2005) (non-USA) (all media) (sales)
• PlazaVista Entertainment (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2005) (Romania) (all media)
• Veronica (2007) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

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

• Earth Media Studios  post-production
• Lidar Services  visual effects (Lidar scanning and modelling)
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Panavision  camera equipment serviced by
• Roundabout Entertainment  adr stage

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

USA:110 min

Country:

UK | USA | Germany | Czech Republic

Language:

English | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

Czech Republic

Company:

Franchise Pictures

Trivia:

Production was slowed when severe floods in the summer of 2002 in the Czech Republic caused considerable damage to the set.

Goofs:

Factual errors: The insect that Middleton stepped on was a moth (Io Moth - Automeris io), not a butterfly as described. The insect on the movie's cover art is also a moth, a Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata).

Quotes:

Sonia Rand: Well, you're a hunter, so shoot me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Troldspejlet: (#35.8)" (2006)

Slow death of a great story

Another awful adaptation of a great short story, this movies had some great potential thanks to the story its based on but it took a very very wrong turn somewhere along the way. The actors don't live up to my expectations there performance is unbelievable they could have just phoned it in an saved all of us a loss of time and money..i really didn't like this movie, after the acting started to bore me to death of i thought the special effects would pay the ticket but forget it they suck most of all, a wast of a very good piece of literature..Bradbury would also say this movie really really doesn't live up to expectations for his fans

If there is any other option at the multiplex take it!!!!