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Director:
Peter Hyams
Writers (WGA):
Ray Bradbury (short story)
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Release Date:
2 September 2005 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller See more »
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Evolve or die. See more »
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. Full summary » | Full synopsis »
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

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
Vladimír Kulhavý ... Man at Eckles'
Jiri Klenot ... Man at Middleton's
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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 Nemec .... hair assistant (as Ivana Nemcova)
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
Ondrej Slama .... unit production manager
Karolina Sperkova .... interpreter
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
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
 
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
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
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
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
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
Kino Scialabba .... matte painter
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
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
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
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
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 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
John Stonehill .... assistant to director: Los Angeles (as Jonathan Steinberg)
Victor A. Haddox .... assistant post-production accountant (uncredited)
 

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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence, partial nudity and language
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Runtime:
USA:110 min
Country:
UK | USA | Germany | Czech Republic
Language:
English | Mandarin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
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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 | South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG
Filming Locations:
Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech RepublicSee more »
Company:
Franchise PicturesSee more »

Did You Know?

Trivia:
Renny Harlin was fired from the production, because he made a creative decision that made Ray Bradbury very unhappy, and this film's producers decided to support Ray Bradbury.See more »
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: Although the Allosaurus can clearly see the hunters, when Travis accidentally travels to the desert the Native Americans and their horses have no discernible reaction to either his presence or the presence of the temporal path before them.See more »
Quotes:
[after the commercial time machine is ruined, Sonia Rand manages to activate the plug and play Time Alteration Mainframe Interface - TAMI - program in the place that holds the original machine]
TAMI:Hello, Dr. Rand. Where exactly are we?
Sonia Rand:We're in the university.
TAMI:In the public sector now? Not a good sign.
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70 out of 106 people found the following review useful.
Austin Movie Show Review, 5 September 2005
Author: leilapostgrad from Austin, TX

Imagine a film student who's learning to use CGI technology for the first time. His final project in class is to create a full-length feature film using everything he's learned in class the entire semester. His film would be better than A Sound of Thunder.

It's Jurassic Park meets The Butterfly Effect, but it's total crap. The production of this futuristic, sci-fi tale (based on the classic Ray Bradbury short story) is pathetically cheap and completely distracts from an otherwise interesting story. It's 2055, and time travel is now possible. When a group of safari hunters travel back to prehistoric time to kill a tyrannosaurus Rex, an equipment failure causes one time traveler to panic and step on a butterfly, thus disrupting the entire evolution of life on earth.

Cool story, right? Poorly, poorly, poorly executed. The CGI dinosaur is a joke, as are all the other "creatures," and the futuristic outside shots are so lame you can practically see the green screen outline on the actors. Shot during the 2002 flooding of Prague, A Sound of Thunder was delayed for so long because the production company went bankrupt. And it shows.

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