xXx: State of the Union (2005)

Director:

Lee Tamahori

Writers (WGA):

Rich Wilkes (characters)
Simon Kinberg (written by)

Release Date:

29 April 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Adventure | Thriller

Tagline:

Prepare for the next level

Plot:

Darius Stone, a new agent in the XXX program, is sent to Washington, DC to defuse a power struggle amongst national leaders.

Plot Keywords:

Faked Death | Exploding Car | Car Chase | Shot In The Back | Shot To Death

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ice Cube	...	Darius Stone / XXX
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Agent Augustus Gibbons
Willem Dafoe	...	General George Deckert
Scott Speedman	...	Agent Kyle Steele
Peter Strauss	...	President James Sanford
Xzibit	...	Zeke
Michael Roof	...	Agent Toby Lee Shavers
Sunny Mabrey	...	Charlie Mayweather
Nona Gaye	...	Lola Jackson
John G. Connolly	...	Lt. Alabama 'Bama' Cobb
Ramon De Ocampo	...	Agent Meadows
Barry Sigismondi	...	Bull
Michael Don Evans	...	Conductor
David Rountree	...	Agent
Ned Schmidtke	...	General Jack Pettibone
Scott Michael Morgan	...	Farmhand
Chris J. Johnson	...	Young Agent (as Chris Johnson)
Thom Gossom Jr.	...	Baptist Preacher
Stan Sellers	...	Uptight Businessman
Paul Collins	...	NSA Director Bill Brody
Lisa Joyner	...	Field Reporter at Fire
Bruce Kirkpatrick	...	Police Captain Davis
Lance Baldwin	...	Sharpshooter
Kent Shocknek	...	Newscaster
Glen Walker	...	Newscaster
Leyna Nguyen	...	Newscaster
Jeanne Sakata	...	Field Reporter
Gina St. John	...	Field Reporter
Paul Keeley	...	Field Reporter
Andrew Fiscella	...	Guard
J. Anthony Brown	...	Webster
Bruce Bruce	...	Maurice
Matt Gerald	...	Liebo
Dave Kennedy	...	Funeral Commander
Rene Ibarra	...	Casket Detail Commander
Sarah Mack	...	Presidential Aide
Jared Chandler	...	Firing Team Commander
Samantha Tyler	...	Corvette Girl
Gavin Lindsay Goode	...	SWAT Officer
Jeffrey Moon	...	Soldier
Toby Bronson	...	Tank Commander
Travis Hinson	...	Tank Gunner
Eos Chater	...	String Quartet
Tania Davis	...	String Quartet
Haylie Ecker	...	String Quartet
Gay-Yee Westerhoff	...	String Quartet
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Alonzo	...	Guard (uncredited)
Andy Arness	...	Marine (uncredited)
Dotan Baer	...	Tank Commando (uncredited)
Ian Baptiste	...	Marine (uncredited)
Paul Michael Bloodgood	...	Bama Commando #8 (uncredited)
Krystal Browning	...	Undercover Agent (uncredited)
Rich Bryant	...	Man in Air Force Trench Coat (uncredited)
Doug Campbell	...	Marine (uncredited)
Steve Carson	...	Prisoner (uncredited)
Mary Castro	...	Waitress at Elwood Diner (uncredited)
Eddy Challita	...	SWAT (uncredited)
James E. Cheek	...	Inmate 4425 (uncredited)
Greg Cool	...	Press Camera Man (uncredited)
Darius Cottrell	...	SWAT #2 (uncredited)
Bruce Cronander	...	Congressional Delegation (uncredited)
Brian David	...	Congressman (uncredited)
Bruce Allen Dawson	...	World Leader (uncredited)
Joseph DeBona	...	Military Prisoner #3449 (uncredited)
Larry Feurzeig	...	Marine (uncredited)
Barsha Fields	...	Navy Captain (uncredited)
Dan Gilman	...	Captured Commando (uncredited)
Frank Hansen	...	U.S. Marine (uncredited)
Eli Harris	...	SWAT (uncredited)
Courtney Mykelle Howard	...	Chop Shop Blonde (uncredited)
Charles Howerton	...	News Anchor (uncredited)
Dalon Huntington	...	Bama Boy (uncredited)
Henry Jaderlund	...	Ambassador (uncredited)
Branden Weslee Kong	...	Marine (uncredited)
Shawn Kresal	...	Marine (uncredited)
Todd A. Langenfeld	...	Capitol Hill Suit (uncredited)
Brian Larsen	...	Bridge Actor (uncredited)
Danielle Lazarus	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
James Lewis	...	World Leader (uncredited)
Todd Louiso	...	Dickie Ambrose (uncredited)
Tony Malanga	...	Bama Commando Tank Driver (uncredited)
Robert Neal Marshall	...	Capitol Hill Employee (uncredited)
Masuimi Max	...	Zeke's Girlfriend (uncredited)
Tiger Mendez	...	Old Troop Commando (uncredited)
Gwen Mihok	...	Field Reporter (uncredited)
'Big' LeRoy Mobley	...	Marine (uncredited)
Christian Monzon	...	Thief (uncredited)
David Patrician	...	Prisoner (uncredited)
James Pitt	...	Bama Commando (uncredited)
Pete Postiglione	...	Special Forces Commando (uncredited)
Joe Robinson	...	Senate Intern (uncredited)
James Runcorn	...	Old Troop Commando (uncredited)
Toni Russell	...	Diplomat (uncredited)
Kenny Shapiro	...	Capitol Hill Laywer (uncredited)
Donn Andrew Simmons	...	Navy Officer (uncredited)
Deborah S. Smith	...	Business Woman (uncredited)
Ben Solenberger	...	Capitol Hill Businessman / Frisbee Thrower (uncredited)
Thomas W. Stewart	...	Diplomat (uncredited)
Robert Straley	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Peter F. Tegan	...	Bama Commando (uncredited)
Schuster Vance	...	Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
James D. Weston II	...	Marine (uncredited)
Don Whatley	...	Political Official (uncredited)

Directed by
Lee Tamahori

Writing credits (WGA)
Rich Wilkes		(characters)
Simon Kinberg		(written by)

Produced by
Rob Cohen	....	executive producer
Derek Dauchy	....	executive producer
Todd Garner	....	executive producer
Neal H. Moritz	....	producer
Arne Schmidt	....	producer

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami

Cinematography by
David Tattersall

Film Editing by
Mark Goldblatt
Todd E. Miller
Steven Rosenblum

Casting by
Margery Simkin

Production Design by
Gavin Bocquet

Art Direction by
Stella Vaccaro

Set Decoration by
Hilton Rosemarin

Costume Design by
Sanja Milkovic Hays

Makeup Department
Allan A. Apone	....	makeup artist: Mr. Jackson
Jeri Baker	....	hair stylist
Petrice Bankhead	....	makeup artist
Scott Cameron	....	hair stylist (as Scott T. Cameron)
Catherine Childers	....	key hair stylist
Carol Collini	....	makeup artist
Hallie D'Amore	....	makeup department head
Hallie D'Amore	....	makeup designer
Debra Denson	....	makeup artist: Ice Cube
Beth Miller	....	hair department head
Kenneth Paul Schoenfeld	....	co-department head makeup artist (as Kenneth Schoenfeld)
Robert L. Stevenson	....	hair stylist: Mr. Jackson
Tegan Taylor	....	makeup artist
Janice Tunnell	....	makeup artist
Marc Boyle	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)
Rick Stratton	....	makeup artist: tattoos (uncredited)

Production Management
Isabel Henderson	....	post-production supervisor
Debra James	....	unit production manager
Debbie Schwab	....	production supervisor: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steve Battaglia	....	second assistant director
Eugene Davis	....	additional second assistant director
Kent Genzlinger	....	second assistant director: second unit
Michael Green	....	first assistant director: second unit
J. Michael Haynie	....	first assistant director
Wendi Lampassi	....	additional second assistant director
Geoff Murphy	....	second unit director
Kristina M. Peterson	....	second second assistant director
Frank Simeone	....	additional second second assistant director
David Waters	....	additional second assistant director: weekly player

Art Department
Erik Aguirre	....	construction assistant
Daril Alder	....	lead man
Jory Alvarado	....	drapery
Bennett Andrews	....	greens foreman
Adam Austin	....	on-set dresser
Erik Boring	....	set dresser
Mark W. Brown	....	set dresser
Martin Charles	....	graphic designer
Steve Christensen	....	model builder
Jeremy Conner	....	propmaker
Emily Crupper	....	set decoration buyer
Kristen Davis	....	set designer
Darrin Denlinger	....	storyboard artist
James Diggs	....	stand-by painter
Bryan Duff	....	property master: second unit
Joe Elvington	....	set laborer
Luke Freeborn	....	assistant art director
Jeff Frost	....	sculptor
Bruce Fuselier	....	set dresser
Lindsay Good	....	art department assistant
Aaron Haye	....	3D artist
Phillip A. Henry	....	propmaker
Kurt V. Hulett	....	set decorating gang boss
Robert Andrew Johnson	....	digital set designer
Billy 'Jilly Bones' Jones	....	scenic artist
Jane Kilkenny	....	prop shop
Gerald Lehtola	....	art department coordinator
Kevin Loo	....	model maker
Ted Lubonovich II	....	construction foreman: Baltimore/Washington D.C.
C.J. Maguire	....	property master
John McElroy	....	props
Ron Mendell	....	concept artist
Sebastian Milito	....	construction coordinator
Tom Miller	....	assistant property master
Rick Polikowski	....	propmaker
Rudy Reachi	....	assistant property master
Tom Richardson	....	stand-by painter: USS Hornet
Jennie Hill Robinson	....	key greens
Peter Roderick	....	construction buyer
Mark Rodriguez	....	set dressing gangboss: Maryland and Los Angeles
E. Parker Webb	....	stand-by greens
Lorin Wood	....	concept designer
Kristina Kilpe	....	props assistant: Maryland (uncredited)
Louis Visco	....	set dresser: Northern California (uncredited)

Sound Department
Tom Bellfort	....	supervising sound editor
Courtney Bishop	....	adr recordist
Christopher Boyes	....	sound designer
Christopher Boyes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Willie D. Burton	....	production sound mixer
Eddie Bydalek	....	sound mix technician
Lisa Chino	....	assistant sound effects editor
David Chornow	....	sound mixer: second unit
Harry Cohen	....	co-supervising sound editor
Harry Cohen	....	sound design editor
Kyrsten Mate Comoglio	....	sound effects editor (as Krysten Mate)
Robert Deschaine	....	adr recordist
Sean England	....	digital archivist
Frank E. Eulner	....	supervising sound editor (as Frank Eulner)
Andre Fenley	....	assistant sound editor
Katrina Gagnon	....	assistant adr editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley recordist
J.R. Grubbs	....	sound effects editor
Michael Hertlein	....	adr editor
Daniel S. Irwin	....	dialogue editor (as Daniel Irwin)
Chris Jargo	....	adr editor
Marvin E. Lewis	....	boom operator
Dave Lopez	....	sound engineer
Anna MacKenzie	....	adr editor
Brian Magerkurth	....	sound recordist
Michael Meier	....	cable
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Shannon Mills	....	foley editor
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Timothy Nielsen	....	sound effects editor (as Tim Nielsen)
Jonathan Null	....	foley editor
Juan Peralta	....	sound mix technician
Brandon Proctor	....	sound mix technician
John Rotondi	....	sound engineer
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound recordist
Jurgen Scharpf	....	sound mix technician
Dee Selby	....	assistant sound designer
Branden Spencer	....	assistant sound editor
Frederick H. Stahly	....	dialogue editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
N. Owen Taylor Jr.	....	sound playback operator
Gary A. Theard	....	boom operator (as Gary Theard)
Thomas Whiting	....	adr editor (as Thomas G. Whiting)
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Marshall Winn	....	foley editor
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Mark Brunner	....	sound utility: Maryland/Washington D.C. (uncredited)

Special Effects by
H. Barclay Aaris	....	special effects
David Amborn	....	special effects foreman (as Dave Amborn)
Danny Cangemi	....	special effects supervisor: second unit
Gustavo R. Ferreyra	....	specialty props supervisor (as Gustavo Ferreyra)
John Frazier	....	special effects supervisor
Mark Hawker	....	special effects technician
Ken Mieding	....	special effects technician
Katrissa 'Kat' Peterson	....	special effects accountant
Steve Riley	....	special effects: second unit
James D. Schwalm	....	special effects coordinator (as Jim Schwalm)
J.D. Schwalm	....	special effects
Hank Atterbury	....	powderman (uncredited)
Casey D. Noel	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Jesse Noel	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Lauren Abrams	....	modelmaker: ILM
Kevin Aguirre	....	pre-visualization
Steve Ansell	....	visual effects editor
Erika Bach	....	3D scanning assistant coordinator
Lance Baetkey	....	paint/rotoscope artist
Jamie Baxter	....	matte painter
Wayne Billheimer	....	visual effects location coordinator
Nicholas Blake	....	digital matte artist: ILM
Rod G. Bogart	....	research and development
Corinne Bogdanowicz	....	digital compositor
Mathieu Boucher	....	digital artist
Phil Bowen	....	assistant camera operator: ILM
Timothy Brakensiek	....	digital simulation artist
Jeff Brewer	....	modelmaker: ILM
Phil Brotherton	....	modelmaker: ILM
Kelly Bumbarger	....	digital compositor
Ozzie Carmona	....	digital compositor
Mark Casey	....	sabre artist
Joe Ceballos	....	digital matte painter
Vanessa Cheung	....	digital matte artist: ILM
Jon Childress Farmer	....	digital model artist: ILM (as Jon Farmer)
Eric D. Christensen	....	digital artist: ILM
Shane Cook	....	digital compositor
Christopher Cram	....	visual effects coordinator
Don Crawford	....	digital compositor
Francisco DeLaTorre	....	visual effects artist
Bernie Demolski	....	stage technician: ILM (as Richard Demolski)
Lindy DeQuattro	....	computer graphics supervisor: ILM (as Lindy De Quattro)
Dick Dova	....	stage technician: ILM
David Dozoretz	....	previsualization supervisor
David Dozoretz	....	visual effects supervisor: Persistence of Vision
Monette Dubin	....	bidding producer: visual effects
Greg Durrett	....	digital compositor
Robert Edwards	....	modelmaker: ILM
Sam Edwards	....	sabre artist
Tommy W. Farley	....	digital artist
Scott Farrar	....	visual effects supervisor: ILM
Todd Fellows	....	model maker: ILM
Dave Fogler	....	model maker
Karl Formander	....	title animation & motion graphics
Joseph Francis	....	computer graphics supervisor: Pacific Title and Art Studio (as Joe Francis)
Aidan Fraser	....	digital compositor
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Ryan Galloway	....	digital artist
Grantland Gears	....	digital compositor: ILM
Greg Gilmore	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Nathalie Girard	....	digital compositor
David Glicksman	....	digital compositor
Jennifer Gonzalez	....	digital compositor
Bridget Maria Goodman	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Don Greenberg	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Orin Green	....	sabre artist
Marc-André Guindon	....	visual effects supervisor
Jason M. Halverson	....	digital compositor: ILM
Brian Hanable	....	maintitle compositor: Pacific Title
Giles Hancock	....	digital matte artist: ILM
Jeff Hatchel	....	digital artist
Jenny Head	....	visual effects
Geoff Heron	....	practical effects supervisor: ILM (as Geoffrey Heron)
Phil Heron	....	stage technician: ILM
Clark Higgins	....	stage technician: ILM
Robert Hill	....	assistant camera operator: ILM
Pamela Hobbs	....	matte painter
Phillip Hoffman	....	visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title and Art Studio
Chad Hofteig	....	pre-visualization
Chris Holmes	....	digital compositor: ICO Entertainment Inc.
Samir Hoon	....	associate visual effects supervisor: ILM
Stephanie Hornish	....	visual effects producer: ILM
Adam Howard	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Peggy Hrastar	....	modelmaker: ILM
Benjamin Huber	....	digital matte painter
Lina Hum	....	digital effects artist
Grant Imahara	....	modelmaker: ILM
Patrick Jarvis	....	digital paint/roto supervisor: ILM
Scott Jones	....	character technical director: ILM
Brad Kalinoski	....	digital compositor
Brad Kalinoski	....	particle effects
Patrick Keenan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Deke Kincaid	....	digital compositor: Persistence of Vision
Michael Koperwas	....	creature model supervisor: ILM
Gregor Lakner	....	digital artist
Donna Lanasa	....	technical director: ILM
Ladd Lanford	....	visual effects producer: Pacific Title and Art Studio
Jessica Laszlo	....	digital compositor
Joshua LeBeau	....	technical director: ILM
Andrew H. Leung	....	digital compositor: R!OT Pictures
Didier Levy	....	CG supervisor
Victoria Lewis	....	modelmaker: ILM
Gillian Libbert	....	visual effects producer: Persistence of Vision
Gretchen Libby	....	visual effects producer: ILM
Erik Liles	....	lead Inferno artist
Erik Liles	....	lead compositor: Hydraulx
Michael Lynch	....	practical model supervisor: ILM
Greg Maloney	....	compositing supervisor: ILM
Wesley Mandell	....	animator
Tia L. Marshall	....	compositor
Tom Martinek	....	senior digital effects artist
Craig Mathieson	....	digital compositor
Kevin May	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Jake Maymudes	....	digital artist
Jennifer McKnew	....	digital matte artist: ILM
Michael Meagher	....	visual effects producer: Hydraulx (as Tony Meagher)
Scott Mease	....	technical director
Scott Michelson	....	visual effects executive producer
Craig Mohagen	....	stag