Whiteout (2009)

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Director:

Dominic Sena

Writers:

Jon Hoeber (screenplay) &
Erich Hoeber (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

11 September 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

See Your Last Breath.

Plot:

U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko tracks a killer in Antarctica, as the sun is about to set for six months. |

Plot Keywords:

Antarctica | Based On Comic | Scientist | One Word Title | Color In Title

Cast

Kate Beckinsale	...	Carrie Stetko
Gabriel Macht
Alex O'Loughlin
Tom Skerritt
Columbus Short
Shawn Doyle	...	Sam Murphy
Patrick Sabongui	...	Prisoner
Nicolas Wright	...	Sapperstein
Bashar Rahal	...	Boris
Sean Tucker	...	ASB Techie
Paula Jean Hixson	...	Female scientist
Alexander Bisping	...	Chaplain
Julian Cain	...	Josef
Nick Villarin	...	Asian Newbie
Roman Varshavsky	...	Guard (uncredited)

Directed by
Dominic Sena

Writing credits
Jon Hoeber		(screenplay) &
Erich Hoeber		(screenplay) and
Chad Hayes		(screenplay) &
Carey Hayes		(screenplay) (as Carey W. Hayes)
Greg Rucka		(graphic novel)

Produced by
Don Carmody	....	executive producer
Susan Downey	....	producer
Christoph Fisser	....	co-producer
David Gambino	....	co-producer
Steve Richards	....	executive producer
Greg Rucka	....	executive producer
Joel Silver	....	producer
Charlie Woebcken	....	co-producer

Original Music by
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
Christopher Soos

Casting by
Mary Gail Artz
Shani Ginsberg

Production Design by
Graham 'Grace' Walker

Art Direction by
Gilles Aird
Martin Gendron
Jean Kazemirchuk

Costume Design by
Wendy Partridge

Makeup Department
Corald Giroux	....	key hair stylist
Erik Gosselin	....	key makeup effects artist
Teressa Hill	....	department head hair: New Deal Studios/Streamline
Magali Métivier	....	makeup artist
Doug Morrow	....	special makeup effects artist
Bridget O'Neill	....	makeup department head: New Deal Studios
Jean-Michel Rossignol	....	sculpting/painting: special makeup effects unit
Jean-Michel Rossignol	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Michael Cowles	....	unit manager
Ronald Gilbert	....	production manager
Deb LeFaive	....	production manager: Manitoba

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Megan Basaraba	....	second second assistant director: Manitoba
Marielou Bélisle-Pierre	....	second second assistant director
Doug Carter	....	second assistant director (additional photography)
Renato De Cotiis	....	second assistant director: second unit
Mathew Dunne	....	first assistant director: opening sequence
Larry D. Katz	....	key second assistant director: Los Angeles
Bethan Mowat	....	second assistant director
Craig A. Pinckes	....	first assistant director
Brian Smrz	....	second unit director: opening sequence

Art Department
Caroline Alder	....	assistant art director
Alp Altiner	....	visual effects art director
Enrico Altmann	....	carpenter
Benoit Camerlain	....	assistant painter
Jessee J. Clarkson	....	carpenter
Katia Kim Depatie	....	assistant property master
Katia Kim Depatie	....	props maker
Carrie Foster	....	art department coordinator
Alain Giguère	....	head scenic painter
Denis Hamel	....	property master
David Hogan	....	storyboard artist
Chris Klein	....	scenic painter
Alexis Labra	....	on-set dresser
Brent Lambert	....	set designer
Jean-François Merlot	....	scenic painter
Steve Newburn	....	carpenter
David Nicholson	....	on-set dresser: reshoots
Scott Schneider	....	digital set designer: New Deal Studios
Bill Sinosich	....	scenic carpenter
Phillip Tellez	....	construction coordinator
Yanick Veilleux	....	set dresser
Remi Verfaillie	....	lead dresser

Sound Department
Christopher Alba	....	foley supervisor
Josee Bernard	....	cable person
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Cliff Latimer	....	dialog & adr editor
Louis Marion	....	location sound mixer
Marla McGuire	....	foley editor
Louis Piche	....	boom operator
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Sacha Rosen	....	cable puller: Manitoba

Special Effects by
Gaspar Brabant	....	special effects technician
Adam Charbonneau	....	special effects assistant
Yvon Charbonneau	....	special effects technician
Francis Choquette	....	special effects technician
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor
Mario Dumont	....	special effects workshop supervisor
Karim El Fassi	....	special effects assistant
Stephen Gilbert	....	special effects department coordinator
Bernard Guay	....	special effects assistant
André Laforest	....	special effects best boy
Denis Lavigne	....	special effects department coordinator
Pierre L'Heureux	....	special effects technician
David Loveday	....	effects breakaway props & safe weapons
Erick Nyhuis	....	special effects assistant
Pascal Pelletier	....	special effects assistant
Pierre 'Bill' Rivard	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Mathieu Archambault	....	digital compositor
Ioan Balcosi	....	compositor
Sarah Barber	....	visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc.
Eran Barnea	....	additional visual effects
Barb Benoit	....	digital compositor
Dennis Berardi	....	visual effects supervisor
Michael Boggs	....	scanning manager
Kyle Boylen	....	digital compositor
Mike Bozulich	....	lead compositor: cafefx
Branden Bratuhin	....	visual effects editor: Mr. X Inc
Jeff Briant	....	visual effects production assistant: Mr X Inc.
Wayne Brinton	....	digital compositor
Ayo Burgess	....	lighting artist
Zac Campbell	....	digital compositor
Jeff Capogreco	....	digital effects artist
Alessandra Carlino	....	visual effects editor
Kris Carson	....	digital compositor: Mr X
Christina Castellan	....	visual effects production assistant: Cafe FX
Andy Chan	....	visual effects compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Erik Charlebois	....	visual effects artist: Mr. X
Richard Chiu	....	digital compositor
Ovidiu Cinazan	....	digital compositor
Matt Daly	....	visual effects coordinator: Mr. X Inc.
Jeremy Dineen	....	visual effects animator: Mr. X Inc
Laura Dittmann	....	visual effects production assistant
Anand Dorairaj	....	digital compositor
Danny Duchesneau	....	digital compositor
Mike Duffy	....	flame artist: Mr X Inc.
Mathieu Dupuis	....	lead digital compositor: Hybride
Peter Dydo	....	animator
Saeed Faridzadeh	....	digital compositor: Mr. X
Mike Fischer	....	digital artist
David Fix	....	senior systems administrator: Mr. X Inc
Patrick Fogarty	....	post production coordinator
Daniel Gaudreau	....	digital compositor
Tommy Gervais	....	visual effects production assistant
Parth Ghatge	....	visual effects artist
Mohamed Ghouse	....	digital compositor
Matt Glover	....	visual effects production assistant
Jason Gougeon	....	digital artist: Mr. X Inc.
Robin Scott Graham	....	digital compositor: CafeFX
Robert Greb	....	digital compositor
Omar Gudjonsson	....	digital compositor
Annu Gulati	....	digital artist: Mr. X. Inc.
Leann Harvey	....	post/visual effects coordinator: Mr X Inc.
Noel Hooper	....	digital compositor
Timo Huber	....	digital compositor
Brandon Kachel	....	matte painter: Cafe FX
Sushil Kalyanshetti	....	digital compositor
Dushyant Kashyap	....	digital effects artist
Eric Lacroix	....	digital artist
Isabelle Langlois	....	digital effects producer: Mr. X Inc.
Colin Laski	....	digital effects supervisor
Daniel Leduc	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride
Mai-Ling Lee	....	digital artist
Shun Sing Edward Lee	....	digital lighting and compositing artist
Winston Lee	....	inferno artist
Jackson Li	....	digital artist
Matt Magnolia	....	visual effects coordinator: Dark Castle Pictures
Richard Martin	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride
Haydn Masuda	....	digital artist
Claire McLachlan	....	digital compositor: Mr. X Inc.
Sarah McMurdo	....	visual effects producer: Mr. X Inc.
Ramesh G. Meena	....	digital effects artist
Bhavik Mehta	....	digital compositor
Jaideep Mohan	....	digital compositor
Jesh Murthy	....	sequence lead: Anibrain
Jessica Nolet	....	digital artist
Pete O'Connell	....	visual effects artist
Desi Ortiz	....	visual effects managing editor: CafeFX
Hojin Park	....	digital compositor
Rob Phillips	....	visual effects production assistant
Kevin Quatman	....	lead compositor
Matt Ralph	....	digital artist
Dominic Remane	....	lighting lead
Dominic Remane	....	sequence lead: Mr. X Inc
D'Ippolito Roberto	....	compositor
Paul Saint-Hilaire	....	digital compositor: Nuke
Mohit Salunke	....	compositor
Matt Schofield	....	matte painter
Carolyn Shelby	....	digital compositor
Safia Siad	....	visual effects production assistant
Ben Simons	....	senior technical supervisor
Joao Sita	....	digital compositor: hybride
Brian Smallwood	....	compositor
Eddie Soria	....	senior roto/paint artist
Jubinville Steve	....	senior digital modeler: Hybride
Brendan Taylor	....	associate visual effects supervisor: MR. X Inc.
Christa Tazzeo	....	additional visual effects
David Thompson	....	digital compositor
Peter Toufidis	....	matte painter: Hybride
Thomas Turnbull	....	visual effects supervisor: Rocket Science VFX
Armando Velazquez	....	digital compositor
Stephen Wagner	....	visual effects artist
Nick Waken	....	digital effects artist: Cafe FX
John L. Weckworth	....	digital compositor
Clement Yip	....	animator
Wojciech Zielinski	....	CG supervisor: Mr. X Inc.
Ara Khanikian	....	digital compositor: Hybride (uncredited)

Stunts
Marie France Denoncourt	....	stunt double
Colin Follenweider	....	stunt double
Tig Fong	....	stunt rigger
Jere Gillis	....	stunt double
Nathalie Girard	....	stunt double: Kate Beckinsale
Stéphane Julien	....	stunt performer
Patrick Kerton	....	stunt double
Bill Leaman	....	stunt double
Karine Lemieux	....	stunt double: Kate Beckinsale
Steve Lucescu	....	stunt coordinator
Christopher McGuire	....	stunt double
Sarah Murphy-Dyson	....	stunt double: Kate Beckinsale
Hugh Aodh O'Brien	....	utility stunts
Edward A. Queffelec	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunt double
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunt rigger
Andrei Runtso	....	stunts
Patrick Sabongui	....	stunts
Dan Skene	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Eric Aubin	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Hans Bjerno	....	aerial director of photography
Stephane Boisvert	....	second generator operator
Roch Boucher	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jeremy Braben	....	aerial director of photography
Giselle Brewton	....	second assistant camera: re-shoots
Stéphane Byl	....	lighting technician
John Clarke	....	first electrician
Jim Filippone	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Gilles Fortier	....	rigging gaffer
Eames Gagnon	....	gaffer: second unit
Eric Godbout	....	first assistant camera
Stephanie Girard Hamelin	....	video assist operator
Robert Lapierre Jr.	....	best boy grip
Eric Lefèbvre	....	rigging electric
Nicolas Marion	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Christopher TJ McGuire	....	MK-V AR operator
W. James Meagher	....	lighting technician
Tim Merkel	....	camera operator
Melanie Morin	....	rigging grip coordinator
Reil Munro	....	grip: Winnipeg
Colin Noel	....	best boy rigging grip
François Perrier	....	Steadicam operator
Nicolas Phillips	....	lighting technician
Rafy	....	still photographer
Robert Stecko	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Oliver Ward	....	camera technician: Wescam camera

Casting Department
Freya Krasnow	....	casting assistant
Larissa Mair	....	casting associate
Kari Rieger	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Bethany Bernhard	....	costumer
Jennifer Miller	....	costumer
Heather Moore	....	assistant costume designer
Heather Neale	....	costume assistant: Winnipeg

Editorial Department
Glenn Richard Côté	....	assistant editor
Jim Eberle	....	digital intermediate on-line editor
Christopher Hills-Wright	....	first assistant editor: Montreal
Nicolae Ilies	....	dailies colorist
Harold Parker	....	first assistant editor
Tom Reagan	....	second assistant editor
Erik Rogers	....	senior digital intermediate producer
Peter G. Smith	....	assistant editor
Aidan Stanford	....	color timer
Jason Wasserman	....	first assistant editor: Avid
Rob Doolittle	....	senior on-line editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Michael J Dobbins	....	technical score assistant
Peter Fuchs	....	scoring mixer
Kevin Kaska	....	orchestrator
Ian Neil	....	music supervisor
Gerry O'Riordan	....	music recording engineer
Thomas Parisch	....	orchestrator
Derek Somaru	....	music editor
Del Spiva	....	music editor
Frederik Wiedmann	....	composer: additional music
Hyesu Yang	....	orchestrator
Laurent Ziliani	....	music preparation

Transportation Department
John Bekavac	....	driver: Winnipeg
John Bober	....	transportation captain
Royale Edward	....	driver: cast
Daniel Matthews	....	transport coordinator
Dave Perich	....	driver: Kate Beckinsale, Manitoba
Spiro Tsovras	....	transportation captain
Corey Walker	....	driver: Winnipeg

Other crew
Lindsay Affleck	....	office production assistant
Stephen Bender	....	production coordinator
Dave Brown	....	firearms safety coordinator: Winnipeg
Nuno Capitao de Salles	....	cast personal trainer
Jean-Philippe Collin	....	lead stand-in
Simone De Camargo	....	production accountant
Ken Dhaliwal	....	production legal
Matthew Eberle	....	set production assistant: reshoots
Melissa Girotti	....	production coordinator: Winnipeg )
Nadia Guglieri	....	second script supervisor
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative
Nicholas Hosking	....	adr voice group
Paul Hurst	....	assistant production coordinator: Winnipeg
Sarah Jene	....	assistant to executive producer
Petra Jorgensen	....	script supervisor: Los Angeles shoot
Lara Khajetoorians	....	assistant: Susan Downey
Nathalie Lagacé	....	art accountant
Cara Leibovitz	....	unit publicist
Paul McCloskey	....	assistant: Steve Richards
Robin Mounsey	....	supervising location manager
Paolo Quintans	....	set production assistant
Lara Ravdjee	....	assistant: Joel Silver
Lise Servant	....	payroll accountant
Karla Trujillo Villon	....	office production assistant
Ryan Wuckert	....	key locations assistant
Diandra Yoselevitz	....	travel coordinator

Production Companies

• Dark Castle Entertainment
• Don Carmody Productions
• Silver Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2009) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Studio Canal (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Village Roadshow Greece S.A. (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Turner Network Television (TNT) (2012) (USA) (TV)

Special Effects

• Anibrain
• Hybride Technologies (visual effects)
• Intrigue
• Invisible Pictures (additional visual effects)
• Mr. X (visual effects)
• Rocket Science VFX (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Company 3  digital intermediate
• Danetracks  sound design and editorial
• Helicopter Film Services  aerial filming and helicopters
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment
• Taiga Air Services  aerial filming and helicopters

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, grisly images, brief strong language and some nudity.

Runtime:

101 min | USA:96 min

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | Ireland:15A

Filming Locations:

Boucherville, Québec, Canada

Company:

Dark Castle Entertainment

Trivia:

Kate Beckinsale was producer Joel Silver's first choice for the role of Carrie Stetko.