The Jacket (2005)

Director:

John Maybury

Writers (WGA):

Tom Bleecker (story) and
Marc Rocco (story) ...
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Release Date:

4 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Terror has a new name.

Plot:

A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a Doctor's experiences, and his life is completely affected by them.

Plot Keywords:

Morgue | Veteran | Amnesia | Gulf War Veteran | Shot In The Head

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Adrien Brody	...	Jack Starks
Keira Knightley	...	Jackie Price
Kris Kristofferson	...	Dr. Thomas Becker
Jennifer Jason Leigh	...	Dr. Beth Lorenson
Kelly Lynch	...	Jean Price
Brad Renfro	...	The Stranger
Daniel Craig	...	Rudy Mackenzie
Steven Mackintosh	...	Dr. Hopkins
Brendan Coyle	...	Damon
Mackenzie Phillips	...	Nurse Harding
Laura Marano	...	Young Jackie
Jason Lewis	...	Officer Harrison
Richard Dillane	...	Captain Medley
Jonah Lotan	...	Intern #1
Angel Coulby	...	Intern #2
Paul Birchard	...	Doctor
Nigel Whitmey	...	Lieutenant
Ian Porter	...	Major
Anthony Edridge	...	Dr. Morgan (as Antony Edridge)
Kerry Shale	...	Prosecutor
Angus MacInnes	...	Judge
Richard Durden	...	Dr. Hale
Tristan Gemmill	...	Officer Nash
Colin Stinton	...	Jury Foreman
Tara Summers	...	Nurse Nina
Angelo Andreou	...	Babak / Iraqi Boy
Teresa Gallagher	...	Nurse Sally
Anne Kidd	...	State Representative
Charneh Demir	...	Jamille / Iranian Mother
Frances Brady-Stewart	...	Woman with Dog
Lolly Susi	...	Nurse
Garrick Hagon	...	Defense Lawyer
Fish	...	Jimmy Fleischer

Directed by
John Maybury

Writing credits (WGA)
Tom Bleecker		(story) and
Marc Rocco		(story)
Massy Tadjedin		(screenplay)

Produced by
George Clooney	....	producer
Ben Cosgrove	....	executive producer
Mark Cuban	....	executive producer
Jennifer Fox	....	executive producer
Marc Frydman	....	co-producer
Andreas Grosch	....	executive producer (as Andy Grosch)
Peter Guber	....	producer
Kia Jam	....	co-producer
Ori Marmur	....	executive producer
Peter McAleese	....	co-executive producer
Donald C. McKeon	....	co-producer
Philip McKeon	....	co-producer (as Philip A. McKeon)
Timothy J. Nicholas	....	executive producer
Chris Roberts	....	executive producer
Marc Rocco	....	co-producer
Andreas Schmid	....	co-producer
Steven Soderbergh	....	producer
Peter E. Strauss	....	executive producer
Todd Wagner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Brian Eno

Cinematography by
Peter Deming

Film Editing by
Emma E. Hickox

Casting by
Laray Mayfield

Production Design by
Alan MacDonald

Art Direction by
Isabelle Guay		(supervising art director)
Jean-Pierre Paquet
Caireen Todd

Set Decoration by
Liz Griffiths

Costume Design by
Doug Hall		(as Douglas Hall)

Makeup Department
Tahira Herold	....	hair stylist: Canada
Tomoko Hidaka	....	makeup artist: Canada
Ashley Johnson	....	makeup artist
Veronica McAleer	....	hair designer (as Veronica Brebner)
Veronica McAleer	....	makeup designer (as Veronica Brebner)
Heather Millington	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Jeanette Haley	....	post-production supervisor
Jacky Lavoie	....	production manager: Montreal
Shellie Smith	....	production supervisor: Scotland

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Luciana Burcheri	....	trainee assistant director
Marc Julien	....	third assistant director: Montreal
Ray Kenny	....	second second assistant director: Scotland
Raymond Kirk	....	second assistant director
Fiona MacMillan	....	second second assistant director: Scotland
Bethan Mowat	....	second assistant director: Montreal
Karen Richards	....	first assistant director
Jonathan Strauss	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Serge Archambault	....	head scenic artist: Canada
Muir Balfour	....	supervising carpenter
Mat Bergel	....	stand-by propman
Michel Brochu	....	construction supervisor
Stephen Campbell	....	stand-by art director
Stephen Craig	....	set painter
Jaeson Finn	....	storyboard artist
Gordon Fitzgerald	....	property master
Colin H. Fraser	....	construction manager
Fiona Gavin	....	assistant art director
Martin Handfield	....	on-set property master
Margaret Horspool	....	supervising art director: UK & Canada
Piero Jamieson	....	dressing props
Caroline Lachance	....	art department assistant
Brent Lambert	....	set designer
Jim McCallum	....	stand-by props
Tim Monroe	....	draughtsperson

Sound Department
Tim Alban	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Peter Burgis	....	foley artist
Ricky Butt	....	foley artist
Paul Davies	....	sound designer
Paul Davies	....	supervising sound editor
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Colin Gregory	....	sound assistant
Vincent Hazard	....	sound effects editor
Nigel Heath	....	foley mixer
Alex Joseph	....	foley editor
Keith Marriner	....	adr editor
Keith Marriner	....	dialogue editor
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Brendan Nicholson	....	preview re-recording mixer
Colin Nicolson	....	sound mixer
Louis Piche	....	boom operator: Canada
Alexandra Raveane	....	assistant dialogue editor
Jamie Roden	....	adr mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Jessie Taylor	....	assistant dubbing mixer
Jessie Taylor	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Nick Watson	....	sound consultant: Dolby
Glen Gathard	....	post-production sound (uncredited)
Richard Kondal	....	assistant foley editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jean-François Aubin	....	special effects technician: Canada
Marc Bienvenu	....	special effects coordinator: Canada
Darcy Callaghan	....	special effects technician: Canada
Francis Choquette	....	special effects technician: Canada
Garry Cooper	....	special effects technician
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor: Canada
Neil Davies	....	special effects technician
François Dion	....	special effects technician: Canada
Mario Dumont	....	special effects senior technician
Stephen Gilbert	....	special effects technician: Canada
David Harris	....	special effects supervisor
Jude Harris	....	special effects technician
Éric Hébert	....	special effects technician: Canada (as Erik Hebert)
Graham Hills	....	senior special effects technician
Michael Innanen	....	special effects technician
David Johns	....	snow effects technician
Denis Lavigne	....	special effects coordinator: Canada
Pierre L'Heureux	....	special effects technician: Canada
Francis Marleau	....	special effects technician: Canada
Louis Pedneault	....	special effects technician: Canada
Del Reid	....	snow effects technician
Philippe Roberge	....	special effects best boy: Canada
Matthew Roberts	....	special effects technician (as Matt Roberts)
Steve Simard	....	special effects technician: Canada
David 'Pinkie' Thomas	....	snow effects supervisor
Andrew Thompson	....	special effects technician (as Andy Thompson)
Ian Thompson	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Holly Acton	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Andy Burrow	....	scanning and recording manager
Edward Xi Chen	....	data operator
Frazer Churchill	....	visual effects supervisor (as Fraser Churchill)
James Clarke	....	visual effects
Kate Coggins	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Paul Doogan	....	digital scanning and recording
Michael Bruce Ellis	....	lead digital artist: Double Negative (as Michael B. Ellis)
Rohit Gill	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Joe Godfrey	....	scanning and recording & digital cleanup
Dianne Gordon	....	data operator: Framestore CFC
Gavin Graham	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Andy Hague	....	visual effects editorial
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager
Nic Hodgkinson	....	compositor
Jan Hogevold	....	production executive: Framestore CFC
Alex Hope	....	visual effects executive producer: Double Negative
Alex Ireland	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Jesper Kjölsrud	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Phillip Leonhardt	....	digital compositor: Double Negative (as Phillip Lionheart)
Kevin Lowery	....	scanning and recording & digital cleanup
Dan McRae	....	digital lab quality control paint artist
Mark Michaels	....	lead digital artist: Double Negative
Helen Nesbitt	....	rotoscope artist: Framestore CFC
Claire Pegorier	....	digital effects artist
Fred Place	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Cristina Puente	....	digital compositor: Double Negative (as Cristina Puente Raba)
Dave Robinson	....	systems engineer
Gavin Round	....	digital lab film editor: Framestore CFC
Jeremy Sawyer	....	data operator
Matthew Shaw	....	digital artist: Double Negative
William Skellorn	....	visual effects editorial: Double Negative
Matina Skouteri	....	digital lab operator
Jelena Stojanovic	....	digital compositor
Andy Taylor	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Paola Varvaro	....	digital cleanup artist
Stephen Willey	....	systems engineer
Aubrey Woodiwiss	....	digital cleanup artist
Annabel Wright	....	digital cleanup coordinator
Steve Lynn	....	technical support (uncredited)

Stunts
Andy Bradford	....	stunt coordinator
Charles Jarman	....	stunt performer
David McKeown	....	stunt coordinator: Canada (as Dave McKeown)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-François Abran	....	electrician: Montreal
John Adefarasin	....	second assistant camera
Sylvain Bernier	....	gaffer: Montreal
David Bourke	....	best boy
Stuart Bunting	....	grip
Luke Coulter	....	camera trainee
David Cozens	....	first assistant camera
Tim Critchell	....	grip
Toby Flesher	....	electrician
Julie Garceau	....	video assist operator
Tom Gates	....	gaffer
Chris Gilbertson	....	desk operator
Chris Gilbertson	....	lighting console operator
Phil Hurst	....	electrician
Stefan Ivanov	....	director of photography: second unit, Canada
Pierre Malo	....	electrician
Nicolas Marion	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, Canada
Grant McPhee	....	video assist operator
Clyde Miller	....	aerial director of photography
Clyde Miller	....	camera operator: Wescam camera
Jeff Petro	....	assistant camera: Wescam camera
Jamie Summers	....	electrician
Roger Tooley	....	Steadicam operator
Marco Venditto	....	electrician
Jonathan Wenk	....	still photographer
Tony Wilcock	....	electrician

Casting Department
Rosalie Clayton	....	casting assistant
Nina Gold	....	casting: UK
Mike Migliara	....	extras casting
Bruno Rosato	....	casting associate
Aldo Tirelli	....	casting: Canada

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Margie Fortune	....	assistant costume designer
Anna Lau	....	costume supervisor
Jane Marcantonio	....	costume assistant
Art Reasonover	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Marcus Alexander	....	digital intermediate producer: Framestore CFC
Adam Glasman	....	senior colorist: Framestore CFC
Andrew Jadavji	....	first assistant editor
David McGroarty	....	assistant editor
Anna Mehta	....	second assistant film editor
Dave Muscat	....	telecine suite operator
Steve Wagendorp	....	assistant digital colorist: Framestore CFC
Jason Wheeler	....	negative cutter
Neil Williams	....	film conforming assistant

Music Department
Michael Higham	....	music editor (as Mike Higham)
Jill Meyers	....	music clearance
Andy Richards	....	music supervisor
Andy Richards	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Michel Boulanger	....	driver: Kris Kristofferson
Aleck Duncan	....	driver: Jennifer Jason Leigh
Angus Finlayson	....	runner driver
Victor Labelle	....	driver: actors
James Sanchez	....	transportation captain
Joe Sanchez	....	transportation coordinator
Ted Schambers	....	driver: Bruce Willis

Other crew
Julie Adams	....	dialect coach: Mr. Adrian Brody, Ms. Keira Knightly and Ms. Jennifer Jason Leigh
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Jennifer Bydwell	....	product placement/clearances
Henry Camilleri	....	military coordinator
Elaine Campbell	....	assistant: Mr. Cosgrove and Mr. Strauss
Phaedra Charlton	....	first assistant accountant
Guy Cowan	....	caterer
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Kim De Pietro	....	consulting location manager
Lloret Dunn	....	location manager: Scotland
Kerstin Dyroff	....	production coordinator: VIP Medienfonds
Nicky Earnshaw	....	assistant: Mr. McAleese
Shawn Fleming	....	payroll accountant
Linda Gamble	....	unit publicist
Allen Vee Goss	....	assistant to producers
Marjorie Hamel	....	assistant: Mr. Maybury
Charles Heaphy	....	production financing
Sharon Howat	....	assistant production coordinator
Natalie Howe	....	assistant: Mr. Maybury
Ryan R. Johnson	....	development associate
Matt Jones	....	location scout
George Lakes	....	production controller
Joanna Laurie	....	stand-in
Scott Leadbetter	....	production runner
Solomon J. LeFlore	....	production financing
Layla Mall	....	assistant: Mr. Maybury
Sylvie Martin	....	production coordinator
Sarada McDermott	....	production secretary
Satsuki Mitchell	....	executive: 2929 Productions
Louise O'Malley	....	production accountant
Caroline O'Reilly	....	script supervisor
Samantha Porteous	....	assistant: Mr. Cosgrove and Mr. Strauss
Bernard Rodrigue	....	location manager: Canada
Donald Sabourin	....	production coordinator
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Mark Shelley	....	weapons armorer
Kerry Smith	....	assistant accountant
Yanick Veilleux	....	production assistant
Joshua J. Cotten	....	second assistant: Ori Marmur (uncredited)
Vladimir Fuentes	....	second assistant accountant (uncredited)
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative (uncredited)
David Milhous	....	studio team (uncredited)
Sandra Reis	....	rotoscope artist: Double Negative (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Mandalay Pictures
• Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)
• 2929 Productions (in association with)
• VIP 2 Medienfonds
• VIP 3 Medienfonds
• Rising Star (in association with)
• Section Eight

Distributors

• Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2005) (USA) (all media)
• ARP Sélection (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Alfa Films (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Hoyts Distribution (2005) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Monopole-Pathé (2005-2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Pandasia Entertainment (2005) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Videocine (2006) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Imagem Filmes (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Italian International Film (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Pinema (2005) (Turkey) (all media)
• Prooptiki Bulgaria (2005) (Bulgaria) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• Star Entertainment (2005) (India) (all media)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Intrigue (special effects: Canada) (as Intrigue Productions)
• Double Negative (visual effects)
• Cine Image Film Opticals (digital effects) (end titles)
• Snow Business International (snow effects)
• Snow Business (snow support)

Other Companies

• AP  title design: main and end titles
• Arion Facilities  telecine
• Boom Studios  re-recorded at (as Boom)
• Cable News Network (CNN)  news footage courtesy of (as CNN)
• Chromakey-Hire.Com  blue and green screen supplied by
• Clarity Post Production Sound  sound post-production
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• De Lane Lea  editing facilities
• Deluxe  laboratory (as Deluxe Laboratories)
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Framestore CFC  digital intermediate
• Framestore CFC  post-production
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Goldcrest Post Production London  re-recorded at (as Goldcrest Studios)
• J & E Post Production  post-production consultants
• Jason Wheeler Film Services  negative cutting
• Kodak  motion picture film supplied by
• Light by Numbers  lighting control system
• Locations Michel Trudel  lighting equipment: Canada
• Lofty's Lab  photographic processing
• Mel's Cite du Cinema  production services: Canada
• Montreal Casting  extras casting
• Out of Eden  original score edited and mixed at (as Out of Eden London)
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Salon  film equipment
• Serious Facilities  Avid equipment provided by
• Spot-On Scripts  post-production script services
• Summit Entertainment  sales
• V.F.G.  lighting equipment: Scotland (as VFG Scotland)
• Wescam USA  wescam system provided by (as Wescam)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and brief sexuality/nudity.

Runtime:

103 min | Turkey:94 min (TV version)

Country:

USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

France:-12 | Germany:12 | Indonesia:Dewasa | Taiwan:R-12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:16 | Malaysia:18PL (uncut version) | Malaysia:U (edited version) | Argentina:16 | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:15A | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:NC-16 (cut) | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:MA | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva)

Filming Locations:

Bangour Village Hospital, Dechmont, West Lothian, Scotland, UK

Company:

Mandalay Pictures

Trivia:

The scenes in the mental hospital were shot in the former Bangour Village Hospital, a disused insane asylum, in West Lothian, Scotland, near Edinburgh. As The Jacket was released, several other film scouts expressed an interest in the hospital building as a location, but the area had already been earmarked for housing development. Since then, the housing development has been scrapped, and Bangour Village Hospital still stands as it did at the time of filming, and continues to attract ghost-hunters as certain of the patient villas are believed to be haunted.

Goofs:

Continuity: Around the beginning, where he meets the young girl with her mother, he puts the scarf around her neck, and it disappears throughout the scene.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Jack Starks: [Walking over to Iraqi child who's breathing hard] How's it going little man? You all right?
[Babak pulls out gun. Jack puts his hand up in a stop gesture but Babak shoots Jack in the head. Jack falls to the ground]

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Jacket: Project History and Deleted Scenes (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Unbelievable

Perfect, Amazing, GREAT, Sexy, Artst and Lovely!

Literlly a TEN! 2 thumbs WAY up! This was an uplifting, thoughtful, mind thriller! It makes you really think. This is not scary though. The romance and chemistry between "Jack Starks"(Adrien Brody) and "Jackie Price" (Kiera Knightly) was perfectly amazing! Adrian Brody has a way of drawing you in through his eyes and actions in all his films. I nearly cried at the end (Not saying if it's happy or sad) and I was just amazed at how it basically showed that life has meaning, and second chances ARE possible. Like he says in the movie: "I think we live through certain things, just to say that we actually did live through them. Not anyone else, but you." Amazing and lovely! I URGE you to see it and I was angry that it wasn't int heaters for long. By the way, I'm gonna marry that man! Hehe. --Natalie R.L.