Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008)

Director:

Eric Brevig

Writers (WGA):

Michael D. Weiss (screenplay) and
Jennifer Flackett (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

11 July 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Same Planet. Different World.

Plot:

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

Plot Keywords:

Mountain | Cave | Guide | Lost World | Earth

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Brendan Fraser	...	Trevor Anderson
Josh Hutcherson	...	Sean Anderson
Anita Briem	...	Hannah Ásgeirsson
Seth Meyers	...	Professor Alan Kitzens
Jean Michel Paré	...	Max Anderson
Jane Wheeler	...	Elizabeth
Frank Fontaine	...	Old Man
Giancarlo Caltabiano	...	Leonard
Kaniehtiio Horn	...	Gum-Chewing Girl
Garth Gilker	...	Sigurbjörn Ásgeirsson

Directed by
Eric Brevig

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael D. Weiss		(screenplay) (as Michael Weiss) and
Jennifer Flackett		(screenplay) &
Mark Levin		(screenplay)
Jules Verne		(novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth")

Produced by
Cale Boyter	....	co-producer
Michael Disco	....	co-producer
Toby Emmerich	....	executive producer
Beau Flynn	....	producer
Brendan Fraser	....	executive producer
Arni Hansson	....	line producer: Iceland (as Árni Páll Hansson)
Charlotte Huggins	....	producer
Douglas Jones	....	co-producer
W. Mark McNair	....	executive producer (as Mark McNair)
Alex Schwartz	....	co-producer
Mylan Stepanovich	....	co-producer
Evan Turner	....	co-producer
Tripp Vinson	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Andrew Lockington

Cinematography by
Chuck Shuman

Film Editing by
Steven Rosenblum
Paul Martin Smith
Dirk Westervelt

Casting by
Vera Miller
Elisabeth Rudolph

Production Design by
David Sandefur

Art Direction by
Jean Kazemirchuk
Michele Laliberte		(supervising art director)
Réal Proulx

Costume Design by
Mario Davignon

Makeup Department
Chantal Bergeron	....	hairdresser
Kathryn Casault	....	key makeup artist
Mélina Di Christo	....	makeup artist
Corald Giroux	....	key hair stylist
Frida M. Hardardottir	....	makeup artist: Iceland (as Frída M. Hardardóttir)
Gaétan Landry	....	hairdresser: second unit
Ghislaine Sant	....	hairdresser: second unit
Áslaug Dröfn Sigurðardóttir	....	makeup artist: Iceland (as Aslaug Sigurdardottir)
Magni Thorsteinsson	....	hairdresser: Iceland
Olivier Xavier	....	special makeup effects artist
Olivier Xavier	....	special makeup effects: hair

Production Management
Ronald Gilbert	....	production manager
Arni Hansson	....	unit production manager
Steven Kaminsky	....	post-production supervisor
Brent Kaviar	....	post production executive
Hélène Ross	....	production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Pierre Brassard	....	first assistant director: second unit
Marielou Bélisle-Pierre	....	third assistant director (as Marilou Belisle-Pierre)
Manon Célestin	....	third assistant director
Renato De Cotiis	....	second assistant director
David Dozoretz	....	second unit director
Sean Dwyer	....	first assistant director
Kelly Anne Patterson	....	second assistant director: miniatures unit (as Kelly Patterson)
Frank Ruszczynski	....	first assistant director: second unit
Da'i Hrafen Sveinbjarnarson	....	additional second assistant director: Iceland

Art Department
C. Scott Baker	....	set designer
Fabrice Callegher	....	property master
Benoit Camerlain	....	assistant painter
David Chow	....	digital set designer
Antoine Connoly	....	on-set painter
Maryse De Lottinville	....	set designer
Christian Robert de Massy	....	illustrator
Louis Frederic Denomme	....	set dresser
Katia Kim Depatie	....	assistant property master
Alain Giguère	....	head painter
Vincent Gingras-Liberali	....	assistant art director
Nicolas Godbout	....	assistant property master
Erik Gosselin	....	specialty prop fabricator
Geoffroy Gosselin	....	on-set dresser
Ronny Gosselin	....	model supervisor: Montreal
Alexandre Juneau	....	assistant property master
Chris Klein	....	scenic painter
Dylan La Frenière	....	head greensman
Denise Lafontaine	....	scenic painter
Michel R. Lambert	....	scenic technician
Céline Lampron	....	set designer
Félix Larivière-Charron	....	set designer
Carl Lessard	....	graphic designer
Vladimir Lushnikov	....	head sculptor
Gaétan Marsolais	....	art department coordinator
Stephan McKenzie	....	on-set dresser
Jean-François Merlot	....	scenic painter
Daniel Newton	....	property master
Guy Pigeon	....	set designer
Annie Pomerleau	....	assistant set decorator
Michel Robichaud	....	painter
Benoit Robitaille	....	scenic technician
Jean-Michel Rossignol	....	sculptor/fabricator
Andrew Semple	....	sculptor
Jennifer Small	....	plant decorator
Erik Tiemens	....	conceptual artist
Lucie Tremblay	....	set designer
Louis Trudeau	....	scenic painter
Viviane Vallée	....	art department coordinator
Jose Fernando Varela	....	on-set dresser (as José F. Varela)
Mike Vosburg	....	storyboard artist
Manon Boucher	....	specialty prop fabricator (uncredited)
Lucie Fournier	....	key sculptor: art department (uncredited)
Rasoul Shafeazadeh	....	matte painter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Pascal Beaudin	....	sound recordist: Additional
Mark Berger	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Josee Bernard	....	boom operator
Cedric Charron	....	cable person
Jeff Davis	....	sound effects editor
Matt Dawson	....	adr mixer
Chris Diamond	....	assistant dialogue editor
Denis Dupont	....	boom operator
Peter Eliuk	....	assistant sound editor
Jeremy Duayne Elzinga	....	technical support: sound
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer: Los Angeles
Amy Giammarco	....	post audio coordinator
Dean Giammarco	....	sound re-recording mixer
Arni Gustafsson	....	sound mixer: Iceland
Dave Hibbert	....	foley artist
Robert Hunter	....	adr mixer
Robert Jackson	....	adr supervisor
Robert Kowal	....	boom operator
Johnny Ludgate	....	sound effects editor
Louis Marion	....	location sound mixer
Christine McLeod	....	dialogue editor
Maureen Murphy	....	foley artist
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Timothy Nielsen	....	sound designer (as Tim Nielsen)
Timothy Nielsen	....	supervising sound editor (as Tim Nielsen)
Jay Petach	....	adr recordist: Cincinnati
Bill Sheppard	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bill Sheppard	....	supervising sound editor
Gordon Sproule	....	foley mixer
Cam Wagner	....	foley artist
Chris Ward	....	additional adr supervisor
James Wright	....	sound consultant: dolby

Special Effects by
Andy Aitken	....	key model maker
Andy Antoine	....	special effects assistant
Andy Antoine	....	special effects technician
Audrey Bouchard	....	special effects technician: motion
Dana Campbell	....	special effects technician
Remi Caron	....	senior special effects technician: manufacturing
Adam Charbonneau	....	special effects technician
Yvon Charbonneau	....	senior special effects technician
Ryal Cosgrove	....	special effects coordinator
Ryal Cosgrove	....	special effects director
Mike Cozens	....	special effects engineer
Mike Cozens	....	special effects foreman
Luc Girard	....	special effects technician: motion
Haukur Karlsson	....	pyrotechnician: Iceland unit
Eggert Ketilsson	....	special effects supervisor: Iceland
Frederick Lanctot	....	senior special effects technician: motion
Rob Langshaw	....	special effects assistant
Jean Letendre	....	special effects technician: motion
Colin Noel	....	senior special effects technician: motion
Alex Payer	....	special effects technician: motion
Marc Reichel	....	special effects engineer (as Marc T. Reichel)
Marc Reichel	....	special effects technician
Jean-Claude Robichaud	....	special effects technician: motion
Pierre Roy	....	first assistant director: miniatures unit
Stephane Savard	....	special effects rigger: motion
Suzanne Simard	....	shop coordinator
Pascal Souvay	....	special effects
Philippe Souvay	....	special effects
Martin St-Antoine	....	special effects coordinator: motion (as Martin St. Antoine)
Martin St-Antoine	....	special effects supervisor
Ryan Storm	....	special effects technician
Johannes Sverrisson	....	special effects technician
George Tucci	....	special effects technician
Tim Winchester	....	special effects technician
Dimitri Kaliviotis	....	key model maker (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Christopher Ahuja	....	visual effects production assistant
Christine Albers	....	2D supervisor: Frantic Films
Ian Allard	....	digital artist
Melissa Almeida	....	texture & lighting: Hybride
Marcus Alqueres	....	animator: Hybride
Majorique Archambault	....	texture artist: Meteor Studios
Mathieu Archambault	....	digital compositor
Michael Archambault	....	tracker/matchmover
Marc Aubry	....	animator: Hybride
Marie-Claude Aubry	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride
Mostafa Badran	....	technical director: Hybride
Raul Baeza	....	previs artist
Suzette Barnett	....	compositor
Patrice-Alain Barrette	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Manon Barriault	....	visual effects line producer: Mokko Studio
Michel Barrière	....	lead digital compositor: Hybride
Geeta Basantani	....	matte painter
Geeta Basantani	....	senior compositor
Olivier Beaulieu	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Sebastien Beaulieu	....	CG supervisor
Sebastien Beaulieu	....	sequence supervisor: Meteor Studios
Raphael Beaupre	....	texture artist: Meteor Studios
Daniel Belair	....	technical director: Hybride
Judith Bell	....	digital compositor
Judith Bell	....	opticals
Judith Bell	....	visual effects
Michaël Bentitou	....	texture & lighting: Hybride
Danny Bergeron	....	visual effects executive producer: MOKKO Studio
Louise Bertrand	....	bidding producer: Hybride
Melissa Best	....	digital compositor
Jason Billington	....	digital compositor
Pierre Blain	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Jason Bohbot	....	technical support: Hybride
Cédric Bonnaffoux	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Pierre Bonnette	....	tracking artist: Hybride
Jason Booth	....	lead compositor
Liz Borges-Herzog	....	paint & roto artist
Jelmer Boskma	....	3D artist: creature and animation, Frantic Films (as Jelma Boskma)
Jelmer Boskma	....	lead creature modeler: Frantic Films
Maryse Bouchard	....	texture & lighting: Hybride
Carl Boulay	....	character animator: Meteor Studios
Marc Bourbonnais	....	3D lead technical director: Hybride
Xavier Bourque	....	digital compositor
Romain Bouvard	....	compositor: MOKKO Studio
Brent Breedveld	....	3D artist: creature and animation, Frantic Films
Brent Breedveld	....	visual effects animator
Rémi Breton	....	previs artist
Caroline Brien	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Wayne Brinton	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Arnaud Brisebois	....	concept artist
Arnaud Brisebois	....	matte painting lead
Chris Brown	....	Stereoscopic conversion producer
Eloi Brunelle	....	digital compositor
Dorian Bustamante	....	previs artist
Jonathan Butchard	....	visual effects production coordinator: Frantic Films
Caroline Bélisle	....	administration: Hybride
Francis L. Camacho	....	layout & matchmove artist
D. Walt Cameron	....	digital compositor
John R. Carlson	....	visual effects coordinator: Meteor Studios
Eddy Chan	....	CG artist: MOKKO Studio
François Chancrin	....	animator: Hybride
Hunter Chase	....	post-viz artist
Tim Christensen	....	stereoscopic compositor: Frantic Films
Eric Clement	....	CG supervisor
Patrick Comtois	....	layout lead
Patrick Comtois	....	modelling lead
Patrick Conaty	....	digital compositor
Bastien Cordier	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios
Richard Cote	....	visual effects coordinator: MeteorStudios
James Coulter	....	visual effects: flood development, Frantic Films
Pierre Couture	....	digital line producer: Meteor Studios
Pierre Couture	....	visual effects producer: Meteor Studios
Joanie Croteau	....	production assistant: Hybride
Cesar Dacol Jr.	....	modeling supervisor: Meteor Studios
Etienne Daigle	....	digital compositor
Mikaël Damant-Sirois	....	lighting artist
Christophe Damiano	....	textures & lighting: Hybride
Shane Davidson	....	2D supervisor: Frantic Films
Shane Davidson	....	lead compositor
Mike Davis	....	simulation artist
Mike Davis	....	visual effects: flood development, Frantic Films
Thierry Delattre	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride
Stephen Delisle	....	digital compositor
Aaron Dem	....	visual effects executive producer: Meteor Studios
Eric Desaulniers	....	layout artist: Meteor Studios
Eric Desaulniers	....	tracking artist
Luc Desmarais	....	technical support: Hybride
Marc Desmarais	....	texture artist: Meteor Studios
Beatrice Desperrier	....	modeler: Meteor Studio
Louis Desrochers	....	CG artist: MOKKO Studio
Anouk Deveault-Moreau	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride
Thai Son Doan	....	digital compositor
Jean-Francois Doucet	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios
Christopher Downs	....	lighting technical director: Meteor Studios (as Chris Downs)
David Dozoretz	....	senior pre-visualization supervisor
Guy Dubost	....	shot technical director: Meteor Studios
Conrad Dueck	....	digital effects artist: Frantic Films
Conrad Dueck	....	lighting and rendering artist: Frantic Films
Lafleche Dumais	....	computer graphics supervisor: Hybride
Mathieu Dupuis	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride
Valerie Duquette	....	visual effects production assistant: Meteor Studios
Sam Edwards	....	compositing supervisor: Meteor Studios
Christian Emond	....	lead layout artist: Meteor Studios
Christian Emond	....	lead tracking artist: Meteor Studios
Christian Emond	....	lighting artist
Natascha Evans	....	character animator
Marta Ezcurra	....	I/O lead: Meteor Studios
Marta Ezcurra	....	I/O technician: Meteor Studios
Mike Fagundes	....	visual effects: flood development, Frantic Films
Martin Fallon	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios
Nina Fallon	....	visual effects producer: Rodeo FX
Maximilien Faubert	....	I/O supervisor: Mokko Studio
Colin Feist	....	digital compositor
Michael Fellows	....	data supervisor
Bernat Ferragut	....	previs artist
Evan Feuerman	....	visual effects accountant
Prime Focus	....	visual effects
Anne Foged	....	digital compositor
Frederic Fortin	....	lead character setup artist: Meteor Studios
Frederic Fortin	....	rigging supervisor
David Fournier	....	animator: Hybride
Ian Fraser	....	visual effects: flood development, Frantic Films
Nick Fredin	....	3D artist: creature and animation, Frantic Films
James French	....	animator
Michel Frenette	....	compositor: MOKKO Studio
Sébastien Gagné	....	digital compositor
Sigurjón F. Gardarsson	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films (as Sigurjon Gardarsson)
Kert Gartner	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
Yanick Gaudreau	....	texture & lighting: Hybride
Jean-Renaud Gauthier	....	CG lead: MOKKO Studio
Francois Gendron	....	effects animator: Hybride
Audrey Geoffroy	....	animator: Hybride
Stephan Gervais	....	technical support: Hybride
Eric Gervais-Despres	....	stereo technical director
Mathew Giampa	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films (as Matt Giampa)
Aaron Gilman	....	animation supervisor
Aaron Gilman	....	lead character animator: Meteor Studios
Christopher Gooding	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios
Christopher Gooding	....	systems administrator: Meteor Studios
Jean-Francois Gravel	....	I/O technician
Jean-Francois Gravel	....	projectionist: Meteor Studios
Veronique Guay	....	production assistant: Hybride
Luis Alejandro Guevara	....	I/O technician
Marc-André Guindon	....	previsualization artist
Alex Gurevich	....	technical director
Myléne Guérin	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride
Stéphane Guévin	....	I/O technician: Meteor Studios
Stéphane Guévin	....	projectionist: Meteor Studios
Alexa Hale	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Jeremy Hall	....	head of production
Annick Harmel-Tourneur	....	sequence supervisor
Peter Hartless	....	production coordinator
Connor Harty	....	software developer: Meteor Studios
Chris Harvey	....	visual effects supervisor: Frantic Films
Andrew Hasko	....	lighting and rendering artist: Frantic Films
Wesley Hatch	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios
Kyle Haywood	....	lighting and rendering artist: Frantic Films
Pierre-Simon Henri	....	effects animator: Hybride
Daniel Hernandez	....	effects animator: Meteor Studios
Daniel Hernandez	....	previs artist
John Higbie	....	layout artist
Chad Hofteig	....	post visualisation artist
Francois Hogue	....	lead lighter: Meteor Studios
Gael Hollard	....	digital compositor
Nadine Homier	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Jean-Francois Houde	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Jason Howey	....	pre-visualisation artist
Chris Hummel	....	CG supervisor: Meteor Studios
Mike Jahnke	....	3D artist: creature and animation, Frantic Films
Lucas Janin	....	technical director: Meteor Studios
Jason Jue	....	rotoscope artist
Dana Jurcic	....	visual effects production coordinator: Frantic Films
Michael Karp	....	layout supervisor: Meteor Studios
Michael Karp	....	matchmove supervisor
Joseph Kasparian	....	lead texture & lighting: Hybride
Peter Keranov	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
Ara Khanikian	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Sithiriscient Khay	....	digital matte painter
Anne Kim	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
Jiwoon Kim	....	digital compositor
Dorian Knapp	....	previs artist
Julianna Kolakis	....	concept artist
Sean Konrad	....	compositor
Sean Konrad	....	technical supervisor
Muzaffer Korkut	....	visual effects artist
Matthew Kregor	....	assistant effects editor
Geneviève Labelle	....	compositor: MOKKO Studio
Eric Labranche	....	lighting artist
Alain Lachance	....	lead compositor: Mokko Studio
Alain Lachance	....	visual effects supervisor: MOKKO Studio
Raphael Lacoste	....	conceptual artist
Alain Lacroix	....	lead stereoscopic layout artist: Hybride
Mario Laforest	....	software development lead: Meteor Studios
Emanuel LaFrance	....	digital compositor: Meteor Studios
Yann Laliberte	....	compositor: MOKKO Studio
David Lalonde	....	rendering lead: Meteor Studios
Mathieu Lalonde	....	modeler: Hybride
Basil Lanaris	....	lighter: Meteor Studios
Michel LeBlanc	....	simulation artist
Michel LeBlanc	....	visual effects: flood development, Frantic Films
Mathieu Leclaire	....	effects animator: Hybride
Christine Leclerc	....	lead texture artist: Meteor Studios
Daniel Leduc	....	visual effects executive producer: Hybride
Francois Leduc	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Benoit Lefebvre	....	tracking artist: Hybride
Pier Lefebvre	....	matte painter
Joelle Lefrancois	....	administration: Hybride
Sebastien Lepine	....	character animator: Meteor Studios
Sebastien Lepine	....	lighting
Danny Levesque	....	CG artist: MOKKO Studio
Joan Daniel Lillo	....	I/O technician: Meteor Studios
Michele Linse	....	visual effects coordinator (as Michele Linse Jeffers)
Benjamin Liu	....	pre-visualisation artist
Martine Losier	....	visual effects coordinator: Hybride
Daniel Lowenberg	....	layout & matchmove artist
Brian Lutge	....	digital effects artist: Meteor Studios
Philippe Maalouf	....	modeler
Michael MacGillivray	....	visual effects production assistant
Jocelyn Maher	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Yuan Mai	....	simulation artist
Yuan Mai	....	visual effects: flood development, Frantic Films
Stephane Mailet	....	technical support: Hybride
Francine Mangin	....	character animator: Meteor Studios
Jacques Marchand	....	lighting supervisor: Meteor Studios
Jordan Marchand	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios
Lisa Marra	....	visual effects coordinator
Ed W. Marsh	....	consulting visual effects editor: 3D
Ed W. Marsh	....	visual effects editor
Geoff Marshall	....	lighter: Meteor Studios
Patrick Martel	....	lighting technical director: Meteor Studios
Richard Martin	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride
Cynthia Maurer	....	digital compositor
Troy McBratney	....	visual effects production assistant
Ryan McDonald	....	software developer: Meteor Studios
Brian McKinnon	....	visual effects
Francois Metivier	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Margarita Meza	....	previs artist
Jamie Minett	....	environmental artist
Jamie Minett	....	senior lighting artist: Meteor Studios (as James A. Minett)
Charles Mitchell	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios
Carlos Monzon	....	digital compositor
Sébastien Moreau	....	visual effects supervisor: Rodeo FX
Benoit Morin	....	digital artist
Benoit Morin	....	tracker: Hybride
Christian Morin	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Michael Morreale	....	executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels
Amélie Munier	....	visual effects production coordinator: Meteor Studios
Michel Murdock	....	visual effects financial controller: Hybride
Ben Myers	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
Alexandre Ménard	....	lighting artist: Meteor Studios
Patrick Nagle	....	senior roto/paint artist
Nicholas Nakadate	....	digital artist
Salima Needham	....	digital compositor
Dragos Nicolae	....	render wrangler: Meteor Studios
Jeremy Nicolaides	....	stereoscopic conversion supervisor
Brandy Nightingale	....	visual effects coordinator
Velislava Nikolova	....	character animator: Meteor Studios
Nicolas-Alexandre Noel	....	CG supervisor: Hybride
Joshua Nunn	....	lighter: Meteor Studios
Alison O'Brien	....	additional visual effects producer
Adam O'Brien-Locke	....	visual effects production assistant
Sean O'Connor	....	production assistant: Hybride
Sylvia Orthwein	....	visual effects production assistant: Meteor Studios
Clayton Osmus	....	modeler
Rui Padinha	....	lighting and rendering artist: Frantic Films
Alexandre Paillon	....	lighting artist
Olivier Painchaud	....	technical support: Hybride
Marc-Antoine Paquin	....	technical director / software developer
Louis Paré	....	lighting supervisor: Meteor Studios
Louis Paré	....	sequence lead lighting
Steve Pelchat	....	3D layout artist: Hybride
Chris Pember	....	lighting and rendering artist: Frantic Films
Cristin Pescosolido	....	lead compositor: Meteor Studios
Borislav Petrov	....	technical director: Frantic Films (as Bob Petrov)
Patrick Piche	....	technical director: Hybride
Jonathan Piche-Delorme	....	digital compositor: RodeoFX
Brian Pohl	....	pre-visualization supervisor
Andrea Pollano	....	tracking artist: Hybride
Devon Prenovost	....	systems administrator: Meteor Studios
Sonia Pronovost	....	animator: Hybride
Francis Provencher	....	head of IT: Meteor Studios
Mark Pullyblank	....	3D artist: creature and animation, Frantic Films
Mark Pullyblank	....	animation supervisor: Frantic Films
Sébastien Quessy	....	visual effects artist
Pascal Raimbault	....	organic models supervisor: Meteor Studio
Yves Rainville	....	CG artist: MOKKO Studio
Gerardo Ramirez	....	previs artist
David Rand	....	lead effects animator: Meteor Studios (as Dave Rand)
David Rand	....	lead effects artist
Pierre Raymond	....	visual effects producer: Hybride
Pierre Raymond	....	visual effects supervisor: Hybride
Mathieu Raynault	....	lead matte painter: Rodeo FX
Jonathan Reynolds	....	3D artist: creature and animation, Frantic Films
Jonathan Reynolds	....	visual effects
Benjamin Ribière	....	Inferno compositor
Charles Richer	....	digital compositor: Mokko Studio
Kees Rijnen	....	3D artist: creature and animation, Frantic Films
Robert Rioux	....	visual effects
Stéphane Rioux	....	digital compositor
Sébastien Rioux	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Jean-Pierre Riverin	....	digital effects artist
Greg Rochon	....	compositor: MOKKO Studio
Taylor W. Rockwell	....	visual effects production assistant
Marc A. Rousseau	....	visual effects producer: MOKKO Studio
Craig Rowe	....	digital compositor
Christine Ruby	....	character animator: Meteor Studios
Guillaume Ruegg	....	texture-lighting artist: hybride
Matthew Sabourin	....	lighting and rendering artist: Frantic Films (as Matt Sabourin)
Matthew Sabourin	....	visual effects artist
Sean Santiago	....	executive in charge of visual effects
Katy Savoie	....	production assistant: Hybride
Tara Schellenberg	....	visual effects production coordinator: Frantic Films
Richard Schipper	....	simulation artist
Richard Schipper	....	visual effects: flood development, Frantic Films
François Schneider	....	technical director
Kevin Seivewright	....	effects animator: Meteor Studios
Michael Shand	....	visual effects supervisor: Frantic Films (as Mike Shand)
Joshua Sherrett	....	lead artist
Randal Shore	....	visual effects producer: Frantic Films
Stephanie Siebert	....	effects animator: Meteor Studios
Joao Sita	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Irene Smirnova	....	model/texture artist
Brittany Smith	....	visual effects editor: Frantic Films
Kevin Sonnichsen	....	previs artist
Laurent Spillemaecker	....	Flame artist
Laurent Spillemaecker	....	compositor
Jana Spotts	....	visual effects producer: Meteor Studios
Frederic St-Arnaud	....	matte painter
Guillaume St-Aubin-Seers	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Jean-Michel St-Pierre	....	production assistant: Hybride
Bret St. Clair	....	visual effects supervisor: Meteor Studios
Marcus Steeds	....	visual effects: flood development, Frantic Films
Jubinville Steve	....	digital sculptor: Hybride
Jubinville Steve	....	modeler: Hybride (as Steve Jubinville)
Strob	....	CG artist: MOKKO Studio
Josef Sy	....	animator: Hybride (as Joseph Sy)
Sylvie Talbot	....	communications: Hybride
George Taylor	....	matchmover
Mark Theriault	....	technical director: Frantic Films
Mark Theriault	....	visual effects
Philippe Theroux	....	computer graphics supervisor: Hybride
Sylvain Thibodeau	....	technical director (assets : Meteor Studios)
Gaetan Thiffault	....	effects animator: Hybride
Joel Thompson	....	video editor
Peter Toufidis	....	conceptual artist: Hybride
Peter Toufidis	....	lighting artist: Hybride
Peter Toufidis	....	matte painter: Hybride
Peter Toufidis	....	texture artist: Hybride
Christopher Townsend	....	visual effects supervisor
Marco Tremblay	....	lead modeler: Hybride
Yann Tremblay	....	character animator: Meteor Studios
Yves Tremblay	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
François Vachon	....	lead compositor: Meteor Studios
Raphael Valle	....	digital compositor: Hybride
Paul Van Camp	....	effects animator: Meteor Studios
Chris Van Dyck	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
Mathieu Veilette	....	texture & lighting: Hybride
Jean Frédéric Veilleux	....	digital compositor
Sebastien Veilleux	....	digital compositor
Celine Velasco	....	texture-lighting artist: Hybride
Jonathan Veltman	....	3D artist
Radu Vintila	....	director of technology: Meteor Studios
Joe Viskocil	....	miniature effects supervisor
Mark Visser	....	lead technical director: Meteor Studios
Tom Voll	....	lighting technical director
Pat Wakefield	....	digital compositor
Tamara Watts Kent	....	visual effects producer
Conal Wenn	....	3D layout artist: Hybride
Adina Wernstedt	....	digital roto/paint artist
Blair Werschler	....	3D artist: creature and animation, Frantic Films
Blair Werschler	....	visual effects
Jeremy West	....	effects artist: Frantic Films
Jeremy West	....	lighting and rendering artist: Frantic Films
Chad Wiebe	....	3D supervisor: Frantic Films
Chad Wiebe	....	CG supervisor: Frantic Films
Conrad Wiebe	....	visual effects software developer
Lori Williams	....	digital artist
Kyle Winkelman	....	animator
Kyle Winkelman	....	character animator: Meteor Studios
David Yabu	....	animator: Hybride
Ryan Yee	....	animator
Nate Yellig	....	technical animator: genalist
Jennie Zeiher	....	bidding producer: Rising Sun Pictures
Ken Zorniak	....	visual effects producer: Frantic Films
Caitlin Content	....	compositor (uncredited)
Karin Eunson-Ross	....	visual effects production manager: Frantic Films (uncredited)
Julianna Kolakis	....	creature modeler: Frantic Films (uncredited)
Marios Kourasis	....	visual effects artist: end title sequence (uncredited)
Nicholas Markel	....	previsualization artist: Persistence of Vision (uncredited)
Bobby Silman	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films (uncredited)
David I. White	....	software developer (uncredited)
Christian Zurcher	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Lisa Marie Blair	....	stunt double
Alexandre Cadieux	....	stunt rigger
Jean-Mark de la Plante	....	stunt rigger
Marc Désourdy	....	stunt coordinator
Flint Eagle	....	additional stunt double: Brendan Fraser
François Gauthier	....	stunt coordinator: second unit (as Frank Gauthier)
Normand Gobeille	....	stunt rigger
Patrick Kerton	....	stunt coordinator
Patrick Kerton	....	stunt double
Karine Lemieux	....	stunt double
Vi-Hung Luv	....	stunts
France Raymond	....	stunts: second unit
Martin Williams	....	head stunt rigger
Valdimar Jóhannsson	....	local stunt coordinator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jean-François Abran	....	electrician
Bernard April	....	best boy electric
Sigurbjörn Búi Baldvinsson	....	video assist operator
Jonathan Barro	....	lighting board operator
Raymond Beauchamp	....	company grip
Michel Bernier	....	first assistant camera: 'b' camera
Sylvain Bernier	....	gaffer
Richard Boucher	....	technocrane operator
Yvan Brunet	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Stéphane Byl	....	lighting technician
Sylvain Bélanger	....	grip
Marcelo Caceres	....	video assist
Daniel Chrétien Jr.	....	electrician
Ken Coolen	....	HD technician
Bernard Couture	....	director of photography: second unit
Jonathan Devaney	....	gaffer: Iceland
David Dinel	....	best boy grip
David Dollé	....	dolly grip
Paul Duchesne	....	company grip
Sylvain Dupuis	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jean Décarie	....	generator operator
Mathieu Décary	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Marc Ehrenbold	....	camera focus puller
Arnar Einarsson	....	key grip: Iceland
Guy Ferland	....	electrician
Frank Fisher	....	3-D camera system supervisor
Gilles Fortier	....	rigging gaffer
Jacob Fortier	....	best boy rigging electric
Jean-Francois Gravel	....	assistant video assist
George Haryszyn	....	generator operator (as George Hryszyn)
Maxime Imbeau	....	best boy grip
Soupharak Keoborakoth	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Martin Lamarche	....	gaffer: second unit
Bernard Larivière	....	best boy rigging grip
Eric Lefèbvre	....	rigging electric
Patrick Lima	....	technocrane operator: model unit
Kenneth MacKenzie	....	key grip: model unit
Geir Magnússon	....	best boy electrician: iceland
Pierre Malo	....	electrician
Pierre Malouin	....	dolly grip
Pierre Malouin	....	technocrane operator
Robert McLachlan	....	additional photographer: miniatures unit
Robert McLachlan	....	cinematographer: additional photography
Yves Moisan	....	company grip
Melanie Morin	....	rigging grip coordinator
Jeff Nichol	....	key grip: second unit
Vince Pace	....	director of photography: Iceland (as Vincent Pace)
Yanka Pelletier	....	best boy rigging grip
Stéphane Pilon	....	key rigging grip
Sébastien Raymond	....	still photographer
David Reinhard	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Jaquelin Rivet	....	generator operator
Daniel Robidoux	....	best boy rigging grip
Dennis Rogers	....	first assistant camera
Dennis Rogers	....	focus puller: "a" camera
D.J. Roller	....	first unit camera operator: Iceland
Claude Sauvageau	....	best boy grip
Daniel Sauvé	....	Steadicam operator
Daniel Sauvé	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Philip D. Schwartz	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Marco Venditto	....	electrician
Daniel P. Venti	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Stephen Wells	....	key grip

Animation Department
David Fournier	....	animator
Nick Fredin	....	animator
Mike Jahnke	....	animator
Jason Labbe	....	character rigging: Frantic Films
Velislava Nikolova	....	animator
Yann Tremblay	....	animator

Casting Department
Ann Frederick	....	casting associate
Vera Miller	....	casting: Montreal

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Henri Aubertin	....	costumer
Catherine Gélinas	....	key dresser
Guylaine Lafleur	....	assistant wardrobe master
Grégoire Levasseur	....	assistant wardrobe master
Marie-France Pierre	....	key dresser
Helga Rós Hannam	....	set costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Zoe Bower	....	post-production coordinator
Samuel Craven	....	assistant editor
Gail DuFosse	....	assistant editor
Mark Griffith	....	digital intermediate colorist: 2d release
Trevor Joyce	....	digital cinema producer
Chris Malazdrewicz	....	dailies coordinator
Blake Maniquis	....	assistant editor
Doug Mountain	....	3D DI technical consultant (as Douglas Mountain)
Jeff Olm	....	colorist
Elizabeth Ross	....	first assistant editor
Antoine Saito	....	assistant editor
Andrew Schwartz	....	color timer
Ryan Sheridan	....	high definition engineer
Peter G. Smith	....	assistant editor
David Sooc	....	editorial assistant
Rainer Standke	....	assistant editor: 3D temp conform
Cynthia E. Thornton	....	assistant editor
Jason Fabbro	....	additional colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
John Barrett	....	assistant score mixing engineer
Bob Bowen	....	music executive
Crouch End Festival Chorus	....	musician: choir
Fiona Cruickshank	....	assistant music engineer
Nicholas Dodd	....	conductor
Nicholas Dodd	....	orchestrator
Andrew Dudman	....	score mixer
Andrew Dudman	....	score recording engineer
Andrew Dudman	....	score recordist
Lindsay Fellows	....	music supervisor
James Fitzpatrick	....	music contractor: choir
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Jake Jackson	....	music recordist
Bryan Lawson	....	additional music editor
Stephen Lotwis	....	music editor
Brendan Ostrander	....	assistant music editor
Neil Parfitt	....	assistant to composer
Dennis Patterson	....	assistant music engineer
Jill Streater	....	music librarian
David Temple	....	choir master
Michael White	....	synthesizer programmer

Transportation Department
Teresa Haney	....	transportation
Alexandre Juaneda	....	transportation captain
Pablo Reinoso	....	office driver
Daniel Ross	....	transportation coordinator
Raymond Salvas	....	office driver

Other crew
Maude Amyot	....	assistant production coordinator
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Melanie Bergeron	....	key medic
Nathalie Bilodeau	....	stand-in
Jon Kjartan Bjornsson	....	helicopter pilot: Iceland
Lisa Marie Blair	....	photo double: Anita Brien
Loren Brock	....	assistant: Mr. Stepanovich
Unjoo Lee Byars	....	main title producer
Patricia Carlin	....	assistant: Mr. Brevig and Ms. Huggins (as Patty Carlin)
Lyssa J. Caster	....	assistant: Brendan Fraser
Irina Cazazaeva	....	assistant: Mr. McNair
Joshua Chamberlain	....	assistant: New Line Cinema
Luc Champagne	....	chef
Yannick Champagne	....	craft
Nickey Chow	....	second assistant accountant
Alexandra Church	....	assistant: Beau Flynn
Jean-Philippe Collin	....	stand-in
Martine Curly Salvas	....	receptionist (as Martine Curey Salvas)
Martine Curly Salvas	....	secretary (as Martine Curey Salvas)
Tom Di Blasio	....	production accountant
Émilie Dussault	....	assistant to line producer
Nora L. Ferris	....	insurance broker
Vladimir Fuentes	....	assistant accountant
Ryan Gomez	....	post production assistant accountant
Jeff Gross	....	production resources
Kathleen Heffernan	....	assistant: Mr. Brevig and Ms. Huggins
Halldor Hreinsson	....	helicopter pilot: Iceland
Jean-Patrick Joseph	....	special equipment supplier
Jessica Kardos	....	human resources assistant: Meteor Studios
Nutan Khanna	....	researcher
Thor Kjartansson	....	location manager
Adrian Knight	....	location manager
Nathalie Lagacé	....	first assistant accountant
Balazs Laszlo	....	executive in charge of business and legal affairs
Cara Leiboritz	....	publicist
Cara Leibovitz	....	unit publicist
Jack Lilburn	....	assistant: Mr. Brevig and Ms. Huggins
Fred Meyers	....	HD engineer
Gilles Montreuil	....	first assistant accountant
Nick Nantell	....	assistant: Mr. Flynn
Milena Popovic	....	script supervisor
Paolo Quintans	....	set production assistant
Joshua Ravetch	....	production resources
Brieann Rich	....	set medic
Michael Rich	....	production assistant
Nicholas Rich	....	key set medic
Lara Rosenoff	....	assistant location manager
James A. Rota	....	production IT supervisor
Cyrus Ruiz	....	assistant to executive producer and production manager
Yanie Salvas	....	production coordinator
Bruce Schluter	....	title designer
Lise Servant	....	payroll accountant
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Maryn Silverberg	....	assistant: Beau Flynn
Graham Stumpf	....	3D delivery supervisor
Vance Wiese	....	underwater 3D specialist
Chantal Allard	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Russell Lum	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Daniel Bissonnette	....	the producers wish to thank
Ray F. Boegner	....	the producers wish to thank
Paul Davis	....	the producers wish to thank (as Dr. Paul Davis)
Hans Fraikin	....	the producers wish to thank
Neil Gibson	....	the producers wish to thank
Ali Wise	....	the producers wish to thank

Production Companies

• New Line Cinema (presents)
• Walden Media (presents)
• Journey Films (uncredited)

Distributors

• New Line Cinema (2008) (worldwide) (all media)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Alliance (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• GAGA (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Karo Premiere (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Lotte Entertainment (2008) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Pioneer Films (2008) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Alliance (2008) (Canada) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Entertainment in Video (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Film1 (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2008) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East)
• New Line Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• New Line Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Meteor Studios (visual effects)
• Hybride Technologies (visual effects) (as Hybride)
• Frantic Films (visual effects)
• Mokko Studio (visual effects)
• Rodeo FX (visual effects) (as Rodeo)

Other Companies

• A & R Brochu Construction  set construction
• Abbey Road Studios  score mixed at
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  score recorded at (as Air Lyndhurst)
• Background, The  adr voice casting
• Canada Film Capital  tax incentive consulting services
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Clay Lacy Aviation  thanks
• Crouch End Festival Chorus  choir (as Crouch End Chorus)
• DBC Sound  audio post-production
• DBC Sound  sound edited and mixed at (as DBC Sound, Vancouver, BC)
• DTS Digital Images  thanks
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Getty Images  footage supplied by
• Global Music Service  copyist
• Locations Michel Trudel  Chapman camera dollies
• Mel's Cite du Cinema  studio facilities
• On Tour Productions  grip and lighting equipment
• Orbit Digital  Avid editing equipment supplied by
• Orbit Digital  Avids / HD services
• PACE  Fusion camera system (specialty HD equipment)
• Pace Technologies  cameras
• Pace Technologies  digital image capture equipment
• Pacific Title  main and end titles (as Pacific Title and Art Studio)
• Paramount Transportation Services  transportation services
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate
• Truenorth Productions  production services
• Visual Motion  camera trucks and trailers provided by

Also Known As:

"Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D" - USA (3-D version)
"Center of the Earth" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

Rated PG for intense adventure action and some scary moments

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Icelandic | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:12A | Ireland:PG | Malaysia:U | UK:PG | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | USA:PG (certificate #43069) | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Netherlands:6 | USA:PG-13 (special edition) | Finland:K-11 | Peru:PT | South Korea:All | South Africa:10V (theatrical rating) | South Africa:13V (DVD rating) | New Zealand:PG | Germany:12 (f) | Sweden:7

Filming Locations:

Cité du Cinéma, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

When Trevor opens the box of stuff belonging to his lost brother, he pulls out an odd wooden item, declares that he doesn't know what it is, and sets it aside. The item is a Holmes Stereoscope, a device designed in 1861 by the American physician and writer, Oliver Wendell Holmes, for the viewing of so-called "stereocards". A stereocard is like a postcard which has a Left-view and Right-view photograph mounted alongside one another. When viewed through this stereoscope, the photographs are merged into one 3-D image (which was later adopted for the ViewMaster viewers and cards). The Holmes Stereoscope was a great source of entertainment in the Victorian era. It was, in a sense, the Home Entertainment Centre of its day, as it transported its users to exotic places all over the world. People bought packs of stereocards for their entertainment - in much the same way as we buy DVDs today! (Thus, a character in a 3-D movie having no idea what a stereoscope is, makes for a cute little 3-D in-joke...)

Goofs:

Plot holes: Apart from the fact that the existence of the zero-gravity "magnetic field" which Sean reaches is implausible, everything seems to float around there, including the rocks and even Sean's Swiss Army knife. Although, Sean doesn't and is still subject to gravity and in danger of falling into the abyss. His head torch also drops into the chasm while he is clinging to the overturning floating rock. However; the pocket knife is metal, and is it plausible then that to an extent that the rocks are too (as they are "magnetic", and therefore likely metallic). Sean and his head torch are not, therefore would not be able to float as they are not a part of the floating magnetic field.

Quotes:

[recognizing Mt. Vesuvius behind them]
Trevor:If your mother asks you where you went this weekend, tell her your uncle took you to Italy.

Movie Connections:

Featured in A World Within Our World (2008) (V)

Silly, but surprisingly enjoyable anyway

The reviewers of "Journey" are probably all correct: the logic is spotty, the premise is silly, and the requirement of the audience to suspend disbelief is beyond a typically successful film. However, despite all of that, I liked it! I went to see it because in my small town the offerings are rather slim, and I had seen everything else (is it me, or did this summer's films seem a bit clichéd and lame?).

Brendan Fraser has always been a great actor, with an agreeable presence. That he was the star here helped a lot. As did the newcomer actor, the Icelandic lady- Anita Briem. Somehow, one never seems to think of film stars as coming from Iceland. But she is comely and interesting to watch, and she looked good with Fraser. The supporting cast (and there wasn't much of them, as it was mostly CGI stuff, and not really populated with many humans, except for brief appearances) was also adequate, albeit they had little to do.

Overall, then, this was science fiction with an emphasis on the "fiction." Little here was even remotely believable. Yet taken together, it made an interesting visual contemplation of "what if?" and an enjoyable couple of hours at the cinema (for example, the characters free-fall to the "center of the earth," which would be 4,000 MILES down. Allowing for the rather slap-dash explanation of "magma envelopes" and all, we are nonetheless asked to believe they fell thousands of miles in a few seconds. The lava tube they fell down, fake as it was, was kind of evocative--- it did bring to mind a sense of mystery, and the powers of nature that are WAY beyond our everyday experiences, even if it was rather silly).

Oh, BTW, an obvious logic flaw--- if there really was a magma envelope surrounding the interior ocean and lush tropical paradise--- why didn't the free-fall take them through that, it being a sphere and all? Don't even think about it! Just enjoy the fairy tale.