Captivity (2007)

Director:

Roland Joffé

Writers (WGA):

Larry Cohen (screenplay) and
Joseph Tura (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

13 July 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

When You Think The Worst Has Happened....Think Worse

Plot:

A man and a woman awaken to find themselves captured in a cellar. As their kidnapper drives them psychologically mad, the truth about their horrific abduction is revealed.

Plot Keywords:

Torture | Drugged | Escape | Model | Cellar

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Elisha Cuthbert	...	Jennifer
Daniel Gillies	...	Gary Dexter
Pruitt Taylor Vince	...	Ben Dexter
Michael Harney	...	Det. Bettiger
Laz Alonso	...	Det. Ray Di Santos
Maggie Damon	...	Detective Susan Luden
Carl Paoli	...	Victim #1
Trent Broin	...	Victim #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anelia Dyoulgerova	...	Waitress (uncredited)
Olivia Negron	...	Spanish Woman (uncredited)
Elijah Runcorn	...	Young Ben (uncredited)
Rebekah Ryan	...	Young Ben & Gary's Mom (uncredited)
Remy Thorne	...	Young Gary (uncredited)

Directed by
Roland Joffé

Writing credits (WGA)
Larry Cohen		(screenplay) and
Joseph Tura		(screenplay)
Larry Cohen		(story)

Produced by
Stephanie Caleb	....	co-producer
Valery Chumak	....	executive producer
Mark Damon	....	producer
James D. Deck	....	line producer (as James Deck)
Boris Galkin	....	line producer
Jill Gatsby	....	co-producer
Alexandra Gurule	....	co-producer (as Alexandra Mehlman)
Joel Hatch	....	line producer: Los Angeles
Alla Kharebova	....	associate producer
Sergei Konov	....	producer (as Serge Konov)
Gary Mehlman	....	producer
Chris Miller	....	post-production producer: Visionbox Media Group
Leonid Minkovski	....	producer
Courtney Solomon	....	executive producer
Tamara Stuparich de la Barra	....	co-producer
Marius Vilunas	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami

Cinematography by
Daniel Pearl		(director of photography) (as Daniel C. Pearl)

Film Editing by
Richard Nord

Casting by
Dianne Crittenden

Production Design by
Addis Gadzhiyev

Art Direction by
Addis Gadzhiyev

Costume Design by
Jennifer Marlin

Makeup Department
Brian Abbott	....	key makeup artist: New York
Laura Berman	....	department head hair: Los Angeles
Hallie D'Amore	....	department head makeup artist: Los Angeles
James Lawrence	....	key hair stylist: New York
Irina Lyashko	....	special makeup effects artist
Rhonda O'Neal	....	hair stylist
Yulia Pavlova	....	special makeup effects artist
Heather Plott	....	department head makeup artist: Los Angeles
Sergey Sirin	....	makeup stylist
Yvette Stone	....	department head hair: Los Angeles
Maria Torfeld	....	key makeup artist: New York (as Maria Von Torfeld)

Production Management
Petra Hoebel	....	unit production manager: New York
Bill Newcomb	....	post-production supervisor
Traceigh Scottel	....	production supervisor
Jen Wall	....	production supervisor: Los Angeles

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dennis T. Benatar	....	assistant director: additional photography
Olga Boutko	....	second assistant director
Darius Carter	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mike Currie	....	second assistant director: second unit
Carl Goldstein	....	second unit director
James Heth	....	first assistant director: second unit
Murphy Occhino	....	second assistant director
Lev Paramonov	....	assistant director
Tony Phillippe	....	second second assistant director: New York
Faith Seim	....	second second assistant director
Neil Tuohy	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Pete Dancy	....	set dresser
Peter DeCurtis	....	leadman: New York
Azat Gaziziov	....	art department assistant
Azat Gaziziov	....	graphic artist
Monte Hallis	....	production designer: reshoot
Mila Khalevich	....	set decorator: New York
Chad Koch	....	graphic designer
Wes Louie	....	illustrator
Paul Anthony Olive	....	camera scenic artist
Sarah Prescott	....	assistant property master: Los Angeles
Regana Redd	....	set dresser
Caitlin Reilly	....	assistant art director: additional photography
Tim Sitnikov	....	art department assistant
Tim Sitnikov	....	graphic artist
Ernesto Solo	....	art director: New York
Michael Thomas	....	lead scenic
Eric West	....	set dresser: New York

Sound Department
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Barney Cabral	....	supervising sound editor
Jonathan Coomes	....	sound effects editor
Richard Dwan Jr.	....	sound editor
Michael J. Fox	....	adr mixer
Robert Getty	....	dialog & adr editor
Kevin Globerman	....	digital recordist
J. Stanley Johnston	....	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Lawson	....	sound mixer: additional photography
Derek Marcil	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cynthia Merrill	....	foley artist
Coleman Metts	....	production sound mixer: additional photography
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Nick Neutra	....	foley supervisor
Jeffrey Perkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Raber	....	sound effects editor
Doug Reed	....	foley artist
Perry Robertson	....	supervising sound editor
Scott Sanders	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Scott Sanders	....	supervising sound designer
Steve Schatz	....	sound mixing recordist
Ken Segal	....	sound mixer
Ken Segal	....	sound: second unit
Melissa Sherwood Hofmann	....	sound re-recording mixer
Geordy Sincavage	....	foley mixer
Brian Slack	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alec St. John	....	supervising sound effects editor
Bruce Stubblefield	....	supervising sound editor
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Pawel Wdowczak	....	sound mixer
Kevin Zimmerman	....	assistant sound editor
Randolph Saucedo	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Chris Bailey	....	special effects coordinator
Ilya Churinov	....	pyrotechnician
Erich Martin Hicks	....	special effects: pick-up shots
Alex Hill	....	special effects
Jack Lazzaro	....	special effects technician
Hugo Villasenor	....	special effects technician
Clint Zoccoli	....	sculptor: prosthetics

Visual Effects by
Mandy Arnold	....	digital restoration artist
Adam Avitabile	....	digital compositor
David Cole	....	digital colourist
Buddy Gheen	....	digital compositor
Danny S. Kim	....	visual effects
Vladimir Leschinski	....	visual effects supervisor
Bruce Mann	....	digital compositor
Claudia Meglin	....	digital compositor
Michael Morreale	....	executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels Inc.
Sk Nguyen	....	visual effects coordinator
Jeremy Oddo	....	visual effects
Phillip Palousek	....	visual effects coordinator: Amalgamated Pixels, Inc.
Cat Rowe	....	digital colorist assist
Migs Rustia	....	visual effects editor
Chad Schott	....	digital compositor
Paul Stemmer	....	visual effects editor
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Diane Wright	....	digital asset manager: Laser Pacific

Stunts
Pat Banta	....	stunt coordinator
Charlie Brewer	....	stunt coordinator
Douglas Huber	....	stunt double
Martin Ivanov	....	stunt double: Gary
Elena Lotanova	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Artem Antonov	....	dolly grip
Ryan Bradley	....	best boy grip: second unit
Bruce L. Finn	....	director of photography: second unit
Adam Hall	....	grip
Jimi Johnson	....	video assist
Lee Johnson	....	gaffer: second unit
Rob Koch	....	assistant camera: New York
Cole Koehler	....	additional second assistant camera
Eric R. Laudadio	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Greg Le Duc	....	digital imaging technician
Michael Lindquist	....	assistant camera
Diego Mariscal	....	grip
Michael McCormack	....	video/computer playback
Nick Pomerleau	....	lighting technician
Don Reddy	....	camera operator
Dale Robinette	....	still photographer
Andrey Schtaff	....	key grip
Nate Wayman	....	grip: Los Angeles
James M. Wykoff	....	best boy grip
Antonio Zavala Kugler	....	additional photographer

Casting Department
Meredith Jacobson	....	local casting
Mac Marshall	....	extras casting
Karen Rea	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Guzel Khamatova	....	set costumer
Kerry Perdue	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
Valance Eisleben	....	digital intermediate data conformer
Heather Holty	....	digital intermediate project manager
Jesse Kobayashi	....	digital intermediate project manager
Andrey Nazarov	....	assistant editor
Lisa Tutunjian	....	digital intermediate editor
Lee Wimer	....	digital colorist: Efilm
Sharon Wong	....	additional editor
Sharon Wong	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Michael K. Bauer	....	music editor
Allison Wright Clark	....	music supervisor
Matt Franko	....	music preparation
John Kurlander	....	scoring mixer
Victor Pesavento	....	music preparation
Peter Rotter	....	music contractor
Philip Tallman	....	music editor
Buck Sanders	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Antonio Molina	....	transportation coordinator: Los Angeles

Other crew
Mina Adibpour	....	production assistant: New York
Will Alovis	....	script supervisor: Los Angeles
Jennifer Au	....	assistant: Tamara Stuparich de la Barra
Kirstie Bingham	....	script supervisor: second unit, Los Angeles
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice director
Larry Chan	....	assistant: Mark Damon, USA
Scott Collette	....	assistant: Ms. Stuparich De La Barra
Erin Cowden	....	photo double
Erin Cowden	....	stand-in
Kelvin Curtis	....	assistant to producers
Eric R. Evans	....	set production assistant: Los Angeles
David Scott Faris	....	set production assistant: New York (as D. Scott Faris)
Julio Ferrario	....	creative director: main titles
Jordan Gilbert	....	production secretary: Los Angeles
Lindsey Glueckert	....	personal assistant: Elisha Cuthbert (as Lindsay Glueckert)
Sergey Grablevsky	....	translator: Richard Nord
Pamela B. Green	....	main title producer
Torrence Hall	....	weapons handler
Ali Jazayeri	....	vice president finance
Elaine Kim	....	assistant: Tamara Stuparich de la Barra
Mela Lee	....	adr voice replacement
Dina Mamedova	....	assistant: Mark Damon, Russia
Kerry McCrohan	....	key production assistant: second unit
Ari Michelson	....	special photographs
Aaron Millar	....	assistant location manager
Aaron Millar	....	location scout
George Mims	....	stand-in
Alyona Minkovskaya	....	assistant: Elisha Cuthbert
Susan T. Parsons	....	production coordinator: New York
Anthony Pettine	....	script supervisor: New York
Zack Ruderman	....	production assistant
Kate Sharp	....	assistant: Leonid Minkovski
Diane Slattery	....	publicist
Jonathan Smart	....	clearance administrator
Lora Marie Taylor	....	assistant accountant
Emma Thomas	....	script supervisor
Lincoln Thompson	....	production assistant
Rosana Tomas	....	production coordinator: additional photography
Mike Tristano	....	armorer
Rob van de Laar	....	production assistant: New York
Jarik Van Sluijs	....	creative director: main titles
Randy Weiss	....	production executive
Jae Yu	....	assistant: Leonid Minkovski

Thanks
Victor Antashkevitch	....	special thanks
Nickolai Bagriy	....	special thanks
Konstantin Senchenko	....	special thanks
Alexander Shishkin	....	special thanks
Sergei Tchigrin	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Captivity Productions
• Foresight Unlimited
• Russian American Movie Company (RAMCO)
• RAMCO

Distributors

• After Dark Films (2006-2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Comstock (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Films (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Square One Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• TFM Distribution (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (two-disc special edition)
• Gativideo (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Amalgamated Pixels (visual effects)
• LOOK! Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Art Machine  poster design
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Ear Candy Post  post-production sound services
• EarCandy  sound post-production
• Film Permits Unlimited  location permits
• PIC Agency  titles
• Scarlet Letters  end titles
• Visionbox Media Group  post-production management

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, torture, pervasive terror, grisly images, language and some sexual material

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA | Russia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | Ireland:18 | UK:18 | Singapore:M18 (re-rating) | Australia:MA | Italy:VM14 | France:-16 | Hong Kong:III | South Korea:18 | Portugal:M/18 | Taiwan:R-12 (original rating) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Japan:R-18 | Finland:K-15 | Norway:18 | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) | Germany:18 (SPIO/JK) (DVD rating) | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Peru:18 | New Zealand:R18

Filming Locations:

Glendale, California, USA

Company:

Captivity Productions

Trivia:

Despite the fact that this was filmed in Super 35, "Filmed in Panavision" is listed in the end credits.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the home video with the mother, we can see the mother and the two kids in one shot, yet the camera is still moving around and zooming when there is no one else in the room to operate it.

Quotes:

Ben:Why do good things happen to bad people? That's the mystery.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King (2011) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Paper Doll

So bad it was good.

Absolutely fantastic.

Now, before a legion of cinema purists choke on their lattés, allow me to elaborate. Much as I enjoyed it, this is quite simply one of the worst films I have ever seen and is certainly the worst film I've seen at the cinema (an impressive claim, as I remember seeing Daredevil on the big screen). The two leads (Daniel Gillies and Elisha Cuthbert) were unconvincing at best and downright awful at worst. Of course, they weren't helped by a script that had as much emotional depth as a Daphne & Celeste single and characterisation that was about as convincing as the OJ defence. The plot (to stretch the term slightly) was thin to non-existent and the 'gore' scenes, whilst undoubtedly brutal, were irrelevant and laughably formulaic. What plot there is revolves around a twenty-something model (Cuthbert) who is abducted, imprisoned and subjected to various visceral tortures, both psychological and physical. The torture scenes feel like disconnected set pieces and the emphasis was laid squarely upon shocking rather than scaring the audience. Whilst there really are very, very few positives to draw from this film, its redeeming features are the very flaws that make it such a dreadful film. I have never heard a more vocal audience in a cinema. Within twenty minutes, the entire cinema was in stitches and remained that way throughout. For my part I came out flushed with laughter, buoyed by a film that had ascended to the pinnacle of appalling film-making. Whichever way you look at it, this is truly a cinematic achievement and a blueprint for future directorial wannabes detailing minutely how not to make a film.

P.S. I omitted to mention that I managed to get in to the film free...so I can afford to laugh about it. I was still tempted to ask for my money back...it really was THAT bad.