Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) (TV)

Director:

Brian Henson

Writers (WGA):

Rockne S. O'Bannon (characters)
Rockne S. O'Bannon (written by) ...
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Release Date:

17 October 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

John Crichton may not have started the war - but only he can end it.

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Made For Cable TV | Outer Space | Reference To Woody Allen | Villain | Hero

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 3 wins

Cast

Ben Browder	...	John Crichton
Claudia Black	...	Aeryn Sun
Anthony Simcoe	...	Ka D'Argo
Gigi Edgley	...	Chiana
Wayne Pygram	...	Scorpius / Harvey
Raelee Hill	...	Sikozu Svala Shanti Sugaysi Shanu
Melissa Jaffer	...	Utu-Noranti Pralatong
Paul Goddard	...	Stark
Tammy Macintosh	...	Joolushko Tunai Fenta Hovalis
David Franklin	...	Captain Meeklo Braca
Rebecca Riggs	...	Commandant Mele-On Grayza
Duncan Young	...	Emperor Staleek
Francesca Buller	...	War Minister Akhna
Hugh Keays-Byrne	...	Grunchlk
Jonathan Hardy	...	Rygel XVI (voice)
Lani John Tupu	...	Pilot (voice) (as Lani Tupu)
Sandy Gore	...	Muoma
Ron Haddrick	...	Yondalao
Linal Haft	...	Maryk
Nathaniel Dean	...	Jothee
John Bach	...	Einstein
Stephen James King	...	Pikal
Tim McCunn	...	Caa'ta
John Adam	...	Sgt. Learko / Lt. Jatog
Kim De Lury	...	Peacekeeper Captain
Judi Farr	...	Scarran Doctor
Fiona Gentle	...	Diagnosan (voice)
Lee Perry	...	Bishan (voice)
Kane Houston	...	Baby D'Argo
Thomas Gentle	...	Baby D'Argo
Francesca Lewis	...	Baby D'Argo
Paul Empson	...	Eidelon Waiter (2004)
Angelique May Bennett	...	Scorpius' Assistant (2004)
Marti Keefer	...	Scorpius' Assistant (2004)
Amanda Wenban	...	Scorpius' Assistant (2004)
Sam Bettison	...	Tragin / Scarran Guard (2004)
Matthew Towner	...	Tragin / Scarran Guard (2004)
John Pasvolsky	...	Tragin / Scarran Guard (2004)
Ian Gomperyz	...	Tragin / Scarran Guard (2004)
Taris Tyler	...	Tragin / Scarran Guard (2004)
Peter Knowles	...	Peacekeeper Officer (2004)
Mark Slocum	...	Peacekeeper Officer (2004)
Steve Hayden	...	Peacekeeper Officer (2004)
Marc Carra	...	Peacekeeper Officer (2004) (as Mark Carra)
Cameron Stewart	...	Peacekeeper Officer (2004)
Neil Grant	...	Eidelon Guard / Acolytes (2004)
Chris Bonney	...	Eidelon Guard / Acolytes (2004)
Neil Phipps	...	Eidelon Guard / Acolytes (2004)
Capkin Van Alphen	...	Eidelon Guard / Acolytes (2004)
Don Atkinson	...	Eidelon Guard / Acolytes (2004)
Michael Labram	...	Eidelon Guard / Acolytes (2004)
Paul Barakat	...	Eidelon Guard / Acolytes (2004)
Jess Newing	...	Eidelon Guard / Acolytes (2004)
Jeff Schwarz	...	Eidelon Guard / Acolytes (2004)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bianca Chiminello	...	Jenavian Charto (uncredited)
Darren K. Hawkins	...	Escaping Eidelon (uncredited)
Darius Nejah	...	Scarran warrior (uncredited)
Craig Walker	...	Eidelon Cloth Merchant (uncredited)
Victor Yerrid	...	Bishan (uncredited)

Directed by
Brian Henson

Writing credits (WGA)
Rockne S. O'Bannon		(characters) (as Rockne O'Bannon)
Rockne S. O'Bannon		(written by) &
David Kemper		(written by)

Produced by
Martin G. Baker	....	co-executive producer
Robert Halmi Jr.	....	executive producer
Brian Henson	....	executive producer
David Kemper	....	executive producer
Rockne S. O'Bannon	....	executive producer
Lesley Parker	....	line producer
Deborah Peart	....	associate producer
Andrew Prowse	....	producer
Lily Taylor	....	associate producer
Robert E. Wozniak	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Guy Gross

Cinematography by
Russell Bacon

Film Editing by
Nicholas Holmes

Casting by
Ann Fay
Marianne Jade

Production Design by
Ricky Eyres

Art Direction by
Damien Drew

Set Decoration by
Oleh Sokolovsky

Costume Design by
Terry Ryan

Makeup Department
Katherine Brown	....	makeup technician
Angela Conte	....	hair stylist supervisor
Angela Conte	....	makeup supervisor
Kristelle Gardiner	....	special makeup effects artist
Anna Gray	....	makeup artist
Kellie Griffin	....	special makeup effects artist
Jules Korshoonoff	....	makeup artist
Nuggett McCabe	....	personal makeup artist
Sheldon Wade	....	key hair stylist
Sheldon Wade	....	key makeup artist
Colin Ware	....	prosthetic make up artist
Laurelle Ziento	....	prosthetic technician
Laurelle Ziento	....	special makeup effects artist
Kerrin Jackson	....	prosthetic makeup artist (uncredited)
Robert Trenton	....	prosthetic makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Deborah Peart	....	post-production supervisor
Michelle Russell	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Faranda	....	first assistant director
Jeremy Grogan	....	second assistant director
Aminah Hughes	....	additional assistant director
Tim Lion	....	third assistant director
Rob Macdonald	....	third assistant director: second unit
Karan Monkhouse	....	first assistant director: second unit
Annabel Osborne	....	third assistant director

Art Department
Dave Elsey	....	creature designer
Alan Fleming	....	construction manager
Rory Forrest	....	construction foreman
John King	....	stand-by props
Tam Morris	....	storyboard artist
Brett Murphy	....	set builder
Julian Parry	....	assistant art director
Andrew Pryer	....	set builder
Bill Undery	....	head scenic artist
Ken Walkerden	....	lead propmaker
Colin Ware	....	creature artist
Brandon Hendroff	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Chris Alderton	....	sound recordist
Nick Breslin	....	sound editor (as Nicholas Breslin)
Cate Cahill	....	sound editor
Damian Candusso	....	adr recordist
Damian Candusso	....	dialogue editor
Damian Candusso	....	sound editor
Natalie Choo	....	foley artist (as Natalie Velik)
Ella Fairbairn	....	sound editor
Les Fiddess	....	foley artist
Ben Grant	....	sound editor
Mike Jones	....	foley recordist
Peter Purcell	....	sound mixer
Angus Robertson	....	sound editor
Alicia Slusarski	....	sound editor
David White	....	supervising sound editor
Martin White	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Nerissa Box	....	creature fabrication assistant
Lou Elsey	....	fabrication and creature costume designer
Corrie Emery	....	mould maker
Marcus Erasmus	....	special effects supervisor
Lloyd Finnemore	....	special effects technician
Josh Head	....	special effects technician
Leo Henry	....	special effects
Rebecca Hunt	....	creature fabrication coordinator
Nicole La Praik	....	special effects assistant (2004)
Chris Murray	....	special effects
Conrad Rothmann	....	special effects foreman
Luke Polti	....	special effects makeup assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Steve Anderson	....	animation director
Steve Anderson	....	animation director
Arild Anfinnsen	....	visual effects artist
Vaughn Arnup	....	digital compositor
Shamus Baker	....	digital effects artist
Sotiris Bakosis	....	visual effects artist: Animal Logic
Dominic Bean	....	lead compositor
Niki Bern	....	digital compositor
David Booth	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Pictures
Dan Breckwoldt	....	digital compositor
Benita Carey	....	visual effects supervisor
Lynne Cartwright	....	on-set visual effects supervisor
Jason Hawkins	....	video operations technician (as Jay)
Penny Hayler	....	visual effects coordinator: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Jeremy Howdin	....	3D supervisor
Alwyn Hunt	....	visual effect artist: Animal Logic
Christopher Kerr	....	data operator
Brett Margules	....	lead animator
Naomi Mitchell	....	visual effects producer
Nick Murphy	....	video operations technician (as Nicholas)
Bret Nelson	....	associate visual effects producer
Marco Nero	....	conceptual designer
Marco Nero	....	matte painter
Robert Nicol	....	digital compositor
Robert Nicol	....	visual effects executive producer
Tristan North	....	CG artist
Collette Nunes	....	visual effects editor: Jim Henson's Creature Shop
Tobbe Olsson	....	vfx sequence supervisor
Pete Reynolds	....	visual effects artist
Alex Scollay	....	visual effects artist
Mike Seymour	....	digital compositor
Evan Shipard	....	digital matte artist
Robert Sullivan	....	video operations supervisor: Animal Logic (as Rob Sullivan)
Scott Tansley	....	on-set previs
Paul Taylor	....	video operations technician
Matt Town	....	visual effects editor
Edward Twiss	....	digital effects artist
Ian Watson	....	visual effects artist
Kym Watts	....	render wrangler
Matthew Wynne	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Marky Lee Campbell	....	stunt actor: soldier
Raelene Chapman	....	lead stunt double
Johnny Hallyday	....	stunt coordinator
Nigel Harbach	....	stunt double
Steve Harman	....	stunt performer
Zed Korshoonoff	....	stunts (as Zed Korshoonof)
Philip Partridge	....	stunt performer
Brett Sheerin	....	stunt performer
Brit Sooby	....	stunt double
Daniel Stevens	....	stunts
Mark Wickham	....	stunts
Gavin Wild	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ashleigh Carter	....	first assistant camera
Frank Hruby	....	focus puller
Jonas Juhanson	....	key grip (as Jo Juhanson)
Gerard Maher	....	additional second assistant camera
Jeffrey Malouf	....	director of photography: second unit (as Jeff Malouf)
Martin Perrott	....	gaffer (as Martin Perrot)
Ricky Schamburg	....	first assistant camera: additional camera
Toby Watson	....	assistant camera
Jules Wurm	....	first assistant camera: second unit (2004)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mary Lou Da Roza	....	costume buyer
Robyn Elliott	....	costume supervisor (as Robyn Elliot)
Amanda Enders	....	costume assistant
Dan Owen	....	costumer
Jo Thorpe	....	costume cutter
Jake Collier	....	fx costume (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Al Hansen	....	senior colorist
Simon Klaebe	....	assembly editor
Brett McManus	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Laura Bishop	....	music preparation
Guy Gross	....	conductor
Simon Leadley	....	music scoring engineer
James K. Lee	....	orchestrator (as James Lee)
Aldo Sampaio	....	recording assistant: orchestra
Katrina Schiller	....	music scoring engineer
Jessica Wells	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Carl Blacklidge	....	marine coordinator
Ed Boyle	....	puppeteer
Naomi Cleaver	....	production coordinator
David Collins	....	puppeteer
Annabel Davies	....	assistant to producer
Jane Elizabeth	....	script coordinator
Jane Forrest	....	production coordinator
Russell Garbutt	....	puppeteer
Fiona Gentle	....	puppeteer
Virginia Goodfellow	....	puppeteer
Lou Grant	....	script supervisor
Graeme Haddon	....	puppeteer
Kelly Head	....	assistant accountant
Peter Hicks	....	location manager
David Hird	....	specialist rigger
Peter Jagger	....	puppeteer coordinator
Kevin Kelly	....	assistant: Brian Henson
Adam Kronenberg	....	puppeteer
Josh Mapleston	....	script coordinator
Mat McCoy	....	puppeteer
Stephen McGillen	....	assistant accountant
Sophie Miller	....	production runner
Reza Mokhtar	....	caterer
Matt Nicholls	....	puppeteer
Jacqui O'Loughlin-Guillemot	....	production runner (as Jacqui O'Loughlin)
Samata Preston	....	production assistant
Kate Renwick	....	production secretary
Christine Robson	....	financial consultant
Diana Snape	....	assistant production coordinator
Deborah Sutherland	....	payroll accountant
Trudy Talbot	....	production accountant
Anna Vincent	....	unit publicist (as Anna Densley)
Kristin Voumard	....	script supervisor
Amanda Wenban	....	double: Utu-Noranti Pralatong
Ben Tomkins	....	stand-in (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Jim Henson Company, The
• Jim Henson Productions

Distributors

• Bridge Entertainment Group (2005) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Contender Entertainment Group (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• Elephant Films (2007) (France) (all media)
• Hallmark Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• MIG Film (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sky One (2005) (UK) (TV)

Special Effects

• Jim Henson's Creature Shop (prosthetics and creature effects)
• Applied Explosives Technology
• Animal Logic (visual effects)
• Digital Pictures (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Atlab  laboratory services
• Frame, Set & Match  post-production facilities
• Huzzah Sound  adr facilities
• Maura Fay Group  casting
• PhilmSound  sound facilities
• Simply Sound  foley recording
• Soundfirm  adr facilities
• Spectrum Films International  editing facilities
• Spectrum Films International  post-production facilities
• Sydney Symphony Orchestra  music performers
• Trackdown Digital  music recorded at

Also Known As:

"The Farscape Miniseries" - USA (informal title)

Runtime:

182 min (2 parts)

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Australia:M | UK:12 | USA:TV-PG | Singapore:PG | Netherlands:6 | Australia:MA (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Fox Studios, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Jim Henson Company, The

Trivia:

When John is explaining wormholes in the classroom the equation on the left chalkboard at the top right reads E = MC Hammer.

Goofs:

Incorrectly regarded as goofs: The peace of crystallized organic material that is Aeryn and Crichton's baby, which stayed inside Rygel, has never gone thought the decrystallizing machine. Nevertheless it started growing, and Rygel's stomach acids did not harm it, but it was established earlier in the series that Rygel's stomach acids are not the same fashion as others, which could mean it could be conducive to not only restoring the baby crystal, but nurturing it as well.

Quotes:

John Crichton:[to Harvey about Scorpius] You be sure to give him this message.
[the camera pans out to show the note that Crichton wrote, and while Harvey blocks a good portion of the first word, you can make out the letter "F" and that the second word is "Off"]

Movie Connections:

References Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

Culmination of all that is best in Farscape

This miniseries neatly wraps up the plots and characters of the always inventive, wildly funny, and deeply intelligent Farscape. (Check out the first four seasons for proof).

And it does so with panache! It's wonderful to see Crichton, Aeryn, D'Argo, Chiana, Moya, Pilot and Rygel back, their inimitable selves as usual. And of course the Scarrans, Scorpius, Grayza and a host of other less than savory characters also make their presence keenly felt.

I won't talk about the plot (people have done so already), but the acting and the characters and the plot are all raised to the next level. The wit is just as sharp, the emotions just as strong, and many loose ends get tied up (but not so tightly that there can't be more future Farscape if the creators decide to go that route).

The last hour of the mini is enough to justify it a permanent place on my DVD shelf whenever it comes out. I cried, I laughed, I gasped. I was thoroughly entertained. Truly, some of the best sci-fi out there.