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Director:
David Lee Fisher
Writers:
David Lee Fisher (writer)
Hans Janowitz (story)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
January 2006 (USA) more
Tagline:
What force drives a man insane?
Plot:
English-language sound remake of _Cabinet des Dr. Caligari., Das (1920)_ . | add synopsis
Awards:
4 wins more
User Comments:
Conrad Veidt wouldn't be pleased. more

Cast

  (in credits order)

Judson Pearce Morgan ... Francis Geist

Daamen J. Krall ... Dr. Daamen Caligari

Doug Jones ... Cesare

Lauren Birkell ... Jane Stern

Neil Hopkins ... Alan

William Gregory Lee ... Joseph Stern

Randy Mulkey ... Inspector

Time Winters ... Dr. Gabriel Stern

Richard Herd ... Commissioner Hans Raab
Scott Lincoln ... Criminal

Tim Russ ... Town Clerk

John Bigham ... Asylum Doctor
Alan Altshuld ... Clerk's Assistant
Ernest Misko ... Old Man
Darren Joel ... Policeman #1
Mitch Steinberg ... Policeman #2

Dr. Frank Bettag ... Organ Grinder

Buckley Sampson ... Young Woman
Ricky Skilliter ... Burly Man #1
Brian Farber ... Burly Man #2 / Cloaked Man
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Directed by
David Lee Fisher 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
David Lee Fisher  writer
Hans Janowitz  story
Carl Mayer  story

Produced by
Paula Elins .... producer
Leonard McLeod .... producer
Judson Pearce Morgan .... associate producer
 
Original Music by
Eban Schletter 
 
Cinematography by
Christopher Duddy 
 
Film Editing by
David Lee Fisher 
 
Casting by
James Levine 
Antoinette Spolar 
 
Production Design by
Kim Richey 
 
Art Direction by
Michael J. Bertolina 
 
Costume Design by
Paula Elins 
 
Makeup Department
Tracey Anderson .... key hair stylist
Tracey Anderson .... key makeup artist
Lindsey Bench .... assistant makeup artist
Chrissy Morris .... key makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jay Miles .... first assistant director
Toby Spellman .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Jom Khamlaksana .... art assistant
 
Sound Department
Erika Camp .... co-sound designer
Erika Camp .... sound effects editor
David Raymond .... boom operator
Kelly Rush .... sound mixer
 
Visual Effects by
David Lee Fisher .... visual effects
Tyler A. Hawes .... DI colorist
Barbara K. Hintz .... visual effects artist
Josiah Holmes Howison .... visual effects supervisor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Alex Chu .... grip
Cameron Duddy .... assistant camera
Brain Farber .... grip
Timothy Hedgecock .... electrician (as Tim Hedgecock)
Leonard McLeod .... still photographer
Keith Megna .... assistant camera
Robert Murphy .... electrician
Rich Paisley .... gaffer
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Angelique Curtis .... assistant costume designer
 
Editorial Department
Barbara K. Hintz .... assistant editor
Neil W. Smith .... post-production consultant: Hollywood-DI
 
Other crew
Brooke Canterbury .... production assistant
Nattana James .... production assistant
Iwona Kanclerz .... script supervisor
Houston King .... producer's representative
 

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  • Hollywood-DI  post-production facilities (digital Intermediate and finishing services)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:76 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Filming Locations:
Burbank, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Shot entirely on green screen. Some exact shots from the original Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (1920) were superimposed to properly replicate the original. more
Movie Connections:
Remake of Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (1920) more

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5 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Conrad Veidt wouldn't be pleased., 13 March 2007
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Author: joshtanner from Australia

First and foremost i love the original to bits, it was the first silent film i ever watched so you can imagine a feature length movie without dialogue was pretty strange to watch for me then.

So what does a version with talking bring? Not really much at all. I was pretty pumped for this, the trailer didn't look all too bad and at first I was excited to hear that they were using the background from the original 35mm print.

The backgrounds are composited pretty badly in a lot of scenes, especially my favorite shot of Cesare creeping along the wall, which Is a disaster and he doesn't look like he's touching the wall at all! (They should have built this set!) Doug Jones is a pretty good actor, but he doesn't even touch Veidts performance. He's just simply not scary, the terrifying shot where Cesare opens his eyes for the first time in the original film was severed here.

The dialogue is really bad in a lot of places, sure its interesting to see it with dialogue if only for a minute, but comon! Overall id say average, it has a lot of faults but it also is pretty OK in some spots, the new shots are pretty cool. David Lee Fischer obviously didn't love this film enough to leave it THE HELL ALONE!

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