The Reaping (2007)

Director:

Stephen Hopkins

Writers (WGA):

Carey Hayes (screenplay) &
Chad Hayes (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

5 April 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Thousands of years ago there was a series of bizarre occurrences that many believed to have been the Ten Biblical Plagues. No one thought they could happen again. Until now.

Plot:

A former Christian missionary, who specializes in debunking religious phenomena, investigates a small town which seems to be suffering from the 10 biblical plagues.

Plot Keywords:

Book Of Exodus | End Of The World | Phenomenon | Investigator | Basement

Awards:

1 nomination

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 19	11:45 PM	HBO
Mon. July 28	1:15 AM	HBO

Cast

Hilary Swank	...	Katherine
David Morrissey	...	Doug
Idris Elba	...	Ben
AnnaSophia Robb	...	Loren McConnell
Stephen Rea	...	Father Costigan
William Ragsdale	...	Sheriff Cade
John McConnell	...	Mayor Brooks
David Jensen	...	Jim Wakeman
Yvonne Landry	...	Brynn Wakeman
Samuel Garland	...	William Wakeman
Myles Cleveland	...	Kyle Wakeman
Andrea Frankle	...	Maddie McConnell
Mark Lynch	...	Brody McConnell
Stuart Greer	...	Gordon
Lara Grice	...	Isabelle
Cody Sanders	...	Hank
Burgess Jenkins	...	David Winter
Sabrina A. Junius	...	Sarah Winter
Jillian Batherson	...	Janet
Karen Yum	...	Nun
Afemo Omilami	...	Haman
Axel C. Cartagena	...	Chilean Boy
Javier Ortiz Cortés	...	Monastery Cop
Iris Martínez	...	Old Chilean Woman
Axel Anderson	...	Blind Man
Robert Alonzo	...	Hazmat Worker
Eddie J. Fernandez	...	Hazmat Worker
Abraham Henderson	...	Man Speaking in Tongues
Felipe Febres Rivera	...	Man Speaking in Tongues
Gregorio Allende	...	Man Speaking in Tongues
Sixta Rivera Romero	...	Woman Speaking in Tongues
Rafael Fuentes Negrón	...	Padre Bonilla
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carol Dupuy	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Louis Dupuy	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Brian Tester	...	Tourist in Chile (uncredited)
Ashley Wilkes	...	Townsperson (uncredited)

Directed by
Stephen Hopkins

Writing credits (WGA)
Carey Hayes		(screenplay) (as Carey W. Hayes) &
Chad Hayes		(screenplay)
Brian Rousso		(story)

Produced by
Bruce Berman	....	executive producer
Susan Downey	....	producer
Herb Gains	....	producer (as Herbert W. Gains)
Kate Garwood	....	associate producer
Richard Mirisch	....	co-producer
Erik Olsen	....	executive producer
Steve Richards	....	executive producer
Joel Silver	....	producer
Robert Zemeckis	....	producer

Original Music by
John Frizzell

Cinematography by
Peter Levy		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Colby Parker Jr.

Casting by
Lora Kennedy

Production Design by
Graham 'Grace' Walker

Art Direction by
Scott Ritenour

Set Decoration by
Chris L. Spellman

Costume Design by
Jeffrey Kurland

Makeup Department
Autumn Butler	....	makeup artist
Bonnie Clevering	....	hair stylist: Ms. Swank
David Forrest	....	department head makeup (as David Craig Forrest)
Kathrine Gordon	....	department head hair (as Katherine Gordon)
Rose Librizzi	....	additional makeup
Douglas Noe	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Paige Reeves	....	key makeup artist
Morag Ross	....	makeup artist: Ms. Swank
Beka Wilson	....	key hair stylist (as Beka Wilson Gregory)

Production Management
Bill Draper	....	executive in charge of production
Sara Flamm	....	production supervisor
Ellen Gordon	....	unit production manager: Puerto Rico

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Colleen Comer	....	second second assistant director
Michelle Gritzer	....	dga trainee
Hilbert Hakim	....	second assistant director
Cliff Lanning	....	first assistant director
Michael Winter	....	second second assistant director
John R. Woodward	....	first assistant director: additional photography

Art Department
Jeff B. Adams Jr.	....	set designer
Gail Briant	....	scenic artist
Mark W. Brown	....	assistant property master
Gladys Bustos	....	assistant property master
Daniel Coe	....	carpenter
Luis Colon	....	set dresser
Byron Denson	....	propmaker
Kristen Donaldson	....	art department coordinator
Sean Ginevan	....	leadman
Elliott Glick	....	scenic artist
Anthony J. Henderson	....	sculptor
Frank Hendrick	....	set dresser
Michael Hendrick	....	set dresser
Chris Holcombe	....	scenic gang boss
Juan Guallini Indij	....	set dresser
Tom Jones Jr.	....	construction coordinator
Brian Kontz	....	paint foreman
Francisco 'Panchi' López-Franco	....	second lead man
Luis E. Maldonado	....	props
Louis Medrano	....	paint foreman
Trey Merrill	....	propmaker
Robert Possum Miller	....	propmaker
Georgie Miranda	....	carpenter
Georgie Miranda	....	propmaker
Mark Moretti	....	storyboard artist
Matthew Murphy	....	on-set dresser: re-shoot
Andrew Petrotta	....	property master
Roger Prater	....	greensman
Virle S. Reid	....	props
Chris Richard	....	art production assistant
Larry Sauls	....	on-set dresser
Brian Stultz	....	head scenic
Denise Templeton	....	construction buyer
Jeffrey Scott Thomas	....	constructor
Joe Walsh	....	carpenter
Mark Weissenfluh	....	leadman

Sound Department
Christopher Alba	....	first assistant sound editor
Daniel Brock	....	utility sound: reshoots
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer (as David Campbell)
Pud Cusack	....	sound mixer
Valerie Davidson	....	supervising foley editor
Dane A. Davis	....	sound effects editor
William R. Dean	....	sound effects editor
Mark DeSimone	....	adr mixer: New York
Rickley W. Dumm	....	sound effects editor
Julia Evershade	....	supervising adr editor
Paula Fairfield	....	sound effects designer
Paula Fairfield	....	sound effects editor
Stephanie Flack	....	dialogue editor
Michael J. Fox	....	adr mixer
Greg Hedgepath	....	sound designer (as Gregory Hedgepath)
Greg Hedgepath	....	supervising sound editor (as Gregory Hedgepath)
Doug Hemphill	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as D.M. Hemphill)
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
David Kelson	....	additional sound mixer
Jason King	....	sound effects editor
Luis Antonio Landrau	....	cable person
Mark Larry	....	sound effects editor
Ross Levy	....	utility sound technician
Eric Lindemann	....	sound effects editor (as Eric Warren Lindemann)
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
James Morioka	....	dialogue editor
Carla Murray	....	sound effects designer
Carla Murray	....	sound effects editor
Tom Ozanich	....	sound designer
Tom Ozanich	....	sound effects editor
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer (as John Reitz)
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Reuben Simon	....	supervising foley editor
Ross Simpson	....	boom operator
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Jussi Tegelman	....	sound effects editor
Roland N. Thai	....	sound effects editor (as Roland Thai)
Bryan O. Watkins	....	sound effects editor (as Bryan Watkins)

Special Effects by
Jaremy Aiello	....	sculptor: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Ozzy Alvarez	....	assistant painter: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Garnet Baril	....	special effects technician
Howard Berger	....	supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Charlie Bonilla	....	special effects: Puerto Rico
Chris Brenczewski	....	special effects technician
David Cooper	....	special effects driver
William Curtis	....	special effects on-set foreman (as William 'Greg' Curtis)
Dawn Dininger	....	fabrication department: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Jeff Edwards	....	mechanical department: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Dale Ettema	....	special effects technician
John W. Fisher	....	special effects assistant (as John Fisher)
John W. Fisher	....	special effects technician
Terri Fluker	....	fabrication department: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Robert Freitas	....	mold department: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Beth Hathaway	....	fabrication department: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Robert S. Henderson	....	special effects foreman
Robert S. Henderson	....	special effects technician (as Robert Henderson)
Jeff Himmel	....	fabrication department: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Akihito Ikeda	....	sculptor: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Tom Killeen	....	painter: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Steve Kline	....	special effects technician
Bruce Y. Kuroyama	....	special effects technician (as Bruce Kuroyama)
Jim Leonard	....	mold department supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Michael Meinardus	....	special effects coordinator (as Mike Meinardus)
Clare Mulroy	....	fabrication department: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Donald Myers	....	special effects foreman (as Don Myers)
Gregory Nicotero	....	supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Jose Antonio Paramo	....	special effects technician (as Jose Paramo)
Ben Rittenhouse	....	foam runner: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Dirk Rogers	....	prop animal effects: K.N.B. Efx
Mike Sasgen	....	special effects foreman
Andy Schoneberg	....	sculptor: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Shannon Shea	....	project coordinator: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Lino Stavole	....	mold/lab technician: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Kathy Sully	....	fabrication department: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Dale Triguero	....	special effects technician
Lindsay Vivian	....	special effects runner: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Jenny Wallace	....	special effects purchaser: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
David Wogh	....	mechanical department: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.

Visual Effects by
Gary Abrahamian	....	animation lead: CIS Hollywood
Gary Abrahamian	....	digital effects artist: CIS Hollywood
Diccon Alexander	....	digital matte painter: Double Negative
Maura Alvarez	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Adam Avery	....	visual effects coordinator
Adam Avery	....	visual effects editor
Cheryl Bainum	....	executive producer: HATCH
Judy Barr	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Travis Baumann	....	Flame artist: Digiscope
Jayni Borgaro	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Brigitte Bourque	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Jon Bowen	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Vanessa Boyce	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Dameon Boyle	....	visual effects artist: Double Negative
Richard Briscoe	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Andre Brizard	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Nik Brownlee	....	rotoscope artist: Double Negative
John Cassella	....	cg artist: CIS Hollywood
Andrew Chapman	....	CG supervisor: Double Negative
Darren Christie	....	digital compositor
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Richard Collis	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Will Correia	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Stephen Craig	....	visual effects production assistant: Digiscope
Alastair Crawford	....	digital artist: Double Negative (as Alistair Crawford)
Craig Crawford	....	digital compositor: CIS Hollywood
Stuart Cripps	....	digital compositor
Brandon Criswell	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Dominic Daigle	....	digital artist: HATCH
Enid Dalkoff	....	digital compositor
Tom Daws	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Dimitri Delacovias	....	senior digital matte painter: Double Negative
Amit Dhawal	....	visual effects supervisor
Mark Edwards	....	visual effects coordinator
Jesse Fernley	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Deak Ferrand	....	visual effects designer: HATCH
Antonella Ferrari	....	visual effects editorial
Donald Fly	....	general manager: CIS Hollywood
James Foster	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Mike Foyle	....	rotoscope artist: Double Negative
Fortunato Frattasio	....	digital artist
Mathias Frodin	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
James Furlong	....	digital artist: Double Negative
John J. Galloway	....	digital compositor: Double Negative (as John Galloway)
Amy Garback	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Steve Garrad	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Julia Gaudette	....	visual effects production manager: CIS Hollywood
Rohit Gill	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Rocco Gioffre	....	visual effects supervisor: Svengali FX
Ummi Gudjonsson	....	technical director: Double Negative
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: Double Negative
Gavin Harrison	....	technical director: Double Negative
Dion Hatch	....	visual effects supervisor: Digiscope
Bryan Hirota	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Brian Holmes	....	systems engineer: CIS Hollywood
Pete Howlett	....	digital compositor
Lee Hoya	....	digital artist
Simon Hughes	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Claire Inglis	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Stephen James	....	digital paint artist: Double Negative
Tim Jones	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Abraham Kambanopoulos	....	digital effects artist: Double Negative
Patrick Kavanaugh	....	compositing supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Patrick Kavanaugh	....	digital effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Thomas Kernan	....	digital modeler
J. Kitazaki	....	production assistant: CIS Hollywood
Luke Letkey	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor
Sarah Lockwood	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Stuart Love	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Anthony Mabin	....	digital compositor
Lisa Maher	....	visual effects producer: CIS-Hollywood
Shahid Malik	....	matchmover
Helena Masand	....	animator: Double Negative
Ken McGaugh	....	visual effects supervisor: Double Negative
Gurel Mehmet	....	concept artist: Double Negative
Evonne Merlicek	....	digital effects artist
Diana Miao	....	texture & lighting supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Eoin Murphy	....	visual effects artist: Peerless
Marc Nanjo	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
James P. Noon	....	tracking
Paul Norris	....	lead digital artist: Double Negative
Gregory Oehler	....	lead development artist: CIS Hollywood (as Greg Oehler)
Gregory Oehler	....	senior compositor: CIS Hollywood
Alban Orlhiac	....	senior texture artist: Double Negative
Sona Pak	....	visual effects coordinator: Double Negative
Ami Patel	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Eric Pender	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Fred Place	....	sequence lead/compositor: Double Negative
Terron Pratt	....	visual effects coordinator: Digiscope
Brennan Prevatt	....	digital compositor: Digiscope (as Brent Prevatt)
Paul Raeburn	....	compositor
Laurent-Paul Robert	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Laurent-Paul Robert	....	technical director: Double Negative
Gia Sadhwani	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Christoph Salzmann	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Marc-Andre Samson	....	matte painter
Frederique Schafer	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Nabil Schiantarelli	....	compositor
Jakob Schmidt	....	technical director: Double Negative
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist: EFilm
Ziad Seirafi	....	compositor: CIS
Foad Shah	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Matthew Shaw	....	digital artist: Double Negative (as Matt Shaw)
Greg Shimp	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Danita Slaughter	....	digital opticals editor
Moriah Sparks	....	visual effects producer: Double Negative
Christopher Stack	....	imaging supervisor: Digiscope
Dottie Starling	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Richard Stay	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Mary Stuart-Welch	....	visual effects producer: Digiscope (as Mary Stuart)
Thomas Tannenberger	....	visual effects producer: Gradient Effects
Olcun Tan	....	lead effects developer: Gradient Effects
Olcun Tan	....	visual effects artist: Digiscope
Scott Taylor	....	roto/paint artist: Double Negative
Sherman Toy	....	visual effects coordinator: Gradient Effects
Christine Troianello	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Lisa Tutunjian	....	digital intermediate editor
Jamie Venable	....	visual effects producer: Svengali Visual Effects
Ted Waine	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Niki Wakefield	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Jason Wardle	....	senior cgi artist: CIS Hollywood
Sharon Warmington	....	digital artist: Double Negative (as Sharon Peng)
Sharon Warmington	....	digital compositor
Andrew C. Whitelaw	....	digital artist: HATCH
Ed Wilkie	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Clare Williams	....	digital artist: Double Negative
Matt Wilson	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Kyle Yamamoto	....	research and development programmer: CIS Hollywood
Trevor Young	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Richard Yuricich	....	visual effects supervisor
Andrew Cochrane	....	digital artist: Digiscope (uncredited)
Walter Gilbert	....	roto artist: Double Negative (uncredited)
Crystal Hadcroft	....	visual effects runner: Peerless (uncredited)
Mitch Paulson	....	digital colorist assist (uncredited)
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	visual effects production supervisor: Warner Bros. (uncredited)
Tom Stanton	....	digital artist: Digiscope (uncredited)

Stunts
Robert Alonzo	....	stunt performer
Jay Amor	....	stunts
Eddie Braun	....	utility stunts
Charlie Brewer	....	stunts
Blaise Corrigan	....	stunts
Amberlynn Dorsey	....	stunt performer
Louis Dupuy	....	precision driver
Eddie J. Fernandez	....	stunt performer
Bryan Friday	....	stunt double
Lex D. Geddings	....	utility stunts
Cody Gill	....	stunts
Jack Gill	....	stunt coordinator
Cal Johnson	....	utility stunts
Joel Kramer	....	stunt performer
Josh Mueller	....	stunt double
Sonja Munsterman	....	stunt double: Hilary Swank
Larry Rippenkroeger	....	stunt double
Steve Ritzi	....	stunt coordinator (as Steven Ritzi)
Brian Simpson	....	utility stunts
Nick Stanner	....	stunt double
Wyatt Tipton	....	stunt performer
Katina Waters	....	stunt double
John Zimmerman	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Bardin	....	key grip
Adam Barth	....	video assist operator
Sammy Beavers	....	chief lighting technician: Los Angeles
Sammy Beavers	....	set lighting technician
Frank Boone	....	key grip: second unit
Stephen Campbell	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Stephen Campbell	....	director of photography: second unit
Andy Clapp	....	rigging gaffer
Brown Cooper	....	additional camera operator
Ferdinand Duplantier Jr.	....	rigging electric
Eric Dvorsky	....	camera technician: Wescam camera
Eric Dvorsky	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Rowland Egerton	....	rigging grip
Jimmy Ferguson	....	additional second assistant camera
Chris Fisher	....	assistant camera
Sam Griffin	....	additional electrician: Baton Rouge
David Shane Guild	....	rigging electrician
Marvin Haven	....	best boy rigging grip
Charles 'Tom' Hinson	....	key rigging grip
Kevin Jackson	....	best boy grip
Franklin Jones II	....	rigging grip
Michael D. Kennedy	....	additional electrician
Jahoon Koo	....	electrician
Giovani Lampassi	....	chief lighting technician
Kevin McGill	....	first assistant camera
David J. McGraw	....	digital video assist operator: additional photography
Eric Moore	....	electrician
Eric Moore	....	gaffer: second unit
Amy Newman	....	set lighting technician
Louis Normandin	....	grip
Gene Page	....	still photographer
Angel Pastrana	....	key best boy grip
Phil Pastuhov	....	photographer: aerial unit
Marcos Rodríguez-Quijano	....	film loader
Jorge Sánchez	....	first assistant camera
Chris Shadley	....	video assist operator
Jeff Stewart	....	camera loader
Shannon Van Metre	....	second assistant camera
Robert Veliky	....	assistant camera
Earl Woods	....	rigging electrician
Steve Zeiger	....	rigging electrician

Casting Department
Patricia Alonso	....	location casting
Robin Batherson	....	background casting
Marty Cherrix	....	location casting (as Marty Keener Cherrix)
Vanessa Curtis Block	....	local casting assistant
Brinkley A. Maginnis	....	background casting assistant
Pepper Morgan	....	extras casting assistant
Wayne Douglas Morgan	....	extras casting assistant
Gavin Nassar	....	assistant location casting
Karen Wood	....	extras casting: additional photography

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Loretta Harper	....	costumer
Katalina Iturralde	....	costumer
Ashlie Philastre	....	set costumer
Sharlene Ruffino	....	costumer
Gladyris Silva	....	costumer
Giselle Spence	....	seamstress
Lesley D. Wickham	....	seamstress
Robert Wojewodski	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Tod Feuerman	....	additional editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Mike Kennedy	....	digital intermediate producer
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Florent Retz	....	assistant editor
Steven J. Scott	....	supervising digital colorist
Stephen H. Sloan	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Joseph S. DeBeasi	....	music editor
Andrew Dorfman	....	music editor: temp music
Robert Elhai	....	orchestrator
John Frizzell	....	electronic score producer
John Frizzell	....	orchestrator
Mark Graham	....	head of music preparation
Jim Harrison	....	music editor
Andrew Kinney	....	orchestrator
Jerome Leroy	....	orchestrator
Larry Mah	....	assistant music engineer
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Derek Somaru	....	assistant music editor
Casey Stone	....	music scoring mixer
Casey Stone	....	score recordist
Frederik Wiedmann	....	electronic score producer
Hyesu Yang	....	orchestrator
Alan Ett	....	music arranger: choral music (uncredited)
Scott Liggett	....	music arranger: choral music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Reed Daigle	....	transportation dispatcher
Kaleb Hauge	....	mechanic
'Wild Bill' Laczko	....	transportation captain
Charles Montgomery	....	transportation captain: re-shoots
Josiuan Rojas	....	transportation coordinator
Monica Williamson	....	driver: van
Jon Cosham	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Malcolm Adams	....	production assistant
Malcolm Adams	....	stand-in
Natalie Allan	....	assistant: Mr. Hopkins
Aaron Auch	....	assistant: Mr. Silver
Adam Babin	....