Sunshine (2007)

Director:

Danny Boyle

Writer:

Alex Garland (written by)

Release Date:

27 July 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

If the sun dies, so do we.

Plot:

A team of astronauts are sent to re-ignite the dying sun 50 years into the future.

Plot Keywords:

Disaster | Wounded Leg | Astronaut | Suicide | Apocalypse

Awards:

1 win & 7 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Aug. 7

12:50 AM

MAX

Cast

Cliff Curtis	...	Searle
Chipo Chung	...	Icarus (voice)
Cillian Murphy	...	Capa
Michelle Yeoh	...	Corazon
Hiroyuki Sanada	...	Kaneda
Rose Byrne	...	Cassie
Benedict Wong	...	Trey
Chris Evans	...	Mace
Troy Garity	...	Harvey
Mark Strong	...	Pinbacker
Paloma Baeza	...	Capa's Sister
Archie Macdonald	...	Child
Sylvie Macdonald	...	Child

Directed by
Danny Boyle

Writing credits
Alex Garland		(written by)

Produced by
Bernard Bellew	....	co-producer
Andrew Macdonald	....	producer

Original Music by
Karl Hyde		(as Underworld)
John Murphy
Rick Smith		(as Underworld)
Underworld

Cinematography by
Alwin H. Kuchler		(director of photography) (as Alwin Küchler)

Film Editing by
Chris Gill

Casting by
Donna Isaacson
Gail Stevens

Production Design by
Mark Tildesley

Art Direction by
Gary Freeman
Stephen Morahan
Denis Schnegg
David Warren		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Michelle Day

Costume Design by
Suttirat Anne Larlarb

Makeup Department
Christine Blundell	....	chief makeup and hair designer
Mark Coulier	....	makeup designer: Pinbacker
Louise Day	....	assistant fabricator
Martha Fein	....	prosthetics painter
Barry Fowler	....	mold designer
Claire Green	....	assistant moldmaker
Shaune Harrison	....	key prosthetic makeup artist
Duncan Jarman	....	key prosthetic makeup artist
Kristyan Mallett	....	assistant prosthetic makeup artist
Nuria Mbomio	....	makeup artist
Stephen Murphy	....	assistant fabricator
Elizabeth Murray	....	key fabricator
Matthew Smith	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Lesa Warrener	....	makeup artist
Simon Webber	....	prosthetics painter
Waldo Mason	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Bernard Bellew	....	unit production manager
Clare St. John	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Susan Drennan	....	third assistant director
Carlos Fidel	....	second assistant director
Toby Ford	....	first assistant director: second unit
Henry Forsyth	....	third assistant director: second unit
Bryn Lawrence	....	first assistant director: model unit
Richard Styles	....	first assistant director
Paul Bennett	....	third assistant director: additional photography unit (uncredited)
Henry Forsyth	....	second assistant director: additional photography unit (uncredited)

Art Department
David Abbott	....	chargehand carpenter (as Dave Abbott)
Jess Alexander	....	art department runner
Jonathan Ash	....	wood machinist
Rachel Aulton	....	art department trainee: FT2
Dave Ball	....	chargehand carpenter
Ken Barley	....	head of department plasterer
Jim Barr	....	prop modeler
Colin Bayliss	....	dressing props
Hannah Biggs	....	assistant modeler
Kevin Biggs	....	painter
Pierre Bohanna	....	head of department modeler
Alex Boswell	....	dressing props
Guy Bradley	....	assistant art director
Andrew Brogan	....	laborer: painters
John Butler	....	painter
James Buxton	....	carpenter
Dominic Capon	....	production buyer
Steve Clarke	....	stand-by painter (as Steven Clark)
Hester Clark	....	model maker
Graham Cole	....	carpenter
Steve Court	....	plasterer (as Stephen Court)
Quentin Davies	....	chargehand dressing prop
John Daynes	....	painter
Steve Deahl	....	prop modeler
Anita Dhillon	....	graphic designer
David Dickinson	....	carpenter
Edmund Dimbleby	....	junior modeler
Peter Dorme	....	draughtsman
Paul Duff	....	carpenter
Dean Dunham	....	chargehand painter
Arwel Evans	....	stand-by propman
Glyn Evans	....	painter
Trevor Eve	....	painter
Gary Faulkner	....	prop modeler
Gavin Fitch	....	stand-by art director
Robert Flint	....	stagehand
Michael Gardiner	....	plasterer
Nick Goodall	....	carpenter
Oliver Goodier	....	junior draughtsman
Luke Goodman	....	painter
Mark Goodman	....	stand-by stagehand
Chris Greenwood	....	plasterer
Kate Grimble	....	art director: model unit
David Haberfield	....	head of department painter (as Dave Haberfield)
Catherine Haugh	....	draughtsman
Toby Hawkes	....	supervising modeler
Gary Hayes	....	junior modeler
Victoria Hayes	....	junior modeler
David Haynes	....	apprentice painter
John Heayn	....	carpenter
Brian Henry	....	stand-by propman: second unit (as Brian P. Henry)
Chris Hepple	....	prop modeler
Brendan Houghton	....	storyboard artist
Chris 'Flimsy' Howes	....	prop modeler
Jonathan Jackson	....	prop modeler
Ben Johnson	....	dressing props
Barry Jones	....	prop modeler
Murray Jones	....	glazer
Terry Jones	....	glazer
Alex King	....	assistant stand-by propman
Charley Kingan	....	junior modeler
Paul King	....	plasterer
Stan Lattimore	....	chargehand painter
Amanda Leggatt	....	art department assistant
Glenn Lewis	....	chargehand stagehand (as Glen Lewis)
Kevin Lloyd	....	stagehand
Katie Lodge	....	prop modeler
David Lowery	....	supervising carpenter (as Dave Lowery)
Catriona Maccann	....	junior modeler (as Catriona MacCann)
Charlie Malik	....	prop storeman
Bradley Malin	....	stagehand (as Brad Malin)
Gary Martin	....	dressing props
John Martin	....	stagehand
Thomas Martin	....	construction manager
Bernie Mayor	....	chargehand carpenter (as Bernie Mayer)
John McGee	....	stand-by carpenter
Ant McGrath	....	graphic animator: Mere Mortals Ltd.
Eamon McLoughlin	....	supervising carpenter
Stuart Meridew	....	buyer
Steve Mitchell	....	scenic painter
Joe Monks	....	painter
Helen Morgan	....	art department trainee: FT2
Barry O'Brien	....	carpenter
Jack O'Brien	....	stagehand trainee
John O'Brien	....	head of department carpenter
Roy O'Brien	....	carpenter
Greg O'Donnell	....	painter
Daniel O'Regan	....	carpenter (as Danny O'Regan Snr.)
Danny O'Regan Jr.	....	supervising carpenter (as Danny O'Regan)
Dave Pearce	....	chargehand carpenter
Steve Pearce	....	trainee carpenter
Ben Philips	....	prop modeler (as Ben Phillips)
Adrian Platt	....	dressing props
Kathryn Pyle	....	assistant set decorator
Zoe Robertson	....	construction buyer (as Zoë Robertson)
Matthew Robinson	....	draughtsman (as Matt Robinson)
Steve Sibley	....	painter
Richard Skelly	....	prop modeler
Dave Smith	....	stagehand
Nick Thomas	....	property master
Richard Thomas	....	prop modeler
Remo Tozzi	....	stand-by art director: second unit
Matthew Turner	....	stagehand trainee
Emma Vane	....	draughtsman
Paul Waller	....	prop modeler
Paul Webb	....	stand-by carpenter: second unit
John Weller	....	prop manufacturing coordinator
Steve Weston Jr.	....	wood machinist
Mark Weston	....	carpenter
Stephen Weston	....	wood machinist (as Steve Weston Snr.)
William West	....	carpenter
Matt Whelan	....	carpenter
Su Whitaker	....	assistant art director (as Susan Whitaker)
Clive Whitbread	....	painter
Barry White	....	plasterer laborer
Terry Whitehouse	....	prop modeler
Derek Whorlow	....	head of department stagehand
Julie Whorlow	....	apprentice painter
Stuart Willis	....	stagehand
Dennis Wilson	....	carpenter
Paul Wiltshire	....	chargehand painter
Paul Wolstencroft	....	stagehand
Mark Woollard	....	prop modeler
Steve Wotherspoon	....	assistant modeler
Ravi Bansal	....	concept illustrator (uncredited)
Chris Clarke	....	prop mechanics (uncredited)
Glenn Marsh	....	props (uncredited)
Martin 'Marty' McLaughlin	....	set dresser: Frost and Dust effects (uncredited)
Libby Uppington	....	props (uncredited)
Richard Van Den Bergh	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Lloyd Vincent	....	dressing props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Hugo Adams	....	foley editor
Niv Adiri	....	sound effects editor
Philippe Amouroux	....	foley recordist (as Phillippe Amouroux)
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Andrew Caller	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer (as Andy Caller)
Paul Carr	....	adr mixer
Assia Dnednia	....	foley assistant (as Assia Zipper)
Gillian Dodders	....	dialogue editor
James Doyle	....	sound mix technician
Tim Fraser	....	production sound mixer
Glenn Freemantle	....	sound designer
Glenn Freemantle	....	supervising sound editor
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer
Richard Pryke	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Sayers	....	sound designer
Tom Sayers	....	sound effects editor
Ian Tapp	....	additional re-recording mixer
Andy Thompson	....	adr mixer
Calum Thomson	....	sound assistant
Keith Tinman	....	sound effects editor
William Towers	....	boom operator (as Will Towers)
Mark Appleby	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer (uncredited)
Danny Freemantle	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Iain Jamieson	....	assistant adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jon Bates	....	special effects trainee
Terry Bridle	....	senior special effects technician
Mark Bullimore	....	senior special effects technician: model unit
Richard Conway	....	special effects supervisor
Sam Conway	....	senior special effects technician
John Cramman	....	special effects technician
Jonas Cullum	....	special effects runner
Neil Davis	....	special effects technician (as Neil Davies)
Mark Holdcroft	....	special effects technician
Peter Seymour Howell	....	special effects technician: model unit (as Peter Seymour-Howell)
Andrew Kelly	....	senior special effects technician
Sophie Leduc	....	silicone technician
Jason Leinster	....	senior special effects technician
Catherine Mumford	....	special effects trainee
Neil Murray	....	senior wire operator (as Neal Murray)
Ceri Nicholls	....	standby special effects technician
Nigel Nixon	....	senior special effects technician (as Nigel Stanley Nixon)
Stephen Onions	....	senior special effects technician: model unit (as Steve Onions)
Stephen Paton	....	special effects technician (as Steve Paton)
Alan Perez	....	senior wire operator
Robbie Scott	....	special effects coordinator: model unit
Steven Scott	....	special effects technician: model unit
Peter Sellars	....	special effects technician: model unit
Paul Stephenson	....	senior special effects technician
Karl Wardle	....	special effects technician: model unit
David Watson	....	senior special effects technician (as Dave Watson)
Kevin Welch	....	wire effects coordinator
Mark White	....	senior standby special effects technician
Jonathan Barrass	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Dan Martin	....	special effects makeup research (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Paul Alexiou	....	visual effects film editorial: MPC
Terence Alvares	....	digital compositor
Rob Andrews	....	CG lighting artist
Rob Andrews	....	digital effects artist
Christopher Anthony	....	effects technical director
Chris Armsden	....	rendering technical director: MPC
Henry Badgett	....	digital compositor
Andrew Baggarley	....	3D artist
Andrew Baggarley	....	layout artist
Andrew Baggarley	....	previsualization artist
Richard Baillie	....	roto/prep artist
Richard Baker	....	senior compositor: MPC
Mark Barber	....	digital compositor: MPC
Reuben Barkataki	....	roto/prep supervisor
Tim Barter	....	roto/prep supervisor: escape pod
David Basalla	....	CG lighting artist
David Basalla	....	texture artist: MPC
Oliver Shyal Beardsley	....	research & development engineer
Stephen Bearman	....	scanning supervisor
Alistair Bell	....	modeller
Matthew Benns	....	systems support
Nic Birmingham	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Nigel Blake	....	senior modeler: model unit
Christina Boon	....	digital artist: MPC
Paul Brannan	....	CG artist: MPC
Jessica Braun	....	color & lighting technical director
Jessica Braun	....	previsualization artist
Matthew Bristowe	....	digital lab producer: MPC
Stuart Bullen	....	roto/prep artist
Andrew Bunday	....	rendering technical director: MPC
Delphine Buratti	....	digital compositor
Nick Cannon	....	head of technology: MPC
Jon Capleton	....	lead matchmover
Dave Child	....	CG lighting artist
Evangelos Christopoulos	....	effects technical director: MPC
Helen Clare	....	data operator
Isabel Cody	....	CG modeler
Alfonso Cottier	....	3D Modeller: MPC
Tom Cowland	....	render technical director
Mark Curtis	....	compositor: MPC
Christophe Damiano	....	lighting techical director
Charles Darby	....	matte paintings
Emanuele D'Arrigo	....	effects technical director: MPC
Haslina Dasley	....	CG lighting artist
Rupert Davies	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Luan Davis	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Martin R. Davison	....	digital compositor: MPC (as Martin Davison)
Amit Desai	....	wrangler
Gavin Digby	....	lead digital compositor
Candace Di Talamo	....	color and lighting technical director
Paul Driver	....	visual effects coordinator
Stefan Drury	....	visual effects producer
Jonathan East	....	render wrangler: MPC
Mark Eckersley	....	visual effects editor
Yasmine El-Ghamrawy	....	digital compositor
Michael Elson	....	visual effects executive producer
James D. Etherington	....	digital compositor: MPC (as James Etherington)
Joe Eveleigh	....	lighting technical director
Ian Fallon	....	render wrangler: MPC
Niall Flinn	....	effects technical director
Matt Foster	....	prep artist: MPC
Matt Foster	....	roto artist: MPC
Richard Fox	....	roto/prep artist
Ron Ganbar	....	digital compositor
Christoph Gaudl	....	matchmove artist
Philippe Gaulier	....	texture artist
Miles Glyn	....	CG lighting artist
Julian Gnass	....	digital compositor: MPC
Richard Gomes	....	CG effects artist: MPC
Lisa Gonzalez	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Jessica Groom	....	CG lighting artist
Lewis Guarniere	....	data wrangler: MPC
Alexis Hall	....	CG effects artist
Qian Han	....	digital compositor
John Hardwick	....	digital compositor
Michael Harrison	....	digital compositor
Lionel Heath	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Adrian Hedgecock	....	visual effects production assistant
Kieron Helsdon	....	CG supervisor
Kieron Helsdon	....	lead lighting technical director
Jennifer Herbert	....	digital compositor: MPC
Sean Heuston	....	lead compositor
Jeremy Hey	....	digital compositor
Martin Hobbs	....	visual effects executive producer
Robin Hollander	....	digital compositor
Henrik Holmberg	....	matte painter
Vlad Holst	....	lighting technical director
Greg Howe-Davies	....	roto/prep artist (as Greg Howe-Davis)
Roberto Hradec	....	lead shader writer
Marc Hutchings	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Ryan Hutchings	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Christian Irles	....	digital compositor: MPC
Keith Jones	....	roto/prep artist
Owen Jones	....	matchmove artist
Helen Judd	....	visual effects coordinator
Tomi Keeling	....	motion control assistant: model unit (as Tommy Kneeling)
Peng Ke	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Uzma Khalid	....	CG lighting artist: MPC
Tom Kimberley	....	digital compositor: MPC
Greg King	....	effects lead
Alec Knox	....	senior lighting technical director: MPC
Philip Koch	....	lead modeler
Arek Komorowski	....	digital compositor
Sylvia Kratzsch	....	render wrangler
Paul Kulikowski	....	digital compositor
Douglas Larmour	....	digital compositor (as Doug Larmour)
Stuart Lashley	....	lead compositor
Jesus Lavin	....	digital compositor
Simon Lewis	....	CG effects artist
Bjorn Liljequist	....	lighting technical director
Jarrod Linton	....	previs
Bryan Litson	....	modeller: MPC
Richard Little	....	digital compositor
Begoña Lopez	....	digital lab producer: MPC
Jennifer Loughnan	....	visual effects production assistant
Nelson Lowry	....	digital matte painter
Hugh Macdonald	....	digital compositor: MPC
Angela Magrath	....	character rigger
Tony Man	....	digital compositor
Vaibhav Marathe	....	digital compositor
Howard Margolius	....	visual effects technical director: MPC (as Howard 'Sparky' Margolius)
Scott Marriott	....	lead digital compositor
Sean Mathiesen	....	previs supervisor
Marian Mavrovic	....	compositing supervisor
David Mayhew	....	CG modeler
Steve McGee	....	compositor
Marlin McGlone	....	data operative
Nakia McGlynn	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Kevin McGowan	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Alasdair McNeill	....	roto/prep supervisor
Paul McWilliams	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Naveen Medaram	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Ian Menzies	....	motion control operator: model unit
Andy Middleton	....	texture artist
Ellen E. Miki	....	roto/prep artist: MPC (as Ellen Miki)
Rafael Morant	....	lead CG lighting artist
Rafael Morant	....	sequence supervisor: MPC
Andrew Morley	....	CG supervisor
Richard Morris	....	senior technical director: lighting
David Antonin Mucci	....	senior technical director: lighting
Ryan Mullany	....	roto/prep artist
Martin Newcombe	....	matchmove artist
Mark Newport	....	CG effects artist
Joanna Nodwell	....	visual effects producer
Rich Nosworthy	....	lighting technical director: MPC (as Richard Nosworthy)
Mike O'Neill	....	digital lighting artist
Matthew Packham	....	digital compositor
Clare Pakeman	....	CG lighting artist
Puja Parikh	....	tracking artist
Simon Payne	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Arnaud Pecqueur	....	texture artist
Geoff Pedder	....	lead CG lighting
Ben Perrott	....	digital compositor
David Phillips	....	lead digital compositor: MPC (as Dave Phillips)
Tom Phillips	....	effects technical director
Teresa Alvarez Pino	....	CG effects artist
George Plakides	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Mark Richardson	....	digital compositor: MPC
Martin Riedel	....	lead compositor: MPC
Tim Riley	....	effects technical director: MPC
Becky Roberts	....	roto/prep/matchmove coordinator: MPC
Guillaume Rocheron	....	CG effects artist
Steve J. Sanchez	....	digital compositor: MPC (as Steve Sanchez)
Carlo Scaduto	....	digital compositor: MPC
Claude Schitter	....	effects animator
David Scott	....	digital compositor
Shaun Scott	....	previsualization artist
Liz Scully	....	senior lighting technical director: MPC
Haure Sebastien	....	senior character modeler: MPC
Paul Shore	....	scanning supervisor
John Slattery	....	digital compositor
Daniel Smollan	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Malcolm Souter	....	compositor support: MPC
Sally Spencer	....	visual effects production manager
Anthony Stadler	....	wire/rig removal
Kim Stevenson	....	digital compositor
Paul Venn Stirling	....	prep artist: MPC (as Paul Stirling)
Paul Venn Stirling	....	roto artist: MPC (as Paul Stirling)
Julien Stuart-Smith	....	lighting technical director: MPC
David Sudd	....	matchmove artist
David Swift	....	digital matte artist: MPC
Giuseppe Tagliavini	....	digital compositor: MPC
Andrew Myles Thompson	....	matchmove Artist: MPC (as Andrew Thompson)
Gemma Thompson	....	visual effects coordinator
Chris Thunig	....	digital matte artist: MPC
Steve Tizzard	....	digital compositor
Jensen Toms	....	on-set previs
Mark Tremble	....	roto/prep artist
Miquel Ubeda	....	digital compositor: MPC London
Thomas Urbye	....	online film editor
Sander van der Steen	....	research and development
Daniel Walton	....	previs artist
Martin Weaver	....	systems
Robert A. Willis	....	visual effects production assistant (as Robert Willis)
Chris Wilson	....	render wrangler: MPC
Oliver Winwood	....	assistant digital resource manager: MPC
Christine Wong	....	digital compositor
Melody Woodford	....	match move supervisor: coordinator & on-set supervisor: MPC
Max Wood	....	CG modeler
Tom Wood	....	visual effects supervisor
Annette Wullems	....	visual effects executive producer
Anna Yamazoe	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Phil Young	....	texture artist
Patrick Zentis	....	digital matte artist: MPC
Richard Bain	....	digital compositor: BainVFX (uncredited)
Julian Blom	....	animation coordinator: MPC (uncredited)
Emma Clifton	....	roto/prep artist: MPC (uncredited)
Hayley Collins	....	roto/prep artist: MPC (uncredited)
Martyn Drake	....	systems: MPC (uncredited)
Sukh Gill	....	roto/prep coordinator: escape pod (uncredited)

Stunts
Nicholas Daines	....	stunt player
Glenn Foster	....	stunt player
Tim Halloran	....	stunt player
Kim McGarrity	....	stunt player
Julian Spencer	....	stunt coordinator
Arran Topham	....	stunt player (as Arran Topher)
Maxine Whittaker	....	stunt player
Rick English	....	stunt double: Pinbacker (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Edmund Alexander	....	rigging electrician
Alex Bailey	....	unit still photographer
Chris Bailey	....	rigging electrician
Danny Baker	....	electrical storeman
Stuart Bell	....	grip: second unit
Roy Branch	....	electrician: model unit
Stuart Bridges	....	video playback operator
Matthew Butler	....	best boy (as Matt Butler)
Peter Byrne	....	clapper loader
Richard Copeman	....	clapper loader: second unit
Fred Crawford	....	rigger
Barnaby Crocker	....	clapper loader: second unit (as Barney Crocker)
Jim Crowther	....	grip: model unit
Nic Cupac	....	grip (as Nick Cupac)
Aaron Douglas	....	crane operator
Jason Dully	....	clapper loader
Paul Edwards	....	steadicam operator
Faye	....	focus puller: model unit
Ian Franklin	....	rigging gaffer
Stuart Galloway	....	director of photography: model unit
Reuben Garrett	....	gaffer
Chris Gilbertson	....	rigging desk operator
Martin Goddard	....	rigger
Ryan Goodman	....	grip assistant
Eugene Grobler	....	rigging electrician
Niall Hannell	....	desk operator: model unit
Paul Hatchman	....	grip
Chris Hawkins	....	stand-by rigger
Peter Hawkins	....	head of department rigger
Simon Heck	....	focus puller: second unit
Daniel Hegarty	....	crane operator (as Dan Hegarty)
Robert Hooker	....	chargehand rigger
Jon Howard	....	clapper loader: model unit
Alex Howe	....	focus puller: second unit
Darren Howton	....	practical electrician
Dean Jackson	....	practical electrician
Lizzie Kelly	....	video playback operator: second unit
Sam Kite	....	rigging electrician
Thomas Lea	....	electrician
Adrian Mackay	....	electrician (as Adrian MacKay)
Danny Madden	....	rigger
Alex Mahon	....	rigging electrician
Jay Maidment	....	unit still photographer
David Maund	....	grip: second unit
Adrian McCarthy	....	key grip
James McGee	....	practical electrician
Joe McGee	....	head of department practical electrician
Raymond McGee	....	practical e