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Director:

Paul Weitz

Writers (WGA):

Paul Weitz (screenplay) and
Brian Helgeland (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

23 October 2009 (USA) more

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Plot:

A young boy named Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a Vampire. After a series of events Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque Du Freak and become a Vampire. | full synopsis

Plot Keywords:

Vampire | Boy | Spider | Freakshow | Wolfman

NewsDesk:
(48 articles)

Fangoria Week in Review 7/19/2009
(From Fangoria. 18 July 2009, 11:29 PM, PDT)
"Cirque Du Freak" Gets a New Title, Release Date
(From OhMyGore. 18 July 2009, 10:00 AM, PDT)

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1 July 2009

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Cast

	John C. Reilly	...	Larten Crepsley
	Willem Dafoe	...	Gavner Purl
	Salma Hayek	...	Madame Truska
	Josh Hutcherson	...	Steve
	Daniel Newman	...	Pete
	Patrick Fugit	...	Evra Von
	Orlando Jones	...	Alexander Ribs
	Ken Watanabe	...	Mr. Tall
	Jane Krakowski	...	Cormac Limbs
	Michael Arnona	...	Pigpen
	Michael Dean Baker	...	Mr. Piercing
	Beth Burvant	...	Singing Mother
	Evelyn Burvant	...	Singing Girl #1
	Trey Burvant	...	Singing Dad
	Colleen Camp	...	Mrs. Shan
	Jessica Carlson	...	Rebecca
	Michael Cerveris	...	Mr. Destiny
	John D. Crawford	...	Excited Patron
	Anna Irene Dawson	...	Singing Girl #2
	Ron Fagan	...	The Crying Man
	Frankie Faison	...	Rhamus Twobellies
	Patrick Fulton	...	Kid
	Gino Galento	...	Madame Truska's Man
	Beau Holden	...	Trucker
	Christy Hutcherson	...	Steve's Mom
	Albert H. Bongard IV	...	Body Double
	Erika Jensen	...	Rain Girl
	Leah Kahn	...	Arcuaørius Firen
	Shawn Knowles	...	Mr. Kersey
	Rose Lamarche	...	Circus Freak
	Chris Massoglia	...	Darren Shan
	Don McManus	...	Mr. Shan
	Ann Mckenzie	...	Woman from Town
	Sam Medina	...	Madame Truska's man
	Brandon Molale	...	Vampaneze
other cast:
	Ray Stevenson	...	Murlough
	Kristen Schaal	...	Gertha Teeth
	Tom Woodruff Jr.	...	Wolfman
	Morgan Saylor	...	Annie
	Troy Brenna	...	Vampaneze
	Tim Parati	...	Mullet Guy
	Jonathan Nosan	...	Hans Hands
	Ritchie Montgomery	...	Pastor
	Natasha "Sasha" Angelety	...	Cirque Freak
	Chris Parson	...	Creature voices (voice)
	Jake Moran	...	Snake boys victim
	Henry Robin	...	Cool Kid
	Martha Twombly	...	Uptight Townsfolk
	Wayne Douglas Morgan	...	Merman
	Tim Brazeal	...	Mr. Vaughn
	Maureen Phelan	...	Mourner
	Drew Rin Varick	...	Loafhead
	Armal J. Perkins	...	Mr. Pipps
	Dewayne Bateman	...	Audience member (uncredited)
	Leigh Brumley	...	Bird Lady (uncredited)
	Tyler Chetta	...	Boy in hallway (uncredited)
	Madeline Gaudet	...	Shreiking Student (uncredited)
	Geraldine Glenn	...	Teacher (uncredited)
	Cynthia LeBlanc	...	Funeral Mourner (uncredited)
	Elton LeBlanc	...	Funeral Mourner (uncredited)
	Jay Oliver	...	The Kid (uncredited)
	Lyssa Prine	...	Audience Member (uncredited)
	Terry Lee Smith	...	University Administrator (uncredited)

Directed by
Paul Weitz

Writing credits (WGA)
Paul Weitz		(screenplay) and
Brian Helgeland		(screenplay)
Darren Shan		(series of books)

Produced by
Kerry Kohansky	....	executive producer
Dan Kolsrud	....	executive producer
Ewan Leslie	....	producer
Rodney Liber	....	executive producer
Andrew Miano	....	executive producer
Courtney Pledger	....	executive producer
Sarah Radclyffe	....	executive producer
Lauren Shuler Donner	....	producer
John Swallow	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Stephen Trask

Cinematography by
J. Michael Muro		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Leslie Jones

Casting by
Joseph Middleton

Production Design by
William Arnold

Art Direction by
Seth Reed		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
David Smith

Costume Design by
Judianna Makovsky

Makeup Department
David LeRoy Anderson	....	prosthetics supervisor
Lance Anderson	....	special makeup effects artist
Steven E. Anderson	....	makeup artist
David A. Brooke	....	special makeup effects artist: mold maker
Fionagh Cush	....	makeup department head
Gabriel De Cunto	....	prosthetic makeup artist
André Dubois	....	assistant key hair stylist
Earl Ellis	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Mark Garbarino	....	special makeup effects artist
Connie Grayson	....	wig maker
Akihito Ikeda	....	special effects makeup artist: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Jamie Kelman	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Steve Koch	....	prosthetic designer and sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Natasha Ladek	....	wig maker: John C. Reilly
Darryl Lucas	....	makeup artist
Margaret Prentice	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Brian Sipe	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Dave Snyder	....	makeup artist
Khanh Trance	....	special effects hair: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Scott Wheeler	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Tom Woodruff Jr.	....	creature and makeup effects co-designer

Production Management
Ray Quinlan	....	unit production manager
Jamie J. Silverman	....	digital production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
K.C. Colwell	....	first assistant director
Craig Comstock	....	second assistant director
Jack Gill	....	second unit director
Kevin O'Neil	....	second second assistant director
Brad Pero	....	second second assistant director
Darin Rivetti	....	first assistant director: second unit
Frank Tignini	....	second assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Jennifer R. Blair	....	art department coordinator
Andrew Campbell	....	graphic designer
Cassie Catalanotto	....	set dresser
Chris Clinton	....	additional set dresser
James Clyne	....	creature designer
Michelle Collier	....	art department assistant
Carl Denooyer	....	set dresser
Dennis DeWaay	....	construction coordinator
William Anthony Duncan	....	scenic artist
Jann K. Engel	....	set designer
Kasra Farahani	....	concept artist
Eva Firshein	....	buyer
Jeff Garbacz	....	carpenter
Julianna Kolakis	....	character designer
Larry D. Koszakovszky	....	property master: scond unit
Lance Larson	....	property master
Kristin Lekki	....	art department assistant
Kristin Lekki	....	set decoration assistant
Mara LePere-Schloop	....	set designer
Lindanne Lewis	....	paint gangboss
Thomas Meikle	....	head sculptor
Molly Mikula	....	set designer
Robert J. Moore Jr.	....	carpenter
Rick Newsome	....	storyboard artist
Steve Park	....	on-set dresser: second unit
Beth Peterson	....	draper
Jamie Rama	....	illustrator
Derek Rocque	....	art department assistant
John Sanchez	....	set dresser
Christian Scheurer	....	visual consultant
Michael Semon	....	assistant propmaster
Victoria St. Pierre	....	paint foreman
Thomas T. Taylor	....	set designer
Jeremy Thompson	....	props
Debra Trevino	....	property coordinator
Ralph Votaw	....	propmaker foreman
Bill Walters	....	set dresser
Gary Warshaw	....	assistant art director
Thomas 'Noe' Welch	....	set dresser
Nathaniel West	....	concept artist
Randall D. Wilkins	....	set designer
Simeon Wilkins	....	storyboard artist
Aaron Sims	....	character designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Paul Berolzheimer	....	sound effects editor
Tom Caton	....	boom operator
Christopher Flick	....	supervising foley editor
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Kimberly Harris	....	adr supervisor
Andy Koyama	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dana McCommon	....	additional adr mixer
Bill Meadows	....	sound recordist
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Beauxregard Neylon	....	adr mixer
Chris Quilty	....	boom operator: second unit
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Hugo Weng	....	dialogue editor
David Wyman	....	sound mixer
Linda Yeaney	....	first assistant sound editor
Ron Fremstad	....	second boom operator (uncredited)
Scott Stolz	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Suma Abuzaineh	....	seaming and patching department: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Suma Adams	....	seaming and patching department: Amalgamated Dynamics, Inc.
Jason Barnett	....	prosthetic technician: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Michael Broom	....	creature designer
Ray Brown	....	special effects foreman
Raymond J. Brown	....	special effects foreman
Doug Butts	....	special effects technician
Val Crawford	....	hair/fur department
Beau Crouch	....	special effects
Robert DeVine	....	creature effects: rats
Anthony Diaz	....	special effects technician
David Fedele	....	creature suit fabricator
Horacio Fernandez	....	special effects technician
Damian Fisher	....	mold maker
Damian Fisher	....	special effects technician
Steve Frakes	....	mold shop supervisor: Amalgamated Dynamics
Anthony Grow	....	special effects technician
Michael Heintzelman	....	project office coordinator: Amalgamated Dynamics
Bill Jacob	....	special effects technician
Hiroshi Katagiri	....	designer/sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Prince Kurian	....	compositing and special effects
Mike Manzel	....	special effects technician
Tim Martin	....	special effects technician
Kevin McTurk	....	special effects makeup: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Steven Munson	....	special effects technician
Morgan Muta	....	special effects technician
Steve Newburn	....	special effects technician
Michael O'Brien	....	sculptor: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Ratna Pappert	....	creature suit fabricator: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Darrell Pritchett	....	special effects coordinator
Mike Rotella	....	special effects technician: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Don Rutherford	....	special effects painter: Amalgamated Dynamics Inc.
Frank Rydberg	....	special effects technician
Johnnie Saiko	....	special effects technician
Lynne Watson	....	hair technician
David T. Woodruff	....	special effects technician
Michael Heintzelman	....	graphic layout: Amalgamated Dynamics (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Kiran Ahlawat	....	matchmove technical director
Imran Ahmed	....	lead lighting technical director/sequence lighter
Shish Aikat	....	education manager, Rhythm & Hues
Mohammad Akram	....	match move artist
Erik Akutagawa	....	digital image resources supervisor
Chih-Jen Chang Andy	....	compositing TD (Rhythm & Hues )
Nicholas Augello	....	technical animator
Bill Houston Ball	....	visual effects technical director
Sachin Bangera	....	senior matchmove technical director
Tony Barraza	....	digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues
Allen Battino	....	lead matte painter
Bryan Bentley	....	tech animator
Zoltán Benyó	....	visual effects producer: Cube Effects
Scott Berri	....	sequence coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Jeetendra G. Bhagtani	....	animator: Rhythm and Hues, India
Abhishek Bharadwaj	....	animation layout technical director
Nikhil Bhatnagar	....	pipeline technical director
Adam Blank	....	set data manager: Rhythm & Hues
Sathish Kumar Bodicherla	....	matchmove technical director
Sanchari Bose	....	production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Ryan Bradley	....	lead animator
Ronn Brown	....	art director
Nicholas Burkard	....	technical animator
Paul Bush	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Jeffrey Castel De Oro	....	background prep artist
Theju Chandran	....	digital paint/roto artist: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Shyam Chand	....	digital compositor
Gordon Chapman	....	visual effects
Sandesh Chonkar	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues, India
Samik Roy Choudhury	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Sam Clark	....	production coordinator
Ronnie Cleland	....	texture artist
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Marcus Collins	....	character design
Chris Consani	....	art director: rhythm & Hues Studios
Krystal Cooper	....	render I/O coordinator
Doug Cram	....	digital compositor
Yoshi DeHerrera	....	visual effects artist: 3D scanning & modeling
Jose L. De Juan	....	digital artist
Nikhil Deshmukh	....	animator: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Chrysta Dieterly	....	look development
Nicolas Donel	....	matte painter
Jeff Dotson	....	match move technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Nancy Duff	....	digital production coordinator: India
Colin Elliott	....	animation layout supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Jenn Epstein	....	digital compositing technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Devin Fairbairn	....	tracking/matchmove artist: Rhythm and Hues
Paul Fedor	....	senior texture artist
Janet Freedland	....	digital artist
Josh Fritchie	....	sequence coordinator: Rhythm and Hues
Sarah Fuller	....	scene lighter
Papp Gabriella	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Ginesh Gandhi	....	roto/paint artist
Alex Garcia	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues (lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues)
Walter Garcia	....	visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues
Denil George	....	matchmove artist
Divakar Ghodake	....	digital artist (modeling technical director)
Daniel Gilbert	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Lori Green	....	visual effects
Stephanie Greenquist	....	digital coordinator: India
Aaron Grey	....	technical animator
Chris Grun	....	visual concept artist
Anthony Harris	....	color timing supervisor
John Lake Harvey	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Phil Holland	....	digital imaging specialist
Mark Hopper	....	roto artist
Erica Hornung	....	tracking technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Eric Horton	....	effects supervisor
Steven Hur	....	pipeline tech support technical director
Nick Hyman	....	visual effects coordinator
Neeraj Ingle	....	prep artist: Rhythm & Hues
Mark Jacyszyn	....	visual effects production manager
Sandeep Jawalkar	....	visual effects
Jimmy Jewell	....	sequence supervisor
Mack Kablan	....	animator
Tex Kadonaga	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
Kamalakkannan	....	digital compositor
Rohit Karandadi	....	render support
Gunjan Kathale	....	lighting technical director
Chris J. Kenny	....	digital compositor
Sam Kim	....	digital compositor
Karen Klein	....	digital compositor
Alex Ko	....	character rigger: Rhythm & Hues
Stuart Krempin	....	set data manager
Naveen Kumar	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
James Ledwell	....	visual effects production assistant
Hannah K. Lees	....	technical animator: Rhythm and Hues
Young Lee	....	technical animator: Rhythm and Hues
Danny Lei	....	lead modeler: Rhythm & Hues (as Chun Ta Lei)
Matt Logue	....	animation supervisor
Mary Lynn Machado	....	look development/color & lighting: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Nikki Makar	....	lead effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Jason Malinowsky	....	animator
Sudip Mallick	....	match move technical director
Shawn Mason	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Daniel McCurley	....	render coordinator
Cory L. McNeill	....	effects coordinator
Cory L. McNeill	....	technical coordinator
Daniel Mejia	....	digital compositor
Sheila Molnar	....	lead compositor
Shawn Monaghan	....	lead compositor
Rohini Montenegro	....	roto/paint artist: Rhythm & Hues
Meg Morris	....	lead matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Ram Mohan Nadam Reddy	....	digital compositor
Brandon Nelson	....	digital compositor
Blake Nickle	....	animation coordinator
Onesimus Nuernberger	....	concept artist: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Hugh O'Donnell	....	animation coordinator: India
Shannon Leigh Olds	....	visual effects editor
Mike O'Neal	....	digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues
Zach Parrish	....	animator
Stephen Parsey	....	production coordinator: Rhythm & Hues
Promit Pattnaik	....	matchmove technical director: R&H
Vishal Pawar	....	look development / texture painter: Rhythm & Hues
Angelica Perez	....	digital compositor
Seth Peterson	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Tim Pixton	....	character animator: Rhythm & Hues
Rajesh Putta	....	match move technical director
Vivek Ram	....	modeling technical director: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Nachiarkovil Durairaj Rangesh	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm and Hues
Pavani Rao	....	look development: Rhythm & Hues
Sanjay Rao	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Shrinidhi Rao	....	render support
Andres Rascon	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Marina Ratina	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Sunil Rawat	....	matchmove lead: Rhythm &Hues
Rick Rische	....	matte painter
Taylor W. Rockwell	....	visual effects coordinator
Andrea Romero	....	digital producer
Marc Rubone	....	digital compositor
Diksha Sagar	....	match move technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India
Salar Saleh	....	look development
Arnab Sanyal	....	digital compositor
Vijay Selvam	....	digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues.
Argha Sen	....	lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Seshaprasad	....	digital production manager: Rhythm & Hues, India
Behnam Shafiebeik	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Divyesh Shah	....	match move technical director: Rhythm & Hues, India
Siddharth Shah	....	digital compositor: Rhythm and Hues
Heekyung Shin	....	lighting technical director
Peter Sidoriak	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Anna Silvey	....	texture painter
Jason Simmons	....	effects technical director: Rhythm and Hues
Brad Smith	....	render I/O administrator
Jeff W. Smith	....	matchmove artist
Marc Smith	....	matchmove technical director: rhythm and hues
Arpit Soni	....	digital production coordinator
Dinesh Soni	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Seshadri Srinidhi	....	match move technical director
Jennifer Stratton	....	texture artist: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Frederick George Stuhrberg	....	3D scanning
Yuki Sugimoto	....	matchmove technical director: Rhythm & Hues
David Sweeney	....	sequence supervisor: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Gábor Székely	....	technical director: Cube Effects
Ria Tamok	....	lead rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Aashima Taneja	....	visual effects coordinator
Will Telford	....	digital effects supervisor
Lynda Thompson	....	visual effects producer
John Vassallo	....	animator
Gergely Velki	....	rotoscope artist: Cube Effects
Rakesh Venugopalan	....	compositor
Parikh Vishal	....	look development / texture painter
Brian Walters	....	effects technical director: Rhythm & Hues
Darrin Wehser	....	look development and lighting lead: Rhythm and Hues Studios
Alison Yerxa	....	matte painter
Péter Zavorszky	....	visual effects production manager: Cube Effects
Brandy Zumkley	....	digital compositor
Harrison Hays	....	render I/O manager (uncredited)
L. Patrick McCormack	....	manager of digital productions: India (uncredited)
Ryan Swanno	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)

Stunts
Chris Barnes	....	utility stunts
Bryan Becker	....	stunt double: Chris Kelly
Nick Brett	....	utility stunts
Dan Brown	....	stunt double
Rico Burgos	....	utility stunts
Andrew Scott Dixon	....	utility stunts
Tim Drnec	....	utility stunts
Richard Epper	....	utility stunts
Jeff Galpin	....	utility stunts
Andy Gill	....	utility stunts
Cody Gill	....	stunt double
Jack Gill	....	stunt coordinator
Dean Grimes	....	utility stunts
Danny Cosmo Higginbottom	....	utility stunts (as Danny Cosmo)
Rob Mars	....	stunt double
Ian Mclaughlin	....	utility stunts
Josh Petro	....	stunt double: Josh Hutcherson
Pat Romano	....	stunt rigger
Anthony G. Schmidt	....	utility stunts
Bryon Weiss	....	stunt double: Ray Stevenson
Darlene Ava Williams	....	utility stunts
Jeff Wolfe	....	stunt double
Laura Zimmerman	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
John Amorelli	....	lighting console programmer
Jon Archibald	....	company grip
Paul Arnold	....	lighting technician
Art Bartels	....	key grip
Dominic Bartolone	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Brian Bernstein	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Lee Blasingame	....	key first assistant camera
Glenn Brown	....	Steadicam operator
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Steven Cardarelli	....	company grip
Larry Cha	....	rigging lighting technician
Bruce Chimerofsky	....	best boy grip
Jonathan Cushing	....	lighting technician: additional photography
James 'Spud' Danicic	....	second assistant camera: re-shoots
Craig Doobie	....	best boy rigging grip
Jim Duggan	....	company grip
Cameron Duncan	....	camera operator: second unit
Allen Eaves	....	lighting technician: second unit
John Gregory Edwards	....	electrician
Erik A. Erichsen	....	electrician
Matthew Gaumer	....	assistant camera
Dana Gonzales	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Dana Gonzales	....	director of photography: second unit
Joseph Graham	....	rigging key grip
Bill Greenberg	....	best boy electric
Jennifer Ann Henry	....	first assistant additional camera: second unit
Charles 'Tom' Hinson	....	grip
Donald S. Hubbell	....	dolly grip
Jay M. Huntoon	....	digital video assist operator
Jay M. Huntoon	....	video engineer
Steve Hurson	....	additional first assistant camera: second unit
Daniel H. Jacobs	....	additional electrician
Timothy Jipping	....	grip
Larron Rome Julian	....	assistant camera
Michael Kennedy	....	rigging lighting technician
Greg Lopez	....	rigging best boy electric
Brandon Margulies	....	second assistant camera
Richie Metcalfe	....	company grip
Mark Meyers	....	Steadicam: second unit
Stephen Mullen	....	gaffer: second unit
Dayton Nietert	....	gaffer
Joseph Paolucci Jr.	....	lamp operator
Tony Randazzo	....	rigging grip
Sergio Rendon	....	rigging grip
Jonathan E. Robinson	....	film loader
Jesse Rushton	....	lighting technician
Jimi Ryan	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
George Santo Pietro	....	dolly grip
Benjamin Shurtleff	....	camera loader: second unit
Victor Svimonoff	....	rigger gaffer
Mark Toups	....	company grip
Zachery Vaughn	....	camera production assistant
Tony Villalobos	....	first assistant camera (2008)
Chuck Whelan	....	additional assistant camera
Reuben Wilder	....	rigging electric

Animation Department
Emil Bidiuc	....	animator
Scott Claus	....	animator
Amanda Dague	....	lead animator
Elisabeth Franklin	....	animator
Namita Gotephode	....	animation production coordinator

Casting Department
Robin Batherson	....	background casting coordinator
Lauren Dickey	....	casting assistant
Elizabeth Dionne	....	casting manager (as Elizabeth Dean)
Lisa Mae Fincannon	....	location casting
Mark Fincannon	....	location casting
Geraldine Glenn	....	extras casting assistant
Jonathan Clay Harris	....	casting associate
Jason Landry	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laura Baker	....	set costumer
Marilyn Brum	....	costumer
Tiffany Busche	....	set costumer
Pedro Chavez	....	set costumer
Christy Hebert Crouch	....	set costumer
Holly Davis	....	assistant costume designer
Carol Demarti	....	head ager and dyer
Dominick De Rasmo	....	specialty costumes
Dana Embree	....	costumer
David Paulin	....	costume ager/dyer
Suzanne Robertson	....	key costumer
Michael A. Russell	....	set costumer
Sanford Slepak	....	key costumer (as Sandy Slepak)
Christian Cordella	....	costume illustrator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
James Andrykowski	....	first assistant editor
Todd Fulkerson	....	assistant editor
Michael Hatzer	....	digital intermediate colorist: Efilm
Nikita Kleverov	....	editor: main title
Curtis Lindersmith	....	digital intermediate editor
Lee Wimer	....	color timer

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Joseph Bonn	....	assistant music editor
Amanda Goodpaster	....	music editor
Greg Hayes	....	music scoring mixer
Darren McKenzie	....	midi transcriptions
Darren McKenzie	....	orchestrator
Igor Nemirovsky	....	additional arrangement
Igor Nemirovsky	....	composer: additional music
Tim Rodier	....	music preparation
Lior Rosner	....	composer: additional music
Andrew Shulman	....	musician
Edgardo Simone	....	orchestrator
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Phil Balani	....	driver generator operator: New Orleans
Bryan C. Cawthon	....	driver generator operator
Reggie Louque	....	driver
Don Violett	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Heather A. Allen	....	craft service assistant
Sam Alvelo	....	set production assistant
Barbara Babb	....	office assistant
Joe Beckwith	....	second assistant accountant
Chris Browne	....	craft service assistant (2008)
Tracy Browne	....	first assistant accountant
Jason Brown	....	researcher
Robby D. Bruce	....	voice-over artist
Shelbie Bruce	....	voice-over artist
Alex Capaldi	....	assistant: Mr. Liber
Eric Carle	....	epk sound
Kathy Chambless	....	production coordinator
Frank Cuomo	....	postproduction supervisors
Sonia Y. Dawson	....	second assistant accountant
Matthew Dillon	....	assistant: executive producer
Kira Dominguez	....	assistant: Salma Hayek
Lindsey Donnell	....	production assistant: reshoots
Michael Dorner	....	payroll accountant
Williams Eva	....	circus talent coordinator
Brendan Finnigan	....	second assistant accountant
Edmar Flores	....	key production assistant
John T. Flynn	....	accounting clerk
Joshua Lou Friedman	....	set production assistant
Jeff Galpin	....	key animal trainer
Keith Gonzales	....	production assistant
Rachael Herron	....	travel coordinator
Jay M. Huntoon	....	digital video operator
Albert H. Bongard IV	....	stand-in
Cody Klop	....	adr voice
Mike Leonard	....	set production assistant
Tara Linn	....	location assistant
Hunter McGregor	....	stand-in
Kevin Meier	....	office production assistant
Nicholas Mischler	....	production assistant
Nathan Norton	....	voice-over artist
Holly O'Quin	....	animal wrangler
Nathan Parker	....	set production assistant
Annie Poirier	....	assistant production coordinator
Win Riley	....	location scout
Julianna Rose	....	voices
Amy Sanderson	....	script supervisor: second unit
Scott Schlueter	....	stand-in
Deborah Simmrin	....	unit publicist
Cheryl A. Stone	....	production accountant
David Thornsberry	....	location manager
Zachery Vaughn	....	location production assistant
Lauren Von Huene	....	production secretary
Satch Watanabe	....	assistant: Ken Watanabe
Richard W. Welch	....	set production assistant: reshoots
Georgianna Whitley	....	key production assistant
Travis Quentin Young	....	adr voice
Francie Brown	....	dialect coach (uncredited)
Toni Weick	....	assistant: executive producer (uncredited)

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United International Pictures (UIP) (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
Universal Pictures (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
Universal Studios

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Gentle Giant Studios
Rhythm and Hues (match moving)
Rhythm and Hues (visual effects)

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Behind the Scenes Freight shipping by
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment camera cranes
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment camera dollies
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment hydrascope telescoping crane arm
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment remote camera systems
Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment stabilized remote camera systems
David Haddad transportation equipment
Fairfield Studios sound post-production (additional adr recording)
Film Art artwork
Global Tactical Services security services
Haddad's transportation equipment
Hollywood Trucks entertainment transportation
Lightnin' Production Rentals star trailers: honeywagon
Los Angeles Center Studios production offices
Movie Movers star trailers
Movie Movers transportation
Panavision Remote Systems Technocranes and Libra Heads
Rockbottom Rentals walkie rentals
Scarlet Letters end titles
Soundtrack ADR Facility
Star Waggons hair and make-up trailers
Transportation Resources transportation equipment

Additional Details

Also Known As:

Circus of the Freak (International: English title) (literal title)
Cirque du Freak (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense supernatural violence and action, disturbing images, thematic elements and some language.

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View content advisory for parents

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USA

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English

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Color

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2.35 : 1 more

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USA:PG-13

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Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA more

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Donners' Company more

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A portion of the film was shot in Studio 28 at Universal Studios in Los Angeles. It is the oldest known sound stage in the history of the studio. more

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