"The Triangle" (2005)TV mini-series

Director:

Craig R. Baxley

Writers:

Dean Devlin (story)
Rockne S. O'Bannon (teleplay)
(more)

Release Date:

5 December 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

In the Bermuda Triangle, nothing stays lost forever.

Plot:

A group of people haunted by their experiences within the Bermuda Triangle band together to confront its truths.

Plot Keywords:

Secret Military Operation | Storm | Car In Water | Billionaire | Little Girl

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Eric Stoltz	...	Howard Thomas
Catherine Bell	...	Emily Patterson
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Meeno Paloma
Bruce Davison	...	Stan Lathem
Michael E. Rodgers	...	Bruce Geller (as Michael Rodgers)
Sam Neill	...	Eric Benerall
Lisa Brenner	...	Helen Paloma
John Sloan	...	Aron Ackerman
Charles Martin Smith	...	Captain Jay
Barrie Ingham	...	Doug Weist
Marius Weyers	...	Karl Sheedy
Shannon Esrechowitz	...	Sally (as Shannon Esra)
Adrienne Pierce	...	Emily's Mother (as Adrienne Pearce)
Robyn Olivia	...	Marie
Anette Kemp	...	Traci
Susan Danford	...	Landon
Hakeem Kae-Kazim	...	Saunders
Greg Latter	...	Osserman
David Butler	...	Tolan
Sean Michael	...	Don Beatty (as Sean Cameron Michael)
Mitchell Obermeyer	...	Ruben
Nicholas Bronkhorst	...	Dylan
Nick Boraine	...	Reilly (as Nick Borraine)
Clare Marshall	...	Alice Sheedy / Heather (aged)
Tony Caprari	...	Captain Columbus (as Toni Caprari)
Stephen Jennings	...	Interrogator #1
Jimmie Earl Perry	...	Interrogator #2
Anthony Bishop	...	Interrogator #3
Kevin Otto	...	Interrogator #4
Danie Struwig	...	Lookout
Langley Kirkwood	...	Bill Granger
Kira Wilkenson	...	Cuban Mother
Jeremy Crutchley	...	Balsam
David Sherwood	...	Dr. Brennert
Brent Palmer	...	Pilot - Weather Seeker
Kelsey Brown	...	Young Heather
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Garth Breytenbach	...	Brown Shirt
Zachary Johnson	...	(voice)
Logan Manus	...	(voice)
Norman Anstey	...	Greg Verona (uncredited)
Natalie Becker	...	News Reporter (uncredited)
Nathalie Boltt	...	News Reporter (uncredited)
Gregory Carew	...	Security Guard #1 (uncredited)
Lynita Crofford	...	News Anchor (uncredited)
Hlomla Dandala	...	Tech (uncredited)
Katie Farringer	...	Cathy Beatty (uncredited)
Dean Fourie	...	Seaman (uncredited)
Wayne Harrison	...	Roughneck #1 (uncredited)
George Jackos	...	Roughneck #2 (uncredited)
Andre Jacobs	...	News Anchor (uncredited)
Jeroen Kranenburg	...	Tito (uncredited)
Lisa Larsen	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Duncan Lawson	...	Young Ensign (uncredited)
Tamsin MacCarthy	...	Heather's mother (uncredited)
Mick 'Stuntie' Milligan	...	Submarine Crew (uncredited)
Bruce Perkins	...	Camera Double (uncredited)
Jonathan Pienaar	...	Yarrow (uncredited)
Verity Price	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Russel Savadier	...	Alf Kring (uncredited)
Dean Slater	...	Methane Captain (uncredited)
Shaeleen Tobin	...	Amy (uncredited)

Directed by
Craig R. Baxley

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dean Devlin		story
Rockne S. O'Bannon		teleplay
Bryan Singer		story

Produced by
Dean Devlin	....	executive producer
Volker Engel	....	producer
Alex Garcia	....	co-executive producer
Michael S. Murphey	....	co-producer
Rockne S. O'Bannon	....	executive producer
Kearie Peak	....	co-executive producer
Marc Roskin	....	co-executive producer
Bryan Singer	....	executive producer
Kelly Van Horn	....	producer
Marc Weigert	....	producer

Original Music by
Joseph LoDuca

Cinematography by
David Connell

Film Editing by
Sonny Baskin

Casting by
Janet Gilmore
Megan McConnell

Production Design by
Tom Hannam

Art Direction by
Christophe Dalberg

Set Decoration by
Leon Van Der Merwe

Costume Design by
Moira Anne Meyer

Makeup Department
Claudia Campobasso	....	assistant hair stylist
Marie Larkin	....	hair department head
Sue Michael	....	key hair stylist
Sue Michael	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Fabio M. Arber	....	production supervisor: Florida
Mirko Betz	....	production supervisor
Cyndi Brenner	....	production supervisor
James K. Jensen	....	post-production supervisor
Alan Shearer	....	unit production manager
Steven St. Arnaud	....	production supervisor
Lester Sweetman	....	unit manager
Kelly Van Horn	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Craig Baxley Jr.	....	second unit director
Dale Butler	....	second assistant director
Eva Franzen	....	second second assistant director
Claire Letoret	....	first assistant director: splinter unit
Benjamin Rosenberg	....	first assistant director
Corry John Turner	....	third assistant director
Trish Wylie	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
David Bastiaans	....	hod carpenter (as Dave Bastiaans)
Micheal Brennan	....	stand-by set dresser
Paul Chames	....	model maker
Storm Dyssel	....	stand-by props (as Storm Dyssell)
Lyall Gardiner	....	hod stagehand
Paula Jones	....	graphic designer
Gordon Kljucec	....	storyboard artist
Egbert Kruger	....	property master
Andrew McCarthy	....	set dresser
John Moolenschot	....	carpenter
Tracy Moseley	....	art department coordinator (as Tracy-Dee Moseley)
Tom Olive	....	lead man
Clive Pollick	....	construction coordinator
Maria Siebert	....	lead set dresser
Pierre Smit	....	scenic painter
Lee Steinfeld	....	construction administrator
Jan Tooley	....	stand-by carpenter
Liz van den Berg	....	head scenic artist
Alex Wheeler	....	hod steel construction
Hamish Whitecross	....	stand-by scenic artist

Sound Department
Rick Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Beau Biggart	....	adr mixer
John Green	....	dialogue editor
Steve Kinsey	....	sound mixing technician
Conrad Kuhne	....	sound mixer
Kathryn Madsen	....	adr editor
Mark McBryde	....	additional adr mixer
Mark McBryde	....	foley artist
Todd Murakami	....	sound designer
Kevin Newson	....	foley recordist
Brian Thomas Nist	....	sound editor
Bertrand Roets	....	boom operator
Richard D. Rogers	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Rich Rodgers)
Alexander Schwartz	....	foley artist
Steven Stuhr	....	dialogue editor
Richard Taylor	....	supervising sound editor
Steve Walter	....	foley artist
Michael S. Wren	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Wesley Barnard	....	special effects technician
Doug Hardey	....	special effects foreman
Dan Hurst	....	special effects technician (as Dan Hirst)
Roly Jansen	....	special effects supervisor
Tyrell Kemlo	....	special effects technician
Mickey Kirsten	....	special effects coordinator
Mick 'Stuntie' Milligan	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Derek Blume	....	digital effects artist
John G. Chalfant	....	digital artist
Robert Cribbett	....	compositor/designer: main titles, yU+Co
Ante Dekovic	....	digital compositor
Amit Dhawal	....	digital compositor
Jon Doyle	....	digital compositor
Volker Engel	....	visual effects supervisor
Sari Gennis	....	digital compositor
Jack Shahram Ghoulian	....	senior IT manager
Carey Gosa	....	visual effects production manager: Electric Effects
Paul Graff	....	lead compositor
Robin Scott Graham	....	lead compositor
Greg Groenekamp	....	digital compositor
Ben Grossmann	....	digital compositor
Michael F. Hoover	....	digital artist
David Kenneth	....	visual effects producer: TDRL
Sam Khorshid	....	animator
Mark Kochinski	....	digital compositor
Gabriel Köerner	....	digital artist
Joshua LaCross	....	digital compositor
Lisa Lavender	....	technical director: Uncharted Territory
Chris LeDoux	....	digital compositor
Mamie McCall	....	compositor
Conrad Murrey	....	lead animator
Todd Perry	....	senior CG technical director: Uncharted Territory
Ingo Putze	....	lead compositor
David Rand	....	3D supervisor: EFX
Jason Sanford	....	visual effects production manager
Verena Scheunemann	....	digital compositor
Gloria Shih	....	digital illustrator
Chris Simmons	....	digital compositor
Greg Szafranski	....	digital effects artist
Adam Watkins	....	digital artist
Marc Weigert	....	visual effects supervisor
Stacey Weigert	....	controller: Uncharted Territory
Justine Whitehead	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Wixson	....	digital compositor
Jason Yanofsky	....	digital artist
Shantanu Jahagirdar	....	texture artist: Thesign Digital Pictures Entertainment Ltd. [de] (uncredited)
Brian Lutge	....	additional visual effects animator (uncredited)
Andreas Mende	....	digital artist: Thesign Digital Pictures Entertainment Ltd. [de] (uncredited)
Lennart Oberscheidt	....	digital artist: Thesign Digital Pictures Entertainment Ltd. [de] (uncredited)
Gregor Strasz	....	visual effects supervisor: Thesign Digital Pictures Entertainment Ltd. [de] (uncredited)
Brian Wolf	....	compositing supervisor (uncredited)
Marcus Zenkel	....	production manager: Thesign Digital Pictures Entertainment Ltd. [de] (uncredited)

Stunts
Jay Amor	....	stunt double
Daryl Andrews	....	stunt double
Craig Baxley Jr.	....	stunt coordinator
Dermot Brogan	....	stunt double
Dermot Brogan	....	stunt rigger
Bobby Dodge	....	utility stunts
Francois Grobbelaar	....	stunts
Grant Hulley	....	stunt coordinator
Grant Hulley	....	stunt double
Dan Hurst	....	stunt performer (as Dan Hirst)
Shanna Lynn	....	stunt double
Jacob Mervine	....	stunt double
Mick 'Stuntie' Milligan	....	stunt double
Mick 'Stuntie' Milligan	....	stunt performer
Anton Moon	....	stunt performer
Cord Newman	....	utility stunts
John Smith	....	stunt performer
Franz Spilhaus	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Fleur van Eeden	....	stunt double
Anton Voster	....	stunt performer
Janine Wyatt-Mair	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Allan Barnes	....	rigging gaffer
Craig Bekker	....	rigging best boy
David Bloomer	....	still photographer
Dermot Brogan	....	rigging grip: set
Trevor Michael Brown	....	director of photography: second unit
Dudley Fillies	....	best boy
Rob Fisher	....	rigging key grip
Wilma Gómez Luengo	....	focus puller: main camera
Allan Gray	....	rigging grip
Norbert Kaluza	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Norbert Kaluza	....	steadicam operator
Norbert Kitshoff	....	remote camera technician
Patrick Longman	....	aerial cinematographer
Nicholas Mancini	....	video assist operator
John McKay	....	gaffer
Guy Micheletti	....	key grip
Gareth Viner	....	best boy grip
Adi Visser	....	first assistant camera
Rob Wood	....	focus puller

Animation Department
Johnny Wong	....	animator

Casting Department
Anna Feyder	....	casting: South Africa (as Ana Feyder)
Jen Sale	....	extras casting
Melissa Senatore	....	casting associate
Christa Shamberger	....	casting: South Africa (as Christa Schamberger)
Georgia Simon	....	voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Rick de Souza	....	costumer
Rae Donnelly	....	costume stand-by
Jacomina Jankowitz	....	key costume stand-by
Neil McClean	....	costume set supervisor
Leonie Roberts	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
James Middleton	....	digital imaging technician: second unit
Ryan Michael Miller	....	title sequence editor: yU+co.
Kevin O'Connor	....	colorist
Ron Rauch	....	assistant editor
Matt Small	....	on-line editor
Thom Whitehead	....	assembly editor

Music Department
Scott Davidson	....	score mixer
Nathan Hofheins	....	orchestrator
Judd Maher	....	conductor
Jason Ruder	....	music editor
William T. Stromberg	....	orchestrator (as William Stromberg)
David De Palo	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Gary Andrews	....	transportation coordinator
Laurie Dunn	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Paul Acutt	....	marine coordinator
Tandy Acutt	....	assistant marine coordinator
Jay Amor	....	marine coordinator
Karen Baily	....	assistant accountant
Mike Begg	....	location manager
Keah Bews	....	production coordinator
Paul Brassell	....	base camp manager (as Paul 'Pabs' Brassell)
Vinca Cox	....	script supervisor
Shafiek Davids	....	communications coordinator
Jason Eskin	....	intern
Cindy Franke	....	production coordinator
Marc Gaffen	....	production secretary: Los Angeles
Josh Geller	....	assistant: Dean Devlin
Josh Geller	....	office coordinator: Electric Entertainment
Gina Goosen	....	travel coordinator
Nate Homan	....	title designer
Jessica Hoogendyk	....	3-D artist
Matthew Janion	....	cast coordination assistant
Camilo Jarquin	....	power pod technician
Robert Lifshey	....	production assistant
Gail Mannion	....	production accountant
Jason Martin	....	diving supervisor
Jefri Meintjes	....	production assistant
Kerryn Pitt	....	set medic
Jane Rayleigh	....	controller
Yolanda Santosa	....	title designer
Andrew Strachan	....	assistant production coordinator
Jacques Terblanche	....	set production assistant
Joan Tissink	....	catering coordinator
Tim Van Rellim	....	production executive
David Alex Wilson	....	unit publicist
Magdalena Wolf	....	production coordinator
Johnny Wong	....	title designer: main titles
Garson Yu	....	title designer

Production Companies

• Bad Hat Harry Productions
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (in association with)
• Electric Entertainment
• Uncharted Territory GmbH (in association with)

Distributors

• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2006) (UK) (TV)
• E Stars Films (2005) (China) (all media)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Maple Pictures (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Oy Nordisk Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing) (RTL5)
• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2005) (USA) (TV)

Special Effects

• Uncharted Territory (visual effects)
• Thesign Digital Pictures Entertainment (uncredited)

Other Companies

• AFM Lighting  electric equipment
• Dragon Grips  grip equipment
• Global Entertainment Partners  video post-production
• HDHUB  post-production facilities
• Kalahari Pictures  production services co.
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Remote Camera Systems  remote camera systems
• Technicolor Sound Services  audio post-production
• yU+Co.  main title design

Runtime:

USA:240 min (3 parts)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Spanish | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:PG | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, South Africa

Company:

Bad Hat Harry Productions

Trivia:

Executive producer Dean Devlin wrote the scene in which Meeno Paloma is in the boat with the Greenpeace people when he was in high school.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Just before boarding the submarine, Emily Patterson recognizes it as Soviet-built Foxtrot class. Later it is possible to see that the sub has two three-bladed propellers. In fact, Foxtrot class submarines had three six-bladed propellers.

Quotes:

Emily Patterson: [about a strange light coming from the sky] Anybody got a theory on this one?

Movie Connections:

References The Philadelphia Experiment (1984)

Beats the crap out of "Surface"

Just saw this on the Sci-Fi channel today and I loved it, especially compared to the terrible mini-series, Surface, which ran on NBC last year. Triangle had good acting, good special effects, a tight storyline, a satisfying ending, and was plausible within the basic outlines. I just hated Surface, though I watched most of it -- mostly in the hopes that it would start to get better but it never did. Surface wasted my time -- it was too long and drawn out -- and there were so many loose ends and implausible parts to that story. Its special effects were tacky too, especially that ending scene of the flood. Triangle excelled in all the places Surface fell on its face.

I don't care if the idea of the Bermuda Triangle is plausible or not. If you accept the fact that it exists for the sake of this movie, then the parts of this story make sense -- ie, what caused it and why it was causing so much havoc in the ocean. Sure there are a few things that are unexplained, but they are not major.

To address a few of the comments of other reviews here -- 1) perhaps the reason the 4 didn't meet their other selves in the alternate universes is because the others were also transported to other universes at that same time; at any rate, it's a really minor point ... 2) I read a comment that Lou Diamond Phillips' character could have been left out and it wouldn't have mattered. While it's true his character is non-essential to the basic storyline, it adds richness and texture to the mini-series in emphasizing the impact of the time shifts. Phillips also does a fine job with the role. I guess I'm biased as he's one of my favorite actors.... 3) someone said it didn't make sense that ships prior to the date of the creation of the Bermuda Triangle were experiencing the effects, but if you consider that time shifts are two-way -- that a portal that allows someone to travel back in time will also allow someone in that earlier period to travel to another time -- then it makes perfect sense.

After having recently wasted so many hours of my time on the dismal "Surface," this mini-series is a real winner.