Stormbreaker (2006)

Director:

Geoffrey Sax

Writers:

Anthony Horowitz (novel)
Anthony Horowitz (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 July 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Family

Tagline:

You're never too young to die.

Plot:

Alex Rider thinks he is a normal school boy, until his uncle is killed. He discovers that his uncle was actually spy on a mission...

Plot Keywords:

Piccadilly Circus London | Teen | Secret Service | Gadget Car | Spy

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Sarah Bolger	...	Sabina Pleasure
Robbie Coltrane	...	Prime Minister
Stephen Fry	...	Smithers
Damian Lewis	...	Yassen Gregorovich
Ewan McGregor	...	Ian Rider
Bill Nighy	...	Alan Blunt
Sophie Okonedo	...	Mrs. Jones
Alex Pettyfer	...	Alex Rider
Missi Pyle	...	Nadia Vole
Mickey Rourke	...	Darrius Sayle
Andy Serkis	...	Mr. Grin
Alicia Silverstone	...	Jack Starbright
Ashley Walters	...	Wolf
Alex Barrett	...	Gary
Richard Huw	...	Teacher
Richard James	...	Vicar
Jimmy Carr	...	John Crawford
Julian Bucknall	...	MI6 Man
Martin Herdman	...	Slater
Morgan Walters	...	Harry
David Royle	...	Special Forces Sergeant
Jamie Kenna	...	Fox
Kolade Agboke	...	Eagle
Dave Legeno	...	Bear
Bohdan Poraj	...	Soldier #1 (as Bo Poraj)
Del Synnott	...	Soldier #2
William Tapley	...	Army Major
Vivien Creegor	...	News Reporter
Simon McCoy	...	News Reader
Michael Webber	...	Sayle Scientist
Andrew Brooke	...	Clumsy Guard
Ian U'Chong	...	Sayle Security Guard
Laurella Fox-Pitt	...	Riding Instructress
Bruce Woodford	...	PE Teacher
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tom Bucknall	...	Boy in Hamley's (uncredited)
Scott Chisholm	...	Boy in Hamleys (uncredited)

Directed by
Geoffrey Sax

Writing credits
Anthony Horowitz		novel &
Anthony Horowitz		screenplay

Produced by
Steve Christian	....	producer
Hilary Dugdale	....	executive producer
Nigel Green	....	executive producer
Andreas Grosch	....	producer
Anthony Horowitz	....	executive producer
Jessica Parker	....	associate producer
Marc Samuelson	....	producer
Peter Samuelson	....	producer
Andreas Schmid	....	executive producer
Kevan Van Thompson	....	line producer

Original Music by
Alan Parker

Cinematography by
Chris Seager

Film Editing by
Andrew MacRitchie

Casting by
Sarah Bird

Production Design by
Ricky Eyres

Art Direction by
John Fenner
Alan Gilmore

Set Decoration by
Lee Gordon

Costume Design by
John Bloomfield

Makeup Department
Kirstin Chalmers	....	chief makeup and hair
John Henry Gordon	....	key hair stylist
Tracey Lee	....	makeup & hair supervisor
Donald McInnes	....	makeup dailies
Sian Richards	....	additional hair designer
Sian Richards	....	additional makeup designer
Brigitta Smart	....	hair stylist
Brigitta Smart	....	makeup artist
Josh Weston	....	special makeup effects artist
Matthew Smith	....	prosthetic sculptor (uncredited)

Production Management
Meg Clark	....	post-production supervisor
Kerstin Dyroff	....	production manager: VIP Medienfonds
Charlie Simpson	....	unit manager
Elena Zokas	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vicki Allen	....	second second assistant director
Kelly Dennis	....	third assistant director
Sean Guest	....	first assistant director: second unit
Shakir Hafoudh	....	third assistant director
James Haven	....	second assistant director: second unit
Nick Heckstall-Smith	....	first assistant director
Finn McGrath	....	second assistant director
Sarah Mooney	....	trainee assistant director
Emily Perowne	....	daily trainee assistant director
Samar Pollitt	....	third assistant director
Crispin Reece	....	second unit director
Lucy Thomas	....	third assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Will Ayres	....	stand-by props
Andrew Baber	....	model maker assistant
Neal Callow	....	draughtsman
Julia Castle	....	construction coordinator
Jonathan Downing	....	stand-by prop
James Enright	....	propshop model maker
Alex Marden	....	assistant buyer
Tony Marks	....	carpenter
Dan Maslen	....	storyboard artist
Ray McNeill	....	property master
Brian Neighbour	....	chargehand carpenter
Kimberley Pope	....	graphics
Darren Reynolds	....	chargehand stand-by props
Mark Reynolds	....	chargehand dressing prop
Jo Sansom	....	art department runner
Rosanna Westwood	....	stand-by art director
Jeff Woodbridge	....	stand-by carpenter
Peter Wood	....	dressing prop

Sound Department
Nigel Bennett	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Ed Colyer	....	sound mixer
James Corless	....	sound mix technician
Mike Dowson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Eusebe	....	boom operator
Glen Gathard	....	sound mix technician
Dominic Gibbs	....	supervising sound editor
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Paul Govey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Robin Green	....	boom operator
Howard Halsall	....	supervising dialogue editor
Alistair Hawkins	....	additional sound editor
Mark Holding	....	sound mixer
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Chris Navarro	....	adr recordist
Jack Stew	....	foley artist
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
David Tyler	....	sound
Jack Whittaker	....	sound effects editor
Richard Street	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Garry Cooper	....	special effects technician
Amit Desai	....	technical effects
James Dunn	....	junior special effects technician
Paul Dunn	....	special effects supervisor
Wilma Dunn	....	special effects coordinator
John Fell	....	wire effects
Michael Fox	....	special effects technician
Luke Marcel	....	special effects senior technician
Charlie Olsen	....	special effects technician
Max Schofield	....	wire effects
Robert Schofield	....	wire effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Paul Alexiou	....	visual effects film editorial: MPC
David Armitage	....	visual effects
Joe Arnold	....	tracking: Cinesite
Kate Attwooll	....	production support: Cinesite
Andrew Baggarley	....	data wrangler
Stephen Bearman	....	scanning supervisor
Nic Birmingham	....	digital effects artist
Dameon Boyle	....	matchmove artist
Richard Briscoe	....	visual effects supervisor: double negative
Matthew Bristowe	....	digital lab producer: MPC
Andre Brizard	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Mike Bryant	....	data I/O: Cinesite
Roisin Byrne	....	production support: Cinesite
Kevin Campbell	....	technical manager
Jon Capleton	....	matchmove artist
Tom Carrick	....	digital artist
Chas Cash	....	CG supervisor: Cinesite
Lee Chidwick	....	data I/O: Cinesite
Helen Clare	....	data operator
Grant Connor	....	compositor: Cinesite
Ian Copeland	....	data I/O: Cinesite
Alexandra Day	....	visual effects producer
Tom Debenham	....	visual effects supervisor
Keith Devlin	....	sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Dave Early	....	senior matte painter: Cinesite
Paddy Eason	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Jonathan East	....	render wrangler: MPC
Yasmine El-Ghamrawy	....	digital compositor
Guy Elson	....	compositor: Cinesite
Michael Elson	....	executive producer: MPC
Stephen Elson	....	visual effects producer: Baseblack
Oliver Faldo	....	rotoscoper: Cinesite
Kevin Fitzgerald	....	technical support: Cinesite
Ben Flatter	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite
Richard Fox	....	roto/prep artist
Amanda Freeburn	....	production support: Cinesite
Martin Gabriel	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
David Gibbons	....	digital matte painter
Helen Gibson	....	production support: Cinesite
Lisa Gonzalez	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Elysia Greening	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Lewis Guarniere	....	data wrangler: MPC
Qian Han	....	roto/prep artist
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: Double Negative
Joey Harris	....	data I/O: Cinesite
Jeremy Hey	....	prep artist: MPC
Jeremy Hey	....	roto artist: MPC
Alex Hislop	....	production support: Cinesite
Kay Hoddy	....	roto/prep artist
Rudi Holzapfel	....	visual effects supervisor
Natalie Homewood	....	tracking: Cinesite
Max Horton	....	colourist
Pete Howlett	....	digital compositor
Simon Hughes	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Iain Irwin-Powell	....	technical support: Cinesite
Stephen Jolley	....	digital artist
Owen Jones	....	matchmove artist
Per Karefelt	....	r&d support: Baseblack
Peng Ke	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Ryan Knowles	....	data operator
John Kozak	....	research and development
Debbie Langford	....	CG modeller: MPC
Tracey Leadbetter	....	visual effects: Double Negative
Christopher Learmonth	....	production support: Cinesite
John Leonti	....	visual effects
Luke Letkey	....	digital compositor
Aisling Lloyd	....	production support: Cinesite
Amy Lloyd	....	production support: Cinesite
Begoña Lopez	....	digital lab producer: MPC
Charlotte Loughnane	....	visual effects producer
Vaibhav Marathe	....	digital compositor
Jolene McCaffrey	....	digital compositor: MPC
Victoria McDowell	....	visual effects coordinator: Samuelson Productions
Nakia McGlynn	....	digital artist: The Moving Picture Company
Alasdair McNeill	....	roto/prep supervisor
Jan Meade	....	production support: Cinesite
Jon Miller	....	tracking supervisor: Cinesite
Rebecca Moores	....	production support: Cinesite
Gareth Murphy	....	data I/O: Cinesite
Tristan Myles	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Stuart Nelhams	....	visual effects editor: MPC
Guy Nesfield	....	digital I/O
Helen Newby	....	compositor: Cinesite
Donal Nolan	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Sarah Norton	....	compositor: Cinesite
Carl O'Dell	....	technical support: Cinesite
Schafer-Davies Oliver	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Gruff Owen	....	digital compositor
Chris Panton	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Dominic Parker	....	associate visual effects supervisor
Simon Payne	....	visual effects
Daniel Pettipher	....	production manager: Cinesite
Tom Phillips	....	shot technical director
Adrian Pinder	....	shot technical director: Baseblack
Tristan Porter	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Anna Privett	....	production support: Cinesite
Gillian Roberts	....	production support: Cinesite
Peter Robertshaw	....	technical support: Cinesite
Sue Rowe	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Rajat Roy	....	digital compositor
Gurpreet Ruprah	....	digital compositor
James Russell	....	digital compositor: MPC
Mark Sanger	....	visual effects editor
Petra Schwane	....	digital compositor: Baseblack
Michele Sciolette	....	compositor: Cinesite
David Scott	....	digital compositor
Jarmila Seflova	....	compositor: Cinesite
David Sewell	....	sequence supervisor: Cinesite
Nishet Shah	....	technical support: Cinesite
Matthew Shaw	....	digital compositor
Marie Sheehan	....	production support: Cinesite
Shobanbabu	....	CG supervisor
Paul Shore	....	scanning supervisor
Serdar Simga	....	senior digital matte painter
John Slattery	....	compositor: Cinesite
Steve Smith	....	technical support: Cinesite
Kim Stevenson	....	digital compositor
Marc Stevenson	....	tracking: Cinesite
Madhu Sudhanan	....	visual effects producer
Giuseppe Tagliavini	....	digital compositor: MPC
Simon Thomas	....	visual effects
Sanju Travis	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Celia Tsirpis	....	production support: Cinesite
Thomas Urbye	....	online film editor
Gert Van Dermeersch	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Courtney Vanderslice	....	executive producer: Cinesite
Karen Wand	....	compositor: Cinesite
Dan Warder	....	data operator
Val Wardlaw	....	visual effects supervisor: Baseblack
Ollie Weigall	....	production support: Cinesite
Thom Wickes	....	render/data wrangler: Cinesite
Chris Wilson	....	render wrangler: MPC
James Winnifrith	....	assistant visual effects editor
Pat Wintersgill	....	online film editor
Oliver Winwood	....	assistant digital resource manager: MPC
Kathy Wise	....	data I/O: Cinesite
Melody Woodford	....	match move supervisor & coordinator: MPC
Jamie Wood	....	compositor: Cinesite
Anna Yamazoe	....	render wrangler: MPC
Keith Barton	....	technical support: Cinesite (uncredited)
Martyn Drake	....	systems: MPC (uncredited)
Anna Ford	....	bidding coordinator: Cinesite (uncredited)
Richard Garnish	....	technical support: Cinesite (uncredited)
Clive Haward	....	technical support: Cinesite (uncredited)
Chris Perschky	....	technical support: Cinesite (uncredited)
David Richardson	....	technical support: Cinesite (uncredited)

Stunts
Nick Chopping	....	stunt horse rider
Tony Christian	....	stunt driver
George Cottle	....	stunt performer
Paul Heasman	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Eunice Huthart	....	stunt double
Rob Inch	....	horse master
Rowley Irlam	....	stunt rider
Adam Kirley	....	stunt driver
Crispin Layfield	....	stunt double
Derek Lea	....	stunts
Andy Merchant	....	stunt performer
Andreas Petrides	....	stunts
Lee Sheward	....	stunt coordinator
Marc Wolff	....	stunt pilot
Donnie Yen	....	additional martial arts sequences

Camera and Electrical Department
Julian Bucknall	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jason Bulley	....	underwater camera operator
Liam Daniel	....	still photographer
Camilla Drennan	....	daily central camera loader
Laurence Edwards	....	crane technician
Toby Eedy	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Steve Ellingworth	....	key grip
Woody Gregson	....	central loader
Simon Heck	....	first assistant camera
David Holliday	....	grip: "b" camera
Jon Howard	....	clapper loader: second unit
Russell Kennedy	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Martin Kenzie	....	director of photography: second unit
Stephen Lee	....	additional video assist operator
John Marzano	....	aerial director of photography
Vince McGahon	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Vince McGahon	....	steadicam operator
Phil Murray	....	dolly & unit grip
Spencer Murray	....	focus puller: second unit
Phil Penfold	....	rigging gaffer
Luis Santos	....	electrician
Philip Sindall	....	camera operator: "a" camera
James Smith-Pryor	....	electrician
Iain Struthers	....	focus puller: "b" camera and steadicam
Russell Tann	....	electrician
Andy Thomson	....	crane technician
David Toft	....	video assist operator
Dave Wells	....	best boy grip
J. Glyn Williams	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Charlie Woodburn	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Tim Wooster	....	camera operator: second unit
Paul Worley	....	grip
Jacob Barrie	....	daily second assistant camera (uncredited)
Shaun Mone	....	rigging electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Abigail Barbier	....	adr voice casting
Suzy Catliff	....	casting assistant
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lucy Donowho	....	costume stand-by: second unit
David J. Evans	....	costume assistant
Michelle Gisonda	....	assistant costume designer
Andrew Hunt	....	key costume assistant
Sharon Long	....	costume supervisor
Fiona McCann	....	key wardrobe assistant
Guy Speranza	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Greg Barrett	....	scanning producer
Alex Fenn	....	assistant editor
Adam Gough	....	editorial runner
Laura Jennings	....	assistant editor
Edward Randolph	....	apprentice editor
Mark Sanger	....	first assistant editor
James Winnifrith	....	assistant editor: avid

Music Department
Andy Brown	....	music contractor
Paul Golding	....	music score engineering
Tony Lewis	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Guy Bostock	....	action vehicle coordinator
Ken Price	....	driver: camera truck

Other crew
Samantha Barber	....	script supervisor assistant: FT2
Samantha Black	....	contact: London
Arie Bohrer	....	production controller: VIP Medienfonds
Andy Brunskill	....	stand-in: Mr. Lewis
Rebecca Budds	....	film scanning coordinator
Kerensa Burton	....	assistant script supervisor
Donna Casey	....	assistant accountant
Renato Celani	....	assistant to producer: UK
Leah Chalk	....	health and safety
Mally Chung	....	location manager: second unit
Tom Crooke	....	assistant location manager
Matt Curtis	....	title designer
Rebecca Davis	....	location runner
Clifford De Spenser	....	dialect coach
Camilla Drennan	....	daily central loader
Jake Edmonds	....	health and safety advisor
Tim Elliott	....	stand-in
Richard Goldblatt	....	IT consultant
Linda Gregory	....	production accountant
Florian Harms	....	legal counsel: VIP
Sam Haveland	....	office runner
Alexander Hodgson	....	travel coordinator
Polly Hope	....	assistant production coordinator
Albie Hueston	....	body double: Alex Pettyfer
Albie Hueston	....	double: Alex Pettyfer
Albie Hueston	....	stand-in: Alex Pettyfer
Rob Inch	....	horse master
Chris Ingram	....	production runner
Martin Joy	....	location manager
Angela R. Knight	....	stand-in: Alicia Silverstone
Warren Kornblum	....	chief branding officer
Sylvia Mackintosh	....	location accountant
Tom McFarling	....	second unit assistant
Damian Mitchell	....	armorer
Zoe Morgan	....	script supervisor
Eva Neufahrt	....	controller
Eduardo Panizzo	....	production runner
Victoria Parr	....	assistant to producer: USA
Philip Pickford	....	rooftop heli-pad fire officer
Claudia Sendlbeck-Schickor	....	tax advisor: VIP
Suzie Shearer	....	production coordinator
Emma Short	....	assistant accountant
Callum Heckstall Smith	....	additional floor runner
Graham Smith	....	unit publicist
Jane Soans	....	location manager
Andy Stephens	....	aerial operations manager: Flying Pictures Ltd.
Cat Taylor	....	assistant to writer
Aminta Townshend	....	script supervisor: second unit
Berit Wetzel	....	legal counsel: VIP
David Wilcock	....	accounts trainee
Laura Windebank	....	runner: UK
Sylvi Woitusch	....	production assistant: VIP Medienfonds
Marc Wolff	....	aerial coordinator
Barney Wrightson	....	aerial assistant coordinator: Flying Pictures Ltd.
Wil Wright	....	assistant armorer
Donnie Yen	....	action director

Thanks
Matt Garner	....	thanks
David Greenbaum	....	special thanks
Fredd Parr	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Samuelson Productions
• Isle of Man Film
• Weinstein Company, The
• Isle of Man Film Commission
• VIP 4 Medienfonds
• Moving Picture Company (MPC)
• Rising Star Entertainment

Distributors

• Entertainment Film Distributors (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• Cinestar (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Central Partnership (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Medusa Film (2006) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Odeon S.A. (2006) (Greece) (TV)
• Independent Films (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Pandasia Entertainment (2006) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Home Video (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Genius Products (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Impacto Cine (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2007) (Argentina) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Baseblack
• Cinesite
• Moving Picture Company (MPC)
• Special Effects UK

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies/mobiles
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Creative Giant  licensing style guide
• Dennis Davidson & Associates Public Releations (DDA)  unit publicity
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• Media Safety  health & safety
• Midnight Transfer  post-production facilities
• Milan Records  soundtrack
• One8Six  camera equipment provided by
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility
• Wood Hall Catering  catering

Also Known As:

Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (International: English title) (UK) (poster title)
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (USA)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Germany | USA | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Germany:12 | Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | Netherlands:MG6 | UK:PG | USA:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Brazil:10 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Ireland:PG | South Africa:PG

Filming Locations:

Broadgate, London, England, UK

Company:

Samuelson Productions

Trivia:

Fifteen-year-old Alex Pettyfer was chosen from five hundred other boys for the coveted lead role of Alex Rider.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the opening scene, when the camera is rolling past all the class mates, one girl in the back ground quickly looks at the camera, then looks back to the front of the class again (the girl with the blue undershirt and long hair).

Quotes:

Alex Rider: You're going to kill thousands of innocent people.
Darrius Sayle: No, no, of course not. I'll kill millions.

Movie Connections:

References Dr. No (1962)

Soundtrack:

Ready Steady Go

An excellent adaptation of the novel

I've read all the Alex Rider books - largely to see what my three sons were raving about. The books are action from