The Flock (2007)

Director:

Wai-keung Lau
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Writers:

Hans Bauer (writer)
Craig Mitchell (writer)

Release Date:

13 September 2007 (Greece)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Your fear is their desire

Plot:

This film is about a hyper-vigilant employee of the department of public safety who, while training his young female replacement, has to track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he is investigating.

Plot Keywords:

Child Molester | Train | Killing Of Child Molester | Flashlight | Investigation

Cast

Richard Gere	...	Erroll Babbage
Claire Danes	...	Allison Lowry
KaDee Strickland	...	Viola Frye
Ray Wise	...	Bobby Stiles
Russell Sams	...	Edmund Grooms
Avril Lavigne	...	Beatrice Bell
Kristina Sisco	...	Harriet Wells
Dwayne L. Barnes	...	Vincent Dennison (as Dwayne Barnes)
Matt Schulze	...	Glenn Custis
Debrianna Mansini	...	Harriet's Mother
Ed Ackerman	...	Louis Kessler
French Stewart	...	Haynes Ownby
Paul Scallan	...	Missing Girl's Father
Susan Conklin	...	Missing Girl's Mother
Carmen Serano	...	Woman in Gorilla Suit
Victoria Gallegos	...	Errol's Colleague #1 (as Victoria Gale)
Josh Berry	...	Deputy #1
Esodi Geiger	...	Sheriff's Investigator (as Esodie Geiger)
Frank Bond	...	Deputy #2
Genia Michaela	...	Barfly
Robyn Reede	...	Waitress
Johnnie Hector	...	Engineer (as Johnie Hector)
Blake Catherwood	...	Androgynous
Dylan Kenin	...	Bitten Man
James Tarwater	...	Finger Sniffer (as J. Tarwater)
Brian Lucero	...	Male Kisser
J.D. Garfield	...	Errol's Colleague #2
Roberto Enrique Pineda	...	Brakeman
Katherine Costa	...	Secretary
Twink Caplan	...	Waitress #2
Matt Sanford	...	James Ray Ward
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Skye MacCallum	...	Nadine
J. Nathan Simmons	...	New York Commuter
Jess Coffer	...	Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Erik Davies	...	Actor (uncredited)
Stephen Eiland	...	Santa (uncredited)
Jim Garrity	...	Scarred Face Guy (uncredited)
Robert Nathan Gleason	...	Registered Sex Offender (uncredited)
Tom B. Gleason	...	C.S.I. Cop (uncredited)
Chaz Grundy	...	Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)
Ric Maddox	...	Det. Martin Ryder (uncredited)
Paul McGowen	...	Det. Grant P. Stockdale (uncredited)
Bailey Ann Scheller	...	Restraunt patron (uncredited)
Dylan Scheller	...	Restraunt patron (uncredited)
Cyd Schulte	...	Hot Babe (uncredited)
Tavia Schwartz	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Z. Ray Wakeman	...	Downtown Guy (uncredited)
Lewie Wickham	...	Diner Deputy (uncredited)

Directed by
Wai-keung Lau		(as Andrew Lau)
Niels Mueller		(reshoots) (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Hans Bauer		writer
Craig Mitchell		writer

Produced by
Karinne Behr	....	executive producer
Luc Campeau	....	executive producer
Jenette Kahn	....	producer
Wai-keung Lau	....	producer (as Andrew Lau)
Robert L. Levy	....	executive producer
Andrew Loo	....	co-producer
Philippe Martinez	....	producer
Larry Rapaport	....	producer
Adam Richman	....	producer
Elie Samaha	....	producer
Peter Schwerin	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Guy Farley

Cinematography by
Enrique Chediak

Film Editing by
Tracy Adams
Martin Hunter

Casting by
Lisa Beach
Toni Cobb Brock
Sarah Katzman

Production Design by
Lester Cohen

Art Direction by
Ed Vega

Set Decoration by
Carla Curry

Costume Design by
Deborah Everton

Makeup Department
Sara Bozik	....	additional makeup artist
Jessie Brown	....	additional makeup artist
LuAnn Claps	....	makeup artist: Richard Gere
Tarra D. Day	....	makeup department head
RaMona Fleetwood	....	hair department head
Matthew Jorgensen	....	makeup lab technician
Neal Kennemore	....	makeup lab technician: W.M. Creations
Neal Kennemore	....	mold maker: W.M. Creations
Neal Kennemore	....	sculptor: W.M. Creations
Rich Knight	....	makeup lab tech: W.M. Creations
Rich Knight	....	mold maker: W.M. Creations
Rich Knight	....	sculptor: W.M. Creations
Aaron Koons	....	special makeup effects lab technician
Blair Leonard	....	makeup artist
Karen McDonald	....	additional makeup artist
Yvette Meely	....	key hair stylist
Matthew W. Mungle	....	special makeup effects artist: prosthetic supply

Production Management
David Manzanares	....	unit manager
Larry Rodriguez	....	post-production executive
Rick S. Sulier	....	production supervisor
Straw Weisman	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Neil Daly	....	first assistant director
Jason Graham	....	second assistant director
Megan Lombardo	....	additional second assistant director
Philip Seeger	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Brett Andrews	....	props
David D. Baumann	....	assistant property master
James Duddy	....	swing gang
Gary Eilar	....	swing gang
Michael Flowers	....	set dresser
Mary Holyoke	....	set decoration buyer
Kristen Kogler	....	art department coordinator
Ben Lowney	....	property master
Steven Maes	....	graphic artist
Ian Scroggins	....	swing gang
Liv Selinger	....	leadman: re-shoots
Raphael Senft	....	set dresser
Juan Souter	....	swing gang boss
Gabriella Villarreal	....	assistant set decorator
Jeffri Welsh	....	props
Christopher Windisch	....	construction coordinator
Jeri Woodward	....	paint foreman
Randal Woodward	....	lead scenic

Sound Department
Joshua Adeniji	....	foley editor
Randy Babajtis	....	sound designer
Michael Baird	....	sound editor
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer
Dhyana Carlton-Tims	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
David O. Daniel	....	sound mixer
Robert Dehn	....	assistant sound editor
Brent Findley	....	assistant sound editor
Lesa Foust	....	cable utility sound
Jason Gaya	....	assistant sound editor
Judah Getz	....	assistant adr recordist
Matthew Halbert	....	boom operator
Scott Hinkley	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Hughes	....	assistant sound editor
Cody King	....	foley editor
Richard Kitting	....	sound recordist
Jeff Knudsen	....	additional boom operator
Shawn London	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Miller	....	supervising sound editor
Andrew Morgado	....	foley mixer
Michael Parlett	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Weitz	....	sound utility

Special Effects by
Caylen Johnson	....	special effects
Margaret Johnson	....	special effects coordinator (as Maggie Johnson)
Randy E. Moore	....	special effects foreman
Stein Rosburg	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Francine Baker	....	visual effects
David M. Blum	....	visual effects producer: Catalyst FX
David M. Blum	....	visual effects supervisor: Catalyst FX
Anthony Davis	....	digital compositor: Technicolor Digital Services
Joe Gill	....	digital artist: Catalyst FX
David Hofflich	....	visual effects
Gregg Katano	....	visual effects
Joseph Madej	....	visual effects
Narbeh Mardirossian	....	visual effects
Gabriel Naylor	....	digital artist
Duy Tan Nguyen	....	visual effects
Antonio Orlina	....	visual effects
Lance Ranzer	....	digital compositor
George Rizkallah	....	DI supervisor
Judd Rubin	....	visual effects
Christian Schermerhorn	....	digital artist: Catalyst FX
Ian Truitner	....	digital compositor
John D. Van Wye	....	digital artist: Catalyst FX (as Jon Van Wye)

Stunts
Tony Lee Boggs	....	stunt coordinator (as Tony Boggs)
Gloria Knight	....	stunt double: Claire Danes
Gloria Knight	....	stunt double: Kristina Sisco

Camera and Electrical Department
Liza Bambenek	....	second assistant camera
Nick Barros	....	grip
Harland Espeset	....	dolly grip
Ryan Eustis	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
George Greene	....	electrician
Hank Herrera	....	best boy grip
Aubrey Husar	....	key grip
George Ross Johnson	....	rigger
Steven Litecky	....	gaffer
James R. Powell	....	assistant camera
Jessica Ramos	....	video playback operator
Robert Rendon	....	second assistant camera: additional camera
Zac Sneesby	....	best boy grip
Alejandro Snodgrass	....	grip
Mark Steinig	....	grip
Lisbeth Storandt	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Paige Thomas	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Aurelia Winborn	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera

Casting Department
Annie Hedgpeth	....	casting associate
Gwyn Savage	....	casting: New Mexico
Gwyn Savage	....	extras casting
Gwyn Savage	....	local casting
Carol Stanzione	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Fran Allgood	....	costume supervisor
Maria Bentfield	....	costumer
Tabitha Johnson	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Burdette Anderson	....	post-production executive
Ron Brennan	....	digital intermediate colorist
George Chavez	....	color timer
Mark Dinicola	....	colorist assist
Blake Harjes	....	first assistant editor
Azim Tirmizi	....	colorist: dailies
Christine Vasquez	....	digital intermediate producer
Jan Yarbrough	....	senior digital intermediate colorist

Music Department
Gemma Dempsey	....	additional music supervisor
Guy Farley	....	conductor
Ben Fenner	....	score mixer
Ben Fenner	....	score recordist
Stephanie Gonley	....	orchestra leader
Phil Hope	....	executive music supervisor
Will Johnstone	....	composer: additional music
Will Johnstone	....	music programmer: ProTools and percussion
Andy Kitchen	....	assistant music engineer: Abbey Road Studios
Frank Lambert	....	music preparation
Karen Leite	....	assistant music engineer: Sphere Studios
Michael Lloyd	....	additional music supervisor
Sam Okell	....	assistant music engineer: Abbey Road Studios
Andrew Pearce	....	orchestrator
Adrian Thomas	....	musical associate
Simon White	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Lucas Stein	....	driver

Other crew
Keith Baca	....	production secretary
Francheska Bardacke	....	assistant to producers
Lamonte Bell	....	first assistant accountant
Dave Bird	....	security officer
Stacia Brigham	....	unit publicist
Geno Caggiano	....	unit publicist
Tim Carroll	....	animal trainer
Tracey Gardhouse	....	wolf trainer
Jim Garrity	....	stand-in: Richard Gere
Julia Grove	....	picture conformist
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative
Ted Harris Jr.	....	security officer
Jonathan Leven	....	production executive
David Manzanares	....	first assistant director: aerial unit
Brandy Marrs	....	production assistant
Randy McDonald	....	security officer
Mamie Mitchell	....	additional script supervisor
Dennis Muscari	....	location assistant
Dan Noah	....	travel coordinator
Aimie Olson	....	key medic
DeLayne Rasmussen	....	production coordinator
Lucy Kim Robertson	....	accounting clerk
Roxanne Senesman	....	accountant
Hugh Spurling	....	studio executive
Rachel Srigley	....	assistant production office coordinator
Hunter Standen	....	production secretary
Tyler Standen	....	production assistant
Claudine Strasser	....	script supervisor
Faith Strongheart	....	key set production assistant
Alan Swain	....	location manager
Andrea Vestrand	....	set production assistant
Z. Ray Wakeman	....	location scout
Manfred Leuthard	....	helicopter pilot (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Bauer Martinez Studios
• Double Nickel Entertainment
• Gibraltar Films
• Lucky 50 Productions
• Templar Films

Distributors

• Cinestar (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Geneon Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Genius Products (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Golden Scene (2007) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• High Fliers Distribution (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Hoyts Distribution (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Hoyts Distribution (2008) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc. (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Pyramid (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• TFM Distribution (2007) (France) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• Catalyst FX (visual effects)
• Great FX
• Hi-Ground Media (additional visual effects)
• W.M. Creations (prosthetics)

Other Companies

• Abbey Road Studios  music recorded at (as Abbey Road Studios, London)
• Blue Rider Pictures  funding
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Clearance Domain  clearances
• Cool Music  orchestra contractor
• Cutting Edge  music supervision
• Endeavor Agency  secured financing
• HeliNM  helicopter filming
• Kodak Motion Picture Imaging  digital intermediate
• Magic Film and Video Works  telecine dailies
• MovieScore Media  soundtrack
• Pacific Title  title design
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Product Factory, The  on-line conforming
• Sonic Magic  sound post-production (as Sonic Magic Studios)
• Sphere Studios  score recorded and mixed at
• Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging  digital intermediate (as Motion Picture Imaging)

MPAA:

Rated R for perverse content involving aberrant sexuality and strong violence, and for language.

Runtime:

105 min | Canada:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | Ireland:16 | UK:18 | Portugal:M/18 | Netherlands:16 | Taiwan:R-12 | USA:R | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Bauer Martinez Studios

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Errol puts the plastic tarp back over the corpse in the basement, it is clearly the same shot of him pulling it off, but in reverse.

Interesting ideas, poor execution.

The films starts of good: the premise is intriguing and there are some scenes that get you dragged into the movie. As the movie progresses, the script starts making less and less sense and the last twenty minutes felt incredibly rushed and out of tone.

The direction wasn't good at all. What bothered me for instance was the camera-work. Too many different styles are mixed and it all ends up looking incredibly sloppy instead of the intended 'modern/flashy' effect. The music should have been better too. There were numerous examples of scenes that should have been silent that had music playing in the background and vice versa. Also, the music played was not of the highest quality.

The film is somewhat engaging, it deals with a sensitive subject and tries to deal with it in an honest yet confronting matter. At least, in the beginning. In the 2nd part of the movie there's little left of the objectivity in the script. I won't name any concrete examples because I don't want to spoil it for anyone but I'm sure you'll know what I'm talking about if you ever see it.

The acting was all right in my opinion. Not top notch but not horrible either. Gere is average like always and Danes doesn't really leave big impression either. The supporting cast should've been better, the example of Miss Avril Lavigne immediately comes to mind. She manages to ruin the only scene she has.

Many people will compare this movie to 8mm, because of the similar harsh theme but they have little in common. 8mm is a lot more powerful,darker and shows more guts(not literally). It's easily the better film. There are some shocking scenes in 'The Flock', one of which resembles a scene in 8mm a lot but this time they lacked the nerve to go all the way.

To summarize, is this movie bad? No, but it won't blow you away. The ideas are interesting but after a while the script feels uninspired and formulaic. The acting is mediocre and the score is bad. It's not really worth seeing but it'll briefly entertain you.

5.4/10