Black Water Transit (2009)

Director:

Tony Kaye

Writers (WGA):

Matthew Chapman (screenplay)
Carsten Stroud (novel)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

Story follows the divergent agendas of criminals, cops and lawyers as they collide over a shipment of illegal firearms and a double homicide. Earl Pike, a criminal, tries to get his family's illegal gun collection to a safe haven. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Karl Urban	...	Earl Pike
Brittany Snow	...	Sardoonah
Laurence Fishburne	...	Jack
Aisha Tyler	...	Casey Spandau
Stephen Dorff	...	Nicky
Mickey Sumner	...	Attractive Hotel Receptionist
Beverly D'Angelo	...	Valeriana Schick
Leslie Easterbrook	...	Bet Tannen
Bill Cobbs	...	Frank Vermillion
Evan Ross	...	Gary Vermillion
Justin Martin	...	Tynee
Sam Medina	...	Hardcore Prisoner
Larnell Stovall	...	Lynch
Alex Sol	...	Jimmy Rock
Ime Etuk	...	African Ship Captain
Annalee Autumn	...	Mourner
John Douglas Williams	...	Oswald Benson
Jan Falk	...	Lucinda Vermillion
M. Jearl Vinot	...	Police Officer
Christine Biancardi	...	Prostitute
Greg Di Leo	...	Conner
Henry Pelitire	...	SWAT officer
Anthony Abuah	...	African Soldier
Edward D. Caiado	...	NOPD Police Officer
Frederick Otchere	...	African Soldier
James Edmonson	...	Storm Victim
Lucy Marie Ferry	...	Young Sardoonah
Chris Bailey	...	Pallbearer (uncredited)
Dominique DuVernay	...	Prostitute (uncredited)
Susan Glaze-Harper	...	Pedistrian (uncredited)
Melissa S. Harris	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Cynthia LeBlanc	...	Prison Visitor (uncredited)
Jay Oliver	...	Lawyer (uncredited)
Kortnee Simmons	...	Extra (uncredited)
Roger J. Timber	...	Cameraman (uncredited)

Directed by
Tony Kaye

Writing credits (WGA)
Matthew Chapman		(screenplay)
Carsten Stroud		(novel)

Produced by
David Bergstein	....	executive producer
Fabian Carrillo	....	executive producer
Betsy Danbury	....	co-producer
Ross M. Dinerstein	....	executive producer
Christopher Eberts	....	producer
Laurence Fishburne	....	executive producer
Kia Jam	....	producer
Paul Parmar	....	producer
Nathalie Peter-Contesse	....	executive producer
Arnold Rifkin	....	producer
Chris Roberts	....	executive producer
Bobby Schwartz	....	executive producer
Todd Traina	....	executive producer
Tim Van Rellim	....	executive producer
Jeff G. Waxman	....	co-producer
Sam Zaharis	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Gervase Gordon
Will Horrocks
Amory Leader
Simon Williams

Cinematography by
Tony Kaye

Film Editing by
Peter Goddard
Aaron Robson

Casting by
Tricia Wood

Production Design by
Justin Dragonas		(co-production designer)

Art Direction by
Tom Frohling
Jason Baldwin Stewart		(as Jason E. Baldwin)
Thomas Valentine

Set Decoration by
Meg Everist

Costume Design by
April Napier

Makeup Department
Martha Callender	....	makeup artist: Mr. Fishburne
Matthew Jorgensen	....	special makeup effects artist
Darryl Lucas	....	additional makeup
Fleur Morell	....	makeup department head
Matthew W. Mungle	....	prosthetics designer/supplier
Matthew W. Mungle	....	special makeup effects artist
Pamela Neal	....	makeup consultant
Koji Ohmura	....	special makeup effects lab technician: W.M. Creations
Gianna Sparacino	....	hair stylist
Aimee Stuit	....	key makeup artist
Turner Walker	....	special makeup effects lab technician: W.M. Creations Inc.

Production Management
Scott E. Chester	....	production supervisor
Wendy Cox	....	production supervisor
Betsy Danbury	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Scott Cameron	....	first assistant director
Ime Etuk	....	second assistant director
James Sbardellati	....	first assistant director
Paul Uddo	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Tom Anderson	....	propmaker
Michael Arena	....	set dresser
William Boyle	....	painter
Derick Broderman	....	painter
Rick Broderman	....	paint foreman
Lloyd Burke Jr.	....	propmaker
Ed Clevenger	....	set dresser
Daniel Coe	....	foreman
Randall S. Coe	....	construction coordinator
Byron Denson	....	set utility
Richard S. Dorrity	....	propmaker
James Dupuy	....	construction foreman
Ryan Martin Dwyer	....	set dresser
Everette Eglin	....	buyer
Forest Fagan	....	props
Daniel Fox	....	set decoration buyer
Dan Fraga	....	storyboard artist
Dustin Fulcher	....	painter
Erick Garibay	....	assistant property master
Kevin Harper	....	propmaker
Steve J. Jones	....	propmaker
Mik Kastner	....	propmaker
Alexander Lasseigne III	....	set dresser
Vince Le Blanc	....	leadman
Nicole LeBlanc	....	art department coordinator
Lindanne Lewis	....	painter
Victor James Martinez	....	concept designer
Victor James Martinez	....	illustrator
Laurance Mayeaux	....	propmaker
Sidney Joseph Montz III	....	set dresser
Pat A. O'Connor	....	leadman
King Orba	....	property master (as Mark Wallace)
Chad Owen	....	art department production assistant
Alixandra Petrovich	....	on-set dresser
Joseph Pipes	....	set dresser
Leah Jennings Richard	....	art department production assistant (as Leah Jennings)
John Richoux	....	set dresser
Ronald Romanski	....	painter
Noah Smith	....	painter
Leonard R. Spears	....	second set decorator
Paul Stanwyck	....	lead scenic artist
Steve Turner	....	set dresser
Bill Walters	....	set dresser
Gary Warshaw	....	assistant art director
Thomas 'Noe' Welch	....	set dresser
Durel Yates	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Robert C. Bigelow	....	unit sound mixer (as Robert Bigelow)
Jason Brennan	....	sound effects editor
Jason Brennan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Pud Cusack	....	sound mixer
Roberto Domínguez	....	foley mixer
Daniel Douglass	....	sound engineer
Josh Eckberg	....	sound recordist
Mark Ettel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jamie Hardt	....	sound effects editor
Anthony Krajchir	....	sound engineer
John Leveque	....	supervising sound editor
Paul D. Poduska	....	sound librarian
Paul Ratajczak	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christian Schaanning	....	sound designer
Christian Schaanning	....	sound effects editor
Ross Simpson	....	boom operator
Beth Sterner	....	sound editor
Noel Vought	....	foley artist
Andy Welker	....	adr recordist
Aaron Zeller	....	sound utility

Special Effects by
Larry Barado	....	special effects technician
Guy Clayton Jr.	....	special effects coordinator
Mandy Dormann	....	special effects technician
David K. Nami	....	special effects foreman
David Nash	....	special effects technician
Erik Tillmans	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Tom Debenham	....	visual effects supervisor: One of Us
Chaya Feiner	....	visual effects coordinator: One of Us
Andy Hague	....	visual effects editor
Jon Howard	....	visual effects producer
Bob Minshall	....	visual effects
Dominic Parker	....	visual effects supervisor: One of Us
Alfredo Tognetti	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Laura Albert	....	stunt double
Pete Antico	....	stunt coordinator
Dickey Beer	....	stunts
Trace Cheramie	....	stunts
Eugene Collier	....	stunt double: bill cobbs (uncredited)
Danny Cosmo	....	stunt double
Jeff Galpin	....	stunt performer
Tom Harper	....	utility stunts
Henry Kingi Jr.	....	stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunt performer
Don McGovern	....	stunt double
Cindi Randall	....	stunt driver (as Cynthia Randall)
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts
Christie Sanders	....	stunt double
Wesley Scott	....	stunts
Mike Smith	....	stunt coordinator
Larnell Stovall	....	stunts
Cj Stuart	....	stunt double
Kym Stys	....	stunt double:Brittany Snow

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Ball	....	key grip
James Barker	....	best boy electric
Bennett Barlet	....	electrician
Dane Bjerno	....	aerial camera technician
Mike 'Big Mike' Bonnet	....	best boy grip
Bret Borgeson	....	camera production assistant
Tom Conrad	....	video assist operator
Larry Cottrill	....	electrician
Robert Foster	....	additional camera operator
Brad Garris	....	additional grip
Dylan Goss	....	aerial director of photography
Richard T. Hoover	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Richard T. Hoover	....	grip
Michael A. Johnson	....	camera operator
Pergrin Jung	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Pergrin F. Jung)
Gerald J. Lajaunie	....	gang boss
Rick Lamb	....	first assistant camera
Tim Lovasen	....	photosonics technician
Kevin Luster	....	grip
Hubert Mitchell	....	gang boss
Robert Morrison	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Mike Nami Jr.	....	grip
George Palmer	....	digital imaging technician
Patti Perret	....	still photographer
Marvin Perry	....	gang boss
Tim Phelps	....	gaffer
Christopher J. Quackenbush	....	camera production assistant
Patrick Redmond	....	crane operator: Super Technocrane
Kenny Rivenbark	....	Steadicam operator
Kenny Rivenbark	....	technocrane operator
Eliseo Romero	....	camera loader
Manning Tillman	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jason Vowell	....	video assistant
Joe Waistell	....	first assistant: steadicam
Amanda Warning	....	lighting technician
Steven J. Winslow	....	aerial camera technician: wescam camera
Steve Zeiger	....	electrician

Casting Department
Elizabeth Coulon	....	extras casting director
Mark Fincannon	....	casting: New Orleans
Scott M. King	....	extras casting assistant
Charlotte N. Laihonen	....	casting assistant: extras
Garrett McGuire	....	casting associate
Jennifer L. Smith	....	casting director: Los Angeles
Matthew Paul Spriggs	....	casting assistant
Lisa Zagoria	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Malikka Coston	....	costumer
Linda Gardar	....	costume supervisor
Amy Lynch	....	set costumer
Meagan McLaughlin	....	key set costumer
Alison Parker	....	assistant costume designer
Lauren Tafuri	....	assistant costume designer
Mary Ann Waterstradt	....	seamstress
Lesley D. Wickham	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Dan Aguilar	....	digital intermediate editor
Farzana Ahmad	....	first assistant editor
Tanner Bean	....	editorial assistant
P.J. Burch	....	first assistant editor
Jazz Goddard	....	assistant editor
Laura Jans	....	colorist
Stuart Levy	....	additional editor
Jonny Winograd	....	first assistant editor
Jeffrey May	....	hd online editor (UK teaser for AFFM) (uncredited)

Music Department
Matt Friedman	....	music editor
Jake Jackson	....	music recording mixer
Amory Leader	....	music editor
Amory Leader	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Donald Burdett	....	driver
Donald Burndett	....	driver: set dressing
Dennis W. Cook Jr.	....	picture car mechanic
John DeVay	....	driver: grip truck
C. Benny Dietz	....	picture car mechanic
Jay Fulton	....	driver
Rene Horstmann	....	driver
Alan Kaminsky	....	driver generator operator
A. Welch Lambeth	....	transportation coordinator
Brad Lips	....	fuel truck driver
Tom Moore	....	picture car coordinator
Buddy Pine	....	driver: honeywagon
Cindi Randall	....	transportation co-captain
Albert Samson	....	local transportation captain
Charlie Wright	....	transportation captain
Christy Zeller	....	transportation office coordinator

Other crew
Jesse Adams	....	production assistant
Jesse Adams	....	set production assistant
Annalee Autumn	....	assistant: Ms. Snow
Michael Barnes	....	financial legal services
Allison Bauserman	....	staff assistant
Wendy Benge	....	attorney
Samuel Birdsong	....	production assistant
Deanne Bloch	....	script clearance
Robin Brackeen	....	second assistant accountant
Josef Brandmaier	....	structured finance by
Jennifer Brown	....	set medic
Ricou Browning Jr.	....	marine coordinator
Jennifer Bushnell	....	legal assistant
Michael Buster	....	dialect coach: Mr. Urban
Morey Butler	....	assistant armorer
Robert C. Campion	....	production accountant
Elizabeth Chambers	....	unit travel coordinator
Chris Clinton	....	accounting production assistant
John R.C. Davis	....	production secretary
Joan Devilla	....	payroll
Michael Dittmar	....	location assistant
Katherine Dolese	....	office production assistant
David Ducar	....	production attorney
Jennifer Dunne	....	location manager
Jack Flynn	....	assistant: Mr. Kaye
Fun	....	craft service assistant
Josh Geller	....	post production assistant: Kia Jam
Bernadette Gonzales	....	assistant production office coordinator
Carol Green	....	unit publicist
Julie Gueydan	....	staff assistant
Chris Gutierrez	....	location scout
Gene Kevin Hames Jr.	....	stand-in
Jim Hanna	....	catering
Rankin Hickman	....	production coordinator
Harriet Katz-Stevens	....	location auditor
Bob Kocourek	....	production accountant
Lawrence M. Kopeikin	....	attorney
Sarah Larson	....	office production assistant
Stephen LeBlanc	....	location scout
Michael Leon	....	location manager
Tara Linn	....	accounting clerk
Kevin Lorio	....	set production assistant
Elizabeth Lynch	....	stand-in
Clayton Lyons	....	assistant to cast
Elizabeth Mace	....	production assistant
Tracy A. Martin	....	assistant to producer
Amy Martinson	....	assistant: Kia Jam and Chris Roberts
Matt McLellan	....	assistant location manager
Kevin Meier	....	office production assistant
Peter G. Minor	....	staff assistant
James Mitchell-Clyde	....	water safety (as James Mitchell Clyde)
Gerson Paz	....	key set production assistant
Scott Peterson	....	script supervisor
Senia Phillips	....	animal coordinator
Cali Pomes	....	set production assistant
Christopher J. Quackenbush	....	production assistant
Thell Reed	....	armorer
Aaron Reuter	....	assistant: Ms Danbury
Leonard Reynolds	....	assistant location manager
Win Riley	....	location scout
Derek A. Schwebel	....	key craft service
Gael Shim	....	production intern
Luis J. Sierra	....	water safety
Kim Smith	....	first assistant accountant
Adam M. Stone	....	product placement
Cat Stone	....	product placement
Shayne Tingle	....	photo double
Jonathan M. Warren	....	set production assistant
Jacob Wasserman	....	production intern
Jamie Waxman	....	assistant accountant
John M. White	....	production assistant
Georgianna Whitley	....	base camp production assistant
Alexander B. Williams	....	assistant craft service
Robin Williams	....	key second assistant accountant (as Robin Nicole Williams)
Michele Wright	....	first assistant accountant
Natalie Yacono	....	assistant to actor
Jessica Yingling	....	assistant: Mr. Rifkin
Sofia Hujabre	....	production assistant (uncredited)
James Allen Sheppard	....	intern (uncredited)
Carlos Thomas	....	body double: Laurence Fishburne (uncredited)
Roger J. Timber	....	stand-in: Laurence Fishburne (uncredited)

Thanks
Jordan Kessler	....	special thanks
Daniel Lewis	....	special thanks
David Pomier	....	special thanks
Nick Thurlow	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Capitol Films
• Film & Entertainment VIP Medienfonds 4 GmbH & Co. KG (I)

Distributors

• Capitol Films (2006) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)

Other Companies

• Business Affairs  production counsel
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Coulon Casting  extras casting
• Event Rental  locations equipment rentals
• Event Rental  portable power systems and cables
• Louisiana Media Productions  production services
• Marc Graue Recording Services  ADR recording facility
• New Orleans Film Commission, The  film commission
• Palco Sports  prop guns
• Pfaff Protective Group  security
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system
• Rapid Talent  extras casting
• Rockbottom Rentals  junxion box rentals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• SportsBrandedMedia  sports product placement
• Stone Management  product placement
• Studio 8 Sound  sound post-production
• Unicredit, HVB Media Group  banking services

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Capitol Films

Trivia:

Vin Diesel signed on to star in May 2006, with Kevin Bacon, James Franco, and Sophie Okonedo set to co-star. Diesel left the project in June, with filming starting in July, causing the project to be shelved.