"Stargate SG-1"
Avalon: Part 1 (2005)

Director:

Andy Mikita

Writers:

Brad Wright (developer) &
Jonathan Glassner (developer) ...
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TV Series:

"Stargate SG-1" (1997)

Original Air Date:

15 July 2005 (Season 9, Episode 1)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

Plot:

With a new commander of the SGC comes a new leader of SG-1, Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell, a former fighter...

Plot Keywords:

Title Spoken By Character | Female Doctor | Authority | Alien Race | Cult Favorite

Cast

Richard Dean Anderson	...	Major General Jack O'Neill
Michael Shanks	...	Dr. Daniel Jackson
Ben Browder	...	Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell
Amanda Tapping	...	Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Beau Bridges	...	Major General Hank Landry
Claudia Black	...	Vala Mal Doran
Don S. Davis	...	Major General George S. Hammond (voice) (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alistair Abell	...	Science Candidate
Tony Amendola	...	Master Bra'tac (archive footage)
Mar Andersons	...	Air Force Official
Sean Arnfinson	...	Military Candidate
Jason Benson	...	Military Candidate
Martin Christopher	...	Lt. Marks
Robert Clarke	...	Science Candidate
Penelope Corrin	...	Science Candidate
Bill Dow	...	Dr. Bill Lee
Gary Jones	...	Chief Mst Sgt. Walter Harriman
Michael Jonsson	...	F-302 Pilot
Claude Knowlton	...	Doctor
Tyler McClendon	...	Lt. Banks
Obi Ndefo	...	Rak'nor
Scott Owen	...	Technician
Kurt Max Runte	...	Col. Kirkland (voice) (archive footage)
Wendy Russell	...	Nurse
Matthew Walker	...	Merlin
Donna White	...	Crying Mother

Directed by
Andy Mikita

Writing credits
Brad Wright		(developer) &
Jonathan Glassner		(developer)
Robert C. Cooper		(writer)

Produced by
Robert C. Cooper	....	executive producer
Peter DeLuise	....	supervising producer
Damian Kindler	....	co-executive producer
John G. Lenic	....	producer
Joseph Mallozzi	....	executive producer
Andy Mikita	....	co-producer
Paul Mullie	....	executive producer
N. John Smith	....	co-executive producer
Martin Wood	....	co-producer
Brad Wright	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Joel Goldsmith

Cinematography by
James Alfred Menard		(director of photography)

Production Design by
Bridget McGuire

Art Direction by
James Robbins

Set Decoration by
Mark Davidson
Robert Davidson

Costume Design by
Christina McQuarrie

Makeup Department
Nicholas Podbrey	....	special effects makeup coordinator

Production Management
Michael S. McLean	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Colleen Mitchell	....	first assistant director: second unit
Bill Mizel	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Chris Beach	....	assistant art director
Kenny Gibbs	....	assistant property master
Dean Goodine	....	property master
Joe May	....	assistant art director
Rodrigo Segovia	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Anke Bakker	....	sound supervisor
Gord Hillier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Konarzewski	....	adr mixer
Devan Kraushar	....	supervising sound editor
James Wallace	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Dan Rebert	....	creature effects supervisor: Masters FX LA
Dan Rebert	....	prosthetic supervisor: Masters FX LA

Visual Effects by
Riley Benard	....	lead rotoscope artist: Rainmaker
Riley Benard	....	lead tracking artist: Rainmaker
Tom Brydon	....	3D animator
Michelle Comens	....	visual effects supervisor
Tara Conley	....	digital effects coordinator
Debora Dunphy	....	digital compositing artist
Robin Hackl	....	compositing lead: Image Engine
Robin Hackl	....	visual effects supervisor: Image Engine
Erica Henderson	....	digital compositing artist
Krista McLean	....	computer playback supervisor
Vinay Mehta	....	digital artist
Christopher Mossman	....	executive producer: Image Engine
Scott Paquin	....	key animator
Anuj Patil	....	digital compositing artist
Jose Perez	....	visual effects artist
Lee Pierce	....	digital compositing artist
Gary Poole	....	digital compositing artist
James Rorick	....	visual effects coordinator
Lisa Turner	....	visual effects coordinator: Image Engine
Bruce Woloshyn	....	digital effects supervisor

Stunts
Dan Shea	....	stunt coordinator
Dan Shea	....	stunt double: Richard Dean Anderson

Casting Department
Ivy Isenberg	....	casting associate: USA

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kurtis Reeves	....	special effects costumer

Editorial Department
Kerry McDowall	....	post-production coordinator
Steve McLeod	....	second assistant editor
Lana Gudlaugson	....	post-production facility coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
David Arnold	....	composer: original themes
Rick Chadock	....	music editor

Other crew
Carl Binder	....	creative consultant
Martin Gero	....	creative consultant
Jonathan Glassner	....	executive consultant
Marcus Goodwin	....	production assistant
Alex Levine	....	script coordinator
Robert M. Malachowski Jr.	....	title designer: main titles
Alan McCullough	....	story editor
Carole Appleby	....	promotions coordinator (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Jonathan Glassner		creator
Brad Wright		creator

Original Music by
Neal Acree
Peter Bernstein
Ken Harrison

Film Editing by
Richard Benwick		(as Rick Benwick)
James Ilecic
Kevin Willis		(2000-2001)

Casting by
Stuart Aikins		(2006)
Sean Cossey
Robin Nassif

Art Direction by
Brentan Harron
Barbara Wilson

Makeup Department
Adam Behr	....	special makeup effects artist
Ken Culver	....	prosthetic technician
Mike Fields	....	special makeup effects artist
Rachel Griffin	....	assistant makeup artist
Rachel Griffin	....	special makeup effects artist
Lee Joyner	....	makeup effects crew
Shauna Magrath	....	assistant makeup artist
Ryan Nicholson	....	prosthetic effects designer (season 3)
Christopher Mark Pinhey	....	assistant makeup artist
Geoff Redknap	....	special makeup effects artist
Sean Sansom	....	special makeup effects artist
Christ Stanley	....	assistant alien production: airbrushing

Production Management
Andy Mikita	....	production manager
N. John Smith	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Birkett	....	second unit director
Trevor Brokop	....	third assistant director
Peter Dashkewytch	....	first assistant director
Janice Genn	....	second assistant director (2001, 2002, 2003)
Janice Genn	....	third assistant director (2000, 2001)
Kathy Houghton	....	second assistant director
Allan Lee	....	second unit director
Douglas Mitchell	....	additional second assistant director
Ted Rae	....	second unit director (two episodes)
Gisela Schulte	....	third assistant director
James Tichenor	....	second unit director

Art Department
Douglas W. Beard	....	model maker
Dallas Bittner	....	model maker
Peter Bodnarus	....	set designer (season 6)
Lubor Cencak	....	scenic artist
Steve Craine	....	paint coordinator
Richard Cummins	....	props
Tim Dagley	....	on-set dresser
Salmon Harris	....	storyboard artist
G. Andrew Hussey	....	set dresser
John B. Keys	....	scenic artist
Colin Matthews	....	assistant property master
Ken Rabhel	....	illustrator
Jim Ramsay	....	assistant art director (season 6)
Francisco Rosa	....	painter
Ross Walshe	....	scenic carpenter
Ken Wells	....	chief painter
David Paul Hewitt White	....	on-set dresser

Sound Department
Adam Boyd	....	sound effects editor
Kris Casavant	....	sound editor
Lisa Doyle	....	sound editor
Chris Duesterdiek	....	sound mixer: second unit
Wayne Finucan	....	sound mixer
Kelly Frey	....	sound editor
Adam Gejdos	....	sound effects editor
Talvinder Gill	....	assistant sound editor
Chris Glyn-Jones	....	alternate boom operator (1999-2000)
Jeff Hamon	....	adr mixer
Dave Hibbert	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brad Hillman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Graeme Hughes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Philip Hunter	....	dialogue editor
Jim Lacamel	....	boom operator
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer
Rory O'Neill	....	boom operator: second unit
Rory O'Neill	....	sound assistant: day call
Jean Raymond	....	foley mixer
Adam Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Claude Bouchard	....	special effects rigger
Steve Fink	....	technician: Steve Johnson's XFX
Matthew Jorgensen	....	special effects makeup artist: Todd Masters FX
Michael O'Brien	....	mold department: Masters FX Inc. (2003)
Ted Rae	....	miniature photography (2 episodes)
Don Rutherford	....	special effects painter

Visual Effects by
Philip Edward Alexy	....	3D lead digital artist: GVFX
Dave Axford	....	model shop supervisor
Louise Barkholt	....	visual effects producer: GVFX (season 6)
Greg Behrens	....	visual effects coordinator
Mark Benard	....	digital effects artist
Barb Benoit	....	digital compositing artist
Nadine Blackler	....	digital compositor
Neill Blomkamp	....	3D animator
Kathryn Bolt	....	digital compositing artist (seasons 3-6)
Landon Bootsma	....	digital effects artist
Eric Chauvin	....	digital matte painter (multiple episodes) (1997)
Billy D. Choi	....	visual effects supervisor (1999)
Dug Claxton	....	digital compositing artist
Richard J. Cook	....	digital effects producer: VisonArt
John D.B. Cox	....	motion control operator
Jayne Craig	....	visual effects coordinator
Kristin Dearholt	....	rotoscope artist
Theo Diamantis	....	visual effects
Jean-Luc Dinsdale	....	visual effects coordinator
Jean-Luc Dinsdale	....	visual effects supervisor
Keegan Douglas	....	digital effects artist
Leif Einarsson	....	computer graphics lead animator: Digital Magic
Joe Farrell	....	digital compositing artist (2000)
Ted Fay	....	director of technology: VisionArt
Haskell Friedman	....	technical director (1998-1999)
Haskell Friedman	....	visual effects digital artist (1998-1999)
Paul Furminger	....	visual effects editor
Kevin Genzel	....	digital compositor
Martin Halle	....	digital effects artist
Hamish Hamilton	....	digital artist: rotoscope artist
Hamish Hamilton	....	visual effects assistant
Ivan Hayden	....	visual effects assistant
Gudrun Heinze	....	digital compositing artist
Shawn Hillier	....	digital compositing artist
Sylvain Huard	....	3D animator
Jody Jessop	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Andrew Karr	....	digital artist
Jeremy Kehler	....	digital compositor
John Kennedy	....	digital artist
Jaye Krebs	....	digital compositor
James Lau	....	digital artist
Tony Lawrence	....	digital effects artist
Rosano Lepri	....	digital compositing artist
May Leung	....	3D animator
Kimberley Liptrap	....	3D animator
Kent Matheson	....	matte painter (1998-2000)
Dan Mayer	....	3D animator
Alec McClymont	....	3D artist: GVFX / Atmosphere VFX
Jennifer McEachern	....	visual effects assistant
Brian Moylan	....	digital compositing artist
Brian Moylan	....	matte painter
Marianne O'Reilly	....	visual effects producer: Rainmaker (2000-2003)
Eric Petey	....	digital artist: Lost Boys Studios
Carmen Pollard	....	digital compositing artist
Ted Rae	....	visual effects supervisor (2 episodes)
Madhava Reddy	....	rotoscope artist
Mark T. Reid	....	digital compositor
Betty Shaw	....	systems administrator: GVFX (1998-2001)
Rik Shorten	....	visual effects coordinator: GVFX
Elaine Sipos	....	digital compositing artist
Jessica Sjoblom	....	rotoscope artist
Joel Skeete	....	senior digital compositing artist
Jason Snea	....	compositor (season 1)
Linda Tremblay	....	digital compositing artist
Bruce Turner	....	visual effects supervisor
Simon van de Lagemaat	....	3D animator
Chris Van Dyck	....	digital compositing artist
Cory Virs	....	digital compositing artist
Anand Vishal	....	visual effects
Steven Wendland	....	visual effects coordinator
Wendy Whaley	....	digital compositing artist
Arnold Yuki	....	rotoscope artist
Charlene Eberle Douglas	....	visual effects assistant (uncredited)
Daniel Osaki	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Paolo G. Venturi	....	digital artist: Gekko/double secret productions animated logos (uncredited)

Stunts
Ed Anders	....	stunts
Chad Bellamy	....	stunts
Simon Burnett	....	stunts
Kirk Caouette	....	stunt double
Kirk Caouette	....	utility stunts
Mike Carpenter	....	utility stunts
Kimberly Chiang	....	stunt double
Janina Dall	....	stunt double
Mike Desabrais	....	stunts
Mike Dopud	....	stunts
Joe Doserro	....	stunts
Bill Edwards	....	stunts
Gaston Howard	....	stunts
Jon Kralt	....	stunts
Dave Lane	....	stunt rigger
Kit Mallet	....	stunts
Leslie McMichael	....	stunt double
Steven McMichael	....	utility stunts
Phillip Mitchell	....	stunts
Rick Moore	....	stunt double
Kirby Morrow	....	stunt double: T'arac
Jovan Nenadic	....	stunt double
Scott Nicholson	....	stunts (various seasons)
Shawn C. Orr	....	stunts
Darryl Quon	....	stunts
Dan Rizzuto	....	stunt double
Jeffrey C. Robinson	....	utility stunts
John Sampson	....	stunt rebel jaffa (episode # 809)
Christopher Sayor	....	stunts
Sharon Simms	....	stunt double
Lori Stewart	....	stunt double
Sylvesta Stuart	....	stunt performer (multiple episodes)
Clay Virtue	....	stunts
Marshall Virtue	....	stunts
Rob Wilton	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Geoff Baker	....	grip (1997)
John Carron	....	playback operator
Ryan Gillard	....	first assistant camera (1999-2001)
David Gray	....	still photographer
Aaron Haesler	....	camera trainee (season 9)
Oliver Hajdu	....	rigging best boy
Mark Lunn	....	assistant camera (seasons 9-10)
Chris McMullin	....	camera operator
W. James Meagher	....	camera trainee
W. James Meagher	....	daily second assistant camera
Brett Peterson	....	rigging grip
George Ramage	....	rigging best boy
Jeff Upton	....	gaffer
Joe Waistell	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Andrew D. Wilson	....	camera operator (as Andy Wilson)
Darek Wyszynski	....	first assistant camera

Animation Department
Patrick Kalyn	....	animator

Casting Department
Carol Kelsay	....	casting: Canada
Mary Jo Slater	....	casting: USA
Paul Weber	....	casting: USA

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sheila White	....	costumer: special effects costumes

Editorial Department
Denise Henry	....	first assistant editor
Mark Hornish	....	editor: main titles
Anne Marie McGinn	....	assistant post-production coordinator (2 seasons)
Diane Panozzo	....	post-production coordinator
Holly Amber Proulx	....	post-production assistant coordinator
Dave Rees	....	assistant editor
Louisa Skinner	....	post-production coordinator
Kevin Willis	....	assistant editor (1997-2000)

Music Department
Tim Boyle	....	score mixer
Vladimir Horunzhy	....	composer: additional music
Dennis McCarthy	....	conductor
Chris Neel	....	soundtrack album producer
Marc S. Perlman	....	music editor
Shawn Pierce	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Chris J. Clayton	....	driver

Other crew
Krista Abraham	....	intern (2002-2003)
Gillian Andrew	....	first assistant accountant
Kandis Armstrong	....	assistant to producer
Gregory Astop	....	assistant location manager (2004)
Ron Blecker	....	technical advisor
Andrea Boorman	....	assistant production coordinator
Kieran Cuddihy	....	production assistant
H. Michael Dale	....	fabricator
Chris Derochie	....	texture artist (1 episode)
Kim Douglas	....	media coordinator (seasons 1-2)
Kim Douglas	....	unit publicist (seasons 3-5)
Darren Giblin	....	office production assistant
Darren Giblin	....	production assistant
Jacquie Janzen	....	stand-in (3 seasons)
Lee Jenkinson	....	accounting clerk (pilot episode)
Bonnie Judd	....	animal trainer
Ryan Judd	....	animal trainer
David Kurvers	....	computer playback operator
David Kurvers	....	production assistant
Jamie Lake	....	assistant location manager (1997-2003)
Jamie Lake	....	location manager (2004)
David Langtry	....	computer playback operator
Anthony A. Lewis	....	production assistant
Nathan Lomax	....	production assistant
Lukasz Madziag	....	production assistant
Pancho Mansfield	....	network executive
Todd Masters	....	puppeteer: "Asgard"
Jenny McDonnell	....	gekko assistant
Peter Munro	....	location scout (season 7)
Bill Nikolai	....	stand-in
Christina Ollson	....	production assistant (seasons 8-9)
Elva Parsons	....	payroll accountant
Michelle Parzentny	....	production coordinator
Brigitte Prochaska	....	unit publicist
Brad Proctor	....	puppeteer: "Asgard"
Holly Amber Proulx	....	production assistant
Andrew Simpson	....	animal trainer
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer
Emily Thierry-Gray	....	production assistant
Chris Turner	....	stand-in
Heather Vedan	....	assistant location manager (2004)
Bill Vigars	....	publicist (2003)
Scott Walden	....	location manager
Lisa Wilder	....	script supervisor
Annie Wilkinson	....	set tutor

Production Companies

• Kawoosh! Productions IX

Special Effects

• Image Engine Design

Trivia:

When the character Vala Mal Doran (Claudia Black) returns, she says something along the lines of, "I know I've never met you before, I would remember if I did," when she first meets Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell (Ben Browder). Claudia Black and Ben Browder previously played the two main roles on "Farscape" (1999), which also aired on the Sci Fi Channel. Because of the plot for that particular episode, there are also a few jokes regarding marriage and having children, this is likely also a reference to them, as their characters, John Crichton and Aeryn Sun, eventually got married and had a son in the follow-up mini-series Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) (TV).

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Daniel Jackson mentions a tomb discovered in Glastonbury thought to be the tomb of King Arthur. He claims the tomb was exhumed in 1298 by orders of Henry II, but Henry II died in 1189. Henry II did order a search for the tomb of King Arthur (the legends were becoming more and more popular during the early years of his reign, and he was concerned about the prophecy that he would return), and following these orders, the monks in Glastonbury announced the discovery of the tomb in 1191, two years after Henry's death. The bones were then moved in 1278 to a new tomb, that was destroyed during the Reformation.

Quotes:

Major General Hank Landry: You heard the disconnected voice of the little sergeant with psychic powers.

Movie Connections:

References The Blues Brothers (1980)