Flood (2007)

Director:

Tony Mitchell

Writers:

Justin Bodle
Matthew Cope
(more)

Release Date:

24 August 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

It's coming straight for us.

Plot:

Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge...

Plot Keywords:

Flood | Storm | One Word Title | Weather | Hurricane Floyd

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Robert Carlyle	...	Rob Morrison
Jessalyn Gilsig	...	Samantha 'Sam' Morrison
Tom Courtenay	...	Leonard Morrison
Joanne Whalley	...	Patricia Nash
David Suchet	...	Deputy Prime Minister Campbell
Nigel Planer	...	Keith Hopkins
Ralph Brown	...	Mel's Dad
Gottfried John	...	Arthur Moyes
Tom Hardy	...	Zack
Pip Torrens	...	Army Liaison Officer Richardson
Susan Wooldridge	...	Nash's Assistant
David Hayman	...	Major General Ashcroft
Martin Ball	...	Wyatt
Poppy Miller	...	Nikki Fuller
Peter Wight	...	Johnson - Transport Chief
Jade Davidson	...	Mel Stafford
Angus Barnett	...	Bill
John Benfield	...	Frank
Rob Dixon	...	Commander Bryant
Chrissie Cotterill	...	Christine
Sara Langridge	...	Claire Nash
Nathalie Boltt	...	Kate Morrison
Jeremy Crutchley	...	Bullman - Fire Service
Bart Fouche	...	Chopper Pilot - SC 149
Cecilia Dazzi	...	Anna
Moira Lister	...	Grandma
Giorgio Lupano	...	Toni Lombardi
Iain Winter	...	Malcolm
Lynita Crofford	...	News Reporter
Brent Palmer	...	Helicopter Reporter - SC 205
Cleveland Mitchell	...	Armed Policeman
Quanita Adams	...	Tour Guide
Dean McCoubrey	...	Reporter - SC 39
Julie Summers	...	Housewife
Andre Jacobs	...	TV Reporter - SC 106
Sindi Harrison	...	Police Woman
Richard Farmer	...	Douglas Crossley
Ronald France	...	Hedges
Mike Tompson	...	British Prime Minister
Joe Vaz	...	Hospital Orderly
Victoria Bartlett	...	Sam's Assistant
Jaqui Pickering	...	Army Tech (as Jacqui Pickering)
Anthony Oseyemi	...	Car Park Man
Jason Cope	...	Young Survivor
Alex Argenti	...	Press Officer
Graham Bandy	...	Military Evacuation Officer
Rogan Grant	...	Military Personnel
Francois Grobbelaar	...	Winch Man
David Hood	...	Tube Survivor
Adam Horton	...	Thug #1
Forbes KB	...	Naval Engineer
Peter Rnic	...	Tourist
Steve King	...	Tyler Williams
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rory Acton Burnell	...	Michael Scott
Andy Callaghan	...	Member of Leading Army Squad
Jack Cryans	...	Counsellor of Leith
Gary Green	...	Boom operator
Ani James	...	Rescue Nurse
Shane Nolan	...	Survivor
Lasco Atkins	...	Running pedestrian (uncredited)
Christopher Fosh	...	Naval Engineer (uncredited)
Kay Headley	...	Flood Refugee (uncredited)
Stephen Hughes	...	Postman (uncredited)
Chris Wilson	...	Police ARO (uncredited)

Directed by
Tony Mitchell

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Justin Bodle
Matthew Cope
Richard Doyle		novel
Nick Morley

Produced by
Justin Bodle	....	producer
Humphrey Elles-Hill	....	development executive
Genevieve Hofmeyr	....	co-producer
Philip Key	....	co-producer
Peter McAleese	....	producer
Michael Prupas	....	co-producer
Ewa Radwanska	....	executive producer
Shellie Smith	....	line producer

Original Music by
Debbie Wiseman

Cinematography by
Pierre Jodoin

Film Editing by
Annie Ilkow
Simon Webb

Casting by
Jeremy Zimmermann		(as Jeremy Zimmerman)

Production Design by
Jonathan Lee

Art Direction by
Steve Carter		(supervising art director)
Christophe Dalberg
Belinda Johnson
John Trafford

Set Decoration by
Leon Van Der Merwe

Costume Design by
Kate Carin

Makeup Department
Jilly Green	....	makeup artist
Tahira Herold	....	makeup artist
Marnette Rossouw	....	hair stylist
Pamela Smyth	....	hair designer
Pamela Smyth	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Lloret Dunn	....	unit manager
Kevin Jenkins	....	unit manager
Wendy Knill	....	production manager
Ben Rimmer	....	production manager
Martin Saven	....	moonlighting co-production manager
Evan Tussman	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Vicki Allen	....	second assistant director: second unit
Wendy Alport	....	first assistant director: second unit
Paul Bennett	....	additional third assistant director
Adam Friedlander	....	first assistant director: second unit, South Africa
Robert Grayson	....	additional first assistant director: second unit
Sallie Anne Hard	....	additional second assistant director
Sarah Hood	....	crowd third assistant director
Raymond Kirk	....	second assistant director
Bryn Lawrence	....	third assistant director: UK
David Pinkus	....	crowd second assistant director: UK
Karen Richards	....	first assistant director
Emma Stokes	....	second second assistant director
Marc Wolff	....	second unit director: London
Jason Xenopoulos	....	second unit director

Art Department
Will Ayres	....	stand-by prop
Ross Balfour	....	construction manager
Merinda Geyer	....	art department coordinator
Andrew Gouveia	....	carpenter
Vivienne Gray	....	draughtsperson
Jane Harwood	....	draughtsman
Mark Hedges	....	dressing propman
Mark Hedges	....	stand-by: second unit
Paula Jones	....	construction buyer
Fritz Joubert	....	props master
Dougie Lankston	....	dressing props
Andrew McCarthy	....	lead dresser
John Moolenschot	....	on-set carpenter
Clive Pollick	....	construction manager
Gordon Russell	....	construction lead hand
George Simons	....	graphics
Michael Smale	....	draughtsman
Zoe Smith	....	assistant set decorator
Andrew Tapper	....	graphics
Nick Turnbull	....	property master
Richard Usher	....	art department assistant
Erica Van Den Raad	....	construction coordinator
Etienne Janse van Rensburg	....	h.o.d. scenic
Claire Victoria	....	stand-by props
Lloyd Vincent	....	stand-by prop
Alex Wheeler	....	hod steel construction
Hamish Whitecross	....	assistant art director
Ivan Fraser	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Jason Bennett	....	boom operator: second unit
Benoît Coaillier	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott Donald	....	supervising dialogue editor
Philippe Espantoso	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Gertsman	....	sound effects editor
Michael Gurman	....	sound editor
Steven Gurman	....	supervising sound editor
Martin Lemieux	....	sound effects editor
Francois Maurice	....	dialogue editor
Louis Molinas	....	sound editor
Colin Nicolson	....	production sound mixer
Dylan Voigt	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Mario Duthie	....	special effects assistant
Peter Hutchinson	....	special effects supervisor
Mickey Kirsten	....	special effects supervisor
Vasili Rinquest	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Eric Aubry	....	digital effects artist
Marie-Eve Bedard-Tremblay	....	visual effects coordinator
Xavier Bourque	....	digital compositor: Buzz Image Group
Nadège Bozzetti	....	digital effects artist
Benoit Brière	....	visual effects producer
Pierre Buys	....	visual effects unit manager
Frédéric Chamberland	....	visual effects producer
Francois Croteau	....	digital matte painter
Carl Gagnon	....	lead modeler
Catherine Hébert	....	digital effects artist
Jonathan Laborde	....	digital effects artist
Bruno-Olivier Laflamme	....	digital effects artist
Jean-Francois Lafleur	....	digital effects artist
Alexandre Lafortune	....	visual effects supervisor
Etienne Laroche	....	digital effects artist
Pierre-Simon Lebrun-Chaput	....	digital artist
Hugo Léveillé	....	digital compositor: Buzz Image Group
Guillaume Mainville	....	digital artist
Carlos Monzon	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Piche-Delorme	....	digital compositor: Buzz Image Group
Vincent Poitras	....	digital compositor: Buzz Image Group
Mario Rachiele	....	visual effects supervisor
David Raymond	....	digital artist
Philippe Roberge	....	digital compositor: Buzz Image Group
Matthew Rouleau	....	digital effects artist
Thorbjorn Steen	....	motion graphics
Kristen Tooley	....	digital effects artist
Benoit Touchette	....	visual effects production manager
Duy Tran	....	modeler
Alexandre Tremblay	....	digital compositor: Buzz Image Group
Robin Tremblay	....	digital effects artist
Fabrice Vienne	....	digital effects artist

Stunts
Daryl Andrews	....	stunt performer
Dermot Brogan	....	stunt rigger
Carolyn Dean	....	stunt actress (as Caroline Dean)
Carolyn Dean	....	stunt double: Chrissie Cotterill (as Caroline Dean)
Ray Donn	....	stunt double: David Suchet
Jim Dowdall	....	stunt coordinator: UK
Steve Griffin	....	stunts
Francois Grobbelaar	....	stunt performer
Paul Hornsby	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Paul Hornsby	....	stunts
Adam Horton	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Adam Horton	....	stunt double: Robert Carlile
Adam Horton	....	stunt performer
Adam Horton	....	stunt rigger
Grant Hulley	....	stunt coordinator
Julian Koberman	....	stunt performer
Bill Little	....	stunts
Jake Mervine	....	stunt performer
John Smith	....	stunt performer
Franz Spilhaus	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Fleur van Eeden	....	stunt double
Marc Wolff	....	stunt pilot
Steen Young	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Belcher	....	camera operator: "b" camera
John Berrie	....	cinematographer: second unit, London
David Bloomer	....	still photographer
David Bourke	....	best boy
Steven Caddie	....	grip
Greg Cameron	....	key grip
Shaun Cobley	....	focus puller: "b" camera: London
Jason Dully	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Sarel Eloff	....	focus puller: South Africa second unit
Martin Fick	....	rigging gaffer
Anthony Glyn Fielding	....	grip: "b" camera London
Tom Gates	....	gaffer
Rodrigo Gutierrez	....	camera operator: "b" camera: London
Amelia Henning	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Alfonso Maiorana	....	camera operator
John Marzano	....	aerial director of photography
Malcolm McGilchrist	....	assistant grip
Phil Mullally	....	daily focus puller
Christian Navennec	....	focus puller: "a" camera
Abi Oseni	....	camera trainee
André Roussouw	....	best boy electric: SA (as Andre Rossouw)
Pia Van Rensburg	....	camera loader
Justin Vincent	....	camera loader
Terry Williams	....	grip: "a" camera London
Marc Wolff	....	pilot: camera helicopter

Casting Department
Andrea Clark	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hetta Burger	....	key costumer
Neil McClean	....	costume supervisor (as Neil McLean)
John Norster	....	assistant costume designer
Susan Pollard	....	set costumer
Jessica Scott-Reed	....	head textile artist

Editorial Department
Mathieu Bélanger	....	first assistant editor
Brigitte Daigneault	....	colorist
Émilie Dussault	....	post-production coordinator
Warren Langford	....	first assistant editor
Nadia Naimi	....	first assistant editor
Serge Verreault	....	on-line editor
Julie Foster	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
John Boughtwood	....	music consultant
Steve Price	....	music recording engineer
Stan Sakellaropoulos	....	music editor
Hayley Westenra	....	vocalist
Tony Wharmby	....	music copyist
Debbie Wiseman	....	conductor
Debbie Wiseman	....	score orchestrator

Transportation Department
Guy Bostock	....	vehicle coordinator
Michael Burnette	....	transportation coordinator
Laurie Dunn	....	unit and transport manager
Lloret Dunn	....	transport manager
Mark Hardy	....	transportation coordinator
Tony Power	....	prop truck driver
Selwyn Prins	....	unit captain

Other crew
Aamina Ahmad	....	script editor
Robyn Aronstam	....	script supervisor: South Africa second unit
Karl Solomon Atah Ayeh	....	production secretary
Justin Bodle	....	runner
Peter Boothby	....	production assistant
Rhidian Bridge	....	military advisor
Mike Clark-Hall	....	production assistant
Tom Crooke	....	assistant location manager
Christiane Dankbar	....	production secretary
Rebecca Davis	....	location assistant
Joyia Fitch	....	stand-in: Jessalyn Gilsig
Jenny Foster	....	archive researcher
Clare Glass	....	set runner
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative
Paul Hornsby	....	military advisor
Polly Jefferies	....	production coordinator: London
Alexander Sandy Jesion	....	chief financial officer
Martin Joy	....	additional location manager
Carl Kennedy	....	location assistant
Amanda Kotze	....	accounts cashier
Layla Mall	....	assistant to producer
Gail Mannion	....	key accountant
Jason Martin	....	marine coordinator
Sebastian Matthys	....	location assistant
Chris Moreton	....	head of finance
Maggie Murray	....	assistant accountant
Morten Nielsen	....	location manager
Jae-sung Oh	....	set production assistant: UK
Liam French Robinson	....	location accountant (as Liam Robinson)
Donald Sabourin	....	supervising production coordinator
Matthew Sanders	....	publicist
Joy Sapieka	....	unit publicist
Jane Soans	....	location manager: London
Andy Stephens	....	aerial operations manager: Flying Pictures Ltd.
Heather Storr	....	script supervisor
Alistair Thompson	....	production financial controller
Carol Thompson	....	script supervisor: second unit London
Estelle Vockerodt	....	accounts assistant
Jeanne Watson	....	production coordinator
Ginnette Wilson	....	production accountant
Barney Wrightson	....	aerial operations assistant: Flying Pictures Ltd.
Kate Zarmalwal	....	head of legal
Joby Stephens	....	additional set runner (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Power
• A Muse Productions
• Moonlighting Films
• Flood Productions
• Muse Entertainment Enterprises

Distributors

• Power (2007-) (worldwide) (all media)
• Sonar Entertainment (II) (2007-) (USA) (all media)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Cinestar (2008) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2008) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Cinemax (2008) (Hungary) (TV)
• Eén (2009) (Belgium) (TV)
• Future Film (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• ION Television (2007) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Midget Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (all media)
• Pragofilm (2007) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Radiotelevisione Italiana (2007) (Italy) (TV)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2008) (Finland) (TV)

Other Companies

• AFM Lighting  lighting
• Arion Facilities  dailies telecine transfers
• Casting Collective  extras casting
• Compuhire  video playback
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• Media Safety  health & safety
• Production Copier Company  production equipment and services
• Remote Camera Systems  remote camera systems
• VSI Synchron  German dubbing

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Runtime:

110 min | New Zealand:185 min | Finland:188 min (video) (2 parts) | Italy:144 min

Country:

UK | South Africa | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:12A | New Zealand:G (part 1) | New Zealand:PG (part 2) | Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-11 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Company:

Power

Trivia:

UK rock band Fightstar used clips from the film for their music video, Floods. The band had set the release date but had to change it because of the real floods hitting the UK.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Although the senior military advisor is referred to frequently as 'Major General' his rank badges are those of a (full) General. In addition, a Major General would be normally be addressed as 'General'.

Quotes:

Leonard Morrison:Not this much water!

Big budget and FX-filled look at London flooded

This is a catastrophe movie set in London . Starting multiple hurricane,superstorm and tornadoes on Scotland are displaced towards East , downing England coast and later the South. After several hours of heavy rainful , the London barrier above Thames is short from running over, and it paves the way for disaster. Then a colossal tidal-wave travel relentless down East causing devastation and lives of millions of Londoners are in danger. At the center of the story is a climatologist(Tom Courtenay) a climatologist who tries to save London from the effects of giant wave , trying to convince the authorities that the town dike was unsafe, furthermore a marine engineer (Robert Carlyle) and his ex-wife Samantha(Jessalyn Gilsig) . They are trapped into the barrier and dropped to sea .Meantime the secret government agency HQ ruled by Nash(Joanne Whalley) under direct orders of deputy Minister(David Suchet) attempt to control many displaced and avoid more dead, approximately 200.000. They have a little time to save London from total catastrophe.

Perfectly acceptable drama-disaster with alright acting. Magnificent Tom Courtenay as a climatologist who predicts catastrophe and excellent Robert Carlyle and Jessalyn Gilsig as ex-matrimony rekindling their love. The movie packs impressive flood scenes brought to life by the breathtaking computer generator special effects, better than the classic of the 70s , such as 'Earthquake, Inferno Towering' and similarly to 'Armaguedon and Day after tomorrow'. Although isn't a clear denounce, we know that the flood is caused by the greenhouse effect and global warming which originates the ozone hole. The motion picture is well directed by Tony Mitchell. I would recommend this movie to people who like disaster movies. Another adaptations about floods, are the following : 'Flood(1976)'directed by Earl Bellamy with Robert Culp and Barbara Hershey; 'Hard rain(1998)' directed by Mikael Salomon with Morgan Freeman and Christian Slater; ' Flood : a river's rampage(1979)' directed by Bruce Pittman with Richard Thomas