Repo! The Genetic Opera (2008)

Director:

Darren Lynn Bousman

Writers:

Darren Smith (screenplay) &
Terrance Zdunich (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

20 November 2008 (Czech Republic)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Musical | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Not Your Parent's Opera

Plot:

A worldwide epidemic encourages a biotech company to launch an organ-financing program similar in nature to a standard car loan. The repossession clause is a killer, however.

Plot Keywords:

Organ | Epidemic | Repossession | Company | Savior

Awards:

4 wins

Cast

Alexa Vega	...	Shilo Wallace
Paul Sorvino	...	Rotti Largo
Anthony Head	...	Nathan / Repo Man (as Anthony Stewart Head)
Sarah Brightman	...	Blind Mag
Paris Hilton	...	Amber Sweet
Bill Moseley	...	Luigi Largo
Nivek Ogre	...	Pavi Largo (as Ogre)
Terrance Zdunich	...	Graverobber
Sarah Power	...	Marni
Jessica Horn	...	Jessica Adams
Branko Lebar	...	Rotti's Chauffeur
Brianna Buckmaster	...	Sherrie Alviso (as Briana Buckmaster)
Anna Kostan	...	Young Mormon Woman
Brad Austin	...	Young Mormon Man
Marty Adams	...	Big Man
Rebecca Marshall	...	Woman with Martini Glass
Egidio Tari	...	Man In Tuxedo
Jake Reardon	...	Single Mother
J. LaRose	...	Geneco Spokesperson
John Joseph Gallagher	...	Talking Head #1 (as John Gallagher)
Howard Glassman	...	Talking Head #2
Darren Smith	...	Geneco's Band Leader
Dean Armstrong	...	Thankless Job Victim
Andreja Punkris	...	Rotti's Henchwoman #1
Alisa Burket	...	Rotti's Henchwoman #2
Athena Karkanis	...	Female Repo Victim
Martin Samuel	...	Amber's Valet #1
Stephan Dubeau	...	Amber's Valet #2
Dena Chiarcossi	...	Head Sexy Gentern / Opera Gentern #6
Natalli Reznik	...	Sexy Gentern #1 / Opera Gentern #5
Tre Armstrong	...	Sexy Gentern #2 / Opera Gentern #4
Elena Juatco	...	Night Surgeon Gentern #1 / Support Group Member #8
Noelle Boggio	...	Night Surgeon Gentern #2 / Singing Gentern #2
Krystal Kiran Garib	...	Night Surgeon Gentern #3
Vanessa Cobham	...	Opera Gentern #1
Amanda Fritz	...	Opera Gentern #2
Andrea Ciacci	...	Opera Gentern #3 / Hallucination Gentern #1
Matthew Boden	...	Geneco Assistant #1 (as Matt Boden)
Carla Guiliani	...	Mag's Asian Chorus Girl #1 (as Carla Giuliani)
Jamie Holmes	...	Mag's Asian Chorus Girl #2
Romina D'Ugo	...	Mag's Asian Chorus Girl #3 / Support Group Member #3
Tangara Jones	...	Mag's Asian Chorus Girl #4 / Support Group Member #2
Jeffery Ong	...	Mag's Asian Chorus Boy #1 / Amber's Male Dancer #1
Ron Bedeau	...	Mag's Asian Chorus Boy #2
Hazel Gorin	...	Mourner #1 / DJ Granny
Eve English	...	Mourner #2
Lance Luther	...	Repo Cadet
Melissa Panton	...	Support Group Member #1
Cheryl Quiacos	...	Support Group Member #4
Jacques Monfiston	...	Support Group Member #5
Omar Forrest	...	Support Group Member #6
Jennifer Mote	...	Support Group Member #7
Dani Jazzar	...	Amber's Male Dancer #2
Tom Farr	...	Armed Geneco Guard
Kevin Power	...	Geneco Spokesperson #2 / Opera Audience Member #7
Roberta Angelica	...	Opera Audience Member #1
Erica Cox	...	Opera Audience Member #2
Charles Seminerio	...	Opera Audience Member #3
Kathy Imrie	...	Opera Audience Member #4
Paul De La Rosa	...	Opera Audience Member #5
David Fujino	...	Opera Audience Member #6
Janelle Hutchison	...	Opera Audience Member #8
Tim Burd	...	Night Surgeon Victim
Eva Redpath	...	Hallucination Gentern #2
Carla Bennett	...	Singing Gentern #1
Al Maini	...	Nebbish Doctor
Thom Allison	...	Gossip Journalist
James Rankin	...	Puppeteer #1
Gord Robertson	...	Puppeteer #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nancy Long	...	Marni (singing voice)
Denise Carroll	...	Opera Audience Member (uncredited)
Joan Jett	...	Guitar Player (uncredited)
Paul Nicholasi	...	Spectator at Press Event (uncredited)

Directed by
Darren Lynn Bousman

Writing credits
Darren Smith		(screenplay) &
Terrance Zdunich		(screenplay)
Darren Smith		(play) &
Terrance Zdunich		(play)

Produced by
Troy Begnaud	....	associate producer
Peter Block	....	executive producer
Darren Lynn Bousman	....	executive producer
Mark Burg	....	producer
Jason Constantine	....	executive producer
Sarah Greenberg	....	executive producer
Yoshiki Hayashi	....	executive producer (as Yoshiki)
Daniel J. Heffner	....	producer (as Daniel Jason Heffner)
Oren Koules	....	producer
Carl Mazzocone	....	producer
Jonathan McHugh	....	executive producer
Tim Palen	....	executive producer
Darren Smith	....	associate producer
Terrance Zdunich	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Darren Smith
Terrance Zdunich

Cinematography by
Joseph White		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Harvey Rosenstock

Casting by
Jenny Jue
Johanna Ray

Production Design by
David Hackl

Art Direction by
Anthony A. Ianni		(as Anthony Ianni)

Set Decoration by
Liesl Deslauriers

Costume Design by
Alex Kavanagh

Makeup Department
Damon Bishop	....	key prosthetics assistant
Patrice Boudreau	....	assistant makeup artist
François Dagenais	....	prosthetics coordinator (as Francois Dagenais)
Kim Dao	....	contact lens technician
Susan Hayward	....	second assistant makeup artist (as Susan Hayword)
Stephanie Ingram	....	key hair stylist
Maribeth Knezev	....	key makeup artist
Maarit Niemelä	....	hair stylist: Sarah Brightman
Rita Pacitto	....	assistant hair stylist
Sean Sansom	....	first prosthetics assistant
Patrick Baxter	....	makeup effects lab technician (uncredited)

Production Management
Matt Cahill	....	post-production supervisor
Kym Crepin	....	production manager
Thomas Vencelides	....	assistant production manager (as Tom Vencelides)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sarah Buell	....	second assistant director
Jon Campfens	....	additional second unit director
Greg Edmunds	....	third assistant director
David Hackl	....	second unit director
Vicki Henton	....	third assistant director
Laurie Mirsky	....	first assistant director: second unit
Garfield Russell	....	second assistant director: second unit
Steve Webb	....	first assistant director
Genevieve Anthony	....	assistant director: set (uncredited)

Art Department
Sam Agro	....	storyboard artist
Chris Andrews	....	head scenic painter
Michael D. Andrews	....	assistant head scenic painter
Doug Bowler	....	carpenter
Brandon Breen	....	labourer
Michael Bunt	....	on-set carpenter
Jamie Burke	....	construction coordinator
Gord Casselman	....	carpenter (as Gordon Casselman)
Douglas Catty	....	carpenter
John Caulfield	....	labourer
Steven Ciancamerla	....	set dresser
Gord Craig	....	assistant head carpenter
Robert Craig	....	carpenter
Gregory Davies	....	props assistant
Donavon Drummond	....	on-set dresser
Mike Dutkowski	....	carpenter
Ric Fernandez	....	head carpenter (as Rick Fernandez)
Joanne Filleti	....	painter (as Joanne Filetti)
Victoria Hamilton	....	key scenic artist
Dwight Hendrickson	....	first assistant art director
Emily Hyde	....	painter
Michael Hyde	....	carpenter
Dorin Kenny	....	painter
Chris Littlejohn	....	labourer
Mike Lotosky	....	carpenter (as Michael Lotosky)
Jason Lunn	....	leadman
Jesse Mann	....	art department trainee (as Jessica Manchester)
Patrick McCaffery	....	carpenter
Leslie McCullagh	....	assistant scenic artist
Keith McCully	....	carpenter
Brent McGillivray	....	first assistant art director
Brent McGillivray	....	set designer
Craig McLauchlan	....	carpenter
Joel McLeod	....	carpenter
J.D. Moore	....	carpenter
Mario Moreira	....	assistant property master
Mario Moreira	....	property master: second unit
Mario Moreira	....	props buyer
James R. Murray	....	property master (as James Murray)
Friday Myers	....	sets buyer
Sorin Popescu	....	first assistant art director
Sorin Popescu	....	set designer
Jeff Pryce	....	carpenter
Heather Rigby	....	on-set painter
Mike Rybuck	....	carpenter
Sean Scoffield	....	second assistant art director
Thomas Sheehan	....	carpenter (as Thomas Sheenan)
Cherie Spencer	....	set dresser
Charles Staniforth	....	carpenter
Tom Toop	....	carpenter
Paul Trinidad	....	carpenter
Real Vanier	....	carpenter
John Wareing	....	carpenter
Russell Whiteman	....	carpenter
Andrew Yurkiv	....	carpenter
Terrance Zdunich	....	illustrator: comic book
Adam Smith	....	specialty prop fabricator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve Baine	....	foley artist
Tom Bjelic	....	supervising sound editor
Roberta Bratti	....	sound project manager
Keith Elliott	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mark Gingras	....	sound designer
Jamie Gould	....	sound re-recording assistant
Gina Gyles	....	foley assistant (as Gina Wark)
Jason Hopfner	....	boom operator
Scott Loane	....	optical track recordist
Matthew McKenzie	....	adr recordist (as Matthew MacKenzie)
Rick Penn	....	production sound mixer
Peter Persaud	....	foley recordist
James Robb	....	assistant sound editor (as Jimmy)
John Douglas Smith	....	supervising sound editor
Andrew Tay	....	sound re-recording mixer
Clive Turner	....	sound effects editor
Peter Waggoner	....	additional adr (as Pete Waggoner)
Mark Zsifkovits	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Hudson Kenny	....	special effects technician
Tony Kenny	....	special effects coordinator
Andy Latimer	....	first assistant special effects
Jeff Skochko	....	key special effects (as Jeff M. Skochko)
Steve Skochko	....	first assistant special effects
Scott Chalmers	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Dave Porter	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
David Reaume	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Brodie Spaull	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
David Alexander	....	senior cgi artist: Switch VFX (as David Ray Alexander)
Kemal Ally	....	animation editor: Yowza Digital Animation
Kemal Ally	....	boujou tracker: Switch VFX
Don Asido	....	technical director: Switch VFX (as Jun Asido)
Barb Benoit	....	compositor: Switch VFX
Jason Boland	....	CG team: Switch VFX
Jon Campfens	....	visual effects supervisor
Sonya Carey	....	animation art director: Yowza Digital Animation
Michael Carter	....	flame artist
Min Hyun Cha	....	compositor: Switch VFX
Jason Colthurst	....	CG team: Switch VFX
Peter Denomme	....	animation executive producer: Yowza Digital Animation (as Pete Denomme)
Peter Denomme	....	visual effects producer (as Pete Denomme)
Amir Eftekhari	....	matte painter: Switch VFX
Mike Habjan	....	CG team: Switch VFX
Grant Harris	....	CG team: Switch VFX
Grant Harris	....	animator: Yowza Digital Animation
Grant Harris	....	compositor: Yowza Digital Animation
Gudrun Heinze	....	lead compositor: Switch VFX
Jason Kozsurek	....	compositor: Switch VFX
Voytek Kufner	....	CG team: Switch VFX
Keren Kurtz	....	CG team: Switch VFX
Trevor Lewis	....	film recording: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
Jef Lonn	....	compositor: Switch VFX
Seth Martiniuk	....	compositor: Switch VFX
Beau Parsons	....	visual effects coordinator: Switch VFX
Nick Paulozza	....	film recording: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
Shannon Penner	....	CG team: Switch VFX
Shannon Penner	....	animator: Yowza Digital Animation
Shannon Penner	....	compositor: Yowza Digital Animation
Rob Sischy	....	compositor: Switch VFX
Joel Skeete	....	compositor: Switch VFX
Geoff Wigmore	....	compositor: Switch VFX
Greg Zajac	....	compositor: Switch VFX

Stunts
Nick Alachiotis	....	stunt actor: Zydrate Addict
Don Gough	....	stunt actor: Pope
Brayden Jones	....	stunt actor: Armed Geneco Guard #3
Dana Jones	....	stunt double
Dana Jones	....	stunt double: Blind Mag
Jamie Jones	....	stunt coordinator
Kelly Jones	....	stunt actor: Armed Geneco Guard #1
Spencer Jones	....	stunt double: Nathan/Repo Man
Jung-Yul Kim	....	stunt actor: Head Armed Geneco Guard (as Jung Yul Kim)
Jeffery Ong	....	stunt actor: Armed Geneco Guard #4
Cheryl Quiacos	....	stunt actor: Sexy Gentern
Paul Rutledge	....	stunt actor: Armed Geneco Guard #2
Bryan Thomas	....	stunt actor: Geneco Assistant #2
Steve 'Shack' Shackleton	....	stunt rigger (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin Barnes	....	electrician
Karen Bayer	....	electrician
Gary Bower	....	key grip: second unit
Jan Brunton	....	video assist operator
Craig Bulmer	....	electrician
Michael Burak	....	grip
Pete Daprato	....	rigging grip (as Peter Daprato)
Robert Daprato	....	rigging grip
Brian Gedge	....	Steadicam operator
Brian Gedge	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Ben Gervais	....	digital imaging technician
Angel Gonzalez	....	camera operator: second unit
Peter Janes	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as Pete Janes)
Patrick King	....	grip
Boris Kurtzman	....	camera trainee (as Boris Kurtzmann)
Kevin Michael LeBlanc	....	first assistant camera
Mike McDonald	....	gaffer
Monty Montgomerie	....	key grip
Dave Neilson	....	gaffer: second unit
Dave 'EZ' Nielson	....	electrician (as Dave Nielson)
Mike Ohorodnyk	....	dolly grip (as Michael Ohorodnyk)
Derek Parkes	....	best boy grip
David Perkins	....	camera operator: "b" camera
James R. Scott	....	electrician (as James Scott)
Ernest Spiteri	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Adam Tarini	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Steve Van Denzen	....	grip
Rob Vettor	....	best boy electric
Jasper Vrakking	....	digital imaging technician
Steve Wilkie	....	still photographer
Mike Williams	....	second assistant camera (as Michael Williams)
Raphael Boettger	....	daily grip (uncredited)
Rocky Brown	....	daily grip (uncredited)
Sean Marjoram	....	daily electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Stephanie Gorin	....	casting: Toronto
Jane Rogers	....	extras casting
Misha Rasaiah	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Elayne Alexander	....	costume truck supervisor
Nancy Da Silva	....	wardrobe cutter (as Nancy Dasilva)
Karen Eppstadt	....	key wardrobe breakdown artist
Aleya Gibson	....	wardrobe assistant
Leslie Kavanagh	....	costume set supervisor
Stephanie Lees	....	assistant costume designer
Janice Skinner	....	wardrobe assistant
Gerri Gillan	....	costume stylist (uncredited)
Michele Harney	....	set costumer (uncredited)
Cara Porter	....	stitcher (uncredited)
Jennifer Ruppert	....	costume buyer (uncredited)
Adam Smith	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Peter Armstrong	....	digital intermediate producer: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
Gary Brown	....	digital intermediate coordinator: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
Tavia Charlton	....	digital intermediate production manager: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
Bernie Clayton	....	vdc operator
Sean Coles	....	vdc operator
Andrea Davis	....	post-production assistant
Lee Englemann	....	color timer: dailies
Gary Fluxgold	....	assistant editor
Jamie Franklin	....	digital intermediate assistant editor: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
Jeff Hocken	....	telecine sync operator
Debbie Holland	....	color timer: dailies
Lee Hughes	....	digital intermediate project manager
Ahmad Ismail	....	digital intermediate opticals: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
Cam McLauchlin	....	telecine sync operator
Dave Muscat	....	digital intermediate assistant editor: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
Valoen Power	....	post-production: Lionsgate
Mike Seeley	....	vdc operator
Danny St. Pierre	....	post-production: Lionsgate
Chris Wallace	....	supervising digital intermediate colorist: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
Bob Wenokur	....	post-production: Lionsgate
James Yazbeck	....	color timer: dailies
Motassem Younes	....	digital intermediate opticals: Deluxe EFilm Toronto
Jordan Wood	....	telecine assistant: 16mm footage (uncredited)

Music Department
Rob Bertola	....	music editor
Joseph Bishara	....	music producer
Joseph Bishara	....	score mixer
Joseph Bishara	....	score producer
Lola Blanc	....	performer: backing vocals (as Kandice Melonakos)
Franni Burke	....	vocal coach
Alisa Burket	....	music assistant
Alisa Burket	....	musician: backing vocals
Cedrick Courtois	....	music engineer
Cedrick Courtois	....	music mixer
C.J. DeAngelus Jr.	....	choral orchestrator: Tao of Mag
C.J. DeAngelus Jr.	....	music transcriptor
Sean E. DeMott	....	music creative consultant
Erica Forster	....	lead music administrator
Mike Ging	....	digital music editor: pre-production
Christopher Guardino	....	music consultant (as Chris Guardino)
Tim Harkins	....	digital music editor: pre-production
Yoshiki Hayashi	....	music producer (as Yoshiki)
Brent-Alan Huffman	....	vocal coach (as Brent Alan Huffman)
Zach Kasik	....	additional music engineer
Kevin Koloff	....	music legal counsel
Sean Lacefield	....	additional music engineer
Sean Lacefield	....	digital music editor
Ronen Landa	....	music transcriptor
Paul Lani	....	digital music editor: pre-production
Roger Love	....	vocal coach
Paul Masse	....	vocal coach
Jonathan McHugh	....	music supervisor
Ashburn Miller	....	additional music engineer
Tracy Mulholland	....	music vocals
Darren Smith	....	music transcriptor
Darren Smith	....	orchestrator
Darren Smith	....	score music
Chris Spilfogel	....	associate music producer
Chris Spilfogel	....	music engineer
Chris Spilfogel	....	music mixer
Daniel Sternbaum	....	digital music editor: pre-production (as Danny Sternbaum)
Eric Vetro	....	vocal coach
Jonathan Zalben	....	music transcriptor
Jonathan Zalben	....	orchestrator
Lev Zhurbin	....	music transcriptor (as Lev 'Ljova' Zhurbin)
Jed Smith	....	music programmer (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Eddie Bowman	....	transportation coordinator
Mike Bowman	....	driver
Dan Deger	....	driver
Frank Eldridge	....	transportation co-captain (as Frank A. Eldridge)
Fred Eldridge	....	transportation captain
Greg McGrath	....	driver
Bruce McLean	....	transportation coordinator
Holly Meeker	....	driver: honeywagon (as Holly Meeker-Barbet)
Gustav Meunier	....	driver
Richard Paul	....	driver
Regina Petrik	....	daily driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Charlyn Adkins	....	business affairs: Lionsgate
Tre Armstrong	....	choreographer
Dean A. Avedon	....	accounting services: Twisted Pictures
Adam Bialow	....	international sales: mandate
Shauna Black	....	adr loop group
Robert Bockstael	....	adr loop group
Tania Boochon	....	set medic
Laura Bousman	....	production staff
Anne Marie Boysen	....	international sales: mandate
Ralph Bruzzese	....	location security
Dorothy Burg	....	travel services
Miguel Casillas	....	marketing: Lionsgate
Adam Chuckryk	....	stand-in
Cristin L. Cornett	....	production coordinator (as Cristin L. Becker)
Darrell Dennis	....	adr loop group
Yon Elvira	....	marketing: Lionsgate
Tom Enright	....	security (as Thomas Enright)
Andrew Finch	....	security
Jillian Giacomini	....	script supervisor
Debra Gibson	....	payroll accountant
Charmaine Hamp	....	stand-in
Kevin Hennelly	....	set production assistant
David Heys	....	security
Cynthia Hiley	....	production assistant
Brent Jack	....	international sales: mandate
Wendy Jaffe	....	business affairs: Lionsgate
Chela Johnson	....	marketing: Lionsgate
Kaleigh Kavanagh	....	assistant: Dan Heffner
David Kinnersly	....	craft service
Nick Kontsalakis	....	first assistant accountant
Eda Kowan	....	acquisitor
Simon Rust Lamb	....	business affairs: Lionsgate
Helen Lee-Kim	....	international sales: mandate
Wayne Levin	....	business affairs: Lionsgate
Stephanie Lewis	....	acquisitor
Christopher Marren	....	adr loop group (as Chris Marren)
Mark Masri	....	lip sync coordinator
Aubrey McClure	....	marketing: Lionsgate
Ashleigh Millar	....	craft server
Stacey Mooradian	....	marketing: Lionsgate
Lisa Norton	....	adr loop group
Tom Ortenberg	....	marketing: Lionsgate
Allissa Ourakova	....	stand-in (as Alissa Ourakova)
Elaine Overholt	....	lip sync coordinator
Jim Panno	....	set medical services
Anne Parducci	....	marketing: Lionsgate
Trina Petrik	....	craft server
Geoffrey Pounsett	....	adr loop group (as Geoff Pounsett)
Samantha Reynolds	....	adr loop group
Nate Richmond	....	production assistant
Joe Robinson	....	studio manager
Tammi Robinson	....	key accountant: Twisted Pictures
Erick Salomon	....	assistant: Mark Burg & Oren Koules
Katrina Saville	....	assistant: Darren Bousman
Erika Schimik	....	marketing: Lionsgate
Carla Spizziri	....	production accountant
Justine Stevenson	....	office affairs: Twisted Pictures
Michael Stoyanov	....	assistant production coordinator
Sean Sullivan	....	adr loop group
Bob Tarantino	....	company production counsel
Severn Thompson	....	adr loop group
Nicole Underhay	....	adr loop group
Marvin Waxman	....	physician (as Dr. Marvin Waxman)
Symone Wen	....	security (as Seymon Wen Hsing)
Rui Martins	....	rushes telecine operator (uncredited)

Thanks
Laura Bousman	....	very special thanks
Stephanie Denton	....	special thanks
Shyama Friedenson	....	special thanks
Brian Johnson	....	special thanks
Joey Monteiro	....	special thanks
Erin Sahlstrom	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Twisted Pictures (presents)
• Burg/Koules Productions

Distributors

• Hollywood Classic Entertainment (2008) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Xanadeux Company (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Eagle Films (2008) (Non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Lionsgate (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Lionsgate (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2009) (Romania) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Sookie Pictures (2012) (South Korea) (all media)
• Video Film Express (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Video Film Express (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Switch VFX (visual effects)
• Effects Group, The (special effects)
• Yowza Animation

Other Companies

• Panno Therapeutic  set medical services
• Catering on Location  catering
• Star Grazing  craft services
• Linden Travel Bureau  travel services
• Concepts International  location security
• Heenan Blaikie Lawyers  company production counsel (as Heenan Blaikie LLP)
• Goldcrest Post Production New York  additional adr
• Mediantmusic  music transcriptions
• William F. White International  grip and lighting equipment
• William F. White International  chapman camera dollies
• Dwight Crane Rentals  cranes and lifts
• Entertainment Partners  payroll services
• Cinespace Studios Management  studios
• Film Inc.  location support
• Nooka  communication devices provided by
• Urban Post Production  Avid supplied by
• Deluxe Post-Production  sound re-recording studio
• Urban Post Production  sound editing facilities
• Deluxe Post-Production  foley recording studio
• Deluxe Post-Production  adr recording facilities
• Goldcrest Post Production New York  adr recording facilities
• Caldwell & Company  loop group supplied by
• Hi Text Media  post-production continuity list
• Aon/Ruben-Winkler Entertainment Insurance  insurance broker
• Rights Company, The  script and title research services
• Ontario Production Services Tax Credit, The  produced with assistance of
• Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC)  produced with assistance of
• Repo Opera Productions  production services provided by
• Betafish Music  music program
• Canada Film Capital  tax incentive consulting services
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Lionsgate Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

"Repo!" - Japan (English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, language, some drug and sexual content

Runtime:

98 min | USA:150 min (original cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | UK:18 (DVD rating) | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Japan:R-15 | Finland:K-18 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Ireland:15 | Singapore:R21 | Chile:14 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

Cinespace Film Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Twisted Pictures

Trivia:

One day while filming a scene the set caught on fire. The fire was caused by leaves on the set that were accidentally blown by an open flame.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Before Pavi snatches the Genterns' panties, he is clearly holding them in his hands.

Quotes:

Rotti Largo:Mag, there is someone I'd like you to meet.
Rotti Largo:A daughter of an old friend, a ghost from your past.
Rotti Largo:Seeing you two stirs memories.
Rotti Largo:Mag was 19, not much older than you.
Rotti Largo:I heard her sing and at that moment knew I'd help her see.
Rotti Largo:And watch her talent bloom.
Rotti Largo:I could help you too!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Music Movies: Repo: The Genetic Opera (#1.4)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

I Didn't Know I'd Love You So Much

A cult wannabe with a dash of Blade Runner and a slash of Saw

Darren Lynn Bousman has cojones. Big brass ones, it would appear, after viewing his twisted eclectic musical known as Repo! The Genetic Opera, which was given its world premier at Montreal's Fantasia film festival months in advance of its November release date.

The Director of Saw II, III and IV is hardly a person you'd associate with a rock opera, and when you factor in a cast that includes such artistic polar opposites as Sarah Brightman and Paris Hilton, you could be forgiven for feeling that the stink-o-meter would be going off the chart. And yet, it doesn't.

Set against a futuristic backdrop where an epidemic of organ failures is plaguing humanity, people turn to the unscrupulous Geneco Corporation to purchase replacements for their failing vitals. Not everybody makes good on their payments, however, which is where Nathan Wallace (Anthony Head of Buffy the Vampire Slayer fame) goes into action as one of Geneco's "repo men", brutally reclaiming defaulters organs at scalpel-point.

The movie has a visual style that both works to its benefit and runs against the grain of conventional movie telling (comic strip look, richly colored and stylized sets, heavily filtered camera shots) and much of the music is surprisingly good. Even those sung by Hilton, who blends surprisingly well into the mix as Amber, the vain, plastic-surgery obsessed daughter of Geneco's president (Paul Sorvino). While Sarah Brightman's career as a pop-opera singer makes her, on paper at least, the best casting choice, it's Head who's really surprising. Sure he an act, but in a movie with no spoken dialog he not only shows he can sing, but is actually able to change his vocal style from controlled, when in character as Wallace, to raunchy when he dons his Repo Man persona.

Among the movie's flaws is the performance of Bill Moseley (House of 1000 Corpses, The Devil's Rejects) as Luigi Largo, the scheming son of Geneco's president, whose singing talent can charitably be described as "lacking". Then again, considering the nature of the story, its roles, and ambitious scope, you'd have to expect that Bousman was going to break a few eggs en route to making his omelet.

The folks who run the hype machines at Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures are spinning this as another cult classic along the lines of The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Phantom of the Paradise. That's a bit much. Musical cult classics aren't instantly created, they assume that mantle as a result of fan approval, and the cultivation of a following – something not easily done given the demise of repertory cinemas and weekly midnight screenings. Right now such corporate accolades are nothing more than hyperbole. Even though a lot of the prerequisites are in place, only time will tell if Repo will allow Bousman to reserve a permanent spot shilling to character-dressed fans on the convention circuit.