Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007) (TV)

Director:

Félix Enríquez Alcalá

Writers:

Ronald D. Moore (developed by)
Michael Taylor (written by)
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Release Date:

24 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A two-hour Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica. |

Plot Keywords:

Man In Uniform | Cylon | Woman In Uniform | Lesbian Kiss | Lesbian

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Edward James Olmos	...	Admiral William Adama
Mary McDonnell	...	President Laura Roslin
Katee Sackhoff	...	Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace
Jamie Bamber	...	Cpt. Lee 'Apollo' Adama
James Callis	...	Dr. Gaius Baltar
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / Gina Inviere
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon Valerii
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol (credit only)
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Lt. Karl 'Helo' Agathon (credit only)
Michael Trucco	...	Samuel Anders (credit only)
Alessandro Juliani	...	Lt. Felix Gaeta (credit only)
Kandyse McClure	...	Petty Officer Anastasia Dualla (credit only)
Michelle Forbes	...	Admiral Helena Cain
Graham Beckel	...	Colonel Jack Fisk
Stephanie Jacobsen	...	Kendra Shaw
Nico Cortez	...	Young Adama
Matthew Bennett	...	Aaron Doral
Steve Bacic	...	Colonel Jurgen Belzen
Brad Dryborough	...	Hoshi
Eileen Pedde	...	Sgt. Mathias
Fulvio Cecere	...	Lt. Alastair Thorne
Vincent Gale	...	Peter Laird
Campbell Lane	...	Hybrid
Kyra Scott	...	Young Helena Cain
Chandra Berg	...	Little Lucy Cain
Peter Flemming	...	Helena's Father
Shaker Paleja	...	Medic Hudson
Andrew Dunbar	...	Marine Dasilva
Jacob Blair	...	Squad Leader Banzai
Peter Bryant	...	Frank Bruno
Chris Bradford	...	Ops Officer
Tyson Stanley	...	Young Marine
Trevor Roberts	...	Scylla Protestor #1
Cameron MacLeod	...	Scylla Protestor #2 (as Cameron Macleod)
Ingrid Tesch	...	Mother
Joey Pierce	...	Marine Riggs
Matt Drake	...	Son #1
Dustin Eriksen	...	Son #2
Stefan Arngrim	...	Male Captive
John Hainsworth	...	Man in Cage #1
Victor Ayala	...	Man in Cage #2
Deni DeLory	...	Woman in Cage (as Deni Dolory)
Emily Hirst	...	Child in Cage
Ben Cotton	...	Terrified Man
Stefanie von Pfetten	...	Showboat (as Stefanie Von Pfetten)
Alyssa Minniss	...	Flower Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Heard	...	Commander Barry Garner (archive footage) (uncredited)
Allison Warnyca	...	Jaycie McGavin (scenes deleted) (uncredited)

Directed by
Félix Enríquez Alcalá		(as Félix Alcalá)

Writing credits
Ronald D. Moore		(developed by)
Michael Taylor		(written by)
Glen A. Larson		(based on the series created by: "Battlestar Galactica")

Produced by
Michael Angeli	....	co-executive producer
David Eick	....	executive producer
Jane Espenson	....	co-executive producer
Harvey Frand	....	supervising producer
Ron French	....	producer (as Ron E. French)
James Halpern	....	associate producer
Glen A. Larson	....	consulting producer
Paul M. Leonard	....	co-producer
Siân McArthur	....	associate producer (as Sian McArthur)
Ronald D. Moore	....	executive producer
Michael Rymer	....	producer
Andrew Seklir	....	associate producer
Michael Taylor	....	co-executive producer
Bradley Thompson	....	supervising producer
Mark Verheiden	....	co-executive producer
David Weddle	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Bear McCreary

Cinematography by
Stephen McNutt		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Tim Kinzy
Andrew Seklir

Production Design by
Richard Hudolin

Art Direction by
Doug McLean		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Jamie Jonasson		(co-set decorator)
Jonathan Lancaster

Costume Design by
Glenne Campbell

Makeup Department
Ankaraj Eden	....	second assistant makeup artist (as Ankara Eden)
Gerald Gibbons	....	hair stylist
Michelle Hrescak	....	makeup: Mary McDonnell
Hayley Miller	....	first assistant makeup artist
Patricia Murray	....	makeup artist
Wayne Russell	....	first assistant hair stylist
Dean Scheck	....	second assistant hair stylist
Candice Stafford	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Wayne Rose	....	production manager
Gregg Tilson	....	post-production supervisor
Brooke Murphy	....	post-production supervisor (uncredited)
Todd Sharp	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ashley Bell	....	third assistant director
Marian Koprada	....	trainee assistant director
Kit Marlatt	....	second assistant director
Michael Shandley	....	first assistant director
Wayne Rose	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Clayton Allen	....	second lead dresser (as Clayton Allan)
Santino Barile	....	first assistant props
Noel Burke-Gaffney	....	lead paint (as Noel Burke)
Paul Burton	....	assistant set decorator
Matthew Clancy	....	on-set carpenter (as Matt Clancy)
Chris Claridge	....	construction coordinator
David Goodman	....	first assistant props: on-set
Kenneth H. Hawryliw	....	property master (as Ken Hawryliw)
Jim Hayes	....	construction foreman
Sean Lavoie	....	paint coordinator
Vern Lavoie	....	foreman
David McLean	....	storyboard artist (as David Maclean)
Colin Meacham	....	on-set dresser
Rob Moser	....	construction foreman
David Pirrie	....	on-set painter
Mark Prior	....	lead dresser
Andrew Rowland	....	construction foreman
Ricardo Sandoval	....	assistant art director
Lynn Snedden	....	art department coordinator
Peter Stratford	....	assistant art director (as Peter R. Stratford)
Ivana Vasak	....	assistant art director
Lisle Fehlauer	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Shay Hilliard	....	fabricator (uncredited)
Maurice Woodworth	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Rick Bal	....	sound mixer
Vince Balunas	....	dialogue editor
Daniel Colman	....	sound designer
Daniel Colman	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Hewett	....	boom operator
George Johnsen	....	additional sound design
Ken Kobett	....	re-recording mixer (as Kenneth Kobett)
Jack Levy	....	supervising sound editor
Doug Madick	....	foley artist
Mike Olman	....	re-recording mixer (as Michael Olman)
Naan Spiess	....	sound assistant
Sam C. Lewis	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Sam C. Lewis	....	supervising foley editor (uncredited)
Laurence Schwarz	....	assistant engineer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Robert Martin Luther Carter	....	special effects assistant (as Robert Carter)
Andrew Chamberlayne	....	special effects coordinator (as Andy Chamberlayne)
William D. Ryan	....	special effects best boy (as Bill Ryan)
Ron Seida	....	special effects assistant
Rob Tomsic	....	special effects assistant (as Robert Tomsic)

Visual Effects by
John Allardice	....	additional visual effects services
Anthony Alvaro	....	composite coordinator
Greg Behrens	....	visual effects coordinator
Rob Bonchune	....	CGI artist
Jamie Clark	....	additional visual effects services
Michael Davidson	....	junior CGI artist
Aurore de Blois	....	senior visual effects compositor
Mark Dick Danger Devlin	....	additional visual effects services (as Mark Devlin)
Doug Drexler	....	CGI supervisor
Pierre Drolet	....	CGI modeler
James Ford	....	CGI artist
Mike Gibson	....	visual effects producer (as Michael D. Gibson)
Aram Granger	....	CGI artist
Aram Granger	....	composite artist
Jon Greenhalgh	....	additional visual effects services
Gary Hutzel	....	visual effects supervisor
Sean M. Jackson	....	CGI artist (as Sean Jackson)
Michael Kaelin	....	additional visual effects services
Gabriel Köerner	....	additional visual effects services (as Gabe Koerner)
Jeremy Lang	....	coordinator: digital logistics
Eric Lea	....	visual effects editor
Adam 'Mojo' Lebowitz	....	CGI artist
Derek Ledbetter	....	additional visual effects services
Ralph Maiers	....	additional visual effects services
Heather McAuliff	....	visual effects compositor
Hailey Murray	....	additional visual effects services
Jose Perez	....	additional visual effects services (as Jose A. Perez)
Jeffery Quinn	....	visual effects production assistant (as Jeff Quinn)
Alain Rivard	....	additional visual effects services
David Takemura	....	senior coordinator
John Teska	....	additional visual effects services
Robert Tobin	....	additional visual effects services
Kyle Toucher	....	CGI artist
Kelly Whitfield	....	visual effects production assistant
Ross Woo	....	visual effects post coordinator
Chris Wood	....	visual effects compositor
Teague Chrystie	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Nicholas Elwell	....	visual effects assistant coordinator (uncredited)
Steve J. McLeod	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Fabio Passaro	....	modeler (uncredited)
Lee Stringer	....	digital modeler (uncredited)

Stunts
Chandra Berg	....	stunt double: Little Lucy Cain
Guy Bews	....	stunt actor: Signaler #1 (as Guy Bewes)
Simon Burnett	....	stunt actor: Soldier #2 (as Simon Burnette)
Yves Cameron	....	stunt actor: Tauron Civilian
Monique Ganderton	....	stunt double: Gina
Adrian Hein	....	stunt double: Helena's Father
Ernie Jackson	....	stunt actor: Soldier #1 (as Ernest Jackson)
Brad Loree	....	stunt actor: Marine #1
Mike Mitchell	....	stunt coordinator
Rick Pearce	....	stunt actor: Mechanic #1
Heath Stevenson	....	stunt actor: Marine #2
Suzi Stingl	....	stunt double: Young Helena (as Suzi Stignel)
Melissa R. Stubbs	....	stunt actor: Tauron Civilian (as Melissa Stubbs)
Stepka Li	....	stunt double: Stephanie Jacobsen (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ronnie Baran	....	rigging best boy (as Ron Baran)
Brent Barrett	....	playback operator: second unit
Tom Chen	....	playback operator
Murray Chysyk	....	generator operator
Rick Dean	....	best boy electric
Robert DeVitt	....	first assistant camera (as Robb Devitt)
John Drake	....	director of photography: second unit
Ross Framo	....	playback coordinator: computer/video
Curt Griebel	....	key grip
Amy Hanbyol	....	camera trainee
Scott Higgs	....	playback designer
Jose Lau	....	second assistant camera
Lawrence Lau	....	playback operator
Bud Legree	....	best boy grip (as Budd Legree)
Andrew Mackie	....	key rigging grip
Ryan McMaster	....	camera operator
Shreyas Mithiawala	....	assistant playback coordinator (as Shreyas Mithaiwala)
Shreyas Mithiawala	....	playback operator (as Shreyas Mithaiwala)
Colin Mullin	....	second assistant camera
Jordan Neifer	....	dolly grip
Guy Paterson	....	rigging gaffer
Mike Sankey	....	technician: high definition
Carole Segal	....	still photography
Tim Spencer	....	Steadicam
Tim Spencer	....	camera operator
Maria Stanborough	....	rigging lamp operator
Chris Thompson	....	first assistant camera
Jeff Trebenski	....	gaffer
James Vinblad	....	dolly grip

Animation Department
Lawrence Lau	....	animator
Timothy Albee	....	lead character animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Heike Brandstatter	....	casting: Canada
Hannah Cooper	....	casting associate
Eric Dawson	....	casting: USA
Carol Kritzer	....	casting: USA
Coreen Mayrs	....	casting: Canada
Lisa Ratke	....	extras casting
Robert J. Ulrich	....	casting: USA

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Andrea Hiestand	....	costume coordinator
Glenna Owen	....	assistant costume designer
Keith Parent	....	costume supervisor
Charron Hume	....	set costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Michael Lim	....	assistant editor
Ian D. Maddox	....	post-production coordinator (as Ian Maddox)
Ron Nichols	....	color timer
Bettina Zachariah	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Michael Baber	....	music editor
Richard Gibbs	....	composer: main title theme
Steve Kaplan	....	orchestral engineer
Steve Kaplan	....	scoring engineer
John Avila	....	musician: electric bass (uncredited)
Steve Bartek	....	musician: guitars (uncredited)
Chris Bleth	....	musician: ethnic woodwinds (uncredited)
Paul Cartwright	....	musician: violin (uncredited)
M.B. Gordy	....	musician: percussion (uncredited)
Dan Rimas	....	music licensing (uncredited)
Aaron Roethe	....	scoring coordinator (uncredited)
Martin St. Pierre	....	musician: erhu (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Bill Janssen	....	transportation coordinator
Stephen Siegel	....	transportation captain (as Steve Siegel)

Other crew
Rey Astronomo	....	computer/video playback operator
Laurie Boyle	....	production accountant
Ian Cairns	....	location assistant
Michael Campbell	....	craft service
Michael Campbell	....	first aid
Stacey Campbell	....	location assistant
Reva Clavier	....	first assistant accountant
Melissa Crich	....	production coordinator (as Melissa Barrie)
Maril Davis	....	assistant: Mr. Moore
Jessica Feskun	....	location assistant
Nicole Florian	....	production coordinator: second unit
Kevin R. Grazier	....	science advisor (as Kevin Grazier)
Jerry Hultsch	....	consultant
Corey Jones	....	script supervisor
Glen A. Larson	....	original creator
Michael Levy	....	catering: Tivoli Moving Picture Caterers
Tony Lort	....	second assistant accountant
Otto Mak	....	production assistant
Rosemarie Martin	....	accounting clerk
Shaun Mckay	....	payroll accountant (as Shaun McKay)
Melina Morokhovich	....	second assistant production coordinator
Ola Mota	....	accounting clerk
Ryan Mottesheard	....	script coordinator
Resho Ollek	....	chef: Tivoli Moving Picture Caterers
Andrea Palmer	....	production assistant
Gabriella Pirocchi	....	assistant chef: Tivoli Moving Picture Caterers (as Gabrielle Pirocchi)
David Reed	....	assistant to writer
Andrew Seklir	....	title designer: main title
Devin Senft	....	assistant location manager
Kent Sponagle	....	location manager
David Tamkin	....	location scout (as Dave Tamkin)
Julia Tanner	....	accounting clerk
Genevieve West	....	first assistant production coordinator
Rachel Ziegler	....	assistant chef: Tivoli Moving Picture Caterers
Amy D'Alessandro	....	titles (uncredited)
Seamus Kevin Fahey	....	staff writer (uncredited)
Carol Marks-George	....	unit publicist (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Universal Network Television
• David Eick Productions
• R&D TV
• USA Cable Entertainment

Distributors

• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2007) (USA) (TV)
• Super! Drama TV (2009) (Japan) (TV)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• BSG In-House Visual Effects (visual effects by)
• Lifeline Character Animation (additional visual effects services)
• Paranoid Delusions (additional visual effects services)
• Meshweaver (additional visual effects services)
• Forrec Group (additional visual effects services)
• Ravenwood Entertainment (additional visual effects services)
• Michael Kaelin & Associates (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Tivoli Moving Pictures Caterers  catering (as Tivoli Moving Picture Caterers)
• AnEFX  sound editorial services by
• West Media Film and Post  video playback services
• DGC  acknowledgment
• Union of B.C. Performers  acknowledgment
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.)
• Teamsters Local 155  acknowledgment
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies (uncredited)

Also Known As:

"Razor" - USA (short title)

Runtime:

88 min (original television version) | 104 min (extended dvd edition)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14+ (TV rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R13 | UK:15 (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15

Filming Locations:

Vancouver Film Studios, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Universal Network Television

Trivia:

Fans were able to vote for the cover of the DVD, which had a street date shortly after the TV-premiere. On the official site three different covers were on-line to vote on. After voting fans got an exclusive look in special clips from "Razor".

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where soldiers are putting together their rifles while blindfolded, the soldier that Shaw orders to fire on her originally takes his blindfold off completely. Following shots switch between the blindfold being pushed down around his neck and completely off.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace:Fear gets you killed. Anger keeps you alive.

Movie Connections:

References Aliens (1986)

Soundtrack:

Battlestar Galactica

Back to Battlestar Galactica

As so many I suppose, I've recently started to follow the 4th season of this sci-fi series. After the 3rd Season, I was hoping it to get well back on track, but so far I'm a tad disappointed.

Somehow I stumbled upon this 'Razor' episode that I somehow seem to have missed completely.

For me, this kinda brings back the real Battlestar Galactica feeling. As maybe it may not seem as great as some wonderful episodes in Season 1 or Season 2, it feels still like a great refreshment compared to more recent episodes.

All in all, I'm glad I saw it!