"Battlestar Galactica" Daybreak: Part 1 (2009)

Director:

Michael Rymer

Writers:

Ronald D. Moore (developer)
Ronald D. Moore (written by)
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TV Series:

"Battlestar Galactica" (2004)

Original Air Date:

13 March 2009 (Season 4, Episode 19)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

The Colony is located sitting on the edge of a black hole with only one point of entry in what is a very large debris field...

Plot Keywords:

Cylon | Refugee | Civilian Fleet | Guilt | Pursuit

Cast

Edward James Olmos	...	Admiral William Adama
Mary McDonnell	...	President Laura Roslin
Katee Sackhoff	...	Captain Kara 'Starbuck' Thrace
Jamie Bamber	...	Lee Adama
James Callis	...	Dr. Gaius Baltar
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / Caprica
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii / Lt. Sharon 'Athena' Agathon
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Captain Karl 'Helo' Agathon
Michael Trucco	...	Ensign Samuel Anders
Kate Vernon	...	Ellen Tigh
Rick Worthy	...	Simon
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Dr. Sherman Cottle
Matthew Bennett	...	Aaron Doral
Rekha Sharma	...	Tory Foster
Kerry Norton	...	Medic Layne Ishay
Dean Stockwell	...	John Cavil
Bodie Olmos	...	Lt. Brendan 'Hot Dog' Constanza
Leah Cairns	...	Lt. Margaret Edmondson
Colin Lawrence	...	Lt. Hamish 'Skulls' McCall
Brad Dryborough	...	Lt. Louis Hoshi
Lara Gilchrist	...	Paulla Schaffer
Colin Corrigan	...	Marine Allan Nowart
Leela Savasta	...	Tracey Anne
Darcy Laurie	...	Dealino
Finn R. Devitt	...	Nicky Tyrol
Iliana Gomez-Martinez	...	Hera Agathon
Tobias Mehler	...	Zak Adama
Antony Holland	...	Julius Baltar
Simone Bailly	...	Shona
Elan Ross Gibson	...	Nurse Barbara
France Perras	...	Sandra Roslin
Sarah Deakins	...	Cheryl Roslin
Tiffany Burns	...	Reporter Carolyn
Kevin McNulty	...	Frank Porthos
Stefanie Samuels	...	Police Officer
Richard Jollymore	...	Marine #1
Anthony St. John	...	Marine #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leo Li Chiang	...	Tattooed Pilot (uncredited)
Doug Drexler	...	Man in Hangar Bay (uncredited)
Skylar Tyj	...	Calvin (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Rymer

Writing credits
Ronald D. Moore		(developer)
Ronald D. Moore		(written by)
Glen A. Larson		(creator: "Battlestar Galactica")

Produced by
Michael Angeli	....	co-executive producer
David Eick	....	executive producer
Jane Espenson	....	co-executive producer
Harvey Frand	....	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
Ronald D. Moore	....	executive producer
Michael Rymer	....	producer
Andrew Seklir	....	associate producer
Michael Taylor	....	co-executive producer
Bradley Thompson	....	supervising producer
Gregg Tilson	....	associate producer
Mark Verheiden	....	co-executive producer
David Weddle	....	supervising producer

Original Music by
Bear McCreary

Cinematography by
Stephen McNutt

Film Editing by
Michael O'Halloran
Julius Ramsay
Andrew Seklir

Casting by
Eric Dawson
Carol Kritzer
Robert J. Ulrich

Production Design by
Richard Hudolin

Art Direction by
Doug McLean

Costume Design by
Glenne Campbell

Makeup Department
Ankaraj Eden	....	makeup artist
Hayley Miller	....	makeup artist
Patricia Murray	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Brooke Murphy	....	post-production supervisor (credited on reissue prints)
Wayne Rose	....	production manager
Todd Sharp	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louisa Phung	....	trainee assistant director
Wayne Rose	....	second unit director
Kate Weiss	....	second assistant director

Art Department
David Asmodeus	....	props buyer
Lisle Fehlauer	....	set dresser
David Goodman	....	assistant property master
Michael Love	....	assistant property master
Colin Meacham	....	on-set dresser
Tasha Moth	....	props truck supervisor
Mark Prior	....	lead dresser
Lynn Snedden	....	art department coordinator
Maurice Woodworth	....	on-set dresser: second unit
Maurice Woodworth	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Daniel Colman	....	sound designer
Daniel Colman	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Hewett	....	boom operator
Sam C. Lewis	....	adr recordist
Sam C. Lewis	....	supervising foley editor
Andrew Logan	....	sound recordist
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
William D. Ryan	....	special effects best boy
Harry Tomsic	....	special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Greg Behrens	....	visual effects coordinator
Manuel Choi	....	render coordinator
Christopher Grandel	....	digital compositor
O.T. Hight	....	visual effects artist
Gary Hutzel	....	visual effects supervisor
Jeremy Lang	....	head of information technology
Derek Ledbetter	....	digital compositor
James Ledwell	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Heather McAuliff	....	digital compositor
Jeffery Quinn	....	effects production assistant
Michael Ross-Lang	....	compositor & matchmove artist
Jeff Sargent	....	digital compositor
David Takemura	....	visual effects coordinator
Robert Tobin	....	visual effects production assistant
Farrah L. Welch	....	render assistant
Kelly Whitfield	....	visual effects production assistant

Stunts
Mike Mitchell	....	stunt coordinator
Maja Stace-Smith	....	stunt double: Grace Park (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Akehurst	....	lightboard operator
Dave Brown	....	grip
Curt Griebel	....	key grip
Lawrence Lau	....	playback operator
Andrew Mackie	....	key rigging grip
Ryan McMaster	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Mike Sankey	....	digital imaging technician
Ted Smith	....	first assistant: second unit
Tim Spencer	....	Steadicam operator/camera operator
Tim Spencer	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jeff Trebenski	....	gaffer

Casting Department
Sibby Kirchgessner	....	casting associate
Amy Nygaard	....	casting assistant

Editorial Department
Elizabeth Barnette	....	assistant editor
Matthew Gilna	....	assistant editor
Melissa Lawson	....	assistant editor
Eric Lea	....	visual effects editor
Michael Lim	....	assistant editor
Ian D. Maddox	....	post production supervisor (as Ian Maddox)
Gregg Tilson	....	post production supervisor
Christopher Currall	....	on-line editor (uncredited)

Music Department
John Avila	....	musician: bass
Michael Baber	....	music editor
Steve Bartek	....	musician: guitars
Chris Bleth	....	musician: ethnic woodwinds
Richard Gibbs	....	composer: theme music
M.B. Gordy	....	musician: percussion
Ira Ingber	....	musician: guitars
Steve Kaplan	....	scoring engineer
Osamu Kitajima	....	musician: biwa
Jeremy Levy	....	orchestrator
Jonathan Ortega	....	scoring assistant
Eric Rigler	....	musician: Irish whistle
Brandon Roberts	....	orchestrator
Aaron Roethe	....	scoring coordinator
Martin St. Pierre	....	musician: erhu
Tom Brissette	....	additional engineering (uncredited)
Paul Cartwright	....	musician: violin (uncredited)
Dan Rimas	....	music licensing (uncredited)
Laurence Schwarz	....	additional score engineer (uncredited)

Other crew
Ian Cairns	....	key production assistant
Jess Campbell	....	key production assistant
Maril Davis	....	assistant: Ronald D. Moore
Seamus Kevin Fahey	....	staff writer (as Kevin Fahey)
Kevin R. Grazier	....	science advisor
Adam J. Karp	....	assistant to david eick
Laura Livingstone	....	assistant production coordinator
Julian Marles	....	key production assistant
Ben McGinnis	....	assistant to writer
Ryan Mottesheard	....	script coordinator
David Reed	....	assistant to writer
Jessica Sawaf	....	assistant to producer
Andrew Seklir	....	title designer: main title
Devin Senft	....	assistant location manager
Andrea Shawcross	....	photo double: Tricia Helfer
Geoff White	....	production assistant
Len Carter	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Amy D'Alessandro	....	titles (uncredited)
Ross Framo	....	computer and video coordinator (uncredited)
Angel Jimenez Jr.	....	intern (uncredited)
Gordon Juli	....	security captain (uncredited)
Nicole Stojkovich	....	second assistant coordinator (uncredited)

Casting by
Liz Dean

Makeup Department
J.P. Mass	....	fabricator
Carole Simcox	....	day-check makeup artist
Bill Terezakis	....	special makeup designer
Vince Yoshida	....	fabricator

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Trevor Brokop	....	trainee assistant second unit director
Mark D. Currie	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mindy Heslin	....	second assistant director
Mindy Heslin	....	second unit director
Cy Peck	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Clayton Allen	....	set dresser
Jonathan Lancaster	....	assistant set decorator
John Lavoie	....	paint foreman

Sound Department
Julie Altus	....	adr recordist
Robert Carr	....	sound mix technician
Wendy Czajkowsky	....	adr mixer: Vancouver (various episodes)
Donald Lyles	....	adr mixer
Dennis Petersen	....	sound recordist
Shannon Potter	....	adr recordist
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer

Visual Effects by
Nadine Blackler	....	compositor: Atmosphere VFX
Kristen Branan	....	head of production
Steve Graves	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
James Hibbert	....	modeller
Jeremy Kehler	....	digital compositor
Patrick Killik	....	modeller
Don W. Kim	....	digital compositor
Scott Kingston	....	modeller
Jaye Krebs	....	digital compositor
Mark Lipsmeyer	....	tracker/matchmover: Zoic Studios
George Loucas	....	digital compositor
Geoffrey Mark	....	3D animator
Tannis Mathers	....	digital artist: Atmosphere VFX
Scott Paquin	....	animator
Scott Paquin	....	visual effects generalist
Kevin Quattro	....	digital artist
Emile Edwin Smith	....	digital effects supervisor
R. Matt Smith	....	digital compositor
David Stone	....	render wrangler: Zoic Studios (multiple episodes) (uncredited)

Stunts
Ed Anders	....	stunt performer
Nickolas Baric	....	stunt double
Mark Chin	....	stunt performer
Janina Dall	....	stunt double
Mike Desabrais	....	stunts
Monique Ganderton	....	stunt double
Christopher Gordon	....	stunt double: Lee Adama/Jamie Bamber
Kit Mallet	....	stunts
Phillip Mitchell	....	stunts
Jovan Nenadic	....	stunts
Darryl Quon	....	wire technician
Jeff Sanca	....	stunt performer
Sylvesta Stuart	....	stunt performer
Angela Uyeda	....	stunt double: Grace Park
Clay Virtue	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Carpenter	....	rigging grip
Roberto W. Contreras D.	....	camera operator: additional units
Lance White	....	digital video assist operator

Animation Department
Richard A. Payne	....	digital artist
Adrian Van Der Park	....	supervising animator

Casting Department
Andy Henry	....	casting associate: Los Angeles
Garrett McGuire	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Katherine Wigzell	....	truck costumer (2005)

Other crew
Zoe Gauvreau	....	production coordinator: second unit
Lee Jeffrey	....	stand-in
Carol Marks-George	....	unit publicist
Robert Murphy	....	production steward
Dianna Musil	....	union representative
Jamie Osborne	....	production assistant
Ryf Van Rij	....	stand-in

Thanks
Todd Fischer	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• David Eick Productions
• R&D TV

Distributors

• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2009) (USA) (TV)

Other Companies

• William F. White International  grip and lighting equipment

Company:

David Eick Productions

Goofs:

Factual errors: Starbuck describes The Colony as being located in the accretion disk of a naked singularity. Naked singularities don't HAVE accretion disks; it's part of what makes them naked. A naked singularity is a theoretical kind of black hole (one which probably does not exist), wherein the rate of spin and the amount of charge on the collapsed star sufficiently counter the effects of gravitation so that not only is the volume of the star reduced to zero, but the radius of the outer event horizon is also reduced to zero. The result is a black hole with no net gravitational effect (unless one physically contacts it). No net gravitation means that no material is drawn to it - no accretion disk.

Quotes:

President Laura Roslin:[volunteering for the mission despite being barely able to walk] You didn't think you were gonna to take off without me Admiral, did you?

Setting things up for the finale

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

This was a rather mixed episode; the opening scenes were flashbacks to various events on Caprica; Laura Roslin hearing that her sisters and father were killed in a car crash, Gaius Baltar arguing with his elderly father and Lee Adama visiting Starbuck. Had theses scenes appeared early on in the series they could have helped us to understand the characters a little better but at this stage it seems a bit late for that. Thankfully the scenes in the present day were more interesting; Admiral Adama decides that they will undertake a mission to rescue Hera from the Cylon colony; even though it is likely to be a one way mission.

I must admit I was a little bit disappointed with this episode; largely because of the flashbacks at the start. In the present there were several good scenes though; the one were Adama sees Hera's picture on the 'wall of the lost' and decides that they will try to rescue her was touching and the final scene were everybody must decide whether they will go on the mission or stay behind was classic Galactica; especially the moment when Adama tells Dr. Cottle he must stay behind as the fleet needs him. Even though this wasn't one of my favourite episode by the end it felt like something impressive was about to happen; I have high hopes for the series finale!