Dark Shadows (2012)

Director:

Tim Burton

Writers:

Seth Grahame-Smith (screenplay)
John August (story) ...
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Release Date:

11 May 2012 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy

Tagline:

Every Family Has Its Demons

Plot:

An imprisoned vampire, Barnabas Collins, is set free and returns to his ancestral home, where his dysfunctional descendants are in need of his protection.

Plot Keywords:

Witch | Vampire | Curse | Maine | Psychiatrist

Awards:

2 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Johnny Depp	...	Barnabas Collins
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Helena Bonham Carter	...	Dr. Julia Hoffman
Eva Green	...	Angelique Bouchard
Jackie Earle Haley	...	Willie Loomis
Jonny Lee Miller	...	Roger Collins
Bella Heathcote	...	Victoria Winters / Josette DuPres
Chloë Grace Moretz	...	Carolyn Stoddard
Gulliver McGrath	...	David Collins (as Gully McGrath)
Ray Shirley	...	Mrs. Johnson
Christopher Lee	...	Clarney
Alice Cooper	...	Alice Cooper
Ivan Kaye	...	Joshua Collins
Susanna Cappellaro	...	Naomi Collins
Josephine Butler	...	David's Mother
William Hope	...	Sheriff
Shane Rimmer	...	Board Member 1
Michael Shannon	...	Board Member 2 (as Michael J. Shannon)
Harry Taylor	...	Henchman
Glen Mexted	...	Captain Rubberpants
Guy Flanagan	...	Bearded Hippie
Nigel Whitmey	...	Hard Hat 1
Philip Bulcock	...	Hard Hat 2
Sophie Kennedy Clark	...	Hippie Chick 1
Hannah Murray	...	Hippie Chick 2
Victoria Bewick	...	Hippie Chick 3
Sean Mahon	...	Collinsport Cop
Alexia Osborne	...	Young Victoria
Richard Hollis	...	Vicky's Father
Felicity Brangan	...	Vicky's Mother
Michael Anthony Brown	...	Windcliff Doctor
Charlotte Spencer	...	Coat Check Girl
Gabriel Freilich	...	Hippie 3
Justin Tracy	...	Young Barnabus - aged 6
Thomas Grube	...	Construction Worker 1
Jeff Mash	...	Construction Worker 2
Raffey Cassidy	...	Young Angelique
Jonathan Frid	...	Guest
Kathryn Leigh Scott	...	Guest
Lara Parker	...	Guest
David Selby	...	Guest
Janine Craig	...	Go Go Dancer 1
Adelle Young	...	Go Go Dancer 2
Dominika Van Santen	...	Go Go Dancer 3 (as Dominica Van Santen)
Josephine McGrail	...	Go Go Dancer 4
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Victoria Jane Appleton	...	Collins Canning Worker (uncredited)
Lasco Atkins	...	Cannery Worker (uncredited)
Greg Bennett	...	Chet the Taxidermist (uncredited)
Duncan Casey	...	Policeman (uncredited)
James Cooper	...	Dock Worker (uncredited)
Andrew Crayford	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Marco Flammer	...	AngelBay Boy (uncredited)
Ian Floodgate	...	Collins Canning Worker (uncredited)
Jake Francis	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Shonn Gregory	...	Worker (uncredited)
Daniel Harland	...	Barnabas Collin's Carrier Person (uncredited)
Lee Nicholas Harris	...	Fisherman (uncredited)
Frank Hellebrand	...	Henchman (uncredited)
Tony Hunter	...	Factory Worker (uncredited)
Josh Jefferies	...	Pizzeria Customer (uncredited)
David Lyddon	...	Workman (uncredited)
Ian Mann	...	Dock Worker (uncredited)
Matthew David McCarthy	...	18th Century Gentleman (uncredited)
Thomas McDonell	...	Young Barnabus Collins (uncredited)
Duncan Meadows	...	Mob (uncredited)
Dale Mercer	...	Slow Dancer (uncredited)
Alex Moore	...	Fire Fighter (uncredited)
Stuart Mulcaster	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Benjayx Murphy	...	Builder (uncredited)
Mayo Oliver	...	Firefighter (uncredited)
Marcus Ramtohul	...	Record Store Owner (uncredited)
Alexa Seabourne	...	1972 Train Passenger (uncredited)
Vincent Curson Smith	...	Young Barnabas - aged 9 (uncredited)
Phillip Taggart	...	Cannary worker (uncredited)
Nick Thomas-Webster	...	Timothy (uncredited)
Matt Tyzack	...	Townsperson (uncredited)

Directed by
Tim Burton

Writing credits
Seth Grahame-Smith		(screenplay)
John August		(story) and
Seth Grahame-Smith		(story)
Dan Curtis		(television series)

Produced by
Bruce Berman	....	executive producer
Christi Dembrowski	....	producer
Johnny Depp	....	producer
Katterli Frauenfelder	....	co-producer
Derek Frey	....	associate producer
Nigel Gostelow	....	executive producer
Tim Headington	....	executive producer
David Kennedy	....	producer
Graham King	....	producer
Chris Lebenzon	....	executive producer
Richard D. Zanuck	....	producer

Original Music by
Danny Elfman

Cinematography by
Bruno Delbonnel

Film Editing by
Chris Lebenzon

Casting by
Susie Figgis

Production Design by
Rick Heinrichs

Art Direction by
Neal Callow
Dean Clegg
Christian Huband
Jason Knox-Johnston
Chris Lowe		(supervising art director)
Phil Sims

Set Decoration by
John Bush

Costume Design by
Colleen Atwood

Makeup Department
Natalie Abizadeh	....	prosthetic trainee
Karen Asano-Myers	....	hairstylist: Mr. Depp
Victoria Bancroft	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Emmy Beech	....	crowd makeup junior: dailies
Nikki Belding	....	prosthetics trainee
Steve Buscaino	....	prosthetic supervisor
Michael Byrne	....	assistant makeup artist
Steven Byrne	....	assistant makeup artist
Helen Conroy	....	prosthetic makeup trainee
Robb Crafer	....	makeup and hair: dailies
Benjamin Crean	....	mould maker
Sarah Elizabeth Daily	....	prosthetics trainee
Sally Rose Davidson	....	hair trainee
Sally Rose Davidson	....	makeup trainee
Tamsin Dorling	....	make-up artist
John Eldred-Tooby	....	prosthetics mould maker
Kathryn Fa	....	crowd hairdresser
Dan Frye	....	mouldshop foreman
Paul Gooch	....	wigs/hair designer
Joel Harlow	....	makeup department head
Carol Hemming	....	personal hair stylist
Charlie Hounslow	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Soleil Jackson	....	crowd makeup junior: dailies
Duncan Jarman	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Catriona Johnstone	....	crowd makeup artist: dailies
John Kavanagh	....	prosthetics trainee
Sophia Knight	....	makeup artist
Ailsa Lawson	....	prosthetic makeup trainee
Sebastian Lochmann	....	prosthetic makeup sculptor
Louise Luxton	....	crowd hairdresser (as Louise Knockles)
Leonard MacDonald	....	makeup artist
Kristyan Mallett	....	prosthetics makeup supervisor
Eva Marieges Moore	....	hair stylist
Eva Marieges Moore	....	makeup artist
Grace McComisky	....	prosthetic makeup trainee
Alice Moore	....	prosthetics trainee
Spencer Robertson	....	prosthetic makeup coordinator
Alex Rouse	....	wig maker
Amanda Rudkin	....	junior make up artist: dailies
Debbi Salmon	....	hair stylist
Debbi Salmon	....	makeup artist
Thomas Smith	....	prosthetics trainee
Malwina Suwinska	....	make up artist: daily
Malwina Suwinska	....	prosthetics trainee
Liz Tagg	....	makeup artist: crowd
Julia Vernon	....	chief crowd hairdresser
Julia Vernon	....	chief crowd makeup artist
Natalie Wickens	....	wig maker: dailies
Sabrina Wilson	....	makeup assistant: USA
Pippa Woods	....	crowd makeup artist: dailies
Evie Wray	....	crowd makeup artist: dailies
Evie Wray	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou	....	key makeup and hair

Production Management
Elizabeth Miller Gavcus	....	post-production executive
Victoria Hawden	....	production supervisor: model unit
Marianne Jenkins	....	post production executive
Siobhan Lyons	....	unit production manager
Luke Stevenson	....	unit manager: studio
Jessie Thiele	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Batchelor	....	additional crowd assistant director
Joey Coughlin	....	second second assistant director
Ben Dixon	....	key second assistant director
Fraser Fennell-Ball	....	crowd second assistant director
Katterli Frauenfelder	....	first assistant director
Holly Gardner	....	additional third assistant director
Clare Glass	....	third assistant director
Sarah Hood	....	additional third assistant director
Jack Ivins	....	crowd assistant director
Adam Jenkins	....	additional assistant director
Liam Lock	....	additional third assistant director
Andy Madden	....	additional third assistant director
Sarah Mooney	....	additional third assistant director
Peter Stenning	....	first assistant director: splinter unit
Hayley Wilson	....	assistant director
Eileen Yip	....	third assistant director: base

Art Department
Andrew Ainscow	....	props
Roxana Alexandru	....	draughtsperson
David Allcock	....	storyboard artist
John Allen	....	carpenter
Matt Askey	....	drapesman
David Balfour	....	property master
Andrew Bennett	....	assistant art director
John Bohan	....	construction manager
Andrea Borland	....	draughtsperson
Andrea Borland	....	set designer
Mauro Borrelli	....	concept artist
Joe Bovington	....	props
Adam Brockbank	....	concept artist
Tristan Carlisle-Kitz	....	chargehand dressing props
James Carson	....	concept artist
Marlon Cole	....	props storeman
Emma Coppin	....	props
Lily Currie	....	painter
Anita Dhillon	....	graphic designer
Scott Elms	....	carpenter
Gill Farr	....	production buyer
Darren Fitzsimons	....	sculptor
Richard Flower	....	action props
Kim Frederiksen	....	concept artist
Katie Gabriel	....	art department coordinator
Mark Geeson	....	props
Bruce Gordon	....	sculptor
Roy Halfpenny	....	prop model maker
Clare Holton	....	assistant production buyer
Caitlin Murray Jones	....	scenic textile artist (as Caitlin Murray)
Natasha Jones	....	graphic artist
Rob Jose	....	art department model maker
Scott Keery	....	props
David Ned Kelly	....	carpenter
Ben Kendall	....	carpenter trainee
Charles Leatherland	....	assistant art director
Sebastian Lochmann	....	sculptor
Mary Mackenzie	....	assistant art director
Richard Magennis	....	props
Peter Mann	....	standby carpenter
Simon Marsay	....	art department work experience
Dean Marsh	....	props
Dan Maslen	....	animatic artist
Jonathan Moore	....	head sculptor
Brian Muir	....	sculptor
Will Newton	....	draughtsman
Michael Parkin	....	props
Sandra Phillips	....	draughtsman
Adrian Platt	....	concept artist
Dermot Power	....	concept artist
Nick Richardson	....	prop modeller
Chris Rosewarne	....	concept artist
Jack Salkeld	....	standby propman
Ryan Saward	....	props
Chris Seddon	....	drapes master
Richard Selway	....	standby art director, main unit
Jessica Sinclair	....	draughtsperson
Codrina Spataru	....	sculptor
Jason Swindon	....	carpenter
Anthony Szuch	....	drapesman
Gregor Telfer	....	props
Rebecca Thomas	....	action prop buyer
Tim Timmington	....	painter
Tim Timmington	....	stand-by painter
Bradley Torbett	....	supervising stand-by propman
Alexandre Tuis	....	concept design: creature design
Eddie Tycer	....	prop modeller
Emma Vane	....	props draughtsman
Amanda Ward	....	stunt props
Clive Ward	....	hod painter
Laurence Wells	....	chargehand dressing props
Krysia Whitty	....	props assistant/researcher
Jeff Woodbridge	....	carpenter
Sophie Worley	....	art department assistant
Hamo Djoboulian	....	graphic artist (uncredited)
Cat Harris	....	miniatures assistant (uncredited)

Sound Department
Dafydd Archard	....	sound mix technician
Simon Bennett-Leyh	....	trainee sound
Luke Brown	....	assistant foley mixer
Peter Burgis	....	foley artist
Joe Carey	....	sound maintenance
Tony Dawe	....	production sound mixer
Andie Derrick	....	foley artist
Samir Foco	....	additional sound effects editor
Glen Gathard	....	foley mixer
Arthur Graley	....	foley supervisor
Simon Hill	....	sound mix technician: additional
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Gerard Loret	....	sound conform editor
Richard Lovell	....	sound mix assistant
Ben Meechan	....	sound effects editor
Zak Melemendjian	....	dialogue editor
Markus Moll	....	sound mix technician
Dan Morgan	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Pip Norton	....	adr mixer
Ian Sands	....	production sound mixer (second unit)
Tom Sayers	....	sound designer
Julian Slater	....	supervising sound editor/sound designer
Barnaby Smyth	....	foley artist
David Turner	....	sound facility director
Denise Yarde	....	boom operator
Drew Oliveras	....	recordist (uncredited)
Andrew Stirk	....	premix re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jonathan Bullock	....	special effects technician
Mathieu Burri	....	special effects
Simon Cockren	....	special effects senior technician
Michael Durkan	....	senior special effects technician
Amanda Dyar	....	special effects
Alex Freeman	....	special effects
Chris Giles	....	special effects technician
Matthew Harlow	....	special effects technician
Leon Harris	....	special effects trainee
Steve Knowles	....	special effects senior technician
Don Lanning	....	concept artist/sculptor
Stephen Lloyd	....	senior special effects technician
Kevin Mathews	....	wire effects supervisor
David McGeary	....	special effects senior technician
Tom Mcloughlin	....	special effects assistant
Scott Peters	....	daily sfx technician
Simon Quinn	....	senior technician
Andrew Ryan	....	special effects technician
Victoria Stokes	....	special effects coordinator
Jody Taylor	....	special effects technician
Mark White	....	special effects technician
Alistair Williams	....	lead senior technician
Andy Williams	....	lead senior technician
Hayley J. Williams	....	senior special effects technician
Joss Williams	....	special effects supervisor
Victoria Williams	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Rehan Abdulovski	....	paint artist: fx3x
Charlotte Adams	....	senior coordinator
Steven Adams	....	vfx executive producer: BUF
Rohit Agarwal	....	matchmove and roto animation artist: The Moving Picture Company
Carmine Agnone	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Holly Aldersley	....	visual effects artist
Craig Allison	....	systems/data manager: The Senate VFX
Ohkba Ameziane-Hassani	....	lighting artist: MPC
Chris Anderson	....	visual effects producer: Method Studios Vancouver
David Armitage	....	digital artist
Gabriel Arnold	....	effects technical director: MPC
Aitor Arroyo	....	digital compositor
Asregadoo Arundi	....	visual effects supervisor
Szapek Attila	....	compositor
François-Xavier Aubague	....	production manager: BUF
Thomas Ayre	....	digital restoration
Nithin Babu	....	roto artist: MPC
James Ballan	....	visual effects
Marie Balland	....	visual effects coordinator: BUF
Andrzej Bandurski	....	senior FX TD: MPC
Steven Barham	....	visual effects runner: The Senate VFX
Nicolas Beaufays	....	digital compositor: MPC
Xavier Bec	....	lead software engineer: BUF
Michael Becki	....	lead layout td
Miles Bellas	....	lead texture artist
Christophe Bellet	....	digital effect artist: BUF
Nadir Benhassaine	....	roto/prep department manager
Simon Bennett-Leyh	....	visual effects assistant: post production
Rodrigo Bernardo	....	digital intermediate engineer
Sam Berry	....	lead rigger: MPC
Mark Beverton	....	senior modeller
Hitesh Bharadia	....	senior color and lighting technical director
Angus Bickerton	....	visual effects supervisor
Kanishk Deb Biswas	....	roto/animation artist
Zachary Bloom	....	senior scanning and recording producer
Felipe Bohórquez	....	research and development production coordinator: MPC
Axel Bonami	....	compositing supervisor: MPC London
Marc Bonneviot	....	digital compositor
Warwick Boole	....	models and special effects
Jean-Christophe Boue	....	digital compositor: MPC
Peter Bowmar	....	head of 3d and technology: Method Studios Vancouver
Dhiraj Brahma	....	senior paint/prep artist: MPC
Jennifer Brand	....	LIDAR scanning technician: 4DMax
Louise Brand	....	head of operations: 4DMax
Benjamin Bratt	....	roto/prep artist
Mark Breakspear	....	visual effects supervisor: Method Studios Vancouver
Justin Brekke	....	data technical assistant: MPC
Dan Brittain	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Brouillat	....	shader writer
Pierre Buffin	....	visual effects art director: BUF
Matt Bugeja	....	roto animator
Benjamin Burr	....	compositor: MPC
Julian Burt	....	lead roto animation artist
Kristaan Cain	....	effects technical director: MPC
John Cairns	....	digital compositor: Method Studios Vancouver
David Cameron	....	lead data/render operations: MPC
Isabelle Capgras	....	visual effects editor: BUF
Remi Cauzid	....	rigger
Jason Chalmers	....	lead senior modeller
Hubert Chan	....	layout
Wait Kit Chan	....	software development: BUF
Malavika Chandrakanth	....	lead prep artist
Barish Chandran	....	senior pipeline developer: MPC
Paola Chavez	....	matte painter
Nicolas Chombart	....	lighting td
Andy Chopping	....	cyber scanning technician: 4DMax
Andy Chopping	....	photographer
Tom Collier	....	digital compositor: MPC
Sam Corcoran	....	software developer: MPC
Michelle Cornwall	....	data i/o render wrangler: Method Studios Vancouver
Juan Francisco Correa Diaz	....	rigging td
Olivier Cortet	....	systems engineer: BUF
Jean-Nicolas Costa	....	digital compositor: MPC
Cat Counsell	....	visual effects production assistant
Oliver Cubbage	....	digital artist
Martyn 'Moose' Culpitt	....	compositing supervisor: Method Studios Vancouver
Mark Curtis	....	compositing supervisor: MPC Vancouver
Germain Cuvelle	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Rhea Darch	....	match move artist
Edward L. Dark	....	additional visual effects data wrangler
Christopher Davies	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Maurizio De Angelis	....	cg modeler
Kristin Dearholt	....	visual effects: digital colorist
Julien Debeauvais	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Caroline Delen	....	concept artist
Stanley A. Dellimore	....	head of layout: MPC
Justine Demoulin	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Chong Deng	....	rendering technical director
Jonathan Deniard	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Steven Denyer	....	visual effects artist
Jérôme Derien	....	visual effects artist: BUF
Shripad Deshmukh	....	digital artist
Pete Dionne	....	CG supervisor: The Moving Picture Company
Peter Doyle	....	supervising digital colourist
Moriba Duncan	....	lead digital artist
Christophe Dupuis	....	visual effects supervisor: BUF
Sudip Dutta	....	matchmove artist: The Moving Picture Company
Gracie Edscer	....	visual effects production manager: MPC
Simon Edwards	....	assistant camera
Sander Ellers	....	model maker
Christian Emond	....	digital effects artist
Marco Aurélio Engelmann Santos	....	digital compositor: MPC
Zsuzsanna Erdei	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Pierre Escande	....	visual effects producer: BUF
Pascal Etangsale	....	visual effects artist: BUF
James D. Etherington	....	digital compositor: The Senate VFX
Florent Falipou	....	software development: BUF
Samantha Fazackerley	....	visual effects coordinator
Omar Fernandes	....	lighting technical director: MPC
David Feuillatre	....	senior cloth technical director: MPC
Vincent Fiere	....	matte painter
Brad Floyd	....	lead compositor: The Moving Picture Company
Simon Ford	....	lead senior modeller
Nikeah Forde	....	visual effects coordinator
Richard Fox	....	compositor
Charlotte Frances	....	visual effects coordinator
Andy Fraser	....	cg animator: The Senate VFX
David Frylund Otzen	....	modeler
Sarah Fuller	....	lighting technical director
Benoit Gadreau	....	software development: BUF
Michael Garrett	....	digital compositor: MPC
Marco Genovesi	....	head of matte painting: MPC
Safeer Ghaznavi	....	digital compositor
Abhishek Ghorui	....	digital artist
Stephanie Goix	....	software development: BUF
Richard Gomes	....	visual effects artist
Chris Gooch	....	compositor: MPC
Holly Gosnell	....	inhouse digital compositor
Holly Gosnell	....	visual effects set supervisor
Zoran Grambozov	....	matchmove artist
Melissa Gray	....	visual effects coordinator
Philip Greenlow	....	visual effects producer: MPC
James Greig	....	visual effects coordinator
James Grummitt	....	production assistant
Laure Guicherd	....	software development: BUF
Emilia Gustafsson	....	compositor
Emilia Gustafsson	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Michael Habenicht	....	senior compositor: MPC
Kevin T. Hahn	....	digital effects supervisor: MPC
Michael Harden	....	editorial assistant
Wesley Harland	....	sculptor
Joey Harris	....	senior matchmover
Mark Harrison	....	senior lighting technical director
Michael Harrison	....	digital compositor
Barrie Hemsley	....	visual effects producer
Sarah Hemsley	....	visual effects executive producer: The Senate VFX
Audrey Henneton	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Laurent Herveic	....	lead modeler
Sandy Heslop	....	previsualization animator: Argon Effects
David Hewitt	....	model maker
Matt Hicks	....	visual effects photographer
Richard Higham	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Marcus Hindborg	....	senior compositor: MPC
Thomas Rotohiko Hobman	....	visual effects artist
Daniel Horgan	....	software developer: MPC
Jean-Francois Houde	....	digital compositor: Method Studios Vancouver
Ritchie Hoyle	....	roto animation
U-Sun I Hu	....	digital artist
Robin Huffer	....	digital artist: The Senate VFX
Michael Hunault	....	visual effects artist
Andrew Hutton	....	match move artist
Carl Jackson	....	fx technical director
Robert Jackson	....	senior compositor
Shrikant Jain	....	paint/prep artist
Alex Jenyon	....	lead digital matte painter
Chris Jestico	....	vfx department manager: MPC
Olivier Jezequel	....	digital compositor
Zhi Jin	....	visual effects artist
Zahid Jiwa	....	lead rotoscope artist: Method Studios Vancouver
Jimmy Johansson	....	rigging td: MPC
Anne-Gaelle Jolly	....	software development: BUF
Jared Jones	....	digital compositor
Marc Jones	....	lead matchmove artist: MPC
Owen Jones	....	matchmove supervisor
Mladen Jovicic	....	digital modeler: MPC
Andrew Juano	....	digital compositor
Guillaume Julien	....	generalist td: The Senate VFX
Barry Kane	....	rendering supervisor
Mel Kangleon	....	lead colourist: Technicolor
Ranajoy Kar	....	roto/animation artist: MPC
Henrik Karlsson	....	senior groom td: MPC
Samuel Karlsson	....	digital compositor
Shraddha Kate	....	visual effects artist
James D. Kelly	....	visual effects photographer: MPC
Tom Kemplen	....	visual effects editor
Tom Kimberley	....	digital compositor
Duncan Kinnaird	....	visual effects artist
Shilpa Kirpalani	....	lighting technical director
Darko Kjurchievski	....	matchmove artist
Benjamin Krebs	....	digital compositor: Method
Jola Kudela	....	digital compositor
Sujay Kumar G.	....	matchmove artist: The Moving Picture Company
Sendil Kumar	....	visual effects artist
Nicha Kumkeaw	....	compositor
Angela Kyriacou	....	model unit lead set decorator
Alex Kyrou	....	visual effects editor: MPC
Blake Laing-Smith	....	digital artist
Thibault Lambert	....	software development: BUF
Stefan Lange	....	visual effects photographer
Colin Laski	....	digital effects artist
Nicolas Leblanc	....	character modeler
Tim Lebon	....	graphic artist: BUF
Tim Lebon	....	visual effects artist
Duncan Lees	....	head of 3D services: 4DMax
Korentin Legallou	....	flame artist: BUF
Samuel Leung	....	Render Technical Assistant: MPC Vancouver
Anu Liikkanen	....	lead roto/prep artist: MPC
Lara Lom	....	visual effects coordinator: MPC
David London	....	model maker
Justin Long	....	lighting td: MPC
Steven Lovell	....	visual effects artist
Mickaël Léger	....	digital compositor
Sameer Malik	....	visual effect prep supervisor: MPC
Gabriel Mandala	....	roto artist
Christina Mandia	....	rotoanim artist: MPC
Thomas Mansencal	....	digital artist
Jérôme Martinez	....	environment artist: MPC
Dora Maud	....	photographer: 4DMax
Dan Mayer	....	cg supervisor
David Mayhew	....	lead hair and fur artist: MPC
Jason McDonald	....	previsualization supervisor: Argon
Jonathan Mcfall	....	prep artist
Claire McLachlan	....	digital compositor: MPC
Clare McLaughlin	....	visual effects production assistant: MPC
Clare McLaughlin	....	visual effects production coordinator: MPC
Fiona McLean	....	vfx production manager: MPC
Steve McLeod	....	visual effects editor: method studios
Naveen Medaram	....	digital compositor: MPC
Rebecca Melander	....	lead texture artist
Barbara Meyers	....	lead lighting
Danielle Millington-Peck	....	visual effects editorial assistant
Warren J. Mills	....	visual effects assistant
Christina Mitrotti	....	junior compositor
Daniel Moore	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Marguerite Moreau de Lizoreux	....	visual effects coordinator: BUF (as Marguerite Moreau)
Mélanie Moulin	....	visual effects editor: BUF
Mike Mulock	....	senior animator
Sandra Murta	....	layout artist: MPC
Shaan Nelson	....	rotoanim artist: The Moving Picture Company
Dillan Nicholls	....	prep artist: MPC
Tommy Nikjoo	....	systems: The Senate VFX
Jamie Nimmo	....	digital compositor: MPC
Reika Nishio	....	senior matchmove artist
Stephen Nixon	....	fx department manager: MPC
Donal Nolan	....	compositor
Erik Nordby	....	visual effects supervisor: MPC
Matthew Novak	....	render technical assistant: MPC
Brian Nugent	....	compositor
Cem Olcer	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Daniele Orsetti	....	cg modeler: MPC
Daniele Orsetti	....	texture artist: MPC
Guillaume Palegie	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Sanjay Panchal	....	lighting td
Gurpreet Singh Pannu	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Peter Panton	....	previs animator: Argon Effects
Stuart Partridge	....	vfx sequence supervisor
Tony Peck	....	digital compositor: MPC
Vasho Pekar	....	digital compositor: Method Studios Vancouver
Alexis Peraste	....	digital compositor
Alexis Perrin	....	visual effects pre-production: BUF
Ben Perrott	....	visual effects artist
Richard Perry	....	pre-visualisation artist
Vesna Peshevska	....	visual effects artist
Christine Peterson	....	senior compositor: MPC
Kalle Peterson	....	digital compositor
Frank Petit	....	digital compositor
Christine Petrov	....	head of 2D: Method Vancouver
Goran Petrushevski	....	paint artist
Chris Petts	....	previs artist: : Argon Effects
Chi Pham	....	visual effects systems administrator
Jacquelyn 'Jac' Piette	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Massimiliano Piscozzi	....	software development: BUF
Camil Planella	....	digital effects artist
Jason Pomerantz	....	production supervisor (IMAX Version)
Felix Pomeranz	....	on-set surveyor
Andrew Poole	....	visual effects production manager
Gligor Postolovski	....	roto artist: Fx3x
Kukal Prasanth	....	roto animator: Moving Pictures Company
Simon Priestman	....	visual effects camera operator
Rajasekar Prince	....	senior matchmove artist: MPC
Howard Protheroe	....	compositor: Moving Picture Company
Esdras Prudente	....	rotoscope artist: Method Studios Vancouver
James Purdy	....	visual effects coordinator
Paul Raeburn	....	digital compositor
Simon Rafin	....	digital compositor: MPC
Clement Rambach	....	lead software engineer: BUF
Michael Ranalletta	....	lead compositor: MPC
Edward Randolph	....	visual effects line producer: The Senate VFX
Jennah Rasmussen	....	department manager
Julien Record	....	digital compositor
Tom Reed	....	head of rigging
Jon Reid	....	roto artist: The Senate VFX
Kristian Rejek	....	roto/prep artist: The Moving Picture Company
Clement Renaudin	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Martin Reneleau	....	lighting td: MPC
Martin Reneleau	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Eddy Richard	....	visual effects supervisor: BUF
Sullivan Richard	....	matte painter & digital environment artist: MPC
Geoffroi Ridel	....	digital matte painter
Dominic Ridley	....	additional data wrangler
Miso Ristov	....	2d supervisor: FX3X
Liz Roberts	....	visual effects producer: MPC
Matt Rock	....	production support
Andy Rolfe	....	assistant model maker
Steve Ross	....	digital compositor
Isabelle Rousselle	....	lead digital matte painter: MPC
David Rouxel	....	digital compositor
Jean-Marc Rulier	....	cyber scanning technician: 4DMax
Mk Sajith	....	lead roto artist
Peter Salter	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Lucas Salton	....	digital artist: BUF
Jerome Samson	....	render farm: BUF
Jeremy Sawyer	....	compositing supervisor: MPC London
Federico Scarbini	....	visual effects artist
Tom Schwarz	....	rendering technical director
Leanna Vaiman Scott	....	texture artist: MPC
Simon Scott	....	visual effects editor: MPC
Steve Scott	....	lead senior modeller
Lucy Seaborne	....	digital restoration
Adrien Servadio	....	flame artist: BUF
Joseph Severn	....	LIDAR scanning technician: 4DMax
Rasoul Shafeazadeh	....	lead matte painter
Swati Shamsundar Malu	....	matchmove artist: The Moving Picture Company
Madhu Sharan	....	matchmove Artist: MPC
Prashant Shitole	....	visual effects line producer: MPC
Naveen Shukla	....	digital compositor: MPC
Davide Sibilia	....	effects technical director: MPC
Natalie Silver	....	digital restoration
Tom Sinden	....	model maker
Ashwin Singh	....	compositor: MPC, London
David Sjodin	....	compositor
Christian Sjostedt	....	senior technical director: lighting
Klaus Skovbo	....	visual effects artist
Laurel A. Smith	....	senior texture artist: MPC
Rupert Smith	....	visual effects production supervisor
Nick Soothill	....	LIDAR scanning technician: 4DMax
Reina Sparks	....	digital matte painter: MPC
Sheldon Stopsack	....	cg supervisor: MPC
Mirek Suchomel	....	visual effects compositor: MPC
Romain Sunier	....	software development: BUF
Richard Surridge	....	render technical assistant
Attila Szalma	....	environment artist: MPC
Richard Sällqvist	....	senior digital compositor: The Moving Picture Company
Marc Taganas	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Florent Taisne	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Emilie Talles	....	visual effects coordinator: pre-production, BUF
Trevor Tang	....	modeler: MPC
Anne-Laure Tarabeux	....	human ressources: BUF
François Tarlier	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Nicolas Terriere	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Sawan Thakrar	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Olivier Thibaut	....	senior software developer: MPC
Richard Thomas	....	model maker
Rick Thomson	....	data manager: The Senate VFX
Mark Tompkins	....	concept artist
Jamie Tremelling	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Lazar Trenchev	....	visual effects
Christine Troianello	....	roto/prep supervisor: MPC
Arnaud Trouvé	....	software development: BUF
Curtis Tsai	....	visual effects coordinator: Method Studios Vancouver
Marine Tuloup	....	visual effects producer: pre-production, BUF
James Turner	....	visual effects coordinator: MPC
Audrius Urbonavicius	....	digital matte painter: MPC
Jonny Vale	....	visual effects marketing: MPC
Edouard Valton	....	production manager: BUF
Chris Van Dyck	....	digital compositor: MPC
Jozef van Eenbergen	....	pipeline developer
Nitya Venugopal	....	roto artist
Christophe Verspieren	....	lead software engineer: BUF
François Vico	....	visual effect artist: BUF
Dominique Vidal	....	cg supervisor: BUF
Christopher Michael Walker	....	model maker
Martin Waters	....	cg supervisor: The Senate VFX
Gregory Watkins	....	rotoscope artist: Method Studios
Arnaud Watteau	....	visual effect artist: BUF
John L. Weckworth	....	senior compositor
Ruth Wiegand	....	rigging artist: MPC
Tobias Wiesner	....	senior digital compositor: MPC
Rich Wills	....	LIDAR scanning technician: 4DMax
Doug Winder	....	digital matte painter: The Senate VFX
Jamie Wong	....	digital compositor
Trevor Wyatt	....	rotoscope and matchmove coordinator: Method Studios Vancouver
Mert Yamak	....	senior technical director: lighting
Angus Young	....	visual effects production assistant
Anton Yri	....	visual effects supervisor: The Senate VFX
Xin Zhou	....	digital matte painter: MPC
Neil Damman	....	model maker: miniatures (uncredited)
Robert Greb	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Cat Harris	....	previs artist (uncredited)
Uday Joshi	....	visual effects production assistant (uncredited)
Sabari Nobishwaran	....	senior prep artist: MPC (uncredited)
Matthew Ovens	....	lighting technical director: MPC (uncredited)
Stephanie Ross	....	runner: MPC (uncredited)
Alan Stanzione	....	crowds technical director: MPC (uncredited)

Stunts
Tom Aitken	....	stunt performer
Lloyd Bass	....	stunts
Nick Chopping	....	Underwater stunt supervisor
Jonathan Cohen	....	stunt performer
James Cox	....	stunt performer
Matt Da Silva	....	stunt performer
Levan Doran	....	stunts
Bradley Farmer	....	stunt performer
James Grogan	....	fight coordinator
Eunice Huthart	....	stunt coordinator
Paul Kennington	....	stunt performer
Cristian Knight	....	stunt performer
Marc Mailley	....	stunt rigger
Nick McKinless	....	stunt performer
Erol Mehmet	....	stunt performer
Lee Millham	....	stunt performer
Rory Mulroe	....	stunt performer
Bonnie Parker	....	stunt double: Eva Green
Charlie Pawlett	....	stunt performer
Ian Pead	....	stunt double: Johnny Depp
Chris Pollard	....	stunt performer
Steve Scott	....	stunt medic
Marcus Shakesheff	....	stunt performer
Roy Taylor	....	stunt performer
Arran Topham	....	stunt performer
Andy Wareham	....	stunts
Calvin Warrington-Heasman	....	stunt performer
Martin Wilde	....	stunt double: Johnny Depp

Camera and Electrical Department
Jacob Barrie	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Jeremy Braben	....	aerial director of photography
Steve Brooke Smith	....	vfx camera operator
Julian Bucknall	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, main unit
Luke Cairns	....	additional second assistant camera
Pete Cavaciuti	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Pete Cavaciuti	....	steadicam operator
Nicholas Crew	....	camera trainee: underwater unit
Jason Cuddy	....	video assistant
Simon Cullen	....	electrical rigger
Jess Doxey	....	camera trainee: main unit
Billy Dunn	....	electrician
Steve Ellingworth	....	key grip
Mike Farr	....	electrician: dailies
Wezley Joao Ferreira	....	camera trainee dailies
Chuck Finch	....	gaffer
Stephen Finch	....	electrician
Leah Gallo	....	still photographer
Dan Garlick	....	grip: "b" camera, miniature unit
Rob Gilmour	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera dailies
Andrew Haddock	....	video operator
Colin Hazell	....	crane/remote head technician
Simon Heck	....	focus puller: miniatures unit
Gary Hedges	....	lighting technician
Tommy Holman	....	second assistant camera: splinter unit
Stuart Hurley	....	lighting technician
Tim Hyson	....	second assistant camera: underwater unit
Ian Jackson	....	second assistant camera: model unit
Andrew Jones	....	second assistant camera: splinter unit
Nick Kenealy	....	video assist operator: dailies
Patrick King	....	dit: vfx unit
Jody Knight	....	grip
Dora Krolikowska	....	"b" camera second assistant: dailies
Susan MacDonald	....	second assistant camera: dailies
Billy Merrell	....	best boy
Richard Merrell	....	electrician
David Mills	....	second assistant camera: dailies
Julian Morson	....	camera operator: splinter unit
Andy Mountain	....	lighting console operator
Peter Mountain	....	unit stills photographer
Roz Naylor	....	first assistant camera: dallies
Gary Nolan	....	rigging electrician
Mattias Nyberg	....	camera operator: vfx unit
Russell O'Connor	....	crane technician
Steve Petrie	....	video assistant
Michael J. Schwartz	....	lighting technician
Luke Selway	....	second assistant camera: splinter unit
Robert Skinner	....	electrician
James Starr	....	additional video assist
Ryan Taggart	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Peter Talbot	....	director of photography: splinter unit
Richard Thomas	....	spark: dailies
Kirk Thornton	....	grip
Neil Tomlin	....	crane/head technician dailies
Mike Valentine	....	underwater camera operator
James Wade	....	video assistant
Dave Wells	....	best boy grip
Des Whelan	....	camera operator: "a" camera
George White	....	rigging best boy (as George Spike White)

Animation Department
Peta Bayley	....	animation supervisor: MPC
Dan Blacker	....	animator
David Crispino	....	digital artist: MPC
Brecht Debaene	....	animator
Mike Ford	....	animator
Andrew Michael Innes	....	roto animator (as Andrew Innes)
Sabrina Lecordier	....	roto animator
Mariano Mendiburu	....	animator
Chris Singer	....	roto/animation artist: MPC

Casting Department
Louis Elman	....	adr voice casting
Miranda Howard-Williams	....	casting assistant
Kate McLaughlin	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carrie Arakaki	....	costumer
Cheryl Beasley	....	costume supervisor
Jane Bogunovic	....	senior costume maker
Sabrina Calley	....	set costumer
Christine Cantella	....	assistant costume designer
Ellen Crawshaw	....	costume assistant
Anthony Drewett	....	costume assistant
Louise Egan	....	set costumer
Carlos Fontanarrosa	....	costumer
Perry Goyen	....	costume assistant
Elizabeth Healy	....	costume assistant
Mila Hermanovski	....	costume buyer
Courtney Hoffman	....	costume buyer
Harriet Kendall	....	costumer
Sam Keyte	....	costume alterations
Bryan Kopp	....	costume illustrator
Ekaterina Kreinin	....	costume maker
Samantha Langridge	....	costume runner
Linda Lashley	....	senior seamstress
Alison Levine	....	costumer
Zimer Longhin	....	tailor/cutter
Cavita Luchmun	....	senior costume maker
Robyn Manton	....	costumer
Heidi McQueen-Prentice	....	costume assistant
Kathryn Mysko Von Schultze	....	senior costume maker (as Kate Frampton)
Karen Naser	....	costume cutter
Dani Phelps	....	costumer
Kait Pickering	....	costume production assistant
Kelly Porter	....	costumer
Jonny Pray	....	key costumer
Lisa Robinson	....	senior costume maker
Marcia Smith	....	senior costume maker
Ros Ward	....	costume buyer
Sheena Wichary	....	costume coordinator
Kanani Wolf	....	costumer
Dominic Young	....	costume cutter

Editorial Department
Matthew Benns	....	data operations manager
Joseph Bond	....	associate editor
Nick Davis	....	assistant editor
David Johnston	....	digital grading assistant
Todd Kleparski	....	senior digital intermediate producer
Grace Lan	....	digital intermediate editor
Faye Morgan	....	post-production coordinator
Daniel Paress	....	post-production coordinator
Cheryl Potter	....	first assistant editor
Kirsty Squibb	....	assistant: Mr. Lebenzon
Lee Wimer	....	color timer
Jonathan Sykes	....	digital intermediate data manager (uncredited)

Music Department
John Barrett	....	assistant scoring engineer
Steve Bartek	....	lead orchestrator
Christoph Bauschinger	....	music tech engineer
Rachel Boot	....	assistant music editor
Peter Clarke	....	on-set music editor
Peter Cobbin	....	recording engineer
Chris Cozens	....	auricle control systems
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestral contractor
Tom Hardisty	....	score mixing recordist
Michael Higham	....	music supervisor
Michael Higham	....	supervising music editor
Marc Mann	....	supervising score programmer
Melisa McGregor	....	music assistant to composer
Sam Okell	....	protools engineer
Tim Rodier	....	music preparation
Shie Rozow	....	music editor
Dennis S. Sands	....	music scoring mixer
Edgardo Simone	....	orchestrator
David Slonaker	....	orchestrator
Rick Wentworth	....	conductor
Jonathan Williams	....	musician: cello

Transportation Department
Jim Adams	....	unit driver
Brian Baverstock	....	transportation coordinator
Andy Levett	....	grip driver
David O'Donoghue	....	driver to Michelle Pfeiffer
Brendan O'Gorman	....	unit driver
Samuel Sharpe	....	action vehicle coordinator
Pete Trotman	....	driver: Johnny Depp
Bill Walker	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Sara Akhteh	....	production assistant
Clare Aldington	....	assistant to producer
Tom Asquith	....	assistant location manager
Daisy Baldry	....	production assistant
Stephanie Barker	....	nurse
Celia Barnett	....	specialist researcher
Holly Bates	....	assistant accountant
Carn Burton	....	location manager: VFX unit
Grant Butler	....	runner: additional crew
Kohli Calhoun	....	dialect coach: Bella Heathcote
Rob Campbell-Bell	....	assistant location manager
Hannah Chitty	....	set production assistant: dailies
Nikki Clapp	....	script supervisor
Sarah Clark	....	unit publicist
Malcolm Connolly	....	security: Mr. Depp
Jessica Corlett	....	floor runner: dailies
Ian Creed	....	marine coordinator
Tracy Curtis	....	consultant
Laurie Deuters	....	additional set production assistant
Stephen Deuters	....	assistant: Mr Depp
Maria Ana D. Dias	....	crowd marshall
Sekani Doram	....	set production assistant
Charlotte Draper	....	set production assistant
Harry Elvin	....	crane/remote head technician
Amanda Fernie	....	assistant accountant
Alexander Fielding	....	additional floor runner
Ann-Marie Fitzgerald	....	production accountant
Holly Gardner	....	set production assistant
Kya Garwood	....	stand-in: Michelle Pfeiffer & Eva Green
Adam Del Giudice	....	set runner: dailies
Barrie Gower	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Sofus Graae	....	production coordinator
Chris Hankey	....	location assistant
Nathan Holmes	....	assistant: Mr Depp
Charles Howes	....	tutor
Carl Isherwood	....	unit manager: Mr Depp
Ali James	....	location manager
Francesca Jaynes	....	choreographer
Bobbie Johnson	....	financial controller
Chaz Johnson	....	additional set production assistant
Kelly Johnson	....	assistant accountant
Alex Kerr	....	assistant accountant
Nessa King	....	payroll accountant
Stuart Jerome Learmonth	....	production assistant
Teariki Leonard	....	additional set production assistant
Bethan Lloyd	....	production assistant
Sharon Mansfield	....	script supervisor: splinter unit dailies
Emily Mayson	....	production assistant: Underwater Unit
Matt Mirrington	....	location marshall
Victoria Morgan	....	production coordinator
Steve Morphew	....	stand-in: Johnny Depp
Richard Morrison	....	title designer
Duncan Muggoch	....	location manager: VFX unit
Christopher Mullen	....	production secretary
Nick Murray	....	action vehicle assistant
Carolyn O'Reilly	....	travel coordinator
Alfie Oldman	....	floor runner
Teresa Orlando	....	floor runner: splinter unit
Christian Otty	....	set production assistant
Michael Peavey	....	helicopter pilot
Charlotte Piddington	....	assistant: Mr. Gostelow
Jim Pierson	....	consultant
Emma Pill	....	supervising location manager
Max Pirkis	....	runner
Norman Campbell Rees	....	stand-in: Jonny Lee Miller
Barnaby Riggs	....	set production assistant
Ben Rothwell	....	armourer
Luke Stevenson	....	assistant location manager
Siggy Stone	....	additional set pa
Neil Swain	....	dialect coach
David Taylor	....	unit manager
Laura Torrance	....	studio teacher
Louise Van Hamme	....	assistant accountant
Duprez Veronique	....	stand-in: Helena Bonham Carter
Hamish Ward	....	trainee accountant
Dean Wares	....	titles typography
David Wieder	....	location marshall: dailies
David Zealey	....	assistant production coordinator
Finlay Bradbury	....	location manager: daily (uncredited)
debra Bruce-Nazarian	....	drama coach (uncredited)
Robbie Tarrant	....	runner: dailies (uncredited)
Richard Wild	....	weather consultant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros (presents)
• Village Roadshow Pictures (in association with)
• Infinitum Nihil
• GK Films
• Zanuck Company, The (as Zanuck Company)
• Dan Curtis Productions
• Tim Burton Productions

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (2012) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2012) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2012) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2012) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Belgium) (video) (Blu-Ray premiere)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• 4DMax (3D Cyber & LIDAR scanning and digital modelling)
• BUF (visual effects)
• Method Studios (as Method Studios Vancouver)
• Moving Picture Company (MPC) (visual effects)
• Senate Visual Effects, The (visual effects by)

Other Companies

• Liquid Soul Media  marketing and publicity
• ARRI Lighting Rental  lighting equipment
• Argon Effects  previsualization production
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm
• Codex Digital  digital recording equipment
• Compuhire  24 frame playback
• DDA Fire  fire services
• De Lane Lea  sound re-recording
• Dick George Creatives  props
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Halo Post Production  sound post-production
• Helicopter Film Services  aerial filming by
• Ignition Print  poster design (uncredited)
• Mad Dog Casting  extras casting
• Motion Picture Merchandise (MPM)  stunt crew merchandise
• OnSight  vfx cameras
• Panavision Grips  dollies and cranes
• Panavision UK  camera equipment provided by
• Pinewood Shepperton  sound stages
• Pivotal Post  Avid HD editing equipment provided by
• Reaching For Stars  technical advisor
• Technicolor  post-production
• WaterTower Music  score album
• WaterTower Music  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for comic horror violence, sexual content, some drug use, language and smoking

Runtime:

113 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Datasat | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #47551) | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Sweden:11 | South Korea:15 | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:TE | Singapore:PG13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Norway:11 | Netherlands:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | India:U/A | Germany:12 | France:U | Japan:PG12 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Italy:T | Brazil:14 | Argentina:13 | Peru:14

Filming Locations:

Start Point, Kingsbridge, Devon, England, UK

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

The time line cited in the film appears to be accurate: 1760 (at around 1 min) + 1 year (construction of the Collinsport dock and the Joshua Collins Cannery) + 15 years (construction of Collinwood at 02:08) = 1776; 1776+196 (entombment at 43:20) = 1972, the year in which the bulk of the film is set. Also Barnabas' age of 6 years on leaving Liverpool (end credits) + 1 year + 15 years = 22 years when he was propositioned by Angelique. Early press releases state that the family left Liverpool in 1752.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Angelique goes to look at the site where the Vampire has killed the workmen, she is wearing long black pants. In the Collinwood driveway, she is wearing black tights and high heel shoes. When she enters the house, she is wearing long black boots.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Barnabas Collins:[narrates] It is said that blood is thicker than water. It is what defines us, binds us... curses us.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Maltin on Movies: Dark Shadows (#1.75)" (2012)

Soundtrack:

The End?

Family Is the Only Real Wealth

In 1760, the Collins family moves from Liverpool to the Maine to expand the family empire and dedicate to fishing business. One year later, they are successful and the city of Collinsport is raised in the place. Then, for fifteen years, Joshua and Naomi Collins build their Collinswood mansion. Their servant Angelique Bouchard (Eva Green) has an unrequited love for their son Barnabas (Johnny Depp) that actually loves Josette DuPres (Bella Heathcote). But Angelique is a powerful witch that curses Barnabas and his family, killing his parents, Josette and turning him into a vampire. Then she brings the locals that lock him in a coffin and bury him for the eternity.

In 1972, the young Victoria Winters (Bella Heathcote) comes to the decadent Collinswood to be the tutor of the young David Collins (Gulliver McGrath), who lost his mother two years ago. She finds a dysfunctional family composed by the devoted matriarch Elizabeth Collins Stoddard (Michelle Pfeiffer) ahead of the family business that is near bankruptcy; her rebel daughter Carolyn Stoddard (Chloë Grace Moretz); her brother and David's father Roger Collins (Jonny Lee Miller); the psychiatrist Dr. Julia Hoffman (Helena Bonham Carter) that takes car of David; and the servants Willie Loomis (Jackie Earle Haley) and Mrs. Johnson (Ray Shirley).

When eleven workers release and awake Barnabas, he drinks their blood and returns to Collinswood. He meets Elizabeth and she tells that the family has been cursed, and Barnabas shows a hidden room with a treasure in side and he promises to protect them and assume the business. When he sees Victoria, he rekindles his love for her. But the witch Angie is still alive and is prominent in the town and she has not forgotten Barnabas.

"Dark Shadows" is a film by Tim Burton that has a promising beginning but the development is lost between comedy and horror. As usual, the dark cinematography is awesome and the music score is spectacular, with hits from the 70's. This film is certainly not among the best films by Tim Burton, but is entertaining. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "Sombras da Noite" ("Night Shadows")