Waltz with Bashir (2008) Vals Im Bashir (original title)

Director:

Ari Folman

Writer:

Ari Folman (written by)

Release Date:

12 June 2008 (Israel)

Genre:

Animation | Biography | Drama | War

Tagline:

We may forget the past, but the past won't forget us. [Theatrical trailer.]

Plot:

An Israeli film director interviews fellow veterans of the 1982 invasion of Lebanon to reconstruct his own memories of his term of service in that conflict.

Plot Keywords:

Interview | Lebanon | Dog | Lebanon War | Army

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 39 wins & 26 nominations

Cast

Ari Folman	...	Himself (voice)
Ori Sivan	...	Himself (voice)
Ronny Dayag	...	Himself (voice)
Shmuel Frenkel	...	Himself (voice)
Zahava Solomon	...	Herself (voice)
Ron Ben-Yishai	...	Himself (voice)
Dror Harazi	...	Himself (voice)
Mickey Leon	...	Boaz Rein-Buskila (voice)
Yehezkel Lazarov	...	Carmi Cna'an (voice)

Directed by
Ari Folman

Writing credits
Ari Folman		(written by)

Produced by
Ari Folman	....	producer
Serge Lalou	....	producer
Gerhard Meixner	....	producer
Yael Nahlieli	....	producer
Roman Paul	....	producer

Original Music by
Max Richter

Film Editing by
Nili Feller

Art Direction by
David Polonsky

Production Management
David Berdah	....	production manager
Verona Meier	....	production manager

Art Department
Ya'ara Buchman	....	artist
Michael Faust	....	artist
Asaf Hanuka	....	artist
Tomer Hanuka	....	artist
Yoni Solmon	....	art assistant

Sound Department
Aviv Aldema	....	sound designer
Aviv Aldema	....	supervising sound editor
Meir Alfassi	....	sound mixer
Adrian Baumeister	....	dialogue editor
Rebekka Garrido	....	sound post-production supervisor
Lars Ginzel	....	re-recording mixer
Noemi Hampel	....	sound effects
Hubert Henle	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Alex Hudd	....	sound consultant: dolby
Michael Reuter	....	sound post-production supervisor
Carsten Richter	....	foley artist
Oded Ringel	....	sound mixer
Marcus Sujata	....	foley mixer

Visual Effects by
Matthias Albrecht	....	digital film editor
Alon Alpert	....	After Effects
Markus Bäuerle	....	digital lab supervisor
Stefan Carl-McGrath	....	digital lab assistant
Feller Eran	....	visual effects
Sebastian Göhs	....	digital colourist
Thomas Lehmann	....	film recording
Meital Miselevich	....	After Effects
Avri Olschwang	....	After Effects
Nitzan Roiy	....	visual effects supervisor
Maik Strauch	....	color timer
Roei Tzoref	....	After Effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Edan Sasson	....	camera operator

Animation Department
Barak Drori	....	animator
Gali Edelbaum	....	lead animator
Tal Gadon	....	lead animator
Sefi Gayego	....	animator
Yoni Goodman	....	animation director
Neta Holzer	....	animator
Micah Kredo	....	additional animator
Adva Markovich	....	additional animator
Lilach Sarid	....	animator
Zohar Shahar	....	animator
Orit Shimon	....	animator
Asenath Wald	....	animator

Editorial Department
Ivar Beer	....	head of digital film lab
Ute Lingner	....	film lab manager
Stefan Müller	....	managing director film lab
Gabriela Schultze	....	sales manager film lab

Music Department
Natalia Bonner	....	musician: violin
Louisa Fuller	....	musician: solo violin
Stuart Hamilton	....	recording engineer
John Metcalfe	....	musician: viola
Max Richter	....	musician: piano
Max Richter	....	score mixer
Max Richter	....	score producer
Chris Worsey	....	musician: cello

Other crew
Frank Brauner	....	legal consultant (as Dr. Frank Brauner)
John Charles	....	software manager: Sony DAC
Lior Fridman	....	additional researcher
Adam Meir	....	voice over
Edda Reiser	....	back office
Shahar Sorek	....	voice over
Charlotte Uzu	....	international development
Meital Zvieli	....	researcher

Thanks
Bob Dylan	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Bridgit Folman Film Gang
• Les Films d'Ici
• Razor Film Produktion GmbH
• Arte France
• Noga Communication - Channel 8
• Hot Telecommunication (in association with)
• ITVS (in co-production with)
• Israel Film Fund (in association with)
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (in association with)
• New Israeli Foundation for Cinema and Television (in association with)
• Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (in association with)
• SBS Australia (in association with)
• Télévision Suisse-Romande (TSR) (in association with)
• YLE Teema (in association with)

Distributors

• Match Factory, The (2008) (worldwide) (all media)
• Asociácia slovenských filmových klubov (ASFK) (2009) (Slovakia) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2008) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2008) (Luxembourg) (theatrical)
• Cinéart (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Pandora Filmproduktion (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Classics (2008) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Colombia) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Aerofilms (2008) (Slovakia) (all media)
• Aerofilms (2009) (Czech Republic) (all media) (subtitled)
• Against Gravity (2009) (Poland) (all media)
• Alive Vertrieb und Marketing (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Arkles Entertainment (2008) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Artificial Eye (2008) (UK) (all media)
• Atalanta Filmes (2009) (Portugal) (all media)
• E1 Entertainment (2009) (Canada) (DVD)
• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Filmware International (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• First Distributors (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Folkets Bio (2009) (Sweden) (all media)
• Future Film (2009) (Denmark) (all media)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Future Film (2009) (Norway) (all media)
• Golem Distribución (2008) (Spain) (all media)
• Le Pacte (2008) (France) (all media)
• Lucky Red (2009) (Italy) (all media)
• Madman Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (all media)
• Seven Films (2008) (Greece) (all media)
• Seville Pictures (2008) (Canada) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2009) (Argentina) (all media)
• Twin Pics (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• CinePostproduction

Other Companies

• CinePostproduction  post-production
• Post Republic, The  sound post-production
• Technicolor  release printing

Also Known As:

"Vals Im Bashir" - Israel (original title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some disturbing images of atrocities, strong violence, brief nudity and a scene of graphic sexual content

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Israel | France | Germany | USA | Finland | Switzerland | Belgium | Australia

Language:

Hebrew | Arabic | German | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Japan:PG12 | Israel:16 (re-rating) | Israel:18 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | USA:R | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16 | Germany:12 | Ireland:16 | France:U | Czech Republic:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:R (British Columbia) | Lebanon:(Banned) | New Zealand:R16 | Finland:K-15 | Sweden:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Argentina:16 | Mexico:B15 | Singapore:M18 (cut) | Singapore:R21 | Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Brazil:16

Company:

Bridgit Folman Film Gang

Trivia:

Artist David Polonsky is right handed, but did most of the illustration for this film with his left hand, as he felt that his original drawing were 'too pretty.'

Goofs:

Factual errors: The narrator refers to the transport helicopter as a "Hercules helicopter", which is a confusion of the C-130 Hercules cargo plane with the CH-53 Stallion helicopter, the latter being the true transportation device.

Quotes:

Boaz Rein-Buskila:Do you ever have flashbacks from Lebanon?
Ari Folman:No. No, not really.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Episode #8.150" (2010)

Soundtrack:

Incubator

Irritating? What are you on?

I think working on this movie for 4 years is long enough. You obviously missed the whole point. The point of the movie is not to point the blame at anyone, it is about showing the reality of war and what the affect it has on Soldiers.

It's not about who won, who was right, or who did what wrong. Its about how people react to it and how it affects the people who are involved in it. Yes it showed only the Israeli side of things, but hey, its because it's on the Soldiers point of view, how they saw it, not how everyone saw it, not how the other soldiers. It shows his point view, and the interviewers points of views. Thats why its like this.

And that is why it makes it so real. It is very well done.