Pandorum (2009)

Director:

Christian Alvart

Writers (WGA):

Travis Milloy (screenplay)
Travis Milloy (story) ...
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Release Date:

25 September 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Don't fear the end of the world. Fear what happens next.

Plot:

A pair of crew members aboard a spaceship wake up with no knowledge of their mission or their identities.

Plot Keywords:

Mission | Spaceship | Survival | Radio | Blood

Cast

Dennis Quaid	...	Payton
Ben Foster	...	Bower
Cam Gigandet	...	Gallo
Antje Traue	...	Nadia
Cung Le	...	Manh
Eddie Rouse	...	Leland
Norman Reedus	...	Shepard
André Hennicke	...	Hunter Leader (as André M. Hennicke)
Friederike Kempter	...	Evalon
Niels-Bruno Schmidt	...	Insane Officer 'Eden' (as Niels Bruno Schmidt)
Asia Luna Mohmand	...	Childhunter (as Luna Mohmand)
Delphine Chuillot	...	Young Bower's Mother
Wotan Wilke Möhring	...	Young Bower's Father
Julian Rappe	...	Young Bower
Domenico D'Ambrosio	...	Wounded Officer 'Eden'
Jon Foster	...	Big Russian Passenger
Jeff Burrell	...	Trapped Officer 'Eden'
Neelesha BaVora	...	Female Crew Officer
Yangzom Brauen	...	2nd Lieutenant (Team 4)
Albrecht Marco	...	Hunter Weasel (as Marco Albrecht)
Dawid Szatarski	...	Hunter Shape
Nico Marquardt	...	Hunter Brute
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Jeanes	...	Mateo (uncredited)
David P. Johnson	...	Cooper (uncredited)
Virginia Welch	...	Lucy (uncredited)

Directed by
Christian Alvart

Writing credits (WGA)
Travis Milloy		(screenplay)
Travis Milloy		(story) and
Christian Alvart		(story)

Produced by
Paul W.S. Anderson	....	producer
Jeremy Bolt	....	producer
Robert Kulzer	....	producer
Astrid Kühberger	....	line producer
Travis Milloy	....	executive producer
Dave Morrison	....	executive producer
Martin Moszkowicz	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michl Britsch

Cinematography by
Wedigo von Schultzendorff

Film Editing by
Philipp Stahl
Yvonne Valdez

Casting by
Ana Dávila
Sarah Finn		(as Sarah Halley Finn)
Randi Hiller

Production Design by
Richard Bridgland

Art Direction by
Cornelia Ott
Ralf Schreck

Set Decoration by
Bernhard Henrich

Costume Design by
Ivana Milos

Makeup Department
Jaremy Aiello	....	key makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio
Nathan Andrews	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Tamar Aviv	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Chris Burke	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Chris Cheatham	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
John Cherevka	....	key makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio (as John L. Cherevka)
Javier Contreras	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Ken Culver	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Cory Czekaj	....	key makeup effects technician: Stan Winston Studio
Jeff L. Deist	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio (as Jeff Deist)
Lou Diaz	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Laura Elliott	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Damian Fisher	....	key makeup effects technician: Stan Winston Studio
Chris Grossnickle	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Jaime Grove	....	key makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio
Trevor Hensley	....	key makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio
Katharina Hilbert	....	makeup artist
Jeff Himmel	....	fabrication department: Stan Winston Studio
Allan B. Holt	....	mold maker (as Alan Holt)
Akihito Ikeda	....	key makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio
Darnell Isom	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Birger Laube	....	on-set prosthetic makeup artist
Birger Laube	....	special makeup effects artist
Göran Lundström	....	prosthetic makeup artist: Stan Winston Studio
Lindsay MacGowan	....	special makeup effects supervisor: Stan Winston Studio
Shane Mahan	....	on-set prosthetic makeup artist
Mark Maitre	....	key makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio
Keith Marbory	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Matt Mastrella	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Mareike Mohmand	....	makeup trainee
Thanh Hoa Nguyen	....	nail stylist
Michael Ornelaz	....	hair department: Stan Winston Studio
Scott Patton	....	concept designer: Stan Winston Studio
Björn Rehbein	....	hair department head
Björn Rehbein	....	makeup department head
Katrin Schneider	....	additional makeup artist
Annett Schulze	....	makeup artist
Sabine Schumann	....	additional makeup artist
Emilia Seifert	....	assistant makeup artist
Jörn Seifert	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Alexander Soltermann	....	additional hairdresser
Ian Stevenson	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Scott Stoddard	....	key makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio
Christopher Swift	....	key makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio
Arjen Tuiten	....	special makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio
Simon Webber	....	concept designer: Stan Winston Studio
Amy Whetsel	....	fabrication department: Stan Winston Studio
Gary Yee	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Chris Zega	....	mold/technical department: Stan Winston Studio
Cristina Patterson Ceret	....	contact lens painter (uncredited)

Production Management
Brigitte Hirsch	....	production manager
Daniel Mattig	....	unit manager
Gabriele Niemeyer	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tanja Däberitz	....	second assistant director
Hendrik Holler	....	first assistant director
Katja Lebedjewa	....	second second assistant director
Laura Mihartescu	....	first assistant director: second unit
Matthias Nerlich	....	third assistant director
Daphne Tsaliki	....	additional third assistant director

Art Department
Ben Bagley	....	lead stand-by props
Christoph Baumstieger	....	set carpenter
Christoph Baumstieger	....	standby carpenter
Stephen Bream	....	set designer
Henning Brehm	....	graphic designer
Christin Busse	....	art department assistant
Paul Catling	....	concept artist
James Cowley	....	set dresser
Christian Ehlert	....	lead set dresser
Katja Fischer	....	model maker
Michael Fissneider	....	digital set designer
Alex Friedrich	....	propmaker
Jane Gilchrist	....	store woman
Brita Hofmann	....	scenic artist
Andreas Horstmann	....	set decoration buyer
Philipp Hübner	....	stand-by art director
Ulli Isfort	....	set decoration buyer
Max Konrad	....	prop shop runner
Roxy Konrad	....	art department coordinator
Robert Krüger	....	hod painter
Dominic Lavery	....	concept artist
Alejandro Lecuna	....	graphic designer
Patrick Lojek	....	supervisor carpenter
Angel Pedro Martinez	....	props model maker
Claus Mayr	....	construction coordinator
Marc Murawski	....	workshop supervisor
Mike Paul Müller	....	props driver
Konstantin Ness	....	assistant property master
Konstantin Ness	....	prop buyer
Benjamin Palmer	....	props model maker
Astrid Poeschke	....	assistant art director
Marco Pressler	....	construction manager
Robert Reblin	....	second construction manager
Steve Register	....	property master
Melanie Reichert	....	construction secretary
Jan Saße	....	storyboard artist
Bettina Scheibe	....	lead set painter
Cindy Schnitter	....	propmaker
Jochen Schuetz	....	set dresser
Till Sennhenn	....	stand-by propman
Kurt Van Der Basch	....	concept illustrator
Ilona Vovchyk	....	props model maker
Dan Walker	....	concept artist
Simon Webber	....	concept artist
Simon Weisse	....	prop shop supervisor
Simon Weisse	....	props

Sound Department
Felix Andriessens	....	sound effects editor
Alexej Ashkenazy	....	adr recordist
Manfred Banach	....	sound mixer
Adrian Baumeister	....	adr supervisor
Adrian Baumeister	....	supervising sound editor
Christian Biegai	....	assistant sound
Tschangis Chahrokh	....	sound re-recording mixer
Bernd Clauss	....	head of sound department
Christof Ebhardt	....	additional sound designer
Jürgen Funk	....	sound designer
Rebekka Garrido	....	sound project manager
Rainer Heesch	....	dialogue editor
Michael Hinreiner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Achim Hofmann	....	sound engineer
Florian Holzner	....	adr boom operator
Eric Horstmann	....	sound engineer
Michael Karl Huber	....	sound project coordinator (as Michael Huber)
Deni King	....	adr supervisor: Los Angeles
Stephan Liepe	....	foley editor
Laura Lovejoy	....	adr supervisor: London
Henry Mayr	....	sound project coordinator
Clemens Nürnberger	....	adr recordist
Christoph Oertel	....	foley editor
Carsten Richter	....	foley artist
Alexander Saal	....	additional sound designer
Matthias Schwab	....	foley
Almut Schwacke	....	assistant sound editor
Oswald Schwander	....	sound effects editor
Kuen-Il Song	....	foley editor
Michael Stancyk	....	adr recordist
Daniel Vogl	....	sound technical supervisor
Florian von Frenckell	....	post-production sound
Hanse Warns	....	foley mixer
Philip Young	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Herbert Blank	....	special effects senior technician
Steffen Blechschmidt	....	life casting assistant: Chris Creatures Filmeffects
Katharina Boehm	....	creature costume trainee
Johannes Brömel	....	life casting assistant: Chris Creatures Filmeffects
Tom Christ	....	senior special effects technician
Laura Elliott	....	special effects technician
Norman Ernst	....	special effects senior technician
Damian Fisher	....	key mold maker
Thomas Friedrich	....	special effects assistant
Thomas Friedrich	....	special effects buyer
Andreas Herberg	....	special effects technician
Anthony Julio	....	special effects technician
Mark Keetch	....	lab technician
Alex Kopf	....	special effects technician: splinter unit
Chris Kunzmann	....	lead casting technician: Chris Creatures Filmeffects
Sylvio Lienert	....	special effects technician: splinter unit
Sebastian Lochmann	....	lifecast maker: Chris Creatures Filmeffects
Michael Luppino	....	special effects workshop foreman
Klaus Mielich	....	special effects project manager
Klaus Mielich	....	special effects technical & crew coordinator
Peter Muehlenkamp	....	lifecast maker: Chris Creatures Filmeffects
Gerd Nefzer	....	special effects supervisor (as Gerd Feuchter)
Uli Nefzer	....	special effects supervisor: splinter unit
Monty Ploch	....	special effects technician
Claudius Rauch	....	senior special effects technician: splinter unit
Bernd Rautenberg	....	special effects on-set foreman
Michael Rudnik	....	special effects on-set foreman
Marcus Schmidt	....	senior special effects technician: splinter unit
Tobias Schroeter	....	creature costume supervisor
Tobias Schroeter	....	modelmaker/sculptor
Thomas Schultz	....	special effects technician: splinter unit
Jürgen Thiel	....	special effects senior technician
Ulf Thiele	....	senior special effects technician: splinter unit
Rico Weder	....	senior special effects technician: splinter unit
Chris Zega	....	lab technician: Legacy effects

Visual Effects by
Andreas Alesik	....	compositor: ARRI Digital Film
Andreas Alesik	....	visual effects artist
Vincent Badia	....	flame artist: UPP
Stepán Batousek	....	compositor: UPP (as Stepan Batousek)
Patrik Bergman	....	digital compositor
Jan Brukner	....	3D artist: UPP
Jan Brukner	....	senior digital artist: UPP
Ondrej Bystry	....	compositor: UPP
Jaroslava Chalasova	....	3D artist: UPP
Jaroslava Chalasova	....	texture artist
Ondrej Ctibor	....	compositor: UPP
Robert Cvengros	....	3D artist: UPP
Robert Cvengros	....	visual effects artist
Ales Dlabac	....	head of 3D: UPP
David Drbal	....	senior 3D artist: UPP
Mario Dubec	....	3D artist: UPP
Mario Dubec	....	visual effects artist
Martin Dusek	....	software research and development
Dradek Dvorak	....	senior 3D artist: UPP
Petr Dvorak	....	3D artist: UPP
Kerstin Eberlein	....	compositor: ARRI Digital Film
Blanka Faitova	....	compositor: UPP (as Blanka Fajtova)
Roland Friedrich	....	lead compositor
Miro Gal	....	senior flame artist
Ales Gargulak	....	digital compositor
Tyler Gooden	....	data operator
Tomas Hajek	....	digital compositor
Vlastimil Hajek	....	3D artist: UPP
Petr Hastík	....	senior compositor
Lukas Herrmann	....	digital matte painter/supervisor
Jan Heusler	....	senior compositor: UPP
Zuzana Hlavkova	....	digital compositor
Frantisek Hradecky	....	senior 3D artist: UPP
Milos Hudec	....	data operator
Lukas Hytych	....	compositor: UPP
Dalibor Janda	....	digital compositor
Jakub Jarova	....	matte painter: UPP
Jan Jinda	....	3D artist: UPP
Jan Jinda	....	senior cgi artist: UPP
Jana Jurnickova	....	compositor: UPP
Tomas Kalhous	....	head of 2D: UPP
Tomas Kalhous	....	senior compositor: UPP
Helena Keslova	....	compositor: UPP
Ales Killian	....	compositor
Nina Knott	....	additional visual effects / producer
Nina Knott	....	visual effects producer: ARRI Digital Film
Pavel Kolar	....	3D artist: UPP
Pavel Kolar	....	visual effects artist
Vít Komrzý	....	visual effects producer: UPP
Jan Konicek	....	3D artist: UPP
Jan Konicek	....	digital artist
Martin Kostun	....	matte painter: UPP
Vaclav Kostun	....	3D tracker: UPP
Vaclav Kostun	....	matchmove artist
Martin Kotrba	....	matte painter: UPP
Tomas Kral	....	3D artist: UPP
Tomas Kral	....	senior cgi artist: UPP
Nikolay Kravchenko	....	matte painter: UPP
Tomas Krejzek	....	3D artist: UPP
Ines Krüger	....	senior compositor: ARRI Digital Film
David Kubias	....	compositor: UPP
Jan Kurka	....	3D artist: UPP
David Laubsch	....	senior compositor: ARRI Digital Film
Geoff Leavitt	....	visual effects supervisor: Framework Studio
Lenka Likarova	....	visual effects coordinator: UPP
Lenka Likarova	....	visual effects producer
Jirí Linhart	....	digital effects artist
Jirí Linhart	....	senior 3D artist: UPP
Jason Lopes	....	senior systems engineer stan winston studio
Jana Macenauerova	....	digital compositor
Ivo Marak	....	visual effects technical director: UPP
Vaclav Marsik	....	compositor: UPP
Petr Masek	....	digital compositor
Vladimír Matousek	....	3D artist: UPP
Jaroslav Matys	....	head of visual effects production: UPP
Daniel Melich	....	matte painter: UPP
Jaroslav Minarik	....	senior 3D artist: UPP
Ali Moravec	....	visual effects artist
Alexandr Muller	....	3D artist: UPP
Alexandr Muller	....	digital artist
Viktor Muller	....	visual effects supervisor
Tomas Munzar	....	digital compositor
Marketa Nemcova	....	matte painter: UPP
Ales Novak	....	matte painter: UPP
Peter Orlicky	....	digital compositor
Monika Pavlickova	....	visual effects production executive: UPP
David Pekarek	....	3D artist: UPP
Zavorka Petr	....	digital compositor: UPP (as Petr Zavorka)
Robert Pik	....	compositor: UPP (as Robin Pik)
Viktor Plch	....	senior 3D artist: UPP
Viktor Plch	....	senior effects artist
Katerina Popelova	....	visual effects coordinator (as Katerina Pokorova)
Katerina Popelova	....	visual effects production executive: UPP
Ralph Reinle	....	digital compositor
Martin Ruizl	....	3D artist: UPP
Marek Ruth	....	senior compositor: UPP
Ondrej Samohel	....	3D artist: UPP
Christoph Otto Schmidt	....	compositor: ARRI Digital Film (as Christoph Schmidt)
Abraham Schneider	....	compositing supervisor: ARRI
Abraham Schneider	....	visual effects supervisor: ARRI Digital Film
Vit Sedlacek	....	flame / inferno artist
Vit Sedlacek	....	matchmove artist
Tereza Severova	....	matte painter: UPP
Josef Skvrcek	....	compositor: UPP
Jiri Stamfest	....	senior matte painter: UPP
Mirek Suchomel	....	visual effects compositor
Petra Svabkova	....	compositor: UPP
Michal Sverma	....	visual effects artist
Michal Synek	....	compositor: UPP
Jakub Szilvasi	....	digital compositor
Stefan Tischner	....	senior compositor: ARRI Digital Film
Milan Tofel	....	3D artist: UPP
Dominik Trimborn	....	head of visual effects: ARRI Digital Film
Ryan Valade	....	visual effects editor
Vladimir Valovic	....	digital compositor
Jan Vareka	....	compositor: UPP
Petr Vcelicka	....	digital compositor
Jiri Vycital	....	3D artist: UPP
Jiri Vycital	....	visual effects artist
Alisa Wimmer	....	compositor: ARRI Digital Film
Alisa Wimmer	....	digital compositor
Lucie Zemanova	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Michael Bornhütter	....	fight choreographer
François Doge	....	stunt coordinator
Kristoffer Fuss	....	stunt performer
Sascha Girndt	....	stunt rigger
Joshua Grothe	....	stunt double
Matthias Günther	....	key stunt rigger
Matthias Günther	....	stunt rigging supervisor
Ralph Günthler	....	stunt rigger (as Ralph Guthler)
Markus Haas	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Nadia Hernandez	....	stunt double
Oliver Juhrs	....	stunt double
Alois Knapps	....	stunt double
Sascha Krija	....	stunt rigger
Stefan Langel	....	stunt double
Alessija Lause	....	stunt performer
Mike Möller	....	stunts
Julian Oppen	....	stunt rigger
Christian Petersson	....	stunt rigger
Kim Ruhnau	....	stunt double
Thomas Schubert	....	stunt double
Hannes Seibert	....	stunt rigger
Daniel Stockhorst	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Mithat Baskan	....	rigging electrician
Sebastian Brademann	....	dolly grip assistant
Jan Brun	....	dolly grip: second unit
Oliver Böhm	....	technocrane operator
Tilman Büttner	....	steadicam operator
Helge Felgendreher	....	techno crane operator
Gregor Grieshaber	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Pip Hare	....	second assistant camera
Thomas Hübener	....	technocrane operator
Malte Kneib	....	best boy grip
Jérôme Lauer	....	dolly grip assistant
Jay Maidment	....	still photographer
Nicolaus Metzger	....	dolly grip: second unit
Sebastian Meuschel	....	director of photography: splinter unit
Sebastian Meuschel	....	steadicam operator: splinter unit
Marko Peros	....	daily grip
Andre Poser	....	electrician
Karim Rahmani	....	first assistant camera
Ron Rakowski	....	gaffer
Stefan Rüsenberg	....	key grip
Bernd Schultz	....	dolly grip: "b" camera

Animation Department
Lutz Lemke	....	animator: titles

Casting Department
Ana Dávila	....	casting germany
Sorrel Athina Jardine	....	casting assistant
Johanna Ragwitz	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jeanette Apel	....	pattern maker
Dietke Brandt	....	set costumer
Simone Kreska	....	assistant costume designer
Nadine Waeldchen	....	wardrobe: Mr. Quaid (as Nadine Wäldchen)

Editorial Department
Sebastian Bonde	....	first assistant editor
Michael J. Duthie	....	additional editor (as Michael Duthie)
Christian Herrmann	....	digital intermediate producer
Martin Hunter	....	additional editor
Alex Klippe	....	digital intermediate producer
Boris Link	....	high definition colorist
Franz Rabl	....	lab colorist
Gottfried Reisecker	....	digital grading supervisor
Daniel Scheimberg	....	second assistant editor
Hari Schernthaner	....	head of digital intermediate: ARRI Film & TV
Daniel Schwerdtfeger	....	colorist: dailies
Bjørnar Rydland Thyholdt	....	editorial trainee
Manfred Turek	....	digital colorist

Music Department
Minna Aalto	....	vocalist
Joris Bartsch Buhle	....	conductor
Christoph Becker	....	music coordinator
Michl Britsch	....	music producer
Michl Britsch	....	music programmer
Michl Britsch	....	musician: guitars, bass, trashcan, lap drums, cymbals, keyboards
Michl Britsch	....	vocalist
Mikael Carlsson	....	soundtrack producer
Martin Framke	....	music preparation
Jan-Peter Klöpfel	....	orchestrator
Tobias Lehmann	....	music engineer
Tobias Lehmann	....	score recordist
Tom Russbueldt	....	pro tools operator (as Tom Russbuldt)
Phillip Schulz	....	music scoring mixer
Natalie Suleiman	....	music coordinator
Florian Tessloff	....	composer: additional music
Florian Tessloff	....	music editor
Florian Tessloff	....	music programmer
Florian Tessloff	....	musician: piano FX, keyboards
Florian Tessloff	....	score producer
Roman Vinuesa	....	orchestrator
Ama Walton	....	music legal and business affairs
Hannah Weber	....	musician: cello solos and effects

Transportation Department
Erich Kraus	....	driver: Dennis Quaid

Other crew
John Charles	....	software manager: Sony DAC
Sarah Crompton	....	assistant: Mr. Anderson, LA
Sabina Friedland	....	assistant: Ms. Kühberger
Sean Furst	....	production executive
Michael Hackl	....	project coordinator: HD Mmstering
Steffen Hagen	....	set production assistant
Michael Herbell	....	assistant location manager
Angelika Honig	....	choreographer
Viktor Jakovleski	....	assistant: Mr. Bolt and Mr. Kulzer, Berlin
Erich Kraus	....	assistant: Mr. Quaid
Lisa Kregness	....	assistant: Mr. Moszkowicz, LA
Denis Küper	....	set manager
Lutz Lemke	....	title designer
Nadia Meier	....	production assistant
Marsha Metz	....	business and legal affairs
Larena Patrick	....	assistant: Mr. Alvart
Desiree Schildt	....	assistant: Mr. Moszkowicz, Munich
Matthias Schnedler	....	assistant: Mr. Foster
Franz Trosthammer	....	assistant: Mr. Moszkowicz, Munich
Friederike von Rauch	....	location scout
Shawn Wallace	....	assistant: Mr. Bolt, LA
Ugur Yildirim	....	mac support
Matthew Coleshill	....	post production intern (uncredited)
Daniel Villagomez	....	business & legal affairs (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Constantin Film Produktion
• Impact Pictures

Distributors

• Alliance (2009) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Belga Films (2009) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• CInema Hotel Corporation (CHC) (2010) (Kazakhstan) (theatrical)
• Cinestar (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Deltamac Entertainment (2009) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Icon Film Distribution (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Overture Films (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• SND (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Alliance (2009) (Canada) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Bazuca Films (2009) (Chile) (all media)
• Belga Home Vidéo (2010) (Belgium) (DVD)
• CatchPlay (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Constantin-Filmverleih (2009) (Austria) (all media)
• DeA Planeta Home Entertainment (2009) (Spain) (all media)
• Deltamac Entertainment (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Deltamac Entertainment (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• FS Film Oy (2010) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Highlight Film (2010) (Germany) (DVD)
• Highlight Film (2010) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Icon Film Distribution (2010) (Australia) (DVD)
• Icon Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Icon Home Entertainment (2010) (UK) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Imagem Filmes (2009) (Brazil) (all media)
• Monopole-Pathé (2009) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Odeon (2009) (Greece) (all media)
• Svensk Filmindustri (2009) (Denmark) (all media)
• Svensk Filmindustri (2009) (Norway) (all media)
• Veronica (2012) (Netherlands) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2010) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Stan Winston Studio (creature effects) (makeup effects)
• Chris Creatures (life casts for creature effects) (as Chris Creatures Filmeffects Int. Ltd.)
• Die Nefzers (special effects) (as Die Nefzer GmbH)
• Universal Production Partners (UPP) (visual effects) (as UPP Studio Zitomirska)
• ARRI Digital Film (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI Sound  sound re-recording
• ARRI Film & TV Services  digital intermediate (as ARRI Film & TV)
• ARRI München  post-production facilities
• ARRI Rental  Chapman dollies
• ARRI Rental  camera and lighting equipment supplied by
• ARRI Rental  camera cranes
• ARRI Rental  camera lenses
• ARRI Rental  grip equipment
• Act One Script Clearance  script research
• Beatstreet Productions  adr recording: New York
• Berlin Pops Orchestra  orchestra
• Buff Connection  stunts
• Constantin Music  music coordination
• Deutsche Filmförderfonds (DFFF)  funding
• Die BASISberlin Postproduktions  adr recording: Berlin
• Ear Tonic Music  trailer music
• FilmFernsehFonds Bayern  funding
• Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)  funding
• Goldcrest Post Production London  adr recording: London (as Goldcrest Post)
• Mecon Media Concept  extras payroll
• Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg  funding
• MovieScore Media  soundtrack
• Post Republic, The  sound editorial services
• Post Republic, The  sound post-production
• Roger and Over  walkie talkies
• Rosebud Media  music technical support
• SPG Studios  adr recording: Los Angeles
• Syrreal Works  editorial services (as Syrreal Works GmbH & Co. KG)
• Syrreal Works  post-production facilities
• Teldex Studios  music recorded at
• Teldex Studios  score recorded at
• Ton Team, Das  sound equipment
• Tonatelier  adr recording: Frankfurt
• Tonstudio Hanse Warns  foley studio (as Johannes Warns Tonstudio)
• Translux  facilities

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MPAA:

Rated R for strong horror violence and language

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

Germany | UK

Language:

English | Vietnamese | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45512) | Ireland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Germany:16 | South Korea:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Netherlands:16 | Norway:18 (self applied) | Mexico:B15 | France:-12 | Finland:K-15 | Brazil:14 | Singapore:M18 (Blu-ray disc rating) | Japan:PG12 | Australia:MA (2010) | New Zealand:R16 | Ireland:15 (DVD rating) | Italy:VM14 | Portugal:M/12 | Malaysia:PG-13 | Singapore:PG13 (edited TV version)

Filming Locations:

Babelsberg Studios, Berlin, Germany

Company:

Constantin Film Produktion

Trivia:

'Pandorum' is the first film in a proposed trilogy, but it is doubtful the sequels will ever see the light of day due to the first film's low box-office performance.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the suit of one of Eden's crew members it reads Kreska, however, in his respective hibernation chamber it reads Kresca, with C.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Recorded Voice:You're all that's left of us. Good luck, God bless, and God's speed.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Angela and Friends: Episode #1.64" (2010)

Better than Event Horizon and Ghost Ship combined

Echoing such luminous sci-fi classics as 2001 and Alien, Pandorum is a terrific psychological thriller, although it does struggle at times to be coherent and original. But it's a true mindbender, and it's packed with action that moves so quickly neither the actors nor the audience can really catch a breath, which is a good move if your plot is shaky to begin with.

As with the best deep-space movies, the context is mental illness, what the Professor on Gilligan's Island called, oddly enough, "island madness." Only in space. In the distant, distant future, a ship has been sent from the Earth carrying a lot of people, headed to the only Earth-like planet ever found. Sometime during the journey, things go awry. We pick up the story as an astronaut named Bower (Ben Foster) awakens from hypersleep, abruptly; he's soon followed by his commanding officer, Payton (Dennis Quaid). The rest of the crew is gone, and the only door is locked from the outside. What's happened here? Making matters more difficult is the amnesia that each man suffers from, owing to their having been in hypersleep way longer than intended. Somehow, they must piece together what has happened and find out what lies behind that door - and throughout the rest of the gigantic ship.

Not only does the movie recall Aliens and 2001, you can also see similarities to The Descent and The Abyss; really, any movie in which people are trapped in claustrophobic environs. And although the pacing is frenetic at times, the movie is really chillingly shot (by Wedigo von Schultzendorff). On the one hand, the plot flows linearly - Bower needs to get to the ship's reactor so he can reboot it and save everyone - meaning that the actors race from scene to scene, running out of time. On the other hand, they don't piece together what's happened as quickly as they might in other, lesser films; they seem to figure things out gradually, as if assembling a puzzle in their heads. Bowers and others - and there are others - discover right away, though, that they're not really alone on the ship and that their enemies are extremely strong and fast and vicious.

Injected into this oh-my-goodness-what's-out-there madness is, well, madness. The movie's title is explained as being a sort of mental illness that affects astronauts from time to time, when they just plain go bonkers for seemingly no reason and kill everyone on board. Is that's what's happening here? Is Bower the crazy one? Or is it Payton? Are they, in fact, alone on the ship? Foster is excellent as the hero who remembers a little bit more of their mission as time elapses; Quaid, in turn, shows a few more layers than we're accustomed to seeing from him (he's usually more of a poor man's Harrison Ford). Both actors turn in convincing, full-throated performances that complement, rather than succumb to, the special effects and cinematic wizardry. Often, the effects are the entire show. Now, it's true that you won't see a lot of character development here, as you might in the most cerebral of sci-fi, but what works best here is the paucity of knowledge about the situation and the characters. By spinning the tale gradually, feeding the audience only a snippet at a time, director Christian Alvart dangles the mystery in front of his viewers without allowing them to settle back and solve the mystery on their own. When you're constantly kept on your toes with sudden lurches of unseen shapes and reverberating noises, you - like the befuddled characters - are concurrently kept off balance. The result is an unsettling, entertaining delight.