Morning Light (2008)

Director:

Mark Monroe

Writers:

Roy Edward Disney (conceived by)
Mark Monroe (written by)
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Release Date:

12 March 2009 (Australia)

Genre:

Documentary | Sport

Tagline:

A 2500 mile journey that will change the course of their lives forever.

Plot:

Fifteen young sailors... six months of intense training... one chance at the brass ring. This documentary...

Plot Keywords:

Yachting

Cast

Chris Branning	...	Himself
Graham Brant-Zawadzki	...	Himself
Chris Clark	...	Himself
Roy Edward Disney	...	Himself
Charlie Enright	...	Himself
Jesse Fielding	...	Himself
Robbie Kane	...	Himself
Steve Manson	...	Himself
Chris Schubert	...	Himself
Kate Theisen	...	Herself
Mark Towill	...	Himself
Genny Tulloch	...	Herself
Pieter van Os	...	Himself
Patrick Warburton	...	Opening Sequence Narrator (voice)
Chris Welch	...	Himself
Kit Will	...	Herself
Jeremy Wilmot	...	Himself

Directed by
Mark Monroe

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Leslie DeMeuse		conceived by
Roy Edward Disney		conceived by
Mark Monroe		written by
Thomas J. Pollack		based on an original idea by

Produced by
Paul Crowder	....	co-producer
Leslie DeMeuse	....	executive producer
Roy Edward Disney	....	executive producer
Zack Gaskell	....	associate producer
Robbie Haines	....	associate producer
Morgan Sackett	....	producer
Andrew Siegman	....	associate producer
Phil Uhl	....	coordinating producer

Original Music by
Ric Markmann		(musical score written by)
Dan Pinnella		(musical score written by)
Chris Wagner		(musical score written by)

Cinematography by
John Brooks		(director of photography)
Rick Deppe		(as Richard Deppe)
Josef Nalevansky

Film Editing by
Paul Crowder

Sound Department
Steve Baine	....	foley artist
Ethan Beigel	....	adr mixer
Keith Bilderbeck	....	supervising sound effects editor
Barbara Delpuech	....	supervising dialogue & adr editor
Yann Delpuech	....	sound designer
Yann Delpuech	....	supervising sound editor
JoAnne Dorgan	....	sound editor
Christopher Fina	....	adr mixer
Sharon Frye	....	boom operator
Devin Golub	....	boom operator
Gina Gyles	....	foley assistant (as Gina Wark)
Harry Haese	....	sound mixer
Herman Haese	....	boom operator
Brandon Herman	....	boom operator
Travis Hoover	....	boom operator
Matt Hovland	....	adr mixer
Dave Lezynski	....	additional sound mixer (as David Lezynski)
Erik Magnus	....	additional sound mixer
David S. McJunkin	....	lead sound mixer
Frank Morrone	....	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Persaud	....	foley recordist
John Reynolds	....	additional sound mixer
Jim Voder	....	sound editor
Jeff Way	....	sound editor
Scott Weber	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chris Wiecking	....	additional sound mixer
Gary Wilkes	....	recordist
Terry Wilson	....	dubbing editor

Visual Effects by
Jason Adams	....	digital imaging technician
Kamila Baghernejad	....	dcm producer
Eddie Bonin	....	visual effects producer
Gilbert De La Garza	....	scan/record manager
Christopher Dusendschon	....	digital imaging supervisor: iO FILM
Michael Enriquez	....	cgi artist
Meliza Fermin	....	digital compositor
Spence Fuller	....	digital compositor
Daniel Kumiega	....	cgi artist
Adalberto Al Lopez	....	cgi artist
Christopher D. Martin	....	lead compositor
Anthony Ocampo	....	cgi artist
Megan Omi	....	digital compositor
Scott Ramsey	....	visual effects supervisor
Jon Rosenthal	....	digital effects artist

Camera and Electrical Department
Jacques Arnet	....	camera technician
John Behrens	....	camera operator
Ade Brown	....	camera operator
Glen Brown	....	camera operator
Dave Cambria	....	gaffer
Joe Carini	....	jib arm operator (as Joe 'Bear' Carini)
Erik Carter	....	key camera rigger
Todd Cogan	....	camera operator
Todd Cogan	....	still photographer
Cody Corl	....	grip
Loren Corl	....	grip
Andreas Crawford	....	rigging grip
Paul Crowder	....	camera operator
Rick Crum	....	electrician
Michele De Lorimier	....	assistant camera
Leslie DeMeuse	....	still photographer
Dean DesJarlais	....	gaffer
Roy Edward Disney	....	still photographer
Andrew Eckmann	....	electrician
Stephane Gauger	....	gaffer
Doug Gifford	....	still photographer
Laurie Gilbert	....	camera operator
Sharon Green	....	still photographer
Mike Groves	....	gaffer (as Myke Groves)
Amy Haines	....	still photographer
Robbie Haines	....	still photographer
Hiroshi Hayashi	....	electrician
Craig Hoffmann	....	assistant camera
Drew Des Jarlais	....	gaffer
Hui Kang	....	camera operator
Hui Kang	....	camera technician
Zachary Kim	....	gaffer
Jeremy Lecain	....	electrician
Joseph Loyola	....	electrician
Sid Lubitsch	....	camera operator
Jerry Marshall	....	grip
Michael May	....	camera operator
Scott McGeo	....	grip
Greg Meredith	....	gaffer
Mark Monroe	....	camera operator
Naomi Olson	....	first assistant camera
Peter Pilafian	....	camera operator
Mike Prickett	....	camera operator
Manuel Razon	....	electrician
Tyler Reid	....	first assistant camera
David Richardson	....	grip
David Richardson	....	key grip
Daniel Rosner	....	grip
Tony Salgado	....	camera technician
David Scobie	....	electrician
Christopher Shaun	....	assistant camera
Ryan Sheridan	....	video engineer
Kaoru Soehata	....	camera operator
Josh Spring	....	gaffer
Todd Tamura	....	assistant camera
Don Thiel	....	camera technician
Roger Thompson	....	gaffer
Phil Uhl	....	camera operator
Phil Uhl	....	still photographer
David Unitan	....	camera operator
David Unitan	....	unit cinematographer
Terence Chu	....	additional photography (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Zack Arnold	....	editor: Opening Sequence
Sean Burns	....	assistant on-line editor
Sam Claypool	....	post production supervisor
John Davis	....	assistant editor
Eric Friedman	....	additional editor
Eric Friedman	....	post technical supervisor
Nathan Godley	....	assistant editor
Adam Hawkey	....	dcm colorist
Derek Herr	....	on-line editor
Axel Hubert	....	assistant editor
Michael John Koetter	....	software engineer
Andy Lichtstein	....	digital colorist
Lara Mazzawi	....	assistant editor
Mark Monroe	....	additional editor
Parris Patton	....	additional editor
Andrew Payne	....	additional editor
Daniel S. Russ	....	assistant editor
Jacqueline Savonarola	....	assistant editor
Christine Seino	....	assistant on-line editor
Hunter Soik	....	post-production assistant
Sarah Steele	....	assistant on-line editor
Phil Tagliere	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Aydin Allyev	....	programming
Denise Briese	....	musician: contrabass
Daphne Chen	....	violin
Paul Crowder	....	drums: percussion
Richard Dodd	....	cello
Liz Gallacher	....	music supervisor
Eric Gorfaine	....	violin
Alexandra Hill	....	music supervision executive
Leah Katz	....	viola
Ryan King	....	acoustic guitar
Ric Markmann	....	bass, guitar, string arrangement
Adam Peters	....	conductor, cello, string arrangement
Dan Pinnella	....	string arrangement, piano, hawaiian guitar
John Pinnella	....	hawaiian guitar
Paul Pinnella	....	musician: shaker (as Paul 'Snake' Pinnella)
David Rollicki	....	musician: trombone
Chris Wagner	....	bass, guitar, percussion (as Chris 'Wag' Wagner)
Tracy Waname	....	clarinet: flute

Other crew
Kevin Allwarder	....	marine staff: crew of Cheyenne
Bill Applebaum	....	marine staff: team building coach
Anela K.L. Banson	....	marine staff: crew of Hokule'a
David Bertig	....	marine staff: crew of Aikane
Davidd Blaskovich	....	production assistant
Carol Buchan	....	marine staff: selection judge
Andrew Campbell	....	marine staff: selection judge
Patrick Campbell	....	chief engineer
Todd Cogan	....	system support
Dustin Comstock	....	production assistant
Betsy Crowfoot	....	marine staff: shore support
Chris Derauf	....	marine staff: sailing team physician (as Dr. Chris Derauf)
Jason Derck	....	production assistant
Roy P. Disney	....	physical trainer
Roy P. Disney	....	sailing team coach (as Roy Pat Disney)
Sheri Keller Disney	....	nutritionist
Katja Eastland	....	production accountant
Loren Featherstone	....	marine staff: crew of Cheyenne
Mark Featherstone	....	marine staff: crew of Cheyenne
Dave Flood	....	marine staff: crew of Aikane
Ed Furry	....	marine staff: Morning Light first mate
Tanner Gardner	....	production assistant
Timi Gilliom	....	marine staff: crew of Hokule'a
Ryder Greene	....	production assistant
Amy Haines	....	house mom
Robbie Haines	....	sailing team manager
Robert Hamada	....	production assistant
Janie Hansen	....	house mom
Shaun Harrison	....	production assistant
Cuck Hawley	....	sailing team coach
Alexandra Hill	....	music supervision executive
Peter Hogg	....	marine staff: crew of Cheyenne
Kaina Holomalia	....	marine staff: crew of Hokule'a
Stan Honey	....	head sailing coach
Stan Honey	....	marine staff: selection judge
Samuel Horowitz	....	production assistant
Mike Howard	....	sailing team coach
Scott Ikle	....	marine staff: selection judge
Harlow Jones	....	marine staff: crew of Aikane
Francis Kealoha	....	marine staff: crew of Hokule'a (as Francis 'Lono' Kealoha)
Devon Kelly	....	house mom
John Kilgore	....	production assistant
Jerry Kirby	....	sailing team coach
Timothy La Due	....	production assistant
Michael Levy	....	account executive
Richard Linke	....	production assistant
Attwood Makanani	....	marine staff: crew of Hokule'a (as Attwood 'Maka' Makanani)
Waimea McKeague	....	marine staff: crew of Hokule'a
Ka'iulani Murphy	....	marine staff: crew of Hokule'a
Tom O'Brien	....	production assistant
Daniel Peck	....	production assistant
Jack Perry	....	production assistant
Janell Petalver	....	physical trainer
Justin Phelps	....	technician
Joe Piasecki	....	production assistant
Sharra Platt	....	account manager
Rich Roberts	....	sailing publicist
Mark Robinson	....	boat integrator
Jack Roney	....	marine staff: crew of Hokule'a
Peter Roney	....	marine staff: crew of Hokule'a
Jeff Rubin	....	marine staff: shore support
Mike Sanderson	....	sailing team coach (as Mike 'Moose' Sanderson)
J.D. Scott	....	marine staff: crew of Cheyenne
Nancy Scuka	....	marine staff: crew of Cheyenne
Grant Shumate	....	production assistant
Jimmy Slaughter	....	sailing team coach
Jimmy Slaughter	....	marine staff: Morning Light first mate
Ralf Stietz	....	sailing team coach
David Tank	....	sailing team coach
David Tank	....	marine staff: Morning Light boat captain
Teddy Tannenbaum	....	marine staff: team building coach
Dave Thompson	....	marine staff: crew of Cheyenne
Nainoa Thompson	....	marine staff: crew of Hokule'a
Vsevolod Ulitsky	....	production assistant
Michiko Wada	....	sponsorship and public relations
Troy Waters	....	marine coordinator
Bradley Wilcox	....	marine staff: crew of Aikane
Layne Wong	....	travel coordinator
Antoinette Zavala	....	production assistant

Thanks
Daniel Akaka Jr.	....	special thanks
Ed Auck	....	special thanks
Tom Brislin	....	special thanks (as Dr. Tom Brislin)
Rick Cassels	....	special thanks
Lisa Cole	....	special thanks
Sarah Conner	....	special thanks
Ede Bell Crowder	....	special thanks
Zola Jo Crowder	....	special thanks
Donne Dawson	....	special thanks
Ryan Eastman	....	special thanks
Evan Evans	....	special thanks
Brad Fitzgerald	....	special thanks
Fizz Foster	....	special thanks
Fuzz Foster	....	special thanks
Jerry Foster	....	special thanks
Carol Fukunaga	....	special thanks (as Senator Carol Fukunaga)
Dan Gribble	....	special thanks
Noel Griffiths-Seewerker	....	special thanks (as Noel 'Red' Griffiths-Seewerker)
Kelly H'Doubler-Crowder	....	special thanks
Mufi Hannemann	....	special thanks (as Mayor Mufi Hannemann)
Peter Harken	....	special thanks
Mark Hazlett	....	special thanks
Tom Healy	....	special thanks
Gregg Hedrick	....	special thanks
Mike Hopkins	....	special thanks
Jeff Hossellman	....	special thanks
Andy Johnson	....	special thanks
John Kilroy Jr.	....	special thanks
Mark Ke'Ala Kimura	....	special thanks
Josh Lang	....	special thanks
Scott Lechner	....	special thanks
Susan Lynch	....	special thanks
Jim Maselli	....	special thanks
Mark Michaelsen	....	special thanks
Munch	....	special thanks
Dan Nowlan	....	special thanks
Ramona Ontiveros	....	special thanks
Bill Ottoman	....	special thanks
Robert Perkins	....	special thanks (as 'Bob' Perkins)
Michael Philips	....	special thanks
Kaenon Polarized	....	special thanks
Todd Prives	....	special thanks
Rick Roberts	....	special thanks
Kawika Rose	....	special thanks
Nikki Rose	....	special thanks
Steve Rosenberg	....	special thanks
Michael Roth	....	special thanks
Mike Rothwell	....	special thanks
John Sangmeister	....	special thanks
Drew Satariano	....	special thanks
Miles Shozuya	....	special thanks
Lisa Sidel	....	special thanks
Kathy Thompson	....	special thanks
Alex Uniack	....	special thanks
Ivan Chan Wa	....	special thanks
Rick Waedekin	....	special thanks
Ed Washburn	....	special thanks
Tom Wilson	....	special thanks (as Tom 'Woody' Wilson)
Ann Winkler	....	special thanks
Chris Wyman	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Walt Disney Pictures

Distributors

• Walt Disney Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Gativideo (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2009) (Argentina) (all media)

Other Companies

• Big Machine Design  trailer production
• Cutting Edge Group  music services
• Klass Security and Investigations  anti-piracy film security (uncredited)
• Klass Security and Investigations  screening services
• Matter Music  music composed by
• NovaStar Digital  sound post-production
• Runway  post-production services
• iO Film  digital intermediate
• iO Films  digital intermediate

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for some language

Runtime:

100 min | USA:97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:PG | Australia:PG | Ireland:G | South Korea:All | Argentina:Atp | Singapore:PG | New Zealand:PG | South Africa:PG | USA:TV-PG (cable rating)

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Movie Connections:

Follows Morning Light: Making the Cut (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Sun/Rise/Light/Flies

Remarkable Movie

This movie is not for everybody, clearly, as judging from the previous comment! Let's start out by first mentioning that this movie is a sailing movie first and fore most, and it is a documentary. Those of you looking for Real Worldesque drama look elsewhere. Those of you looking for a well made documentary that captures the essence of a sport, look no further than Morning Light.

The movie tells the tale of a contest set up by the late Roy Disney. Disney is a life long sailor, and having devoted his life to the sport of sailing, as well as bringing sailing to the youth, he came up with a way to bring a rich mans sport to the future of the sport, young college sailors. Roy Disney's ambitious goal is played out beautifully throughout the movie, and with the Walt Disney $$$ backing it, they have successfully made one of the best looking documentary's ever. Really the camera work was fairly remarkable. Non-sailors will not be able to understand the total lack of space aboard a Transpac vessel, and the shots that those camera workers got were remarkable.

The greatest testimony I can give for this movie was when we showed it at the Yacht Club that I work at. We had a rainy day and were running out of ideas to keep the children at bay, but had this movie unopened in the office. The kids were really taken by it, and they learned that all the skills they were honing on the water in smaller boats can be translated directly to the larger ocean vessels. While sailing has for the most part been left to the "rich white men" (as the previous commenter put it) the sport has understood that and has made an elaborate effort to bring sailing to everyone. As the director at the largest sailing school in the midwest, I must say that movies like this are exactly what the sport needs. With gas prices at record highs and only going up, why wouldn't sailing be a popular sport in the future? Hopefully documentary's like Morning Light will continue to be made even after Roy Disney's passing. Rest in Peace sir!