Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

Director:

Zack Snyder

Writers (WGA):

John Orloff (screenplay) and
Emil Stern (screenplay) ...
(more)

Release Date:

24 September 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Adventure | Fantasy

Tagline:

On his way to finding a legend...he will become one.

Plot:

When a young owl is abducted by an evil Owl army, he must escape with newfound friends to seek out the legendary Guardians to stop the menace.

Plot Keywords:

Owl | Escape | Soldier | Barn Owl | Orphanage

Awards:

3 wins & 20 nominations

Cast

Emily Barclay	...	Gylfie (voice)
Joel Edgerton	...	Metalbeak (voice)
Anthony LaPaglia	...	Twilight (voice)
David Wenham	...	Digger (voice)
Adrienne DeFaria	...	Eglantine (voice)
Ryan Kwanten	...	Kludd (voice)
Hugo Weaving	...	Noctus / Grimble (voice)
Sam Neill	...	Allomere (voice)
Helen Mirren	...	Nyra (voice)
Angus Sampson	...	Jutt (voice)
Leigh Whannell	...	Jatt (voice)
Gareth Young	...	Pete (voice)
Abbie Cornish	...	Otulissa (voice)
Essie Davis	...	Marella (voice)
Geoffrey Rush	...	Ezylryb (voice)
Deborra-Lee Furness	...	Barran (voice)
Sacha Horler	...	Strix Struma (voice)
Jim Sturgess	...	Soren (voice)
Bill Hunter	...	Bubo (voice)
Miriam Margolyes	...	Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
Barry Otto	...	Echidna (voice)
Richard Roxburgh	...	Boron (voice)
Amanda Bishop	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Anthony Cogin	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Trent Dalzell	...	Additional Voices (voice)
James Evans	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Lelda Kapsis	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Andrew Gray McDonnell	...	Additional Voices (voice) (as Andrew McDonnell)
John Xintavelonis	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Directed by
Zack Snyder

Writing credits (WGA)
John Orloff		(screenplay) and
Emil Stern		(screenplay)
Kathryn Lasky		(novels "Guardians of Ga'Hoole")

Produced by
Wesley Coller	....	associate producer
Donald De Line	....	executive producer
Christopher DeFaria	....	executive producer
Imke Fehrmann	....	associate producer
Zareh Nalbandian	....	producer
Katrina Peers	....	associate producer
Deborah Snyder	....	executive producer
Lionel Wigram	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Hirschfelder

Film Editing by
David Burrows

Casting by
Nikki Barrett
Kristy Carlson
Danny Long

Production Design by
Simon Whiteley

Art Direction by
Grant Freckelton

Production Management
Samantha Daley	....	production supervisor
Kacy Durbridge	....	co-production manager
Lucinda Glenn	....	production supervisor
Caroline Grubb	....	assets production supervisor
Henry Karjalainen	....	post-production supervisor
Nelson Lee	....	production manager
Sarah MacKenzie	....	production supervisor
Amber Naismith	....	production manager
Georgie Uppington	....	production manager
Elizabeth Miller Gavcus	....	post-production executive (uncredited)

Art Department
Simon Ashton	....	storyboard artist
Tohru Patrick Awa	....	character designer
Kelly Baigent	....	storyboard artist
Noel Cleary	....	storyboard artist
Felicity Coonan	....	associate art director
Cecile Dubois-Herry	....	character artist
Chris Georgiou	....	concept artist
Chris Georgiou	....	storyboard artist
Scott Hurney	....	storyboard artist
Gabrielle Joosten	....	art department coordinator
Ravinder Kundi	....	digital set designer
Dale Mackie	....	designer
Matthew McCosker	....	lighting artist
Marco Nero	....	conceptual designer
Thomas Price	....	modeler
Charles Santoso	....	concept artist
Evan Shipard	....	concept artist: development
Vivienne To	....	concept artist
Marc Wasik	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
Kevin Belen	....	adr mixer
Nick Breslin	....	sound effects editor (as Nicholas Breslin)
Glenn Butler	....	re-recording engineer
Damian Candusso	....	sound effects editor
Brad Cohn	....	assistant adr recordist
Paul Drenning	....	adr mixer
Nick Foley	....	adr mixer
Chris Goodes	....	adr mixer
Sam Hayward	....	re-recording engineer
Phil Heywood	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Huntingford	....	dialogue editor
Sonal Joshi	....	co-supervising dialogue editor
Michael Kosmider	....	assistant sound editor
Martin Kwok	....	dialogue editor
Rick Lisle	....	sound effects editor
Rich Macar	....	adr recordist
Polly McKinnon	....	supervising dialogue editor
Andrew Miller	....	additional sound effects editor
Damon Mouris	....	sound effects editor
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	dialogue recordist
Jason Oliver	....	adr recordist
Martin Oswin	....	adr mixer
Wayne Pashley	....	sound designer
Wayne Pashley	....	sound re-recording mixer
Wayne Pashley	....	supervising sound editor
Derryn Pasquill	....	assistant sound supervisor
Derryn Pasquill	....	dialogue editor
Troy Porter	....	original dialogue mixer
Fabian Sanjurjo	....	supervising sound effects editor
Brian Seagrave	....	audio post-conform
John Simpson	....	foley supervisor
Lisa Simpson	....	foley recordist
Peter D. Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Peter Smith)
Matt Vowles	....	sound re-recording mixer: foreign language versions (foreign language versions)
Jenny T. Ward	....	additional sound editing (as Jenny Ward)
Jenny T. Ward	....	sound editor
Ryan Young	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Beau Garcia	....	character effects TD

Visual Effects by
David Abbott	....	senior surfacing artist: Animal Logic
Kate Adams	....	fx technical assistant
Steve Agland	....	lead look development TD
Simon Alberry	....	technical supervisor
Michael Alkan	....	lead look development artist
Elana Andersen	....	support engineer
Shigeki Ao	....	senior modeler
Charlie Armstrong	....	senior lighting artist
Kyle Ashley	....	previs
Thai Bach	....	lighting artist
Kenneth Bailey	....	visual effects
Aloys Baillet	....	lead software developer
Garry Baker	....	purchasing & asset management officer
Nacho Barahona	....	modeler: Animal Logic
Julie Barbic	....	software developer
Aaron Barr	....	character surfacing artist
Erwann Baudet	....	senior effects technical director
Daniel Bayona	....	digital matte painter
Daniel Bayona	....	main title sequence compositor
Angus Bencke	....	lighting artist
Niki Bern	....	digital compositor
Hitesh Bharadia	....	senior color & lighting/compositing
Dudley Birch	....	matte painter
James Bishop	....	support engineer
Brian Blasiak	....	lighting technical director
Emmanuel Blasset	....	additional computer graphics supervisor
Kevin Blom	....	senior effects technical director
Robert Bloom	....	senior lighter
Mark Boorer	....	data technician: Animal Logic
Jonathan Bot	....	lighting artist: Animal Logic
Paul Braddock	....	previs artist
Dan Breckwoldt	....	digital artist
Andrew D.W. Brown	....	digital effects artist: Animal Logic
Kevin R. Browne	....	effects technical director
Sophie Burie	....	character effects animator
Hamza Butt	....	digital artist
Enrique Caballero	....	character technical director
Adrian Chan	....	senior character artist
Blandine Chanteur	....	lighting artist
Cyril Frederick Chu	....	surfacing artist
Sam Chynoweth	....	assistant digital colourist
Andrew Coates	....	assembly technical director
Andrew Coates	....	pre-visualization artist
Justine Codron	....	digital artist: lighting
Justine Codron	....	lighting artist
Kristi Connolly	....	character effects artist
Kristi Connolly	....	digital artist: layout
Chris Cooper	....	research & development lead
Michael Crippin	....	surface/texture artist
Ryan Cronin	....	animator
Christopher Crouzet	....	character technical director: Animal Logic
Grahame Curtis	....	visual effects artist
Janevski Danny	....	matte painter
Anshul Dayal	....	lighting lead
Mark Andrew De La Garza	....	lead lighting technical director: Animal Logic
Eva de Prado	....	digital artist: surfacing
Shiv Dholakia	....	visual effects artist
Craig Dibble	....	senior systems engineer
Jeff Driver	....	character modeling artist
Yann Dupont	....	key lighting artist
Robert East	....	lighting td
Chris Ebeling	....	animator
Hassan El Youbi	....	senior lighting/compositing
Jérome Escobar	....	visual effects artist
Morgan Evans	....	character technical director
Anouchka Farrenc	....	tech animator: Animal Logic
Michal Finegold	....	lighting artist
Daniel Flood	....	lighting artist
Raffaele Fragapane	....	superivising animation td
Rogier Fransen	....	research & development
Alex Fry	....	senior compositor
Juan García Gonzalez	....	digital artist: layout
Diego Garzon	....	visual effects artist
Mark Gelfuso	....	lighting artist
Francois Gendron	....	lighting td & compositor
Peter D. Georges	....	research & development: Animal Logic
Kunal Ghosh Dastider	....	senior effects technical director: Animal Logic
Matthew Gidney	....	story department supervisor
Maribeth Glass	....	lighting technical director
Daniel Gonzalez	....	surfacing artist
Marcus Goodwin	....	senior visual effects production coordinator: animal logic
Erik Gronfeldt	....	lead surfacing artist
Kathy Gruzas	....	systems engineering team leader: Animal Logic
Eric Guaglione	....	head of animation: Animal Logic
Ben Gunsberger	....	digital supervisor
David Gurrea	....	senior digital artist: surfacing
Ray Haleblian	....	visual effects
Michael Halford	....	matte painter
Justin Hammond	....	lighting artist: Animal Logic
John H. Han	....	effects supervisor
Mark Harmon	....	character effects artist
Alexander Hartwin	....	visual effects: Animal Logic
Daniel Heckenberg	....	lead software developer
Jayne Herrmann	....	layout coordinator: Animal Logic
Jeffrey Charles Higgins	....	effects lead: Animal Logic (2010) (as Jeff Higgins)
Graham Hopkins	....	character effects supervisor
Lawrence Huang	....	senior lighting/compositing
Nathan Hughes	....	creative lead
Andras Ikladi	....	effects technical director
C. Jin Im	....	senior lighting artist
John Iskandar	....	lighting artist: Animal Logic
Silvio Jemma	....	effects technical director
Celia Jepson	....	senior lighter
Paul Jewell	....	digital effects artist
Jeffrey Johnson	....	lighting artist
Ingrid Johnston	....	co-production manager
Gregory John Jowle	....	environment supervisor
Eduardo Martin Julve	....	lighting technical director
Jens Kafitz	....	senior digital artist: surfacing
Ruslanova Katya	....	digital compositor: Animal Logic
Ruslanova Katya	....	digital matte painter: Animal Logic
Timothy Kenyon	....	lighting artist
Christopher Kerr	....	data services lead: Animal Logic
Uzma Khalid	....	digital artist
Christopher Kilshaw	....	lead character effects TD
Pauline Koh	....	render technical director
Jakub Krajcovic	....	systems engineer: Animal Logic
Yin Kun	....	visual effects artist
John Lai	....	senior lighting technical director
Nicolas Langlois-Demers	....	senior rigger / td
Mathias Lautour	....	lead surfacing artist
Fabio Leporelli	....	senior character artist
Julien Leveugle	....	compositing supervisor
Simon Lewis	....	effects technical director
Max Liani	....	lighting lead
Lyon Liew	....	character fx artist
Daniel Lopez	....	support engineer
Gregory Louden	....	visual effects technical assistant
Sam Loxton	....	character effects artist
Eric Lyman	....	CG modeler
Etienne Marc	....	lighting technical director
Justen Marshall	....	r&d supervisor
John Martin	....	visual effects artist: Character FX
Jack Noriaki Matsumoto	....	effects technical director: Animal Logic
Romain Maurer	....	visual effects
David McCormick	....	visual effects artist
David McCormick	....	visual effects artist
Matthew McCosker	....	compositor
Graeme McGirr	....	lighting artist: Animal Logic
Stefan Minning	....	look development TD
Pat Moreira	....	assembly technical director: Animal Logic
Melissa D. Moss	....	compositor
Fabian Mueller	....	lead layout artist
Fabian Mueller	....	stereoscopic lead
Rémi Munier	....	character technical director
Ramachari Murali	....	visual effects artist
Eoin Murphy	....	lead software developer
Joshua Murtack	....	character rigging supervisor
Serena Rainbow Naramore	....	digital compositor (as Serena Naramore)
Martin Newcombe	....	surfacing artist
Adele Ng	....	lighting technical director
Kevin Ng	....	support engineer
Alice Ngo	....	surfacing/ texture artist
An Nguyen	....	software developer: Animal Logic
Carlos-Christian Nickel	....	senior key lighting artist
Catalin Niculescu	....	character technical director
Jamie Nimmo	....	digital compositor
Johan Nordenson	....	senior character artist
Mark Norrie	....	lighting technical director: Animal Logic
Tristan North	....	lighting lead
Joshua Nunn	....	lighting technical director: Animal Logic
Alfie Olivier	....	animator
Alex G. Ortoll	....	senior compositor
Jean-Sebastien Ouellet	....	digital artist: lighting
Murali P.R.	....	visual effects artist
Pierre Pages	....	lighting technical director
Viviana Palacios	....	senior lighting artist: Animal Logic
Scott Palleiko	....	digital effects artist: Animal Logic
James Parente	....	character effects artist
Michael J. Parker	....	lighting and compositing artist
Jeremie Passerin	....	character technical director
Adrian Paul	....	software developer: Animal Logic
Florian Perret	....	senior surfacing artist
Nandan Phansalkar	....	character fx lead
Camil Planella	....	digital artist
Jason Pomerantz	....	production supervisor (IMAX Version)
Christian Poullay	....	assembly td
Daniel Powter	....	data services technician: Animal Logic
Daniel Pozo	....	tech animator: Animal Logic
Aitor Prieto	....	software engineer: research and development
Jeremy Pronk	....	lighting technical director
Carl Prud'homme	....	senior surfacing artist
Eugene Purugganan	....	systems engineer: Animal Logic
Sébastien Quessy	....	lead effects technical director
Heribert Raab	....	visual effects artist
Orash Rahnema	....	lighter
Orash Rahnema	....	senior modeller
Ana Rankovic	....	digital artist: surfacing
Julia Retson	....	digital fx artist
Alessandro Riberti	....	digital artist: lighting
Tavis Roberts	....	render wrangler
Dylan Robinson	....	senior lighting technical director
Sascha Robitzki	....	animation technical director: Animal Logic
Sascha Robitzki	....	lead crowd technical director: Animal Logic
Lee Romaire	....	pre-visualization puppets
Adam Ryan	....	senior character rigger
In Oh Ryu	....	lighter: Animal Logic
Johannes Saam	....	software technical director: Animal Logic
Francesco Sansoni	....	senior lighter
Aidan Sarsfield	....	digital supervisor
Ron Schab	....	effects artist
Denis Scolan	....	lighter: Animal Logic
Denis Scolan	....	senior compositor: Animal Logic
David Scott	....	lensing and previs director
Gourdal Sebastien	....	lighting artist
Shervin Shahidi	....	character technical director
Denys Shchukin	....	vfx td
Heekyung Shin	....	lighting technical director
Domenick Simpson	....	digital artist: lighting
Stephen Sloan	....	environment technical director
Cameron Sonerson	....	pre-visualization artist
Steven Soo	....	senior systems engineer: Animal Logic
Mark Sopuch	....	senior systems engineer: Animal Logic
Tim Sotiri	....	lighting technical director: Animal Logic
Nelson Sousa	....	cg modeler: Animal Logic
Jeremy Spencer	....	supervising assembly TD
Bill Spradlin	....	lighting and compositing
Christoph Sprenger	....	research and development
Bradley Stilwell	....	lighting/compositing
Grant Street	....	senior systems engineer: Animal Logic
Richard Sur	....	senior lighting technical director: Animal Logic
Lubos Gerardo Surzin	....	digital matte painter
Jeffrey Tan	....	data services: Animal Logic
Martin Tardif	....	senior lighting technical director
Dann Tarmy	....	senior lighting and compositing technical director
Fatema Tarzi	....	senior lighter
Paul Taylor	....	post services lead
Denis Teplyashin	....	research & development: Animal Logic
Alex Timbs	....	head of it: animal logic
Daniel C.J. Todd	....	visual effects artist
Matthew C. Tucker	....	render technical director
Olivier Van Zeveren	....	digital artist
Jon Veal	....	creature modeler
Artur Vill	....	character surfacing artist
Heidy Villafane	....	pre-visualization artist
Kao Vina	....	lighting artist
Radu Vintila	....	senior systems engineer: Animal Logic
Victor Wagner	....	visual effects artist
Ben Walker	....	digital matte painter
Faye Walkington	....	data services: Animal Logic
Ross Wallis	....	lighting technical director
Andreas Wanda	....	character and environment technical director
Jeremy Webber	....	senior systems engineer: Animal Logic
Kye Wein-Skeates	....	lighting artist
Craig Welsh	....	lighting and fx department supervisor
Holger Wenzel	....	surfacing artist
Ryan Weston	....	visual effects artist
Eric Whipp	....	digital colourist
Philip Whiteley	....	digital matte painter (as Philip Whitely)
Jonathan Wills	....	research and development: animal logic
Liam Witehouse	....	visual effects artist
Kai Wolter	....	research and development
Jamie Wood	....	digital artist
David Woodland	....	senior matte painter
Mert Yamak	....	lighting artist
Jeremy Yeo-Khoo	....	creature technical director
Gareth Young	....	pre-visualization artist
Mohand Zennadi	....	senior lighting technical director
Dioni Zhong	....	software developer
Chris Zwar	....	main title sequence
Dan Copping	....	lead layout artist (uncredited)
Stephanie Molk	....	visual effects artist: Animal Logic (uncredited)
Davide Pesare	....	senior shader writer (uncredited)

Stunts
Damon Caro	....	action coordinator
Allen Jo	....	stunt performer
Ralf Koch	....	stunt rigger
Matthew Rugetti	....	stunt performer
Jon Valera	....	stunt performer
Ryan Watson	....	stunts
Justin A. Williams	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Gavin Boyle	....	supervising layout lead: Animal Logic
Cyrille Caron	....	layout animatic camera

Animation Department
Laurence Andrews	....	layout artist
Simon Ashton	....	character animator
Simon Black	....	animator
Ian Blum	....	animator
Brendan Body	....	lead animator
Manuel Bover	....	animator
Ryan Bradley	....	animator
Christian Breitling	....	supervising animation technical director
Aaron Burton	....	animator
Mark Campbell	....	character concept artist
Eddie Chew	....	animator
Katie Cibinel	....	animator
Noel Cleary	....	character animator
Mike Cottee	....	lead animator
Bruce Creevey	....	animator
Ryan Cronin	....	animator
Stanley Darmawan	....	technical animator
Florent de La Taille	....	animator
Jérôme Dernoncourt	....	animator
Jonathan Dower	....	storyboard artist
Cecile Dubois-Herry	....	character animator
Matt Everitt	....	lead animator
Brian Eyre	....	character animator
Cristina Falcon	....	character animator
Anouchka Farrenc	....	character animator: Animal Logic
Dean Finnigan	....	animator
Kayn Garcia	....	animator
Mark Gelfuso	....	layout artist
Daniel Gerhardt	....	animator
Tim Gibson	....	lead animator
Julia Goehle	....	animator
Damien Gray	....	character supervisor
Daniel Harris	....	animator
Grant Harris	....	animator
Nicole Herr	....	senior character animator: Animal Logic
Andrew Hunt	....	lead animator
Scott Hurney	....	technical animator
Simon Irvine	....	animator
Bhakar James	....	crowd technical director
Martin Jimenez	....	animator
Mascha Jürgens	....	senior character animator
Tim Kings-Lynne	....	animator
Sweekim Lai	....	character finaling TD
Sweekim Lai	....	character surfacing
Warren J.W. Leathem	....	animator
Eric Leighton	....	animation director
Stein Lotveit	....	animator
Brett Margules	....	animator
Virginia Mielke	....	senior layout artist
Adrian Millington	....	animator
Eoin Murphy	....	layout artist
Paul Newberry	....	animator
Tonya Noerr	....	animator
Alfie Olivier	....	animator
Chris Olsen	....	animator
Hunjin Park	....	animator
Paul Perrott	....	animator
Lachlan Phillips	....	character finaling artist
Simon Pickard	....	lead animator
Jo Plaete	....	animation crowd technical director
Daniel Pozo	....	character animator: Animal Logic
Thomas Price	....	animator
Ilaria Ragusa	....	character finaling TD
Magali Rigaudias	....	animation lead
Andrew Ritchie	....	senior layout artist
Tim Rowlandson	....	animator
Craig Rutherford	....	animator
Pierre Salazar	....	senior modeler
Ron Schab	....	character animator
Christian So	....	character animator
Nick Stein	....	character finaling artist
Lindsay Thompson	....	animator
Egbert Tjong	....	layout artist
Vincent Truitner	....	animator
Eli Tucker	....	character effects artist
Jon Turburfield	....	lead animator
Les Turner	....	animator
Claudius Urban	....	animator
Alex Vaida	....	character modeler
Alex Vaida	....	technical animator
Bil Van Ness	....	character animator
John Vassallo	....	animator
Alex Weight	....	animation supervisor
Jakob Welner	....	animator
David Williams	....	character animator

Casting Department
Arlene Kiyabu	....	casting assistant
Danielle Long	....	casting associate
Jennifer Weinstein	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Ryan Boucher	....	additional editor
Christine Cheung	....	second assistant editor
Sam Chynoweth	....	assistant digital colorist (as Samuel Chynoweth)
Martin Connor	....	additional editor
Andrew Corsi	....	editorial assistant
Katey Freyburg	....	editorial assistant
Alicia Gleeson	....	additional editor
Alicia Gleeson	....	associate film editor
Ben Joss	....	first assistant editor
Henry Karjalainen	....	first assistant editor
Michael LeMinh Nguyen	....	assistant editor
Semih Ozkoseoglu	....	second assistant editor
Daniel Paress	....	post-production coordinator
Matt Perry	....	story reel editor
Gregg Schaublin	....	digital intermediate producer: technicolor 3d version
Jonathan Tappin	....	assistant editor
Matt Villa	....	additional editor
Sarra Watts	....	digital intermediate colorist
Eric Whipp	....	digital colorist

Music Department
Craig Beckett	....	music editor
Elaine Beckett	....	studio manager: Trackdown Studios
Daniel Brown	....	score recordist
Ricky Edwards	....	orchestrator
James Ezra	....	assistant scoring engineer
Jason Fernandez	....	music editor
Alex Henery	....	contractor
Peter Hoyland	....	score coordinator
Brett Kelly	....	conductor
James K. Lee	....	orchestrator
Daryl McKenzie	....	orchestrator
Ewan Mitchell	....	floor manager: Trackdown Studios
Ewan Mitchell	....	studio floor manager: Trackdown Studios
Gerry O'Riordan	....	score mixer
Gerry O'Riordan	....	score recordist
Gerry O'Riordan	....	scoring engineer
Nicholas Rowse	....	floor manager: Trackdown Studios
Nicholas Rowse	....	studio floor manager: Trackdown Studios
Tim Ryan	....	music editor

Other crew
Yalda Armian	....	production coordinator
Vanessa Armitage	....	production coordinator
Sandra Beerenbrock	....	production coordinator
Dudley Birch	....	closing credits
Francie Brown	....	dialect coach: adr
Lexie Busby	....	production coordinator (as Lexie Durbridge)
Damon Caro	....	action designer
Trevor Christie	....	production liaison
Warren Coleman	....	creative consultant
Katherine C. Concepcion	....	recruiter
Felicity Coonan	....	title designer
Morenike Dosu	....	assistant to Imke Fehrmann
Morenike Dosu	....	titles coordinator
Louise Estephan	....	recruitment coordinator
Matt Gamboa	....	assistant to Donald De Line
Toby Gibson	....	production liaison
Matthew Gidney	....	story department supervisor: art previs layout edit
Matthew Gidney	....	story mode supervisor
Ryan Heelan	....	production coordinator
Nick Hore	....	training supervisor
Gabrielle Joosten	....	senior stereoscopic coordinator
Krista Jordan	....	recruiter
Patricia Kung	....	senior recruiter
Steven Lees-Smith	....	support engineering supervisor
Linda Luong	....	production coordinator
Chrissy Metge	....	production coordinator
Nick Ocean	....	production coordinator
Alex G. Ortoll	....	lead artist: titles
Alex G. Ortoll	....	main title sequence lead
Julie Podolski	....	production coordinator
Belli Ramirez	....	senior production coordinator
Kim Rickard	....	recruitment supervisor
Stephen Rutter	....	travel manager
Lisa Santo-Buchler	....	assistant to producer, Zareh Nalbandian
Ozen Sayidof	....	production coordinator
Jeszen Shih	....	artist management coordinator
Nathan Smith	....	lab liaison
Alexs Stadermann	....	head of story
Debbie Steer	....	production coordinator
Chris Swinbanks	....	production services technical manager
Jo Ann Tan	....	software development coordinator
Sharon Taylor	....	production accountant
Nicky Tinsley	....	production coordinator
Rachel Topp	....	production coordinator
Kareem Yassih	....	render resource manager
Chris Zwar	....	lead artist: titles
Benjamin Jones	....	render wrangler (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Warner Bros (presents)
• Village Roadshow Pictures
• Animal Logic

Distributors

• Columbia TriStar Warner Filmes de Portugal (2010) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros (2010) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2010) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2011) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Animal Logic

Other Companies

• Apollo Productions / AAR Digital  advertising and promotions
• Australian Museum, The  special thanks
• Big Bang Sound  sound editorial and mixing
• Big Bang Sound  sound post-production
• Buttons Sound  sound post-production
• Deluxe Australia  digital film recording
• Deluxe Stageone Sound Australia  re-recording studio (as Deluxe Australia)
• Digital Media Services (DMS)  digital marketing asset management
• Fox Studios Australia  special thanks (as Management and Staff of Fox Studios Australia)
• Gallagher Entertainment  insurance (uncredited)
• Hewlett Packard  special thanks (as HP)
• Optical & Graphic  end credit roller
• Pepper Sound  ADR recording facility
• Redline Sound Studios  dialogue recording facility
• Rotor-Lift Tasmania  special thanks
• Screen Australia  the producers wish to thank
• Showfilm  travel agent
• Technicolor  release printing
• Trackdown Studios  adr recorded and mixed at (as the Simon Leadley Scoring Stage, Trackdown Studios, Sydney)
• Trackdown Studios  score recorded and mixed at (as the Simon Leadley Scoring Stage, Trackdown Studios, Sydney)
• WaterTower Music  soundtrack

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG for some sequences of scary action

Runtime:

USA:97 min | UK:101 min (IMAX Version)

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:U | USA:PG (certificate #46263) | Finland:K-11 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:PG | Philippines:G (MTRCB) | Japan:G | South Korea:All | Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:Atp | Brazil:Livre | Singapore:PG | UK:PG | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Sweden:7 | Germany:12 | Germany:6 (cut) | Spain:T/i

Filming Locations:

Fox Studios, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Warner Bros

Trivia:

Hugh Jackman was originally cast.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Grimble is fighting Nyra, he is attacked by two "Pure One" guards. After taking down the second guard, we see the ground where the two bodies should be, but are mysteriously not.

Quotes:

Digger:[to Soren and Gylfie] Do you even know the way to the Sea of Hoolemere? Twilight knows the way.
Twilight:Of course I know the way! We are off to the Sea of Huladance!
Digger:[whispers] It's Hoolemere.
Twilight:...Hoolemere!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews: Happy Feet 2 (#4.10)" (2011)

Soundtrack:

COMING HOME

Most dazzling visuals ever, superb. loved it.

Legend of the Guardians: Owls of Ga'Hoole surprised me. I was expecting a childish movie, but this in fact is for a much more mature audience, kids will not like it for sure as it is really dark. Snyder stays in lieu of his previous films with his infamous slow motion effect. The visual effects are absolutely dazzling, it nearly looks real down to the feathers. it is in fact one of the most biggest visual masterpiece ever, extraordinary splendid special effects. In short, it's one of the best animated films of the year. It's the perfect movie to bring your family (and maybe friends as well) and enjoy. Have no worries, sit back, and enjoy the ride. And seeing it in 3D is a plus, no matter what anyone else says. The ending also hints at a sequel. Hope that's a possibility as Warner Bros. has a potential new family franchise at their hands. And I hope Snyder returns as well. Story-wise, it's obviously unoriginal, but it is told very well. This is due to the animation, which is absolutely, spectacularly stunning. There is a great amount of detail in the film, especially on the owls, you can see every feather, every movement they make, every gust of wind that brushes that pass their feathers. Director Zack Snyder (finally using his talents for the kids) puts his signature style to terrific use here, using the "ramping" (frantic slowing down and speeding up repeatedly) technique from his "300" and "Watchmen" for the action sequences, that will make one forget he is watching an animated film, let alone a movie that has talking owls. A splendid adventure sure to thrill children and fantasy buffs, while leaving everyone else passably entertained. Legend of the Guardians' dark tone and dazzling visuals are to be admired, even if they're ultimately let down by a story that never lives up to its full potential. I was very impressed with the film of a technical level. I don't why critics are complaining that it's incoherent and hard to follow. I had completely zero trouble following the narrative and the characters. The kids in the theater seemed to have no trouble either. I've heard critics say that you can't tell the characters apart and again that's rubbish. They are all very unique in how the talk, how they move, and how they look. No trouble at all. Also it's not that violent. There are deaths but never any blood. one of the rare best films, awesome, superb.