The Plan (2009) (V)

Director:

Edward James Olmos

Writer (WGA):

Jane Espenson (written by)

Release Date:

27 October 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

When the initial Cylon attack against the Twelve Colonies fails to achieve complete extermination of human life as planned, twin Number Ones (Cavils) embedded on Galactica and Caprica must improvise to destroy the human survivors. |

Plot Keywords:

Cylon | Hand Job | Body Double | Human Heart | Fighter Pilot

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Edward James Olmos	...	Commander William Adama (also archive footage)
Dean Stockwell	...	Brother Cavil (also archive footage)
Michael Trucco	...	Samuel Anders (also archive footage)
Grace Park	...	Lt. Sharon 'Boomer' Valerii (also archive footage)
Michael Hogan	...	Colonel Saul Tigh (also archive footage)
Aaron Douglas	...	Chief Galen Tyrol (also archive footage)
Callum Keith Rennie	...	Leoben Conoy (also archive footage)
Kate Vernon	...	Ellen Tigh (also archive footage)
Rick Worthy	...	Simon (also archive footage)
Lymari Nadal	...	Giana O'Neill
Matthew Bennett	...	Aaron Doral (also archive footage)
Rekha Sharma	...	Tory Foster
Tricia Helfer	...	Number Six / Shelly Godfrey (also archive footage)
Alisen Down	...	Jean Barolay
Tiffany Lyndall-Knight	...	Hybrid
Alonso Oyarzun	...	Specialist Socinus
Colin Corrigan	...	Nowart
Diego Diablo Del Mar	...	Hillard
Bruce Dawson	...	Coach
Lawrence Haegert	...	Wheeler
Maya Washington	...	Sue Shaun
Luvia Petersen	...	Kai
Richard Yearwood	...	Marine
Alex Ferris	...	Boy
Gina Vultaggio	...	Jemmy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leah Cairns	...	Lt. Margaret 'Racetrack' Edmondson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nicki Clyne	...	Cally Henderson (archive footage) (uncredited)
Alessandro Juliani	...	Felix Gaeta (archive footage) (uncredited)
Lucy Lawless	...	D'Anna Biers (archive footage) (uncredited)
Kandyse McClure	...	Anastasia Dualla (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tahmoh Penikett	...	Karl Agathon (archive footage) (uncredited)
Katee Sackhoff	...	Kara Thrace (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Edward James Olmos

Writing credits (WGA)
Jane Espenson		(written by)

Produced by
Maril Davis	....	associate producer
David Eick	....	executive producer
Jane Espenson	....	executive producer
Harvey Frand	....	producer
Ron French	....	producer (as Ron E. French)
Glen A. Larson	....	consulting producer
Paul M. Leonard	....	co-producer
Siân McArthur	....	co-producer
Ronald D. Moore	....	executive producer
Andrew Seklir	....	associate producer
Gregg Tilson	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Bear McCreary

Cinematography by
Stephen McNutt

Film Editing by
Michael Lim
Andrew Seklir

Production Design by
Richard Hudolin

Costume Design by
Glenne Campbell

Makeup Department
Vincenza Celentano-Smith	....	assistant makeup artist (as Vincenza Celentano)
Ankaraj Eden	....	key makeup artist
Patricia Murray	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Brooke Murphy	....	post-production supervisor
Wayne Rose	....	production manager
Todd Sharp	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Marian Koprada	....	third assistant director
Wayne Rose	....	second unit director
Jody Ryan	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Dylan Dowd	....	lead greens person
Lisle Fehlauer	....	set dresser
Colin Meacham	....	on-set dresser
Mark Prior	....	lead dresser
Maurice Woodworth	....	on-set dresser: second unit
Maurice Woodworth	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Rick Bal	....	sound mixer
Daniel Colman	....	sound designer
Daniel Colman	....	supervising sound editor
Greg Hewett	....	boom operator
Sam C. Lewis	....	supervising foley editor
Richard Partlow	....	foley artist
Naan Spiess	....	second boom operator

Special Effects by
Andrew Chamberlayne	....	special effects coordinator
Michael Radil	....	special effects assistant
William D. Ryan	....	first assistant

Visual Effects by
Greg Behrens	....	visual effects coordinator
Manuel Choi	....	render coordinator
Michael Davidson	....	visual effects artist
O.T. Hight	....	visual effects artist
Gary Hutzel	....	visual effects supervisor
Jeremy Lang	....	head of information technology
Randy Little	....	visual effects artist
James Allan May	....	visual effects artist
Heather McAuliff	....	digital compositor
David Takemura	....	visual effects coordinator
Farrah L. Welch	....	render assistant
Kelly Whitfield	....	visual effects production assistant

Stunts
Dustin Brooks	....	fire performer
Colin Decker	....	fire stunt assistant
Mike Mitchell	....	stunt coordinator
Dan Redford	....	stunt double
Chad Sayn	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Paul Akehurst	....	lightboard operator
Jonathan Chapman	....	rigging lamp operator
Darius de Andrade	....	camera trainee
Curt Griebel	....	key grip
Andrew Mackie	....	key rigging grip
Ryan McMaster	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Ryan McMaster	....	director of photography: second unit
Mike Sankey	....	digital imaging technician
Richard F. Spencer	....	director of photography: behind the scenes
Tim Spencer	....	camera operator "a" camera (2009)
Jeff Trebenski	....	gaffer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Linda Leduc	....	costume supervisor
Katherine Wigzell	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Matthew Gilna	....	assistant editor
Eric Lea	....	visual effects editor
Christopher Currall	....	on-line editor (uncredited)
Bettina Zachariah	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
John Avila	....	musician: bass
Michael Baber	....	music editor
Steve Bartek	....	musician: guitars
Chris Bleth	....	musician: ethnic woodwinds
Paul Cartwright	....	musician: violin
M.B. Gordy	....	musician: percussion
Ira Ingber	....	musician: guitars
Steve Kaplan	....	scoring engineer
Brandon Roberts	....	composer: additional music
Aaron Roethe	....	composer: additional music
Aaron Roethe	....	scoring coordinator
Laurence Schwarz	....	assistant engineer
Jordan Seigel	....	orchestrator
John W. Snyder	....	scoring assistant
Martin St. Pierre	....	musician: erhu
Dan Rimas	....	music licensing (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Brian Whitlock	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Laurie Boyle	....	production accountant
Jess Campbell	....	key production assistant
Kevin R. Grazier	....	science advisor
Brynn Kinnee	....	background coordinator
Glen A. Larson	....	original creator
Laura Livingstone	....	assistant production coordinator
Bonita Mackay-Larson	....	payroll clerk
Carol Marks-George	....	unit publicist
Julian Marles	....	location production assistant
Ben McGinnis	....	assistant to writer
Ronald D. Moore	....	developer
David Reed	....	script coordinator
Jessica Sawaf	....	office production assistant
Kent Sponagle	....	location manager
Nicole Stojkovich	....	second assistant coordinator

Thanks
Harvey Frand	....	in loving memory

Production Companies

• David Eick Productions
• R&D TV

Distributors

• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Amuse Soft Entertainment (2010) (Japan) (DVD)
• Sky Cinema (2010) (Germany) (TV)
• Super! Drama TV (2010) (Japan) (TV)
• Syfy (2010) (USA) (TV)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2010) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• William F. White International  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

"Battlestar Galactica: The Plan" - USA (video box title)

Runtime:

112 min | 90 min (TV version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | Netherlands:12 | Canada:14+ (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

David Eick Productions

Trivia:

The planet behind the Universal Studios logo in the beginning of the film is not Earth but instead the planet Caprica.

Quotes:

Ellen Tigh:[gasping] This has happened before. Oh gods, am I gonna die?
Brother Cavil:No, your suffering isn't over yet. Not when you've got so much left to learn.
Ellen Tigh:What?

Movie Connections:

References "Battlestar Galactica: Resistance (#2.4)" (2005)

What a complete and utter cock-up

Don't come looking for any kinds of answers here. The plan is nothing more than some cut scenes and clumsy looking additions that never really make for a really coherent whole. One possible general reason the movie falls down is that it tries to tell both stories (human & cylon) and really expects no previous knowledge of the series from the viewer. Even the effects feel weaker than in the series - perhaps as there are more of them.

If you want to add a bit of depth to the BSG world, watch the pilot of Caprica. That was much cooler and at least teased with the possibility of shedding some light onto the one-true-god nonsense of the Cylons. If you haven't seen the series, don't start here. You'll only think it's all rubbish. Watching the miniseries gives a fine (albeit a bit over long) start to the series, while the series is at its best from the second half of 1st season to the end of second season. Go there to see some fun and surprising scifi/drama.

Maybe a rating of 1 is excessive. But that's relative to the idea of the show and to the execution of the first couple of seasons that truly shined.

*EDIT* Original rating: 1 Corrected rating: 3 -- i did this simply to give the movie some credit, 'cause the performances are what they were in the series... and as I am huge BSG fan. My issues are with the promise and delivery (i.e. lack-of) the movie. *EDIT*