Tales of the Black Freighter (2009) (V)

Directors:

Daniel DelPurgatorio
Mike Smith

Writers:

Zack Snyder (screenplay)
Alex Tse (screenplay)
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Release Date:

24 March 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Short | Action | Adventure | Horror

Plot:

A mariner survives an attack from the dreaded pirates of the Black Freighter, but his struggle to return home to warn it has a horrific cost. |

Plot Keywords:

Mariner | Pirate | Sword | Crushed To Death | Voice Over Narration

Cast

Gerard Butler	...	The Sea Captain (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cam Clarke	...	Money Lender (voice)
Siobhan Flynn	...	Sea Captain's Daughter (voice)
Jared Harris	...	Ridley (voice)
Salli Saffioti	...	Sea Captain's Daughter (voice)
Lori Tritel	...	Sea Captain's Wife (voice)
Bridget Hoffman	...	Sea Captain's Wife (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Daniel DelPurgatorio
Mike Smith

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alan Moore		graphic novel "Watchmen" (uncredited)
Zack Snyder		screenplay
Alex Tse		screenplay

Produced by
Kyle Clark	....	executive producer
Wesley Coller	....	executive producer
Lawrence Gordon	....	executive producer
Lloyd Levin	....	executive producer
Brian McNulty	....	producer
Deborah Snyder	....	executive producer
Zack Snyder	....	executive producer
Karen Mayeda Vranek	....	producer

Original Music by
Tyler Bates

Film Editing by
Jake Patton

Casting by
Andrea Brown

Production Design by
David Vyle Levy
Chris Watts

Production Management
Tim Archer	....	post-production supervisor
Shanna Bassinger	....	head of studio production
Harry Michalakeas	....	head of studio pipeline development

Art Department
Ronnie Bates	....	conceptual designer
Kody Chamberlain	....	conceptual designer
Goran Delic	....	conceptual designer
Daniel DelPurgatorio	....	conceptual design
Dave Gibbons	....	illustrator: graphic novel
Justin Harder	....	conceptual designer
Brandon Jeffords	....	conceptual designer
Brandon Jeffords	....	storyboard artist
Andrew Knight	....	storyboard artist
Robert Valley	....	storyboard artist

Sound Department
T.J. Callaway	....	dialogue & effects work-track editing
Derek Pippert	....	foley editor
Frank Pittenger	....	dialogue & effects work-track editing

Visual Effects by
Jeffrey Alcantara	....	compositing supervisor
Walter Behrnes	....	digital effects lead
Jared Brower	....	background digital painter
Chris Browne	....	compositor
Laura Bussinger	....	production coordinator
Cheryl Davis	....	compositor
Manny Dubon	....	iq artist
Rob Foster	....	compositor
Devadas George	....	compositor
Richard Gouge	....	compositor
Tiffany Grant	....	compositor
Elizabeth Hauser Hemme	....	lead compositor (as Elizabeth Hauser)
Barrett Lewis	....	compositor
William Scott McCullough	....	compositor
John Nesselrodt	....	compositor
Sungman Pyun	....	compositor
Mike Roy	....	title design
Jake Rusch	....	digital effects artist
Augusto Schillaci	....	digital supervisor
Wayne A. Shepherd	....	digital compositor: At The Post
Wonchan Song	....	compositor
Julie Terrell	....	compositor
Michael Walton	....	compositor
Mark Whiting	....	color script

Animation Department
Lubomir Arsov	....	character designer
Saul Chung	....	animation director
Bryan Engram	....	head of studio animation
Sylvia Filcak	....	color model artist
Robert Harand	....	layout artist
Mike Smith	....	character designer
Dan Segarra	....	background character animator (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Des Carey	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Ahren Shaw	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Nick Baxter	....	protools engineer
Tony Blondal	....	midi preparation
Gustavo Borner	....	scoring mixer
Ross DeRoche	....	supervising music copyist
Darrell Hall	....	music editor
Justin Moshkevich	....	protools engineer
Tim Williams	....	composer: additional music
Tim Williams	....	conductor
Tim Williams	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Oliver Benavidez	....	production assistant
Chris Butler	....	production assistant
Kyle Craig	....	digital production assistant
Cassandra Fauss	....	production analyst
Matthew Homeyer	....	production assistant
Jasmine Johnson	....	production coordinator
David Parrish	....	artist management
Chuck Peil	....	vice president of business development
Matt Pittman	....	digital production assistant

Production Companies

• Warner Premiere
• Paramount Pictures
• Legendary Pictures (in association with)
• DC Comics
• Reel FX Creative Studios
• Warner Bros

Distributors

• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Premiere

Other Companies

• Big Star Enterprise  animation by
• Modern VideoFilm  digital intermediate

Also Known As:

"Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter and Under the Hood" - USA (long title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violent and grisly images

Runtime:

26 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | UK:15 | Australia:MA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Brazil:18 | Germany:18 | Finland:K-18 (self applied)

Company:

Warner Premiere

Trivia:

Gerard Butler got his role in this after Zack Snyder couldn't find him a role in Watchmen (2009).

Quotes:

[last lines]
The Sea Captain:I was a horror; amongst horrors must I dwell.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Watchmen (2009)

Soundtrack:

Pirate Jenny

An emotional masterpiece

I regard this more as something stand alone than something that accompanies The Watchmen. It is the perfect example of an animated short. The entire plot is chilling from start to end especially with Butlers sterling performance as the Sea Captain. The animation i was quite surprised how much i actually liked it as i did not expect a great deal of detail- but it looks extremely effective. I can only hope in the directors cut of Watchmen that it makes an appearance between the film as it did in the graphic novel. Though it is unfair to constantly relate this back to the film as it is its own work and has its own merits.

For me it is exactly what i wanted it to be, a haunting exploration of the inner mind.