Green Lantern: First Flight (2009) (V)

Director:

Lauren Montgomery

Writer:

Alan Burnett (written by)

Release Date:

28 July 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Beware his power.

Plot:

Test pilot Hal Jordan finds himself recruited as the newest member of the intergalactic police force, The Green Lantern Corps.

Plot Keywords:

Lantern | Guardian | Corps | Battle | Training

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Christopher Meloni	...	Hal Jordan / Green Lantern (voice)
Victor Garber	...	Sinestro (voice)
Tricia Helfer	...	Boodikka (voice)
Michael Madsen	...	Kilowog (voice)
John Larroquette	...	Tomar-Re (voice)
Kurtwood Smith	...	Kanjar Ro (voice)
Larry Drake	...	Ganthet (voice)
William Schallert	...	Appa Ali Apsa (voice)
Malachi Throne	...	Ranakar (voice)
Olivia d'Abo	...	Carol Ferris (voice)
Richard Green	...	Cuch (voice)
Juliet Landau	...	Labella (voice)
David L. Lander	...	Ch'p (voice)
Richard McGonagle	...	Abin Sur (voice)
Rob Paulsen	...	Weaponers (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Arisia Rrab (voice)
Jim Wise	...	Lieutenant (voice)
Bruce W. Timm	...	Bug Boy (voice) (as Bruce Timm)

Directed by
Lauren Montgomery

Writing credits
Alan Burnett		(written by)

Produced by
Alan Burnett	....	co-producer
Bobbie Page	....	producer
Sam Register	....	executive producer
Linda Steiner	....	co-producer
Bruce W. Timm	....	producer (as Bruce Timm)

Original Music by
Robert J. Kral		(as Robert Kral)

Film Editing by
Rob Desales

Casting by
Andrea Romano

Art Direction by
Hiroshi Nitta

Production Management
John Diaz	....	production manager
Geno DuBois	....	production supervisor
Ben Kalina	....	production manager
Gregory Noveck	....	executive in charge of production: DC Comics
Howard Schwartz	....	production supervisor
David Vasquez	....	assistant production manager

Art Department
Chris Battle	....	prop designer
Christopher Berkeley	....	storyboard artist
Andy Chiang	....	prop designer
Tim Eldred	....	storyboard artist
Robert Fletcher	....	models: 3d
Robert Fletcher	....	prop designer
Elsa Garagarza	....	storyboard artist
Kyoko Ishida	....	digital ink and paint (as Kyoko Yoshida)
Tomoko Isobe	....	digital ink and paint
Dean Kelly	....	storyboard artist
Sayaka Kubo	....	digital ink and paint
Arthur Lee	....	prop designer (as Art Lee)
Kalvin Lee	....	storyboard artist
Sam Liu	....	storyboard artist
Aiko Miyazaki	....	digital ink and paint
Lauren Montgomery	....	storyboard artist
Jay Oliva	....	storyboard artist
Masumi Otsuka	....	digital ink and paint
Ethan Spaulding	....	storyboard artist
Lesean Thomas	....	storyboard artist
Keo Thongkham	....	storyboard artist
Adam Van Wyk	....	storyboard artist
Brandon Vietti	....	storyboard artist
Alan Wan	....	storyboard artist
James Yang	....	storyboard artist
Jevon Bue	....	visual development (uncredited)
José López	....	visual development (uncredited)
Gary Montalbano	....	visual development (uncredited)

Sound Department
George Brooks	....	sound effects editor
Jeff O. Collins	....	recording machine operator
Kelly Ann Foley	....	adr editor (as Kelly Foley Downs)
Kelly Ann Foley	....	dialogue editor (as Kelly Foley Downs)
Robert Hargreaves	....	foley artist
Robert Hargreaves	....	sound designer
Robert Hargreaves	....	sound effects editor
Robert Hargreaves	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Hegedes	....	sound re-recording mixer (as John K. Hegedes)
Mark Keatts	....	adr editor (as Mark A. Keatts)
Mark Keatts	....	dialogue editor (as Mark A. Keatts)
Fred Salinas	....	track reader
Bill Devine	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Bill Devine	....	original dialogue recording engineer (uncredited)
Brian Seagrave	....	audio post-conform (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Park Chang Jeub	....	digital artist
Shunsuke Fukui	....	digital artist
Tomohiko Kan	....	digital artist
Kai Makino	....	digital artist
Shin Misawa	....	digital artist
Junko Miyakawa	....	digital artist
Chris Manabe	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Animation Department
Mitsue Akiyama	....	assistant animator
Robert Alvarez	....	animation timer
Enzo Baldi	....	background key clean-up
Matthew Benzinger	....	animation intern
Kim Bowen	....	digital painter
Jan Browning	....	animation checker
Jevon Bue	....	background designer
Brian Castleforte	....	main title animator
Andy Chiang	....	model clean-up
Annamarie Costa	....	animation checker
Hiroaki Endo	....	digital background artist
Yumi Enosawa	....	animation checker
Christophe Ferreira	....	key animator
Nozomi Fujii	....	key animator
Yoshiko Fujikawa	....	key animator
Kazuyuki Fujita	....	key animator
Masayuki Fujita	....	key animator
Kazuhiro Fukuchi	....	key animator
Taichi Furumata	....	animation director
Joseph Gall	....	animatic (as Joe Gall)
Walter Gatus	....	character designer
Chuck Gefre	....	animation checker
Peter Girardi	....	additional CG animator
Peter Girardi	....	main title animator
Chieko Haga	....	assistant animator
Jeff Hall	....	animation timer
Noriko Hara	....	assistant animator
Chie Hashimoto	....	assistant animator
Akio Hirakawa	....	animation director
Kaoruko Hirata	....	assistant animator
Tatsuo Honda	....	key animator
Gim Hyun Su	....	digital background artist
Takahisa Ichikawa	....	animation director
Kiyotaka Iida	....	key animator
Yukiko Iijima	....	digital background artist (as Yukiko Iizima)
Natsuko Iimori	....	key animator
Hiroshi Ishiodori	....	director: Telecom Animation Film
Mariko Iwasaki	....	key animator
Satoru Iyoki	....	assistant animator
Kimiko Kabeya	....	assistant animator
Kentarou Kamiyama	....	key animator
Hiroshi Kanazawa	....	animation director
Takeshi Katou	....	animation checker
Takeshi Katou	....	key animator
Gordon Kent	....	animation timer
Hye-Jung Kim	....	color stylist
Kouhei Kita	....	assistant animator
Takayuki Kitagawa	....	key animator
Tomoyo Kobayashi	....	color checker
Naoko Koge	....	color assignment
Hatsue Koizumi	....	key animator
Tetsuya Koshizaki	....	key animator (as Tetuya Koshizaki)
Chun Liu	....	background painter
Michel Lyman	....	animation timer (as R. Michel Lyman)
José López	....	character designer
Chuck Martin	....	animation checker
Shôko Maruyama	....	assistant animator
Megumi Masaoka	....	assistant animator
Toshihiko Masuda	....	key animator
Katsuji Matsumoto	....	key animator (as Katuji Matsumoto)
Misa Matsuoka	....	assistant animator
Tom McLaughlin	....	animation timer
Yoshinobu Michihata	....	key animator
Atsuya Miura	....	key animator
Kaori Miyakawa	....	assistant animator
Gary Montalbano	....	background designer
Lauren Montgomery	....	character designer
Herb Moore	....	animation timer
Tomomi Morita	....	assistant animator
Hiroshi Murata	....	assistant animator
Miho Nagai	....	assistant animator
Yoshihiro Nakamura	....	key animator
Makoto Nakata	....	key animator
Mayuko Nishi	....	key animator
Sumie Nishido	....	assistant animator
Chie Nisihara	....	assistant animator
Hiroaki Noguchi	....	animation director
Fumie Nuibe	....	digital background artist
Osamu Nuita	....	key animator
Miki Okabana	....	assistant animator
Masahiro Okamura	....	key animator
Asahi Ono	....	key animator
Yuji Oonuki	....	digital background artist (as Yuji Ohnuki)
Miyako Oota	....	assistant animator (as Miyako Ota)
Sachio Ootaku	....	key animator
Rie Ootani	....	assistant animator
Shuta Osabe	....	key animator
Mina Osawa	....	assistant animator
Miyuki Oshiro	....	assistant animator
Keiko Oyamada	....	supervising director: Telecom Animation Film
Thomas Perkins	....	character designer
Miyuki Saito	....	animation checker
Fumiyo Saitou	....	key animator
Youko Sakurai	....	key animator
Yuriko Sato	....	digital background artist
Maho Satsuki	....	assistant animator
Eric Semones	....	background painter
Robert Shellhorn	....	animation timer (as Bob Shellhorn)
Yumiko Shirai	....	key animator
Kumiko Shishido	....	key animator
Yumi Sudarehata	....	key animator
Koichi Suenaga	....	animation director (as Kouichi Suenaga)
Park Sung Hoo	....	key animator
Hikaru Suzuki	....	assistant animator
Makoto Suzuki	....	key animator
Yasuyuki Suzuki	....	key animator
Masayuki Tachibana	....	assistant animator
Yukiko Tadakuma	....	digital background artist
Reina Takada	....	assistant animator
Saburô Takada	....	key animator
Ayako Takarada	....	assistant animator
Miyako Takasu	....	key animator
Yoichi Takata	....	key animator
Rie Takeuchi	....	digital background artist
Teiichi Takiguchi	....	key animator
Kana Tamiya	....	assistant animator
Atsuko Tanaka	....	key animator
Risa Tatara	....	key animator
Masako Terada	....	assistant animator
Nobuo Tomizawa	....	key animator
Natsumi Tomobe	....	animation checker
Kazuhide Tomonaga	....	director: Telecom Animation Film
Kazuyuki Toshida	....	key animator
Natuko Tosugi	....	digital background artist
Tetsuya Tsukamoto	....	key animator (as Tetuya Tsukamoto)
Mitsuyo Tsuno	....	key animator
Tetsurou Uetake	....	assistant animator
Setsuko Unno	....	key animator
Shin'ichi Wada	....	key animator (as Sinichi Wada)
James T. Walker	....	animation timing director (as James Tim Walker)
Yuko Washio	....	digital background artist
Kurika Yamagata	....	key animator
Tomoko Yamamoto	....	color coordinator
Yasuhiro Yamane	....	digital background artist
Takeshi Yamazaki	....	key animator
Yuichiro Yano	....	director: Telecom Animation Film
Hisao Yokobori	....	key animator
Toshio Yoshii	....	digital background artist
Wei M. Zhao	....	background painter (as Wei Zhao)
Gary Montalbano	....	additional character design (uncredited)

Casting Department
Liz Carroll	....	casting administrator
Susan Chieco	....	casting administrator

Editorial Department
Leonard Drorian	....	post-production administrator
Christopher D. Lozinski	....	on-line editor

Music Department
Suzi Civita	....	vice president of music
Christine H. Luethje	....	music editor (as Christine Luethje)
David Shephard	....	composer: additional music (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Donald Burdett	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Lori Blackstone	....	business and legal affairs
Zhenghua Gong	....	production staff
Luisa Guzman	....	production accountant
Kazuya Kamikawa	....	production staff
Michael Lagdameo	....	production administrator
Debbie Lindquist	....	production accountant
Tammy Middleton	....	production administrator
Kouta Nakagawa	....	production staff
Bonnie Negrete	....	business and legal affairs
Andrea Romano	....	voice director
Alyson Ruppel	....	production administrator
Junji Saitou	....	production staff
Osamu Taniguchi	....	production staff
Renee Toporzysek	....	production administrator
Athena Wingate	....	production accountant
Kimberly Withiam	....	business and legal affairs

Production Companies

• DC Comics
• Warner Bros. Animation
• Warner Premiere

Distributors

• Cinemax (2010) (Hungary) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Warner Premiere (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Other Companies

• DigiPost.TV  re-recording facility
• Telecom Animation Film Company  animation services
• Warner Brothers Post-Production Services  recording facilities

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action violence

Runtime:

USA:77 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #45354) | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (edited version) | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Spain:T

Company:

DC Comics

Trivia:

The Guardian Appa Ali Apsa is a major player in the DC Comics crossover event "Millennium".

Quotes:

[first lines]
Hal Jordan:I'll tell you, Carol, it's quite a sight up here. All those stars, the blue water. Reminds me of that night in Cabo. Remember the restaurant?
Carol Ferris:Hal, stay on the flight.
Hal Jordan:A lot of sangria that night. Boy, could you put it away.
Carol Ferris:Hal.
Hal Jordan:I don't know how we ever made it back to the hotel...

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Atop the Fourth Wall: The Incredible Hulk #1 (#5.48)" (2012)

well done

i thought this was a very well done animated movie.it's the origin story of how Hal Jordan became a Green Lantern.i have no idea how close it is to the original comic book origin.but i do knew,i loved the story.i thought it flowed very well,with a good mixture of action and drama.i thought the voice acting was terrific.plus,they seemed to have a good script to work with.i found the dialogue to be really good,as well.none of the usual cheese we tend to see in many animated or even live action movies.i think this particular animated film is as good as any of the recent spate of releases by both Marvel and DC,and it's certainly as entertaining.for me,Green Lantern:First Flight is an 8/10