Riverworld (2010) (TV)

Director:

Stuart Gillard

Writers:

Robert Hewitt Wolfe (teleplay) &
Randall M. Badat (teleplay) ...
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Release Date:

18 April 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

The afterlife begins here.

Plot:

Welcome to Riverworld, a place of strange, watery beauty and the current abode of a fascinating cast of the recently (and not-so-recently) dead. It certainly isn't Heaven, but it just might be Hell. |

Plot Keywords:

Explosion | Loss Of Loved One | French Girl | Reference To The Hindenburg | Black Muslim

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Tahmoh Penikett	...	Matt Ellman
Mark Deklin	...	Sam Clemens
Peter Wingfield	...	Richard Burton
Jeananne Goossen	...	Tomoe Gozen
Alan Cumming	...	Judas Caretaker
Laura Vandervoort	...	Jessie Machalan
Chiara Zanni	...	Deborah Glass
Matty Finochio	...	Antonio Roja
Romina D'Ugo	...	Allegra Braccioforte de Venezia
Kwesi Ameyaw	...	Youseff Mbaye
Arnold Pinnock	...	Simon Porter
Bruce Ramsay	...	Francisco Pizarro
Meg Roe	...	Amalie Fabarge
Thea Gill	...	Female Caretaker
Matthew MacCaull	...	Hal Douglas
Alessandro Juliani	...	Daniel Glass
Aleks Paunovic	...	Bernardo
Michael Adamthwaite	...	Evgeny
Alex Zahara	...	Ludwig Dürr (night 2)
Terry Chen	...	Eddie (night 2)
Potjana Khong-Jaroen	...	Bomber (as Potjana Khongjaroen)
Tim Henry	...	Old Hal (night 1)
David Bloom	...	Old Antonio (night 1)
Tasha Simms	...	Old Deborah (night 1)
Jano Frandsen	...	Old Daniel (night 1)
Marilyn Norry	...	Mark Twain's Nurse (night 1)
Peter Shinkoda	...	Yoshinaka (night 2)
Donald Adams	...	Garren
Ava Russel	...	Garren's Daughter
Panou	...	Male Caretaker
Anna Carrizales	...	Female Slave
Nicole Rockmann	...	Woman at Camp
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Sharmaine Yeoh	...	Waitress (uncredited)

Directed by
Stuart Gillard

Writing credits
Robert Hewitt Wolfe		(teleplay) (as Robert Wolfe) &
Randall M. Badat		(teleplay) (as Randall Badat)
Robert Hewitt Wolfe		(story) (as Robert Wolfe) &
Hans Beimler		(story)
Philip Jose Farmer		Riverworld series of novels (as Philip José Farmer) and
Randall M. Badat		teleplay (night 2) (as Randall Badat)
Robert Hewitt Wolfe		(story) (night 2) and
Hans Beimler		(story) (night 2)

Produced by
Robert Halmi Jr.	....	executive producer
Robert Halmi Sr.	....	executive producer
Matthew O'Connor	....	executive producer
Michael O'Connor	....	producer
Tom Rowe	....	executive producer
Michael Shepard	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Jim Guttridge		(as James Guttridge)

Cinematography by
Thomas Burstyn		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
James R. Symons

Casting by
Stuart Aikins
Sean Cossey
Lynn Kressel
Kevin Kuffa

Production Design by
Michael Joy

Art Direction by
Paolo G. Venturi		(as Paolo Venturi)
Tony Wohlgemuth

Set Decoration by
Mark Lane

Costume Design by
Nancy Bryant

Makeup Department
Ian C. Ballard	....	key hair stylist (as Ian Ballard)
Sarah Koppes	....	hair assistant
Lisa Love	....	makeup department head
Amanda McGowan	....	makeup assistant
Amy St. Jean	....	assistant makeup artist
Juliana Vit	....	makeup assistant

Production Management
Michael O'Connor	....	post-production supervisor
Holly Redford	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Alex Burnett	....	third assistant director
Chris Lamb	....	second assistant director (as Christopher C. Lamb)
Mick MacKay	....	first assistant director
Mick MacKay	....	second unit director
Matthew O'Connor	....	second unit director

Art Department
Andrei Andrianko	....	assistant art director (as Andreian Drianko)
Behjat Benham	....	on-set dresser (as Behjat Benam)
Martin P. Blaine	....	construction foreman (as Martin Blaine)
Matthew Campbell	....	lead greens
Dave Carlson	....	set dresser
Brenda Chometsky	....	set decoration buyer
David Curley	....	construction coordinator (as Dave Curley)
Dylan Dowd	....	head greens
Jim Geddes	....	construction coordinator
Antonio Germinario	....	props builder
Antonio Germinario	....	props buyer
Tom Johnston	....	lead painter
Alex Kutschera	....	property master
Gordon Bud Lancaster	....	paint foreman (as Gordon Lancaster)
Troy Mazzucco	....	second assistant props
Don McGill	....	assistant property master
Dave Molson	....	construction buyer
Deborah Morriss	....	paint coordinator
Dave Paddon	....	assistant set decorator
Kevin Schmid	....	illustrator
Kevin Schmid	....	storyboard artist
Brad Shemko	....	assistant property master
Shelley Silverman	....	assistant art director
Scott Stewart	....	lead dresser
Claire Svastal	....	art department assistant
Jim Thorburn	....	set decoration buyer (as James Thorburn)

Sound Department
Jay Cheetham	....	backgrounds editor
Allyson Cole	....	assistant sound editor
Jacqueline Cristianini	....	dialogue supervisor
Graham Crowell	....	cable puller
David M. Cyr	....	sound mixer (as David J. Cyr)
Matt Dawson	....	adr mixer
Dario DiSanto	....	foley editor (as Dario Disanto)
Kris Fenske	....	sound effects editor
James Fonnyadt	....	sound designer
Matt Hovland	....	adr mixer
Graeme Hughes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kirby Jinnah	....	sound supervisor
Philip J. MacCormick	....	boom operator
Christine McLeod	....	dialogue editor
Laurie Melhus	....	post audio coordinator
Andrew Morgado	....	adr mixer
Glen Noseworthy	....	foley mixer
Belinda Pattison	....	assistant sound editor
Iain Pattison	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Quinton	....	assistant sound editor
Christopher M. Ray	....	m&e re-recording mixer (as Chris Ray)
Tony Rodney	....	assistant sound editor
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Paul Sharpe)
Shane Shemko	....	foley artist
Joshua Stevenson	....	assistant sound editor (as Josh Stevenson)
Ann Townshend	....	assistant sound editor (as Anne Townshend)
Cam Wagner	....	foley artist
James Wallace	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
David Barkes	....	special effects coordinator
Gerry Maynard	....	first assistant special effects
Joel McGowan	....	special effects best boy
Rob Tomsic	....	first assistant special effects
Sean Tyson	....	second assistant special effects

Visual Effects by
Steve Au	....	CG artist: Five VFX
Corey Bastiaans	....	CG artist: Five VFX
Frank Belina	....	CG artist: Five VFX
Chris Boettcher	....	Smoke artist
Paul Chapman	....	compositor: Five VFX
Patrick Conaty	....	compositor: Five VFX
Bryan Davies	....	CG artist: Five VFX
Arlend Engar	....	CG artist: Five VFX
Kornel Farkas	....	compositor: Five VFX
Ian Fenton	....	lead digital artist: Five VFX
Kevin Genzel	....	lead digital artist: Five VFX
Mark Goldberg	....	compositor: Five VFX
Nick Gray	....	technical supervisor: Five VFX
Brad Griffin	....	animator: Five VFX
Kristen Griffin	....	animator: Five VFX
Paul Griffin	....	animation supervisor: Five VFX
Alix Mackay	....	mountaineer: Five VFX (as Alix MacKay)
Kenneth Meyer	....	animation supervisor: Five VFX (as Ken Meyer)
Mark Rasmussen	....	compositor: Five VFX
Christopher J. Richardson	....	compositor: Five VFX (as Christopher Richardson)
Kennedy Shah	....	compositor: Five VFX
Jenn Strom	....	visual effects editor: Five VFX
Donald Tse	....	compositor: Five VFX
Bruce Turner	....	visual effects supervisor
Noel Wright	....	compositor: Five VFX

Stunts
Fraser Aitcheson	....	stunt performer
Kwesi Ameyaw	....	stunts
Dustin Brooks	....	stunt rigger
Clint Carleton	....	stunt performer
Laura Lee Connery	....	stunt performer
Brent Connolly	....	stunt performer
Crystal Dalman	....	stunts
Colin Decker	....	stunt rigger
Mark Deklin	....	stunts
Mike Desabrais	....	stunt performer
Matty Finochio	....	stunts
Lani Gelera	....	stunt performer
Jeananne Goossen	....	stunts
Rob Hayter	....	stunt performer
Jeff Hotte	....	safety diver
Jon Kralt	....	stunt performer
Larry Lam	....	fight choreographer
Don Lew	....	stunt performer
Kit Mallet	....	stunts
James Michalopolous	....	stunts
Aleks Paunovic	....	stunts
Tahmoh Penikett	....	stunts
Arnold Pinnock	....	stunts
Darryl Quon	....	stunt performer
Darryl Quon	....	stunt wire technician
Bruce Ramsay	....	stunts
Matt Reimer	....	stunt performer
Ronald Robinson	....	stunt performer (as Ron Robinson)
Todd Scott	....	stunt performer
Jon Stephenson	....	safety diver
Clay Virtue	....	stunt performer
Marshall Virtue	....	stunt coordinator
J.C. Williams	....	stunts
Peter Wingfield	....	stunts
Eli Zagoudakis	....	stunt double: Bruce Ramsay

Camera and Electrical Department
Dusty Anderson	....	lamp operator
John Brown	....	rigging gaffer
Whare Davis	....	company grip
Enrique del Rio	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Enrique Del Rio)
James Dittiger	....	stills photographer
Dean Ekstrom	....	company grip
Rob Graham	....	data manager
Spiro Grant	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Pauline Heaton	....	underwater director of photography (as Pauline R. Heaton)
Lionel Hebert	....	company grip
Ting Henson	....	best boy: lighting (as Ting Hensen)
H. Christopher Hunter	....	dolly grip (as Christopher Hunter)
William Kassis	....	gaffer (as Bill Kassis)
Tenzin Lhalungpa	....	Steadicam
Tenzin Lhalungpa	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Michael McLellan	....	key grip
Triston Nelson	....	camera trainee
Randal Platt	....	camera operator: "a" camera (as Randall Platt)
Geoff Roop	....	lamp operator
Krista Stumph	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Jase Tanner	....	generator operator
Leonard Taylor	....	lamp operator
Paul Thomson	....	best boy grip
A.J. Vesak	....	director of photography: helicopter
Nick Watson	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Ray Wong	....	data manager

Casting Department
Sara Brown	....	extras casting assistant
Kit Hayward	....	extras casting
J.J. Ogilvy	....	casting associate (as JJ Olgivy)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jessica Best	....	truck costumer
Jessica Costa	....	assistant costume designer
Marco Daxton	....	costumer
Slavica Grkavac	....	cutter
Tara R. Hinecker	....	background costumer
Hollie McBeth	....	costume dyer/breakdown
Ute Porath	....	cutter: leather
Allison Roy	....	seamstress
Jennifer K. Sharpe	....	set supervisor (as Jennifer Sharpe)
Trina Skare	....	background costumer

Editorial Department
Frank Robinson	....	colorist
Kelly Wong	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Kerry Galloway	....	music recording engineer
Rich Walters	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Ron Aimer	....	driver: cast
Ron Buyck	....	driver: cast (as Ronnie R. Buyck)
Louie Hausner	....	transport captain (as Louie J. Hausner)
Robert Hinds	....	driver: construction
Robin King	....	driver: cable truck
Al Parisien	....	driver: hair / MU trailer
John Parisien	....	driver: electrics tractor
Mickey Sangha	....	driver: honeywagon
Rainer Scheelisch	....	driver: construction
Duane Shearer	....	production driver
Jason Swetlikoe	....	driver: cast
John Swetlikoe	....	transport coordinator
Jovan Vujatovic	....	picture vehicle wrangler
Jovan Vujatovic	....	unit driver

Other crew
Tony Alcantar	....	dialect coach: pre-production
Blue Angus	....	boat wrangler (as Mark Angus)
David Jay Austin	....	boat wrangler
Violet Barisoff	....	craft service
Paddy Bickerton	....	legal affairs: Reunion Pictures
Byron Briscoe	....	boat wrangler (as Byron Brisco)
Shane Carlson	....	assistant production coordinator
Dawn Charette	....	set production assistant
Neal Clarance	....	chartered accountant
Jason Crosby	....	marine coordinator
Dixie Cutler	....	unit publicist
Mike Doiron	....	assistant location manager (as Michael Doiron)
Kathryn Drew	....	production accountant (as Kathryn M. Drew)
Allixandra East	....	stand-in (as Allixandrea East)
Than Hadjioannou	....	security coordinator
Kerry Hansen	....	horse wrangler
Tamara Harland	....	set production assistant
Dave Harvey	....	payroll (as David Harvey)
Ingrid Kenning	....	script supervisor (as Ingrid V. Kenning)
Brynn Kinnee	....	background coordinator
Brent Kudrick	....	boat wrangler
Katy Lew	....	production finance
Karen Lo	....	assistant location manager
Lucy MacLeod	....	production coordinator
Mike McDevitt	....	chef
Shauna Michell	....	office production assistant
Sandra Montgomery	....	script supervisor: second unit
T.J. O'Connor	....	set production assistant (as TJ O'Connor)
Christina Ollson	....	key production assistant
Lei Leng Ong	....	assistant to producers
Gabriella Pirocchi	....	assistant chef
Jennifer Pitcher	....	assistant: Mr. Gillard
Ken Poole	....	set production assistant
Paul Patrick Quinn	....	post production executive
Ross Redhead	....	studio manager
Tracey Renyard	....	location manager
Jarod Ridge	....	assistant coordinator
Gwyn E. Shipman	....	boat wrangler (as Gwyn Shipman)
Brian L. Smith	....	accounts payable
Stephen Tibbetts	....	stand-in
Danny Virtue	....	horse coordinator
Danny Virtue	....	trainer

Production Companies

• Reunion Pictures
• Riverworld Productions

Distributors

• Sonar Entertainment (II) (2010-) (worldwide) (all media)
• Syfy (2010) (USA) (TV)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Bridge Entertainment Group (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Koch Media (2011) (Germany) (DVD)
• Syfy Universal (2010) (Belgium) (TV) (limited)
• Syfy Universal (2010) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Thunderbird Films (2010) (Canada) (TV)

Special Effects

• Five VFX (visual effects) (as Five Visual Effects)

Other Companies

• Atkins & Company  legal services
• Background, The  walla group
• Globojam Productions  soundtrack
• Line 21 Media Services Ltd.  closed captioning
• Line 21 Media Services Ltd.  post-production script
• NovaStar Digital  adr facilities and services
• Paramount Production Support  grip & electric package (as Paramount Production Services)
• SIM Digital / Bling Digital  camera equipment provided by (as Sim Video)
• Sharpe Sound Studios  audio post production
• Tivoli Moving Pictures Caterers  catering (as Tivoli Moving Picture Caterers)
• Watershed Digital  digital post production

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Canada:178 min | Germany:189 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Reunion Pictures

Trivia:

This miniseries was produced for the U.S. SyFy channel, and a large part of the cast consists of actors who have previously appeared in SyFy (previously "SciFi") productions, such as: Tahmoh Penikett and Alessandro Juliani ("Battlestar Galactica" (2004)); Alan Cumming ("Tin Man" (2007)); Peter Wingfield ("Caprica" (2009)); Kwesi Ameyaw("Battlestar Galactica" (2003) and "Eureka" (2006)); Arnold Pinnock ("Warehouse 13" (2009)).

Quotes:

Samuel Clemens:The only real enemy in this life is despair, my friend.

Movie Connections:

Version of Riverworld (2003) (TV)

Sci-Fi (OK, "SyFy") Has Done it Again!

What they've done is to take a great story created by a great writer (Philip Jose Farmer) and turn it into an unbelievable mess. To top it off, they did it TWICE. I have to hand it to them, though--this pile of crap is even higher and smellier than the first effort back in 2003. Granted, they had a lot of help from directors and writers and production companies that know nothing about SF, but SyFy gets the bulk of the blame here.

Two of Farmer's short pieces, "The Day of the Great Shout" (1965) and "The Suicide Express" (1966), evolved into a truly wonderful story, published in novel form and entitled "To Your Scattered Bodies Go" (1971).

In Farmer's story, everyone who ever lived on Earth have found themselves resurrected as healthy, young, and naked people on the grassy banks of an enormous river. Given food, but with no clues to the meaning of their strange new afterlife, billions of people from every period of Earth's history--and prehistory--must start again.

Prior to the event that came to be known as "Resurrection Day," Sir Richard Francis Burton gains an unplanned glimpse behind the scenes and is the first to realize that the Riverworld is no traditional afterlife. This forbidden sight would spur the renowned 19th-century explorer to uncover the truth. Along with a remarkable group of compatriots, including Alice Liddell Hargreaves (the Victorian girl who was the inspiration for Alice in Wonderland), an English-speaking Neanderthal, a WWII Holocaust survivor, and a wise extraterrestrial. Burton sets sail on the magnificent river to learn the truth.

Giving the newly resurrected metal, technology, horses and all the rest spoils the whole concept by depriving the viewer of the experience of seeing human beings take the very little they start with and build something wonderful.

Go read the book--this movie is a waste of time.