"Persons Unknown" Shadows in the Cave (2010)

Director:

Michael Rymer

Writers:

Christopher McQuarrie (creator)
Remi Aubuchon (written by)

TV Series:

"Persons Unknown" (2010)

Original Air Date:

28 August 2010 (Season 1, Episode 13)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Hotel | Mental Patient | Surveillance Camera | Pavillion | Hotel Room

Cast

Jason Wiles	...	Joe Tucker
Daisy Betts	...	Janet Cooper
Chadwick Boseman	...	Graham McNair
Lola Glaudini	...	Kat Damatto
Tina Holmes	...	Moira Doherty
Kate Miner	...	Tori Fairchild (as Kate Lang Johnson)
Gerald Kyd	...	Mark Renbe
Kandyse McClure	...	Erika Taylor
Sean O'Bryan	...	Bill Blackham
Alan Ruck	...	Charlie Morse
Joanna Lipari	...	Angela Barragan / Director
Andy Greenfield	...	Night Manager
Michael Durrell	...	Dr. David Salinger
Michael Harney	...	Sam Edick
Carlos Lacamara	...	Detective Robert Gomez
Robert Picardo	...	Silver-Haired Man
Lee Purcell	...	Eleanor Sullivan
James Read	...	Franklin Fairchild
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Gabriela Ostos	...	Marisol
Alan Smyth	...	Liam Ulrich

Directed by
Michael Rymer

Writing credits
Christopher McQuarrie		(creator)
Remi Aubuchon		(written by) (as Rémi Aubuchon)

Produced by
Remi Aubuchon	....	executive producer (as Rémi Aubuchon)
Dee D'Orazio	....	associate producer
Mitch Engel	....	producer
Paul D. Goldman	....	associate producer
Sandy Isaac	....	co-executive producer
Linda McGibney	....	supervising producer
Christopher McQuarrie	....	executive producer
Heather McQuarrie	....	executive producer
Lorenzo O'Brien	....	producer
Michael R. Perry	....	consulting producer

Original Music by
Jeff Rona

Cinematography by
Jaime Reynoso		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Michael Stern

Art Direction by
Jay Aroesty

Set Decoration by
Joaquín de la Riva

Costume Design by
Gabriela Diaque

Makeup Department
Karina Rodríguez	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Aldo Jovan Diaz	....	unit manager
Aura Santamaria	....	assistant production manager

Art Department
Roberto Pizarro	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Adam De Coster	....	foley artist
Santiago Núñez	....	production sound mixer
John Peccatiello	....	sound designer
Chris Philp	....	sound re-recording mixer
Fred Tator	....	sound re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by
Tavis Larkham	....	visual effects producer

Camera and Electrical Department
Gustavo Castillon	....	first assistant camera
Carlos R. Diazmunoz	....	second unit cinematographer
Ruben Arellano Hernandez	....	assistant camera
Jesus LaBastida	....	gaffer
Gerardo Manjarrez	....	camera operator
Carlos Muñoz Portal	....	video assist operator
Juan Pablo Ortigosa M.	....	first assistant camera
Felipe Perez-Burchard	....	camera operator
Ricardo Pérez Tapia	....	assistant camera
Guillermo Rosas	....	camera operator
Javier Silvestre	....	assistant camera
Diego Sánchez	....	video & computer graphics supervisor
Raymundo Verde	....	first assistant camera

Casting Department
Rodrigo Urbano	....	casting: Mexico

Editorial Department
Albert Coleman	....	assistant editor
Wes Irwin	....	associate director of post-production
Jimena Tenorio	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Igor Nemirovsky	....	music intern (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Vicente Gil	....	transportation captain
Manuel Paredes Murillo	....	driver
Aura Santamaria	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Barbara Biddle	....	broadcast producer
Carlos E. Fonseca Mondragon	....	assistant production office coordinator
Agustin Gutierrez	....	production coordinator
Martín León	....	production assistant
Pancho Mansfield	....	studio executive
Chad McQuay	....	production accountant
Henry Robles	....	executive story editor
Steven White	....	script coordinator

Andy Greenfield

...

The Night Manager (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christopher McQuarrie		creator

Film Editing by
Julius Ramsay
Andres Riva Saft		(2009)

Production Design by
Kenneth Hardy
Cecilia Montiel

Art Direction by
Colin Thurston		(2009)

Production Management
Abel Cruz	....	assistant unit manager (2009)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
María Raquel Dioni	....	key second assistant director (2009)
Patrick Heyerdahl	....	second assistant director (episodes 102, 103, 105)

Art Department
Mario Alfaro	....	props assistant (2009)
Rene Corona	....	set dressing assistant (2009)
Abel Cruz	....	art department assistant (2009)
Abel Cruz	....	assistant: production designer (2009)
Alejandra Cuervo	....	property master (2009)
Cymbeline Deffis	....	set dressing coordinator (2009)
Federico Etcheverry	....	set dressing assistant (2009)
Monica Fuentes	....	set dressing assistant (2009)
Christian Galindo	....	graphic designer (2009)
Adriana Garduño	....	art department coordinator (2009)
Armando Lopez	....	set designer (2009)
Nidia Maciel	....	graphic designer (2009)
Armando Patino	....	senior graphic designer (2009)
Roberto Revilla	....	set dressing assistant (2009)
Sarah Ross	....	assistant: production designer (2009)
Diego Suárez Groult	....	graphic designer (2009)
Diego Suárez Groult	....	on-set dresser (2009)

Sound Department
Andrew Morgado	....	adr and foley mixer (2009)

Visual Effects by
Stephen Lebed	....	digital effects consultant (2009)
Salvador Tovar	....	digital compositor (2009)

Stunts
Hugo Aguilera	....	stunts (2009)
Odin Ayala	....	stunts (2009)
Omar Ayala	....	stunts (2009)
Balo Bucio	....	stunt coordinator (2009)
Toni Bucio	....	assistant stunt coordinator (2009)
Arturo Godínez	....	stunts (2009)
Eduardo Gomez	....	stunts (2009)
Paola Hernandez	....	stunt double (2009)
Carolina Jimenez	....	stunt double (2009)
Felipe Lopez	....	stunt double (2009)
Juan Carlos Olalde	....	stunts (2009)
Victor Hugo Ramirez	....	stunts (2009)
Alonso Rosado	....	stunts (2009)
Jordi Sendra Morales	....	stunt double (2009)
Priscilla Solorzano	....	stunt double (2009)
Rafael Valdez	....	stunts (2009)
César René Vigné	....	stunt double (2009)
Pablo Vinós	....	assistant stunt coordinator (2009)

Casting Department
Lisa Soltau	....	casting associate (2009)

Transportation Department
Alfonso Paredes	....	production driver (2009)

Other crew
Jose Manuel Ballesteros	....	catering coordinator (2009)
Abel Cruz	....	assistant production manager (2009)
Rodrigo Urbano	....	production assistant (2009)
Mario Zamacona	....	key production assistant (2009)
Mario Zamacona	....	key unit assistant (2009)

Production Companies

• Fox Television Studios

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2009) (USA) (TV)

Special Effects

• Stargate Studios

Other Companies

• Equipment & Film Design  camera equipment provided by

Country:

Mexico | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Fox Television Studios

Persons Unknown: Shadows in the Cave

*** This review may contain spoilers ***

A pretty decent finale.

I was not too upset that not everything was answered. Some hints were given and I like thinking about what it may be. It is still better than Lost's finale. An open end ending can be pretty cool after one season, but not after 7. And a lot of main questions were at least partially answered.

I loved the very end. First I thought they are all back at where they started. Program re-start, so to speak. But I did like how they passed on to the next level.

If there were another season I would really look forward to it