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Directed by | |||
| David Fincher | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Steven Zaillian | (screenplay) | |
| Stieg Larsson | (novel "Män som hatar kvinnor") | |
Produced by | |||
| Eli Bush | .... | co-producer | |
| Ceán Chaffin | .... | producer | |
| Jim Davidson | .... | associate producer | |
| Anni Faurbye Fernandez | .... | executive producer | |
| Malte Forssell | .... | line producer: Sweden | |
| Ryan Kavanaugh | .... | executive producer | |
| Berna Levin | .... | co-producer | |
| Scott Rudin | .... | producer | |
| Søren Stærmose | .... | producer | |
| Ole Søndberg | .... | producer | |
| Mikael Wallen | .... | executive producer | |
| Steven Zaillian | .... | executive producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Trent Reznor | |||
| Atticus Ross | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Jeff Cronenweth | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Kirk Baxter | |||
| Angus Wall | |||
Casting by | |||
| Laray Mayfield | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Donald Graham Burt | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Frida Arvidsson | |||
| Adam Davis | |||
| Linda Janson | |||
| Pernilla Olsson | |||
| Tom Reta | |||
| Patrick Rolfe | |||
| Kajsa Severin | |||
| Dawn Swiderski | |||
| Mikael Varhelyi | (supervising art director) | ||
| Steve Arnold | (additional photography) (uncredited) | ||
Set Decoration by | |||
| K.C. Fox | |||
| Erik Videgard | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Trish Summerville | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Mattias Berg | .... | prosthetic sculptor: Sweden | |
| Sharisse Fine | .... | key hair stylist | |
| Jenny Fred | .... | makeup and hair artist: Sweden | |
| Camilla Norberg Hansen | .... | assistant makeup artist | |
| Love Larson | .... | special effects makeup and hair artist: Sweden | |
| Donald Mowat | .... | makeup artist: Daniel Craig | |
| Angel Radefeld | .... | assistant department head makeup: Los Angeles | |
| Zoe Tahir | .... | hairstylist: Daniel Craig | |
| Eva Von Bahr | .... | makeup and hair department head: Sweden | |
| Torsten Witte | .... | makeup & hair department head | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Florian Engelhardt | .... | third assistant director: Switzerland | |
| Pontus Klänge | .... | second assistant director: Sweden | |
| Allen Kupetsky | .... | key second assistant director | |
| Hanna Nilsson | .... | additional second assistant director: Sweden | |
| Niklas Siöström | .... | second second assistant director: Sweden | |
| Rhys Summerhayes | .... | second second assistant director: London | |
| Bob Wagner | .... | first assistant director | |
| Pete Waterman | .... | second second assistant director | |
| Maileen Williams | .... | second second assistant director | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Tim Alexander | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Carlos A. Alfaro Jr. | .... | lead rotoscope artist: DDMG | |
| Omaikel Alfaro | .... | rotoscope artist: DDMG | |
| Christopher S. Allen | .... | digital painter | |
| Elizabeth Asai | .... | bidding producer | |
| Viviane Assaad | .... | rotoscoper: DDMG | |
| Eric Barba | .... | visual effects supervisor | |
| Lluis Barcelo | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Jeff Barnes | .... | vp/gm ddmg vfx dept | |
| Eric M. Beaver | .... | lead compositor | |
| Aaron Beebe | .... | production coordinator: DDMG | |
| Joel Behrens | .... | compositor: Digital Domain | |
| Gustavo Bellon | .... | digital compositor: Ollin Studio | |
| Mattias Bergbom | .... | visual effects consultant | |
| Lisa Beroud | .... | visual effects producer: Digital Domain | |
| Vincent Blin | .... | Flame artist | |
| Charlie Bolwell | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Christopher Boylan Jr. | .... | character rigger: Blur Studio | |
| Stefan Bredereck | .... | composite artist: Eden FX | |
| William Bronner | .... | production coordinator | |
| Nicholas Brooks | .... | digital compositor | |
| Daniel Buck | .... | digital artist | |
| Lersak Bunupuradah | .... | model/texture artist: Method Studios | |
| Howard Cabalfin | .... | senior roto/paint artist: Digital Domain | |
| Christine Carnegie | .... | rotoscoping artist: DDMG | |
| Mark Carver | .... | rotoscoper: DDMG | |
| Enrique Sandoval Castro | .... | digital compositor: Ollin VFX Studio | |
| Chris Chalaire | .... | digital paint: DDMG | |
| Trent Claus | .... | flame artist | |
| Ian Clemmer | .... | fluid fx artist | |
| Oscar Collazos | .... | rotoscoper: DDMG | |
| Cameron Coombs | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Alexander Costa | .... | digital paint: DDMG | |
| Andrea D'Amico | .... | visual effects producer: Eden FX | |
| Robin L. D'Arcy | .... | visual effects producer: Ollin Studio | |
| Natalia de la Garza | .... | compositing supervisor: Ollin Studio | |
| Michael DeBeer | .... | integration artist: Digital Domain | |
| Karl Denham | .... | digital artist | |
| Tim Donlevy | .... | matchmove artist | |
| Daniel Dupre | .... | digital painter | |
| Edgar Díaz | .... | digital artist: Digital Domain | |
| Eric Ebling | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Brett Ellis | .... | technical director: digital domain | |
| Daniel Erickson | .... | matchmove artist | |
| Thomas Esmeralda | .... | senior matte painter: Digital Domain | |
| Jack Evans | .... | hair/fur artist | |
| Sean Andrew Faden | .... | visual effects supervisor: Method | |
| Steven Fagerquist | .... | digital compositor | |
| Victor Manuel Fernandez | .... | digital paint: DDMG | |
| Aaron Franks | .... | rotoscope artist: DDMG | |
| Thomas H. Frederick | .... | 3D integration camera assistant: Digital Domain | |
| Mathias Frodin | .... | special photographic effects | |
| Antonio Gallardo | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Erik Gamache | .... | animator | |
| Danny Garcia | .... | integration artist | |
| Omar García | .... | digital compositor: Ollin Studio | |
| Assunta Garruto | .... | rotoscope artist: DDMG | |
| Scott Gastellu | .... | compositor | |
| Brian Gazdik | .... | effects animation supervisor: Digital Domain | |
| Rizza Go | .... | outsource digital production manager: Digital Domain | |
| Juan S. Gomez | .... | lighting / technical director | |
| Claudio Gonzalez | .... | digital painter: DDMG | |
| Morgan C. Griffiths | .... | digital painter: DDMG | |
| Carlos Guillén | .... | digital compositor: Ollin Studio | |
| Holly Gunn | .... | lead rotoscope artist: DDMG | |
| Jeremy Hampton | .... | effects lead artist: Digital Domain | |
| Alex Hatfield | .... | technical artist | |
| Jason Hearne | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Jennifer Hendrich | .... | rigger | |
| Richard Hirst | .... | flame artist: A52 | |
| David Hochstadter | .... | digital compositor: a52 | |
| Daryn Houston | .... | digital production administrator: Digital Domain | |
| Konstantin Hristozov | .... | compositing technical director: Digital Domain | |
| Atsushi Ikarashi | .... | effects artist | |
| Chris Ingersoll | .... | digital compositor | |
| Charlie Iturriaga | .... | visual effects supervisor: Ollin Studio | |
| Ebrahim Jahromi | .... | character technical director: Digital Domain | |
| Patrick Jarvis | .... | digital paint and rotoscope supervisor: DDMG | |
| Daniel Jauregui | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Mark Justison | .... | roto/paint artist: Digital Domain | |
| Jeffrey I. Kaplan | .... | compositor: Eden FX | |
| Thomas Kernan | .... | modeler: Digital Domain | |
| George Krauter | .... | digital artist | |
| Daniel Kuehn | .... | senior staff | |
| Johanes Kurnia | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Paul Lambert | .... | compositing supervisor | |
| Alvado Landaberde | .... | compositor | |
| Jeremy Landman | .... | art director: A52 | |
| Kevin LaNeave | .... | visual effects editor: Digital Domain | |
| Les Lanphere | .... | digital painter: DDMG | |
| Brent Le Blanc | .... | rotoscoper: DDMG | |
| Mike Leben | .... | motion control operator | |
| Alexander Lee | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Max Leonard | .... | visual effects coordinator: Lola VFX | |
| Juan Carlos Lepe | .... | digital compositor: Ollin Studio | |
| Dave Levine | .... | flame artist: Lola VFX | |
| Linghao Li | .... | technical director: Digital Domain | |
| Brice Liesveld | .... | visual effects producer | |
| Miguel Lizarraga | .... | matte paint artist | |
| Victor Lizarraga | .... | cg supervisor: Ollin VFX | |
| Tarin Lucas | .... | rotoscoper: DDMG | |
| Kenneth Lui | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Jake Maymudes | .... | digital compositor | |
| Chris McLeod | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Luis Jorge Medina | .... | rotoscoping artist | |
| Alejandro Miranda Palombo | .... | digital compositor: Ollin Studio | |
| Jim Moorhead | .... | digital artist | |
| Yabin Morales | .... | lead compositor | |
| Jesse Morrow | .... | visual effects | |
| Tim Nassauer | .... | lead lighter: Digital Domain | |
| Daniel Naulin | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Vinh Nguyen | .... | compositor | |
| Christopher Nichols | .... | lighting supervisor: Digital Domain | |
| Fredrik Nord | .... | visual effects supervisor: The Chimneypot | |
| Chris Norpchen | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Ian Northrop | .... | vfx compositor | |
| Michael Hugh O'Donnell | .... | assistant visual effects editor | |
| Damian O'Farrill | .... | visual effects coordinator: Ollin VFX | |
| Ruslan Ogorodnik | .... | visual effects on set supervisor | |
| Ruslan Ogorodnik | .... | visual effects supervisor on location | |
| Oliver Palmer | .... | pipeline technical director: Digital Domain | |
| Stephen J. Parker | .... | technical director | |
| Clark Parkhurst | .... | flame artist | |
| Ian Parra | .... | digital compositor: Ollin Studios | |
| James Pastorius | .... | visual effects supervisor: Savage Visual Effects | |
| Edgar Patron | .... | digital compositor | |
| Carlos Pedroza | .... | previs artist: digital domain | |
| Patrick Perez | .... | animation lead | |
| Hayley Perkins | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Dawrath Phoue | .... | roto/paint artist: Digital Domain | |
| Fred Pienkos | .... | compositing supervisor: Eden FX | |
| Fred Pienkos | .... | visual effects supervisor: Eden FX | |
| Daniel Pomares González | .... | digital compositor | |
| Raul Prado | .... | digital compositor | |
| Steve Preeg | .... | digital fx supervisor | |
| Alex Martin Proebius | .... | visual effects supervisor: Proebius | |
| Francis Puthanangadi | .... | digital compositor: Digital Domain | |
| Kim Quiroz | .... | digital production assistant | |
| Nick Reid | .... | digital paint: DDMG | |
| Victor Rodriguez | .... | visual effects artist | |
| Alex Roman | .... | visual effects supervisor: The Third & The Seventh | |
| Sina San | .... | paint artist | |
| Olivier Sarda | .... | senior compositor | |
| Elizabeth Schafer Knovick | .... | digital production manager (as Elizabeth Schafer) | |
| Brian Schultz | .... | digital artist | |
| John Christopher Scott | .... | production coordinator: DDMG | |
| Ryan Seaward | .... | rotoscope artist: DDMG | |
| Rene Segura | .... | lead integration artist: Digital Domain | |
| Jason Selfe | .... | senior compositor: Digital Domain | |
| Rasha Shalaby | .... | matte painter | |
| Hameed Shaukat | .... | visual effects producer: a52 | |
| Al Shier | .... | executive producer: Blur Studio | |
| Philip Sisk | .... | compositor | |
| Philip Sisk | .... | digital compositor | |
| R. Matt Smith | .... | digital compositor: Digital Domain | |
| Maciek Sokalski | .... | digital compositor | |
| Andrew Stillinger | .... | digital paint: DDMG | |
| Carrie Stula | .... | vfx assistant editor: Eden FX | |
| Hirofumi Takeda | .... | compositor: Digital Domain | |
| Brian L. Tan | .... | visual effects camera assistant | |
| Greg Teegarden | .... | cg supervisor: Digital Domain | |
| Daniel Thron | .... | texture artist | |
| Gabriel Lozano Tijerina | .... | digital compositor | |
| Alexis Torres | .... | associate vfx producer | |
| Emerito Trevino | .... | lighting artist: Digital Domain | |
| John Vanderbeck | .... | technical artist | |
| Val Wardlaw | .... | visual effects | |
| Anastasia Watson | .... | rotoscoper: DDMG | |
| Joe Wein | .... | additional visual effects | |
| Cliff Welsh | .... | flame compositor | |
| Kelly Wescott | .... | rotoscope artist: DDMG | |
| Andrew Wood | .... | visual effects | |
| Attila Zalanyi | .... | water effects technical director | |
| Anthony Zalinka | .... | effects artist: Digital Domain | |
| Estívaliz Zaragoza | .... | digital production assistant | |
| Wei Zheng | .... | visual effects art director | |
| Roxanne Zuckerman | .... | digital artist | |
| Lisa Zusmer DelPrete | .... | visual effects producer (as Lisa Zusmer) | |
| Holli Alvarado | .... | flame artist (uncredited) | |
| Anthony S. Castro | .... | digital painter (uncredited) | |
| Alejandro De La Garza | .... | visual effects artist: Method Studios (uncredited) | |
| Andy Foster | .... | visual effects producer: method studios (uncredited) | |
| Amanda Hampton | .... | software engineer (uncredited) | |
| Ian Holland | .... | flame artist: Method Studios (uncredited) | |
| John Johansson | .... | software engineer: Digital Domain (uncredited) | |
| Chelsea Kammeyer | .... | visual effects coordinator (uncredited) | |
| Desiree Lunsford | .... | modeler: Blur Studios (uncredited) | |
| Todd Napier | .... | rotoscope supervisor: DDMG (uncredited) | |
| Eddie Offermann | .... | software developer (uncredited) | |
| Eddie Offermann | .... | visual effects color (uncredited) | |
| Dan Platt | .... | modeler (uncredited) | |
| Mark Prusten | .... | lead sequence fluid effects technical director (uncredited) | |
| Philip Quaglino | .... | digital paint (uncredited) | |
| Carey Len Smith | .... | elements producer (uncredited) | |
| Carlos Zappen | .... | rotoscoper: DDMG (uncredited) | |
Stunts | |||
| Todd Bryant | .... | stunt double: Stellan Skarsgård | |
| Jeff Chumas | .... | utility stunts | |
| Ben Cooke | .... | stunt coordinator | |
| Jacob Dewitt | .... | head stunt rigger | |
| Jacob Dewitt | .... | stunts | |
| Per Dunder | .... | stunt player | |
| Lars Hjelm | .... | stunt team | |
| Liina Jaska | .... | stunt assistant | |
| Sid Karne | .... | stunts | |
| Jürgen Klein | .... | stunt player | |
| Malosi Leonard | .... | stunt double: Yorick Van Wageningen (re-shoots) | |
| Albrecht Marco | .... | stunt player | |
| Alice Naigeon | .... | stunt double: Rooney Mara | |
| Pernilla Ribeiro Novais | .... | stunt team | |
| Björn Persson | .... | stunt double: Stellan Skarsgård | |
| Kimmo Rajala | .... | stunt double | |
| Kimmo Rajala | .... | stunts coordinator: Sweden | |
| Victor Rajala | .... | stunt team | |
| Scotty Richards | .... | precision driving coordinator (as Scott Richards) | |
| Myke Schwartz | .... | stunt driver | |
| Matti Tepsa | .... | motorcycle stunts | |
| Mark Aaron Wagner | .... | stunt driver | |
| Thom Williams | .... | stunt double: Yorick van Wageningen | |
| Sheila Atkinson | .... | motion capture (uncredited) | |
Animation Department | |||
| Kyle Gaulin | .... | animator | |
| Patrick Perez | .... | animation lead | |
Casting Department | |||
| Sande Alessi | .... | extras casting | |
| Kristan Berona | .... | extras casting | |
| Corinna Glaus | .... | casting: Switzerland | |
| Maddy Hinton | .... | casting associate: UK | |
| Jeanette Klintberg | .... | casting: Sweden | |
| Martin Lima de Faria | .... | additional extras casting: Uppsala | |
| Patty Majorczak-Connolly | .... | adr voice casting | |
| Morgue N. Marcus | .... | extras casting | |
| Sabyn Mayfield | .... | casting associate | |
| Frida Mårtensson | .... | casting assistant | |
| Sasha Robertson | .... | casting: UK | |
| Mark Sussman | .... | adr voice casting | |
| Jola Wieczorek | .... | casting assistant: Zurich | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Matthew Blackshear | .... | digital intermediate assist | |
| Des Carey | .... | digital intermediate manager | |
| Michael Cioni | .... | digital intermediate supervisor | |
| Monique Eissing | .... | digital intermediate finishing artist | |
| Katie Fellion | .... | digital intermediate producer | |
| Desirae Ferrer | .... | post-production assistant | |
| Carsten Kurpanek | .... | assistant editor | |
| Kevin London | .... | digital intermediate engineer | |
| Tyler Nelson | .... | assistant editor | |
| Alex Olivares | .... | assistant editor | |
| Chris Peariso | .... | digital intermediate engineer | |
| Craig Thomas Quinlan | .... | post-production engineer | |
| Paul Sage | .... | digital intermediate assistant | |
| Matt Sweat | .... | assistant editor | |
| Ian Vertovec | .... | digital intermediate colorist | |
| Nathan Adams | .... | technical support (uncredited) | |
| Paul E. Alderman | .... | assistant editor (uncredited) | |
| Jim Passon | .... | color timer (uncredited) | |
| Hilda Rasula | .... | assistant editor (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Marie Ebbing | .... | music editor | |
| David Gleeson | .... | music editor | |
| Paul Luther Jackson | .... | music consultant | |
| Jonathon Stevens | .... | music editor | |
| Michael Patterson | .... | music scoring mixer (uncredited) | |
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I've never read Stieg Larsson's millennium novels, so I can't say how faithful this film is to the original material, but I am a big fan of the Swedish adaptation by Danish filmmaker Niels Arden Oplev. Now, I know the fact that Hollywood is obsessed with remakes annoys the hell out of us, but I think there can always be room for different interpretation, different vision and approach and that's what David Fincher's version excels in. It's more detailed, more curious, and more unafraid. It's a superb and chilling thriller with an astounding performance by Rooney Mara. Whether or not this version is better can be argued but it certainly is a solid filmÂ… Rooney Mara, with her skinny body and goth hairstyle and excessive piercings and tattoos and her attitude, I think Mara manages to give a more complex Lisbeth Salander than Noomi Rapace's portrayal. But it's mostly thanks to screenwriter Steven Zaillian who covers information that the previous adaptation would simply skim or just talk about instead of exposing it. Fincher and Zaillian want to seriously show how dark, troubled, but motivated Lisbeth is. And some may consider this approach to be too brutal or unnecessary but I think it's no more brutal than Fincher's previous thrillers like Se7en. This is after all, in its essence, a movie made solely for Fincher's fans or those who are comfortable with his style. Jeff Cronenweth's cinematography work is fantastic by the way, it plays on how much you can handle. It goes along with the script that tends to be explanatory. Whatever loopholes or gaps that the previous adaptation had, Fincher's film fills it and explains it in its own way. Lisbeth Salander to me is a rebel, she lives by her own rules, but she's also by herself, this version wants to instill in her mind the idea that perhaps she could be sociable or she could be considered normal if she just gets that attention that she never did, and that's what warrants a different ending. Mara is absolutely phenomenal as Lisbeth, it's a defining role for Mara, she's made it her own. She's fierce, highly driven, but there's a sense of innocence to her as well. She thinks her anger and actions are justified and the film successfully encourages us to agree. All those tattoos and piercings are like 'keep off' or 'stay away' sign, perhaps because of years of rough background, going from one guardian to another, so when somebody genuine like Mikael Blomkvist (Daniel Craig) comes along, he represents the safety that desperately longs for but would never admit to. I think it's smart that Fincher and Zailian shows the estranged family side of Blomkvist, they see it as important for Blomkvist to be able to relate to Henrik Vanger's (Christopher Plummer) dilemma and I think that's a smart move. Craig is the weakest link because his accent keeps going on and off, I'm not sure if he even tries to sound Swedish at all, it's quite the distraction. But he works with what's given to him, keep in mind that the title is not Blomkvist with the dragon tattoo. Of course nowadays you can't talk about Fincher's movies without talking a bit about the unconventional score by Oscar winners Atticus Ross and Nine Inch Nail's Trent Reznor. In fact, the movie pays an amusing homage to NIN. Those of you film score aficionados would probably find Ross and Reznor's tunes for this film rather eerie and chilling, which it then pretty much serve its purpose. Having said that, at times I find the score a bit forceful and it's like the same soundwave echoing over and over again with the intent to hypnotize. I don't think the opening graphic credit is all that impressive, it's an interesting take but it looks out of place, it looks like it should be a separate music video and it doesn't necessarily introduce the tone of the film that you're about to see. THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO is definitely not a movie for the faint of heart, it's a movie that would rattle your comfort cage, and I think audiences will be divided, you'll either truly love it, or truly detest it, but there will hardly be a middle ground.