Warm Bodies (2013)

Director:

Jonathan Levine

Writers:

Jonathan Levine (screenplay)
Isaac Marion (novel)

Release Date:

1 February 2013 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Romance

Tagline:

Cold body. Warm heart.

Plot:

After R (a highly unusual zombie) saves Julie from an attack, the two form a relationship that sets in motion a sequence of events that might transform the entire lifeless world.

Plot Keywords:

Zombie | Post Apocalypse | Zombie Apocalypse | Girlfriend | Living Dead

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Nicholas Hoult	...	R
Teresa Palmer	...	Julie
Analeigh Tipton	...	Nora
Rob Corddry	...	M
Dave Franco	...	Perry
John Malkovich	...	Grigio
Cory Hardrict	...	Kevin
Daniel Rindress-Kay	...	Solder #1
Vincent Leclerc	...	Perry's Dad
Clifford LeDuc-Vaillancourt	...	Boy at Airport
Billie Calmeau	...	Girl at Airport
Adam Driscoll	...	Young Man at ATM
Chris Cavener	...	Solder #2
Jonathan Dubsky	...	Berg
Alec Bourgeois	...	Perry (11 years old)
Robert Reynolds	...	Janitor
Felix Bergeron	...	Bully
Josee Laviolette	...	Female Corpse on Tarmac
Zavier Vaillancourt	...	Perry (6 years old)
John Topor	...	TSA Zombie
Aaron Janke	...	Soldider #3
Ayisha Issa	...	Athletic Woman
Chimwemwe Miller	...	Airport Corpse
Christine Rodriguez	...	Woman
Serge Alain Cambronne	...	Soldier #4
Debbie Wong	...	Laughing Girl
Quinn O'Neill	...	Emily
Bineyam Girma	...	Sunset Corpse
Brent Skagford	...	Baseball Corpse
Arthur Holden	...	Zombie Patient
Raphael Grosz-Harvey	...	Plague Corpse
Christian Paul	...	Stadium Soldier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Qamar Abbas	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Abdul Ayoola	...	Corpse Attacking Julie (uncredited)
Steve Barry	...	Perry's dad mob Zombie (uncredited)
Marcello Bezina	...	Hunting Zombie (uncredited)
Anne-Sophie Bozon	...	Zombie Stage 3 - Airport (uncredited)
Justin Bradley	...	(uncredited)
Ruth Chiang	...	Corpse Attacking Julie (uncredited)
Eric Daniel	...	Hunting Zombie (uncredited)
Daniel DiVenere	...	Little Boy (uncredited)
Irma Evangelista	...	Teenager #4 (uncredited)
Felix Famelart	...	Hunting Zombie (uncredited)
Tod Fennell	...	Armed Patrol (uncredited)
Dawn Ford	...	Dr. Burke (uncredited)
Jennifer Herrera	...	Homeless (uncredited)
Geneviève Joly-Provost	...	Suzy (uncredited)
Maxime Laferriere	...	Recon Soldier (uncredited)
Diana Laura	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Keeva Lynk	...	Little Girl (uncredited)
Angie Medrano	...	Human Survivor (uncredited)
Mizinga Mwinga	...	Guard (uncredited)
Rochelle Okoye	...	Hunting Zombie (uncredited)
Jan Pivon	...	Hunting Zombie (uncredited)
Patrick Sabongui	...	Hunting Zombie (uncredited)
Sylvia Stewart	...	Zombie (uncredited)
Claudia Tiseo	...	Kevin's Soldier (uncredited)

Directed by
Jonathan Levine

Writing credits
Jonathan Levine		(screenplay)
Isaac Marion		(novel)

Produced by
Gillian Bohrer	....	production executive
Erik Feig	....	production executive
Ogden Gavanski	....	line producer: additional photography
David Hoberman	....	producer
John Brooks Klingenbeck	....	executive producer
Todd Lieberman	....	producer
Bruna Papandrea	....	producer
Cori Stern	....	executive producer
Cori Shepherd Stern	....	executive producer
Nicolas Stern	....	executive producer
Laurie Webb	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami
Buck Sanders

Cinematography by
Javier Aguirresarobe

Film Editing by
Nancy Richardson

Casting by
Joanna Colbert
Richard Mento

Production Design by
Martin Whist

Art Direction by
Gilles Aird

Set Decoration by
Suzanne Cloutier

Costume Design by
George L. Little

Makeup Department
Marianne Bobet	....	assistant makeup artist
Kevin Carter	....	special effects contact lenses
Michelle Côté	....	key hair stylist
Dave Elsey	....	special makeup effects designer
Christophe Giraud	....	special makeup effects artist
Jonathan Gording	....	contact lenses: special
Monica Huppert	....	makeup department head
Annie Jalbert	....	hair dresser
Adruitha Lee	....	department head hair
Camiel McLean	....	extras makeup artist
Adrien Morot	....	makeup fx department head
Martin Nepton	....	hair stylist
Ghislaine Sant	....	hair stylist
Jessica Spoor	....	special makeup effects artist
Rocco Stallone	....	key hair stylist
Kathy Tse	....	special makeup effects artist
Mark Unterberger	....	special makeup effects artist
Fanny Vachon	....	key makeup artist
Fanny Vachon	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Leslie Rodier	....	post-production supervisor
Daniel Ross	....	unit manager
Hélène Ross	....	production manager
Manon Rufer	....	assistant unit manager
Danny Turgeon	....	assistant unit manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Anabelle Berkani	....	third assistant director
Martin Doepner	....	additional third assistant director
Jean-François Duplat	....	third assistant director
David McKeown	....	second unit director: additional photography (as Dave McKeown)
Laurence Mercier	....	second assistant director
Michael J. Moore	....	first assistant director
Sinan Saber	....	third assistant director
Anne Sirois	....	first assistant director: second unit
Stephen Woolfenden	....	second unit director
Michele Ziegler	....	first assistant director: additional photography

Art Department
Serge Archambault	....	head scenic painter
Francis Back	....	storyboard artist
Rejean Brochu	....	construction supervisor
Stephen Craig	....	assistant head scenic painter
Mathieu Giguère	....	model maker
The Godding Brothers	....	set dresser
Todd Harris	....	storyboard artist
Jose Holder	....	storyboard artist
Andrew Law	....	props
Julie Robert	....	property master
Gary Thomas	....	storyboard artist
Mathieu Verreault	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Henry Auerbach	....	dialogue editor
Wade Barnett	....	adr recordist
Cedric Charron	....	boom operator
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Dunlop	....	foley editor
Evan Gillman	....	sound assistant
Ellen Heuer	....	foley artist
Sang Kim	....	assistant sound editor
Tim Limer	....	sound recordist
Travis MacKay	....	adr mixer
Louis Marion	....	production sound mixer
Thomas O'Neil Younkman	....	sound effects editor
A. Josh Reinhardt	....	sound mixer
Gabriel J. Serrano	....	sound re-recording mixer
Cynthia Thibault	....	sound assistant
Mandell Winter	....	sound effects editor
Martyn Zub	....	supervising sound editor
Callie Thurman	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Marc Auclair	....	special effects technician
Louis Craig	....	special effects supervisor
Pierre Côté	....	special effects technician
Jean-Martin Desmarais	....	special effects technician
Karim El Fassi	....	special effects coordinator
David Loveday	....	fx retractable weapons supervisor
Marie Ashley Nelson	....	special effects makeup
Louis Payeur	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Holli Alvarado	....	flame artist
Emi Baba	....	digital compositor: Look Effects
Derek Babchishin	....	senior animator
Dan Bartolucci	....	Flame artist
Giorgio Bertolone	....	lead creature technical director: LOOK Effects
Vincent Blin	....	flame artist
Jelmer Boskma	....	art lead: LOOK Effects
Everett Burrell	....	visual effects supervisor: on-set, LookFX
Manda Cheung	....	digital compositor
Leslie Chung	....	digital compositor
Andrew M. Collins	....	visual effects: Look FX
Steve Dellerson	....	executive producer: Look FX
Charles-David Deschenes	....	visual effects coordinator
Mike Diltz	....	digital compositor
Ryan Flick	....	visual effects coordinator: Look Effects
Thomas F. Ford IV	....	visual effects producer
Paul Gillot	....	visual effects on-set technician
Ed Holdsworth	....	digital compositor
Tia Hoshizaki	....	digital compositor: LOOK Effects
Brenda Ilic	....	visual effects producer: Look Effects
Brett Ineson	....	motion capture supervisor: Animatrik Film Design
Terry Kalinich	....	animator: LOOK Effects
Mathew Krentz	....	digital supervisor: LOOK Effects
Matt Kushner	....	visual effects artist: LOOK Effects
Michael Lemon	....	fx artist: LOOK Effects
Neil Lim Sang	....	animation supervisor: LOOK Effects
John Lipskie	....	lighter
Ben Lumsden	....	motion capture assistant director: Animatrik Film Design
Michael Miller	....	visual effects artist
Josh Mossotti	....	visual effects artist
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Shannon Leigh Olds	....	visual effects editor
Uros Otasevic	....	visual effects artist
Allison Paul	....	visual effects coordinator: Lola Visual Effects
Lee Pierce	....	compositing supervisor
Migs Rustia	....	visual effects editor: LOOK Effects
Dan Schrecker	....	visual effects supervisor: LOOK Effects
Drew Shields	....	tracking lead: LOOK Effects
Brad Sutton	....	digital restoration
Tom Szenher	....	vfx intern
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Drew Tobin	....	compositor
Andrew Ryan Turner	....	visual effects editor
Dmitry Vinnik	....	CG supervisor: LOOK Effects
Blair Werschler	....	visual effects artist

Stunts
Marcello Bezina	....	stunt performer
Andy Bradshaw	....	stunt performer
Bobby Brown	....	stunt performer
Stéphane Byl	....	stunt performer
Annie Carignan	....	stunt performer
Ruth Chiang	....	stunt performer
Allan Yuk-lun Chou	....	stunt performer
John-sebastien Cote	....	stunt performer
Eric Daniel	....	stunt performer
Marie France Denoncourt	....	stunt performer
Connor Dunn	....	stunt performer
Irma Evangelista	....	stunt performer (as Irma Leong)
Felix Famelart	....	stunt performer
Carl Fortin	....	stunt double: Dave Franco
Charlene Francique	....	stunt performer
François Gauthier	....	stunt performer
Jere Gillis	....	stunt performer
Nathalie Girard	....	stunt performer
Tyler Hall	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Tyler Hall	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Tyler Hall	....	stunt double: Rob Corddry
Spencer Jones	....	stunt performer
Zandara Kennedy	....	stunt double: Teresa Palmer
Patrick Kerton	....	stunt rigger
Josée Laviolette	....	stunt performer
Yan Lecomte	....	stunt performer
Mathieu Ledoux	....	stunt performer
Angelica Lisk-Hann	....	stunt performer (as Angelica Lisk)
Thomas Luccioni	....	stunt performer
David McKeown	....	stunt coordinator
Rochelle Okoye	....	stunt performer
Steven P. Park	....	stunt performer
Adrian Persad	....	stunt performer
Jan Pivon	....	stunt performer
Cheryl Quiacos	....	stunt performer
Darryl Quon	....	stunt performer
France Raymond	....	stunt performer
David Rigby	....	stunt performer
Sébastien Rouleau	....	stunt double: Justin Bradley
Sébastien Rouleau	....	stunt performer
Paul Rutledge	....	stunt performer
Patrick Sabongui	....	stunt performer
Nigel Scantlebury	....	stunt performer
Michael Scherer	....	stunt performer
Dan Shea	....	stunt performer
Joey Shea	....	stunt performer
Alicia Turner	....	stunt performer
John Walsh	....	stunt performer
Max White	....	stunt performer
Martin Williams	....	head stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Francois Archambault	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Francois Archambault	....	steadicam operator
Eric Aubin	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, additional photography
Pierre Beaulieu	....	best boy
Charles Beetz	....	gaffer
Stephane Boisvert	....	generator operator: set
Emmanuel Béhier Migeon	....	underwater photography coordinator
Charles Castonguay	....	assistant video assist operator
Mathieu Charest	....	Steadicam operator: second unit
Daniel Chrétien Jr.	....	additional electrician
Bernard Couture	....	director of photography: second unit, additional photography
Etienne Didelot-Pothier	....	camera trainee
Marc Ehrenbold	....	aerial director of photography
Étienne Geoffrion	....	grip
Gael Giraud	....	grip
Dan Goyens	....	lighting technician: second unit
Mark Hryma	....	director of photography: Wescam, second unit
Mélia Lagacé	....	film loader: second unit
Rhyce Langker	....	remote head technician
Eric Lefèbvre	....	electrician
Kenneth MacKenzie	....	key grip
Brad MacLean	....	dolly grip
Robert Mattigetz	....	director of photography: second unit
Gary Pachany	....	focus puller: "b" camera
Gary Pachany	....	underwater focus puller
Dany Prévost	....	rigging: electro
Nic René	....	second assistant camera
Dominique Ricard	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit
Ken Seng	....	director of photography: additional photography
Jan Thijs	....	still photographer
Jean-Francois Tousignant	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Simon Touzin	....	rigging grip
Paul Viau	....	gaffer
Jonathan Wenk	....	still photographer
Steven J. Winslow	....	aerial camera technician: Wescam

Animation Department
Adam Chaput	....	animator
Brad Griffin	....	animator
Terence P. Reilly	....	animator
Grant Wilson	....	animator: LOOK Effects

Casting Department
Skyler Barrett	....	casting intern
Julie Breton	....	extras casting
Max Scharf	....	casting intern
Jessica F. Sherman	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Annemarie Aird	....	dresser (as Anne-Marie Aird)
Valérie Bélègou	....	set costumer
Henry Fong	....	key costume illustrator
Laurence Lacoste	....	extras costumer
Chanel Lavoie	....	wardrobe production assistant
Art Reasonover	....	key costumer
Mélanie Turcotte	....	costume breakdown technician
Mélanie Turcotte	....	head breakdown costume department

Editorial Department
Pierre Cadieux	....	head of operations: Technicolor Montreal
David Croom	....	post-production assistant
Jared Curtis	....	post-production assistant
Michael Hatzer	....	supervising digital colorist: Technicolor
Christopher Hills-Wright	....	assistant editor
Bill Holley	....	colorist
Chris Jensen	....	second colorist: Technicolor
Eric Marapin	....	assistant editor
Julian McDougald	....	digital intermediate producer
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Pablo Prietto	....	first assistant editor
Derek M. Schneider	....	data technician
Brian Spirnak	....	assistant editor
Everette Webber	....	digital intermediate editor
Trevor White	....	dailies film colorist
Leslie Adkins-Garza	....	post-production coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Jay Duerr	....	music editor
Paul Katz	....	music consultant
John Kurlander	....	music recording engineer
John Kurlander	....	score mixer
Tyson Lozensky	....	assistant score mixer
Alexandra Patsavas	....	music supervisor
Brandon Roberts	....	composer: additional music
Jim Schultz	....	music editor
Brittany Whyte	....	music coordinator
Jordan Seigel	....	music preparation (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Lyssa J. Caster	....	transportation captain
Réal Hamel	....	picture car coordinator
Alexandre Juaneda	....	transportation coordinator
Nicky Luca	....	driver
Jon Prévost	....	transportation
Michael Saintsbury	....	production driver

Other crew
Tim Abell	....	adr voice artist
Tim Abell	....	voice actor
Caellum Allan	....	physical production
Diana Ascher	....	post production accountant: Trevanna Post
Martial Audilon	....	stand-in
Martial Audilon	....	stand-in: Cory Hardrict
Valérie Binette	....	assistant production coordinator
Zoe Bower	....	post facilities manager
Martin Brisebois	....	production assistant
Shaun Burke	....	assistant to Mr. Levine
Joe Cappelletti	....	adr voice director
Jean-Philippe Carignan	....	location scout / assistant
Irina Cazazaeva	....	assistant to producer
Nickey Chow	....	second assistant accountant
Tana David	....	post facilities manager
Puelo Deir	....	unit publicist
Marc Desaulniers	....	production assistant
Ken Dhaliwal	....	production legal
Ivan Drehspul	....	airline technical supervisor
André Déry	....	production assistant
Nicolas Fafard-Trudel	....	production assistant
Andrée-Anne Faucher	....	production assistant
Shayne Fiske	....	production executive
Philippe Fournelle	....	production assistant
Josée Francis	....	assistant location manager
Sophie-Andrée Gagne-Melancon	....	on-set tutor: Laurus Educational Services
Taylor Gerrity	....	assistant post-production accountant
André Gordon	....	voice
Alina Gotcherian	....	receptionist
Marc-André Goyer	....	travel coordinator
Jean-Francois Hall	....	production assistant
Anne Jacobsen	....	production accountant
Diane Janna	....	location scout
Jonathan Jean-Pierre	....	office production assistant
Quanita Johnson	....	production finance manager
Jean-Patrick Joseph	....	special equipment supplier
Nutan Khanna	....	clearance/product placement coordinator
Daniel Langlois	....	unit manager
Chanel Lavoie	....	assistant to cast: John Malkovich
Mela Lee	....	adr voice artist
Julia Lenardon	....	dialect coach (uncredited)
Giovanni Lopez	....	insurance broker
Benoît Mathieu	....	location manager
Emilie Paquet	....	production assistant
Mike Park	....	production legal counsel
Jess Platt	....	dialect coach: prep
Eva Quintero	....	assistant to producer
Eva Quintero	....	third assistant accountant
Colin Riendeau	....	assistant to producer: pre-production
Daniel Ross	....	unit manager
Michael Saintsbury	....	production assistant
Michael James 'Scotty' Scott	....	production finance manager
Christopher Setien Estevez	....	kitchen assistant
Derek Steiner	....	assistant to mr. hoberman
Todd Steiner	....	production finance
Victorine Tamafo	....	assistant: Nicolas Stern
Robert Tarpinian	....	marketing research
Kathy Ann Thomas	....	production coordinator
Bernard Topalian	....	assistant accountant: petty cash
Quin Tran	....	assistant production coordinator
Chanda Venable	....	production staff
Mathieu Verreault	....	assistant to producer
Justin Begnaud	....	completion bond: Film Finances (uncredited)
Philip A. Cutler	....	tutoring coordinator: Laurus Educational Services (uncredited)

Thanks
Xavier Collin	....	thanks
Kyle Hunter	....	special thanks
Sue Redman	....	thanks
Robert Allen LaVey Reynolds	....	thanks
Ariel Shaffir	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Summit Entertainment (presents)
• Make Movies
• Mandeville Films (as Mandeville Pictures)

Distributors

• Alfa Films (2013) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Asmik Ace (2013) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Cinematográfica Blancica (CB) (2013) (Venezuela) (theatrical)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2013) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Distribuye Movie (2013) (Uruguay) (theatrical)
• E1 Films Canada (2013) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Icon Film Distribution (2013) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2013) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Manfer Films (2013) (Bolivia) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2013) (France) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2013) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2013) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Summit Entertainment (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2013) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Aurum Producciones (2013) (Spain) (all media)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2013) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Mongkol Major (2013) (Thailand) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2013) (Bangladesh) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2013) (Bhutan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2013) (India) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2013) (Nepal) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2013) (Pakistan) (all media)
• Tanweer Films (2013) (Sri Lanka) (all media)
• Zon Audiovisuais (2013) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• LOOK! Effects (visual effects)
• Lola Visual Effects (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Air Hollywood  airplane mock-up
• Atria Book  thanks
• BLT Communications  poster design (uncredited)
• Canada Film Capital  tax incentive consulting services (uncredited)
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Eye2Ear Music  music consultant
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• Laurus Educational Services  on-set tutoring
• Lionsgate Records  soundtrack
• Pentmark  product placement
• Pictorvision  Wescam Aerial camera system
• Puelo Deir Communications  publicity
• Reder & Feig  production legal services
• Scarlet Letters  end title design
• Sixteen19  post production services
• Visual Motion  camera trucks and trailers provided by
• Wildfire Studios  post-production sound services
• yU+Co.  main titles designed by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for zombie violence and some language

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | Datasat

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #47836) | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Sweden:15 | Denmark:11 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG13 | Portugal:M/16 | Brazil:14 | Hong Kong:IIB | Germany:12 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Switzerland:14 | Netherlands:12

Filming Locations:

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Company:

Summit Entertainment

Trivia:

The character Nora was originally described as having brown skin and being half Ethiopian, but they instead decided to go with a Caucasian actress (Analeigh Tipton).

Goofs:

Continuity: When Julie and R are running away from the Bonies, they run through the parking garage to use the red convertible to get away. As Julie is getting into the car, she grabs the windshield to sling herself in the driver's seat. Since the windshield is dusty, you can see where she grabbed the windshield from past takes of filming.

Quotes:

Perry:[R rushes towards Julie before Perry shoots him in the chest] Smile mother!
[R pulls Perry's legs out from under him and prepares to bite into his arm]
R:[thinking] Nice watch.

Movie Connections:

References Apocalypse Now (1979)

Cute Take on the Genre

Warm Bodies (2013)

*** (out of 4)

Cute and different take on the living dead genre has zombie R (Nicholas Hoult) going against the rules and not eating Julie (Teresa Palmer) but instead he falls in love with her, which sets a whole new thing into motion. WARM BODIES isn't a flawless films but for the most part it's very charming and has enough clever moments to make it worth watching. I will start off with the flaws and I'd say that it takes the film quite a bit before it starts to (no pun intended) warm up. The first ten-minutes of the film are pretty boring but this might be because we're basically watching the so-old zombie stuff, the same old apocalypse stuff and it's not until the two leads meet does the film finally start to pick up. I think once the love story kicks in is when the film finally gets going and a lot of the credit has to go to Hoult and Palmer for their strong work. I thought Hoult was extremely believable in his part as the zombie and this includes when he's just a dead creature searching for humans but he's also very believable the more human he becomes. Palmer easily steals the film with her warm and rather bubbly character. The actress certainly nailed the part and I look forward to seeing her in other films. John Malkovich plays her father, a man also leading the battle against the zombies. I wouldn't say he's great but it's still fun seeing someone like him in a movie like this. The screenplay also offers up a few funny gags including the girl holding up a Blu-ray case Lucio Fulci's notorious ZOMBIE to compare what that zombie looked like compared to R. Another great thing going for the film is that we're given quite a terrific soundtrack with the works of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Guns 'n Roses, Roy Orbinson, John Waite and others. Fans of vinyl will also enjoy how the format is worked into the story. Again, WARM BODIES features all sorts of flaws but for the most part it's entertaining enough to make it worth viewing.