"Smallville" Sacrifice (2010)

Director:

Kevin Fair

Writers:

Jerry Siegel (character created by: Superman) &
Joe Shuster (character created by: Superman) ...
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TV Series:

"Smallville" (2001)

Original Air Date:

30 April 2010 (Season 9, Episode 19)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Romance | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Tess's latest intrusion, at Watchtower, and Chloe's excessive lockout mechanism, lock the pair up, likely...

Plot Keywords:

Hospital Gown | Bed | Fight | Bare Chested Male | Duel

Cast

Tom Welling	...	Clark Kent
Allison Mack	...	Chloe Sullivan
Erica Durance	...	Lois Lane (credit only)
Cassidy Freeman	...	Tess Mercer
Callum Blue	...	Zod
Justin Hartley	...	Oliver Queen / Green Arrow
Pam Grier	...	Amanda Waller
Sharon Taylor	...	Faora
Crystal Lowe	...	Vala
Adrian Holmes	...	Basqat
Jonathan Walker	...	Paul Brenner (as Jonathan Lloyd Walker)
Ryan McDonell	...	Stuart Campbell
Joe Maffei	...	Coffee Vendor
Paul Duchart	...	ER Doctor
Giles Panton	...	Agent
Kate Crutchlow	...	Checkmate Medic
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kyra Zagorsky	...	Kandorian (uncredited)

Directed by
Kevin Fair		(as Kevin G. Fair)

Writing credits
Jerry Siegel		(character created by: Superman) &
Joe Shuster		(character created by: Superman)
Alfred Gough		(developed for television by) &
Miles Millar		(developed for television by)
Justin Hartley		(teleplay) &
Walter Wong		(teleplay) and
Bryan Q. Miller		(teleplay)
Justin Hartley		(story) &
Walter Wong		(story)
Paul Kupperberg		(concept created by: Checkmate) &
Steve Irwin		(concept created by: Checkmate)
Tim McCanlies		concept (uncredited)

Produced by
Anne Cofell Saunders	....	producer
Joe Davola	....	executive producer
Tom Flores	....	producer
Scott Graham	....	co-producer
Jordan Hawley	....	supervising producer
Holly Henderson	....	co-producer
Rob Maier	....	producer
Jae Marchant	....	co-executive producer
James Marshall	....	executive producer
Turi Meyer	....	co-executive producer
Brian Wayne Peterson	....	executive producer (as Brian Peterson)
Christopher Petry	....	associate producer
Brian Robbins	....	executive producer
Tim Scanlan	....	co-executive producer
Al Septien	....	co-executive producer
Kelly Souders	....	executive producer
Michael Tollin	....	executive producer (as Mike Tollin)
Cristina Verano	....	associate producer
Tom Welling	....	co-executive producer
Don Whitehead	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Louis Febre

Cinematography by
Barry Donlevy		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Andi Armaganian

Production Design by
James Philpott

Art Direction by
Dustin Farrell

Set Decoration by
Andrea French

Costume Design by
Melanie Williams

Makeup Department
Janella Churchill	....	additional makeup: 2nd unit
Charmaine Clark	....	first assistant hair stylist
Sarah Koppes	....	key hairstylist
Tina Louise Teoli	....	key make-up artist (as Tina Teoli)
Sally Barnes	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Scott Graham	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mairzee Almas	....	first assistant director
Chris Lamb	....	second assistant director
Catriona Macdonald	....	trainee assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Mark Black	....	assistant property master
Mark Howes	....	lead set dresser
Tom Hunt	....	construction coordinator
Jasmine Jakupovic	....	scenic artist
Aleya Naiman	....	property master
Megan Poss	....	set designer
Shelley Surette	....	lead dresser
Les Ford	....	playback animator (uncredited)
Peter Lieshout	....	paint foreman (uncredited)

Sound Department
Damon Cohoon	....	assistant sound editor
Robert Hanchar	....	sound mixer (as Rob Hanchar)
Dan Hiland	....	re-recording mixer
Michael E. Lawshe	....	supervising sound editor (as Michael E. Lawshé)
Gary D. Rogers	....	re-recording mixer
Paul J. Diller	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Jessica Goodwin	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Monett Holderer	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Rick Owens	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Trevor Sperry	....	foley mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Brant McIlroy	....	special effects
Michael Walls	....	special effects supervisor (as Mike Walls)

Visual Effects by
Daniel Rubin	....	lead compositor
Trent Smith	....	visual effects producer
Anthony Alvaro	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Pharoah Barrett	....	3D artist (uncredited)
Jean-Luc Dinsdale	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Brenda Ilic	....	visual effects producer: Entity FX North (uncredited)
Chris Pounds	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Philip Chang	....	stunts
Brian Lydiatt	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jacob Rupp	....	stunt coordinator
Aaron Au	....	fight choreographer (uncredited)
Janene Carleton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fraser Corbett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chris Webb	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Richard Buckmaster	....	gaffer
Simon Jori	....	digital imaging technician
Andre Gheorghiu	....	motion picture video coordinator (uncredited)
Sasha Proctor	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Scott Wallace	....	video playback operator (uncredited)
Michael Wiebe	....	lighting technician (uncredited)

Casting Department
Deedee Bradley	....	casting: Los Angeles
Heike Brandstatter	....	casting: Vancouver
Coreen Mayrs	....	casting: Vancouver
Amy Nygaard	....	casting assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Dan Judy	....	colorist
Donna Umali	....	assistant editor
Jessica E. Newman	....	post production coordinator (uncredited)

Music Department
Chris McGeary	....	music editor
Remy Zero	....	performer: theme song "Save Me"

Transportation Department
Will Park	....	transportation captain: second unit (uncredited)

Other crew
Emmanuel Albano	....	production assistant
Blair Hackman	....	first assistant production coordinator
Connor Kilpatrick	....	writers production assistant
Matt McInnis	....	assistant to producers
Stephen McLauchlan	....	production assistant
Bryan Q. Miller	....	story editor
Tin Pang	....	production assistant
Salomon Saade	....	production assistant
Winica Dewangga	....	second assistant production coordinator (uncredited)
Andrea Fraser-Winsby	....	assistant to the executive producer (uncredited)
Scott C. Myers	....	production assistant: writer (uncredited)
Yuell Newsome	....	film librarian (uncredited)
Milton Ng	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Michelle Ricci	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Troy Rudolph	....	stand-in (uncredited)
Winona Sim	....	playback coordinator (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Alfred Gough		creator
Miles Millar		creator

Makeup Department
Kathleen P. Campbell	....	hair stylist
Joel Echallier	....	makeup applicator
Joel Echallier	....	makeup effects supervisor
Rachel Griffin	....	special makeup effects artist
Harlow MacFarlane	....	special makeup effects artist
Ryan Nicholson	....	special makeup effects artist
M. Brando Pero	....	hair stylist
Bill Terezakis	....	special makeup effects designer
Barbara J. Wozniak	....	assistant hair stylist
Vince Yoshida	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Art Department
Denise Hutniak	....	on-set dresser (2002) (2003)

Sound Department
Charles Bruce	....	sound effects editor
Gabrielle Gilbert Reeves	....	dialogue editor
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
David M. Horton	....	sound effects editor
Eric C. Hosmer	....	sound effects editor
Carolyn Motyer	....	boom operator: second unit
John Motyer	....	sound mixer: second unit
Rory O'Neill	....	sound assistant: day call
David Raines	....	adr recordist
Graham Timmer	....	day call sound assistant
Lisa K. Wolf	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Chris Bignell	....	on set supervisor
Dan Cervin	....	special effects first assistant
Gary Heidrick	....	special effects assistant
Ian Korver	....	special effects assistant
James Kozier	....	special effects supervisor (season 1)
Tim Storvick	....	special effects coordinator (season 1)
Joel Whist	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Simon Ager	....	digital compositing artist
Brian Bell	....	digital artist
Dan Blank	....	digital compositor
Neill Blomkamp	....	3D animator
Joseph Brattesani	....	digital compositor
Nathan Brunskill	....	tape operator
Michael Carter	....	digital compositing artist
Trevor Cawood	....	lead 3D animator
Matthew Collorafice	....	digital compositor: EntityFX
Rick Cortes	....	digital fixes and clean-up
Dominic Daigle	....	digital artist
John Decker	....	CG supervisor: R!OT Pictures
Chris Doll	....	digital compositing artist
Eyal Erez	....	senior effects animator
Reece Ewing	....	visual effects producer: View Studios (as Larry Ewing)
Ben Funk	....	digital compositing artist
Jay Grunfeld	....	digital compositor
Marlan Harris	....	digital artist
William Higgins	....	compositor: EntityFX
Yoshiko Hirata	....	compositor: EntityFX
Simon Holden	....	digital compositor
Michael Kaelin	....	digital compositor
Sara Lee	....	visual effects
John Mitchell	....	3D artist: EntityFX
Kenneth Nakada	....	senior matte painter: R!OT Pictures
Brian Petras	....	compositor: EntityFX
Tricia Pifer	....	visual effects coordinator: EntityFX (as Tricia Hefferman)
Paul Patrick Quinn	....	visual effects producer
Diego Riestra	....	match move artist
Gregory S. Scribner	....	digital artist
Andrea Shear	....	3D artist: EntityFX
Rick Shick	....	digital compositor: compositing and rotoscoping
Terry Shigemitsu	....	lead animator: EntityFX
Mark Spatny	....	visual effects producer/supervisor: Modern VideoFilm
Cory Strassburger	....	digital artist: View Studio
Adrian Van Der Park	....	3D animator
Grant Viklund	....	digital artist
Jeff West	....	storyboards
Jeff Zaman	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Mark Aisbett	....	stunt double
Nick Allen	....	stunt double: Kyle Gallner
Charles Andre	....	stunts
James Bamford	....	stunt double
Barb Bartos	....	stunt double: Martha Kent
Chad Bellamy	....	stunt double
Byron Briscoe	....	stunts
Gavin Buhr	....	stunt orderly
Sylvain Cameron	....	stunt double: Lex
Kirk Caouette	....	utility stunts
Raymond Chan	....	stunt double
Morris Chapdelaine	....	stunt double
Mike Ching	....	stunt actor
Mike Desabrais	....	stunt double
Mike Dopud	....	stunt football player #6
Kylie Furneaux	....	stunt double
Corry Glass	....	stunt double
Alex Green	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Alex Green	....	stunt driver
Dave Hospes	....	stunt double
Kim Howey	....	stunt double
David Jacox	....	stunt football player #4
Trevor Jones	....	stunt double: Joe Morton
G. Peter King	....	stunts
Ken Kirzinger	....	stunt football player #3
Jon Kralt	....	stunts
Don Lew	....	stunt double: Principal Kwan
Brad Loree	....	stunt deputy
J.J. Makaro	....	stunt coordinator: pilot episode
Phillip Mitchell	....	stunt double
Gaston Morrison	....	assistant stunt coordinator (2 episodes) (as Gaston Howard)
Gaston Morrison	....	stunts (2 episodes) (as Gaston Howard)
Jovan Nenadic	....	stunts
Scott Nicholson	....	stunts (seasons 1 & 2)
Shawn C. Orr	....	stunt double
Ron Otis	....	stunts
Rick Pearce	....	stunt double: Coach Walt
Fred Perron	....	stunt double
Darryl Quon	....	stunts
Dan Rizzuto	....	stunt performer
Jeffrey C. Robinson	....	stunt double: Michael Rosenbaum
Ronald Robinson	....	stunt double: Earl
Chad Sayn	....	stunts
Trish Schill	....	stunt double: Martha Kent
John Schneider	....	stunt driver
Sharon Simms	....	stunt double
Andrew Simpson	....	stunt double
Heath Stevenson	....	stunt double: Jonathan Kent
Lori Stewart	....	stunt double
Angela Uyeda	....	stunt double
Angela Uyeda	....	stunts
Clay Virtue	....	stunts (season 5)
Marshall Virtue	....	stunt double: Whitney
Mike Vézina	....	stunt football player #2

Camera and Electrical Department
Aaron Haesler	....	camera trainee (season 5)
Dale H. Jahraus	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit (season 5)
Noah Richoz	....	digital video assist operator (2001)
Gary Stamford	....	lamp operator (season 2)

Casting Department
Doreen Ferreira	....	co-extras casting associate
Sandra-Ken Freeman	....	extras casting
Marty Manifold	....	extras casting assistant (seasons 1-2)
Edward D. Rea	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lynne Maureen Curtis	....	wardrobe supervisor

Editorial Department
Jim Towne	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Cedric Lemoyne	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Ernie Mannix	....	music editor
Gregory Slay	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Cinjun Tate	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Shelby Tate	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory"
Theory of a Deadman	....	music performers: "Invisible Man"
Jeffrey Cain Thompson	....	composer: theme song "Save Me" and "Perfect Memory" (as Jeffrey Cain)

Other crew
Anton Agerbo	....	production assistant (season 4)
John K. Alexander	....	assistant location manager
Ron Blecker	....	technical advisor
Jaap Broeker	....	stand-in: John Schneider and Tom Welling
Ken Brooker	....	assistant location manager
Mike Browne	....	production assistant
Nate Campbell	....	stand-in: Tom Welling
Dan Carr	....	assistant location manager
Simon Chin	....	extras wrangler
Rupert Cole	....	assistant to writer
Kendra Crowther	....	executive assistant
Michele Cummins	....	production assistant
Richard Cummins	....	stunt car mechanic
Richard Cummins	....	stunt car preparation: Dodge Charger
Ian Doig	....	animal trainer
Byron Drinkle	....	playback coordinator (2002-2004)
Dana Dubé	....	animal trainer
Angeline Duran	....	assistant: Mike Tollin
Brad Erickson	....	trainee assistant location manager (season 5)
Maggie Evans	....	co-production coordinator
Abraham Fraser	....	location manager
Simon Hall	....	video synchronization operator
Debbie Heimowitz	....	writing intern
Danny Ho	....	video & computer playback supervisor
Jared Howitt	....	second assistant production coordinator
Nathane Jackson	....	body double: Tom Welling
Bonnie Judd	....	animal coordinator
Bonnie Judd	....	animal trainer
Kaleena Kiff	....	assistant to producer
Marian Koprada	....	production assistant
David Langtry	....	computer playback operator
Tom J. Lawson	....	production assistant
Lukasz Madziag	....	production assistant
Marty Manifold	....	trainee assistant location manager
Sheri Mayervich	....	assistant location manager
Siân McArthur	....	production assistant
Michelle McKay	....	assistant to co-executive producer
W. Robert Millar	....	assistant location manager: second unit
Len Murach	....	location manager
Christina Ollson	....	production assistant (seasons 3-4)
Darren Robertson	....	playback coordinator
Lisa Rose	....	publicist (2003)
Andrew Simpson	....	animal coordinator
Julie Slater	....	trainee location manager
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer
Emily Thierry-Gray	....	production assistant
James Thompson	....	assistant location manager (seasons 3-4)
Ross Woo	....	office production assistant

Production Companies

• Tollin/Robbins Productions
• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• CW Television Network (2001) (USA) (TV)
• CW Television Network (2010) (USA) (TV)
• Viasat3 (2011) (Hungary) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2010) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

42 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Company:

Tollin/Robbins Productions

Trivia:

When Chloe enters Watchtower she give a Verification Code #051409 - the date of the season 8 finale when Jimmy dies. Jimmy gave Chloe Watchtower as a wedding present.

Quotes:

Clark Kent:Vala, if there's anyone who really knows what you sister wanted, it's you. It was peace, Vala. She wanted peace.
Vala:No. Zod's right. The humans will never allow Kandor peace.
Basqat:They will hunt us to the last man. But they will fail, for we shall *never* be defeated. We will follow General Zod to the ends of this Earth.
Zod:Krypton *will* rise again. And all humankind will kneel before Zod.
Clark Kent:I'll never let that happen!
Zod:You won't be able to stop us.

Sacrifice

Season 9 of Smallville hit a bit of a slump as it came near the end, in part due to the poorly executed Checkmate story. Season 9 had a big comeback with "Sacrifice". Sometimes the writers forget that you don't need an overly complex plot to make an exciting episode, but rather a simple and basic plot like has been written here. Tess tries to infiltrate Watchtower, and both she and Chloe get locked inside. The other half of the episode is less exciting, but again a simplified story involving Clark trying to stop the Kandorians who had been given their powers by Zod, by aligning with Faora and those Kandorians that were left behind.

As 24 proved, it is possible to make an exciting show in real time format. I'd go as far as to say it's easier to make a show exciting in real time. There's not a lot of action here in "Sacrifice". Basically a couple of extended scenes. The excitement of real time is built into the time demand itself. On top of that, with so many back to back scenes without story gaps, there's a lot more room for character development. A perfect example of that is with Tess' character. She has a big shift here, the biggest character shift in all 3 seasons she was involved in. I can't see it being as believable with time jumps in the middle of the episode. The interesting thing is that Clark actually takes a back seat here. This episode is about the development of Chloe, Tess, Zod and his wife Faora. Aside from the finale, this may be my favorite episode in the second half of season 9. This was exactly what the show needed to boost interest heading toward the finale.