Shark Night 3D (2011)

Director:

David R. Ellis

Writers:

Will Hayes (written by) &
Jesse Studenberg (written by)

Release Date:

2 September 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Terror runs deep.

Plot:

A weekend at a lake house in the Louisiana Gulf turns into a nightmare for seven vacationers as they are subjected to shark attacks.

Plot Keywords:

Shark | Lake | Louisiana | Vacation | Water Skiing

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Sara Paxton	...	Sara
Dustin Milligan	...	Nick
Chris Carmack	...	Dennis
Katharine McPhee	...	Beth
Joel David Moore	...	Gordon
Donal Logue	...	Sabin
Joshua Leonard	...	Red
Sinqua Walls	...	Malik
Alyssa Diaz	...	Maya
Chris Zylka	...	Blake
Jimmy Lee Jr.	...	Carl
Damon Lipari	...	Keith
Christine Bently	...	Jess (as Christine Quinn)
Kelly Sry	...	Wonsuk
Tyler Bryan	...	Kyle
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Speed	...	Tom (uncredited)
Michael Warren	...	College Student (uncredited)
Stephen Warren	...	College Student (uncredited)

Directed by
David R. Ellis

Writing credits
Will Hayes		(written by) &
Jesse Studenberg		(written by)

Produced by
Chris Briggs	....	producer
Douglas Curtis	....	executive producer
Tawny Ellis	....	co-producer (as Tawny Ellis Lehman)
Mike Fleiss	....	producer
Lynette Howell	....	producer
Kelly McCormick	....	co-producer
Crystal Powell	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Graeme Revell

Cinematography by
Gary Capo

Film Editing by
Dennis Virkler

Casting by
Kelly Wagner

Production Design by
Jaymes Hinkle

Art Direction by
Craig Jackson

Set Decoration by
Tricia Schneider

Makeup Department
Allan A. Apone	....	special makeup designer
Louisa Gore Hamn	....	key makeup artist
Chrissy Morris	....	makeup artist
Melizah Schmidt	....	key hair stylist
Solina Tabrizi	....	department head hair stylist
Kristina Vogel	....	makeup department head
Crystal Woodford	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Douglas Curtis	....	unit production manager
Bryan Hart	....	assistant production manager
Christopher Kulikowski	....	post-production supervisor: Relativity Media
Louise Runge	....	post-production supervisor
Ron Cosmo Vecchiarelli	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jason Altieri	....	key second assistant director
Kim Barnard	....	second second assistant director
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	second unit director
Robert Lee	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Curtis Akin	....	property master
Rick Broderman	....	head painter
Eddie Burcham	....	set dresser
Daniel Coe	....	construction coordinator
Matthew L. Crowson	....	set dresser
Phillip Joffrion	....	set dresser
Jeff Lavezoli	....	storyboard artist
Michael V. Nichols	....	leadman
Siobhan O'Brien	....	set decorating assistant
Hannah May Roark	....	assistant property master
Derek Tovar	....	props p.a.
Michael Wynn	....	painter

Sound Department
Steve C. Aaron	....	production sound mixer
Wade Barnett	....	adr recordist
Brian Dunlop	....	foley editor
Christopher Eakins	....	ADR editor
Christopher Eakins	....	dialogue editor
Keith Elliott	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Esparza	....	sound effects editor
Lana Marie Hattar	....	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Steven Iba	....	adr mixer
Ron King	....	additional sound mixer
Brad Lokey	....	sound utility
A. Josh Reinhardt	....	sound mixer
Michael Santopolo	....	foley assistant
Natasha Shumny	....	sound editor
Lauren Stephens	....	sound designer
Andrew Tay	....	sound re-recording mixer
Callie Thurman	....	assistant sound editor
Jared Watt	....	boom operator
Mark Zsifkovits	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Robert Benavidez	....	special effects technician
Walt Conti	....	animatronic effects
Eric Coon	....	special effects foreman
Donnie Dean	....	special effects technician
Damien Fitzpatrick	....	special effects crew
Roy Goode	....	special effects technician
Matt Kutcher	....	special effects supervisor
Caius Man	....	special effects coordinator
Zachary Supar	....	animatronic effects
Robert G. Willard	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
David Alexander	....	CG artist: Switch VFX
Kemal Ally	....	digital compositor: Switch VFX
Alexandra Altrocchi	....	visual effects producer
Bogdan Amidzic	....	digital compositor: Crater Studio
Milos Aradjanin	....	animator: Crater Studio
Christopher Babiak	....	assistant editor: visual effects
Yogesh Badhe	....	visual effects artist: Reliance Media Works
Kaustubh Borwankar	....	visual effects coordinator
Marko Bugarski	....	support modeler: Crater Studio
Jon Campfens	....	visual effects supervisor: Switch VFX
Jayesh Chavan	....	digital compositor: RMW VFX India
Chad Cortvriendt	....	stereo conversion coordinator
Zoran Cvetkovik	....	matte painting supervisor: Crater Studio
Mehul Desai	....	digital effects artist
Aleksandar Djordjevic	....	digital compositor: Crater Studio
Anup Gore	....	roto artist
Anup Gore	....	rotoscopy
Nikola Grebenarovic	....	modeller: texturer: Crater Studio
Gudrun Heinze	....	digital compositor: Switch VFX
Amy Hopkins	....	visual effects coordinator
Traci Horie	....	animation supervisor: RMWVFX
Vlado Ilieski	....	modeller: Crater Studio
Amit Jhamb	....	visual effects producer
Milos Jovanovic	....	layout artist: Crater Studio
Miljana Jovovic	....	executive producer: Crater Studio
Petar Jovovic	....	vfx supervisor: Crater Studio
Marko Kacanski	....	digital compositor
Tushar Kewlani	....	cg supervisor
Bojana Knezevic Radinkovic	....	production assistant: Crater Studio (as Bojana Knezevic)
Ivan Kocic	....	modeller: Crater Studio
Nikola Kudus	....	lead programmer: 3lateral
Saumitra Kumar	....	modeller
Gregor Lakner	....	visual effects supervisor
Sofija Leskov	....	animator: Crater Studio
Jef Lonn	....	digital compositor: Switch VFX
Ljubica Macan	....	vfx coordinator: Crater Studio
Keith MacGowan	....	digital compositor
Chulev Marko	....	creature modeller: Crater Studio
Vladimir Mastilovic	....	rigging supervisor: 3lateral
Benjamin Mattress	....	senior compositor: RMWVFX
Mimi Medel	....	visual effects executive producer
Predrag Mihic	....	programmer: 3lateral
Milicko Mijatovic	....	animator: Crater Studio
Borivoje Mikic	....	matte painting: Crater Studio
Marko Milankovic	....	lighting artist: Crater Studio
Djordje Milasinovic	....	digital compositor: Crater Studio
Nikola Milosavljevic	....	modeller: Crater Studio
Dragan Miokovic	....	modeller: Crater Studio
Zoran Mitrovic	....	digital compositor: Crater Studio
Milovan Mladenovic	....	visual effects producer: Crater Studio
Sasa Nikolic	....	digital compositor: Crater Studio
Nirshid	....	roto/prep-comp supervisor
Ranen Nongmaithem	....	digital compositor
Iva Obradovic	....	vfx coordinator: Crater Studio
Andrew Osiow	....	senior pipeline developer
Saurabh Pandey	....	digital compositor
Shawn Parker	....	visual effects artist
Beau Parsons	....	digital compositor
Beau Parsons	....	visual effects coordinator: Switch VFX
Devank Patel	....	visual effects
Amol Patil	....	match move artist
Vojislav Pavkov	....	lead rigger: 3lateral
Milorad Petkovic	....	effects artist: Crater Studio
John Pierce	....	consulting stereographer: Prime Focus
Aleksandar Popov	....	lead creature artist: 3lateral
Marko Popovic	....	editing artist: Crater Studio
Marko Radinkovic	....	digital compositor: Crater Studio
Sinisa Radosavljevic	....	digital compositor: Crater Studio
Prabhamrit Raryan	....	roto/paint artist
Sai Krishna Rimmalapudi	....	digital compositor
Brandon Rogers	....	digital compositor: Switch VFX
Jesse Russell	....	senior compositor: RMWVFX
Dhumal Sagar	....	digital compositor
Rishi Shah	....	lighting technical director
Nirav Sheth	....	CG lighter
Vaidehi Shinde	....	matte painter
Joel Skeete	....	digital compositor: Switch VFX
Nemanja Stavric	....	lighting artist: Crater Studio
Sasho Stojanoski	....	matchmoving artist: Crater Studio
Zoran Stojanoski	....	vfx lead: Crater Studio
Borislav Stojkovic	....	lighting artist: Crater Studio
Goran Tecic	....	visual effects artist
Brian A. Torres	....	visual effects artist
Andrija Trickovic	....	digital compositor: Crater Studio
Paul Van Camp	....	pipeline supervisor
Ivan Vasiljevic	....	lighting artist: Crater Studio
Aurelio x. Vera Jr.	....	stereoscopic compositor
Natasa Vidakovic	....	production assistant: Crater Studio
Nikola Visnjic	....	rigger: 3lateral
Devon Wagner	....	digital compositor: Switch VFX
Shivaji Waikhom	....	compositor
Chris Wallace	....	digital intermediate colourist
Danilo Zivkovic	....	vfx artist: Crater Studio
Nemanja Zivkovic	....	support modeler: Crater Studio
Mark Heiliger	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Kelly Bellini	....	stunt double: Alyssa Diaz
David Castillo	....	stunt double: Joel Moore
Eric Coon	....	stunt double: Dustin Milligan
Clay Cullen	....	stunt double
Jeffrey J. Dashnaw	....	stunt coordinator
Jeremy Fitzgerald	....	stunts
Ryan Fitzgerald	....	stunt double
Jessica Harbeck	....	stunt double: Katharine McPhee
Karson Kendall	....	stunt double
Matt Kutcher	....	utility stunts
Josh Palma	....	stunt double: Sinqua Walls
Barrett Perlman	....	stunt double: Sara Paxton
John Rottger	....	utility stunts
Mark Stefanich	....	stunts
Mallory Thompson	....	stunts
Keith Woulard	....	water safety coordinator
Arielle Zimmerman	....	stunt double: Sara Paxton

Camera and Electrical Department
Bob Bates	....	gaffer
Victor Brunette	....	video assist
Bryan Bubba Carlisle	....	grip
Andy Casagrande	....	camera operator
Andrew Jason Clark	....	grip
Joe Datri	....	stabilized head technician
Mark Shane Davis	....	key grip
Steve Dietl	....	still photographer
Brad Edmiston	....	first assistant camera
Sxv'leithan Essex	....	camera director: opening titles
Eli Everhard	....	best boy electric
Brigitte Faucheaux	....	video assist
Andre Green	....	rigging best boy electrician
Pedro Guimaraes	....	stereographer
Michael Guthrie	....	key grip: second unit
Tim Hawn	....	underwater lighting technician
Jason Jensen	....	3d system technician
Kevin Lippincott	....	rigging electrician
Xavier Luevano	....	grip
Bradley Martin	....	lighting technician
Patrick McBride	....	camera production assistant (as Patrick Tollett)
Tim McCarthy	....	second assistant camera
Adam Mitchell	....	lighting technician
Jamie Moreno	....	lighting technician
Robert Morrison	....	underwater camera grip dayplayer
Brent Swampy Mullins	....	lighting technician
Robert Owen	....	lighting technician
Max Patrucco	....	rigging grip
Nancy Piraquive	....	digital utility
Paul Santoni	....	first assistant camera
James Selph	....	best boy rigging grip
Liam Sinnott	....	second assistant camera
Gregory W. Smith	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Gregory W. Smith	....	steadicam operator
Stephanie Sousa	....	lighting technician
Shian Storm	....	cinematographer: opening titles
Mike Thomas	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Mike Thomas	....	director of photography: second unit
Todd Thompson	....	electrician
Derek Tovar	....	lighting technician
Brook Willard	....	3D systems engineer
Brook Willard	....	digital imaging technician
Marvin Wright	....	rigging electrician

Casting Department
Devin Lyne Brown	....	casting assistant
Chelsea Ellis Bloch	....	casting intern (as Chelsea Bloch)
Ryan Glorioso	....	location casting
Dominika Posserén	....	casting associate
Kate Warren	....	extras casting director

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gayle Anderson	....	key costumer
Alice Landry Boyer	....	additional costumer
Conan Castro Jr.	....	costume supervisor
Lexi Price	....	set costumer
Amanda Steeley	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Michael Ashton	....	3D lab technician
Kevin Downer	....	assistant digital intermediate editor
Danny Elhaj	....	post-production assistant
Samantha Housman	....	post-production coordinator
Tom Mayclim	....	digital intermediate data wrangler
Dave Muscat	....	assistant digital intermediate editor
Mark Reaser	....	hd mastering
Kevin Soares	....	second assistant editor
Motassem Younes	....	digital intermediate editor

Music Department
Mark Curry	....	score mixer
Dieter Hartmann	....	composer: additional music
Laura Katz	....	music licensing
Ashley Revell	....	music editor
Andy Ross	....	music consultant
Tim Williams	....	composer: stock music

Transportation Department
David Bell	....	driver
Donald Bradley	....	driver
Travis Carter	....	driver
Dennis W. Cook Jr.	....	driver
Dennis W. Cook Jr.	....	picture car coordinator
Kenneth Crenshaw	....	driver
Frank Cunningham	....	driver
Paul Edwards	....	driver: honeywagon
Bart Figueiredo	....	driver
Jeffrey Gowing	....	driver: spfx truck
Gerald Hardy	....	driver
Gary L. Horton	....	driver
A. Welch Lambeth	....	transportation coordinator
Buddy Loflin	....	driver
John McLaughlin	....	driver
Aaron D. Moore	....	driver
Aaron Pigg	....	driver/generator operator
Buddy Pine	....	driver
Cindi Randall	....	transportation captain
Beverly Reeves	....	driver
Daniel Woodcock	....	driver
James Yeates	....	driver: camera car
James Yeates	....	transportation captain
Felicia Zamora	....	driver
Christy Zeller	....	transportation dispatcher

Other crew
Ransom Ashley	....	stand-in/photo double
Melanie Aymami	....	assistant craft service (as Melanie Burck)
Nathan Berry-Chaney	....	office production assistant
Aaron T. Brown	....	production assistant
Dottie Buck	....	craft service
Sue Chipperton	....	dog trainer
Jamie Coghill	....	production legal services
James J. Cullinane	....	location assistant
Paul Cumbie	....	office production assistant
Jon Dainty	....	stand-in
Tecia Esposito	....	script supervisor
Sean Gowrie	....	production coordinator
Pedro Guimaraes	....	stereographer
Thirl Haston	....	marine coordinator
Lee Hedgepeth	....	water safety
Jake Hicks	....	boat captain
Craig Hosking	....	aerial coordinator/pilot
Harrison Huffman	....	office production assistant
Holly Jordan	....	production secretary
Renee Kitterman	....	second assistant accountant
Liz Landers	....	key craft service
Ed Lipscomb	....	location manager
Carlos Marinccioni	....	accounting clerk
Traci Martin	....	payroll accountant
Skylar Mathey	....	production assistant
Joseph Matukewicz	....	studio executive
Paul Mayersohn	....	production legal services
Gregory McNamara	....	key assistant location manager
John A. Metoyer	....	assistant location manager
Lisandro Novillo	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Wendy Price	....	production accountant
Terri Rainha	....	assistant to executive producer and line producer
Blair Richman	....	assistant to Silverwood Films
John Rottger	....	dive operations coordinator
Jason Salzman	....	assistant production coordinator
Joel Silverstein	....	diving supervisor
Joel Silverstein	....	water safety
Natalie Simpkins	....	post-production house coordinator
Scott Smith	....	technology executive
Aaron J. Stone	....	basecamp production assistant
Michael Swafford	....	first assistant accountant
Ryan Tew	....	production assistant
Michelle Tonjes	....	stand-in (as Michelle Lott)
Eric Scott Williamson	....	key set production assistant
Miranda Witherspoon	....	office production assistant (uncredited)

Thanks
Charles M. Barsamian	....	special thanks
James Gibb	....	special thanks
Noel Lohr	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Incentive Filmed Entertainment
• Next Films
• Sierra / Affinity
• Silverwood Films

Distributors

• Audio Visual Entertainment (2011) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Entertainment Film Distributors (2011) (UK) (theatrical)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2011) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Entertainment One (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Festive Films (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2011) (France) (theatrical)
• Pioneer Films (2011) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Pony Canyon (2012) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Relativity Media (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Rogue (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Starway Film Distribution (2011) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2012) (Greece) (DVD) (blu-ray)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Entertainment One Benelux (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Film1 (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)
• Golden Scene (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Golden Scene (2011) (Hong Kong) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• MediaPro Distribution (2011) (Romania) (all media)
• Mongkol Major (2011) (Thailand) (all media)
• TriPictures (2011) (Spain) (all media)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (2012) (Argentina) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (2011) (Mexico) (all media)
• Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais (2011) (Portugal) (all media)

Special Effects

• Crater Studio
• Makeup Effects Laboratories
• Reliance Media Works VFX
• Spectrum Effects
• Switch VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Cutting Edge Group  music services
• Digital FX  3d video assist
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Local Hero  post services
• Montster Hot Tubs  portable hot tubs
• OneZero Productions  post-production
• PACE  Fusion camera system
• Pivotal Post  Avid HD editing equipment provided by
• Plasschaert & Associates  risk management
• Scuba Training and Technology  diving services and equipment
• Silver Screen Supply  portable power systems and cables
• Transportation Resources  transportation equipment

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MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and terror, disturbing images, sexual references, partial nudity, language and thematic material

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS (as Datasat Digital Sound) | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #46933) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | UK:15 | South Korea:15 | Ireland:15A | New Zealand:R16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Portugal:M/16 | Malaysia:18 | Peru:14 | Argentina:16 | Mexico:B15 | Japan:PG12 | France:12 | India:A | Australia:M | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Millennium Studios- 300 Douglas Street, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA

Company:

Incentive Filmed Entertainment

Trivia:

When the Sheriff has Nick tied up and is revealing the type of shark he has waiting for him in the water below, he describes it as a 'Tiger Shark'. When Nick is lowered into the water he sees a 'Sand Tiger Shark' which despite its gruesome appearance is not dangerous to humans and is not one of the four species identified as a man eating shark.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Lily pads don't grow in salt water lakes.

Quotes:

Blake:I'm not just going to sit here and watch him die, man!

Movie Connections:

References Faces of Death (1978)

It seems like the only folks who can still produce good monster flicks are the Japanese.

About this time last year, I saw a movie called "Piranha." It was a loose remake of a 1978 cult favorite produced by Roger Corman; the sort of cheesy B-movie that was so laughably bad that it ascended to being good fun. That was, of course, the original film, not the remake, which made it onto my list of the worst movies of 2010. Now, exactly one year later, my hopes for seeing a good creature-feature on the silver screen have once again been crushed by what was, essentially, the exact same picture I saw last fall. The only difference is, now the obnoxious, hard-to-endure stick-figure characters are being munched on by big fake CGI sharks instead of big fake CGI piranhas.

But it's really the same scenario. Some brainless young adults are frolicking about on a big, freshwater lake when all of a sudden, people are being tossed about and pulled under by unseen attackers. About thirty minutes in, it's revealed (as if we didn't already know) that the lake has been infested by sharks. And not just great whites, either. No, there are hammerheads, tiger sharks, bulls, and even cookie-cutters. How are all of these oceanic species ending up in a freshwater lake? Well, the movie gives an explanation, but it's one of the most outrageously bad plot twists in recent years. And remember, I'm an aficionado on the junk monster movies that pop up on the SyFy Channel every weekend. Now, I do not go to a monster movie looking for great character study or plot logistics. I go there looking for good old-fashioned, escapist fun. Only when a B-movie becomes so incredibly empty and devoid of joy do I start nitpicking on things I might otherwise overlook until after the credits have rolled. But the writing and directing of "Shark Night" (which by the way, mostly takes place under a bright sunny sky) is so bland, so unenthusiastic, so absent-minded that it left me looking at my watch after about twenty minutes. After the first attack sequence, which starts with a predictable twist and then becomes a practical shot-for-shot knock-off from the all-more-effective opening scene in "Jaws," the only thing that ran through my mind was wondering how long it would be before Steven Spielberg and Universal decided to pitch out a lawsuit for copyright infringement.

The whole movie looks and feels very much like it was made directly for a television release, giving it a sort of schizophrenic, out-of-place feeling. The fact that the performances are beneath comment does not help any, since they are on screen far more often than the cartoony, computer-generated sharks who can twist their necks as flexibly as a human arm and snarl like lions. In addition, there is the other big problem that I also had with "Piranha": dopey exploitation. The movie's far more interested in ogling at the hindquarters and torsos of partially-naked models-turned-'actors' than it is in developing plausible attack scenarios or engaging the audience in the way only a good B-movie can.

Well, at least there weren't any underwater lesbian scenes this time. No chewed up, sex organs either. Thank heaven.

If the writers had realized that they were making a movie for the big screen and not for television, "Shark Night" might have proved to be a solid, lighthearted matinée. Instead, it fails to recognize what it ought to have been and pretends to be a grade-A exploitation flick, falling flat from the beginning. In regards to its 3D: it's thoroughly unimpressive. Granted, I am not the biggest fan of 3D; I think it's a cheap, unengaging gimmick. But half the time, you wouldn't know this were a 3D movie if it weren't for the bulky glasses sitting on your nose. It's still murky and nothing jumps out from the screen except for a few pieces from a motorboat and some seaweeds. Not scary, not entertaining, not even remotely interesting, "Shark Night" was one of the more unhappy times I've had at the movies.

It seems like the only folks who can still produce good monster flicks are the Japanese. Their contemporary rubber monsters smashing miniature Tokyos and Osakas are far more interesting than any monster mayhem I've seen on the big screen in a long while.