The Bay (2012/II)

Director:

Barry Levinson

Writers (WGA):

Michael Wallach (screenplay)
Barry Levinson (story) ...
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Release Date:

21 November 2012 (Belgium)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Panic feeds on fear.

Plot:

Chaos breaks out in a small Maryland town after an ecological disaster occurs.

Plot Keywords:

Maryland | Bay | Found Footage | Reporter | Shot To Death

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Kristen Connolly	...	Stephanie
Christopher Denham	...	Sam
Jane McNeill	...	Victim #1
Kether Donohue	...	Donna Thompson
Tim Parati	...	Fair Man
Anthony Reynolds	...	Steve Slattery - Homeland Security Officer
Andy Stahl	...	Sheriff Lee Roberts
Michael Beasley	...	Officer Jimson
Justin Welborn	...	Activist
Frank Deal	...	Mayor John Stockman
Stacy Rabon	...	Middle Aged Supporter
Robert C. Treveiler	...	Dr. Williams (as Robert Treveiler)
Lauren Cohn	...	Marsha Rosenblatt
Stephen Kunken	...	Dr. Jack Abrams
Tara Polhemus	...	Girl by Bay
Jody Thompson	...	Officer Paul
Will Rogers	...	Alex
John Harrington Bland	...	Man Attacking Dr. Abrams
Andrew R. Kaplan	...	Hospital Patient
Zach Hanner	...	EPA Official
Tim Ross	...	Brian Berger
Jack Landry	...	Father
James Patrick Freetly	...	Bob
Rasool J'Han	...	Dr. Nu - CDC (as Rasool Jahan)
Kenny Alfonso	...	Doctor Michaels
Dave Hager	...	Jerry
Alisa Harris	...	Tim's Mother at Fair
Holly Allen	...	Sally
Ron Stafford	...	Member of Mayor Stockman's Entourage
Nansi Aluka	...	Jacqueline
Brandon Hanson	...	Jim
Lamya Jezek	...	Lamya Jezek
David Andalman	...	CDC Officer Don Donaldson
Mellie Boozer	...	Infected Resident
Truman Brothers	...	Tim
Lucia Forte	...	Marla Spatafora
Jack Stecher	...	Dead party goer
Heidi Banks	...	Nurse Jessica (as Heidi Lawson)
Troy Rudeseal	...	Man with distended belly
Brandon O'Dell	...	Bill
Madison Nulty	...	Girl by Bay
Kimberly Campbell	...	Nurse Rebecca
Sharon McHenryPower	...	Sandra
Jonathan Hart	...	Hospital Patient
Bob Lanoue	...	Charle's Dad
Carrie Kroll	...	Jane
Bridget Gethins	...	Fat Lady
Chris Walters	...	Harvey
Nick Basile	...	TV Medical Expert
Ken Moran	...	Chicken Feeder
Zoe Clarke	...	Little Girl at Party
Sean Johnson	...	Boy At Bay
Brett Lee Clark	...	Infected Resident #2
Robin Lee Maggy	...	Old Hag
Divakar Shukla	...	Dr.Sacerdoti
Wyatt Hays	...	Boy At Party
Keyla S. Childs	...	Ms Crustacean
Curtis Lambert	...	Cameraman (as Robert Curtis Lambert)
Kelly Fuller	...	Deceased person
Beckett Clayton-Luce	...	Charles
Stephanie Merrell	...	Deceased Person
Jonathan Maverick	...	George Nouri
Sue Plassmann	...	Woman in Doctor's Office
Larry C. Fenn	...	Patient / amputee
Robert Lyman	...	Infected Resident
Murat Erdan	...	Mike - Radio Host (as Murat 'Murf Dawg' Erdan)
Rick Benjamin	...	News Anchor Bernie
Jennifer Burch	...	Infected Teenage Girl
Brad Cromartie	...	Brad Cromartie
Kenya Phifer	...	Woman Calling 911 (as Kenya N. Phifer)
Charles Weaver	...	Water Rescue Worker
Alisa Harris	...	Tim's Mother at Fair
Jason Soshoff	...	Marine Biologist
Christi Lowe	...	News Anchor Marsha
Daniele Lyman	...	Infected Resident
Rachel Eddy	...	Girl Texting
Sarah Jordan Levin	...	Jennifer's Friend
Nan Stephenson	...	Harvey's Wife
Toni Soshoff	...	Stephanie's Mother
Jeff Albertson	...	Sheriff's deputy (uncredited)
Jeremiah Scott	...	Waiter / Corpse (uncredited)

Directed by
Barry Levinson

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Wallach		(screenplay by)
Barry Levinson		(story by) and
Michael Wallach		(story by)

Produced by
Jason Blum	....	producer
Jeanette Brill	....	line producer
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones	....	executive producer
Paul A. Levin	....	associate producer
Barry Levinson	....	producer
Spencer Medof	....	development executive
Liam O'Donnell	....	co-producer
Oren Peli	....	producer
Steven Schneider	....	producer
Jason Sosnoff	....	executive producer
Colin Strause	....	executive producer
Greg Strause	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Marcelo Zarvos

Cinematography by
Josh Nussbaum

Film Editing by
Aaron Yanes

Casting by
Tracy Kilpatrick

Production Design by
Lee Bonner

Art Direction by
Stan Flint

Set Decoration by
Glenn Peison

Costume Design by
Emmie Holmes

Makeup Department
Randi Owens Arroyo	....	special makeup effects artist
Kymber Blake	....	special makeup effects artist
Kristy Horiuchi	....	key makeup artist
Starr Jones	....	makeup department head
Katie Middleton	....	makeup artist
Paul Russo	....	hair department head
Shane Zander	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Ann Gray	....	post-production supervisor
Rick Osako	....	unit production manager
David Thornsberry	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Urs Hirschbiegel	....	first assistant director
Brian Kenyon	....	second assistant director
Sebastian Mazzola	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Alex Lee Bonner	....	art department production assistant
Imee Cuison	....	set dresser
D. Tobias Denney	....	assistant property master
Jordan Foster	....	on-set dresser
Anne Gross	....	art department assistant
Jennifer Spence	....	assistant art director
Thomas Spence	....	property master
Adam Willis	....	leadman

Sound Department
Timothy Cargioli	....	boom operator
Ryan Collison	....	foley recordist
Dann Fink	....	adr loop group director
Jonathan Gaynor	....	sound mixer
Mariusz Glabinski	....	sound designer
Mariusz Glabinski	....	supervising sound editor
Heather Gross	....	foley editor
Marlena Grzaslewicz	....	dialogue editor
Matthew Haasch	....	foley editor
Ruth Hernandez	....	adr editor
Carol Jacob	....	sound edit assistant
Jay Peck	....	foley artist
Reilly Steele	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Jerrod Farthing	....	special effects crew
David Hill	....	special effects technician
Walter Kiesling	....	special effects coordinator
Shane Zander	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Jarrod Avalos	....	layout & matchmove lead
Adam Briggs	....	visual effects artist
Daniel Chavez	....	visual effects producer
Fefo Desouza	....	flame artist
Tamer Eldib	....	modeler
Josh Elmore	....	model/texture artist: Hydraulx
Miguel A. Guerrero	....	modeling supervisor: Hydraulx
Sascha Alexander Haber	....	digital artist
Atsushi Imamura	....	modeler: Hydraulx
Isopod	....	visual effects executive producer
Eric A. Kohler	....	visual effects coordinator: Hydraulx
Daniel Kruse	....	digital lighter: [Hy*drau"lx]
Erik LaPlant	....	cg coordinator: hydraulx
Sun Lee	....	senior matte painter: Hydraulx
David Michaels	....	character technical director
Scott Michelson	....	visual effects executive producer
Chun Seong Ng	....	model/texture artist: Hydraulx
Eugene Paluso	....	tracking and layout
Chris Payne	....	digital compositor
John Polyson	....	visual effects editor: Hydraulx
Chris Radcliffe	....	digital artist
Scott Rader	....	senior inferno artist: Hydraulx
Pablovsky Ramos-Nieves	....	digital lighter: Hydraulx
Krystal Sae Eua	....	model/texture artist: Hydraulx
Josh Sutherland	....	visual effects editor: Hydraulx
Alexander Tirasongkran	....	matchmove artist
Yuki Uehara	....	rotoscope artist
Derek Winslow	....	matte painter
Michael Zavala	....	2D coordinator: Hydraulx VFX

Stunts
Matt Brockman	....	stunt double
Lena Fennema	....	stunt double
Jeff Galpin	....	water safety
Cal Johnson	....	stunt coordinator
Cal Johnson	....	stunt double
Robin Lee Maggy	....	stunts
Christopher Tardieu	....	underwater stunt double: Christopher Denham
Christopher Tardieu	....	water safety

Camera and Electrical Department
Benjamin Baggott	....	electrician
Shauna Brown	....	second assistant camera
Barret B. Burlage	....	electrician
Marc-Eric Casado	....	camera operator (as Marc-Eric Nielsen)
Marc-Eric Casado	....	key first assistant camera (as Marc-Eric Nielsen)
Jonathan Cohen	....	loader
Ben Davidson	....	best boy electric
Lee Donaldson	....	key grip
Jason Dunn	....	electrician
Zsolt P. Haraszti	....	second assistant camera
Adam Jandrup	....	gaffer
Cal Johnson	....	underwater camera operator
Dan Jones	....	additional first assistant camera
Brian Knox	....	best boy grip
Mathew Larsen	....	electrician
Will Liebenrood	....	electric intern
John Reynolds	....	gaffer
Matt Sanderson	....	assistant camera
Matthew M. Sanderson	....	first assistant camera

Animation Department
Nicholas Avallone	....	animator
Leonardo Martinez	....	animator

Casting Department
Shannon Cain	....	casting assistant
Tona B. Dahlquist	....	extras casting
Yosef Noble	....	extras casting assistant
Bruce Winant	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Teresa Beach	....	set costumer
Terri Helms	....	seamstress
Karen Keyes	....	set costumer
Keva Keyes	....	key costumer

Editorial Department
David Andalman	....	assistant editor
David Andalman	....	post-production coordinator
Brian Boyd	....	colorist
Brian Reali	....	digital intermediate producer
Mathieu Reid	....	color timer

Music Department
Justin Moshkevich	....	additional score mixing
Julie Sessing	....	music clearance
Tim Starnes	....	music editor

Transportation Department
James G. Brill	....	transportation coordinator
C. Benny Dietz	....	production driver
Jason Messersmith	....	transportation captain
Jack Munn	....	transportation

Other crew
Dana M. Arnold	....	production staff
Amber Axelton	....	assistant: Mr. Levinson
Nick Basile	....	adr loop group
Shaun Cain	....	assistant accountant
Chris Drake	....	key assistant location manager
Sean Evans	....	marketing and publicity
Jessica L. Hall	....	assistant to Mr. Blum
Michael McKay	....	set production assistant
Spencer Medof	....	development executive
Ken Moran	....	animal wrangler
Yosef Noble	....	set production assistant
Sean Oliver	....	adr loop group
Christopher L. Perez	....	production legal
Tracy Remmereid	....	production coordinator
Bruce Resnik	....	script supervisor
Keegan Sacko	....	key set production assistant
Adam M. Stone	....	product placement coordinator
Cat Stone	....	product placement coordinator
Brian Marshall Turner	....	set medic
Ryan Weisen	....	production assistant
Pamela Williamson	....	production accountant
Sally Winters	....	adr loop group
Bailey Conway	....	assistant to Mr. Kavanaugh-Jones (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Automatik Entertainment
• Hydraulx

Distributors

• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2012) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Pictures (2013) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Roadside Attractions (2012) (USA) (theatrical)
• Star Films (2013) (Bolivia) (theatrical)
• Star Films (2013) (Ecuador) (theatrical)
• Star Films (2013) (Peru) (theatrical)
• Viva Films (2012) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• eOne Films (2013) (Spain) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2013) (Australia) (DVD)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2011) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Cinemax (2011) (Russia) (all media) (CIS + Baltics)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2013) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2013) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Koch Media (2012) (Germany) (all media)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2013) (USA) (DVD)
• Lionsgate Home Entertainment (2013) (USA) (video) (VOD)
• Mongkol Major (2013) (Thailand) (all media)

Special Effects

• Hydraulx

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound mix
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Movie Movers  wardrobe trailer
• Sixteen19  post production services
• Stone Management  product placement

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing violent content, bloody images and language

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Datasat | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:18A | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:R-16 | UK:15 | Australia:MA15+ (2013) | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Georgetown, South Carolina, USA

Company:

Automatik Entertainment

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The events take place in 2009. One of the characters shows her symptoms via FaceTime which did not debut until 2010.

Soundtrack:

Red Cadillac and A Black Moustache

Makes You Think Twice About Drinking water

This isn't your average, run of the mill low budget "found footage" or "suppressed footage" horror film. The budget is large and the acting is spot on for what is needed to tell the tale. Think of this more as a ecological disaster/thriller than a straight horror film. Reminds me of the nature run amok sub genre films of the late seventies and early eighties. Without any preaching about how we are destroying the environment. As the story unfolds, the tension mounts as does the fear and dread. The horror is amplified by the constant reminder that everything presented here could actually happen or has happened. In fact mid-way through I kept wondering if there was an actual tragedy that this film was loosely based upon. All told the film is well paced, competently shot with solid acting and makes full use of the "found footage" style. Highly recommended for both horror fans and the occasional horror film watcher.