Snowmageddon (2011) (TV)

Director:

Sheldon Wilson

Writer:

Rudy Thauberger

Release Date:

10 December 2011 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy

Plot:

An Alaskan town is in danger of destruction by a mystical snow globe that appears on a family's doorstep, wrapped like a Christmas gift, and causes deadly "natural" disasters in the real world, while simultaneously occurring in the globe. |

Cast

David Cubitt	...	John Miller
Laura Harris	...	Beth Miller
Dylan Matzke	...	Rudy Miller
Magda Apanowicz	...	Jennifer Miller
Jeffrey Ballard	...	Derrick Reed (as Jeff C. Ballard)
Lorne Cardinal	...	Larry
Michael Hogan	...	Fred Baker
Donavon Stinson	...	Tully
Amitai Marmorstein	...	Greg
Teach Grant	...	Sheriff Jacob
Leanne Lapp	...	Mary
Haig Sutherland	...	Norm
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Carolyn Adair	...	Nurse
Michele Cummins	...	Towns Person
Hal Myshrall	...	Town person
Steve Saunders	...	Town person

Directed by
Sheldon Wilson

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Rudy Thauberger

Produced by
Josée Bernard	....	co-executive producer
Tom Berry	....	executive producer
Fiorenza Cella	....	executive producer
Lisa M. Hansen	....	executive producer
Paul Hertzberg	....	executive producer
John Prince	....	producer

Original Music by
Michael Neilson

Cinematography by
Neil Cervin

Film Editing by
Christopher A. Smith

Casting by
Tiffany Mak
Penny Perry

Production Design by
Renee Read

Art Direction by
Chris von Szombathy

Set Decoration by
Blair Stevens

Costume Design by
Farnaz Khaki-Sadigh

Makeup Department
Caroline Dehner	....	key hair stylist
Christina Furuya	....	swing: assistant
Tanya Howard	....	key makeup
Trisha Porter	....	makeup and hair: swing
Amber Trudeau	....	makeup and hair: swing

Production Management
Brian Dick	....	production manager
Daniel Gilboy	....	production executive
Gilles LaPlante	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mimi Crowe	....	third assistant director
Willan Leung	....	trainee assistant director
Jennifer Nelson	....	second assistant director
Kevin Speckmaier	....	first assistant director

Art Department
L. Butcher	....	lead dresser
Sally Cook	....	props master
Kathy Dornan	....	buyer
Jim Easton	....	storyboard artist
Clayton Flagg	....	assistant props
Mike Kearsley	....	set dresser (as Michael Kearsley)
Ryan Lillies	....	set dresser
Mirko Poblete	....	on-set dresser
Daniel Rheault	....	set dresser (as Dan Rheault)
Daren Sasges	....	assistant props master (as Daren Luc Sasges)
Bruce Seto	....	set dresser
Justin Stewart	....	art assistant
Danny Vermette	....	assistant set decorator
Melinda Watts	....	assistant props master

Sound Department
Tim Archer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin B. Barron	....	foley recordist: and re-recording mixer (as Kevin Barron)
Kevin B. Barron	....	re-recording mixer (as Kevin Barron)
Jason Cole	....	foley artist
Wendy Czajkowsky	....	dialogue editor
Miik Dinko	....	adr recordist
Doug Kerr	....	boom operator
Randy Kiss	....	re-recording mixer
Randy Kiss	....	sound supervisor & effects editor
Dennis McCormack	....	assistant sound effects editor
Shawn Miller	....	sound mixer
Tad Nazar	....	sound mixer
Alan Perkins	....	dialogue editor
Brian Power	....	additional adr recordist

Special Effects by
Allen Benjamin	....	special effects coordinator (as Al Benjamin)
Lionel Huppee	....	special effects second assistant
Verun Jain	....	special effects assistant
Ryan Patton	....	special effects first assistant
Derek Robins	....	special effects assistant
Rob Thorpe	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Jongjun An	....	digital compositor
Mack Benz	....	visual effects producer
Darren Coffey	....	visual effects
Dustin Cumming	....	visual effects artist
Youngbin Eun	....	visual effects
Youngeun Kim	....	visual effects artist
Francois Latremoille	....	visual effects supervisor
Thierry Latremoille	....	visual effects artist
Ryan Mackie	....	digital compositor
Subodh Singh	....	visual effects artist
Geoffrey Soga	....	visual effects artist
Hui-wen Wu	....	visual effects artist

Stunts
John Balfour	....	stunt double
Brett Chan	....	stunt coordinator
Lars Grant	....	stunt double
Jeff Sanca	....	stunt driver
Jodi Stecyk	....	stunt double
Clay Virtue	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Ed Araquel	....	still photographer
George Campbell	....	b camera operator
Kevin Church	....	lamp operator
Tyler Collyer	....	grip
Cristian Cretu	....	camera loader: and trainee
Patrick Cronin	....	c camera first assistant
Jordan Ewan	....	b camera second assistant
Aris Georgiopoulos	....	a camera first assistant
Aaron Hadden	....	grip
Brandon Houston	....	lamp operator
Ross MacDonald	....	camera trainee
Michael Mahoney	....	best boy
Patrick McFadden	....	best boy (as Patrick 'Paddy' McFadden)
Darren McLean	....	gaffer
Jordan McLean	....	lamp operator
Pavel G. Pineda	....	a camera second assistant (as Pavel Garcia Pineda)
Mark Roop	....	genny operator
John Sampson	....	grip
Spiro Sideris	....	camera volunteer
Greg Simmonds	....	b camera first assistant
Jeff Smith	....	key grip
Rob Tucker	....	dolly grip (as Rob 'The Knob' Tucker)
James Vinblad	....	key grip
Aiken Weiss	....	a-camera / steadicam operator
Len Wolfe	....	best boy electric
Travis Wolfe	....	lamp operator

Casting Department
Anya Gadison	....	extras casting assistant
L.A. Hilts	....	extras casting
Kris Woznesensky	....	casting assistant: Canada

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Joana Casado	....	wardrobe truck
Megan Leson	....	set supervisor
Susan McGillvrey	....	set supervisor
Andrea Tully	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Jill Allanson	....	operations manager
Patrick Costelloe	....	post production supervisor
Adam Driscoll	....	post-production supervisor
Marie-Lou Gingras	....	additional editor
Shannon Y.F. Lum	....	first assistant editor
Jason Macintyre	....	post-production supervisor
Daniel McAlister	....	post-production assistant
David O'Shaughnessy	....	post production supervisor: CER (as Dave O'Shaughnessy)
Matthew Pemberton	....	assistant editor
Ismael Ribeiro	....	director of engineering (as Isamael Ribeiro)
Alissa Roode	....	on-line editor
Mykel Thuncher	....	colorist: dailies
Alex Tkach	....	project coordinator
Seán Travers	....	color timer

Transportation Department
Ron Aimer	....	cast driver
Matthew Bennett	....	driver: snowmobile
Jamie Cross	....	cable truck driver
Jesse Furnell	....	picture car driver
Tyler Garnham	....	driver: snowmobile
Peter Gibson	....	transport coordinator
Robert Glen	....	transport captain
Brian Keddy	....	honeywagon driver
Ross Martin	....	transportation co-captain
Paul Medeiros	....	driver: cast and special equipment
Laura Sager	....	driver: snowmobile
Taylor Sarai	....	driver
Katsuyuki Wolfe	....	driver

Other crew
Lindsey Adams	....	assistant: to Mr. Berry
Gemma Andrew	....	accounting assistant
Grant Baldwin	....	electronic press kit
Claire Benoit	....	legal services
Mike Bieker	....	security
Neil M. Croker	....	security
Mike Dennison	....	production assistant (as 'Rocker' Mike Dennison)
Jenny Dent	....	tutor
Ian Doig	....	animal coordinator
Melanie Duffy	....	security
Gerry Durand	....	stand-in
Robin Eyre	....	security
Marty Fitzgerald	....	assistant: to Ms Hansen
Lara Fox	....	script supervisor
Adam Gordon	....	assistant: to Mr. Hertzberg
David Grant	....	crew: mountain
Sean Hanlin	....	security coordinator
Breanne Hartley	....	head of business and legal affairs
Lori Holden	....	volunteer
Darren Howard	....	security
Darcy Danielle Irvine	....	watchman
Alexandra Julson	....	business affairs assistant
Wayne Kulachkowski	....	location scout
Genevieve L'Ecuyer	....	financial services
Laurel Lillies	....	first aid/craft service
Regan Lipsett	....	production assistant
Tony Lort	....	post-production accountant
Grace MacLeod	....	head animal trainer
Randall Macmillan	....	security
Valerie Massicotte	....	business affairs assistant
Kathy Milne	....	operator: and Snow Cat owner
Lindsay Moffat	....	production accountant
Barbara Parisi	....	payroll accountant
Jon Paskal	....	chef
Nicole Reid	....	development and production associate
Jason Reynolds	....	crew: mountain
John Rollins	....	assistant location manager
Hauns Rutherford	....	watchman
Farooque Saleemi	....	security
David Sanderson	....	story editor
Mark Shannon	....	key production assistant
Ross Sheppard	....	second assistant production coordinator
Tiffany Sidick	....	assistant chef
Karly Stilling	....	administrative assistant
Merewyn Wagner	....	production coordinator
Lilly Warkentin	....	assistant chef
Campbell Watson	....	chef
Christopher Worgan	....	first assistant production coordinator
Chris Wyndham	....	key production assistant
Karen Zajac	....	location manager
Michael Zwart	....	chef

Production Companies

• Snow Globe Productions

Distributors

• Cinetel Films (2011) (worldwide) (all media) (excluding Canada)
• Syfy (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2012) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2012) (Germany) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Syfy Universal (2012) (Belgium) (TV) (limited)
• Syfy Universal (2012) (Netherlands) (TV) (limited)

Other Companies

• Exile VFX  visual effects: CGI studio
• Panavision (Canada) Corporation  camera equipment provided by

Also Known As:

"Snowglobe Christmas" - Canada (English title) (alternative title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for disaster action and some bloody images

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12 | Germany:12

Company:

Snow Globe Productions

Another case of the not terrible but not good either sort of movie

As I have said many times already I have made no secret of disliking a lot of SyFy's films, but I do keep watching to see if they do come up with something that is watchable at least. They have done a few movies that are surprisingly tolerable though even they are far from perfect, but most are bad but you are amused by the awfulness or are like witnessing a train-wreck.

I was very mixed on Snowmageddon actually, of the above categories it sits between the tolerable and so bad it's good ones. I do give it plaudits for the better than average acting, granted it is not brilliant but it is award-worthy compared to the likes of Quantum Apocalypse and Titanic II, decent photography and a storyline that is mostly interesting and original in concept.

That is not to say that the story is perfect though. It is interesting and generally well paced, but it does take a while to get going and the ending is abrupt. There are also scenes and ideas that suspend disbelief and don't make much sense, but for the first time in a while I actually got some novelty value out of them. These are including the ideas that electricity is still flowing in a town that is cut off from the rest of the world, flying even with ice bombs are going off and nobody in the town carrying a knife.

Snowmageddon also has some amateurish effects-though I've seen worse-, cheesy dialogue and characters that aren't developed enough to make us care for them. I loved the title, but it didn't fit with the concept and story, it was like there had been a last minute title change or that they had thought of a new idea and forgot to think of a title that fitted.

Overall, not as bad as other SyFy efforts, but there is nothing really that stood out to make it memorable or good. 4/10 Bethany Cox