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Roar ()

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A naturalist living with big cats in East Africa expects a visit by his family of four from Chicago. A mix-up leaves him searching for his family, who have been left in the clutches of wild lions.
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70 photos | 4 videos

Cast

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Madelaine
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Hank
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Melanie
John Marshall ...
John
Jerry Marshall ...
Jerry
Kyalo Mativo ...
Mativo
Frank Tom ...
Frank
Steve Miller ...
Prentiss
Rick Glassey ...
Rick
Lenord Bokwa ...
Airport Personnel
Shamasi Sarumi ...
Airport Personnel
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Committee Member
Eve Rattner ...
Committee Member
Peter Thiongo ...
Committee Member
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Committee Member (as Zakes Moakae)
Michael Franz ...
Committee Member
Alexandra Newman ...
Committee Member
Pat Barbeau ...
Committee Member
Michael J. Jones ...
Committee Member
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Lion (uncredited)

Directed by

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Noel Marshall

Written by

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Noel Marshall ... (written by)
 
Ted Cassidy ... (additional script material)

Produced by

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Robert Gottschalk ... producer: in association with (as Robert E. Gottschalk)
Tippi Hedren ... producer
Noel Marshall ... producer
Jack Rattner ... co-producer
Charles Sloan ... co-producer (as Charles J. Sloan)
Banjirô Uemura ... executive producer (as Banjiro Uemura)

Music by

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Terrence P. Minogue

Cinematography by

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Jan de Bont

Editing by

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Ted Nicolaou

Editorial Department

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J. Larry Carroll ... additional editor (as Larry Carroll)
Jan de Bont ... supervising editor
Virgil E. Hammond III ... adr/looping/foley/processing
Vicki Hiatt ... assistant editor
Jerry Marshall ... supervising editor
Mona Marshall ... assistant editor
Mona Leigh Marshall ... assistant editor (as Mona Marshall)
Rebecca Nicolaou ... assistant editor (as Rebecca Nauert)
Ted Nicolaou ... additional editor
Maureen Nolan ... assistant editor
Michael O'Callahan ... assistant editor
Terry Odem ... assistant editor (as Mary T. Odem)
Bruce Pearson ... color timer
Lee Percy ... assistant editor
Allen Persselin ... assistant editor
Jim Todd ... negative cutter
Gloria Gunn ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Peter Hitchcock ... additional editor (uncredited)
Robert Leader ... assistant editor (uncredited)
Chip Miller ... additional editor (uncredited)

Production Design by

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Joel Marshall

Art Direction by

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Joel Marshall

Makeup Department

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Virginia Darcy ... hair stylist: Miss Hedren (as Virginia D'Arcy)
Ken Diaz ... makeup artist
Karen Kalberer ... makeup artist
Matthew W. Mungle ... makeup artist (as Matthew Mungle)
Vincent Prentice ... makeup artist (as Vincent Prentiss)

Production Management

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Joel Marshall ... production manager
Patrick Peach ... production manager (as Pat Peach)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Doron Kauper ... assistant director
Ken Kerr ... assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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James Allen ... assistant art director
Mitch Eakin ... props (as Mitch Eakins)
Dory Forma ... props (as Dory B. Forma)
William Leavitt ... assistant art director

Sound Department

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Laurence Abrams ... boom operator
Pat Barbeau ... cable person
Sandy Berman ... sound editor
Sean Cassidy ... cable person
Tim Cooney ... boom operator
Blake Darrington ... cable person
George Fitzgerald ... sound editor
Courtney Goodin ... sound mixer
John Hayward ... re-recording mixer
Jay Ignaszewski ... re-recording mixer
Jaye Joseph ... assistant sound editor
Hans-Walter Kramski ... foley artist (as Hans Kramski)
Nicolas Le Messurier ... re-recording mixer (as Nicolas LeMessurier)
Paul Leimbach ... sound editor (as Paul Leimback)
Kees Linthorst ... re-recording mixer / sound post-production supervisor
John Marshall ... boom operator
Gordon K. McCallum ... re-recording mixer (as Gordon McCallum)
Bob Minkler ... re-recording mixer (as Robert Minkler)
Bill Mumford ... re-recording mixer (as William Mumford)
Cindy Panama ... assistant sound editor
Gregory Sanders ... sound editor (as Greg Sanders)
Nancy Schicktanz ... assistant sound editor
Gary Alexander ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Graham V. Hartstone ... re-recording mixer (uncredited)
David E. Turner ... engineering services (uncredited)
Mark Ulano ... additional boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by

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Dory Forma ... special effects technician (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Eric Anderson ... assistant camera
Arledge Armenaki ... assistant camera
Robert Bangert ... electrician
Shunil Borpujari ... grip
Frank Byers ... gaffer
Alan Caso ... camera operator
Doug Cragoe ... electrician (uncredited)
Blake Darrington ... grip
Jan de Bont ... camera operator
Bill Dow ... still photographer
Francis Driscoll ... grip (as Fran Driscoll)
Michael Franz ... electrician
Grant Fratt ... electrician
Stephen Fritz ... assistant camera
Chris Gallucci ... grip
Bradley E. Hatton ... electrician (as Brad Hatton)
Joseph Hayes ... electrician
John Hookham ... assistant camera
Phil Jacobson ... best boy
Kenneth J. Jones ... key grip (as Ken Jones)
Michael J. Jones ... electrician
Mike Jones ... grip
Martin J. Layton ... assistant camera (as Marty Layton)
Mark Ludwig ... assistant camera
Ray Maichen ... electrician
Rick Mansfield ... electrician
John Marshall ... camera operator
Jeff Miller ... assistant camera (as Jeffrey Lee Miller)
Christian Munson ... grip
Tony Rush ... assistant camera (as Anthony Rush)
Jonathon 'Earl' Stein ... electrician (as John Stein)
Robert Thorton Stone ... key grip
Lynn Troupe ... grip
Tar Webster ... camera operator (as Harrison 'Tar' Webster)
Ken Wolf ... grip (as Ken Wolfe)
John Wolfe ... electrician
Joseph A. Alvarado ... electrician (uncredited)
Anthony F. Balderrama ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Rick Fee ... assistant camera (uncredited)
Bob Field ... electrician (uncredited)
Gregory Hobson ... electrician (uncredited)
Monty McMillan ... grip (uncredited)
Steven Ross ... electrician (uncredited)
Eric Stoner ... grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Rita Riggs ... wardrobe

Music Department

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Joseph Bocaro ... musician: drums
Ron Carron ... music re-recording mixer (as Ron Carran)
Dominic Frontiere ... composer: Togar theme
Robert Hawk ... composer: additional music
Howard Kurhan ... musician: drums
Alexander Lepak ... composer: drum sequence / conductor: drum sequence
Richard Lepore ... musician: drums
Kees Linthorst ... music re-recording mixer
National Philharmonic Orchestra ... music performed by
John Richards ... music recordist
John Beal ... composer: additional music (uncredited) / orchestrator (uncredited)
Mike De Saulles ... violinist (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Maureen Nolan ... script supervisor
Jean-Paul Ouellette ... script supervisor (as Jean-Paul Oulette)
Jan Shaw ... script supervisor
Russ Fega ... continuity (uncredited)
Paul Tinsley ... script supervisor (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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John Bernstein ... chief veterinarian
Penny Bishonden ... animal assistant
Pat Breshears ... animal assistant
George Chant ... production assistant
Tim Cooney ... supervisor: elephant
Brad Darrington ... animal assistant
Herb Dorfman ... veterinary supplies
Chris Gallucci ... assistant: elephant
Rick Glassey ... animal assistant
Craig Knapp ... production assistant
Becki Landry ... production assistant
Stephanie Marshall ... distribution
Steve McLendon ... assistant: elephant
Steve Miller ... animal assistant
Alexandra Newman ... animal assistant
Dale Rudy ... caterer
Claude Rush ... animal assistant (as Claude Roberts)
Darrell Sides ... animal assistant
Peter Smolian ... production assistant
Roger Stern ... production assistant
Frank Tom ... animal assistant
Liberato Torres ... animal assistant
Patrick Peach ... production coordinator (uncredited)

Thanks

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Hubie Boscowitz ... special thanks
Lillian Boscowitz ... special thanks

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Special Effects

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Ravening jungle beasts assemble in flocks to invade an otherwise quiet home where they terrorize the visiting family of their keeper. Written by alfiehitchie & tipsyheadrinse

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Taglines The most dangerous movie ever made See more »
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Additional Details

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Also Known As
  • El gran rugido (United States, Spanish title)
  • Roar - Die Löwen sind los (Germany)
  • El gran rugido (Spain)
  • 1.000 liontaria sto spiti mas... (Greece)
  • 1.000 λιοντάρια στο σπίτι μας (Greece)
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Runtime
  • 95 min
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Box Office

Budget $17,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Most of the lion attacks were real, and usually resulted in actual injury to the cast and crew. See more »
Goofs After Hank goes to the airport to get his family, on his return trip, he picks up Mativo and the tigers. Mativo's bike is placed in the trunk with the front wheel hanging out. Further down the road, the trunk is closed with no bike hanging out. Still further, the bike is again hanging out. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in The Making of Roar (2004). See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits features this text: "Since the choice was made to use untrained animals and since for the most part they chose to do as they wished, it's only fair they share the writing and directing credits." See more »
Quotes Hank: It's just playing, I'm tellin' ya!
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