Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Review

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull


Release Date: 22nd May 2008 - Australia


Production Companies
Paramount Pictures (presents)
Lucasfilm Ltd.

Distribution 
Paramount Pictures Australia


Genre: Action/Adventure

Rating: M

Runtime: 122 minutes


Budget: $185,000,000

Box Office Gross: $786,636,033 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
It is 1957, the height of
the Cold War. After returning

from his latest expedition,

famed archeologist Indiana Jones is at risk of losing his job at Marshall College. Then Indy meets a teenage rebel, Mutt Williams, who wants Indy's help to find the legendary Skull of Akator, and the two of them set off for Peru. But the Soviets are tailing them in their search, led by the brilliant Irina Spalko, who will stop at nothing to obtain the skull and use its powers to conquer the West.

Cast
Harrison Ford - Indiana Jones
Shia LaBeouf - Mutt Williams
Cate Blanchett - Irina Spalko
Karen Allen - Marion Ravenwood
Ray Winstone - George "Mac"

McHale
John Hurt - Harold "Ox" Oxley
Jim Broadbent - Dean Charles Stanforth
Igor Jijikine - Dovchenko

Dmitri Diatchenko - Russian Suit

Ilia Volok - Russian Suit
Alan Dale - General Ross
Joel Stoffer - Taylor
Neil Flynn - Smith

Chet Hanks - Student in Library

Sasha Spielberg - Slugger

Nito Larioza - Cemetery Warrior

Ernie Reyes Jr. - Cemetery Warrior

Crew
Director - Steven Spielberg
Based on Characters/Story/
Executive Producer - George Lucas
Based on Characters - Philip Kaufman
Story - Jeff Nathanson
Screenplay - David Koepp

Script Supervisor - Ana Maria Quintana

Associate Producer - Kristie Macosko Krieger
Executive Producer - Kathleen Kennedy
Producer - Frank Marshall
Co-Producer/Unit Production Manager -

Denis L. Stewart

Casting Director - Debra Zane
Production Designer - Guy Hendrix Dyas

Supervising Art Director - Mark W. Mansbridge

Art Directors - Luke Freeborn,

Lawrence A. Hubbs, Lauren E. Polizzi,

Troy Sizemore and Mario Ventenilla

Illustrators - Rodolfo Damaggio,

Colin Grant, Ed Natividad, Nathan Schroeder

and Miles Teves

Storyboard Artists - Chris Baker

and David Lowery

Set Decorator - Larry Dias

Set Decorators: Connecituit Crew -

Alyssa Winter and Beth Rubino

Property Master - Doug Harlocker
Costume Designers - Mary Zophres

and Jenny Eagan

Costume Designer: Harrison Ford -

Bernie Pollack

Assistant Costume Designer - Ann Foley

Costume Supervisor - Bob Morgan

Makeup Department Head - Felicity Bowring

Makeup Artist - Ken Diaz

Hair Department Head - Kelvin R. Trahan
Director of Photography - Janusz Kaminski

Director of Photography: Second Unit -

Flavio Martínez Labiano

Director of Photography: Aerial Unit -

Reed Smoot

Camera Operator - Mitch Dubin

Production Supervisor: Aerial Unit/

Supervising Location Manager - Mike Fantasia

Location Manager: New Mexico Crew -

David Manzanares

First Assistant Director - Adam Somner

First Assistant Director: Second Unit -

Lisa C. Satriano

First Assistant Director: Aerial Unit -

Michael Salven

Second Unit Director - Dan Bradley

Aerial Unit Director/Visual Effects Supervisor -
Pablo Helman

Stunt Coordinator - Gary Powell

Stunt Fight Coordinator - Ben Cooke

Stunt Rigging Coordinator - Diz Sharpe

Sword Trainer - Thomas DuPont

Whip Trainers - Anthony De Longis

and Doc Duhame

Animal Wrangler - Jules Sylvester

Aerial Coordinator: Aerial Unit - Craig Hosking

Special Effects Coordinator - Daniel Sudick

Special Effects Supervisor: Kerner Optical -

Geoff Heron

Effects Supervisor: Stan Winston Studio -
John Rosengrant
Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM -
Marshal Richard Krasser

Visual Effects Producer: ILM - Stephanie Hornish

Executive Producer: ILM - Janet Lewin
Visual Effects Art Director - Christian Alzmann

Concept Artists: ILM - Warren Fu,

David Nakabayashi and David Yee

Digital Production Supervisor: ILM - Jeff White

Associate Production Manager: ILM - Erin D. O'Connor

Lead TD Supervisor: ILM - Craig Hammack

TD Supervisors: ILM - Hayden Landis and

David Meny

Animation Supervisor: ILM - Steve Rawlins

Digital Matte Supervisor: ILM - Richard Bluff

Digital Compositing Supervisors: ILM -

Jay Cooper and Sean MacKenzie

Layout Supervisor: ILM - Jason Snell

Digital Model Supervisors: ILM - Dave Fogler

and Jung-Seung Hong

Viewpaint Supervisor: ILM - Steve Walton
Creature & Simulations Supervisor: ILM - Eric Wong

Roto & Paint Supervisors: ILM - Patrick Jarvis

and Lance Baetkey

Model Supervisor: Kerner Optical - Brian Gernand

Lead Model Makers: Kerner Optical -

Nicholas D'Abo and Michael Lynch

Director of Photography: Kerner Optical -

Martin Rosenberg

Previsualization Supervisor - Daniel D. Gregoire

Editor - Michael Kahn

Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer -

Ben Burtt

Supervising Sound Editor - Richard Hymns

Additional Sound Design/Re-Recording Mixer -

Christopher Scarabosuo

Sound Effects Editors - Shannon Mills,

Tim Nielsen, Krysten Mate and

Addison Teague

Sound Mixer - Ron Judkins

ADR Supervisor - Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

Re-Recording Mixer - Andy Nelson

Foley Artists - Dennie Thorpe,

Jana Vance and Ellen Heuer
Music - John Williams

Music Scoring Mixer - Shawn Murphy


Review
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL may have brought back the archaeologist hero to the big screen. Unfortunately, it feels more like a pulp sci-fi adventure than the pulp adventure fantasy we know in the previous instalments. Even the ending took away the mysticism that the three previous Indiana Jones movies had, as it is bizarre. There are several other weak points, such as a convoluted storyline, hokey dialogue and overused CGI. I find the scene where Indiana hides in a fridge to escape from a nuclear blast quite impossible but funny and out-of-place.

However, the acting was great, especially Harrison Ford, who still did a splendid job playing the title character, something he'd not done since The Last Crusade. Newcomers to the film, such as Shia LaBeouf and Cate Blanchett, try to improve the movie with their performances, but it falls flat compared to the original series. I loved the hilarious scene when he refuses to grab the rattlesnake while sinking in dry sand.

Those who have seen the Indiana Jones films will find the latest to be the weakest link in the series. It still has terrific action and a bit of the series' flavour.

Star rating: (3/5) Average

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Click Review

Click


Release Date: 22nd June 2006 - Australia


Production Companies

Columbia Pictures Corporation
(presents)

Revolution Studios (presents)

Happy Madison Productions

Original Film

Distribution

Sony Pictures Australia

Genre: Comedy

Rating: M

Runtime: 97 minutes

                100 minutes (extended version)

Budget: $82,500,000

Box Office Gross: $237,681,299

(Worldwide)

Plot Summary

The architect Michael Newman

has a typical middle-class
family with his lovely and
gorgeous wife Donna and
their son Ben and daughter
Samantha, and a constant
visit of his parents. However,
Michael is workaholic and
under stress, trying to satisfy

his boss with overwork and
get a partnership in his
company, giving priority to
his work and neglecting the
family issues.

When the tired Michael goes
to a department store to buy
an universal remote control,
he rests on a bed and he
meets the weird salesman
Morty that offers him a
remote control capable of
controlling his own universe.
Michael uses too much and
loses the control of the
device, having his own life
controlled by the remote
control. Then Michael sees

the worthwhile parts of
his personal life he missed
while working, and in the
end of his life he lately
concludes that the family

comes first.


Cast
Adam Sandler - Michael Newman
Kate Beckinsale - Donna Newman
Christopher Walken - Morty

David Hasselhoff - John Ammer

Henry Winkler - Ted Newman

Julie Kavner - Trudy Newman
Sean Astin - Bill

Joseph Castanon - Ben Newman

Tatum McCann - Samantha Newman
Jonah Hill - Teenage Ben
Lorraine Nicholson - Teenage Samantha
Jake Hoffman - Adult Ben

Katie Cassidy - Adult Samantha

Cameron Monaghan - Kevin O'Doyle

Rob Schieder - Prince
Habeeeboo (Cameo)
(Uncredited)
James Earl Jones - Narrator/Himself
(Cameo) (Uncredited)

Crew

Director - Frank Coraci
Writers/Producers - Steve Koren &

Mark O'Keefe

Producers - Adam Sandler,
Jack Giarraputo & Neal H. Moritz

Co-Producer - Tania Landau

Production Designer - Perry
Andelin Blake

Special Makeup Effects - Rick Baker

Director of Photography - Dean Semler

Film Editor - Jeff Gourson

Music - Rupert Gregson-Williams


Awards

2007 Academy Awards
Best Make-up - Kazuhiro Tsuji and Bill Corso (Nominated)

Review
'CLICK' can be quite a funny movie from Adam Sandler, but it contains scenes which can bring a tear in your eye. Nothing that I saw couldn't be in the actor's previous comedies and that's the only time some emotion is found in Sandler's lowbrow comedy. The humorous parts of the film I've liked includes Sandler's character mistakenly congratulates the wrong kid instead of his own son. I kind of liked the imagining concept of what would life be like if you had the power of a universal remote to rewind, fast forward, pause, mute and slow-mo time. I also loved the narration cameo by James Earl Jones and in one scene, he upstages Adam Sandler in his ever-seen presence.

Oh my, what fun you could have! 'CLICK' is such a enjoyable movie, one filled with constant laughs and positive energy from all the actors.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Starchaser: The Legend of Orin Review

Starchaser: The Legend of Orin


Release Date: 21st August 1986 - Australia


Production Companies
Young Sung Production Co.


Genre: Animation

Rating: M

Runtime: 107 minutes


Budget: $15,000,000

Box Office Gross: $3,360,800 (USA)

 
Plot Summary
Set on the subterranean
Mine-World, a band of
human workers are
treated like slaves under
the power of the evil
overlord Zygon until one,
Orin, unearths the hilt
of a mythical sword that
only he can master.
Escaping the planet, he
runs into the rogue
smuggler Dagg and a
pair of helpful droids
and the princess, who all
team up to return to the
Mine-World with a plan
to defeat Zygon and free
Orin's enslaved people.
(Source - IMDb)


Voice Cast
Joe Colligan - Orin
Carmen Argenziano - Dagg Dibrimi
Anthony De Longis - Zygon/
Nexus
Noelle North - Elan/Aviana
Les Tremayne - Arthur
Ken Sansom - Magreb
John Moschitta Jr. - Z'Gork
Daryl Bartley - Kallie
Herb Vigran - Hopps
Tyke Caravelli - Silica
Tina Romanus - Aunt Bella
Thomas H. Watkins - Boro
Mickey Morton - Minemaster
Mona Marshall - Kallie
Dennis Alwood - Shooter

Crew
Producer/Director - Steven Hahn
Writer - Jeffrey Scott
Executive Producers - Thomas Coleman & 

Michael Rosenblatt
Art Director - Lee Hyun Se
Character Designer - Louise Zingarelli
Animation Directors - Jang Gil Kim &
Mitch Rochon
Background Designer - Tim Callahan
Background Designer/Layout Supervisor -
Roy Allen Smith 
Background Supervisors - Youngku Kim
& Carol Kieffer Police
Camera Supervisor - Charles Flekal
Special Visual Effects/Effects Animator -
Michael Wolf
Computer Animation Graphics - Patricia Capozzi
& Edith Fandrey
Film Editor/Sound Designer - Donald W. Ernst
Electronic/Synthesized Sound Effects - Stan Levine
Music - Andrew Belling


Review
'STARCHASER: THE LEGEND OF ORIN' is surprisingly one of the earliest animated features to use computer animation and the first to be shown in 3D. The first half of the film and the female android character were decent, but I'm pretty disappointed that it rips off the 'Star Wars' movies. This is because 'STARCHASER' has several features seen in Lucas's trilogy such as a dark lord, a smuggler and even a princess. An unlikely hero who has to save the world.

For those who haven't seen the movie, you'd be better off watching 'Star Wars' or other animated sci-fi-efforts such as 'Titan A.E', 'Treasure Planet' and 'WALL-E'. However, if you are a fan of old animations of the 1980s, then go for it.

Star rating: (3/5) Average

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Waterworld Review

Waterworld


Release Date: 14th September 1995 - Australia


Production Companies
Universal Pictures (presents)
Gordon Company
Davis Entertainment

Licht/Mueller Film Corporation

Distribution
Universal Pictures Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi/Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 135 minutes
                176 minutes
                (extended cut)


Budget: $175,000,000

Box Office Gross: $264,218,220 (Worldwide)


Plot Summary
Set in a post-apocalyptic
future where most of Earth

is flooded with water,
thanks to the polar ice caps
melting. The human race

struggles for survival on

dilapidated boats and
makeshift floating cities
called atolls. Legends tell
of a mythical place called
"Dryland," which some
cling to it.

The Mariner is a mysterious
drifter/adventurer and a

loner by nature. He

reluctantly bonds with Helen
and her adoptive daughter,
Enola, as they flee a hostile
artificial island. Soon, they
find themselves pursued
by the sinister Smokers,
led by the evil Deacon, who
believe Enola is the key
to finding the mythical
Dryland.


Cast
Kevin Costner - The Mariner
Dennis Hopper - Deacon
Tina Majorino - Enola
Jeanne Tripplehorn - Helen
Michael Jeter - Old Gregor
Gerard Murphy - The Nord
Rick Aviles - Gatesman #1

R.D. Call - Enforcer

Kim Coates - Drifter #2
Robert Joy - Ledger Guy
John Fleck - Doctor
David Finnegan - Toby
William Preston - Depth Gauge Guy
Sean Whalen - Bone
Robert LaSardo - Smitty
Lee Arenberg - Djeng
Doug Spinuzza - Truan
Jack Black - Pilot (Cameo)

John Toles-Bey - Plane Gunner

Zitto Kazann - Elder #1/Survivor #1

Leonardo Cimino - Elder #2

Robert A. Silverman - Hydroholic

Zakes Mokae - Priam

Sab Shimono - Elder #1

Neil Giuntoli - Hellfire Gunner

Jack Kehler - Banker

Chris Douridas - Atoller #7

Hal Douglas - Narrator (Voice) (Uncredited)

Crew
Director - Kevin Reynolds
Writers - Peter Rader and David Twohy

Script Supervisor - Ana Maria Quintana
Executive Producers - Ilona Herzberg,
Andrew Licht and Jeffrey A. Mueller
Producers - Charles & Lawrence Gordon

(Uncredited), John Davis and Kevin Costner

Casting Director - David Rubin

Creative Consultant: Second Unit - Bud S. Smith
Production Designer - Dennis Gassner
Art Director - David F. Klassen

Assistant Art Directors - Steve Burg

and Richard F. Mays

Lead Scenic Artist - Michael Denering (Uncredited)
Set Decorator - Nancy Haigh

Property Master - Michael Milgrom
Costume Designer - John Bloomfield

Armorers - Harry Lu, Dan Sprague

and Syd Stembridge
Director of Photography - Dean Semler

Director of Photography: Second Unit -

Gary Capo

Underwater Photographer - Pete Romano

"A" Camera/Steadicam Operator - Mark O'Kane

Camera Operators: Second Unit - Michael Ferris

and Aaron Pazanti

Underwater Assistant Camera - Wayne Baker

and Cynthia Pusheck

Production Manager - John J. Smith

Key Set Production Assistant - David Bernstein

First Assistant Directors - Alan B. Curtiss

and David Sardi

First Assistant Directors: Second Unit -

George Parra and Michael Green

First Assistant Directors: Visual Effects Units -

K.C. Hodenfield and Matthew Rowland

Second Assistant Director - Robert Huberman
Second Unit Directors - David R. Ellis
and Mickey Gilbert
Stunt Coordinator - R.A. Rondell

Stunt Coordinator: Kevin Costner -

Norman Howell

Stunt Rigging Coordinator - Gregg Smrz

Aerial Coordinator: Second Unit - Craig Hosking

Special Effects Coordinator - Martin R. Bresin

Physical Effects Designer - Peter Chesney

Special Effects Coordinators: Second Unit -

Archie Ahuna, John Frazier, Chuck Gaspar

and Michael Schorr

Visual Effects Supervisor - Michael J. McAlister

Post Effects Supervisor - Chris Watts

Visual Effects Producer - Kimberly Nelson LoCascio
Visual Effects Directors of Photography -

Mark Vargo and Alex Funke

Visual Effects Camera Operator - Kurt E. Soderling
Digital Effects Supervisor - Theresa Ellis Rygiel

Senior Digital Effects Supervisor: Cinesite -

Brad Kuehn

Digital Effects Supervisor: Cinesite - James E. Price
Digital Effects Supervisor: Boss Film Studios -

Sean Phillips

CG Supervisor: Cinesite - Wendy Rogers

Digital Paint Supervisor: Cinesite - Kevin Lingenfelser
Miniature Supervisors: Stetson Visual Services -
Robert Spurlock and Mark Stetson

Effects Supervisor: Stetson Visual Services -

John K. Stirber

Film Editor - Peter Boyle

Associate Editor - Jonathan Lucas

Sound Editors - Lou Angelo, David A. Arnold,

Simon Coke, Gordon Davidson, Teri E. Dorman,

Michael Haight, Andy Kopetzky, Dave Kulczycki,

Larry Mann, Chuck & Nash Michael,

Harry Miller III, Bob Newlan, Mark Pappas,

Rodger Pardee, Karen Wilson and Gary Wright

Re-Recording Mixers - Steve Maslow

and Gregg Landaker

Additional Re-Recording Mixers - Bill Benton

and Chris Carpenter

Foley Artists - Dan O'Connell, Gary A. Hecker,

John Roesch (Uncredited) and Alicia Stevenson

(Uncredited)

Music - James Newton Howard

Score Recordist and Mixer - Bruce Botnick


Awards

1996 Academy Awards
Best Sound - Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker
and Keith A. Wester (Nominated)


Review
As you might call it, Mad Max on water, WATERWORLD had an excellent concept about Earth getting covered in water. One problem in the movie is that the storyline is illogical and has several unexplained answers and even loose ends, including the ending. The sets, action scenes and music score by James Newton Howard are all tremendous, but Kevin Costner's performance as The Mariner was a fine job. I find the part where Costner's character turns his wee into drinking water very disgusting, and I should have known that Jack Black had a small role in the film.

WATERWORLD is by no means a bad movie. It just could have been better if it weren't so poorly edited. That is why it couldn't be as successful as it could have been, but it was enjoyable. Fans of WATERWORLD will have to wait for some of these answers in the film's extended cut. The uncompressed version is available on DVD and Blu-ray but is not for fans outside of North America.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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John Carter Review

John Carter


Release Date: 8th March 2012 - Australia


Production Companies
Walt Disney Pictures (presents)

Distribution
Walt Disney Studios Motion
Pictures Australia


Genre: Sci-Fi

Rating: M

Runtime: 132 minutes


Budget: $263,700,000

Box Office Gross: $284,139,100
(Worldwide)


Plot Summary
John Carter is transported

from 19th century America 

to Mars "Barsoom" to its 

residents where he becomes 

embroiled in a brutal civil 

war.


Cast
Taylor Kitsch - John Carter
Lynn Collins - Dejah Thoris
Samantha Morton - Sola
Willem Dafoe - Tars Tarkas
Thomas Haden Church - Tal Hajus
Mark Strong - Matai Shang
Ciaran Hinds - Tardos Mars
Dominic West - Sab Than
James Purefoy - Kantos Kan
Bryan Cranston - Colonel Powell
Polly Walker - Sarkoja
Daryl Sabara - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Nicholas Woodeson - Dalton
Rupert Frazer - Thompson
Amanda Clayton - Sarah Carter
Figs Jackman - Man in the Bowler
David Schwimmer - Young Thark Warrior (Cameo)
Jon Favreau - Thark Bookie (Cameo)

Crew
Screenplay/Director - Andrew Stanton
Based on Novel "A Princess of
Mars" - Edgar Rice Burroughs
Screenplay/Second Unit
Director - Mark Andrews

Screenplay - Michael Chabon
Producers - Lindsey Collins,
Jim Morris & Colin Wilson
Alien Language Developer -
Paul R. Frommer
Production Designer - Nathan Crowley
Supervising Art Directors - James Hambidge & Naaman Marshall
Senior Art Director - David Allday
Makeup Designer - Bill Corso
Costume Designer - Mayes C. Rubeo
Director of Photography - Daniel Mindel
Second Unit Director - Mark Andrews
Second Unit Director: Additional Photography, Los Angeles/
Special Visual Effects Consultant - Eric Brevig
Stunt Coordinator - Tom Struthers
Swordmaster - Kevin McCurdy
Special Effects Supervisor - Chris Corbould
Special Effects Coordinator - Scott R. Fisher

Visual Effects Supervisors - Peter Chiang & 

Sue Rowe
Visual Effects Supervisors: Double Negative -
Ken McCaugh & Paul Riddle
Visual Effects Supervisors: Cinesite - Simon Stanley-Clamp,
Zave Jackson, Helen Newby & Andy Robinson
Visual Effects Supervisor: MPC - Adam Valdez
Animation Supervisor - Eamonn Butler
Animation Supervisor: Digital Domain - Stephen Aplin
Character Design Supervisor - John Rosengrant
Film Editor - Eric Zumbrunnen
Sound Consultation - Ben Burtt & Ren Kylce
Music - Michael Giacchino


Review
I never knew that 'JOHN CARTER' could be quite the visual spectacle that it was. Now I realise it's a good sci-fi movie with plenty of visual effects. I certainly give thanks to its director Andrew Stanton who finally brought Edgar Rice Burroughs' first novel of the Barsoom series to the big screen. It is something that others failed to do in 81 years. The 'John Carter' books have influenced such filmmakers as George Lucas and James Cameron into making sci-fi features as the 'Star Wars' trilogy and 'Avatar'. The film's 3D aspect is really something, but I would say that the acting performances including Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Mark Strong and others are terrific.

It's pretty bad that 'JOHN CARTER' bombed at the box office, because it is such a misunderstood film. It really deserves a cult following from those who have read the books of Carter and get a chance to see the movie.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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Mission: Impossible Review

Mission: Impossible

Release Date: 26th June 1996 - Australia

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures (presents)

Cruise/Wagner Productions

Distribution

Paramount Pictures Australia

Genre: Action

Rating: M

Runtime: 110 minutes

Budget: $80,000,000

Box Office Gross: $457,696,359 (Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Jim Phelps was on a

mission to Prague to

prevent the theft of

classified material. The

members of Phelps' team

were his wife, Claire and

trusted partner Ethan Hunt.

Unfortunately, the mission

failed when something

went wrong, leaving Ethan

Hunt as the sole survivor.

After reporting the failed

mission, Kittridge, who heads

the agency, suspects Ethan of

being to blame for the failed

mission. Now on the run,

Hunt enlists brilliant hacker

Luther Stickell and maverick

pilot Franz Krieger to

infiltrate a heavily guarded

CIA building and retrieve a

secret computer file that will

prove he is innocent.

Cast

Tom Cruise - Ethan Hunt

Jon Voight - Jim Phelps

Emmanuelle Beart - Claire

Phelps

Henry Czerny - Eugene

Kittridge

Jean Reno - Franz Krieger

Ving Rhames - Luther Stickell

Kristin Scott Thomas - Sarah Davies

Vanessa Redgrave - Max

Ingeborga Dapkunaite - Hannah Williams

Karel Dobry - Matthias

David Shaeffer - Diplomat Rand Housman

Rudolf Pechan - Mayor Brandl

Gaston Šubert - Jaroslav Reid
Marcel Iures - Alexander Golitsyn

Dale Dye - Frank Barnes

Ion Caramitru - Zozimov

Emilo Estevez - Jack Harnon

(Uncredited)
Rolf Saxon - CIA Analyst William Donloe
Garrick Hagon - CNN Reporter

Laura Brook - Margaret Hunt

Morgan Deare - Donald Hunt

Crew
Director - Brian de Palma

Based on the Television Series - Bruce Geller

Story/Screenplay - David Koepp

Story - Steven Zallian

Screenplay - Robert Towne
Executive Producer - Paul Hitchcock

Producers - Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner

Casting Director - Mali Finn

Production Designer - Norman Reynolds

Conceptual Artists - Tom Southwell

and Dick Lasley

Supervising Art Director - Fred Hole

Assistant Art Director - David Lee

Set Decorator - Peter Howitt

Special Makeup Effects - Rob Bottin
Chief Makeup Designer - Lois Burwell

Key Makeup Artist - Amanda Knight

Chief Hair Stylist - Eithne Fennel

Hair Stylist - Lisa Tomblin

Costume Designers - Penny Rose and
Timothy Everest (Uncredited)

Wardrobe Supervisor - Ken Crouch

Director of Photography - Stephen H. Burum

Second Unit Director of Photography -

Ernest Day

Steadicam Operator - Larry McConkey

Aerial Cameraperson: Second Unit Scotland -

David B. Nowell

Aerial Cameraman: Washington Unit - Michael Kelem

Location Manager: Second Unit Scotland - Robin Higgs

Unit Production Manager - Steve Harding

Unit Manager First Assistant: Second Unit

Scotland - Kevin de la Noy

First Assistant Director - Chris Soldo

Second Assistant Director - Michael Stevenson

Second Unit Director - Eric Schwab
Stunt Coordinator - Greg Powell

Helicopter Coordinator/Pilot: Second Unit Scotland -

David Paris

Helicopter Pilot: Second Unit Scotland -

Marc Woolf

Special Effects Coordinator - Lyn Nicholson

Special Effects Supervisor: All Effects Company -
Eric Allard

Visual Effects Supervisor - Richard Yuricich

Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - John Knoll

Associate Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Joe Letteri
Visual Effects Producers: CFC - Dennis Michelson
and Alison O'Brien

Visual Effects Art Director: ILM - George Hull

Creative Advisor: ILM - Dennis Muren

Visual Effects Director of Photography: ILM, London

Bluescreen Photography Unit - Kim Marks

Visual Effects Director of Photography: ILM,

Helicopter Crash Sequence Unit - Martin Rosenberg

Visual Effects Stage Manager: ILM, Helicopter Crash

Sequence Unit - Edward T. Hirsh

Supervising Model Maker: ILM, Helicopter Crash

Sequence Unit - Steve Gawley

Computer/Video Effects Supervisor - Andrew Eio

Computer Graphics Supervisors: ILM -

Tom L. Hutchinson and George Murphy

Senior Digital Effects Artists: ILM - Patrick T. Myers

and Andy White

Digital Matte Artist: ILM - Paul Huston

Digital Animatic/Pre-Visualization Artist (Uncredited):

ILM - David Dozoretz

Sabre Compositing/Lead Inferno Artist (Uncredited):

ILM - Sheena Duggal

Editor - Paul Hirsch

Supervising Sound Editor - Tom Bellfort

Sound Designer - Christopher Boyes

Sound Effects Editors - Christopher Scarabosio

and Robert Shoup

Re-Recording Mixer/Score Recordist

and Mixer - Shawn Murphy

Re-Recording Mixers - Gary Rydstrom,

Gary Summers and Anand Pawar (Uncredited)

Additional Re-Recording Mixers - Ron Bartlett

and Chris Jenkins

Dialogue Editors - Michael Silvers and

Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

Foley Artists - Tom Barwick and Dennie Thorpe

Foley Mixer - Tony Eckert

Foley Editors - Marian Wilde,

Matthew Wood and Tammy Fearing (Uncredited)

Music - Danny Elfman

Composer: Theme from Mission: Impossible -
Lalo Schifrin

Performers/Producers: Theme from Mission:

Impossible - Larry Mullen Jr. and Adam Clayton

Review
While being the first of the four movies, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE (M: I) is an unforgettable spy movie with a clever and deceptive storyline. It is a blend of spy-stylised espionage action mixed with humour and romance and brilliantly directed by Brian de Palma. The things in the movie I praise are the acting of Tom Cruise and Jon Voight, who both delivered their roles with conviction and enthusiasm and the final but fantastic action sequence, which involves a chopper and a train.

M: I1 was a great movie, but not as good as the recent M: I movie Ghost Protocol. There are talks of a fifth Impossible movie that would star Cruise, and Brad Bird might not be directing it.

Star rating: (4/5) Good Movie

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