Thunderpants (2002)

Director:

Peter Hewitt

Writers:

Peter Hewitt (story)
Phil Hughes (writer)

Release Date:

24 May 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.

Plot Keywords:

Briefs | Public Humiliation | Punishment | Bully | Children

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Simon Callow	...	Sir John Osgood
Stephen Fry	...	Sir Anthony Silk
Celia Imrie	...	Miss Rapier
Paul Giamatti	...	Johnson J. Johnson
Ned Beatty	...	Gen. Ed Sheppard
Bruce Cook	...	Patrick Smash
Rupert Grint	...	Alan A. Allen
Bronagh Gallagher	...	Mrs. Smash
Victor McGuire	...	Mr. Smash
Adam Godley	...	Placido P. Placeedo
Leslie Phillips	...	Judge
Robert Hardy	...	Doctor
John Higgins	...	Paediatrician
Lillie Crossley	...	Denise, age 5
Sam Davies	...	Patrick, age 3
Daniel Williams	...	Patrick, age 5
Jonah Trenouth	...	Alan, age 5
Scarlet Billham	...	Denise, age 7
Josh Herdman	...	Damon (as Joshua Herdman)
Devon Anderson	...	Dan
Jock Norton	...	Jake
Chris Stanton	...	Smooth teacher
Anna Popplewell	...	Denise Smash
Mark Heenehan	...	Todd Banner
Del Synnott	...	Music student
Vicki Pepperdine	...	Reporter
Adrian McLoughlin	...	Bob Rodgers
Ernesto Tomasini	...	Italian concierge
Geoffrey McGivern	...	Metallurgist
Dick Ward	...	Prison guard
Stephen Boswell	...	Prison Priest
John Arthur	...	Prison governor
Glenn Wrage	...	Pilot
Paul Rogan	...	USSC Scientist
Gillian Maguire	...	Emmanuele
Alvin Chitroda	...	Taj
Pablo Duarte	...	Jose
Colin Stinton	...	Foster
John Hodgkinson	...	Launch Controller 1
Nigel Betts	...	Launch Controller 2
Rory MacGregor	...	Launch Controller 3
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Wyn-Davies
Gabriel Currington	...	Conductor (uncredited)
Joe Gunn	...	School student (uncredited)
Keira Knightley	...	Music School Student (uncredited)
Amy Puglia	...	School Bully (uncredited)
Bernadette Jane Vanderkar	...	School Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
Peter Hewitt		(as Pete Hewitt)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Peter Hewitt		story (as Pete Hewitt)
Phil Hughes		writer

Produced by
Graham Broadbent	....	producer
Sally French	....	co-producer
Katie Goodson	....	associate producer
Andrew Hauptman	....	executive producer
Peter Hewitt	....	producer (as Pete Hewitt)
François Ivernel	....	executive producer
Damian Jones	....	producer
Cameron McCracken	....	executive producer
Dieter Meyer	....	associate producer
Roland Pellegrino	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Rupert Gregson-Williams

Cinematography by
Andy Collins

Film Editing by
Michael Parker

Casting by
Abi Cohen
Randi Hiller

Production Design by
Chris Roope

Art Direction by
Tim Stevenson

Costume Design by
Ann Maskrey

Makeup Department
Carol Cooper	....	makeup artist
Gemma Curran	....	makeup trainee
Carlene Gearing	....	hair stylist
Carlene Gearing	....	makeup artist
Joan Hills	....	makeup artist
Sarah Love	....	hair stylist
Eva Marieges Moore	....	hair stylist
Eva Marieges Moore	....	makeup artist
Dianne Millar	....	makeup artist
Gillian Thomas	....	makeup artist
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou	....	hair designer (as Lizzie Yianni-Georgiou)
Elizabeth Yianni-Georgiou	....	makeup designer (as Lizzie Yianni-Georgiou)

Production Management
Miranda Jones	....	post-production supervisor
Emma Mager	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Goodwin	....	assistant director
Mary Soan	....	first assistant director
Adrian Toynton	....	second assistant director
Christopher Granier-Deferre	....	first assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Martin Asbury	....	storyboard artist
Mario Bueno	....	property master
Rob Calderwood	....	model maker
Julian Caldow	....	concept illustrator
Julian Caldow	....	conceptual artist
Jenny Clapcott	....	buyer's assistant
Chris Daniels	....	carpenter
Jamie Davies-Evans	....	chargehand painter
David Engleman	....	carpenter
Eddie Haddow	....	carpenter
Tony Hill	....	painter
Nick Holmes	....	painter
Gerry Kelly	....	stand-by painter
Emma MacDevitt	....	stand-by art director
Alex MacDonald	....	painter
Chrissie MacDonald	....	art department assistant
Meike Meng	....	graphic artist
Ben Munro	....	assistant art director
Mark Painter	....	carpenter
Mike Roberts	....	dressing props
Guy Rutter	....	painter
Zoe Scivoletto	....	buyer's assistant
Christian Short	....	stand-by props
Neil Stevens	....	model maker
Nic Stubbings	....	stand-by props
Ian Summers	....	carpenter
Graham Ward	....	dressing props
Chris Watson	....	stand-by carpenter
Duncan Wheeler	....	production buyer (as Duncan Windram-Wheeler)
Augustus David Wookey	....	construction manager

Sound Department
Tom Barrow	....	sound trainee
Paula Borham	....	foley artist
Ricky Butt	....	foley artist
Paul Carr	....	adr mixer
Tim Cavagin	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ed Colyer	....	foley mixer
St. Clair Davis	....	boom operator
St. Clair Davis	....	sound maintenance
Tim Fraser	....	production sound mixer
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer
Loveday Harding	....	sound maintenance
Claire Mahoney	....	foley artist (as Clare Mahoney)
Michael Redfern	....	adr editor
Michael Redfern	....	foley editor
Andy Shelley	....	dialogue editor
Steve Single	....	sound re-recording mixer
Andy Thompson	....	adr mixer
Ian Wilson	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Rick Marr	....	senior special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Gillian Best	....	digital effects artist
Jim Bowers	....	digital matte painter
Mike Connolly	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Hal Couzens	....	visual effects producer
Dayne Cowan	....	digital effects artist
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager: Double Negative
Yoko Ishiguro	....	compositor
Tim Johnson	....	computer imaging
Alasdair MacCuish	....	digital lab supervisor: Framestore CFC
Riddle Paul	....	visual effects supervisor
Paul Riddle	....	visual effects supervisor
Matthew Shaw	....	video editorial
Adam McInnes	....	compositor (uncredited)
Alberto Montañés	....	rotoscope artist: Double Negative (uncredited)

Stunts
Bill Davey	....	stunts
Glenn Marks	....	stunt coordinator
Tony Van Silva	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Alex Bailey	....	still photographer
Nick Beeks-Sanders	....	camera operator
Harry Bowers	....	clapper loader
Steve Costello	....	gaffer
Toby Eedy	....	clapper loader
Joseph Hassell	....	video playback operator
Steve Howe	....	electrical rigger
Jamie Hunt	....	electrician
Wayne King	....	gaffer: additional photography
Alison Lai	....	camera trainee
Mark Milsome	....	focus puller
Dave Moore	....	rigging gaffer
Chris Plevin	....	camera operator
Colin Price	....	electrician
Stuart Rainsford	....	electrician
Steve Roberts	....	best boy
Donald Russell	....	focus puller
Keith Sewell	....	Steadicam operator
Robin Stone	....	grip
Steve Weightman	....	grip

Casting Department
Kate Bryden	....	casting: children
Sarah Finn	....	casting: USA (as Sarah Halley Finn)
Lynn Glaser	....	casting: children (as Lynn Emblem)
Pippa Hall	....	casting: children
Annie Teague	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Linda Bennett	....	wardrobe assistant
Lee Croucher	....	costume assistant
David J. Evans	....	costume assistant
Emma Fryer	....	costume buyer
Day Murch	....	assistant costume designer
Ann Taylor	....	costume supervisor (as Ann Taylor-Cowan)
Jane Law	....	costumes (uncredited)
Paul Slash Morris	....	wardrobe technician (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Nick Baldock	....	editor trainee
Guy Ducker	....	first assistant editor
Rupert Hall	....	film conform editor
John Heath	....	color grader
Katya Jezzard	....	film conform editor
Alan Jones	....	on-line editor
Tomomi Kitamura	....	junior conforming editor

Music Department
Marc Aramian	....	music editor
Becky Bentham	....	music supervisor
Matt Biffa	....	music supervisor
Chris Bolster	....	assistant music mixer
Chris Clark	....	music mixer
Chris Clark	....	music recordist
Guy Fletcher	....	montage sequences: composer
Geoff Foster	....	score recordist
Julian Gavin	....	singing voice: Simon Callow
Rupert Gregson-Williams	....	orchestrator
Christian Henson	....	electronic music preparation
Patrick Kiernan	....	orchestra leader
Alastair King	....	conductor
Alastair King	....	orchestrator
Richard Robson	....	electronic music preparation
Nick Wollage	....	music mixer
Nick Wollage	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
Matthew Strange	....	vehicles: 4x4
Ben Dillon	....	picture car coordinator (uncredited)

Other crew
Kim Armitage	....	script supervisor
Sonia Coppi	....	assistant to director
Wim De Greef	....	production accountant
Christine Dinwoodie	....	assistant production coordinator
Matthew T. Gannon	....	head of development: Pathe Pictures
Lynne Greenshields	....	assistant production accountant
Louisa Harding	....	senior conformer
Andrew Mannion	....	floor runner (as Andy Mannion)
Kate Newport	....	floor runner
Nick Oliver	....	assistant location manager
Emma Pill	....	location manager
Christelle Randall	....	unit publicist
Christian Rigg	....	floor runner
Ed Rubin	....	assistant to producers
Donald Sabourin	....	production coordinator
Matthew Sampson	....	production runner
Clair Smith	....	wig maker: baby wigs
Emma Stokes	....	floor runner
Harriet Tarnoy Griffin	....	mission runner
Richard Warlow	....	development executive: Pathe Pictures
Susanna Wyatt	....	head of physical production: Pathe Pictures
Roger Phillips	....	title designer (uncredited)

Thanks
Keira Knightley	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• CP Medien AG
• Mission Pictures
• Pathé Pictures International

Distributors

• Pathé Distribution (2002) (UK) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• GAGA (Japan) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (200?) (Netherlands) (video)
• Genius Products (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Double Negative
• Effects Associates
• FB-FX (construction: Thunderpants I)
• Hot House Effects Ltd. (construction: Thunderpants II)
• MTFX
• Mark Holt Special Effects

Other Companies

• Hyperactive Broadcast  editing equipment
• Abbey Road Studios  music recorded at
• Air-Edel Associates  music supervision
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Compuhire  computer and video playback
• Frameline Productions  title design
• General Screen Enterprises  end titles and opticals
• Hyperactive Sound Design  editing equipment
• Mad Dog Casting  crowd casting
• Nats Post Production  on-line editing
• Sapex Scripts  post-production script
• Sound Design Company, The  sound editing equipment
• Tru-Cut  negative cutting
• Twickenham Film Studios  sound recorded at
• V.F.G.  camera and lighting equipment

MPAA:

Rated PG for ongoing crude humor, language, some violence and bullying.

Runtime:

UK:83 min | UK:87 min

Country:

UK | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG | Australia:PG | Netherlands:AL | UK:PG | Canada:G (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

153 Hammersmith Road, Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Company:

CP Medien AG

Trivia:

Every car on Patrick's housing estate appears to be a green Mini Minor.

Quotes:

Placido P. Placeedo: You are singing the high bit... with your arse?

Movie Connections:

Spoofs 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Soundtrack:

Also Sprach Zarathustra

A ridiculous , wonderful and fun movie.

I really enjoyed this movie, and so did my 14 year old daughter. What a laugh.

With a title like "Thunderpants" we know what sort of humour we are in for, and it lived up to that tittle perfectly.

The basic story revolves around a child with two stomachs, and his flatulence problems that come with that.I would call this movie a comedy adventure, as Patrick does travel around the world and finally into space,With flatulence being the theme from miss-adventure to miss-adventure.

This is a kind hearted movie, and I feel a little harshly reviewed here by some of our members.

There are many laugh out Laud moments and lots of light chuckles too.

Give this one a chance.