Serenity (2005)

Director:

Joss Whedon

Writer (WGA):

Joss Whedon (written by)

Release Date:

30 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Can't stop the signal.

Plot:

In the future, when a passenger with a deadly secret. Six rebels on the run. An assassin in pursuit...

Plot Keywords:

Explosion | Shot In The Chest | Shot In The Back | Dream Sequence | Robbery

Awards:

4 wins & 5 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Aug. 10	6:00 AM	HBO
Fri. Aug. 15	5:30 PM	HBO

Cast

Nathan Fillion	...	Mal
Gina Torres	...	Zoe
Alan Tudyk	...	Wash
Morena Baccarin	...	Inara
Adam Baldwin	...	Jayne
Jewel Staite	...	Kaylee
Sean Maher	...	Simon
Summer Glau	...	River
Ron Glass	...	Shepherd Book
Chiwetel Ejiofor	...	The Operative
David Krumholtz	...	Mr. Universe
Michael Hitchcock	...	Dr. Mathias
Sarah Paulson	...	Dr. Caron
Yan Feldman	...	Mingo
Rafael Feldman	...	Fanty
Nectar Rose	...	Lenore
Tamara Taylor	...	Teacher
Glenn Howerton	...	Lilac Young Tough
Hunter Ansley Wryn	...	Young River
Logan O'Brien	...	Boy Student (as Logan Craig O'Brien)
Erik Erotas	...	Boy Student
Demetra Raven	...	Girl Student
Jessica Huang	...	Girl Student
Marley McClean	...	Girl Student
Scott Kinworthy	...	Ensign
Erik Weiner	...	Helmsman
Conor O'Brien	...	Lab Technician
Peter James Smith	...	Lab Technician
Weston Nathanson	...	Trade Agent (as Weston I. Nathanson)
Carrie 'CeCe' Cline	...	Young Female Intern (as CeCe Cline)
Chuck O'Neil	...	Vault Guard
Amy Wieczorek	...	Lilac Mom
Tristan Jarred	...	Lilac Son
Elaine Lee	...	Fan Dancer
Terrence Hardy Jr.	...	Mining Camp Boy (as Terrence Hardy)
Brian O'Hare	...	Alliance Pilot
Ryan Tasz	...	Black Room Soldier
Colin Patrick Lynch	...	Black Room Soldier
Terrell Tilford	...	News Anchor
Joshua Michael Kwiat	...	Slovenly Beaumonde Man (as Joshua Kwiat)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Antonio Rufino	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Linda Wang	...	Chinese snake dancer (uncredited)

Directed by
Joss Whedon

Writing credits (WGA)
Joss Whedon		(written by)

Produced by
Christopher Buchanan	....	executive producer
David V. Lester	....	executive producer (as David Lester)
Barry Mendel	....	producer
Alisa Tager	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Newman

Cinematography by
Jack N. Green

Film Editing by
Lisa Lassek

Casting by
Anya Colloff
Amy McIntyre Britt

Production Design by
Barry Chusid

Set Decoration by
Larry Dias
Jim Johnson

Costume Design by
Ruth E. Carter

Makeup Department
Jennifer Bell	....	hair department head (as Jennifer M. Bell)
Howard Berger	....	special effects makeup supervisor
Kamar Bitar	....	special makeup effects coordinator
Camille Calvet	....	makeup department head
Michael Deak	....	shop supervisor: KNB EFX Group (as Mike Deak)
Sean Flanigan	....	key hair stylist
Mark Garbarino	....	special makeup effects artist
Pilar Harlow	....	contact lens technician
Tina Hoffman	....	makeup artist
Grady Holder	....	dental prosthetics: K.N.B. EFX Group
Garrett Immel	....	key makeup artist (as Garret Immel)
Karen Iverson	....	makeup artist
Margie Latinopoulos	....	makeup artist
Mike McCarty	....	creature effects painter
Vickie Mynes	....	hair stylist
Christopher Allen Nelson	....	key makeup artist (as Christopher Nelson)
Gregory Nicotero	....	special effects makeup supervisor (as Greg Nicotero)
Ron Pipes	....	makeup artist
Shannon Shea	....	shop supervisor: KNB EFX Group
Scott Stoddard	....	special effects makeup supervisor
Khanh Trance	....	hair effects: KNB Efx
Rita Troy	....	key specialty hair stylist
Mary Kay Witt	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Virginia Landis Albertson	....	post-production supervisor
David Siegel	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark Avery	....	second assistant director: second unit
Maria Battle-Campbell	....	second second assistant director (as Maria Battle Campbell)
Mark Brooks	....	director: animation sequences (Fruity Oaty Bars segment)
Bradley Morris	....	second assistant director: second unit
Shaun O'Dell	....	second unit director
Loni Peristere	....	second unit director
Rich Sickler	....	first assistant director (as Rich T. Sickler)
Jack Steinberg	....	second assistant director (as Jack G. Steinberg)
Ruby Stillwater	....	second second assistant director
Chip Touhey	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Courtney J. Andersen	....	set dresser
P. Scott Bailey	....	lead man
Roy Barnes	....	set designer
Pedro Barquin	....	greens coordinator
Richard J. Bell	....	key greens foreman
Greg Benge	....	props
Robert A. Blackburn	....	construction coordinator
Max E. Brehme	....	set dresser
Mark Brooks	....	aet director: Fruity Oaty Bar segment
J. André Chaintreuil	....	digital set designer
Amanda Crockett	....	art department assistant
Kevin Cross	....	set designer
Mick Cukurs	....	set designer
Alan Day	....	set dresser
Sam Dean	....	welder gang boss
Timothy M. Earls	....	lead set designer
Jack Edjourian	....	model draftsman
Brad Einhorn	....	property master
Chela Fiorini	....	assistant props
Sara Gardner-Gail	....	set decoration buyer
Joey Genitempo	....	set painter gang boss
Hector M. Gonzalez	....	on-set dresser
L. David Gordon	....	drapery foreman
Will Grant	....	set dresser
Chris Grantz	....	set dresser
Guy Hietala	....	set painter
Gregory S. Hooper	....	set designer
Stephen Howard	....	set foreman
Travis Huffman	....	propmaker
David James	....	sculptor
Robert M. Kalafut	....	production illustrator: props
John Kelso	....	metal fabricator
Chad Koch	....	set decoration coordinator
Tani Kunitake	....	illustrator
David Ladish	....	set dresser
Julian Ledger	....	scenic painter
Geoffrey Mandel	....	graphic designer
Brook Mansbridge	....	propmaker/gangboss
Warren Manser	....	concept artist
Naaman Marshall	....	model maker
Gregory Metcalf-Hall	....	construction office assistant
Carla S. Nemec	....	art department coordinator
William H. Phen Jr.	....	construction general foreman
Shari Ratliff	....	art department assistant (as Sharon Karstensen)
Wil Rees	....	production illustrator
Graham Robertson	....	set dresser
Robin Roepstorff	....	pre-visualization
Tim Scheu	....	set dresser
Doug Sieck	....	set dresser
Gerald Sullivan	....	assistant art director
Clint Wallace	....	set designer
Thomas 'Noe' Welch	....	set dresser
Darrell L. Wight	....	set designer
Tracey Wilson	....	storyboard artist
Christopher Woodworth	....	scenic supervisor
Scott Zuber	....	senior lead set designer
Robert M. Bouffard	....	prop fabricator (uncredited)
Martin J. Gibbons	....	welding gangboss (uncredited)
Bryan McBrien	....	stand-by greens (uncredited)
Sid Nicholson	....	propmaker (uncredited)

Sound Department
Ron Bartlett	....	re-recording mixer
Tom Bellfort	....	supervising sound editor
Andrew Bock	....	assistant sound editor
Charlie Campagna	....	assistant sound editor
John Cannon	....	first assistant sound editor (as John G. Cannon)
Kerry Ann Carmean	....	sound effects editor (as Kerry Carmean-Williams)
Gail Carroll-Coe	....	utility sound
John P. Fasal	....	sound effects recordist (as John Paul Fasal)
Stephanie Flack	....	adr editor
Stephanie Flack	....	dialogue editor
Christopher Flick	....	foley supervisor
Eric Flickinger	....	recordist
Hector C. Gika	....	sound effects editor (as Hector Gika)
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
Craig S. Jaeger	....	foley editor (as Craig Jaeger)
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Daniel R. Kerr	....	sound effects recordist (as Dan Kerr)
Lou Kleinman	....	dialogue editor
Michael Magill	....	dialogue editor
Khama Matiti	....	adr mixer
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Mark Ormandy	....	sound effects recordist
Tom Ozanich	....	sound designer
Paul D. Poduska	....	sound effects recordist (as Paul Poduska)
John Pospisil	....	sound designer
Eric Potter	....	sound effects recordist
Art Rochester	....	production sound mixer
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	supervising sound editor
Timothy P. Salmon	....	boom operator
Ann Scibelli	....	sound designer
Mark Smith	....	re-recording mixer
Karen Vassar	....	sound effects editor
William Vassar	....	sound effects recordist
David A. Whittaker	....	sound effects editor
Ben Wilkins	....	sound effects editor
David Williams	....	dialogue editor (as Dave Williams)
Scott Wolf	....	sound designer
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	dialogue editor (as Gwendolyn Whittle)
Linda Yeaney	....	assistant sound editor
Martin Maryska	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Karen Spangenberg	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Hugo Weng	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Roy Augenstein	....	special effects technician
Steve Austin	....	special effects technician
John P. Cazin	....	special effects technician
John Cluff	....	special effects crew
Eric Cook	....	special effects technician
David Eland	....	special effects technician
Roy Goode	....	special effects technician
Keith Haynes	....	special effects technician
Todd Jensen	....	special effects foreman
Boyd Lacosse	....	special effects technician
James Lorimer	....	special effects technician
Ronald W. Mathews	....	special effects technician
William P. McGinley	....	special effects technician (as William McGinley)
Sara R. Morris	....	special effects purchaser
Steven Munson	....	mold/technical department: K.N.B. EFX Group
Robert L. Olmstead	....	special effects foreman
Ron Petruccione	....	special effects
Gintar Repecka	....	special effects technician
John K. Stirber	....	special effects supervisor (as John Stirber)
Daniel Sudick	....	special effects coordinator
Bill Taylor	....	special effects director of photography
Lindsay Vivian	....	special effects runner
Jenny Wallace	....	special effects runner
Michael Clarke	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Robert Cole	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Dave Adams	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Erik Akutagawa	....	scan/record manager
Chris Anderson	....	visual effects coordinator: Zoic Studios
Steve Avoujageli	....	technical director
Satish Babu	....	digital compositor
Justin Ball	....	senior systems engineer
Achint Bansal	....	digital compositor
Robert Bealmear	....	model shop coordinator: Grant McCune Design
Jeffrey Benoit	....	previsualization artist
Jacob Bergman	....	animator
John Peter Bernardo	....	visual effects editor
David Booth	....	digital film scanning and recording
Kristen Branan	....	head of production: Zoic Studios
Bruce Branit	....	digital effects artist
Susie Brubaker	....	visual effects coordinator (as Susie Brubaker-Gublet)
Jud Bumpas	....	render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Scott Burrows	....	digital compositor
Kathryn Capri	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Das Chinmay	....	digital compositor
Michael Cliett	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Daniel Aristoteles Collins	....	systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues
Michael Comly	....	technical director: Zoic Studios
Brian Conlon	....	digital compositor
Jai Dadlani	....	digital compositor
John 'JD' Daniel	....	modeler
John Daro	....	digital intermediate editor
Suzanne Datz	....	recruiting: Zoic Studios
Jarrod Davis	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Jarrod Davis	....	sequence supervisor: Zoic Studios
Dan Deleeuw	....	visual effects supervisor: funeral sequence, Rhythm & Hues Studios
Dan Dixon	....	digital artist
Syd Dutton	....	visual effects supervisor: Illusion Arts
Thomas Elder-Groebe	....	visual effects coordinator: Zoic Studios
Jonathan D. Feldman	....	modeler: Zoic Studios
Martin Foster	....	lighting technical director
Collin Fowler	....	visual effects coordinator: Illusion Arts
Brian Freisinger	....	modeling supervisor: Zoic Studios
Patti Gannon	....	compositing supervisor: Zoic Studios
Lisa Goldberg	....	visual effects producer: Rhythm & Hues
Randy Goux	....	visual effects supervisor: Zoic Studios
Aram Granger	....	digital artist
Aram Granger	....	sequence supervisor: Zoic Studios
Steve Graves	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Dmitri Gueer	....	visual effects editor: Zoic Studios
Martin Hall	....	compositor
Seth Tyler Hall	....	visual effects
Tom Haney	....	research and development: Zoic Studios
Anthony Harris	....	digital color timer
Karl Herbst	....	digital effects supervisor: funeral sequence, Rhythm & Hues Studios
Timothy Hoffman	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Phil Holland	....	scan-, record-, color coordinator
Matt Hollingsworth	....	texture painter: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Chris Hopkins	....	visual effects compositor: Zoic
Les Hunter	....	visual effects producer: Zoic Studios
Patrick D. Hurd	....	visual effects coordinator
Richard Hurrey	....	modeler
Cynthia Hyland	....	digital compositor
Sean Hyun-In Lee	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Sean M. Jackson	....	digital artist
Lane Jolly	....	digital compositor
Lane Jolly	....	roto artist
Chris John Jones	....	digital compositor: Zoic Studios
Michael Kaelin	....	digital compositor: Zoic Studios
Kamalakkannan	....	digital compositor
Michael Karp	....	matchmove supervisor
Mark Kenaston	....	digital artist
Saker Klippsten	....	senior staff: engineering
Gabriel Köerner	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Dan Lazarow	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Adam 'Mojo' Lebowitz	....	digital artist
George Loucas	....	visual effects editorial: Zoic Studios
Richard Malzahn	....	visual effects supervisor: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Mary E. Manning	....	3D artist
Geoffrey Mark	....	digital artist
Fumi Mashimo	....	animation supervisor: Illusion Arts
James Allan May	....	digital artist
L. Patrick McCormack	....	visual effects
Kelvin McIlwain	....	supervising matte artist: Illusion Arts
Gagan Mehta	....	matchmove technical director
Michael Meyers	....	digital artist
David R. Morton	....	matte artist
Bud Myrick	....	digital effects supervisor: Rhythm & Hues
Robert Nall	....	roto artist
Paul Naveen	....	digital compositor
Rob Nitsch	....	effects animation lead: Zoic Studios
Gary Nolin	....	visual effects producer: funeral sequence, Rhythm & Hues Studios
Mark Norrie	....	digital effects artist: Zoic Studios
Rob Ostir	....	previsualization artist
Elam Parithi	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues, India
Hunter Parks	....	lighting technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios
Payal Patal	....	software: Zoic Studios
Payal Patel	....	software engineer: Zoic Studios
Richard Patterson	....	digital supervisor: Illusion Arts
Richard A. Payne	....	digital artist
Jose Perez	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Loni Peristere	....	visual effects supervisor
Jaikumar Pillay	....	match move technical director: Rhythm & Hues Studios, India
Steve Pimental	....	visual effects production coordinator: Zoic Studios
Stephanie Pollard	....	visual effects coordinator: Perpetual Motion Pictures
Lance Powell	....	texture supervisor: Zoic Studios
Kevin Quattro	....	digital artist
Chris Radcliffe	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Edwin Rivera	....	digital compositing supervisor
Blake Robertson	....	screen graphics artist
Jonathan Robinson	....	compositing supervisor: Rhythm & Hues Studios, India
Robin Roepstorff	....	previsualization artist
Christopher Romano	....	visual effects
David Rosenthal	....	digital film I/O supervisor: Fotokem Film & Video
Robert Rowles	....	compositor
Jose Samson	....	modeler: Zoic Studios
Subhajit Sarkar	....	digital production coordinator
Lopsie Schwartz	....	texture painter
Kalai Selvan	....	digital compositor
Seshaprasad	....	digital production coordinator
Amit Sharma	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues, India
Monty Shook	....	model shop supervisor: Grant McCune Design (as Montgomery Shook)
William Shourt	....	model engineer: Grant McCune Design (as Bill Shourt)
Emile Edwin Smith	....	CG supervisor: Zoic Studios
R. Matt Smith	....	digital compositor
Suzanne Smith	....	texture painter: Zoic Studios
Marcus Stokes	....	sequence supervisor: Zoic Studios
David Stone	....	render wrangler: Zoic Studios
Lee Stringer	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Catherine Sudolcan	....	visual effects producer: Illusion Arts
Rpin Suwannath	....	previsualisation supervisor
Brian Tatosky	....	digital compositor
Bill Taylor	....	visual effects supervisor: Illusion Arts
Bryan Taylor	....	digital compositor
Jateen Thakkar	....	compositor
Kyle Toucher	....	digital artist: Zoic Studios
Pragti Wadhwa	....	digital compositor
David S. Williams Jr.	....	compositing supervisor: Illusion Arts
Malik Williams	....	render wrangler
Scott Williston	....	lead model/miniature painter
Eric Withee	....	visual effects coordinator: Zoic Studios
Doug Wright	....	digital compositor: Zoic Studios
Juliette Yager	....	visual effects producer
Gregory Yepes	....	lead lighter: Rhythm & Hues
Nina Yoon	....	paint/roto artist
Chris Zapara	....	lead visual effects artist
Chris Zapara	....	sequence supervisor: Zoic Studios
J. Todd Constantine	....	matchmove artist: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
An H. Dang	....	visual effects editorial: Zoic Studios (uncredited)
Harrison Hays	....	render coordinator: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Stuart Penn	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Josh Tomlinson	....	pipeline TD: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)

Stunts
Hank Amos	....	stunts
Sandy Berumen	....	stunts (as Sandy Justus)
Steve Blalock	....	stunts
Tamara Bossett	....	stunts
Richard Cetrone	....	stunts (as Rich Cetrone)
Edward Conna	....	stunts (as Eddie Conna)
Scott Cosgrove	....	stunts
Keith Davis	....	stunts
Jonathan Eusebio	....	stunts
Jeremy Fitzgerald	....	stunts
Christian J. Fletcher	....	stunt rigging coordinator
Christian J. Fletcher	....	stunts
Clay Donahue Fontenot	....	stunts
Jim Hart	....	stunts (as Jimmy Hart)
Daniel Hernandez	....	stunts
Mark Hicks	....	stunts
Nicola C. Hindshaw	....	stunts (as Nicola Hindshaw)
Yuri Hinson	....	stunts
Tommy J. Huff	....	stunts (as Thomas Huff)
David Hugghins	....	stunts
Michael Hugghins	....	stunts
Jeff Imada	....	stunts
Dennis Keiffer	....	stunts
Henry Kingi Jr.	....	stunts
Ralf Koch	....	stunts
Hiro Koda	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Luke LaFontaine	....	stunts (as Luke La Fontaine)
David Leitch	....	stunts (as Dave Leitch)
Ming Liu	....	stunts
Ray Lykins	....	stunts
Brad Martin	....	stunts
Steve Martinez	....	stunts
Matt McColm	....	stunts
John Meier	....	stunts
Heidi Moneymaker	....	stunts
Mike Mukatis	....	stunts
Sonja Munsterman	....	stunts
Tadahiro Nakamura	....	stunts
Douglas Neithercut	....	stunts
Johnny Nguyen	....	stunts
Chris O'Hara	....	stunts
Chris Palermo	....	stunt driver
Chris Palermo	....	stunts
Eddie Perez	....	stunts
J.J. Perry	....	stunts
Casey Pieretti	....	stunts
Jeff Podgurski	....	stunts
Darrin Prescott	....	stunts
Justin Riemer	....	stunts
Tim Rigby	....	stunts
Bridgett Riley	....	stunts
Debby Lynn Ross	....	stunts (as Debby Ross Rondell)
Matthew Rugetti	....	stunts (as Matt Rugetti)
Felipe Savahge	....	stunts
David Schultz	....	stunts (as Dave Schultz)
Karin Silvestri	....	stunt double
Karin Silvestri	....	stunt double: Morena Baccarin
Karin Silvestri	....	stunts (as Karen Silvestri)
Tim Sitarz	....	stunts
Chad Stahelski	....	stunt coordinator
Tim Trella	....	stunts
Steve Upton	....	stunts
Xuyen Valdivia	....	stunts (as Xuen T. Valdivia)
Jon Valera	....	stunts
Tyler Vogt	....	stunts
David Wald	....	stunts
Aaron Walters	....	stunts
Ryan Watson	....	stunts
Jodi Lyn Wilson	....	stunts (as Jodi Brockton)
Kofi Yiadom	....	stunts
Marcus Young	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael J. Bailey	....	electrician
Sidney Ray Baldwin	....	still photographer (as Sidney R. Baldwin)
Brad Boyer	....	dolly grip
Mark Colicci	....	assistant camera