Flightplan (2005)

Director:

Robert Schwentke

Writers (WGA):

Peter A. Dowling (written by) and
Billy Ray (written by)

Release Date:

23 September 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

If Someone Took Everything You Live For... How Far Would You Go To Get It Back?

Plot:

A claustrophobic, Hitchcockian thriller. A bereaved woman and her daughter are flying home from Berlin to America. At 30,000 feet the child vanishes and nobody admits she was ever on that plane.

Plot Keywords:

Casket | Apartment | Air Marshal | Home | Coffin

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Jodie Foster	...	Kyle Pratt
Peter Sarsgaard	...	Carson
Sean Bean	...	Captain Rich
Kate Beahan	...	Stephanie
Michael Irby	...	Obaid
Assaf Cohen	...	Ahmed
Erika Christensen	...	Fiona
Shane Edelman	...	Mr. Loud
Mary Gallagher	...	Mrs. Loud
Haley Ramm	...	Brittany Loud
Forrest Landis	...	Rhett Loud
Jana Kolesarova	...	Claudia
Brent Sexton	...	Elias
Marlene Lawston	...	Julia
Judith Scott	...	Estella
John Benjamin Hickey	...	David
Matthew Bomer	...	Eric
Gavin Grazer	...	FBI Agent
Christopher Gartin	...	Mike
Bess Wohl	...	Katerina
Kirk B.R. Woller	...	Grunick
Stephanie Faracy	...	Anna
Christian Berkel	...	Mortuary Director
Cooper Thornton	...	West
Klaus Schindler	...	Metal Detector Guard #1 (scenes deleted)
Eva Plackner	...	Ion Tracker Guard #1 (scenes deleted)
Amanda Brooks	...	Irene
Jesse Burch	...	Row 19 Male Passenger
Greta Scacchi	...	Therapist
Drake Johnston	...	Main Deck Kid
Lois Hall	...	Main Deck Grandma
Dirk Vahle	...	Helicopter Pilot
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Amstler	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Ina Barron	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Spencer Conner	...	SWAT Team Leader (uncredited)
Tricia Cruz	...	Airline Attendant (uncredited)
Jonn Faircrest	...	First class passenger (uncredited)
David Farkas	...	Steward (uncredited)
Kei Hirayama	...	Japanese Passenger (uncredited)
Cathy Immordino	...	Seat 29F (uncredited)
Andray Johnson	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Luis Juarez	...	French Passenger (uncredited)
Tonje Larsgard	...	Flight attendant (uncredited)
Robert Mammana	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Hasan Ali Mete	...	Taxidriver (uncredited)
Alexandra Nowak	...	French Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Agnes Olech	...	Flight Attendent (uncredited)
A.J. Presley	...	Flight Passenger (uncredited)
Christian Reeve	...	Libyan Man (uncredited)
Laurence Richardson	...	Flight Passenger (uncredited)
Rachel Zeskind	...	Hysterical Passenger (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Schwentke

Writing credits (WGA)
Peter A. Dowling		(written by) and
Billy Ray		(written by)

Produced by
Sarah Bowen	....	associate producer
Robert DiNozzi	....	executive producer
Brian Grazer	....	producer
Erica Huggins	....	executive producer
Stuart Pollok	....	production service provider
Charles J.D. Schlissel	....	executive producer
James Whitaker	....	executive producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Florian Ballhaus

Film Editing by
Thom Noble

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Mary Tricia Wood		(as Tricia Woods)

Production Design by
Alec Hammond		(as Alexander Hammond)

Art Direction by
Kevin Ishioka

Set Decoration by
Kathy Lucas

Costume Design by
Susan Lyall

Makeup Department
Anita E. Brabec	....	additional makeup artist: additional photography
Nanci Cascio	....	hair stylist
Tarra D. Day	....	key makeup artist (as Tarra Day)
Tarra D. Day	....	makeup department head (as Tarra Day)
Shana Fruman	....	hair stylist
Julie Hewett	....	makeup artist: Jodie Foster (as Julie Hewitt)
Colleen LaBaff	....	key hair stylist: additional photography
Colleen LaBaff	....	makeup artist: additional photography
Cammy R. Langer	....	hair stylist (as Cammy Langer)
Frances Mathias	....	hair stylist: Jodie Foster (as Francis Mathias)
Medusah	....	hair stylist (as Anne Aulenta-Spira)
Vera Steimberg Moder	....	makeup artist (as Vera Steinberg)
Deborah Ann Piper	....	hair department head
Petra Schaumann	....	hair stylist: Germany
Petra Schaumann	....	makeup artist: Germany
Valeska Schitthelm	....	hair stylist: Germany
Valeska Schitthelm	....	makeup artist: Germany
Heidi Seeholzer	....	makeup artist
Michelle Vittone	....	makeup artist (as Michelle Vittone-McNeil)
Gigi Williams	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Mitchell E. Dauterive	....	production supervisor
Marcus Loges	....	production manager: Germany
Leigh Shanta	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tobias Asam	....	third assistant director: Germany
Christoph Brosius	....	third assistant director: Germany
Ryan Craig	....	second assistant director
David Dwiggins	....	first assistant director: additional photography
David Hallinan	....	first assistant director: additional photography (as Dave Hallinan)
Thorne Mutert	....	second assistant director: Germany
Jeffrey Schwartz	....	day-player additional second assistant director
Jody Spilkoman	....	second assistant director: second unit
Richard Styles	....	additional first assistant director: Germany
Jonathan Watson	....	first assistant director
Tara Nicole Weyr	....	second second assistant director
Sean Whitler	....	second assistant director: additional photography (as Sean D. Whitler)

Art Department
Tom Altobello	....	assistant property master
Scott M. Anderson	....	set dresser
Fred Arbegast	....	sculptor foreman
Roy Barnes	....	set designer
Sarena Bhargava	....	sculptor gang boss
Simon-Julien Boucherie	....	set decorator: Germany
Coriedus Brown	....	art department staff assistant
Steve Callas	....	construction coordinator
Mick Cukurs	....	set designer
Scott Dougan	....	art department staff assistant
Timothy M. Earls	....	set designer
Jack Edjourian	....	model constructor
Jack Edjourian	....	model draftsman
Priscilla Elliott	....	art department researcher
Todd Ellis	....	property master
Heather Elwell	....	art department coordinator (as Heather Violet Elwell)
Zachary Fannin	....	graphic designer
Gustavo R. Ferreyra	....	prop shop supervisor
Eckart Friz	....	assistant property master: Germany
Andrew Garcia-Price	....	storyboard artist
Kristen Gassner	....	buyer
Hector M. Gonzalez	....	on-set dresser
Adrian Gorton	....	set designer
Dierk Grahlow	....	construction manager
Monty Granito	....	pre-visualization artist
Allison Gross	....	property assistant
Mike Higelmire	....	set dresser
Maren Hollje	....	art department assistant: Germany
Björn Holzhausen	....	stand-by props: Germany
John Horning	....	set dresser
Axel Kahnt	....	property master: Germany
Jane Kilkenny	....	prop shop
Sebastian T. Krawinkel	....	art director: Germany
Robert Krüger	....	hod painter
Steffi Kulse	....	construction buyer
Mark R. LaPresle	....	propmaker foreman
Steven Light-Orr	....	set dresser
Jose Luis Macias	....	sculptor
Jason Mahakian	....	model maker
Brook Mansbridge	....	propmaker/gangboss
Victor James Martinez	....	digital modeler/set designer
Luigi Mugavero	....	leadman (as Luigi Salvatore Mugavero)
Paul Mugavero	....	set dresser (as Paul D. Mugavero)
Daniel P. Murphy	....	construction metal fabricator
Peter Naguib	....	stand-by props
David Napoli	....	set dresser
Conor O'Gorman	....	art assist
Harry E. Otto	....	set designer (as Harry Otto)
Sam Page	....	set designer
Stuart Rankine	....	propmaster: additional photography
Michelle Rose	....	set decoration assistant
Alan Sims	....	assistant property master
Jordan Steinberg	....	on-set dresser
Gerald Sullivan	....	assistant art director
Eric Vennemeyer	....	set decorations staff assistant
Foster Vick	....	set dresser
Joey Weber	....	set decorating buyer: Germany
Walter Zieska	....	mill foreman
Sam Page	....	digital set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Derek Lee Bell	....	digital sound assistant
Eddie Bydalek	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Eddie Bydalek	....	sound recordist
John Cannon	....	first assistant sound editor
Kerry Ann Carmean	....	sound effects editor
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor
Jesse K-D. Dodd	....	foley mixing
Benjamin Dunker	....	cable person
Benjamin Dunker	....	second boom operator
Robert Eber	....	sound mixer
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Hector C. Gika	....	foley supervisor (as Hector Gika)
Dan Hegeman	....	sound effects editor (as Danny Hegeman)
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Chris Jargo	....	adr supervisor
Craig Mann	....	sound recordist
Dave McMoyler	....	supervising sound editor
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Myron Nettinga	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michelle Pazer	....	adr editor
Paul D. Poduska	....	additional sound (as Paul Poduska)
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Jon Title	....	sound designer
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Karen Vassar	....	dialogue editor
Mandell Winter	....	sound effects editor
Ian Wright	....	boom operator
David Young	....	additional sound
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Special Effects by
Michael Apling	....	special effects: technical support
John S. Baker	....	special effects technician: additional photography
Marc Banich	....	special effects technician (as Mark Banich)
Douglas Calli	....	special effects technician
Tony Centonze	....	special effects foreman: additional photography (as Anthony Centonze)
Charles Cooke	....	special effects technician: model unit
Charles Cooley	....	special effects technician
Jacob Dewitt	....	special effects
Gerd Feuchter	....	special effects supervisor: Germany
John Fontana	....	special effects technician (as Johnny Fontana)
Lucinda Foy	....	special effects technician
Roy Goode	....	special effects technician: model unit
William N. Greene III	....	special effects technician (as William Green)
Terry W. King	....	special effects foreman (as T.W. King)
Roger Lifsey	....	special effects technician: additional photography
Josh Neugass	....	special effects technician
Clay Pinney	....	special effects consultant: additional photography (as Clayton Pinney)
Joshua Pinney	....	special effects technician: additional photography (as Joshua R. Pinney)
Thomas Rasada	....	special effects technician: additional photography
Ed Reiff	....	special effects technician
Edward T. Reiff Jr.	....	special effects technician (as Ed Reiff)
Michael Roundy	....	special effects: snow
Ryan Roundy	....	snow effects
William H. Schirmer	....	pyrotechnician
William H. Schirmer	....	special effects supervisor (as William Schirmer)
Robert Simokovic	....	special effects technician
Lucien Stephenson	....	special effects supervisor: snow effects
John K. Stirber	....	special effects supervisor: model unit (as John Stirber)
Thomas Thiele	....	special effects technician: Germany
Arnold J. Verbiesen	....	special effects technician: additional photography (as Arnold Verbiesen)
Paul Vigil	....	special effects technician
Paul Vigil	....	special effects technician: model unit (as Paul E. Vigil)
Adolf Wojtinek	....	special effects: technical support
Arthur G. Schlosser	....	snow effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Gary Abrahamian	....	animation lead: CIS Hollywood
Andrea Adams	....	animator
Matthew Adams	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood (as Mathew Adams)
Casey Allen	....	Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
Eric Almeras	....	digital compositor
Alp Altiner	....	visual effects
Matt Ashton	....	senior systems: CIS Hollywood
Becky Asmus	....	visual effects production assistant
Jamie Baxter	....	compositor
Jayni Borgaro	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Melissa Brockman	....	visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood
Scott Burton	....	modelmaker
Marco Carpagnano	....	senior animator: Peerless Camera Company
John Cassella	....	lead CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Thomas Clary	....	3D coordinator: Pacific Title & Art Studio (as Tom Clary)
Thomas Clary	....	digital optical coordinator: Pacific Title & Art Studio (as Tom Clary)
Stuart Cripps	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Chris Dawson	....	motion control operator
Tom Daws	....	Inferno artist: CIS Hollywood
Mike Delaney	....	model shop production assistant: Grant McCune Design
Raffael Dickreuter	....	digital artist: Pixel Liberation Front
Ditch Doy	....	head of CG: Peerless Camera Company
Jack Edjourian	....	miniature design and engineering
Eagle Egilsson	....	director of photography: visual effects element unit
Jesse Fernley	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Jesse Fernley	....	matte painter: CIS Hollywood
Derek Fisher	....	previsualization designer
William Fletcher	....	visual effects associate producer: Pacific Title and Art Studio (as Bill Fletcher)
Donald Fly	....	general manager: CIS Hollywood
Karl Formander	....	3D artist: Pacific Title & Art Studio (as Karl Fornander)
Joseph Francis	....	3D artist: Pacific Title & Art Studio (as Joe Francis)
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title
Mathias Frodin	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Amy Garback	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Julia Gaudette	....	visual effects coordinator: CIS Hollywood
Larry Gaynor	....	digital paint supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Larry Gaynor	....	roto and paint artist: CIS Hollywood
Bill Gilman	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
David Goldsmith	....	video assist
Paul Goldsmith	....	assistant director: Berlin
Monty Granito	....	previz artist
Scott Gregory	....	digital film colorist
Brian Hanable	....	digital effects compositor: Pacific Title
Maureen Healy	....	compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Lyndal Heathwood	....	paint and roto artist: CIS Hollywood
Heather Elisa Hill	....	visual effects coordinator: CIS Hollywood (as Heather Hill)
Rob Hodgson	....	visual effects supervisor
Phillip Hoffman	....	visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Jamie Horwitz	....	effects production assistant
Jack Hughes	....	digital compositor
Marc Jouveneau	....	digital compositor
Brad Kalinoski	....	boujou tracking
Brad Kalinoski	....	digital compositor
Michelle Katz	....	visual effects associate
Patrick Kavanaugh	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Patrick Keenan	....	compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Josh Kent	....	animator: Lola visual effects
J. Kitazaki	....	production assistant: CIS Hollywood
Tom Lamb	....	compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Krystine Lankenau	....	roto and paint artist: CIS Hollywood (as Kristine Lankenau)
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio (as Jennifer Law)
Gregory D. Liegey	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood (as Gregory Leigey)
Erik Liles	....	Inferno artist
Kevin Lin	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Bob Lyss	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Heather MacPhee	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
James E. Maddux	....	medic: visual effects unit
Darin McCormick-Millett	....	visual effects producer: Pacific Title and Art Studio (as Darin Millett)
Scott McLain	....	Inferno compositor
Dauv McNeely	....	video assist
Diana Miao	....	senior texture painter: CIS Hollywood
Diana Miao	....	texture and matte painting supervisor
Robert Minsk	....	systems: CIS Hollywood
Kameron Mogadam	....	visual effects camera operator: "b" camera
Christopher Moore	....	Flame artist
Josh Mossotti	....	visual effects artist
Thomas Müller	....	visual effects artist: Peerless
Daniel P. Murphy	....	visual effects pyrotechnician
Marc Nanjo	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Naveen Nathan	....	jr. senior systems: CIS Hollywood
Susanna Nedza	....	third assistant director: visual effects unit, Germany
Lee Nelson	....	3D artist: Pacific Title & Art Studio
David Nico	....	assistant production coordinator: visual effects unit
Henric Nieminen	....	visual effects producer (as Henric Martti Nieminen)
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
January Nordman	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Brian Nugent	....	Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
Gregory Oehler	....	senior compositor: CIS Hollywood
Michael Off	....	visual effects gaffer: physical effects and miniatures
Jim O'Hagan	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title
Jeff Olm	....	Inferno artist: Hydraulyx
Julie Orosz	....	executive visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood
Jose A. Ortiz Jr.	....	title sequence design/animation
Eric Pender	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Jenny Pond	....	visual effects set production assistant: reshoots
Jason Porath	....	CG effects artist: CIS Hollywood
Jason Porath	....	effects technical director: CIS Hollywood
Chris Ryan	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Robert P. Schneider	....	digital intermediate editor
Ziad Seirafi	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Kent Seki	....	previsualization supervisor: Pixel Liberation Front
Christian Severin	....	3D artist: Lola visual effects
Greg Shimp	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Maciek Sokalski	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Brian Sorbo	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Bill Spradlin	....	lighting technical director
Greg Strause	....	lead Inferno artist: Lola Visual Effects
David Stump	....	visual effects director of photography: physical effects and miniatures (as Dave Stump)
Wilson Tang	....	digital restoration
Caroline Veyssière	....	first assistant director: visual effects unit, Germany
Jason Wardle	....	CG artist: CIS Hollywood
Bob Wiatr	....	compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Bob Wiatr	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title
Jörg Widmer	....	director of photography: plates, Germany
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects
Scott Williston	....	lead model/miniature painter
Darryl Wilson	....	best boy grip: visual effects unit
Matt Wilson	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Loeng Wong-Savun	....	visual effects artist
Kyle Yamamoto	....	R&D programmer: CIS Hollywood
Duncan Burbidge	....	digital effects producer (uncredited)
Corey Burton	....	modelmaker (uncredited)
Maryjane Layani	....	production accountant: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Eoin Murphy	....	visual effects artist: Peerless (uncredited)
Jeff Pyle	....	modelmaker (uncredited)

Stunts
Tony Donno	....	stunts
Meegan Godfrey	....	stunts (as Megan Godfrey)
Kim Robert Koscki	....	stunts (as Kim Koscki)
Lynn Salvatori	....	stunts
Jill Stokesberry	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Alexonis	....	best boy grip
Waide R. Allen	....	best boy electric: second unit
Edgar Auell	....	rigging electrician
James Babineaux	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Brian Bartolini	....	gaffer: SFX unit
Joseph E. Bates	....	best boy rigging grip
Ron Batzdorff	....	still photographer
Mathias Beier	....	rigging electrician
Cris Borgnine	....	grip
John Bowman	....	video operator: Germany
Jeremy Braben	....	wescam operator: Germany
Eric Budlong	....	key grip: additional photography
Felix Buensche	....	lighting assistant: Germany (as Felix Bunsche)
Glenn Cannon	....	video assist
Bennett Cerf	....	assistant camera
William Coss	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Katharina Dießner	....	lighting technician: Germany (as Katharina Diessner)
Christopher Duskin	....	camera operator
Jack English	....	chief lighting technician
Michael S. Epley	....	dolly grip (as Michael Epley)
Anna Ferrarie	....	camera intern
Eli Golub	....	splinter key grip
Justus Hasenzahl	....	grip: Germany
Chris Hill	....	24 frame video operator
Nina Johannsen	....	second first assistant camera: Germany
Dylan Jones	....	video supervisor
Jacques Jouffret	....	Steadicam operator
Gary Kelso	....	best boy grip
Helko Klünder	....	grip
Michelle Koelblen	....	vista vision operator: Germany
Wayne Kosky	....	best boy rigging grip
Tobias Kownatzki	....	clapper loader
Ulrike Lamster	....	second assistant camera
Thomas Lappin	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Abraham Martinez	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
David J. McGraw	....	video operator: model unit
Dauv McNeely	....	video assist operator: second unit
Stefanie 'Peppa' Meissner	....	grip: Germany (as Stefanie Fritzi Meissner)
Sean Hunter Moe	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, Germany
Sean Hunter Moe	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Glenn E. Moran	....	rigging gaffer (as Glenn Moran)
Juan Morse	....	gaffer: second unit
Brian 'Joker' Mulvey	....	grip
Beda Mulzer	....	best boy electric
Gunnar Peper	....	lighting technician: Germany (as Gunar Peper)
Les Percy	....	key rigging grip (as Leslie Percy Jr.)
Simone Perusse	....	electrician
Michael Pinkey	....	camera operator
Tony Porto	....	grip: second unit
Michael C. Price	....	key grip
Jan Raskin	....	key grip: Germany
Axel Renner	....	lighting technician: Germany
Nicolas Restrepo	....	additional camera operator
Alan M. Rowe	....	lighting console programmer
Andrew Rowlands	....	Steadicam operator
Andrew Rowlands	....	camera operator: "b" camera
David Schmalz	....	video assist operator: second unit
Götz Schmidt zu Nedde	....	lighting technician: Germany (as Gotz Schmid zur Nedden)
Stephan Schneider	....	lighting technician: Germany
Axel Scholz	....	assistant chief lighting technician: Germany
Mike Shaheen	....	video playback operator
Jonathan Sharpe	....	first assistant camera: effects unit
Jonathan Shier	....	film loader: second unit
Albrecht Silberberger	....	chief lighting technician: Germany
Andre Sobczak	....	dolly grip: second unit
Larissa Supplitt	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, additional photography
Bjoern Susen	....	gaffer: Germany (as Björn-Yves Susen)
James Swanson	....	stab-c operator: Germany (as Jim Swanson)
Jennifer Tanksley	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Markus Maria Thormann	....	grip: Germany
Claire van der Lelle	....	clapper loader: Germany (as Claire van dier Lelie)
Winona Wacker	....	loader
Felix Weddige	....	lighting technician: Germany
Heiko Wentorp	....	first assistant camera: Germany (as Heiko Wentrop)
Rick Whitfield	....	24 frame playback supervisor
Jörg Widmer	....	director of photography: Germany (as Jorg Widmer)
David Yellin	....	rigger
Jason Young	....	lighting technician: effects unit
Alex Zeihn	....	lighting technician: Germany
Randy Beckman	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Bryan Booth	....	electrician (uncredited)
John S. Campbell	....	grip (uncredited)
Kia Dawson	....	additional camera loader (uncredited)
Erik A. Erichsen	....	electrician (uncredited)
Gene Hara	....	electrician (uncredited)
Michael Jin	....	grip (uncredited)
Mike Jin	....	grip (uncredited)
Jason Kay	....	technocrane technician (uncredited)
Thomas E. Lee	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Gary Lowrance	....	set lighting technician (uncredited)
John T. Martin	....	grip (uncredited)
Juan Morse	....	electrician (uncredited)
Morten Petersen	....	rigging electric gang boss (uncredited)
Jay Pope	....	grip (uncredited)
Chris Rauch	....	grip (uncredited)
Landon Ruddel	....	grip (uncredited)
Frank Sims	....	rigging grip (uncredited)
Stephen Thorp	....	electrician (uncredited)
Jörg Widmer	....	Steadicam operator: Germany (uncredited)

Animation Department
Alp Altiner	....	matte painter
Monty Granito	....	lead animator

Casting Department
Terri Douglas	....	adr voice casting
Marcel Dykiert	....	extras casting assistant
Stephen Moore	....	casting assistant
Iris Müller	....	extras casting
Johanna Ragwitz	....	extras casting: Leipzig
Jennifer Ricchiazzi	....	casting assistant
Jennifer L. Smith	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Myron Baker	....	costumer
Sue Crosby	....	costumer
Lorraine Crossman	....	costumer
Katie Gavin	....	costumes staff assistant
Adrienne Greshock	....	costumer
Linda Matthews	....	costume supervisor
Meg Matthews	....	costumer
Jessica Peel	....	assistant costume designer
Helen Wilson	....	seamstress
Sparka Lee Hall	....	set costume supervisor (uncredited)
Shelli Nishino	....	costumer (uncredited)
Natasha Paczkowski	....	costume manufacturing foreperson (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Judith Babcock	....	post-production coordinator
Ron Barr	....	digital intermediate editor
Etienne Boussac	....	assistant editor
Charles Bunn	....	assistant editor
Carlos M. Castillón	....	apprentice editor
Scott Gregory	....	digital film colorist
Raymond Hernandez	....	post-production assistant
Cynthia Ludwig	....	first assistant editor
George Missor	....	epk assistant editor
Chris E. Mutterer	....	editorial assistant
Mark Sahagun	....	digital intermediate editor
Kurt Smith	....	film color timer
Devin Sterling	....	digital intermediate producer
Rebecca Weigold	....	first assistant editor: avid

Music Department
Dick Bernstein	....	supervising music editor
Bob Bornstein	....	music preparation
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
Tom Hardisty	....	score recordist
James Horner	....	conductor
James Horner	....	orchestrator
Randy Kerber	....	orchestrator
Kevin Kliesch	....	orchestrator
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Barbara McDermott	....	assistant music editor
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer
Kirsten Smith	....	scoring crew
Philip Tallman	....	music editor
Sylvia Wells	....	music score supervisor

Transportation Department
Florian Dieckmann	....	transport captain: second unit
Louis Dinson	....	transportation captain
Michael Fechner	....	picture vehicles coordinator: Germany
Joey Freitas	....	driver: picture cars
Florian Haeger	....	production driver
Od Howell	....	transportation captain
Daniel Huhn	....	production driver
Steve Lewis	....	driver
Paolo Maggio	....	personal driver: Mrs. Huggins, Germany
Stan Mataele	....	transportation
Inga Meissner	....	transportation coordinator: Germany
Billy Ramirez	....	transportation
George A. Sack	....	transportation
David Wang	....	picture car coordinator
Silke Werner	....	production driver: Germany
Miklas Wittmann	....	production driver: Germany

Other crew
Cheryl Andryco	....	set production assistant
Kimi Armstrong	....	assistant: Brian Grazer
Marlene Assmann	....	production assistant: editorial
Roman Avianus	....	location scout
Andrew Balek	....	production assistant
Nico Bally	....	remote head technician
Robert-James Bova	....	remote head operator: Germany
Kristov Brändli	....	accountant: Germany
Coriedus Brown	....	art staff assistant
Briana Burke	....	location manager
Nina Büttner	....	assistant accountant: Germany (as Nina Kortwich)
Joanna Callas	....	production assistant
Kevin A. Canamar	....	supervising set medic
Audrey Chon	....	assistant: James Whitaker
June Christopher	....	adr loop group
Nick Costantino	....	production assistant
David Cowgill	....	adr loop group (as David Cowgil)
Scotch James Diaz Crisostomo	....	accounting clerk
Wendy Cutler	....	adr loop group (as Wendy E. Cutler)
Bryan Davis	....	office production assistant: re-shoots
Bianca D'Carpio	....	production assistant
Sara Dering	....	assistant location manager
Harper Dill	....	production assistant
Terri Douglas	....	adr loop group
Steven Eddy	....	assistant production coordinator: re-shoots
Pam Ellington	....	first assistant accountant
Charles Fagin	....	key assistant location manager
Erin Fredman	....	assistant: Erica Huggins
René Frotscher	....	location assistant manager: Germany
Peter Futschik	....	account assistant
Katharina Gapski	....	assistant production coordinator: Germany
Wilma Garscadden-Gahret	....	script supervisor
Kathleen Gati	....	adr loop group
Jens Geibel	....	location manager: Germany
Paul Goldsmith	....	crowd assistant
Tom Goodrich	....	studio teacher
Vanessa Grayson	....	utility stand-in
Casey Green	....	video playback engineer
Rebecca Hedrick	....	assistant: Charles J.D. Schlissel (as Rebecca Ferrell Hedrick)
James Henderson	....	stand-in: Peter Sarsgaard
Bridget Hoffman	....	adr loop group (as Bridgett Hoffman)
Rif Hutton	....	adr loop group
Raz Inserra	....	production secretary
Seraina Jaqueline	....	adr loop group (as Seraina Jacqueline)
Sven Jenuwein	....	production assistant: Germany
Valerie Johnson	....	set production assistant
Michael Judd	....	production assistant (as Mike Judd)
Daniel A. Katz	....	adr loop group
Randy Kerber	....	synthesizer programmer
Steffen Knabe	....	extras coordinator: on-set
Erich Kraus	....	file clerk
Kathrin Krückeberg	....	production assistant: Germany
Helaine Lembeck	....	adr loop group
Matt Lindquist	....	adr loop group
Martin Lischke	....	production assistant
Anne Lockhart	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Thomas Longo	....	extras coordinator: on-set
Curt Lowens	....	adr loop group
Gary Lowrance	....	special operator
Cynthia Ludwig	....	first film assistant
Andrew Magarian	....	acting coach
Lorielle Evelyn Mallue	....	assistant: Jodie Foster
Damon Marcellino	....	fixtures technician
Rob Margolies	....	production assistant
Gail Martin-Sheridan	....	key production accountant
Carol McConnaughey	....	publicist
Tim Mendler	....	technician: Mo-Sys
Nick Mestrundrea	....	key craft services
Michael Neal	....	payroll accountant: re-shoots
Ruben Neubauer	....	adr loop group
Ann Nicol	....	assistant: Sean Bean
M. Michelle Nishikawa	....	production coordinator
Matthew Osburn	....	production assistant: additional photography, Los Angeles
Paul Pape	....	adr loop group
Phil Proctor	....	adr loop group
Steven D. Reese	....	production assistant: reshoots
Deborah Ricketts	....	video researcher
Alexander Robb	....	production assistant
Crystal Ro	....	production assistant
Matthew Roseman	....	production assistant
Sara Roth	....	assistant: Robert Schwentke
Sam Sako	....	adr voice
Sabine Schulmeyer	....	location manager: Germany
Lisa G. Shillingburg	....	second assistant accountant: re-shoot
Bettina Spier	....	adr loop group
Charles A. Tamburro	....	helicopter pilot
Hans Tester	....	adr loop group
Judi Townsend	....	script supervisor
Ian Underwood	....	synthesizer programmer
Ray Utarnachitt	....	assistant production office coordinator
Dirk Vahle	....	helicopter pilot
Daniel Villarreal	....	production assistant
Friederike von Rauch	....	location scout
Brenda K. Wachel	....	script supervisor: visual effects unit
Connie Wang	....	script clearance administrator
Anja Wedell	....	production coordinator: Germany
Ryan Whan	....	key second assistant accountant
Amy Denning Winfrey	....	payroll accountant: additional photography
Kai Wulff	....	adr loop group
Yoschi Zwielich	....	assistant location manager: Germany
Andrew R. Gardiner	....	key assistant location manager: second unit (uncredited)
Joey Naber	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Peter Pamela Rose	....	adr loop group (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Touchstone Pictures
• Imagine Entertainment

Distributors

• Buena Vista Pictures (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2005) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Italia (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Falcon (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2009) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2008) (UK) (TV) (BBC1)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (BVHE) (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Buena Vista Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Nelonen (2008) (Finland) (TV)
• SBS6 (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)

Special Effects

• CIS Hollywood (visual effects)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (visual effects)
• Lola Visual Effects (visual effects)
• Peerless Camera Company (additional visual effects)
• Grant McCune Design (visual effects and miniatures)
• Pixel Liberation Front (pre-visualization)
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates (opticals)
• Proof (pre-visualization)
• Snow Business (snow effects)

Other Companies

• ARRI  cameras and lenses (as Arriflex)
• BBC Worldwide  audio/visual programs courtesy of
• Buena Vista Negative Cutting  negative cutting
• CIS Hollywood  post-production facilities: visual effects
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes, dollies and remote camera systems
• Clairmont Camera  cameras
• Discovery Communications  footage courtesy of
• ESPN  footage courtesy of (as ESPN Enterprises)
• Hollywood Camera  cameras and lenses
• Hollywood Records  soundtrack
• Inflatable Crowd Company, The  inflatable mannequins
• Panavision Remote Systems  remote camera systems
• Picture Mill, The  main and end titles designed and produced by
• Producer's Library Service  Amsterdam footage courtesy of (as Producers Library)
• Soundelux  sound editorial services
• Studio Hamburg International Production (SHIP)  production services: Germany
• Technicolor  prints
• Todd-AO Scoring Stage  score recorded and mixed at (as Todd Scoring Stage, Studio City, CA)
• Todd-AO Studios  sound re-recording (as Todd-AO)
• Trans World International  footage courtesy of

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and some intense plot material.

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French | German | Arabic | Italian | Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:M | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Taiwan:PG-12 | Finland:K-11 | Indonesia:Dewasa | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | Germany:12 (f) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Brazil:14 | Sweden:11 | Czech Republic:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #41961) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | South Korea:12 | Philippines:PG-13 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Touchstone Pictures

Trivia:

Jodie Foster's role was originally written for Sean Penn. The original character's name of "Kyle" was even kept. Coincedently, Penn's role in The Game (1997) was originally intended for Jodie Foster.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: A shot of the cockpit shows 2 sets of engine instruments. When the aircraft is shown, it has 4 engines.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Mortuary Director: [in German, subtitled] Would you like a moment of privacy before the casket is sealed?
Kyle: [hesitantly] Okay.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Cabin Pressure: Designing the Aalto E-474 (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Silent Poet

I have a cunning plan…

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This must be close to the plot synopsis:

Man: "You know we're always saying we could use 50 million dollars?

Woman: "Yes"

Man: "Well I have a cunning plan."

Woman: "What's that then?"

Man: "First of all we need to find an aeronautics engineer working in a foreign country, with a child, and an encyclopedic knowledge of the layout of a particular long-haul plane."

Woman: "Why's that?"

Man: "Well then, you see, we murder her spouse, in such a way as it looks like an accident."

Woman: "What for?"

Man (exasperated): "Well then of course, we bribe the mortuary assistant at the hospital into letting us place explosives inside the casket."

Woman: "But why?"

Man: "I'm coming to that. Then we wait until the woman decides to return the the U.S."

Woman: "But what if she doesn't?"

Man: "She just will, okay? So anyway, when she decides to return home we find out what flight she's on. Hopefully she is not only placed on the type of plane of which she has encyclopedic knowledge, and flying with the airline of which you're a flight attendant, but also on the same flight as her dead husband's casket. Are you following?"

Woman: "I think so."

Man:"Good, we're nearly there. Then all we need to do is falsify the checking-in information to remove all record of her daughter, make sure she gets on the plane half an hour before everybody else, ensure there is a row of empty seats behind her and get me on the flight, sitting nearby."

Woman: "And then?"

Man (laughing): "Now this the cunning part. She takes the empty seats, allowing her daughter to sit in the aisle seat, then when she goes to sleep, all I have to do is steal a food trolley, stuff the daughter into it and hide her in the hold. Oh, and did I mention that we must ensure that nobody on the entire plane sees the daughter?"

Woman: "Isn't this getting a little far fetched?"

Man (angry): "What do'you mean? It's a great plan? All I have to do then is remove the child's boarding pass from wherever the mother is keeping it without waking her, assist her search for the missing child in the guise of an Air Marshal, convince the captain that the woman is mad and that the child died with her father (through a forged note from the mortician), and wait for the mother to escape from my custody.

Woman:"Escape, why?"

Man: "Because the casket can only be unlocked by her, so once she's unlocked it I can set the timer on the explosives. From there we're home and dry. I merely have to recapture her, convince the captain that she's actually not mad but a hijacker who wants 50 million dollars and give the Captain our account number, asking him to ensure the money is paid straight in. Oh, Then we land, everybody gets off the plane, I shoot the mother and blow up the daughter and nobody is any the wiser. We walk away with a cool 50 million. Simple eh?"

Never before have I wasted two hours of my life on quite such egregious nonsense.