Watchmen (2009)

Director:

Zack Snyder

Writers (WGA):

David Hayter (screenplay) and
Alex Tse (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

6 March 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

This city is afraid of me. I've seen its true face.

Plot:

In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.

Plot Keywords:

1985 | Vigilante | Murder | Investigation | Conspiracy

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Malin Akerman	...	Laurie Jupiter / Silk Spectre II
Billy Crudup	...	Dr. Manhattan / Jon Osterman
Matthew Goode	...	Adrian Veidt / Ozymandias
Jackie Earle Haley	...	Walter Kovacs / Rorschach
Jeffrey Dean Morgan	...	Edward Blake / The Comedian
Patrick Wilson	...	Dan Dreiberg / Nite Owl II
Carla Gugino	...	Sally Jupiter / Silk Spectre
Matt Frewer	...	Edgar Jacobi / Moloch the Mystic
Stephen McHattie	...	Hollis Mason / Nite Owl
Laura Mennell	...	Janey Slater
Rob LaBelle	...	Wally Weaver
Gary Houston	...	John McLaughlin
James M. Connor	...	Pat Buchanan (as James Michael Connor)
Mary Ann Burger	...	Eleanor Clift
John Shaw	...	Doug Roth
Robert Wisden	...	Richard Nixon
Jerry Wasserman	...	Detective Fine
Don Thompson	...	Detective Gallagher
Frank Novak	...	Henry Kissinger
Sean Allan	...	Norad General #1
Ron Fassler	...	Ted Koppel
Stephanie Belding	...	Janet Black
Chris Burns	...	Dumb Thug
Nhi Do	...	Vietnamese Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Walter Addison	...	Lee Iacocca
Tony Ali	...	Foreign Newscaster #11
Alison Araya	...	Foreign Newscaster #1
Greg Armstrong-Morris	...	Truman Capote
Tony Bardach	...	John with Rorschach's Mother
Katie Bennison	...	Foreign Newscaster #12
Carly Bentall	...	Wally's Girlfriend
Jay Brazeau	...	News Vendor
Clint Carleton	...	Young Hollis Mason
Mike Carpenter	...	Young Moloch
Frank Cassini	...	Sally's Husband
Fulvio Cecere	...	Agent Forbes - Backstage handler at Manhattan interview
Isabelle Champeau	...	Foreign Newscaster #16
Ron Chartier	...	Carnival Photographer
Louis Chirillo	...	Face To Face TV Producer
Dawn Chubai	...	Keene Act Anchor #3
Suzanne Clements-Smith	...	On Location Reporter #2
Lynn Colliar	...	Foreign Newscaster #10
Andrew Colthart	...	Naked Man at Warhol Party
Bruce Crawford	...	Bank Robber
Agam Darshi	...	On Location Reporter #3
Sahara Davis	...	Young Tenement Fire Child (as Sahara Oasis Ashanti Davis)
Mark Docherty	...	Newscaster #1
Matt Drake	...	Older Boy Bully
Ali Dunn	...	Tenement Fire Child #3
Michael Eklund	...	Man in Riot Crowd #2
Glenn Ennis	...	Hooded Justice
Kurt Evans	...	Tenement Fire News Reporter
Ian Farthing	...	Foreign Newscaster #13
Deborah Finkel	...	Woman in Riot Crowd
Jeffrey Flieler	...	Tenement Fire Policeman
Tara Frederick	...	Aggressive Hooker
Ted Friend	...	Larry Culpeper
Mark Gash	...	On Location Reporter #1
Chris Gauthier	...	Seymour
Carrie Genzel	...	Jackie Kennedy
Leah Gibson	...	Silhouette's Girlfriend
L. Harvey Gold	...	New Frontiersman Editor
Haley Guiel	...	Laurie (13 Years) (as Haley Adrianna Guiel)
Matthew Harrison	...	Foreign Newscaster #3
Jaryd Heidrick	...	Young Jon
Danny Hospes	...	Tenement Fire Child #2
Greig Hospes	...	Tenement Fire Child #1
Heidi Iro	...	Foreign Newscaster #6
Alessandro Juliani	...	Rockefeller Military Base Technician
Terence Kelly	...	General West
J.R. Killigrew	...	David Bowie
Manuelita Kinsley	...	Keene Riot Reporter
John Kobylka	...	Fidel Castro
Kit Koon	...	Foreign Newscaster #7
Carmen Lavigne	...	Anti War Protester
Colin Lawrence	...	Officer Kirkpatrick
Calvin Lee	...	Foreign Newscaster #14
Mi-Jung Lee	...	A Bomb Test Anchorwoman
Santo Lombardo	...	Knot Top Gang Member #2
David MacKay	...	Child Murderer
Alexander Mandra	...	Foreign Newscaster #15 (as Alexander Sasha Mandra)
Niall Matter	...	Mothman
Tom McBeath	...	News Analyst
Tyler McClendon	...	Veidt Enterprises Security Guard
Kevin McNulty	...	News Anchor
Cristina Menz	...	Foreign Newscaster #9
Youri Obryvtchenko	...	Foreign Newscaster #5
Ashley O'Connell	...	Foreign Newscaster #17
Dan Payne	...	Dollar Bill
Marsha Regis	...	Face To Face TV Receptionist
Jesse Reid	...	Teenager at Newsstand
Martin Reiss	...	Brezhnev
Patrick Sabongui	...	Knot Top Gang Leader
Salli Saffioti	...	Annie Leibovitz (voice)
Sahar	...	Foreign Newscaster #2
Sonya Salomaa	...	Adrian Veidt's Assistant
Darryl Scheelar	...	Captain Metropolis
Neil Schell	...	Man in Riot Crowd #1
Jason Schombing	...	NY Swat #1
Darren Shahlavi	...	NY Swat #2
Daryl Shuttleworth	...	Jon's Father
Eli Snyder	...	Young Rorschach
Manoj Sood	...	Karnak Scientist
Parm Soor	...	Foreign Newscaster #8
Salvatore Sortino	...	1940 Watchmen Photographer
Tamara Stanners	...	Vietnam 51st State Anchor
Brett Stimely	...	John F. Kennedy
Steven Stojkovic	...	Mick Jagger
Clay St. Thomas	...	Newscaster #2
Sylvesta Stuart	...	Destruction Firefighter
John R. Taylor	...	Priest
William S. Taylor	...	Prison Psychiatrist
John Tench	...	Knot Top Gang Member #1
Greg Travis	...	Andy Warhol
Ken Tremblett	...	Keene Act Anchor #2
Apollonia Vanova	...	Silhouette
Marshall Virtue	...	NY Swat #3
Lori Watt	...	Rorschach's Mother
Chris Weber	...	Officer O'Brien
Dale Wolfe	...	Keene Act Anchor #1
Danny Woodburn	...	Big Figure
Bernadeta Wrobel	...	Foreign Newscaster #4
Mark Acheson	...	Large Man at Happy Harry's (uncredited)
Sahar Biniaz	...	Foreign Newscaster #2 (uncredited)
Damon Caro	...	U.S. Soldier (uncredited)
Douglas Chapman	...	Roy Chess (uncredited)
Dave Cote	...	Man at Club (uncredited)
Saira De Goede	...	Girl at Club (uncredited)
Ed Metzger	...	Albert Einstein (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Yoosik Oum	...	Scientist (uncredited)
Malcolm Scott	...	Fat Thug (uncredited)
Zack Snyder	...	Commando in Vietnam (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Michael Stevens	...	Doomsday Clock Scientist #1 (uncredited)

Directed by
Zack Snyder

Writing credits (WGA)
David Hayter		(screenplay) and
Alex Tse		(screenplay)
Dave Gibbons		(graphic novel illustrator)
Alan Moore		(graphic novel) uncredited

Produced by
Wesley Coller	....	co-producer
Herb Gains	....	executive producer
Lawrence Gordon	....	producer
Lloyd Levin	....	producer
Lorne Orleans	....	IMAX version
Deborah Snyder	....	producer
Thomas Tull	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Tyler Bates

Cinematography by
Larry Fong		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William Hoy

Casting by
Kristy Carlson

Production Design by
Alex McDowell

Art Direction by
François Audouy		(supervising art director)
Helen Jarvis
James Steuart

Set Decoration by
Jim Erickson

Costume Design by
Michael Wilkinson

Makeup Department
Anji Bemben	....	hair department head
Greg Cannom	....	special makeup designer
Rita Ciccozzi	....	key makeup artist
Rosalina Da Silva	....	makeup department head
Emanuela Daus	....	makeup artist
Cara Doell	....	assistant hair stylist
Vanessa Giles	....	assistant makeup artist
Céline Godeau	....	tattoo artist
Will Huff	....	special makeup effects artist
Jason James	....	mold/lab technician
Jim Knell	....	production photographer: Drac Studios
Rebecca Lee	....	assistant makeup artist
Carrie LeGrand	....	makeup production supervisor: Drac Studios
Harvey Lowry	....	director of operations: Drac Studios
Sharon Markell	....	assistant hair stylist
Mark Nieman	....	silicone prosthetic supervisor: Drac Studios
Geoff Redknap	....	special makeup effects artist
Rick Stratton	....	tattoos
Miles Teves	....	makeup designer
Miles Teves	....	special makeup effects artist
Todd Tucker	....	creative director: Drac Studios
Steve Winsett	....	special makeup effects artist
Jacqueline Robertson Cull	....	wig maker (uncredited)

Production Management
Christopher DeFaria	....	executive in charge of production
Sara Flamm	....	production supervisor
Jim Rowe	....	unit production manager
Andrea Wertheim	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ashley Bell	....	third assistant director
Misha Bukowski	....	key second assistant director
Eddy Santos	....	second assistant director
Rhonda Taylor	....	key third assistant director
Martin Walters	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Chris Beach	....	assistant art director
Brent Bennett	....	set buyer
Michael A. Billings	....	set buyer
Ea Birkett	....	prop man
Ea Birkett	....	props assistant
Brent Boates	....	illustrator
Peter Bodnarus	....	set designer
Jillian Bunting	....	set/prop builder
Lars Canty	....	assistant art director
John Cassaday	....	concept artist
Melanie Cassidy	....	sculptor
Lubor Cencak	....	scenic artist
Aric Cheng	....	set designer
James H. Chow	....	property master
Jessee J. Clarkson	....	model maker
Brian Cunningham	....	graphic illustrator
John Dale	....	general foreman
Richard Ewan	....	miniature painter
Warren Flanagan	....	prop design/illustration
Kirsten Franson	....	graphic artist
Allan Galajda	....	set designer
Jack Gauvreau	....	head sculptor
Chris Gilmour	....	leadman
Trevor Goring	....	illustrator
Aaron Haye	....	digital set designer
Leah Hong	....	graphic designer
Adam Hughes	....	concept artist
Martina Javorova	....	assistant art director
Patrick Kearns	....	on-set dresser
Franziska Keller	....	art department coordinator: prep
Jan Kobylka	....	construction coordinator
Ray Lai	....	graphic illustrator
Jason B. Landels	....	assistant property master
Carmen Lee	....	art assistant
Catherine Leighton	....	assistant property master
Andrew Li	....	set designer
Scott Lukowski	....	concept illustrator
Rohan Lyal	....	head greensman
Jaydene Maryk	....	art department coordinator
Sam McGowan	....	lead plasterer
Dale Menzies	....	construction foreman
J.J. Mestinsek	....	scenic artist
Chad Neufeld	....	carpenter
Paul Ozzimo	....	conceptual illustrator
Neville Page	....	creature designer: sculptor
Dan Petrescu	....	paint foreman
Hamish Purdy	....	assistant set decorator
Andrew Reid	....	buyer
Steve Reintjes	....	paint foreman
Michel Rheault	....	construction buyer
Guy Roland	....	set dresser
Rich Romig	....	set designer
Lauren Ruggeri	....	art department assistant
Rodrigo Segovia	....	set designer
Dean Sherriff	....	illustrator
Maya Shimoguchi	....	set designer
James Steuart	....	set designer
Bryan Sutton	....	set designer
Michael Toby	....	model maker
Mario Tomas-Niedworok	....	paint coordinator
Grant Van Der Slagt	....	set designer
Barbara Wilson	....	assistant art director
Patrick Zahorodniuk	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Michael J. Broomberg	....	foley artist
Eddie Bydalek	....	sound mix technician
Robert Carr	....	sound mix technician
Matt Dawson	....	adr mixer
Tim Gedemer	....	sound effects editor
Gary A. Hecker	....	supervising foley artist
Scott Hecker	....	supervising sound editor
Rick Hromadka	....	sound designer
Chris Jenkins	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Kray	....	adr mixer
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound designer
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound effects editor
Mike Marino	....	foley mixer
Michael McGee	....	production sound mixer
Frank A. Montaño	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Frank Montaño)
Eric A. Norris	....	supervising sound designer
Jason Oliver	....	adr recordist
Charles O'Shea	....	boom operator
Daniel Pagan	....	sound effects editor
Jeremy Peirson	....	sound designer
Derek Pippert	....	foley editor
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Roy Seeger	....	first assistant sound editor
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
David Werntz	....	sound designer
David Werntz	....	sound effects editor
Byron Wilson	....	dialogue editor

Special Effects by
Ginger Anglin	....	fabricator
Dan Cervin	....	special effects first assistant
Jerry Constantine	....	special effects makeup
Dan Crawley	....	special effects technician
Brandon Ellison	....	special effects technician
Brandon Engstrom	....	special effects technician
Janet Evaschuck	....	special effects technician (as Janet Pearce)
Bill Fesh	....	special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc.
Christopher Gilman	....	special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Chris Hampton	....	special effects supervisor
Nicholas Hiegel	....	model maker
Kelly Kerby	....	pyrotechnician
Jim Kundig	....	mechanical technician
Aimee Macabeo	....	special makeup effects artist: hair
Alan McFarland	....	special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Randy Pike	....	special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Gregory Wade Reynolds	....	effects animator
Dale Shippam	....	special effects technician
Charles Sowles	....	costume specialist
Andrew Verhoeven	....	special effects: electronics
Adam Walls	....	special effects technician
Christina Adia Wang	....	associate interactive compositor: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Joel Whist	....	special effects coordinator
Brad Zehr	....	special effects technician
Suma Adams	....	seaming and patching department: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Ozzy Alvarez	....	special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Jason Barnett	....	special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Sophia Coronado	....	specialty costumes: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Robert Kato DeStefan	....	body shop technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Damian Fisher	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Megan Flagg	....	special effects technician: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Joe Gomez	....	mold shop supervisor: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Moto Hata	....	key artist: Quantum Creations FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Carol Koch	....	sculptor: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Steve Koch	....	specialty costumes sculptor: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Jacqueline Makkee	....	seaming and patching department: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Walter Phelan	....	special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh	....	prosthetic suits supervisor: Quantum Creation FX Inc. (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh	....	specialty costumes: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Ray Shaffer	....	special effects lab technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Brett Stern	....	special effects costume painter: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Chris Wolters	....	mechanical designer: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Gary Abrahamian	....	animation lead: CIS Hollywood
Matthew Adams	....	2D supervisor: MPC
Michael Adkisson	....	senior compositor
Laide Agunbiade	....	compositor
Laide Agunbiade	....	senior lighting technical director
Frank Akrong	....	digital compositor
Paul Alexiou	....	visual effects film editorial: MPC
Ian Allard	....	digital artist
Enrico Altmann	....	model maker: New Deal Studios
Vinicio Alvarez	....	senior production services technician
Tim Angulo	....	director of photography: New Deal Studios
Greg Astles	....	2d supervisor: Intelligent Creatures, Inc.
Kelly Barschig	....	recruiter: SPI
Jean-Paul Beaulieu	....	lighting and compositing artist
Darren A. Bell	....	visual effects executive producer: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Chad Belteau	....	lighting and compositing technical director
Jeff Benjamin	....	lead production services technician
Jeffrey Benoit	....	pre-visualization artist
Ori Ben-Shabat	....	compositor: Image Engine
Eli Best	....	visual effects production assistant
Sarah Birns	....	digital compositor
Dan Blank	....	compositor
Michael Boggs	....	scanning manager
Landon Bootsma	....	compositor: MPC
Jayni Borgaro	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Jelmer Boskma	....	previs modeler
Jean-Christophe Boue	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures
E.M. Bowen	....	visual effects coordinator: New Deal Studios, Inc.
Dhiraj Brahma	....	roto artist: SPII
Michael Brazelton	....	digital compositor: MPC
Danielle Brooks	....	CG artist
Randy Brown	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Max Bruce	....	CG supervisor
Jeff Bruneel	....	senior digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures
Wendell Bruno	....	assistant DMR editor (IMAX version)
Izet Buco	....	digital compositor
Jose Burgos	....	lead technical director: MPC Vancouver
Matt Burlingame	....	model maker: New Deal Studios
Elika Burns	....	roto/paint artist: CIS Hollywood
Elika Burns	....	roto/paint supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Jeremy Burns	....	digital compositor
Naomi Butler	....	roto/prep artist
Melissa Cabrera	....	visual effects producer: Hirota Paint Industries
Steve Cady	....	lead animator: Intelligent Creatures
Allison Cain	....	sequence producer
Dan Camp	....	technical animator: SPI
Joe Carhart	....	visual effects production assistant
Anthony Ceccomancini	....	associate production manager
Joshua Chapel	....	technical director
Freddy Chavez Olmos	....	compositor: Image Engine (as Freddy Chavez)
Freddy Chavez Olmos	....	visual effects compositor (as Freddy Chavez)
Dominic Cheung	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures
Hyemee Choi	....	lighter
Jangwoo Choi	....	senior modeler
Scott Seungpil Chung	....	effects technical director: CIS Hollywood
Katarzyna Cieryt	....	lighting artist
Rhys Claringbull	....	asset lead: MPC
Rhys Claringbull	....	lighting artist: MPC
Craig Clarke	....	digital compositor
Oli Clarke	....	layout artist: MPC
Jessee J. Clarkson	....	modelmaker
Miodrag Colombo	....	digital compositor: The Moving Picture Company
Jerry Corda-Stanley	....	senior TD -Rorscahch look development and lighting pipeline: Intelligent Creatures
Chris Coupland	....	visual effects editor: MPC UK
Garrett Cox	....	visual effects
Craig Crawford	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Kevin Culhane	....	character rigger: CIS Hollywood
Will Cunningham	....	senior effects technical director
Seth Curlin	....	model maker: New Deal Studios
Glenn Curry	....	digital effects artist: MPC
Mark Curtis	....	compositor
Christopher Davies	....	render wrangler
Paul A. Davies	....	character animator
Adam Davis	....	crowd pipeline td
Dean Deakyne	....	visual effects artist
Lisa Deaner	....	senior Flame artist
Yoshi DeHerrera	....	visual effects artist: 3D scanning & modeling
Stanley A. Dellimore	....	head of layout: MPC
Owen Demers	....	texture/matte painter
Claudio de Oliveira	....	rotoscoping artist
Purva Deshpande	....	digital artist: IMAX Version
John 'D.J.' Des Jardin	....	visual effects supervisor
Ben Dickson	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
John Dietz	....	visual effects producer: Rising Sun Pictures
Jeff Dillinger	....	lighting and compositing
Ben Dishart	....	texture artist: CIS Hollywood
Thai Son Doan	....	digital compositor
Waylon Dobson	....	modeler: CIS Hollywood
Jonny Doig	....	3D department manager: MPC
Tom Dow	....	layout artist: MPC
Nick Drew	....	visual effects production manager: CIS London
Steven Dugaro	....	pipeline technical director
Gord Dunick	....	visual effects set supervisor
Minh Duong	....	modeler
Ty Duperron	....	modeler: previz
Noel Eaton	....	senior production services technician
Boinet Eglantine	....	matte painter (uncredited)
Elayaraja	....	visual effects coordinator
Janeen Elliott	....	compositor: Image Engine
Michael Elson	....	executive producer: MPC
Fish Essenfeld	....	senior technical director
Ian Fallon	....	render wrangler: MPC
Michael Fessenden	....	visual effects artist: Entity FX
Forest Fischer	....	model crew chief: New Deal Studios
Lisa Fisher	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Jordan Flanagan	....	digital compositor
Jerome Fournier	....	visual effects
Richard Fox	....	digital compositor
Nick Fredin	....	pre-viz animator
James French	....	previs animator
Nihal Friedel	....	lighting technical director: MPC
Mathias Frodin	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Jigesh Gajjar	....	matchmove supervisor: The Moving Picture Company
William Gammon	....	senior compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Rasshi Ganeriwal	....	visual effects production assistant: Intelligent Creatures, Inc
Julia Gaudette	....	visual effects production manager: CIS Hollywood
Daniel Gaudreau	....	digital compositor
Mikael Genachte-Lebail	....	digital artist: MPC
Clement Gerard	....	head of environment: MPC london
Deborah Giarratana	....	visual effects executive
Greg Gibbons	....	matte painting supervisor: Intelligent Creatures
Peter Giliberti	....	animator
Ben Gillingham-Sutton	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist
Rocco Gioffre	....	matte artist: Svengali FX
Alex Gitler	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Alex Gitler	....	digital compositor
Alex Gitler	....	visual effects: CIS Hollywood
Lisa Gonzalez	....	modeller: MPC
Demian Gordon	....	special projects: pipeline
Virginie Goulet	....	digital compositor
John Grotelueschen	....	senior production services technician
Omar Gudjonsson	....	compositor
Glen Gustafson	....	matte painter
Martin Halle	....	effects technical director
Brian Hamblin	....	editorial technical manager: SPI
Chris Hardman	....	matchmove artist: The Moving Picture Company
Jim Cody Harrington	....	senior effects technical director
Jim Cody Harrington	....	senior visual effects technical director
Michael Hatton	....	visual effects production executive: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Parag Havaldar	....	lead software engineer
Jason Heapy	....	visual effects producer
Oliver Hearsey	....	matchmove artist: The Moving Picture Company
Joe Henke	....	digital effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Nicole Herr	....	digital character animator: SPI
Jeff Higgins	....	research & development technical director
Bryan Hirota	....	visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Alex Hislop	....	matchmove
Sam Hodge	....	compositor: rising sun pictures
Andrew Hogden	....	junior compositor
Jean Ho	....	digital effects coordinator
Christopher Holland	....	additional assistant editor: DMR (IMAX version)
Justin Holt	....	digital matte painter: MPC
Justin Holt	....	senior texture painter: MPC
Carl Hooper	....	effects animation lead
Rob House	....	senior technical director
Brian Howald	....	digital effects artist
Wade Howie	....	visual effects artist
Pearl Hsu	....	3D artist: Intelligent Creatures
John Hughes	....	senior effects technical director: SPI
Chris Hung	....	senior technical director
Alwyn Hunt	....	senior texture artist: MPC
Matthew Hunt	....	render wrangler
Neil Huxley	....	main title designer/art director: yU+Co
Bridget Immelman	....	model shop coordinator
Jonna Isotalus	....	digital artist: Hirota Paint Industries
Justin Israel	....	senior production service technician: SPI
Mike Jahnke	....	animator: previz
Jeffrey Jasper	....	digital artist: New Deal Studios
Alicia Johnson	....	visual effects coordinator
Helen Johnson	....	roto/prep artist
Dennis Jones	....	visual effects supervisor
Keith Jones	....	roto/prep artist
Marc Jones	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Owen Jones	....	lead matchmove artist
Jason Jue	....	digital compositor: Hirota Paint Industries
Howard Julian	....	layout artist: MPC
Mark Justison	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Mark Justison	....	roto/paint artist: CIS Hollywood
Terry Kalinich	....	animator
Terry Kalinich	....	rigger
Patricia Kavanaugh	....	digital effects artist
Patrick Kavanaugh	....	digital effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Tyler Kehl	....	visual effects coordinator
Michael Kennedy	....	senior compositor: MPC
Blaine Kennison	....	lighting and compositing technical director: SPI
Tim Ketzer	....	lighting technical director
Val Kharitonashvili	....	effects technical director: SPI
Sithiriscient Khay	....	digital matter painter
Kareem K.H.	....	digital compositor
Elaine Kieran	....	software research and development: MPC
Bernhard Kimbacher	....	digital artist: Image Engine
Louis Kim	....	compositor: Image Engine
Seunghyuk Kim	....	senior effects technical director
Gyuri Kiss	....	effects lead
Ranjith Kizakkey	....	matchmove lead
Jeffrey Klug	....	systems engineer: Intelligent Creatures
Marta Knudsen	....	matte painter: CIS Hollywood
Lev Kolobov	....	rorschach effect designer: Intelligent Creatures
Stephen Kowalski	....	senior systems architect
Daniel Kramer	....	digital effects supervisor
Sylvia Kratzsch	....	lighting technical director: MPC
John Kreidman	....	digital production manager
E. Suresh Kumar	....	digital effects artist
Joosten Kuypers	....	senior lighting and compositing technical director: SPI
Giselle Kymberly	....	digital compositor
Bill LaBarge	....	effects animation lead
Luis Labrador	....	senior character modeler
Daniel La Chapelle	....	digital effects artist
Alex Lama	....	compositor: Image Engine
Ken Lam	....	senior technical director: color and lighting (SPI )
Ken Lam	....	compositor: Moving Picture Company
Ken Lam	....	digital compositor
Jean Lapointe	....	compositing sequence supervisor: MPC
Pedro Lara	....	digital compositor: MPC
Shandy Lashley	....	visual effects coordinator
Stuart Lashley	....	sequence lead
Mike Lasker	....	lighting technical director
Jesus Lavin	....	compositor: Image Engine
Michelle Ledesma	....	visual effects coordinator
Sean Lewkiw	....	technical head of 3D
Gregory D. Liegey	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Kirk Lilwall	....	third assistant editor: DMR (IMAX version)
Bryan Litson	....	lighting technical director
Randy Little	....	digital compositor: title designer
Chris Logan	....	cloth & hair lead
Justin Long	....	vfx artist - camera dept: Rising Sun Pictures
Steven Lovell	....	visual effects
Matthias Lowry	....	digital compositor
Keith Luczywo	....	associate production manager
Stephen Lunn	....	lighting and compositing sequence lead
Matthew Lynch	....	visual effects bidding producer: Intelligent Creatures
Vlad Lysik	....	matchmover/compositor
Bob Lyss	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Damien Macé	....	concept artist
Darren MacKay	....	digital compositor
Dawn Brooks Macleod	....	visual effects producer: Image Engine
Heather MacPhee	....	paint & rotoscoping artist: CIS Hollywood
Heather MacPhee	....	paint and rotoscope artist: CIS Hollywood
Kevin Mah	....	effects & lighting technical director: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Mike Marcuzzi	....	digital artist: IMAX Version
Javad Matoorian-Pour	....	roto/prep
Alan McCabe	....	3D lighting artist: MPC
George McCarthy	....	visual effects editor
Andrew McDonald	....	head of modeling: MPC
Kenn McDonald	....	animation supervisor
Shannon McGee	....	senior technical director: SPI
Nakia McGlynn	....	lighting technical director: The Moving Picture Company
Chuck McIlvain	....	visual effects artist
Ian McIntosh	....	visual effects coordinator
Sarah McLauchlan	....	vfx editor: Rising Sun PIctures
James McPhail	....	digital effects artist: Image Engine
Antonio Meazzini	....	digital paint artist
John J. Meehan	....	animator
Ximena Melendez	....	visual effects assistant
Diana Miao	....	CG supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Diana Miao	....	texture & lighting supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Pericles Michielin	....	character animator: SPI
Ellen E. Miki	....	prep artist
Jacob Curtis Miller	....	digital artist: Image Engine
Katie Miller	....	coordinator assistant: CIS Hollywood
Katie Miller	....	production assistant: CIS Hollywood
Ryan Mintenko	....	lighter: MPC
Michele Moen	....	matte painter: Svengali VFX
Lon Molnar	....	visual effects supervisor: Intelligent Creatures
Sarah Moore	....	lighting & compositing: SPI
Koji Morihiro	....	animator
Jean-Francois Morissette	....	senior matchmover
David Antonin Mucci	....	sequence supervisor
Tricia Mulgrew	....	visual effects production supervisor
Ryan Mullany	....	digital artist
Tim Mulvihill	....	visual effects editor
Adil Mustafabekov	....	matte painter: SPI
Serena Naramore	....	digital compositor
Jarrod Nesbit	....	senior visual effects coordinator
Steve Newburn	....	model maker: New Deal Studios
Mark Newport	....	effects support
Jeff Newton	....	CG supervisor
Adele Ng	....	3d artist: Intelligent Creatures
Leila Nicotera	....	visual effects artist
Jordan Nieuwland	....	digital matte artist
Chris Nokes	....	visual effects line producer: Intelligent Creatures
James P. Noon	....	tracking
Sam Norman	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Nick Ocean	....	visual effects production assistant
Joshua Ochoa	....	motion capture supervisor
Roma O'Connor	....	visual effects executive producer
Gregory Oehler	....	senior compositor: CIS Hollywood
Jonathan Opgenhaffen	....	lead cgi artist: CIS London
Ellery Ortiz	....	matchmove artist
Scott Parker	....	systems engineer: Intelligent Creatures
Isaac Partouche	....	animation
Isaac Partouche	....	motion capture director
Stephen Paschke	....	effects technical director: MPC
Luca Pataracchia	....	senior effects technical director
Simon Payne	....	character rigger
Geoff Pedder	....	look development lead: MPC Vancouver
Joseph Pepper	....	senior technical director
Tom Perry	....	lighting technical director: Intelligent Creatures
Derek Peterson	....	storyboard coordinator
Rob Pieke	....	research and development: MPC
Jason Pomerantz	....	digital artist: IMAX version
Eric Ponton	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Shaun Anthony Portillo	....	visual effects artist
Olivier Pron	....	head of matte painting: MPC
Mark Pullyblank	....	previz animator
Paul Pytlik	....	digital artist: IMAX version
The-Hung Quach	....	texture painter
Søren Ragsdale	....	look development: shader artist: SPI
Balaji Ramakrishna	....	digital compositor
Sandesh Ramdev	....	rotoscoping lead
Ollie Rankin	....	motion capture director
Donny Rausch	....	lighting and compositing
Nicholas David Reed	....	matchmove artist
Nicholas David Reed	....	visual effects
Arturo Revilla	....	matchmover: Intelligent Creatures
Hannes Ricklefs	....	research and development: mpc
Scott Riopelle	....	lead digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures
Becky Roberts	....	visual effects producer: CIS London
Ben Roberts	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Liz Roberts	....	visual effects production manager: MPC
Pau Rocher	....	digital compositor: Intelligent Creatures
Joseph Rosensteel	....	lighting & compositing technical director: SPI
Toby Rosen	....	visual effects technician
Chris Ryan	....	cg supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Kate Sabicer	....	model maker intern: New Deal Studios
Frank Sacco	....	lead animator: Intelligent Creatures
Avi Salem	....	compositor
Marc-Andre Samson	....	senior matte painter
Elizabeth Schafer	....	digital coordinator
Robert Schajer	....	pre-visualization producer: Frantic Films
John Schlag	....	shader artist
Scott Schneider	....	digital set designer: New Deal Studios
Aaron Schultz	....	animator: CIS Hollywood
Tom Schultz	....	match mover: SPI
Victor Schutz	....	lighting lead
Victor Schutz	....	look development
Eric Scott	....	visual effects producer
Remington Scott	....	animator
David Seager	....	digital effects supervisor: SPI
Vincent Serritella	....	senior technical director
Randy Sharp	....	senior modeler
Shervin Shoghian	....	compositing supervisor: Image Engine
Marc Smith	....	3D laser scanning
Drew Solodzuk	....	DMR editor (IMAX version)
Eddie Soria	....	digital paint and roto
Kevin Souls	....	color and lighting
Marc Steinberg	....	senior modeler
Derek Stevenson	....	matchmove artist: Image Engine
David Stopford	....	digital effects artist
Joe Strasser	....	look development technical director: SPI
Youngsam Suh	....	effects technical director
Sumit Suri	....	digital lighting artist: Intelligent Creatures
Jean-Francois Szlapka	....	motion capture animation supervisor
Giuseppe Tagliavini	....	digital compositor: MPC
Aaron Tankenson	....	recruiter: SPI
George Taylor	....	compositor
Saravanan Thanikachalam	....	matchmove artist
David Thompson	....	digital compositor
Richard Thwaites	....	visual effects production manager: Rising Sun Pictures
Tim M. Townsend	....	layout artist: MPC
Peter G. Travers	....	visual effects supervisor
Max Tyrie	....	senior character animator
Carolyn Uy	....	senior technical director
George Vajna	....	second assistant DMR editor: IMAX version
Kristafer Vale	....	character setup artist
James Valentine	....	paint & rotoscoping artist: CIS Hollywood
Brad van Bodegom	....	digital artist (IMAX version)
Theo Vandernoot	....	CG supervisor
Theo Vandernoot	....	senior artist
David Van Dyke	....	visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood
Dana Vanhove	....	digital production manager
Fani Vassiadi	....	roto/prep artist: MPC
Alexander Vegh	....	previsualization supervisor
Karla Ventocilla	....	digital artist
Karla Ventocilla	....	roto/paint artist: CIS Hollywood
Rickey Verma	....	digital compositor
Bruno Vilela	....	senior compositor
Bruno Vilela	....	senior lighter
Tom Voll	....	CG artist
Paul Vorsman	....	digital compositor
Marko Vukovic	....	lighting/compositing: SPI
Pat Wakefield	....	digital compositor
Adam Walker	....	modeller: MPC
Matt Wallin	....	compositing sequence supervisor
Nancey S. Wallis	....	senior technical director: SPI
Shawn Walsh	....	visual effects supervisor: Image Engine
Christina Adia Wang	....	associate interactive compositor: Sony Pictures Imageworks
Jason Wardle	....	senior cgi artist: CIS Hollywood
Ben Warner	....	senior digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures
Nathan Warner	....	previs artist: Proof, Inc.
Barry Weiss	....	senior staff
John Welborn	....	software engineer
Craig Wentworth	....	lead lighter & compositor
Cameron Widen	....	animator: Image Engine
Guy Wiedmann	....	visual effects editor
Robert A. Willis	....	compositor: Hirota Paint Industries
Chris Wilson	....	render wrangler: MPC
Matt Wilson	....	compositor: CIS Hollywood
Eric Withee	....	visual effects coordinator: Svengali FX
Derek Wolfe	....	visual effects artist
Samson Sing Wun Wong	....	compositor: Image Engine
Stephen Wong	....	matchmove artist: MPC
Max Wood	....	CG supervisor
Sarah Wormsbecher	....	associate visual effects producer: Intelligent Creatures
Rachel Wright	....	compositor
Xye	....	tracking
Gus Yamin	....	digital artist: Image Engine
Elbert Yen	....	texture paint supervisor: SPI
Jaehyun Yoo	....	effects artist: CIS Hollywood
Jaehyun Yoo	....	effects technical director: CIS Hollywood
Jaehyun Yoo	....	fluid technical director: CIS Hollywood
Nina Yoon	....	paint/roto artist
Kai Zhang	....	lighting technical director
Kai Zhang	....	lighting technical director: Intelligent Creatures Inc.
Bjorn Zipprich	....	senior effects technical director
Bojan Zoric	....	digital matte artist
Christian Zurcher	....	previs supervisor
Matt Ashton	....	senior systems: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Durai Babu	....	senior matchmove artist (uncredited)
Sebastien Betsch	....	i/o technical specialist (uncredited)
Cynthia Rodriguez del Castillo	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Robert Chapin	....	previs artist (uncredited)
Jon Cowley	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Christian Cunningham	....	technical director (uncredited)
Anthony De Chellis	....	animator (uncredited)
Niall Flinn	....	effects technical director (uncredited)
Donald Fly	....	general manager: CIS Group (uncredited)
Amy Garback	....	effects liaison: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Brian Holmes	....	systems engineer: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Sho Igarashi	....	cloth artist (uncredited)
Eugene Jeong	....	senior technical animator: SPI (uncredited)
Mike Jiang	....	lighting and compositing technical director (uncredited)
Ken Mitchel Jones	....	technical director: Intelligent Creatures (uncredited)
Kwang Jib Kim	....	visual effects producer: Digitrove.Inc (uncredited)
Seryong Kim	....	cg supervisor: Digitrove, Inc (uncredited)
S. Gopi Krishna	....	digital paint artist (uncredited)
Russell Lum	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Manikandan	....	compositor (uncredited)
Marco Marenghi	....	animator (uncredited)
Krista Maryanski	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Paul Maurice	....	Lidar supervisor: Lidar Services (uncredited)
James McPhail	....	effects technical director (uncredited)
Robert Minsk	....	systems: CIS Hollywood (uncredited)
Chris Oben	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Andrea Lackey Pace	....	manager of production services (uncredited)
Rik Panero	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Adam Paschke	....	compositor (uncredited)
Duncan Robson	....	motion editor: MPC (uncredited)
V. Samundeswari	....	senior compositor (uncredited)
Sankarasubramanian	....	paint artist: imageworks india (uncredited)
Panneer Selvam	....	compositor: Imageworks India (uncredited))
Leonardo Silva	....	visual effects artist (uncredited)
Jim Stacey	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Corey Turner	....	performance capture data tracking (uncredited)
Sukumaran Lalithambika Vijin	....	rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Tim Warnock	....	concept artist and senior digital matte painter (uncredited)
Mark Wendell	....	senior lighting td: Sony Imageworks (uncredited)

Stunts
Lloyd Adams	....	stunts
Fraser Aitcheson	....	stunt performer
Ed Anders	....	stunt performer
Mark Antoniuk	....	stunts
Scott J. Ateah	....	stunts
Aaron Au	....	stunt performer
James Bamford	....	stunts
Nickolas Baric	....	stunts
Loyd Bateman	....	stunts
Shawn Beaton	....	utility stunts
Krista Bell	....	stunt performer
Guy Bews	....	stunt performer
Celia Bond	....	stunts
Rob 'Sluggo' Boyce	....	stunts
Nick Brandon	....	stunt rigger
Dustin Brooks	....	stunt fire safety
Chris Burns	....	stunts
Jason Calder	....	stunt performer
Yves Cameron	....	stunts
Kirk Caouette	....	stunts
Clint Carleton	....	stunt driver
Janene Carleton	....	stunt double
Janene Carleton	....	stunt double: Carla Gugino
Damon Caro	....	fight choreographer
Damon Caro	....	stunt coordinator
Richard Cetrone	....	fight choreographer
Richard Cetrone	....	stunt double: Adrian Veidt/Ozymandias
Philip Chang	....	stunt performer
Raymond Chan	....	stunt performer
Andrew Chin	....	stunts
Mark Chin	....	stunt performer
Dean Choe	....	stunts
Laura Lee Connery	....	stunts
Tim Connolly	....	stunt double: Jeffrey Morgan
Bruce Crawford	....	stunt performer
Crystal Dalman	....	stunt performer
Colin Decker	....	fire stunt assistant
Eclilson de Jesus	....	stunts
Mike Desabrais	....	stunts
Duane Dickinson	....	stunts
Mike Dopud	....	stunt performer
Monique Ganderton	....	stunts
Lani Gelera	....	stunt performer
Jason Griffith	....	stunts (as Jase-Anthony Griffith)
Kory Grim	....	stunts
Leif Havdale	....	stunt protestor
Leif Havdale	....	stunts: prison guard
Rob Hayter	....	stunt performer
Adrian Hein	....	stunts
Kai Hirvonen	....	stunt rigger
Brian Ho	....	stunt performer
David Hooper	....	stunt double
Dave Hospes	....	stunts
Kim Howey	....	stunts
Charles Jarman	....	stunt performer
Trevor Jones	....	stunt performer
Ken Kirzinger	....	stunts
Jon Kralt	....	stunt performer
Larry Lam	....	stunt performer
Mitchell A. Lee Yuen	....	stunts: fire burn
Brad Loree	....	stunts
Kit Mallet	....	stunts
James Michalopolous	....	stunt performer
Mike Mitchell	....	stunts
Rick Moore	....	stunts
Gerald Paetz	....	stunts
Holly Raczynski	....	stunts
James Ralph	....	stunts
Edson T. Ribeiro	....	stunts
Bridgett Riley	....	stunt double: Malin Akerman
Dan Rizzuto	....	stunt performer
Jeffrey C. Robinson	....	stunt double
Matthew Rugetti	....	co-fight choreographer
Matthew Rugetti	....	stunt double
Raymond Sammel	....	stunts
Chad Sayn	....	stunts
Darryl Scheelar	....	stunt performer
Kimani Ray Smith	....	stunt actor
David Soo	....	stunts
Larissa Stadnichuk	....	utility stunts
Hugo Steele	....	stunt performer
Heath Stevenson	....	stunts
Shawn Stewart	....	stunts
John Stoneham Jr.	....	stunt performer
Rorelee Tio	....	stunt performer
Angela Uyeda	....	stunts
Sabine Varnes	....	stunt performer
Marshall Virtue	....	stunts
Paul Wu	....	stunt performer
Eli Zagoudakis	....	stunt performer
Johnson Phan	....	stunt actor (uncredited)
Monte Thompson	....	stunt performer (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Jeffery Bjorgum	....	video assistant
Dennis Brock	....	gaffer
John Clothier	....	Steadicam operator
John Clothier	....	camera operator
Cameron Drinkle	....	video playback operator
Clay Enos	....	still photographer
Eric Felland	....	best boy electric: visual effects
Lee Gibeau	....	grip
Ian Guns	....	super technocrane operator
Simon Jori	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Dave Joshi	....	digital video assist operator
Mike Kirilenko	....	key grip
Ian R.C. Levine	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Kevin Lheritier	....	grip
Paul Matsalla	....	lighting technician: rigger
David McKnight	....	digital video assist operator: VFX unit
Saubrie Mohamed	....	rigging electrics
Jessica Moskal	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Marc Nolet	....	grip
Peter Pacula	....	rigging grip
Robert Petrin	....	Lev head/Ultimate arm technician
Dean Reca	....	grip
Peter Ronan	....	lead electrician
James Salberg	....	dolly grip: Bill Cam unit
Richard Sinclair	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Trig Singer	....	camera operator
Chris Stigter	....	best boy rigging electrics
Jason Tidsbury	....	light balloon technician
Jerrod Tiffin	....	rigging gaffer
Scott Wallace	....	video playback operator
Gary J. Williams	....	grip
Darin Wong	....	dolly grip
Adriene Wyse	....	second assistant camera

Animation Department
Paul A. Davies	....	senior character animator
Jason Doss	....	animator
Alice V. Kaiserian	....	animator
Jason Labbe	....	previsualization artist
Keith W. Smith	....	lead animator
Grant Wilson	....	animator
David Armitage	....	animator (uncredited)
Marco Marenghi	....	animator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Michelle Allen	....	casting: Canada
Andrea Brown	....	extras casting
Arlene Kiyabu	....	casting associate
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Jennifer Weinstein	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Michelle Baines	....	key costumer
Christine Bieselin Clark	....	assistant costume designer (as Christine Bieselin)
Crystine Booth	....	costumer
Andre Brouwer	....	truck costumer
Dawn Brown	....	costume concept artist
Anne Burke	....	costumer
Tiffany Busche	....	costumer
Federico Cervantes	....	specialty costumer
Tangi Crawford	....	wardrobe supervisor
Robert Cron	....	costumer
Courtney Daniel	....	assistant costume designer
Summer Dietz	....	costumer
Denise Gingrich	....	key costume ager/dyer
Jessica Lythgoe-Green	....	costume department coordinator
Corinne Mameli	....	costumer
Ryan Meinerding	....	costume illustrator
Niamh Murphy	....	costume textile artist
Susan O'Hara	....	costume set supervisor
Heather Rupert	....	costume textile artist
Hollie Strobl	....	textile artist / dyer
Melissa Woods	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Travis J. Andersen	....	post-production assistant
Alex Blatt	....	assistant editor
Des Carey	....	digital intermediate producer
Salvatore Catanzaro	....	on-line editor
Caroline Hardon	....	assistant editor
Erik Kaufmann	....	assistant editor
Sherman Kew	....	editorial production assistant
Thom Kyle	....	assistant editor
Melissa Remenarich	....	first assistant editor (as Melissa Remenarich-Aperlo)
Tyler Ruocco	....	editorial production assistant
Lee Wimer	....	color timer
Ian Turpen	....	digital intermediate scanner: Company 3 (uncredited)

Music Department
Nick Baxter	....	music engineer
Gustavo Borner	....	scoring mixer
Ross DeRoche	....	supervising music copyist
Darrell Hall	....	music editor
Justin Moshkevich	....	music engineer
Jason Tregoe Newman	....	music engineer
Andrew Shulman	....	musician
Tim Williams	....	conductor
Tim Williams	....	orchestrator
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
Blue Angus	....	transportation coordinator
Tim Fortin	....	transportation captain
Mark Hoeppner	....	unit driver
Paul Irvine	....	transportation co-captain
Barrie Poirier	....	unit driver
Rick Rasmussen	....	picture car coordinator
Tana Tocher	....	production driver

Other crew
Dan Ax	....	production assistant
Tommy Bernard	....	assistant: Mr. Gains
Ron Blecker	....	military advisor
Morgan Brady	....	production assistant
Crystal Braunwarth	....	assistant to producer
Amanda Bronswyk	....	first assistant accountant
Stephanie Brown	....	production assistant: prep
David Cameron	....	digital assets manager
Simon Carrigan	....	second assistant coordinator
Stephen Chan	....	on-set key production assistant
Chantal Cholette	....	production assistant
Josh Climo	....	post production intern
Jason Collier	....	assistant location manager
Renee D. Czarapata	....	accountant
Hans Dayal	....	assistant location manager
Hanelize de Beer	....	second assistant coordinator
Jitka Dermiskova	....	trainee assistant location manager
Elyse Dinh	....	adr loop group
Heather Douglas	....	assistant: director: Vancouver
Kelsey Evans	....	key office production assistant
Paul Fenkart	....	documentary field producer
Sarah Freudeman	....	assistant to writer
Todd Ireland	....	trainee assistant location manager
Kimball Jansma	....	office production assistant
Michael J. LeGresley	....	location scout
Kyle Leydier	....	office assistant
Grant Lutz	....	production assistant
Sean Meade	....	key production assistant
Eva Morgan	....	production coordinator
Lee Anne Muldoon	....	unit publicist
Peter Mulholland	....	background wrangler
Derek Peterson	....	set staff assistant
Sonny Ritscher	....	production accountant
Celeste Schipono-Coller	....	assistant to director
Michele Lee Shellenberg	....	construction accountant
Steven Slater	....	post-production assistant (IMAX version )
Trevor Smith	....	assistant: Lawrence Gordon
Adrienne Sol	....	assistant production coordinator
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer
Jamie Reid Tait	....	transport office coordinator
Gladys Tong	....	computer and video graphics supervisor
Kendrie Upton	....	location manager
Chanda Venable	....	production assistant
Aaron Walrod	....	payroll accountant
Kimberly Wasson	....	production assistant
Kimi Webber	....	script supervisor
Rhona Williscroft	....	assistant production coordinator
Shayne A. Wilson	....	assistant production coordinator: clearance coordinator
Garson Yu	....	title designer and supervisor

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Paramount Pictures
• Legendary Pictures (in association with)
• Lawrence Gordon Productions
• DC Comics

Distributors

• Bontonfilm (2009) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Paramount Japan (2009) (Japan) (theatrical) (as Paramount Pictures Japan)
• Paramount Pictures (2009) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2009) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2009) (France) (theatrical)
• Paramount Pictures (2009) (UK) (theatrical)
• Solar Films (2009) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2009) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Village Films (2009) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (2009) (Canada) (theatrical) (as Warner Bros. Entertainment Canada)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2009) (USA) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Audio Visual Entertainment (2009) (Greece) (DVD)
• Finnkino (2009) (Finland) (all media)
• Intercontinental Film Distributors (HK) (2009) (Hong Kong) (all media)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Paramount (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Paramount (2009) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Turner Network Television (TNT) (2011) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• CIS Hollywood (visual effects)
• Drac Studios (special make-up effects)
• Gentle Giant Studios
• Image Engine Design (visual effects)
• Intelligent Creatures (visual effects)
• Lidar Services
• Moving Picture Company (MPC)
• Proof (pre-visualization)
• Quantum Creation FX (specialty costumes and prosthetic suits)
• Rainmaker (visual effects)
• Rising Sun Pictures (visual effects)
• Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI)
• Svengali Visual Effects (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Company 3  digital intermediate
• Framepool  stock footage
• OTC Productions  digital asset management
• Post Modern Sound  adr recording facility
• Reprise Records  score album
• Reprise Records  soundtrack
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Soundtrack  adr facility
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility
• yU+Co.  main titles

Also Known As:

Watchmen: The IMAX Experience (USA) (IMAX version)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language. (also director's cut and ultimate edition)

Runtime:

162 min | 186 min (director's cut) | 215 min (ultimate cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #44894) | Czech Republic:15 | Australia:MA | South Korea:18 | UK:18 | Netherlands:16 | Ireland:18 (original rating) | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:R21 | Singapore:M18 (edited for re-rating) | New Zealand:R16 | Ireland:16 (re-rating on appeal) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Germany:16 | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade) | Japan:R-15 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Brazil:18 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Norway:15 | Spain:18 | Portugal:M/16 | France:-12 | Iceland:16 | Hong Kong:IIB (cut version) | Hong Kong:III (IMAX DMR version) | Italy:VM14 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16 | Peru:18 | Mexico:C | USA:R (director's cut) (certificate #45165) | USA:R (Ultimate edition) (certificate #45166) | Denmark:15 | Austria:16 | South Africa:16LV | Chile:18 (original rating) | Chile:Y7 (re-rating)

Filming Locations:

Bloedel Floral Conservatory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Was shipped to some theaters under the codename 'Old Heroes Never Die'.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The B-29 "Miss Jupiter" depicts 50 stars on the US flag. The alternate universe rules may excuse technological inaccuracies on the plane, but 15-years-premature statehood for Alaska and Hawaii is harder to swallow.

Quotes:

[last lines]
Rorschach: Rorschach's Journal: October 12th, 1985. Tonight, a comedian died in New York.

Movie Connections:

Features "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962)

Soundtrack:

Me and Bobby McGee

My favorite movie ever?

For over 25 years now, I have cited Blade Runner as my favorite movie of all time. After seeing Watchmen, I may have to reconsider.

First, I'm glad I went to see the movie alone. I've heard so many comments focused on a blue dick, or the length of the movie, or some other such nonsense, that I'm sure watching it with someone would have been a constant barrage of commentary and complaint. And no, that's not Javier Bardem.

Yes, the movie is long; nearly three hours. But, unlike the dreadfully insipid Titanic, at the end of this movie I wasn't asking for those three hours of my life back. And, as with all such movies, you must be able to look beyond the literal.

Watchmen is iconic and iconoclastic, deconstructionist and revisionist, laden with allegory and allusion. Consider, for example, the character Ozymandias. I'm wondering how many people who viewed the film ever even heard of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem by the same name. The character even quotes the poem on a plinth in his Antarctic lair. The allusion is amazing. Here's the full quote;

And on the pedestal these words appear -- "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.'

Clearly one must see the allusion to the work, in this case, of a superhero who hopes to leave mankind a lasting legacy, but realizes in the back of his mind that everything is eventually lost in time. Ozymandias was the first poem I ever examined from an expositional point of view, and I was blown away. The use of it in this movie is equally impactful.

Then there is Dr. Manhattan, named, of course, for the Manhattan Project, which yielded the atomic bomb. His character is an allegory for God, and his relationship with man mirrors the apparent detachment with which God sees suffering in the world He created. The deity reference is reinforced often, and one thinks of Oppenheimer's citation of the Bhagavad-Gita, in which Vishnu takes on a godly form and says, "Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds."

In an expository scene in the second act, Dr. Manhattan has a sort of recollection of his life. His account is dizzyingly elliptical, since he does not see time as linear the way others do. This scene has the lyrical feel of my favorite piece of fiction, Alan Lightman's almost unbearably beautiful Einstein's Dreams, and the reference to Einstein cannot be ignored.

But the real beauty of Watchmen is the moral diversity of its superheroes. Each is flawed in different ways, allowing us to inhabit different ethical perspectives, intellectually at least, and witness their consequences. Everything from Rorshach's refusal to compromise, which makes him a doomed fugitive, to the ultimate compromise envisioned by Ozymandias, who can dispassionately evaluate scenarios where millions of lives are sacrificed, calls into question our most cherished beliefs. Where does it leave you? Well, that's for you to decide.

From a purely entertainment perspective, Watchmen is stunning. The visuals are state of the art, and do not suffer from the sort of mental rejection I have for some movies that present too many special effects to swallow at once as reality. And Watchmen doesn't suffer from Hollywood's apparent fascination with camp in comic book movies. Camp works to some degree in Spiderman, since he's a somewhat humorous character to begin with. But the excess of camp rendered the Fantastic Four sequel unwatchable. Watchman proves that superheroes can use more subtle forms of humor, such as irony, without devolving into camp for cheap laughs.

And the music, oh, the music. If you didn't grow up in the 60's and 70's, you will surely miss some of the impact, but don't worry. Even a second hand recollection of such iconic tunes will suffice. I am reminded of the painfully awful Across the Universe, which couldn't even pull together a decent movie built around the greatest catalog in modern music. Watchmen does it in spades.

I LOL'd, I cried. The people in the theatre applauded at the end. I vowed to wait 24 hours before writing a review to see if my euphoria passed. It hasn't.