The Hitcher (2007)

Director:

Dave Meyers

Writers (WGA):

Eric Red (screenplay) and
Jake Wade Wall (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

19 January 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Never pick up strangers.

Plot:

While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, the college students Jim Halsey and...

Plot Keywords:

College Student | Hitchhiker | Police Station | Murder | Desert

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Sean Bean	...	John Ryder
Sophia Bush	...	Grace Andrews
Zachary Knighton	...	Jim Halsey
Neal McDonough	...	Lt. Esteridge
Kyle Davis	...	Buford's Store Clerk
Skip O'Brien	...	Sheriff Harlan Bremmer Sr.
Travis Schuldt	...	Deputy Harlan Bremmer Jr.
Danny Bolero	...	Officer Edwards
Jeffrey Hutchinson	...	Young Father
Yara Martinez	...	Beth
Lauren Cohn	...	Marlene
Michael J. Fisher	...	Transport Guard #2 (as Mike Fisher)
Joseph Michael Self	...	Transport Guard #1
Brad Robinson	...	Correctional Officer
Kurt Grossi	...	Officer Franklin
Kurt Bryant	...	Paramedic
Dick Hancock	...	Ryder’s Guard (as Richard Hancock)
Jesse De Luna	...	Officer #1 (as Jesse DeLuna)
Kurt E. Soderling	...	Helicopter Co-Pilot (as Kurt Soderling)
Lance Strumpf	...	Helicopter Pilot
Damon Carney	...	Negotiator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dave Colon	...	N.M. State Trooper (uncredited)
Stephanie Huettner	...	Student (uncredited)
George McLain	...	Officer George (uncredited)
Patricia Miller	...	NM Police Officer (uncredited)
D'Nette Pennington	...	Young Mother (uncredited)
Isaac Rodriguez	...	N.M. State Trooper (uncredited)

Directed by
Dave Meyers

Writing credits (WGA)
Eric Red		(screenplay) and
Jake Wade Wall		(screenplay) and
Eric Bernt		(screenplay)
Eric Red		(1986 film)

Produced by
Michael Bay	....	producer
Matthew Cohan	....	associate producer
Andrew Form	....	producer
Bradley Fuller	....	producer (as Brad Fuller)
Alfred Haber	....	producer
Alma Kuttruff	....	co-producer
Charles R. Meeker	....	producer (as Charles Meeker)

Original Music by
Steve Jablonsky

Cinematography by
James Hawkinson		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jim May

Casting by
Lisa Fields

Production Design by
David Lazan

Art Direction by
Rob Simons

Set Decoration by
Randy Huke		(as Randy Smith Huke)

Costume Design by
Leeann Radeka

Makeup Department
Jaremy Aiello	....	painter: K.N.B. EFX Group
Jaremy Aiello	....	sculptor: K.N.B. EFX Group
Howard Berger	....	special makeup effects designer and creator
Troy Breeding	....	makeup artist
Michael Deak	....	shop supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Mike Deak)
Jeff L. Deist	....	mold maker: K.N.B. EFX Group (as Jeff Deist)
Alex Diaz	....	on-set technician: K.N.B. EFX Group
Jake Garber	....	key on-set makeup effects artist
Grady Holder	....	mold maker: K.N.B. EFX Group
Akihito Ikeda	....	painter: K.N.B. EFX Group
Akihito Ikeda	....	sculptor: K.N.B. EFX Group
Steve Katz	....	foam technician: K.N.B. EFX Group
Derek Krout	....	foam technician: K.N.B. EFX Group
Jim Leonard	....	mold maker: K.N.B. EFX Group (as James Leonard)
Harrison Lorenzana	....	on-set technician: K.N.B. EFX Group
Mike McCarty	....	makeup supervisor: K.N.B. effects group
Kelly Nelson	....	department head hair stylist
Gregory Nicotero	....	special makeup effects designer and creator (as Greg Nicotero)
Carla Palmer	....	makeup department head (as Carla E. Palmer)
Frank Parrish	....	hair stylist (as Frank D. Parrish)
Susan Pfifer	....	hair stylist (as Susan Pfeifer)
Ben Rittenhouse	....	foam technician: K.N.B. EFX Group
Shannon Shea	....	shop supervisor: K.N.B. EFX Group
Sheila Trujillo	....	makeup artist (as Sheila Trujillo Gomez)
Patricia Urias	....	foam technician: K.N.B. EFX Group
A.J. Venuto	....	foam technician: K.N.B. EFX Group

Production Management
Alma Kuttruff	....	unit production manager
Tim Pedegana	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Doug Carter	....	second second assistant director (as Douglas Carter)
Phil Hardage	....	first assistant director (as Philip Hardage)
Chemen Ochoa	....	additional second assistant director: New Mexico (as Chemen A. Ochoa)
Katie Tull	....	first assistant director: second unit
Katie Tull	....	second assistant director (as Kathleen Tull)

Art Department
Brandon Campbell	....	set dresser
Jennifer Carpenter	....	construction estimator
Lance Cheatham	....	set dresser
Ursula Coyote	....	second art department coordinator
April Crump	....	assistant property master
Tom Dreesen	....	construction coordinator
William F. Gambill	....	stand-by painter
Jim Kolmar	....	art department assistant
Ellen Lampl	....	graphic designer
Christopher Martin	....	lead greens
David Menefee	....	general foreman
Jorge Paris	....	art department coordinator
John Parker	....	on-set dresser
Shane Patrick	....	leadman
Adele Plauche	....	set designer
Jeremy Reeves	....	set dresser
Charles Seale	....	construction foreman
Corissa Smith	....	scenic artist
Gary Wimmer	....	charge scenic
Robert R. Wonson	....	set dresser
Koen Wooten	....	property master

Sound Department
Steve Bartkowicz	....	re-recording engineer
Stacy Brownrigg	....	production sound mixer
John Cannon	....	assistant sound editor
Thadd Day	....	boom operator
Shawn Harper	....	cable person
Chris Hogan	....	dialogue editor
Daniel J. Leahy	....	additional re-recording mixer
Dave McMoyler	....	supervising sound editor
Christian P. Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kelly Oxford	....	supervising sound editor
Michelle Pazer	....	adr editor
Bryan Pennington	....	consultant: Dolby film sound
Alan Rankin	....	sound designer
Lyndsey Schenk	....	additional sound editor
Unsun Song	....	sound re-recordist
Jon Taylor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jon Title	....	sound effects editor
Karen Vassar	....	sound editor
Karen Vassar	....	sound effects editor
Tim Walston	....	sound effects editor
Matthew J. Ward	....	staff engineer (as Matthew Ward)

Special Effects by
Michael Ahasay	....	special effects foreman (as Mike Ahasay)
Jay Appleberry	....	special effects technician
Robert Brown	....	special effects technician (as Robert W. Brown)
Sebastien Caillabet	....	special effects technician
David J. Chamerski	....	special effects technician
William D. Harrison	....	special effects technician (as William Harrison)
Vicki V. Johnson	....	special effects medic
William D. Kennedy	....	special effects foreman (as William Kennedy)
Marcus LaPorte	....	moldmaker
Joe Mack	....	special effects technician
Mike McCarty	....	puppeteer (as Michael D. McCarty)
John D. Milinac	....	special effects coordinator (as John Milinac)
Jamie Reedy	....	special effects technician
Shane Scott	....	special effects technician
Lino Stavole	....	special effects technician: mold department, K.N.B Effects Group
Robert Stewart	....	special effects technician
Patricia Urias	....	special effects: foam department
Lindsay Vivian	....	special effects purchaser

Visual Effects by
Joel Behrens	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Niki Bern	....	compositor
Kevin Bouchez	....	compositor
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Janice Barlow Collier	....	dustbuster: Digital Domain (as Janice Barlow)
Joshua Doud	....	data integration artist
Scott Gastellu	....	compositor
Paul C. George	....	shader technical director (as Paul George)
John Healy	....	restoration
Elizabeth Hitt	....	digital production manager
Michelle Jacobs	....	visual effects production coordinator
David James	....	visual effects producer
David James	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain
Sarahjane Javelo	....	digital paint/rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Thitipong Pao Jitmakusol	....	texture artist (as Pao Jitmakusol)
Joshua H. Johnson	....	paint and rotoscope supervisor: Digital Domain (as Josh Johnson)
Paul Jordan	....	rigger
Jack Kasprak	....	animator
John Kasprzak	....	digital artist
Lawrence Klein	....	visual effects editor: Digital Domain
Michael Liv	....	dustbuster: Digital Domain
Jo Lockman	....	dustbuster
Jo Lockman	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Todd Maugh	....	technical assistant
Richard Morton	....	animator
David Niednagel	....	previsualization animator
Kym Olsen	....	compositor
Paul George Palop	....	lighting technical director: Digital Domain
Stephan Pilon Lectez	....	compositor (as Stefan Pilon Lectez)
Kelly Port	....	visual effects supervisor
Gerald Ragland	....	digital intermediate support colorist
Tim Ranck	....	animator
Olivier Sarda	....	compositor
Christopher Savides	....	color grader
Som Shankar	....	lead intergration artist
Jarom Sidwell	....	visual effects production assistant
Kristen Swanson	....	dustbusting lead: Digital Domain
Danny Gordon Taylor	....	animation supervisor (as Dan Taylor)
Craig Van Dyke	....	animator
Keith Weilmuenster	....	digital matte painter
Amanda Hampton	....	pipeline engineer (uncredited)
Ian A. Harris	....	digital artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Dan Patterson	....	digital character artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)

Stunts
Jennifer Badger	....	stunts
Kurt Bryant	....	stunt coordinator
Annie Chasse	....	stunts
Mark De Alessandro	....	stunts
John Dixon	....	stunt utility
Corey Michael Eubanks	....	stunt driver
Dane Farwell	....	stunts
Eddie J. Fernandez	....	stunt driver
Jason Gray	....	utility stunts
Dick Hancock	....	stunts
Tom Harper	....	car stunts
Jim Henry	....	stunts
David Brian Martin	....	stunts
Eddie Matthews	....	stunts
Michael Owen	....	stunts (as Mike Owen)
Carl Paoli	....	stunts
Denney Pierce	....	stunts
Jeff Schwan	....	stunts
Steve Walters	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ryan Abrams	....	camera production assistant
Troy Anderson	....	lighting technician
Kelly Bogdan	....	second assistant camera: additional photography
Glenn Brown	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Chip Byrd	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Beau Chaput	....	first assistant camera: "d" camera
Patrick B. Coate	....	film loader
Matt Cowan	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Theda Cunningham	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Theda Streetman)
Ryan Eustis	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera
Robyn Greer	....	electrician
Kurt Grossi	....	key grip
Jess Haas	....	additional rigging electrician
Gary Hatfield	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Gary Hatfield	....	director of photography: second unit
Robert Hicks	....	key rigging grip
Donald R. Howe Jr.	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Don Howe Jr.)
Edison Jackson	....	best boy electric
Gary Jay	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jason Kay	....	technocrane operator
Dan Kneece	....	camera operator: "a" camera, additional photography
Patrick Lennon	....	gaffer (as Packy Lennon)
Greg Lomas	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Scott Magruder	....	rigging electric
Peter McKernan	....	pilot: Spacecam (as Peter J. McKernan Jr.)
Chris McNellis	....	grip
Clayton Null	....	electrician
Georgia Pierson	....	electric rigging crew
Gabe Proctor	....	video assist operator
Jessica Ramos	....	camera production assistant
Van Redin	....	still photographer
Richard Romero	....	grip
Peter Simonite	....	camera operator: "c" camera (as Peter Morgan Simonite)
Kurt E. Soderling	....	aerial director of photography (as Kurt Soderling)
Ezra Venetos	....	grip
Jesse Wolter	....	rigging grip
Thomas Young	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Thom Young III)

Animation Department
Angie Jones	....	animator: Digital Domain

Casting Department
John Barba	....	casting associate
Kathryn Brink	....	casting: New Mexico
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Laurel Brock	....	costume production assistant
Emily Dellheim	....	costume production assistant
Nyima Johnston	....	key set costumer
Jennifer Schossow	....	costumer
John H. Smith	....	key costumer
John H. Smith	....	wardrobe supervisor
Rachel A. Walker	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Christine Carr	....	digital intermediate producer
Dylan Carter	....	on-line editor
Salvatore Catanzaro	....	assistant on-line editor
Rob Doolittle	....	senior digital on-line editor
Peter Gvozdas	....	first assistant editor
Tom Hoffman	....	dailies producer
Missy Papageorge	....	digital intermediate producer: Company 3
Sarah C. Reeves	....	post-production assistant
Eric Rolnick	....	editorial technician: Digital Domain
Kurt Smith	....	color timer
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	colorist: Company 3
Ian Turpen	....	digital intermediate scanner: Company 3
Fulvio Valsangiacomo	....	assistant editor
Lawrence Howard Williams	....	post digital media operator
John Zaik	....	colorist: dailies

Music Department
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Jeffrey Biggers	....	score mixer
Clay Duncan	....	composer: additional music
Jonathan Flood	....	composer: additional music (as Jay Flood)
Steve Jablonsky	....	music producer
Alan Meyerson	....	score mixer
Joel J. Richard	....	composer: additional music
Brian Richards	....	additional music programmer
Brian Richards	....	music editor
Pieter A. Schlosser	....	additional music programmer (as Pieter Schlosser)
Pieter A. Schlosser	....	composer: additional music
Holeg Spies	....	music and media licensing
Jojo Villanueva	....	music supervisor

Transportation Department
Monica Allen	....	van driver
Kevin Beard	....	driver: insert car
Charles Coulter	....	transportation co-captain
Sam Craytor	....	driver: honeywagon
Kenny Heath	....	driver
Gerald Lee	....	driver: stakebed
C.D. Corky Newberry	....	driver
Jimmy Ray Pickens	....	transportation captain: New Mexico
Gwendalane Ramos	....	transportation secretary
Phil Schriber	....	transportation coordinator
Marti Wells	....	transportation captain
Steven Willhoite	....	driver: production van

Other crew
Andrew P. Aguilar	....	office production assistant
John Arszyla	....	set medic
Robin Brackeen	....	second assistant accountant
Krysti Burkemper	....	production assistant
Paul A. Calabria	....	animal handler: New Mexico (as Paul Calabria)
Mary Beth Chambers	....	production assistant (as Mary Beth Meadows)
Bobbi Colorado	....	animal handler: Texas
J.J. Dalton	....	set production assistant
Dustin Daniels	....	location assistant
Deborah Dellosso	....	animal handler: New Mexico
Shanti Delsarte	....	production coordinator
Joli Eberhart	....	assistant: Mr. Bay
Colin Edlund	....	key craft service
Susan Foley	....	production assistant
Holly Gent Palmo	....	assistant: Ms. Kuttruff
Gina Grande	....	script supervisor
Lisa Greenblatt	....	assistant: Mr. Form & Mr. Fuller
Granville Greene	....	location manager: New Mexico
Chris Hadlock	....	production secretary
Sophia K. Hussain	....	assistant: Mr. Meyers
Anne Johns	....	assistant: Ms. Kuttruff
Andrea Johnson	....	asset assistant
Gordon Kaywin	....	assistant: Mr. Form & Mr. Fuller
Nell Kennedy	....	assistant production office coordinator
Kelly Kernan	....	location manager: Texas
Ashley Kravitz	....	clearance
Greg Kupiec	....	main title designer
Steven R. Kutcher	....	entomologist
Bill Lanier	....	assistant: Mr. Bean
Shane Mallory	....	production assistant
Peter McKernan	....	aerial coordinator (as Peter J. McKernan Jr.)
Peter McKernan Sr.	....	helicopter ground safety
Jennifer S. Milliman	....	production assistant
Carrie Oviatt	....	first assistant accountant
Harley Pasternak	....	personal trainer
John K. Patterson	....	supervising location manager: new mexico
Damon Phillips	....	stand-in
John M. Pisani	....	unit publicist
Michele Pollack	....	entomologist assistant (as Michelle Pollack)
Daniel Quanz	....	production assistant
Jeremiah Ra Richards	....	location assistant
Jeremiah Ra Richards	....	production assistant
Tom Roach	....	animal handler: New Mexico
Jacqueline Sanders	....	animal handler: New Mexico
Marvin Schroeder	....	master armorer
M.K. Shaw	....	payroll accountant
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	executive producer: Company 3
Danny Sutedja	....	location production assistant
Christina Tomas	....	animal handler: New Mexico
Andrea Trisdale	....	photo double
Andrea Trisdale	....	stand-in
Nadia Venesse	....	dialect coach
Steve White	....	assistant location manager
Jenni Wieland	....	first assistant accountant
Leigh A. Wilbourn	....	production coordinator
Dennis Williams	....	location scout
Edward Albolote	....	assistant: Michael Bay (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Focus Features
• Intrepid Pictures
• Platinum Dunes

Distributors

• Bazuca Films (2008) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Cascade Film (2007) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Pandasia Entertainment (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Rogue Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• SND (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Solar Films (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2007) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky Media (2007) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Home Entertainment (2007) (UK) (DVD)

Special Effects

• K.N.B. Effects Group (special makeup effects) (as K.N.B. EFX Group Inc.)
• Digital Domain (visual effects)

Other Companies

• 1741  titles (as 1741 Films)
• Act One Script Clearance  script research
• Brigade Security of Texas  security: Texas (as Brigade Security)
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Cinetiks  music license service
• Company 3  digital intermediate
• Corbis  still photographs (as Corbis Images)
• McKernan Motion Picture Aviation  helicopters
• Panavision  cameras and lenses
• Pivotal Post  Avid editing equipment provided by
• Reel Chefs Catering  catering
• Remote Control Productions Inc.  score mixed at
• Remote Control Productions  score mixed at
• Studio Animal Services  animal handler: New Mexico
• TFN Lighting  lighting equipment (as TFN Lighting Dallas)
• Technicolor  color and prints
• Todd-AO Radford  re-recorded at (as Todd-AO Radford Stage S)
• US Computamatch  film data management

MPAA:

Rated R for strong bloody violence, terror and language.

Runtime:

84 min | Croatia:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | USA:R (certificate #39360) | Australia:R | Germany:16 (cut) | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | Portugal:M/18 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Malaysia:18PL | Hong Kong:IIB | UK:18 | UK:15 (re-rating, cut) | Norway:15 | Ireland:16 (re-rating on appeal) | Ireland:18 (original rating) | Finland:K-18 (uncut) | Brazil:16 | South Korea:18 | Germany:18 | Argentina:16 | Japan:R-15 | Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:R16 | Australia:MA (Cable TV rating) | France:-16

Filming Locations:

Austin Studios - 1901 E. 51st Street, Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Focus Features

Trivia:

Director Cameo: [Dave Meyers]Photo on the driver's license of the real John Ryder.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Grace is in the questioning room at the police station she sees the door handle wiggle and we see that the handle is on the right side of the screen as if she would open it with her right hand and would open to her right side. When she opens it and peeks out she opens it as if the handle was on the left side of the door and it would open to her left.

Quotes:

Grace Andrews: [after crashing their car trying to warn the family about John Ryder being in their car] How did he find us?
Jim Halsey: Maybe he wasn't looking for us... maybe it was just bad luck.
[Jim throws the 'lucky' penny he found earlier in the movie]

Movie Connections:

References Psycho (1960)

Soundtrack:

Out of My Hands

Too violent remake full of action and grisly killings

This high-budget(produced by great producer-director Michael Bay) new version about the classic horror film deals about a young couple(a gorgeous Sophia Bush and Zachary Knighton) driving on a rural highway along barren landscapes. They pick up a hitchhiker(with decent acting by Sean Bean in the role of Rutger Hauer)with diabolic plans, and he results out to be a psycho.The sadistic serial killer terrorizes them while killing several people and framing them for his murders. The hitcher sets up machinations and the cops(Neal McDonough)won't believe them.

In this big budgeted version is showed on screen overwhelming car crashes, breathtaking pursuits, kinetic action scenes, unflinching terror and extreme violence .The film is told with nimble edition and fast pace .There are some noisy scenes with gunfire and blowing up and also the pleasantly visual look is quite nice. Moving and thrilling musical score by Steve Jablonsky. Colorful and atmospheric cinematography by cameraman James Hawkinson. The tale is professionally directed by Dave Meyers, though with no originality. Not without interest, however is obvious needless thriller is justly a spectacular remake inferior to predecessor.The film transpires frenetic action, and sadism that will leave you emotionally and psychically affected.

The previous films were the original, the superior ¨Hitcher¨(1986)directed by Roger Harmon with C. Thomas Howell,Jeffrey DeMoon and Rutger Hauer, ¨The hitcher II: I've been waiting¨(2003)with Thomas Howell, Jake Busey and Kari Wuher( in similar role to Sophie Bush).