The Tree of Life (2010)

Director:

Terrence Malick

Writer:

Terrence Malick (written by)

Release Date:

2010 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Our picture is a cosmic epic, a hymn to life

Plot:

The story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence. |

Status:

Post-production | See complete list of 12,000 in-production titles »

Status Updated:

23 July 2009

More Info:

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Cast

Brad Pitt	...	Mr. O'Brien
Sean Penn	...	Adult Jack
Brenna Roth	...	Woman
Dalip Singh	...	(unconfirmed)
Jessica Chastain	...	Mrs. O'Brien
Joanna Going	...	Jack's Wife
Fiona Shaw	...	Grandmother
Jackson Hurst	...	Uncle Ray
Lisa Marie Newmyer	...	First Woman in City
Crystal Mantecon	...	Elisa
Tamara Jolaine	...	Mrs. Stone
Jennifer Sipes	...	Sixth Woman
Tom Townsend	...	Randy
Michael Showers	...	Mr. Brown
Kimberly Whalen	...	Mrs. Brown
Will Wallace	...	Will
Danielle Rene	...	Third Woman
Erinn Allison	...	Mrs. Bates
Jodie Moore	...	Mr. Walsh
Cole Cockburn	...	Harry Bates
Brayden Whisenhunt	...	Jo Bates
Zach Irsik	...	Jack's Son
Robin Read	...	Mrs. Walsh
Michael E. Harvey	...	Lame Man
Chris Orf	...	Mr. Bates
Anne Nabors	...	Rue
Christopher Ryan	...	Prisoner
Alex Draguicevich	...	(voice)
Margaret Hoard	...	Jane
Mary Anzalone	...	School teacher (uncredited)
Benjamin Dane	...	Symphony Patron (uncredited)
Nicole Dault	...	Teenage Girl #2 (uncredited)
Gerardo Davila	...	Business Man (uncredited)
Alexandria Deberry	...	Teenage girl #1 (uncredited)
Mallory Eckert	...	Young School Student (uncredited)
Nathaniel Holt	...	Neighbor (uncredited)
Tori Ramert	...	Girl with Flippers / Swimmer (uncredited)
Paul Smith	...	Officer (uncredited)
Debbi Tucker	...	Neighbor (uncredited)

Directed by
Terrence Malick

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Terrence Malick		written by

Produced by
Ivan Bess	....	associate producer
Dede Gardner	....	producer
Nicolas Gonda	....	associate producer
Sarah Green	....	producer
Grant Hill	....	producer
Susan Kirr	....	line producer
William Pohlad	....	producer
Donald Rosenfeld	....	executive producer
Paula Mae Schwartz	....	co-executive producer
Steve Schwartz	....	co-executive producer
Sandhya Shardanand	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Emmanuel Lubezki

Film Editing by
Hank Corwin
Jay Rabinowitz
Daniel Rezende
Billy Weber
Mark Yoshikawa

Casting by
Francine Maisler

Production Design by
Jack Fisk

Art Direction by
David Crank

Costume Design by
Jacqueline West

Makeup Department
Meredith Johns	....	makeup artist
Darylin Nagy	....	makeup department head
Alissa Shores	....	assistant hair stylist
Charles Yusko	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Scott E. Chester	....	production supervisor: Utah

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bobby Bastarache	....	first assistant director
Cleta Elaine Ellington	....	second assistant director (additional photography)
Scott R. Meyers	....	second second assistant director
Katie Tull	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Katie Tull	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Marc Baird	....	storyboard artist
Jason Baum	....	props
Amy Bell	....	set decoration buyer
Mark Lambert Bristol	....	storyboard artist
Chris Clayton	....	set dresser
Paola Cortés	....	art intern
Debbie Cortez Haber	....	second buyer
Ruth De Jong	....	art department coordinator
Richard DiLorenzo	....	set dresser
Derek Drewes	....	construction general foreman
Ken Gaston-Kilgore	....	set dresser swing
David Hack	....	leadman
Elliott Hostetter	....	on-set dresser
Ellen Lampl	....	graphics
Shay Miller	....	co-lead scenic painter
Sarah Natsumi Moore	....	set dresser
Victoria Ramirez	....	prop assistant
Mark Spacek	....	art department staff
Robert K. Weinberger	....	construction coordinator
Jeri Woodward	....	paint foreman
Randal Woodward	....	lead scenic
Joshua Zeigler	....	carpenter
Elysia Van Deusen	....	prop fabrication (uncredited)

Sound Department
Craig Berkey	....	sound designer
Craig Berkey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Craig Berkey	....	supervising sound editor
Marcus Chandler	....	sound utility
Kay Colvin	....	sound utility
Will Files	....	sound designer
Kirk Francis	....	sound mixer
Shawn Harper	....	sound utility
Scott Jacobs	....	boom operator
Jason Oliver	....	adr recordist
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
John Pritchett	....	sound mixer
David M. Roberts	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Ryan Roundy	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Lyndon Barrois	....	animation supervisor: Prime Focus Visual Effects
Kari Brown	....	technical director: Double Negative
Nik Brownlee	....	compositor: Double Negative
Jesse James Chisholm	....	on-set survey and data integration
Tim Christensen	....	digital compositor: Prime Focus VFX
Ryan Cronin	....	3D animator
Conrad Dueck	....	visual effects artist
Mathieson Facer	....	rigging technical director: Prime Focus Visual Effects
Richard Fox	....	digital compositor
Bradley Friedman	....	digital effects supervisor
Dan Glass	....	visual effects supervisor
Pete Hanson	....	studio manager
Aeon Henderson	....	compositor: double negative
George Hull	....	vfx conceptual artist
Ludovic Iochem	....	digital matte painter: Double Negative
Stephen King	....	animator
Marcin Kolendo	....	digital artist
Jason Labbe	....	rigging td: Prime Focus
Sam Lane	....	visual effects editor: double negative
Blaine Lougheed	....	visual effects plate data coordinator: plate unit: Chile
Gurel Mehmet	....	digital matte painter: Double Negative
Per Mørk-Jensen	....	compositor: Double Negative
Laurent-Paul Robert	....	visual effects
Andy Roberts	....	visual effects artist: Prime Focus Visual Effects
Olivier Ryard	....	digital compositor
Mayumi Shimokawa	....	matte painter: Prime Focus Visual Effects
Benson Shum	....	senior animator
Dan Snape	....	digital compositor: Double Negative
Frederick George Stuhrberg	....	3D scanning
Steve Switaj	....	motion control operator
Andy Tamandl	....	character animator: Prime Focus Visual Effects
Jonathan Vaughn	....	technical director
Robert Ward	....	visual effects artist: Prime Focus Visual Effects

Stunts
Wes Ahl	....	stunt rigger
Balint Pinczehelyi	....	stunt rigger
Jeff Schwan	....	stunt coordinator
Paul Willis	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Wes Ahl	....	best boy rigging grip
Jeff Andrus	....	best boy grip
Paul Atkins	....	director of photography: second unit
Amy Bench	....	second assistant camera: b unit
Erik L. Brown	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera and Steadicam
Emiliano Canevari Intoppa	....	additional second assistant camera: "a" camera, italy
Blake Clifton	....	camera production assistant
Patrick B. Coate	....	film loader
Matt Cowan	....	grip
John Eschberger	....	electrician
Paolo Frasson	....	key grip: italy unit
Geoffrey Frost	....	camera production assistant: additional photography
Dean Georgopoulos	....	digital imaging technician: "red" camera
Bruce Hamme	....	grip
Beky Hayes	....	rigging grip
Robert Hicks	....	key rigging grip
Alex Howe	....	first assistant camera: VFX unit: UK
Donald R. Howe Jr.	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Janet Jensen	....	best boy electric
Jason Keene	....	grip and second unit key grip
Tony Lopez-Cepero	....	electrician
Mark Manthey	....	gaffer
Matthew McGinn	....	second assistant camera
Glen Milner	....	first assistant camera: VFX Unit: UK
Georgia Pierson	....	electrician
Brice Reid	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Donis Rhoden	....	key grip
Ashley Riggs	....	grip
Pete Romano	....	underwater director of photography
Peter Simonite	....	cinematography: 2nd unit
John Sizer	....	second assistant camera:second unit
Chris Todd	....	camera team
Nathanael Vorce	....	director of photography: second unit
Merie Weismiller Wallace	....	still photographer
Jörg Widmer	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Jörg Widmer	....	director of photography: Italy
Paul Willis	....	key rigging grip

Animation Department
Mike Jahnke	....	senior animator

Casting Department
Vicky Boone	....	casting director: Texas & Utah
Sarah Dowling	....	casting associate: Texas
Nicole Garcia	....	casting assistant
Jenny Goddard	....	extras casting assistant
Kristi Gusman	....	casting assistant
Hussain Pirani	....	casting assistant
Shane Pritchett	....	casting assistant
Christine Wolf	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephany Baskin	....	set costumer
Lexi Cuesta	....	additional costumer
Suzy Freeman	....	costume supervisor
Susan Gaedke	....	costumer (as Susan Gaedke)
J.R. Hawbaker	....	costume assistant
Kortney Lawlor	....	costumer
Tonya Leonard	....	set costumer
Stephanie A. Steel	....	key set costumer
Yvonne Wilburn	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Nicole Garcia	....	post-production intern
Christopher Roldan	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Sylvain Morizet	....	additional orchestrator
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
David Beard	....	transportation coordinator
Randy Cantor	....	transportation captain
Craig Fehrman	....	transportation coordinator
Russell E. Scott	....	picture car coordinator

Other crew
Peter Atherton	....	location scout
Debbie Bilski	....	key craft service
Randy Bilski	....	key medic
Suzanne Bonifaz	....	location assistant
Laura Noel Borland	....	location assistant
Zoe Bower	....	post production coordinator
Mary Beth Chambers	....	production assistant (as Mary Beth Meadows)
Peggy Chen	....	additional second assistant accountant
David Christenson	....	production assistant
Scott Colquitt	....	assistant: producer
Gerry De Leon	....	assistant to director
Jenny Fitzgibbons	....	production accountant
James Fowler	....	diver
Geoffrey Frost	....	production intern
Rebecca Fulton	....	script supervisor
Julie E. Furnas	....	assistant: Mr. Penn: Houston
Vanessa Gaitan	....	production assistant
Nicole Garcia	....	production assistant
Don Gillespie	....	payroll accountant
Don Gillespie	....	post-production accountant
Hans Graffunder	....	production coordinator
Jennifer Hallmark	....	accounting assistant
Juan Pablo Hernandez	....	set production assistant
Andrew K. Hodge	....	assistant location manager: utah
Jonathan Reeves Holt	....	production assistant intern
Mark Jarrett	....	key assistant location manager
Nazia Khan	....	assistant: actor
Paul Knaus	....	location assistant
Barry Lacina	....	location assistant
Bill Lanier	....	assistant production coordinator
Kana LiVolsi	....	office production intern
Kana LiVolsi	....	set production intern
Lisa McPherson	....	set production assistant
Brian Murphy	....	set production assistant
John K. Patterson	....	location manager
Damon Phillips	....	body double
Jessica Renzi-Bailey	....	assistant location manager
Marvin Schroeder	....	arms supplier
Dana Silverman	....	accounting clerk
Dana Silverman	....	assistant: Ms. Green
Keith Smith	....	production assistant
Spooky Stevens	....	unit publicist
Desirae Wallace	....	accounting clerk
Quinn Walton	....	production assistant
Tol Ware	....	office production assistant
Craig Whitney	....	set production intern
Jenni Wieland	....	first assistant production accountant

Production Companies

• Plan B Entertainment
• River Road Entertainment

Distributors

• 01 Distribuzione (2010) (Italy) (theatrical)
• International Film Distribution Consultants (2010) (non-USA) (theatrical)
• Apparition (2010) (USA) (all media) (North America)
• Belga Films (2010) (Belgium) (all media) (Benelux)
• CatchPlay (2010) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Concorde Filmverleih (2009) (Germany) (all media)
• EuropaCorp. Distribution (2010) (France) (all media)
• Icon Film Distribution (2010) (Australia) (all media)
• Icon Film Distribution (2010) (New Zealand) (all media)
• Icon Film Distribution (2010) (UK) (all media)
• Odeon (2010) (Greece) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) Worldwide Acquisitions Group (2010) (USA) (video)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2009) (Sweden) (all media) (Scandinavia)
• TriPictures (2010) (Spain) (all media)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Pivotal Post  Avid Editing Equipment Provided By
• Redman Movies and Stories  grip equipment
• Star Waggons  make-up and wardrobe trailer
• Star Waggons  production trailers

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Plan B Entertainment

Trivia:

Mel Gibson was considered for a role in this film.