P2 (2007)

Director:

Franck Khalfoun

Writers:

Alexandre Aja (story) &
Grégory Levasseur (story) ...
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Release Date:

9 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

A new level of fear.

Plot:

A businesswoman is pursued by a psychopath after being locked in a parking garage on Christmas Eve.

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Christmas Eve | Psychopath | Car | Building

Cast

Wes Bentley	...	Thomas
Rachel Nichols	...	Angela
Simon Reynolds	...	Jim Harper
Philip Akin	...	Karl
Stephanie Moore	...	Lorraine (voice)
Miranda Edwards	...	Jody
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee	...	Man in Elevator
Grace Lynn Kung	...	Woman in Elevator
Bathsheba Garnett	...	Homeless Woman
Philip Williams	...	Cop #1
Arnold Pinnock	...	Cop #2
Franck Khalfoun	...	Newsman

Directed by
Franck Khalfoun

Writing credits
Alexandre Aja		(story) &
Grégory Levasseur		(story) (as Gregory Levasseur)
Franck Khalfoun		(screenplay) &
Alexandre Aja		(screenplay) &
Grégory Levasseur		(screenplay) (as Gregory Levasseur)

Produced by
Alexandre Aja	....	producer
Greg Copeland	....	co-producer
Erik Feig	....	producer
David Garrett	....	executive producer
Bob Hayward	....	executive producer
Daniel J. Heffner	....	co-producer (as Daniel Jason Heffner)
Grégory Levasseur	....	producer (as Gregory Levasseur)
Andrew Matosich	....	associate producer
Jean Song	....	co-producer
Alix Taylor	....	executive producer
Mimi Tseng	....	associate producer
Patrick Wachsberger	....	producer

Original Music by
tomandandy

Cinematography by
Maxime Alexandre		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Patrick McMahon

Casting by
Mark Bennett
Robin D. Cook		(as Robin Cook)

Production Design by
Oleg M. Savytski		(as Oleg Savytski)

Art Direction by
Andrew Hull

Set Decoration by
Liesl Deslauriers

Costume Design by
Ruth Secord

Makeup Department
Etheline Joseph	....	key hair stylist
Diane Mazur	....	key makeup artist
Sean Sansom	....	special makeup effects lab technician

Production Management
Greg Copeland	....	production manager
Brad Goodman	....	post-production supervisor (as Bradley M. Goodman)
Andrea Isaacs	....	executive in charge of production
Kevin Saffer	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Patrick Arias	....	second assistant director
Chi Fung	....	first assistant director (as 'Tai' Chi Fung)
Robert Gardiner	....	additional third assistant director (as Robert D. Gardiner)
Christine Harrington	....	trainee assistant director
John Sauvé	....	third assistant director (as John Sauve)

Art Department
Ken Aziz	....	painter
Jesse Balzan	....	assistant carpenter
Jim Benton	....	carpenter
Graham Caswell	....	set designer
Andrea Dietrich	....	storyboard artist
Darcy Ellard	....	carpenter
Jeff Flint	....	carpenter (as Geoff Flint)
Bruce Graydon	....	carpenter
Jeff Graydon	....	head carpenter
Neil Haines	....	painter
Harry Kassardjian	....	carpenter
Grant Kilroy	....	carpenter
David Kim	....	painter
Takashi Komai	....	carpenter
William Kucheran	....	set dresser
Ron Lightfoot	....	construction coordinator
Jason Lunn	....	lead dresser
Mario Moreira	....	on-set dresser
Mario Moreira	....	property buyer
Alan Moy	....	carpenter
James R. Murray	....	property master (as Jim Murray)
Jerry Nicolaou	....	second assistant art director
Enrique Patritti	....	painter
Patrice Roy	....	head painter
Jeff Schouten	....	assistant painter (as Jefferey Schouten)
Cherie Spencer	....	set dresser
Shane Wanstall	....	carpenter
Richelle Wilks	....	art department apprentice
Stephen Willetts	....	key scenic (as Steve Willetts)
Michael Zaharuk	....	painter

Sound Department
Christopher Alba	....	foley editor
Gregg Barbanell	....	foley artist
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Hingorany	....	sound mix engineer
Jason Hopfner	....	boom operator
Mark Larry	....	supervising sound editor
Rick Penn	....	sound mixer
Gabriel J. Serrano	....	sound recordist
Lucy Sustar	....	foley mixer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer

Special Effects by
David Antonacci	....	second assistant special effects
Reg Ashby	....	special effects lead key
Damon Bishop	....	prosthetics
François Dagenais	....	prosthetics (as Francois Dagenais)
Brock Jolliffe	....	special effects coordinator
Rudy Rivas	....	special effects key
John Sandever	....	first assistant special effects

Visual Effects by
Mandy Arnold	....	digital restoration artist
Christy Beckert	....	digital compositor
August Coleman	....	digital compositor
Chad Goei	....	digital compositor
Jamison Scott Goei	....	visual effects supervisor
Diana Hinek	....	digital compositor
Vincent Lavares	....	data manager: Laser Pacific
Laura LeFaivre	....	visual effects producer
Sookie Park	....	lead compositor
Matt Sell	....	digital artist
Mai Suzuki	....	digital restoration artist
Tim Vincent	....	digital intermediate colorist

Stunts
Tom Farr	....	stunt performer
Jamie Jones	....	stunt coordinator
Kelly Jones	....	stunt rigger
Cotton Mather	....	stunt performer
Edward A. Queffelec	....	stunt performer (as Edward Queffelec)
Steve 'Shack' Shackleton	....	stunt rigger (as Steve Schackleton)
Mary Ann Stevens	....	stunt performer
Len Wagner	....	stunt rigger (as Len Wagener)
Peter Yan	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Alexander	....	camera operator: "c" camera
Bart Bialasik	....	camera trainee
Ross Church	....	best boy grip
Ira Cohen	....	gaffer
Dennis Daigle	....	best boy
Robert Dias	....	electrician (as Roberto Dias)
Brian Gedge	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Danielle Leblanc	....	playback operator: 24-frame
Kevin Michael LeBlanc	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Eric Lee	....	gallery photographer
Robin Lopes	....	grip (as Rob Lopes)
Brent Marrale	....	electrician
Paul Michel	....	gaffer: second unit
Paolo Perin	....	best boy grip
David Perkins	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Lem Ristsoo	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Yuri Sandler	....	grip
Ernest Spiteri	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Ernie Spiteri)
Darren Spriet	....	camera loader
Blain Thrush	....	second assistant camera: "c" camera
Christopher J. Toudy	....	key grip (as Christopher Toudy)
Johnny Wersta	....	dolly grip
Becky Weston	....	video playback operator
Steve Wilkie	....	still photographer
Michael Williams	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Mike Williams)
Chris Wilson	....	grip
Kris Wood	....	video playback supervisor
Ramesh Yogendran	....	electrician (as Yogendran Ramesh)

Casting Department
Emerald Goldsmith	....	casting assistant
Jennifer Markowitz	....	casting assistant
Jane Rogers	....	background casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Robin Bigglestone	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Brian Day	....	assistant editor
Kyle DeVriendt	....	digital film recordist
Doug Jaqua	....	color scientist
Harry Muller	....	color timer

Music Department
Christine Bergren	....	music legal
Richard Bronskill	....	orchestrator
Buck Damon	....	music supervisor
Peter Fuchs	....	additional music scoring mixer
Jeffery Alan Jones	....	orchestrator
John Kurlander	....	music recording engineer
John Kurlander	....	score mixer
Dwight Mikkelsen	....	conductor
Dwight Mikkelsen	....	lead orchestrator
Larry Rench	....	orchestrator
Jamie Steele	....	assistant to composers
Jamie Steele	....	score mixer

Transportation Department
Eddie Bowman	....	transportation coordinator
Mike Bowman	....	driver
Steven 'Sparky' Carr	....	transportation captain (as Stephen 'Sparky' Carr)
Wayne Davey	....	driver: honeywagon
Gilbert Lacasse	....	driver (as Gibby Lacasse)
Steve Lambert	....	driver
Dave Murray	....	driver
Jim Ryder	....	driver
Steve Warren	....	driver

Other crew
Gillian Bohrer	....	assistant: Mr. Feig
Jill Carter	....	script supervisor
Jorge Contreras	....	location assistant
Cristin L. Cornett	....	production coordinator (as Cristin L. Becker)
Kym Crepin	....	production accountant
John Doyle	....	caterer
Ryan Eldridge	....	production assistant
Lisa Gyorfi	....	assistant production coordinator
Charmaine Hamp	....	utility stand-in
Julie Hansen	....	post-production accountant
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative
Ryan Hupponen	....	assistant production coordinator
Kaleigh Kavanagh	....	assistant to producers
David Kinnersly	....	craft service
Ashley Kravitz	....	clearance coordinator
Christian Lattman	....	utility stand-in
Roger Lumyoung	....	location assistant
Darren Martin	....	craft server
Ashleigh Millar	....	craft server
David Mintz	....	caterer
Asmeeta Narayan	....	assistant: Mr. Hayward
Peter Olczak	....	set supervisor
Deborah Ortega	....	assistant: Mr. Wachsberger
Jeremy Pinard	....	assistant location manager
Pauline K. Quong	....	payroll accountant (as Pauline Quong)
Benjamin R. Reder	....	production counsel
Yan Regis	....	on set medic
Bryan Renfro	....	animal handler
Lisa Shamata	....	unit publicist
Todd Shannon Jr.	....	diving supervisor
Carla Spizziri	....	first assistant accountant
Greg Taieb	....	assistant: Mr. Khalfoun
Will Taylor	....	production assistant
Thomas Vencelides	....	location manager (as Tom Vencelides)
Dan Warry-Smith	....	production assistant
Andrew Whiteside	....	on-set satellite internet technician
Greg Whiteside	....	on-set satellite internet technician

Production Companies

• P2 Productions
• Summit Entertainment

Distributors

• Summit Entertainment (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Bazuca Films (2008) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Movie-Eye Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Summit Entertainment (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Tartan Films (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2008) (Finland) (DVD)
• Odeon (2007) (Greece) (all media)
• P2 Productions
• Palisades Tartan (2009) (UK) (all media)
• Reel Australia (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Reel DVD (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Summit Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• West Video (2007) (Russia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Rez-Illusion
• R Studio (prosthetics)

Other Companies

• By David's  catering
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Cleared By Ashley  clearance coordination
• Danetracks  sound design and editing
• Ear Tonic Music  trailer music
• Hand Prop  props supplied by
• Internet On Set  on-set satellite internet
• Marshall/Plumb Research Associates  script clearance (as Marshall Plumb Research)
• Reder & Feig  production legal services
• Stargrazing  craft service
• Widget Post Production  adr recording facility
• Wilshire Stages, The  ADR recording facility
• Wilshire Stages, The  sound post-production

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence/gore, terror and language.

Runtime:

USA:98 min | Argentina:98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Portuguese | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R | Canada:14A | Taiwan:R-18 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:NC-16 (edited version) | UK:18 | Malaysia:18PL | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | France:-16 | Ireland:18 | Japan:R-18 | Brazil:16 | Australia:R | Italy:VM14 | Finland:K-18 | Argentina:16 | New Zealand:R18 | Netherlands:16 | Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Cinespace Film Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

P2 Productions

Trivia:

The film was shot in two months, exclusive at night, at a real working Toronto parking garage.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Angela stub the little stuff to Tom's eye, He close his eye while the stubbing. After that we can see he fully opened his eye and the eye ball is nearly out of it's hole. When he pull out the little stuff from his eye, after that it closed again.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Angela Bridges: Yes, sir, I redrafted the contracts to include the new stipulations.

It's OK -- nothing special

This movie takes a long time to get going, and I frequently found myself throwing in the flag. There are a lot of events which happen that just don't make sense and don't ring true. Initially Wes Bentley irritated me, but eventually I got to like him and his character. He's pretty good at playing a dissociative psychopath. Once the story got going it was easy to forgive the obvious mistakes and just have fun with it. The setting, a parking garage, is very cold and unforgiving. It's all concrete. That aesthetic helps set a tone that Thomas is going to be unforgiving. closed, and cold with people he doesn't like. Angela (Rachel Nichols) doesn't suffer from stupid chick syndrome. She makes a few smart moves, and that makes it easy to root for her and empathize with her. You want her to kick butt, but Thomas is a pretty strong opponent.