The Book of Eli (2010)

Directors:

Albert Hughes
Allen Hughes

Writer (WGA):

Gary Whitta (written by)

Release Date:

15 January 2010 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Drama | Western

Tagline:

Some will kill to have it. He will kill to protect it.

Plot:

A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. |

Plot Keywords:

Post Apocalyptic | Character Name In Title

Cast

Denzel Washington	...	Eli
Gary Oldman	...	Carnegie
Mila Kunis	...	Solara
Ray Stevenson	...	Redridge
Jennifer Beals	...	Claudia
Evan Jones	...	Martz
Joe Pingue	...	Hoyt
Frances de la Tour	...	Martha
Michael Gambon	...	George
Tom Waits	...	Engineer
Chris Browning	...	Hijack Leader
Richard Cetrone	...	Hijacker
Lateef Crowder	...	Highjacker / Construction Thug
Keith Davis	...	Hijacker
Don Tai	...	Hijacker (as Don Theerathada)
Thom Williams	...	Hijacker
Lora Cunningham	...	Young Woman Hijacker (as Lora Martinez-Cunningham)
Scott Wilder	...	Middle-Aged Man
Heidi Pascoe	...	Middle-Aged Woman
Jennifer Caputo	...	Biker
Eddie Perez	...	Biker
Spencer Sano	...	Biker
Karin Silvestri	...	Biker
Mike Gunther	...	Sniper
John Koyama	...	Sniper
Scott Michael Morgan	...	Construction Thug Leader
Sala Baker	...	Construction Thug
Arron Shiver	...	Bartender
Justin Tade	...	Town Doctor
Mike Seal	...	Door Guard
Richard A. Smith	...	Orpheum Patron (as Richard Smith)
Paul Crawford	...	Town Thug
Edward A. Duran	...	Town Thug (as Edward Duran)
David Wald	...	Town Thug
Jermaine Washington	...	Town Thug
Kofi Elam	...	Convoy Thug
Clay Donahue Fontenot	...	Convoy Thug (as Clay Fontenot)
Al Goto	...	Convoy Thug
Brad Martin	...	Convoy Thug
Tim Rigby	...	Convoy Thug
Luis Bordonada	...	Carnegie Gunman #1
Robert Powell	...	Carnegie Gunman #2
Angelique Midthunder	...	Gatling Gun Gunner
Todd Schneider	...	Caddy Driver
Darrin Prescott	...	Suburban Driver
Laurence Chavez	...	Ice Cream Truck Driver
Brian Lucero	...	Alcatraz Guard
David Midthunder	...	Alcatraz Soldier

Directed by
Albert Hughes		(as The Hughes Brothers)
Allen Hughes		(as The Hughes Brothers)

Writing credits (WGA)
Gary Whitta		(written by)

Produced by
Brad Arensman	....	associate producer
Yolanda T. Cochran	....	co-producer
Susan Downey	....	executive producer
Broderick Johnson	....	producer
Andrew A. Kosove	....	producer
Erik Olsen	....	executive producer
Steve Richards	....	executive producer
Joel Silver	....	producer
David Valdes	....	producer
Denzel Washington	....	producer
John David Washington	....	co-producer
Richard D. Zanuck	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Atticus Ross

Cinematography by
Don Burgess		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Cindy Mollo

Casting by
Mindy Marin

Production Design by
Gae S. Buckley		(as Gae Buckley)

Art Direction by
Christopher Burian-Mohr

Costume Design by
Sharen Davis

Makeup Department
Georgia Allen	....	key makeup artist
Enid Arias	....	additional hair stylist
Tarra D. Day	....	makeup department head
Tarra D. Day	....	special makeup applications
Pepper J. Gallegos	....	assistant makeup artist
Vanessa Jaramillo	....	makeup artist: day player
Liz Lash	....	additional makeup artist
Liz Lash	....	assistant makeup artist
Gregory Nicotero	....	key special makeup effects supervisor
Ashlynne Padilla	....	assistant makeup artist
Geordie Sheffer	....	hair department head
Justin Stafford	....	special hair pieces
Khanh Trance	....	special effects hair: KNB EFX Group
Sheila Trujillo	....	assistant makeup artist
Teri Ann Uccan	....	hair stylist
Corey Welk	....	key makeup artist
Patricia Greer	....	makeup artist: day player (uncredited)

Production Management
Alton Walpole	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bill Delaney	....	second second assistant director
Jeffrey Wetzel	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Mark Bankins	....	on-set dresser
Lou Boggs	....	construction foreman
Lorrie Campbell	....	set designer
Robert J. Carlyle	....	construction coordinator
Lance Cheatham	....	set dresser
John Chichester	....	set designer
Michael Chochol	....	set dresser
Dennis Collins	....	standby painter
Tommy Lee Edwards	....	concept artist
Brooke Fair	....	on-set greens
Elizabeth Flaherty	....	assistant art director
John Gibson	....	gang boss greens
Damon Green	....	gang boss
David Gulick	....	property master
Ted Haigh	....	graphic designer
Bill Johnson	....	additional prop burnt bodies and animals
Ester Kim	....	set dresser
Kristen Kogler	....	set decorations shopper/buyer
Kay Kropp	....	lead painter
Nikki LeBlanc	....	set painter
Sara M. Lewis	....	art department coordinator
Stephen H. Lewis	....	model maker
Andy Linderkamp	....	propmaker
Dale Lotreck	....	painter
Ashley Michelle Marsh	....	art department production assistant
Christopher Martin	....	lead greens
Will Martin	....	greensman
Edward McLoughlin	....	set decorations shopper/buyer
Shanna Morrow	....	art department production assistant
Christina Pizzala	....	set painter
Dennis Riewerts	....	draper
Siobhan Roome	....	set designer
Tommy Samona	....	leadman
Juan Souter	....	set dresser
David Thompson	....	set dresser
Thomas Traugott	....	gangboss
James Walton	....	propmaker
Hap Weaver	....	greensman
Maret Wicken	....	painter gangboss
Jeremy E. Wilcox	....	construction buyer
Jeri Woodward	....	paint foreman

Sound Department
Brett Becker	....	utility sound
David Brownlow	....	production sound mixer
Eddie Bydalek	....	mix technician
Robert Carr	....	mix technician
Christopher Flick	....	foley editor
Terry Garcia	....	assistant sound editor
Cole Gittinger	....	boom operator
Tiffany S. Griffith	....	dialogue editor
Gary A. Hecker	....	supervising foley artist
Rob Hidalgo	....	audio transfer
Jason W. Jennings	....	sound designer
Eric A. Norris	....	supervising sound editor/sound designer
Derek Pippert	....	supervising foley editor
Miguel Rivera	....	dialogue editor
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Edwardo Santiago	....	audio transfer
Edwardo Santiago	....	boom operator
Tim Webb	....	sound recordist
Steven D. Williams	....	supervising sound editor/sound designer

Special Effects by
William Boggs	....	special effects technician
Donnie Dean	....	special effects assistant
Yves De Bono	....	special effects supervisor
Scott Dwyer	....	special effects technician
Scott Hastings	....	special effects technician
Joel Hobbie	....	special effects technician
Grady Holder	....	prosthetic dentures: K.N.B. EFX Group
Eric Kaufman	....	special effects office coordinator
Bill McCamey	....	special effects foreman
Kenneth Van Order	....	special effects foreman
Dan Williams	....	special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Cheryl Bainum	....	executive producer: HATCH
Berj Bannayan	....	software engineer: Soho VFX
Travis Baumann	....	visual effects artist
Michael Bovberg	....	vfx previsualization artist
Andy Burmeister	....	lead matchmover
Trent Claus	....	flame artist
Cameron Coombs	....	Inferno artist: Hydraulx
Ryan Cromie	....	texture artist
Dominic Daigle	....	lead TD / lead compositor: HATCH
Dominique Derrenger	....	visual effects producer
Theo Diamantis	....	visual effects artist
Tamer Eldib	....	modeler
Jon Farhat	....	visual effects supervisor
Deak Ferrand	....	visual effects designer / lead matte painter: HATCH
Katherine Filtranti	....	compositor: HATCH
Katherine Filtranti	....	digital artist
Demitre Garza	....	digital artist
Gilbert Gonzales	....	digital compositor
Jon Grinberg	....	visual effects editor: Hydraulx
H Haden Hammond	....	digital artist: Luma Pictures
Jacob Harris	....	roto/paint artist: Luma Pictures
Martin Hesselink	....	digital artist
Bryan Howard	....	rigger: Soho VFX
Pasha Ivanov	....	visual effects
Anthony Jegu	....	compositor: HATCH
Armando Kirwin	....	visual effects producer
Eric A. Kohler	....	visual effects coordinator: Hydraulx
Michael Kowalski	....	visual effects producer: soho vfx
Daniel Kruse	....	digital lighter: Hydraulx
Gary Laurie	....	matchmove technical director: Simple Tricks & Nonsense
Sun Lee	....	matte painter: hydraulx
Paul Lemeshko	....	visual effects artist
Dave Levine	....	Flame artist: Lola VFX
Dan Levitan	....	senior compositor
Derick Loo	....	digital artist: Soho VFX
Daniel Lu	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Daniel Lu	....	modeller: Soho VFX
Allan Magled	....	visual effects supervisor: Soho VFX
Kevin Mah	....	visual effects artist: Soho VFX
Alex Manita	....	visual effects lead
Robert Nederhorst	....	digital compositor
Jordan Nieuwland	....	digital matte painter: Soho VFX
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: lola visual effects
Dave Olivares	....	visual effects technical director
Robert Olsson	....	matte painter
Mihaela Orzea	....	lead compositor
Eugene Paluso	....	digital artist
Hans Payer	....	senior technical director: HATCH
John Polyson	....	visual effects editor: Hydraulx
Justin Porter	....	technical coordinator: Luma Pictures
Steve Rhee	....	visual effects editor
Bob Riley	....	digital asset manager
Colin Riley	....	compositor
Gizmo Rivera	....	compositor
Karl Rogovin	....	digital artist: Hydraulx
David Rose	....	digital compositor: Soho VFX
Krystal Sae Eua	....	model/texture artist: Hydraulx
Ruben Salazar	....	digital compositor
Avi Salem	....	compositor
Dave Salter	....	digital compositor
York N. Schueller	....	character technical director: Hydraulx
Rommel Shamoun	....	compositor: Soho VFX
Carolyn Shelby	....	digital compositor
Bryan Smeall	....	lead compositor: Soho VFX
Maciek Sokalski	....	digital compositor
Safari Sosebee	....	digital artist: Luma Pictures
Frankie Stellato	....	digital artist: Soho VFX
Siouxsie Stewart	....	production manager: HATCH
Colin Strause	....	visual effects designer
Greg Strause	....	visual effects designer
Richard Sutherland	....	cg supervisor: Luma Pictures
Steven Swanson	....	visual effects supervising producer: Luma Pictures
Jeremiah Sweeney	....	Flame artist: Lola VFX
Rob Tasker	....	compositor: Soho VFX
Kyle Traynor	....	visual effects assistant
Rickey Verma	....	digital compositor
Chris Wells	....	visual effects supervisor: hydraulx
Andrew C. Whitelaw	....	senior compositor: HATCH
C. Jerome Williams	....	flame artist
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: lola visual effects
Andrew Winters	....	visual effects artist
Steven D. Wolff	....	digital artist
Kazuyoshi Yamagiwa	....	Flame artist: Lola VFX
Kai Zhang	....	digital visual effects artist: Soho VFX
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	associate visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	visual effects editor: Lola Visual Effects
Sebastien Betsch	....	i/o technical specialist (uncredited)

Stunts
Tsuyoshi Abe	....	stunts
Joey Anaya	....	stunts
Randall Archer	....	stunts
Freddy Bouciegues	....	stunts
Jennifer Caputo	....	stunts
Richard Cetrone	....	stunt performer
Richard Cetrone	....	stunts
Laurence Chavez	....	stunts
Carl Ciarfalio	....	stunt double
Lateef Crowder	....	stunt performer
Lateef Crowder	....	stunts
Keith Davis	....	stunts
Edward A. Duran	....	stunts
Kiante Elam	....	stunts
Kofi Elam	....	stunts
Clay Donahue Fontenot	....	stunts
Al Goto	....	stunts
Mike Gunther	....	stunts
Yoshio Iizuka	....	stunts
Jeff Imada	....	stunt coordinator
Dan Inosanto	....	martial arts trainer
Allen Jo	....	stunts
Hiro Koda	....	utility stunts
John Koyama	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Sam Looc	....	stunts
Brad Martin	....	stunts
Angelique Midthunder	....	stunt performer
Caryn Mower	....	stunts
Robert Nagle	....	utility stunts
Heidi Pascoe	....	stunts
Eddie Perez	....	stunts
Robert Powell	....	stunts
Darrin Prescott	....	stunts
Tim Rigby	....	stunts
Spencer Sano	....	stunts
Todd Schneider	....	stunt double: Gary Oldman
Karin Silvestri	....	stunts
Don Tai	....	stunt performer
Aaron Toney	....	stunts
Gary Toy	....	stunts
David Wald	....	stunts
Jermaine Washington	....	stunt performer
Scott Wilder	....	stunts
Thom Williams	....	stunt performer
Thom Williams	....	stunts
Jeff Wolfe	....	stunt double Ray Stevenson
Kofi Yiadom	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Greg Argarin	....	best boy rigging electric
Greg Argarin	....	gaffer: vfx unit
Adam Barth	....	key video assist
Hans Bjerno	....	aerial director of photography
Theodore Y. Bott	....	lighting technician
Michael Burgess	....	video controller
George M. Chappell	....	rigging electrician
Michael J. Coo	....	key grip
Marc Ehrenbold	....	additional camera operator
Harland Espeset	....	crane operator
Tyler Fletcher	....	additional video assist operator
Mark Gilmer	....	key second assistant camera
Lamarr Gray	....	rigging gaffer
Lamont 'Wiz' Gray	....	rigging electrician
Ian Hanna	....	grip
Jeroen Hendriks	....	red camera technician
Steve Koster	....	aerial director of photography
Ryan Kunkleman	....	dit red camera
Bret Latter	....	additional film loader HS
David Lee	....	still photographer
Peter McCaffrey	....	camera operator
Mark Mele	....	rigging foreman
David Jaxx Nagro	....	grip
Rob Salviotti	....	second assistant camera
John 'Fest' Sandau	....	dimmer board operator
John 'Fest' Sandau	....	gaffer: second unit
Mark Sheets	....	rigging grip
Don Steinberg	....	assistant camera
James R. Tynes	....	gaffer
Scott Wetzel	....	video assist

Casting Department
Elizabeth Gabel	....	extras casting
Marie A. Kohl	....	casting associate
Kara Lipson	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Tanis Alexander	....	costumer
Yvonne Bastidos	....	set costumer
Maria Bentfield	....	set costumer
Jerry Carnevale	....	costumer
Wynema Chavez	....	ager/dyer/costumer
Bren Cook	....	head ager and dyer
Jennifer Gingery	....	set costumer
Allison Harvey	....	costume assistant
Elaine Ramires	....	costume supervisor
Lane Stewart	....	costume production assistant

Editorial Department
Jason Barnes	....	second assistant editor
Maxine Gervais	....	digital intermediate colorist
Trevor Johann	....	editorial assistant
Kathleen Largay	....	digital intermediate assistant
Christopher M. Meagher	....	digital intermediate editor
Adam Ohl	....	digital intermediate producer
Phillip Trujillo	....	second assistant editor

Music Department
Deva Anderson	....	music supervisor
Christine Bergren	....	music clearance
Joseph S. DeBeasi	....	supervising music editor
Dana Niu	....	orchestrator
Doug Trantow	....	music scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Jason Doutree	....	driver
Kenny Heath	....	picture car co-captain
Scott Howard	....	transportation coordinator: reshoots
Gene Hubert	....	driver
Alan Kaminsky	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Steve Aguino	....	assistant location manager
Lynn Ambrosino	....	production assistant
Gavin J. Behrman	....	production accountant
Natalie Bloomer	....	set production assistant
Cory L. Bol	....	travel coordinator
Kevin Christopher Brown	....	photo double: Denzel Washington
Micaela Brown	....	executive assistant to svp physical production
Joann Connolly	....	set production assistant
Dustin DellaVecchia	....	production assistant
Michael Dellheim	....	location manager
Brother Eden Douglas	....	stand-in: Denzel Washington
Allison Ewart	....	staff production coordinator
Vincent Joseph Flaherty	....	armorer
Freedom	....	body double: denzel Washington
Pam Fuller	....	script supervisor
Rich Gill	....	technical coordinator: White Sands National Monument
Michael Haddad	....	craft service
Jason Hariton	....	studio stage manager
Henry Herman	....	stand-in: Ray Stevenson
Craig Hosking	....	aerial coordinator/pilot
Dan Inosanto	....	martial arts fight trainer
Jean E. Jacobson	....	construction payroll accountant
Robert Johnston	....	accounting assistant
Kate Kelly	....	production coordinator
Brady Kephart	....	production secretary
Cathy Marshall	....	lead payroll accountant
Carlos A. Montoya	....	set production assistant
Walter E. Myal	....	additional set production assistant
Kathryn Olguin	....	additional set production assistant
Ales Ordelt	....	office production assistant
Michael Papac	....	armorer
Lara Ravdjee	....	assistant: Joel Silver
Lucy Kim Robertson	....	second assistant accountant
G.Q. Sanchez	....	safety advisor
Ann Shimabukuro	....	set production assistant
Louise Spencer	....	unit publicist
Rowan Stanland	....	key assistant location manager
Marcus Taylor	....	set production assistant
Elaine K. Thompson	....	assistant production coordinator
Robert Vertrees	....	production assistant
Jaren Vine	....	production controller
Déborah Wakshull	....	location scout
Brian Austin Wenrich	....	production assistant
Lewie Wickham	....	photo double
James Wilkerson	....	location assistant
Helena Wyss	....	set medic
Kerry Yancheski	....	assistant accountant

Production Companies

• Alcon Entertainment (presents)
• Silver Pictures

Distributors

• 01 Rai Cinema (2010) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Entertainment UK (2010) (UK) (theatrical)
• Jaguar Film International Distribution (2010) (Lebanon) (theatrical)
• KD Media (2010) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Kadokawa Pictures (2010) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Metropolitan Filmexport (2010) (France) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2010) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Paradiso Entertainment (2010) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Paradiso (2010) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2010) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures (2010) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Tobis (2010) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United King Films (2010) (Israel) (theatrical)
• Entertainment UK (2010) (UK) (DVD)
• Kadokawa Entertainment (2010) (Japan) (all media)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (2010) (USA) (all media)

Special Effects

• Hammerhead Productions (visual effects)
• Hatch Production (visual effects)
• Hydraulx
• Lidar Guys (digital visual effects)
• Lola Visual Effects (visual effects)
• Soho VFX (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Albuquerque Studios  stage facilities
• Allan Padelford Camera Cars  camera equipment provided by (MTV-towing armored car)
• Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system
• Post Modern Sound  ADR recording studio
• Red Digital Cinema  camera equipment provided by
• Reel Chefs Catering  catering
• Star Waggons  cast trailers
• Star Waggons  fitness trailer
• Star Waggons  star trailers
• Warner Bros. Motion Picture Imaging  digital intermediate services

MPAA:

Rated R for some brutal violence and language.

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

USA:R (certificate #45686)

Filming Locations:

Albuquerque Studios - 5650 University Boulevard SE, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Company:

Alcon Entertainment

Trivia:

Kristen Stewart turned down Mila Kunis's role due to scheduling conflicts with New Moon (2009).