Babylon A.D. (2008)

Director:

Mathieu Kassovitz

Writers:

Eric Besnard (writer)
Maurice G. Dantec (novel)
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Release Date:

29 August 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah. |

Plot Keywords:

Escort | High Risk | Harvest | One Man Army | Veteran Turned Mercenary

Status:

Completed

Comments:

Status Updated:

10 July 2008

Note:

Because this project is categorized as being in production, the data is subject to change; some data could be removed completely.

Cast

Vin Diesel	...	Toorop
Mélanie Thierry	...	Aurora
Michelle Yeoh	...	Soeur Rebecca / Sister Rebecca
Lambert Wilson	...	Dr. Arthur Darquandier
Mark Strong	...	Finn
Jérôme Le Banner	...	Killa
Charlotte Rampling	...	La grande prêtresse / Neolite Priestess
Gérard Depardieu	...	Gorsky
Joel Kirby	...	Docteur Newton
Souleymane Dicko	...	Jamal
David Belle	...	Hacker Kid
Radek Bruna	...	Karl
Jan Unger	...	L'organisateur de combats
Abraham Belaga	...	L'assistante de la grande prêtresse
Gary Cowan	...	Le directeur de Noelite
David Gasman	...	Le chercheur de Noelite
Lemmy Constantine	...	Le directeur du marketing de Noelite
Peter Thias	...	L'homme de main de Noelite (as Pete Thias)
Curtis Matthew	...	Le capitaine du sous-marin
Magda Vavrusova	...	La femme dans le couloir de Toorop
Filip Matejka	...	Le garçon dans les escaliers de Toorop
other cast:
Justin Rodgers Hall	...	Zeeke
Chris Astoyan	...	Joseph

Directed by
Mathieu Kassovitz

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Eric Besnard		writer
Maurice G. Dantec		novel
Mathieu Kassovitz		screenplay
Joseph Simas		co-screenplay

Produced by
Eric Cadrieu	....	executive producer: Sweden
Alain Goldman	....	producer
Benoît Jaubert	....	executive producer
Marc Jenny	....	executive producer
Avram 'Butch' Kaplan	....	executive producer
Mathieu Kassovitz	....	producer
Eiffel Mattsson	....	producer: Sweden
Selwyn Roberts	....	co-producer
Gary Ungar	....	executive producer
Kevan Van Thompson	....	line producer

Original Music by
Atli Örvarsson

Cinematography by
Thierry Arbogast

Film Editing by
Benjamin Weill

Casting by
Gigi Akoka
Jina Jay

Production Design by
Paul Cross
Sonja Klaus

Art Direction by
Thomas Brown
Claudio Campana
Robert Cowper
Ora Ito
Peter James
John King
Jindrich Kocí
Milena Koubkova
Olivier Raoux
Karen Wakefield
Stephen Wong

Set Decoration by
Francesca Cross
Michel Pagès

Costume Design by
Chattoune
Fab

Makeup Department
Megan Flagg	....	special makeup effects artist: Tinsley Transfers
Stephanie A. Fowler	....	assistant makeup artist: Vin Diesel
Brian Hillard	....	special makeup effects artist: Tinsley Transfers
Barbara Kichiova	....	hair stylist
Gabriela Polakova	....	makeup artist
Ivo Strangmüller	....	hair stylist
Christien Tinsley	....	makeup artist: Vin Diesel
Jeremy Woodhead	....	hair designer
Jeremy Woodhead	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Guillaume Colboc	....	executive in charge of production
Michaela Flenerova	....	production manager
Abraham Goldblat	....	post-production manager
Jiri Husak	....	unit manager
Marc Olla	....	production manager: Paris
Gabriela Rezacova	....	assistant production manager
Paul Sarony	....	production manager: Film Finnces
Patrick Sobieski	....	unit manager
Marc Vadé	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bob Brown	....	second unit director
Shakir Hafoudh	....	second assistant director
Alex Oakley	....	assistant director
Jonas Overton	....	first assistant director: Sweden
Philip A. Patterson	....	assistant director: skidoo- drone chase unit Sweden
Kieron Phipps	....	first assistant director
Trevor Puckle	....	second assistant director
Otto Requette	....	assistant director
Philip Seeger	....	second assistant director: second unit
Mark Taylor	....	first assistant director (second unit)
Dusan Vodak	....	first assistant director
Charlie Watson	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Giles Asbury	....	storyboard artist
Alice Bartosova	....	graphic designer
Julian Caldow	....	concept illustrator
Paul Catling	....	concept artist
Cristina Cecili	....	prop painter
Zuzana Cizmarova	....	set designer
Sophie Couderc	....	property master
Sandro Erdolini	....	painter
Franck Gies	....	chief carpenter
Franck Gies	....	chief set builder
Benoit Godde	....	concept illustrator
Bruce Gordon	....	propmaker
Gavin Jones	....	senior propmaker
Farid Kermici	....	concept artist
Farid Kermici	....	storyboard artist
Milena Koubkova	....	assistant art director
Karina Lange	....	set dresser
Lukas Lehoucka	....	stand-by props
Glenn Marsh	....	senior prop modeler
Jan Müller	....	model maker
Ben Munro	....	stand-by art director
Antonio Murer	....	assistant property master
Craig Narramore	....	senior prop modeler
Darryl Paterson	....	dressing storeman
Jaroslav Rericha	....	draughtsman
Stanislas Reydellet	....	assistant art director
George Simons	....	graphic designer
Gert Stevens	....	concept illustrator
Andrew Tapper	....	graphic designer
David Trojan	....	draughtsman
Brian Wade	....	additional props
Barbora Wildova	....	assistant to supervising art director

Sound Department
Selim Azzazi	....	sound effects editor
Lucien Balibar	....	sound mixer: Sweden
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Nicolas Becker	....	sound designer
Tomas Belohradsky	....	sound mixer: Prague
Damien Bera	....	foley mixer
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
St. Clair Davis	....	boom operator
Anne Delacour	....	supervising dialogue editor
Joanne Dunphy	....	assistant sound
François-Joseph Hors	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alexis Jung	....	assistant sound effects recordist
Gwennolé Le Borgne	....	sound editor
Maud Lombart	....	assistant dialogue editor
Oscar Lovnér	....	boom operator: Sweden
Marc Parazon	....	boom operator: Paris
Sébastien Pierre	....	assistant sound designer
Sébastien Pierre	....	foley editor
John Rodda	....	sound mixer
François Waledisch	....	sound mixer: Paris
Ken Yasumoto	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ken Yasumoto	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Peter Fern	....	senior technician
Søren Skov Haraldsted	....	special effects assistant: Sweden
Michal Havlicek	....	special effects crew
Jacob Riewe Henriksen	....	special effects assistant: Sweden
Mark Holdcroft	....	modeller
Jan Holub	....	special effects crew
Søren Hvam	....	special effects assistant: Sweden
Jeremy King	....	miniature construction
Christian Kitter	....	special effects coordinator: Sweden
Miroslav Miclik	....	special effects technician
Ilja Jonbak Nielsen	....	special effects coordinator: Sweden
Claus Nørregård	....	special effects technician: Sweden
Pavel Policar	....	special effects technician
Jirí Vojtech	....	special effects senior technician

Visual Effects by
Aurelia Abate	....	visual effects producer: BUF
Nasser Abo	....	digital artist: BUF
Xavier Allard	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Arnaud Allenet	....	digital artist: BUF
Herve Anceau	....	digital artist: BUF
Christophe Andreii	....	digital artist: BUF
Xavier Bec	....	software research & development: BUF
Djelloul Bekri	....	digital artist: BUF
Alain Bignet	....	additional compositor
Benoit Bonachera	....	digital artist: BUF
Dominique Bossu	....	digital artist: BUF
Nicolas Boulaire	....	digital artist: BUF
Aurelien Boutonnet	....	digital artist: BUF
Stephanie Broussaud	....	Lustre assistant
Florent Cadel	....	digital artist: BUF
Chris Casadei	....	digital artist: BUF
Stephane Ceretti	....	visual effects supervisor: BUF
Matthieu Chatelier	....	visual effects
Ganael Chevallier	....	digital artist: BUF
Nicolas Chevallier	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Jean Constantial	....	digital artist: BUF
Jean-Nicolas Costa	....	additional compositor
Anne Coulet	....	digital artist: BUF
Sebastien Cravoisier	....	digital artist: BUF
Melanie Cussac	....	visual effects production manager: BUF
Nicolas Daniel	....	data manager: DUBOI
Thibault Debeurme	....	digital artist: BUF
Yann De Cadoudal	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Benoit Delozier	....	digital artist: BUF
Antoine Demongeot	....	digital artist: BUF
Antoine Deschamps	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Thomas Devorsine	....	digital artist: BUF
Lionel Discala	....	digital artist: BUF
Jean-François D'Izarny	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Sébastien Drouin	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Sébastien Drouin	....	visual effects unit director: New York, BUF
Boris Duong	....	digital artist: BUF
Laurens Ehrmann	....	on-set sequence supervisor: Sweden, BUF
Jerome Evelette	....	digital artist: BUF
Aurelien Faure	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Mathieu Foucher	....	digital artist: BUF
Monteil Fredrik	....	digital compositor
Aurelien Fuentes	....	digital artist: BUF
Justine Gasquet	....	digital matte painting artist: BUF
Thibault Gauriau	....	digital artist: BUF
Nicolas Gauthier	....	digital artist: BUF
Gregory Ginsburger	....	digital artist: BUF
Cristina Gomes	....	digital artist: BUF
David Gourmaud	....	visual effects editor
Mickael Goussard	....	digital artist: BUF
Aurélien Grand	....	retouch and restoration
Sylvain Gremion	....	digital artist: BUF
Michael Haussmann	....	digital artist: BUF
Baptiste Henry	....	digital artist: BUF
Daphnée Hong	....	digital artist: BUF
Nicolas Jambois	....	digital artist: BUF
Anne-Gaelle Jolly	....	software engineer: research and development
Eric Joubin	....	digital artist: BUF
François Jumel	....	digital artist: BUF
Jean-Louis Kalifa	....	digital artist: BUF
Vladimir Kesl	....	computer graphics playback
Pacini Kevin	....	visual effects editor
Jonathan Lagache	....	Flame artist: BUF
Alexandre Lagallarde	....	visual effects: BUF
Laurent Launes	....	digital artist: BUF
David Lebrun	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Catherine Lee	....	digital artist: BUF
Fabien Legal	....	digital artist: BUF
Arnaud Leviez	....	digital artist
Audrey Limet	....	digital artist: BUF
Jérome Lionard	....	digital compositor
Adrien Lourdelle	....	digital artist: BUF
Olivier Lourry	....	digital artist: BUF
Elodie Ly Tri	....	retouch and restoration
Simon Magnan	....	digital artist: BUF
Nicolas Maillard	....	digital artist: BUF
Alexandre Millet	....	digital artist: BUF
Christophe Moreau	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Eddy Moussa	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Helene Ourabah	....	digital artist: BUF
Philippe Palmieri	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Xavier Perol	....	digital artist: BUF
Claire Pujol	....	digital artist: BUF
Clement Rambach	....	software research & development: BUF
Eddy Richard	....	digital artist: BUF
Nicolas Rigaud	....	digital compositor
Beatrice Ronte-Cassard	....	visual effects coordinator: BUF
David Rouxel	....	digital artist: BUF
Steve Savarin	....	digital artist: BUF
Tricoire Sebastien	....	digital artist: BUF
Olivier Sicot	....	digital artist: BUF
Mourad Simoussa	....	digital artist: BUF
Julien Stecken	....	digital artist: BUF
Mathilde Tollec	....	sequence supervisor: BUF
Eric Toubal	....	digital artist: BUF
Geordie Vandendaele	....	digital artist: BUF
Christophe Verspieren	....	software research & development: BUF
Julie Verweij	....	visual effects coordinator: BUF
Ludovic Voltaire	....	digital artist: BUF
Zhipeng Xing	....	digital artist: BUF

Stunts
Arno Balenci	....	stunts
Robert Bastens	....	stunts
Bob Brown	....	stunt coordinator
Gaëlle Cohen	....	assistant fight choreographer
Laurent Demianoff	....	assistant fight choreographer
Laurent Demianoff	....	stunt performer
Laurent Demianoff	....	stunts
Jon H. Epstein	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Alain Figlarz	....	fight choreographer
Jiri Horky	....	stunts
Charles Jarman	....	stunt double: Jamel Debbouze
Shawn Kautz	....	stunts
Jindrich Klaus	....	stunt rigger
Robert Lahoda	....	stunt coordinator: CZ
Miroslav Lhotka	....	stunts
Helene Lindgren	....	stunt double: Second Unit Sweden
Franck Merenda	....	assistant fight choreographer
Franck Merenda	....	stunt performer
Stéphane Orsolani	....	assistant fight choreographer
Stéphane Orsolani	....	stunt performer
Sébastien Peres	....	assistant fight choreographer
Sébastien Peres	....	stunt performer
Jaroslav Peterka	....	stunts
Jan Petrina	....	stunts
Troy Robinson	....	co-stunt coordinator
Troy Robinson	....	stunts double: Vin Diesel
Wohlin Saori	....	stunt double
Sebastien Soudais	....	stunt performer
Rudolf Vrba	....	stunts
Saori Wholin	....	stunt double: Second Unit Sweden
Stadtherr Zdenek	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Christian Abomnes	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Rolf Carlbom	....	electrician: Sweden
Michal Chadima	....	video assist operator
Sean Connor	....	first assistant camera
François Daignault	....	camera operator
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography: Czech unit
Marie-sophie Daniel	....	video assistant: re-shoots
Oliver Driscoll	....	assistant camera: aerial camera
Mattias Färnstrand	....	clapper loader: Sweden
Guy Ferrandis	....	still photographer
Martin Grosup	....	camera operator
Ocki Hansson	....	grip: Sweden
Simon Heck	....	first assistant camera
Nils-Erik Järvi	....	gaffer: Sweden
Martin Kenzie	....	director of photography: second unit
Alexandre Léglise	....	second assistant camera: reshoots
Martin Maryska	....	co-camera operator
Martin Maryska	....	second assistant camera
Eric Nylen	....	clapper loader: Sweden
Miroslav Pavlik	....	second assistant camera
Mark Rimmer	....	steadicam operator
Benjamin Speyer	....	crane technician grip
Simon Werry	....	aerial camera operator
J. Glyn Williams	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Tim Wooster	....	cinematographer: second unit

Casting Department
Nancy Bishop	....	casting
Hervé Jakubowicz	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Paul Slash Morris	....	wardrobe technician
Sylvie Ong	....	costume supervisor
Patricie Soptenková	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Sébastien de Sainte Croix	....	assistant editor
Mickael Dumontier	....	additional assistant editor
Gilles Granier	....	digital colorist assistant
Nadège Kintzinger	....	assistant editor
Aurélie Laumont	....	color timer
Anne-Laure Viaud	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant
Clay Duncan	....	composer: additional music
Jerome Hadey	....	music supervisor
Steven Kofsky	....	music production services
Del Spiva	....	music editor
Hans Zimmer	....	executive music producer

Transportation Department
Jalal Aqdim	....	assistant picture vehicle coordinator
Ian Clarke	....	vehicle coordinator
Charles Heidet	....	picture car coordinator
Jiri Macke	....	picture car coordinator
Fredrik Sidevärn	....	transportation captain: Sweden
Sean Thornton	....	picture vehicle coordinator
Pavel Voracek	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Marie Barré	....	location scout
Paula Casarin	....	script supervisor
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot
Lucrezia Dillon-Corneck	....	assistant to Mr. Kaplan
Eva Dvorakova	....	on-set medic
Mia Englin	....	production coordinator: Sweden
Jacqueline Gamard	....	script supervisor: second unit
Abraham Goldblat	....	post-production manager
Jolana Heralova	....	head accountant
Aurore Jactat	....	legal advisor
Lubomir Janci	....	stand-in: Gérard Depardieu
Susanne Karlsson	....	assistant to producers: Sweden
Jirí Kasan	....	account assistant
Vladimir Kesl	....	computer technician
Eiffel Mattsson	....	unit producer
Joel Maytie	....	supervising production accountant
Mark Meloccaro	....	rights and clearances
Josef Persson	....	production assistant
Peggy Plessas	....	dialogue coach
Stan Purdy	....	personal security
Angela Pyle	....	supervising production coordinator
Julien Sabourdin	....	production accountant: Paris
Justin Hamilton Salem	....	key set production assistant
Patrick Scoffin	....	set production assistant
Andy Stephens	....	aerial operations manager: Flying Pictures Ltd.
Adam M. Stone	....	consultant: product placement
Cat Stone	....	consultant: product placement
David Swann	....	concept designer
Eve Swannell	....	production coordinator
Mirka Valova	....	production coordinator
Barney Wrightson	....	aerial operations assistant: Flying Pictures Ltd

Thanks
Simon Trottier	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Légende Films
• MNP Entreprise
• Okko Productions
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2008) (Finland) (all media)
• Studio Canal (2008) (France) (theatrical)
• Tiglon (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2008) (USA) (all media)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• West Video (2008) (Russia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Artem (high tech action props)
• BUF
• Dansk Speciel Effekt Service (Sweden)
• FB-FX (costume props)
• Tinsley Transfers (special make-up effect tattoos - Vin Diesel)

Other Companies

• CE VideoAssist Rental  VideoAssist equipment provided by
• Dream Cars  picture cars
• Film Finance  funding (as Film Finances Inc)
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• Panavision  camera equipment serviced by
• Stone Management  product placement consulting
• Swedish Lapland Film Commission  special thanks

Also Known As:

Babylon Babies (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some sexuality.

Runtime:

France:101 min | USA:90 min

Country:

USA | France

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Certification:

Ireland:12A | USA:PG-13 | UK:12A | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Brno, Czech Republic

Company:

Canal+

Trivia:

This film had to be bailed out by the production's insurance company after running over-budget and significantly beyond schedule.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Toorop: Are you a killer, Mr. Toorop?
Toorop: Yes. Now please, get into the car.