Pterodactyl (2005)

Director:

Mark L. Lester

Writer:

Mark Sevi

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Ptowering Pterror

Plot:

A dormant volcano deep with the Turkish forest holds within it a deadly secret. Perfectly preserved, a nest of pterodactyl eggs are ready to hatch... |

Plot Keywords:

Volcano | Pterodactyl | Turkey The Country | Prehistoric Egg | One Word Title

Cast

Cameron Daddo	...	Prof. Michael Lovecraft
Coolio	...	Capt. Bergen
Amy Sloan	...	Kate Heinlein
George Calil	...	Serling
Ivo Cutzarida	...	Yolen
Steve Braun	...	Willis Bradbury
Mircea Monroe	...	Angie Lem
Jessica Ferrarone	...	Zelazny
Danna Lee	...	Gwen Kemper
Howie Lotker	...	Jason Donaldson
Duke Faeger	...	Burroughs (as Dusan Fager)
Todd Kramer	...	Clarke
David Nykl	...	Herbert
Petr Jákl	...	Tezo
Mikulás Kren	...	Berk (as Miki Kren)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rafael Jordan	...	Hotel Porter
Jason Lester	...	Older Homeless Boy (uncredited)
Justin Lester	...	Younger Homeless Boy (uncredited)

Directed by
Mark L. Lester

Writing credits
Mark Sevi

Produced by
Donn Aron	....	associate producer
Dana Dubovsky	....	producer
Rafael Jordan	....	associate producer
Mark L. Lester	....	producer
Michael Rogers	....	line producer

Original Music by
John Dickson

Cinematography by
George Mooradian

Film Editing by
Donn Aron

Production Design by
Olga Rosenfelderova

Set Decoration by
Milan Svenha

Costume Design by
Iveta Trmalova

Makeup Department
Ruzena Novotna	....	hair stylist
Ilona Robova	....	hair stylist
Ilona Robova	....	makeup artist
Adéla Robová	....	key hair stylist
Adéla Robová	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Dennis Little	....	post-production supervisor
Michael Rogers	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Martin Cigler	....	third assistant director
Rafael Jordan	....	additional second unit director
Anthony E. Kountz	....	first assistant director
Philip Seeger	....	second assistant director
Lloyd A. Simandl	....	second unit director (as Lloyd Simandl)
Srdjan Simeonovich	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Jordan Jordanov	....	concept/storyboard artist
Michal Tesar	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Chris Julian Irwin	....	foley artist
Chris Julian Irwin	....	foley mixer
Chris Julian	....	sound post-production
Mark Linden	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tara Paul	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Scharf	....	dialogue editor
Harry E. Snodgrass	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Ben Bornstein	....	creature effects
Mark Bourque	....	special effects technician: Creature Effects Inc. [US]
Chris Wolters	....	mechanical designer: Creature Effects, Inc.

Visual Effects by
Simeon Asenov	....	visual effects supervisor
Scott Coulter	....	visual effects producer
Tinko Dimov	....	digital compositor
Venelin Dinkov	....	visual effects illustrator
Anton Donchev	....	digital artist
Alex Filipov	....	lead 3D artist
Kiril Georgiev	....	visual effects coordinator
Ivan Grozev	....	digital artist
Jivko Ivanov	....	digital effects artist
Velichko Ivanov	....	digital compositor
Milen Jiliazkov	....	digital effects artist
Georgi Karantilski	....	color correction
Peter Keranov	....	digital compositor
Lyubomir Kirkov	....	visual effects
Nikolay Kulishev	....	digital effects artist
Danail Lazarov	....	assistant visual effects editor
Ivailo Marinov	....	digital artist
Jordan Markov	....	visual effects editor
Nikolay Mihailov	....	assistant visual effects editor
Milena Peneva	....	visual effects coordinator
Nick Peshunoff	....	visual effects coordinator
Marin Petrov	....	animator
Iasen Pisarov	....	digital artist
Stefan Rachev	....	digital effects artist
Krasimir Rizov	....	visual effects illustrator
Ivan Sarov	....	visual effects
Nikola Simeonov	....	digital effects artist
Stanislav Stoynev	....	digital effects artist
Stefan Tchakarov	....	visual effects production supervisor
Peter Tomov	....	digital artist
Adriana Valcheva	....	digital compositor
Alexander Valev	....	lead digital compositor
Silvia Vasileva	....	animator

Stunts
Jaroslav Peterka	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Michal Krbecek	....	second assistant camera
Stepan Sivko	....	assistant camera

Animation Department
August Coleman	....	title animator

Music Department
Jim Baldree	....	music mixer

Other crew
Russ Herpich	....	puppeteer
Marianna Krenova	....	stand-in
Shari Sontag	....	key production accountant
Cortney Webb	....	assistant to producer
James Woodruff	....	mechanic

Thanks
Jason Lester	....	special thanks
Justin Lester	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• American World Pictures (AWP)

Distributors

• 21st Century Pictures (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• American World Pictures (AWP) (2005) (worldwide) (all media)
• Film (2009) (Hungary) (TV) (original airing)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Sci-Fi Channel, The (2005) (USA) (TV)
• Sunrise Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• Videoville Showtime (2005) (Canada) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Creature Effects
• Worldwide FX

Other Companies

• Ascent Media Laboratories  post-production facilities
• Film Finances  completion guarantor
• Hotel Belvedere  accomodations
• Hotel Impuls  accomodations
• Hotel Intercontinental Praha  accomodations
• Hotel Modrý Hrozen  accomodations
• Hotel Smaragd  accomodations
• ICB Entertainment Finance  banking services
• Imagine Post  post-production
• Level 3 Post  post-production facilities
• Martin J. Barab & Associates  legal services
• Stage Two Audio Post Productions  editing services
• Stage Two Audio Post Productions  sound design
• Stage Two Audio Post Productions  sound re-recording

Also Known As:

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:18 | UK:18 | Canada:14A | New Zealand:R16 | Netherlands:16 | USA:Not Rated | Australia:MA

Filming Locations:

Milin, Czech Republic

Company:

American World Pictures (AWP)

Trivia:

Many of the characters are named after famous science-fiction and fantasy writers - Burroughs (Edgar Rice Burroughs), Clarke (Sir Arthur C. Clarke), Donaldson (Steven Donaldson), Heinlein (Robert A. Heinlein), Herbert (Frank Herbert, Brian Herbert), Lem (Stanislaw Lem), Lovecraft (H.P. Lovecraft), Serling (Rod Serling), Yolen (Jane Yolen) and Zelazny (Roger Zelazny).

Goofs:

Continuity: At the beginning of the film, a hunter shoots at the pterodactyls 12 times with a shotgun that only holds eight shots.

Quotes:

Herbert:I got more holes in me than a Texas road sign.

Movie Connections:

References Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Prehistoric birds attacking human beings on the Turkish-Armenian border

The movie is developed on the Armenian-Turkish frontier where a students group(Amy Sloan, and a gorgeous Mircea Monroe, among them) and their professor(Cameron Daddo)undergo an archaeological expedition. In a dormant volcano closes an incredible secret, a nest of pterodactyls eggs, accurately preserved, are ready to hatch . Meanwhile a contra-terrorist team led by a tough commander(Coolio) tracks down Armenian dangerous terrorist. Then Pterodactyls spontaneously attack and the humans try desperately to escape and grisly death happen, while the soldiers use their technological weapons.

The movie delivers the goods with hair-rising chills and noisy scares when the Pterodactyls appear savagely stalking its prey and attacking. This is an OK amusing juvenile with thin characters and contrived plot but quite entertaining . It's remarkable for FX recreation the ferocious and carnivorous beast developing a bloodthirsty hunger for human eating. The actors give vigorous physical performances dodging the prehistoric giant birds recreated by the prolific computer generator, as usual. The Pterodactyls, themselves, of course, are the real stars, and they're marvellous terrifying astounding, and quite convincing. The motion picture is professionally produced and directed by Mark L Lester. He's a cool director and producer-American World Pictures- of B movies , his greatest success was during the 80s, when he directed hits , such as ¨Commando, Firestarter, Showdown in Little Tokio and Class of 1984¨ . No for small children for realistic, gory and violent attack scenes. Rating : Average but entertaining.