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Cast (Character):
Arnold Schwarzenegger (Ray Owens), Forest
Whitaker (Agent Bannister), Johnny Knoxville
(Lewis Dinkum), Rodrigo Santoro (Frank
Martinez), Jaimie Alexander (Sarah Torrance),
Luis Guzmán (Mike Figuerola), Eduardo
Noriega (Gabriel Cortez), Peter Stormare
(Burrell), Zach Gilford (Jerry Bailey), Genesis
Rodriguez (Agent Ellen Richards), Daniel
Henney (Agent Phil Hayes), John Patrick
Amedori (Agent Mitchell)
Directed by:
Written by:
Produced by:
Executive Producers:
Executive Producers:
Director of Photography:
Production Designer:
Edited by:
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Casting by:
KIM Jee-woon
Andrew Knauer
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Guy Riedel, Miky Lee, Edward Fee
Michael Paseornek, John Sacchi
Ji Yong Kim
Franco Carbone
Steven Kemper, A.C.E
Michele Michel
Hernany Perla
Ronna Kress, CSA
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SYNOPSIS
Action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his much-anticipated return to the big screen in Korean
director KIM Jee-woon’s hard-hitting U.S. directorial debut, THE LAST STAND.
After leaving his LAPD narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse
and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life
fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction. But that peaceful
existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin
in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy.
With the help of a fierce band of lawless mercenaries led by the icy Burrell (Peter Stormare), Cortez
begins racing towards the US-Mexico border at 250 mph in a specially-outfitted Corvette ZR1 with a
hostage in tow. Cortez’s path: straight through Summerton Junction, where the whole of the U.S. law
enforcement, including Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker) will have their final opportunity to
intercept him before the violent fugitive slips across the border forever.
At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his
small town force, Owens ultimately rallies his team and takes the matter into his own hands, setting the
stage for a classic showdown.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
Action icon ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER is back – and headed full-throttle for an all-out
showdown in The Last Stand, KIM Jee-woon’s high-speed, high-mayhem action-thriller.
The good guys have never had it this bad, but they’re ready to give it everything they’ve got in this hardcharging, car-chasing, fist-fighting wild ride that takes an amped-up spin on the classic good vs. bad
battle.
Schwarzenegger stars as relentless Sheriff Ray Owens, who left behind the LAPD following a
bungled narcotics operation that still wracks him with remorse. Now he’s leading the quiet life in the
border town of Sommerton – but that quiet is about to be shattered, big-time. When Gabriel Cortez
(EDUARDO NORIEGA), the most lethal, not to mention wanted drug kingpin in America, makes a
spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, he’s hell bent for the Sommerton border – in a speciallyequipped Corvette ZR1 capable of blowing past 250 MPH.
U.S. Federal Agent John Bannister (FOREST WHITAKER) might be hot on his trail but Cortez has no
fear of the Feds. Cortez only has to fear what he doesn’t see coming: Sheriff Ray Owens. Owens might
be out-manned and out-gunned, but he won’t be out-smarted or out-lasted when Cortez threatens the only
thing that matters to him now – his new home. Owens and his small but fiercely loyal force are all that
stands between Cortez and his freedom.
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in The Last Stand, which marks the U.S. directorial debut of
celebrated Korean action director KIM Jee-woon (I Saw Devil; A Tale Of Two Sisters; The Good, the
Bad, the Weird) and is written by Andrew Knauer. The film is produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura (the
Transformer series, G.I. Joe: Retaliation). Joining Schwarzenegger is an all-star ensemble that includes
Forest Whitaker, Johnny Knoxville, Rodrigo Santoro, Jaimie Alexander, Luis Guzmán, Eduardo Noriega,
Peter Stormare, Zach Gilford and Genesis Rodriguez.
The film’s behind-the-camera talent includes director of photography Ji Yong Kim (A Bittersweet
Life); editor Steven Kemper, A.C.E. (Mission: Impossible II); production designer Franco Carbone (The
Expendables); and costume designer Michele Michel (Training Day).
IGNITION: SCHWARZENEGGER RETURNS
He’s long been among the toughest, most iconic action heroes of cinema legend, but lately
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been serving in another high-adrenaline role – as the Governor of California.
Now, at last, he makes his much-anticipated comeback with his first leading action role in a decade in The
Last Stand. Taking on the role of a small-town Sheriff with a hard-edged past, Schwarzenegger resumes
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his screen hero status with a character who is familiar in his fierceness, yet brings a new twist. This bold,
badass veteran lawman has seen plenty of action -- but he thinks he’s moved on to more peaceful pastures
until bad guys show up in the very town where he’s come to escape them
“In this film, we see the Arnold we have missed, and the Arnold we have never seen before,”
sums up the film’s director Jee-woon, whose Hollywood debut makes a surprise collision with
Schwarzenegger’s return to the screen. One of the most lauded and watched of the Korean cinematic
phenoms, Jee-Woon won acclaim with his stylish noir thriller A Bittersweet Life, his award-winning
outlaw comedy The Good, the Bad, the Weird, his hardboiled horror movie I Saw The Devil and his
haunting ghost story A Tale Of Two Sisters. But he had never made an action film in America before –
and would get his first chance to do so with the biggest Hollywood action star of them all.
Jee-woon was instantly drawn to The Last Stand’s mix of breakneck speed, rollicking humor and
colorful characters on both sides of the law, but he was compelled most of all by the chance to have
Arnold lead an awe-inspiring defense of justice, even when he and his town have been counted out as
nobodies.
Says Jee-woon of their unusual pairing: “Arnold has done everything in Hollywood and I am just
starting out in Hollywood. We are so different, but when I met him, our thoughts on The Last Stand and
his character coincided. Sheriff Owens has left behind his violent past for a quiet, peaceful small town,
but ironically, he must now put everything he has on the line in order to protect this new home. I think
we both saw it as story about how a villain armed with high-tech machinery that even governments
cannot stop is thwarted by small town people who are inspired by justice.”
For producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, whose films include all three Transformers, Salt and The
G.I. Joe series, The Last Stand was a great match for Schwarzenegger’s desire to make his first film back
something as thunderously exciting as ever but also fresh. “I thought it would allow Arnold to come back
to the screen in a different way; and yet, there is a lot of what we always love about Arnold in this role,”
says the producer. “I think this is a moment where he can redefine who he is. He’s always going to be
that strong hero, but in this movie, he also has some vulnerability along with his inner fortitude. It’s a role
that is less about him being an individual and more about him being a true leader.”
Di Bonaventura was also exhilarated by the chance to work with Jee-woon, who though
renowned by action and horror film enthusiasts around the world, had not yet made an English-language
feature. “He has a body of work that is really astonishing. When you see all of his different movies, you
see his versatility — every one of them has both entertainment value and emotional pull,” observes the
producer. “He knows how to shoot action, how to shoot comedy, how to shoot drama – and in this film,
he brings all of that to bear in a unified way.”
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As soon as Jee-woon saw the screenplay for The Last Stand, he was drawn in. “The Last Stand is
a very American story, but it also had many elements that intrigue me, so I decided to go for it,” he
recalls. “I found its underlying theme of finding value in the people of a small town and protecting justice
very attractive, and I was also inspired by the idea of a story in which bad guys using high technology are
stopped by good guys in low-tech ways.”
Though the director had a lot to learn, diving into a very different filmmaking culture from that of
Korea, he says that Schwarzenegger made it a pleasure. “Arnold is so smart that he could always figure
out what I was looking for,” he says. “Even when I would fumble because I’m not that familiar with the
Hollywood system of doing things, he would say ‘the director is an artist, he needs his time.’ There was
also a real camaraderie between us because Arnold is an immigrant and I am a foreigner. But I grew up
on Hollywood cinema and that is reflected in my work.”
While Jee-woon had fun with the villain Cortez’s need for speed and state-of-the-art firepower,
he was also interested in driving the action with character – as Schwarzenegger’s Sheriff Ray Owens
finds himself on a very personal collision course with the most lethal criminal of his long, storied career.
Di Bonaventura concurs that this is the core of the adrenaline-pumping story. “Ray Owens was
highly successful with the LAPD, but then he was involved in a raid that forced him to walk away, back
to the town where his immigrant parents settled. In a sense, he has been hiding from the responsibility of
being a big city cop. But when our villain Cortez decides to come right through this town that forces
Owens to face the things he didn’t really want to face again, in order to protect the town and the people he
loves.”
He goes on: “I think Arnold brings kind of a quiet confidence to this role, like one of my heroes,
John Wayne, always did. When we see just how outmanned he is, we begin to wonder if this might not
be his last stand. But you can always count on Arnold.”
ACCELERATION: SCHWARZENEGGER ON SHERIFF OWENS
On the heels of seven years as Governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger had planned to
make a slow transition back into the action movie roles that made him an international hero – but that
transition happened at a breakneck speed when he ran across the screenplay for The Last Stand.
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“It was a fantastic script,” comments Schwarzenegger. “It had intensity, it had drama, it had the
action I love and which my fans expect me to deliver, and at the same time it had a lot of comic relief. It
was one of those movies where you laugh in the middle of the intense suspense.”
Schwarzenegger was equally intrigued by the chance to work with an up and coming director
who he felt had the chops to take classic action for a fresh and fun spin. He had already seen many of
Jee-woon’s Korean films and found them exhilarating. “He’s very, very talented and I like to work with
talented directors,” Schwarzenegger says. “The first movie I saw of his, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, I
loved – the size of it all and the action was just incredible. Then I watched I Saw The Devil, A Bittersweet
Life and A Tale of Two Sisters; and with each of his movies, I liked him more and more. What a wide
range of talent this man has. He is especially good at working with the universal theme of good versus
bad. That comes through in each of his movies and in The Last Stand.”
As the project came together, Schwarzenegger was also excited by the ensemble cast he would be
leading.
“This cast is unbelievable – Johnny Knoxville, Forest Whitaker, Luis Guzmán, Jaimie
Alexander, Rodrigo Santoro, Eduardo Noriega, Genesis Rodriguez and the list goes on and on,” he says.
“Each one of them has great acting talent, both from a comedy point of view but also from an intensity
point of view.”
Schwarzenegger loved that Noriega plays Cortez as a man as suave as he is bad. “He’s such a
good-looking guy, he’s like a sex symbol,” Schwarzenegger comments. “But he also plays a drug
kingpin unbelievably well. I saw right away the intensity in his eyes and his face that made him totally
believable and a really strong opponent for my character.”
Schwarzenegger also had a great time working with Knoxville. “Johnny’s hilarious,” he says. “If
you’ve seen his Jackass movies, you know he’s willing to put everything on the line in order to get a big
laugh – and this character was perfect for him. He ends up being the most supportive of Sheriff Owens’
team and courageous in their battles.”
Schwarzenegger also felt an affinity with Sheriff Owens, who may have once been an action hero
in his own right but has taken up a very different kind of life, keeping the peace in a small town that he
had assumed would never see much trouble. “He’s had all these experiences as part of a Los Angeles
S.W.A.T team, but that time is over,” Schwarzenegger observes. “He’s kind of looking forward to
retirement and he’s set in his mind that he’s going to live quietly until his town gets hit by criminals. So
it becomes an underdog story of how the town finds a way out of this mess.”
Like Sheriff Owens, Schwarzenegger had to jump into full-scale, physically demanding action
after a considerable break from it – and like Sheriff Owens, he was more ready for the challenge to body
and mind than he had originally expected. “After the governorship, I felt I would have to ease myself
back into action, one step at a time,” he explains, “but that is not what happened.”
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He goes on: “I remember visiting a movie set as governor and seeing one of the actors hanging
upside down in a harness. A friend of mine asked me ‘Don’t you miss that?’ and I said ‘No, I’d rather be
in Sacramento, surrounded by legislators who are not always on your side and can make things very
difficult, but I’d rather do that than hang upside down on a harness. I just can’t see myself ever doing that
again.’ Well, sure enough, in this movie I hang upside down on a harness. I was back in a harness and
back in a movie where from beginning to end I was battling, climbing, running and driving fast cars. And
I thought I was going to ease my way back into action! But it was a lot of fun.”
CURVES AHEAD: THE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES
To play Sommerton’s rag-tag team of deputies – who have never seen much more than petty
crime until the ultimate bad guy blows into their town – Jee-woon and the filmmakers went through an
extensive casting process to put together an eclectic ensemble of characters.
Says producer di Bonaventura: “There’s a great group of deputies surrounding Ray Owens,
played by Luis Guzmán, Jaimie Alexander and Zach Gilford. They’re not the most experienced cops,
they’ve never been tested, but they’re great people. And then there’s the town bad boy, played by
Rodrigo Santoro, who suddenly has a chance at redeeming his up-to-now less than successful life. And
then lastly, Johnny Knoxville plays Lewis Dinkum, the local oddball, who is about to get his chance to be
what he always wanted: a deputy.”
Sheriff Owens’ most experienced deputy, known as “Figgie” by his friends on his force, is played
by popular character actor Guzmán, who brings a comic touch to the role. “Luis is both very funny and
very talented --- and he made Figgie endearing and lovable,” says Jee-Woon.
Adds di Bonaventura: “On the page, Figgie wasn’t funny at all but now, there are moments where he is
fall down funny. Luis created this sort of wide-eyed appreciator of life, family and friends. You love him
because he always shows who he is and what he’s thinking on his face.”
For his part, Guzmán could not resist the chance to work opposite Schwarzenegger. “I grew up
watching Arnold in all these movies and now, here I was, acting with him in all these scenes,” Guzmán
muses. “It was a wonderful opportunity.’”
Joining Guzmán as Deputy Sarah Torrance – the sole female on the force – is Jaimie Alexander,
best known for her super-hero roles in the action epic Thor and the ABC Family television show “Kyle
XY.” Here she plays a more human character who isn’t quite sure if she’s got what it takes to be a hero –
until push comes to shove. Jee-woon was excited to watch her in action. “Jaimie is beautiful but she
embodies the strength and bravery of a true Texas girl,” the director comments. “She is our only female
heroine but she kept up with the men at every turn.”
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Alexander loved playing a regular girl who, when the going gets tough, becomes tougher than she
ever knew was possible.
“My character’s not a super hero, and that’s a good thing.
There’s a
vulnerability in her that every woman has, she also discovers that she's very strong," she says. “She’s an
everyday woman just trying to be something better. There’s a realism to her that I don’t get to play very
often, since many of my other characters are science fiction… but it’s awesome to play somebody that
could actually exist on Earth!”
Indeed, di Bonaventura says Alexander brought an earthiness to her action scenes. “Jaimie brings
a vulnerability and a sexiness to the movie,” he says. “Her character is perhaps a bit over-matched, but
when the Sheriff realizes how bad it’s going to get, and says that he’s not going to hold it against any of
them if they don’t want to participate, she’s in. She’s the one I think you really relate to: ‘I’m not that
well trained, I’m doing my job, but I hope that when I’m asked to do the right thing, I’d be in.’”
The newest member of the deputy team is the green recruit Jerry played by Zach Gilford who
came to the fore playing quarterback Matt Saracen on the long-running hit “Friday Night Lights.” For
Jee-woon, he was the biggest surprise. “Zach is someone I did not know, except that I heard he was
acclaimed for ‘Friday Night Lights.’ He did such a great job playing a small-town kid with big dreams
and his story becomes the emotional heart of the battles ahead,” says the director.
When Sheriff Owens realizes he has to beef up his fledgling force, he is forced to deputize two
locals – who see their own chance to make good. One is museum owner Lewis Dinkum, played with an
inimitable sense of comic mischief by popular funny-man Johnny Knoxville. As renowned for his crazy
stunts as for his unhinged humor – and for roles in hit films ranging from Jackass to Men In Black 2 -Knoxville was a dead-on match for Dinkum. Says Jee-woon: “Johnny has a unique sense of humor, but
he is not just a simple comic actor. He continually tries to better himself and you see that in his
performance.”
The director continues: “Dinkum is a fusion between Johnny Knoxville’s funny personality and a
military geek. Johnny portrays the unique quirkiness of a character that makes it possible for our heroes to
defeat sophisticated, modern villains using antique weaponry, which adds some fun.”
Knoxville was lured by the combustible mix of Schwarzenegger joining with one of Korea’s
hottest action directors. “My agents sent me the script, and told me it was Arnold’s big comeback movie.
I think that’s about all they had to say,” Knoxville laughs. “Another big reason I wanted to do the film is
that I had seen The Good, the Bad, the Weird, and I know KIM Jee-woon shoots an amazing action film.
There are so many elements going on in this story, yet the tone is spot on, and there’s lots of humor as
well. I think he’s a really talented and very precise director.”
The least likely of those to get a badge from the Sheriff starts out the story behind bars: Frank
Martinez, the local troublemaker who turns direction. He is played in a departure by rising Brazilian star
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Rodrigo Santoro, familiar to moviegoers as not only a romantic lead (Love, Actually), but also as a
fanatical despot (“King Xerxes” in 300).
Jee-woon says he fell in love with Santoro’s acting within minutes of watching a clip of him.
“He can be very masculine and very cool,” he says. “And he was very enthusiastic about this part, always
trying to get more out of every take.”
Di Bonaventura adds: “Rodrigo threw himself into this part in a way that’s just great. His
character has an interesting arc— he was the guy that won the State Championship and then never went
anywhere, except to war, which messed him up. So he knows this is his one chance.”
Santoro was especially thrilled to take on an action role. “What’s great about big action movies is
that the characters are usually bigger than life. They always push the limits,” he observes. “Where else
can you drive a car over 250-miles-an-hour and not get a ticket? And now I’m finding out how much fun
it is to do.”
He also was excited to watch Arnold being Arnold. “For me, a great action hero usually doesn’t
start out being a hero,” Santoro concludes.
“He’s usually an ordinary man who finds himself in
extraordinary situations, and he rises to the occasion. Not that Arnold is ordinary, but in this story, he’s a
cop who’s come home to be an ordinary Sheriff, away from big crime. Only big crime is exactly what
comes looking for him.”
CHECK POINT: THE FBI
As Cortez careens towards Sommerton in his souped-up Corvette, he has some company – a
whole cache of Federal Agents who are in hot, if seemingly futile, pursuit. Playing the head of the FBI
operation, John Bannister, is Oscar® winner Forest Whitaker. Whitaker plays Bannister as a man
obsessed with catching his quarry – and quick to deny Sheriff Owens even a slim chance at stopping the
Cortez gang, which he soon comes to regret.
Jee-woon was very pleased to be able to cast an actor of Whitaker’s caliber. “He brings a lot of
class to the role,” says the director. “He has the energy of a mountain. When I looked at his copy of the
script once, it had more notes written in it than mine. It just goes to show that great actors are not born
but made through endeavor and effort.”
Whitaker was equally compelled to work with Jee-woon. He says, “I think there are two
elemental things that make his films so special. First is his style. There’s poetry to his films and a deep
search to reveal the insides of character. Second, there’s a visual beauty — even if it’s an action film.
There are poetic moments of violence in his films and that’s a special thing to pull off.”
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He was also drawn to Bannister and the things he shares with Sheriff Owens, even if he doesn’t
realize it: “I think both men are looking towards some form of redemption. Arnold’s character lost his
partner and has exiled himself to a small town, hoping he’ll never have to be confronted with his past.
But that is exactly what happens -- he’s faced with looking at his own capabilities, what he needs to do.
And my character has lost the man that he has sought for so long, and he desperately wants to get him
back, so he can seek justice. I think of him as almost an archetype of an archangel, doing his duty to
bring about justice.”
Whitaker was taken with the Good vs. Bad theme which winds through the whole movie. “You
have a hero going up against large odds— the establishment, society, criminals—and that gets you
excited because you have an underdog in peril,” he says “And then you have strong villain who is almost
bigger than a human being, sort of a demigod, because seemingly nothing can stop him from completing
his task, until he meets the hero.”
For producer di Bonaventura, Whitaker makes Bannister the ultimate intermediary between the
small-town Davids and a powerful modern Goliath. “Forest has that incredible power that can project at
an almost zealot level but, at the same time, he has a vulnerability, and you see how he’s eaten up with
guilt that this guy’s gotten away. That generates a lot of empathy for a character who has a blind spot
when it comes to Sheriff Owens.”
The right and left hands of Bannister are his two lead support agents: Ellen Richards, played by
Genesis Rodriguez (Case De Mi Padre, What To Expect When You’re Expecting) and Phil Hayes,
portrayed by Daniel Henney (X-Men Origins: Wolverine). They soon become only ‘one hand,’ when
Richards is taken by Cortez as an apparent hostage.
Henney, a Korean-American, was already a fan of Jee-woon before taking the fun supporting
role. He sums up: “Along with the chases and the explosions, he always brings in very interesting
darkness and drama. And the way he films action -- he’s one of the best.”
SPIN OUT: EDUARD NORIEGA AS CORTEZ
To play The Last Stand’s sinister villain – the international drug lord Cortez – the filmmakers
sought the very opposite of your standard image of a sleazy crime kingpin. On the contrary, they wanted
Cortez to be whip-smart, sleekly sophisticated, as skilled with technology as a Fortune 500 CEO . . . and
simultaneously, one of the coldest human beings ever to wear a custom suit. They found that combo in
the hot and rapidly rising Spanish actor Eduardo Noriega.
Says di Bonaventura, “Eduardo is a wonderful actor. He can pull off that wonderful dichotomy -that flair that comes from a life of privilege, along with the menace of a bad guy.”
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Noriega jokingly calls his character “a bit of a spoiled boy.” He goes on: “I read in the papers
once, that a man had bought a school so he could fire a teacher who had scolded his son. I immediately
thought this could be a Gabriel Cortez biographical anecdote. My character is someone very powerful
who has lots of money and thinks he can buy everything. He's used to getting everything he wants and so
he can be really dangerous if he doesn't get it.”
To pave his way towards the escape and freedom he expects will be his reward, Cortez employs a
brutal lieutenant, Burrell, who is played with menace to spare by veteran villain portrayer Peter Stormare,
also seen this year in Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters.
Stormare had previously collaborated with di Bonaventura on Constantine, and the producer says,
“I still remember what he did playing Satan, which is one of the great moments I’ve had as a producer, as
Burrell, he’s an exceedingly confident, cynically funny enemy. When he goes up against Owens and his
gang, even though he’s a coldhearted mercenary, you can see that he’s somewhat amused by the fact that
these small town officers are standing up to him. I think both he and Chris bring a lot to what might
otherwise be second tier bad guys.”
Jee-woon adds: “Ever since seeing Fargo, I’ve been a fan of Peter and here he creates a scary,
yet fun and endearing villain.”
Perhaps Cortez’s greatest ally in his battle is another key character in The Last Stand – not a man
but the machine that powers the criminal’s dazzling exit strategy through the Southwestern desert: the
Corvette ZR1, the fastest car available for purchase “directly off the line.” The special version seen in
The Last Stand is a super souped-up auto show showstopper, with more than 1,000 horsepower and top
speeds around 250 miles per hour.
“It can outrun anything anyone can throw at it,” di Bonaventura states, “and at one point, we
considered, ‘What if they called in a fighter jet to blow it off the road?’— but that takes a Presidential
order, and you’re not going to be able to secure an order to shoot a civilian in a car in two hours’ time.
So, Cortez’s plan is basic and simple: make a run across the border. Add to that, that Cortez can buy any
engineer, any think tank guy, anyone with a plan to make a part of the border thought to be impassable,
workable. And that’s what brings him straight through Sommerton.”
For Jee-woon the car had to come off as dangerous as Cortez himself. “I drove the car before we
started filming,” the director confesses. “Driving it was fun, but riding in the passenger seat was scary.
It’s more like riding a beast than a car. The engine revs are like growls. Maybe this is what riding a tiger
or a lion feels like. And that’s what I wanted to portray: the car’s beastly nature.”
BETWEEN VEGAS AND THE BORDER: THE LOOK OF THE FILM
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Jee-woon always saw The Last Stand as divided into several visually distinct worlds: “You have
flashy Las Vegas, the earthy small town of Sommerton, the chaos of the FBI offices, and then Cortez’s
dynamic super-car,” he says. “I wanted to create a different look, with different colors, textures and
camera angles, for each one of them.”
In searching for the perfect Sommerton – the town that transforms into the venue for an epic
showdown -- production designer Franco Carbone (The Expendables) hoped to find a locale that aspired
to be the quintessential American village. It had to be the kind of tight-knit community with a main
street, a diner, some stores, the Sheriff’s office . . . and a neighboring corn field just past the end of town,
where Jee-woon had envisioned the start of the final battle amidst the maze-like rows of jagged corn.
Carbone found the foundation of the look that Jee-woon was after in Belen, Arizona, some 30
miles outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and built the film’s Sommerton there. “Our challenge was
really to make this town feel alive,” says Carbone, “a place full of back story and a history. We figured it
as one of those gold rush towns that came up at the turn of the last century, which it really was, as a stop
on the railway out to the West. There were some great turn of the century buildings on one side of the
street, and I mirrored those on the other side.”
According to executive/line producer Guy Riedel, “It really was only half a town, with a few
existing buildings broken up by vacant lots. We built storefronts, put in a tire store and a church, and
pulled the boards of a condemned building -- a former grocery store -- to create Irv’s Diner.”
For Carbone, the diner had to represent the homey appeal that might draw a guy like Owens to
choose to live in a place as seemingly quiet as Sommerton – and then to fight tooth and nail for it. “Irv’s
Diner gives the town a sense of richness,” says Carbone. “It became a shorthand of why we care out
these people in Sommerton and why Owens is driven to protect them.”
Throughout the filming, Jee-woon worked closely with his director of photography, Ji-Yong Kim,
with whom he also worked on A Bittersweet Life. “He speaks English, he makes directors feel very
comfortable and he has a really ingenious sense of camera set-ups and angles,” says the director.
While the film’s stunts ranged from a spectacular zip-line getaway in Vegas to a human
explosion, some of the most heart-pounding work revolved around Cortez’s prized Corvette ZR1. Thanks
to di Bonaventura’s healthy working relationship with GM -- due to prior collaborations on all of the
Transformer films -- the car manufacturer provided the production with six of the coveted Corvettes. Di
Bonaventura notes: “GM had to really believe in the movie and believe that the filmmakers could
understand their car like they understand their car. They wanted to see their Corvette go fast and look
cool, and so did we.”
A large department was created solely to maintain the cars and ensure that they were ready to go
when needed. One ZR1 and one ZL1 were kept pristine for the scenes where the metal co-stars were
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doing what they do best—being driven or sitting parked. Others were rigged specially for their specific
stunt use: beefed up suspensions to support extra weight; pipes welded underneath to hook to camera
rigs; an engine removed to lighten for placing on a different rig; and gas tanks removed for safe
soundstage shooting.
Riedel explains, “Each car had its own purpose. And keeping track of all that was a challenge,
because sometimes, the same car was needed by different units, in different parts of the city. It was a big
undertaking.”
To execute driving blind through a corn field, an alternative driving system known as “pod cars”
were constructed on the roofs of the vehicles. A stunt driver maneuvered the car from the top -- where he
could see over the corn -- while the actor on-camera looked like he was in charge of the speeding
automobile.
The filmmakers were adamant about maintaining a level of reality to all the chase and stunt
sequences. Rather than rely on a large amount of CG, Jee-woon and his team attempted to “old school” it
as much as possible, utilizing careful stunt work and physical effects, especially since the story is about
the triumph of grit, guts and ordinary bravery over sophisticated bad guys.
Working with both cast and cars was highly experienced stunt coordinator and second unit
director Darrin Prescott, with Wade Allen functioning as second unit stunt coordinator. Prescott not only
had to work with cars at breathtaking speeds, but with a series of battles, foot chases and bone-crushing
hand-to-hand combat sequences, many involving Schwarzenegger.
Prescott had worked with Schwarzenegger years prior, and he found him as ready to go to the limits as
ever. He comments of his return: “It’s like he’s never left the business. He stepped right back into it. He
was great—he was Arnold, the same guy that I worked with 15 years ago.”
The veteran coordinator was also impressed by Noriega’s dedication to learning the ins and outs
of the action genre, throwing himself head-long into intense fight and driving training. “Eduardo came to
us and said he wanted to train and be in as much of the fighting and driving as he could be—and that was
great for us,” says Prescott. “Basically, he was a blank canvas—it’s such a pleasure to work with
someone like that.”
When the driving risks proved too high, the production employed stunt driver Jeremy Fry to
double for Noriega, and it was Fryes who maneuvered the 3,200-pound machine through automotive
moves that can literally only happen in the movies.
It seems that such magic was conjured on a regular basis for Jee-woon. Prescott recounts, “The
director would ask us, ‘Can you 180 a bus in a street that’s just three car-lengths wide?’ And we’d say,
‘Hey, it’s Hollywood, we can do anything! It’s just whether we can afford it or not.’ So effects built
casters underneath the bus, so Jeremy could drive the bus down this narrow street, with real businesses on
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both sides. He’d drive in and hit the button, and the back of the bus would come up, the wheels would
come off the ground—just maybe an inch or so—and it would ride on these caster wheels like it was on
ice, sliding 180 perfectly into this tiny street. Talk about cool.”
No matter what the stunt, car maneuver or battle at hand, to everyone involved, the most exciting
thing on the set was the presence of Schwarzenegger – who inspired all. Executive producer Guy Riedel
comments, “He was incredibly professional, friendly to everybody, and he always looked like he was
having fun, just doing what he was doing. I think audiences will love seeing him return to action. This
character is a great fit, and it’s great to have him back.”
Sums up Schwarzenegger: “What’s great about The Last Stand is that it is a real underdog story,
but it is also a story that happens all around the world. When I was Governor, one of my favorite things
to do was to give the Medal of Valor to law enforcement for the extraordinary things they did, going
beyond the call of duty. I would read their stories out loud and often, they sounded impossible. People
would say ‘no human being could do that.’ But people do amazing things and that’s the situation in The
Last Stand. You have a little town with one Sheriff and a few deputies and yet when the most dangerous
drug lord descends on his town, the chase is on.”
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ABOUT THE CAST
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER (Sheriff Ray Owens) is known all over the globe for his many
accomplishments: world champion bodybuilder, Hollywood action hero, successful businessman,
environmentalist, philanthropist, best-selling author, and California's 38th Governor.
This world-famous athlete and actor was born in Thal, Austria in 1947, and by the age of 20 was
dominating the sport of competitive bodybuilding, becoming the youngest person ever to win the Mr.
Universe title. By generating a new international audience for bodybuilding, Schwarzenegger turned
himself into a sports icon. With his sights set on Hollywood, he emigrated to America in 1968, and went
on to win five Mr. Universe titles and seven Mr. Olympia titles before retiring to dedicate himself to
acting. Later, he would go on to earn a college degree from the University of Wisconsin and proudly
became a U.S. citizen.
Schwarzenegger, who worked under the pseudonym Arnold Strong in his first feature, Hercules in New
York, quickly made a name for himself in Hollywood. In 1977, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
recognized him with a Golden Globe® for New Male Star of the Year for his role in Stay Hungry opposite
Sally Field. His big break came in 1982 when the sword and sorcery epic, Conan the Barbarian, hit box
office gold. In 1984, Schwarzenegger blew up the screen and catapulted himself into cinema history as
the title character in James Cameron’s sci-fi thriller, Terminator. He is the only actor to be in both
categories of the American Film Institute’s Hundred Years of Heroes and Villains for roles he played in
the film. Other memorable characters include roles in Commando, Predator, Twins, Total Recall, True
Lies, Eraser, Collateral Damage, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines and a cameo in Sylvester Stallone’s
homage to action films, The Expendables, among others. To date his films have grossed over $3 billion
worldwide.
In 2003, Schwarzenegger became the 38th Governor of the State of California in a historic recall election,
and as governor ushered in an era of innovative leadership and extraordinary public service. Among his
many achievements, Schwarzenegger signed into law the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, as well
as establishing the Million Solar Roofs Initiative, making California the leader in protecting the
environment and rebuilding infrastructure. Governor Schwarzenegger also implemented the hugely
successful California Film & TV Television Tax Credit Program, designed to stimulate film and TV
production in the state. In recognition of these efforts, Schwarzenegger has been rewarded for his great
leadership and vision many times over in many arenas including the Simon Wiesenthal Center's "National
Leadership Award" and in 2011 the American Council On Renewable Energy’s “Renewable Energy
Leader of the Decade.”
But it is Schwarzenegger’s commitment to giving something back to his state and to his country through
public service that gives him the most satisfaction; donating his time, energy, and personal finances to
serving others all over the world. Schwarzenegger acts as Chairman of the After School All-Stars, a
nationwide after-school program, and serves as coach and international torch bearer for Special Olympics.
He also served as Chairman of the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under George H.
W. Bush and as Chair of the California Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports under
Governor Pete Wilson.
Since leaving office, Schwarzenegger co-founded the R20 Regions of Climate Action, a global non-profit
dedicated to helping subnational governments develop, implement, and communicate the importance of
low-carbon and climate resilient projects as well as their economic benefits. In December 2012, he was
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recognized as a 2012 Global Advocate by the United Nations Correspondents Association for his work
with the organization.
In August 2012, the University of Southern California Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global
Policy launched to provide students an opportunity to focus on the responsibility of leaders to transcend
partisanship in order to implement policies that most benefit the people they serve. Its five priority areas
of focus are education, energy and environment, fiscal and economic policy, health and human wellness,
and political reform.
In addition to The Last Stand, Schwarzenegger filmed The Tomb and Ten this past year and was seen
summer 2012 reprising the role of Trench in The Expendables 2. He recently released his autobiography,
Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story. The Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum, located in his
hometown of Thal opened in 2011.
FOREST WHITAKER (Agent John Bannister) is a distinguished artist and humanist. He is the
founder of PeaceEarth Foundation, co-founder and chair of the International Institute for Peace and is the
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation. Whitaker is also a talented, versatile
performer and one of Hollywood’s most accomplished figures. He has received prestigious artistic
distinctions including the 2007 Academy Award® for Best Actor for his performance in The Last King of
Scotland as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin. He has also received the BAFTA Award, SAG Award, and
Golden Globe® for Best Actor. In addition, Mr. Whitaker received the Best Actor for Bird at the Cannes
Film Festival.
Forest has dedicated most of his time to extensive humanitarian work over the past decade. Mr.
Whitaker’s social awareness has compelled him to seek ways of using the film medium as a means to
raise peoples’ consciousness. He produced the award-winning documentary Kassim the Dream, which
tells the poignant story of a Ugandan child soldier turned world championship boxer, Rising From
Ashes, which profiles Genocide survivors of the Rwandan war who have risen from wooden bicycles to
competing in the Olympics, Serving Life, which focuses on hospice care for prisoners at Louisiana’s
Angola Prison, and the Emmy nominated and Peabody Award-winning Brick City, which takes a look at
inner-city life in Newark, New Jersey.
In 2007, Whitaker received the Cinema for Peace Award for his selfless and ongoing advocacy for child
soldiers, as well as his work with inner-city youth. He was also awarded the Humanitas Prize in 2001. In
2008, he served as a member of the Urban Policy Committee and currently sits on the board of the
President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH). Whitaker serves as a Senior Research
Scholar at Rutgers University, and a Visiting Professor at Ringling College of Art and Design. In 2011,
Whitaker was sworn in as a UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Peace and Reconciliation. In this role,
he works towards global peace building through anti-violent education, research, training and community
building.
JOHNNY KNOXVILLE (Lewis Dinkum), who rapidly gained fame as a co-creator and star of the
controversial MTV reality series “Jackass,” is one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents.
Johnny starred in and produced the box-office hits, Jackass, Jackass Two and Jackass 3D. On October
15, 2010 Jackass 3D was #1 at the box office earning $50 million dollars during its opening weekend
setting a record for biggest October debut. Jackass 3D was the third-straight #1 opening for Paramount’s
franchise. He has also been seen in The Ringer for the Farrelly Brothers opposite Katherine Heigl, and
starred as Luke Duke in Warner Bros hit Dukes of Hazzard with Seann William Scott. Before that he was
seen in The Lords of Dogtown directed by Catherine Hardwicke and co-starring Heath Ledger and Emile
Hirsch. Prior to Lords of Dogtown, Knoxville starred in a wide variety of films including the John Waters
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ensemble comedy, A Dirty Shame with Tracey Ullman, Chris Isaak and Selma Blair. He was also seen in
MGM’s box-office hit Walking Tall, starring opposite Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, as well as Barry
Sonnenfeld’s sequel Men In Black 2.
Johnny and his Dickhouse Production partners, Jeff Tremaine and Spike Jonze have produced shows for
MTV including “Nitro Circus,” “Rob and Big,” and “The Dudesons.” He also produced the critically
acclaimed documentaries “The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia” and “Birth of Big Air”
about famed BMX biker Matt Hoffman.
In addition to The Last Stand with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Knoxville will also co-star in Small
Apartments starring alongside Billy Crystal and James Caan directed by Jonas Åkerlund. In fall of 2012,
he stared in the comedy Fun Size opposite Victoria Justice and Chelsea Handler and was seen in Nature
Calls.
Currently, Knoxville and his cousin Roger Alan Wade host a Sirius Radio Show on Outlaw Channel 60
called “The Big Ass Happy Family Jubilee.” Knoxville’s show airs Saturdays at 8pm ET.
Born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee, Johnny became interested in acting at an early age. At the age
of 18, he moved to California to pursue his acting career and supported himself through appearing in
commercials, and occasionally writing for magazines such as “Blunt,” “Bikini,” and “Big Brother.” In
1997, Knoxville, Jeff Tremaine, and Spike Jonze pitched their idea for “Jackass” to MTV and thus began
his acting career.
Knoxville currently lives in Los Angeles.
RODRIGO SANTORO (Frank Martinez) is one of Brazil's most talented and famous actors, with his
versatility and range he has made a name for himself in the United States quickly becoming one of
Hollywood’s leading men.
This past May, Santoro recently starred alongside Cameron Diaz and Jennifer Lopez in the comedy What
To Expect When You’re Expecting, a role for which he was nominated for a 2012 Alma Award. He costarred with Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen in highly acclaimed HBO film Hemingway and Gellhorn, a
film about the romance between Ernest Hemmingway and WWII correspondent Martha Gellhorn.
Rodrigo took on role of producer and starring role in Heleno a biopic of the tragic life of one of Brazil's
greatest soccer players, Heleno de Freitas. The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto Film Festival with
rave reviews and aired on BBC in November 2012. Rodrigo took home the award for Best Actor at the
Havana Film Festival for his performance.
Last year, Rodrigo voiced one of the leading roles in FOX’s blockbuster animated film Rio starring
opposite Anne Hathaway and George Lopez. Rodrigo also starred opposite Jim Carrey and Ewan
McGregor in I Love You Phillip Morris which he plays “Jimmy”, Carey’s first love.
Additional films include Fox Searchlights' The Post Grad Survival Guide alongside Alexis Bledel and
Michael Keaton, Steve Soderbergh's Che and Pablo Trapero’s Lion's Den. Che and Lion’s Den each had
multiple nominations at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival.
In 2008, Santoro was featured in writer/director David Mamet's Redbelt, the story of Mike Terry, a Jiujitsu master who has avoided the prize fighting circuit, instead choosing to pursue a life by operating a
self-defense studio in Los Angeles. Santoro is already known for his performance in Warner Bros. 300,
based on the Frank Miller's graphic novel, which broke box office records throughout the world. Rodrigo
starred as “Xerxes,” the Persian King who sent his massive army to conquer Greece in 480 B.C. He was
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nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain. Rodrigo has also gained attention for his role of
Paulo in ABC's hit series “Lost.”
Additionally, Rodrigo was honored to receive the Ischia award for International Contribution at the 2008
Ischia Global Film Festival in Italy. In 2007, he won Best Actor at the Cancun Film Festival for his
portrayal of an obsessive photographer in the Brazilian film Nao por acaso (Not By Chance.
Rodrigo co-starred in Universal's romantic comedy Love Actually, alongside Hugh Grant, Emma
Thompson, Colin Firth and Liam Neeson. Rodrigo played “Karl”, Laura Linney’s co-worker grappling
with the dicey protocol of an office romance. Prior to this film, Rodrigo made his American debut in the
highly sought after role of Randy Emmers in Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, directed by McG, starring
Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu.
Rodrigo has also been seen for the past two years starring as the "mystery man" opposite Nicole Kidman
in the Baz Luhrmann directed commercial for Chanel.
In 2004 Rodrigo's starred in the Brazilian film-, Carandiru, directed by Hector Babenco, which broke all
Brazilian box office records for Brazil's entry in the Foreign Film category for the Academy Awards®.
Carandiru premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where Rodrigo received the Chopard Award for Male
Revelation of the year. For his role in Carandiru he was also nominated for the Cinema Brazil Grand
Prize of Best Actor and won for Best Supporting Actor at the Cartagena Film Festival. The movie was
distributed in the US by Sony Pictures Classics and was a groundbreaking portrayal of the largest
penitentiary in Latin America, the Sao Paulo House of Detention, and the lives of the people in it. Dr.
Dráuzio Varella based the movie on the best-selling book "Carandiru Station".
Rodrigo has won a total of eight Best Actor awards, including the first ever award for Best Actor from the
Brazilian Academy of Arts and Film, for his portrayal of a young man forced into a mental institution by
his parents in Brainstorm, the critically acclaimed film by director Lais Bodansky.
For Rodrigo's role in Bicho de Sete Cabecas (2001) he won five of his eight Best Actor awards including,
Best Actor for the Brazilia Festival of Brazilian Cinema, Best Actor for the Cartagena Film Festival, Best
Actor for Cinema Brazil Grand Prize, Best Actor for Recife Cinema Festival, and Best Actor for the Sao
Paulo Association of Art Critics Awards.
He has also been celebrated for his performance in the Miramax film Behind the Sun directed by Walter
Salles (Central Station), in which he played “Tonio,” the middle son of a Brazilian family caught in the
middle of an age-old family feud in 1910. He is forced by tradition and honor to kill a member of the
neighboring family, positioning him next in line to be killed. The heart of the movie finds Tonio and his
little brother discovering a world outside their family and home. Behind the Sun was nominated for a
Golden Globe® in 2002 for Best Foreign Language Film.
Previous to that Rodrigo appeared opposite Helen Mirren, Olivier Martinez and Anne Bancroft in The
Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone, directed by Robert Allan Ackerman, for Showtime. Based on the novella by
Tennessee Williams, The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone was nominated for five Emmy® Awards in 2003.
Rodrigo recently wrapped the highly anticipated Warner Bros. film 300: Battle of Artemisia the sequel to
the blockbuster hit 300, in which Rodrigo will reprise his role of the arrogant, Persian Emporer Xerxes.
He is currently working on the animated sequel RIO 2 again as the voice of the bird doctor “Tulio” slated
for a 2014 release.
Rodrigo Santoro resides in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
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Actress JAIMIE ALEXANDER’S (Sarah Torrance) natural beauty is enough to make anyone do a
double take, but after the release of her recent high-profile film projects, people acknowledge her talent as
well as her stunning looks. She appeared with Jake Gyllenhaal in Ed Zwick’s drama Love and Other
Drugs, followed by Marvel’s blockbuster epic Thor. In it, she starred in the role of “Sif” opposite Chris
Hemsworth (“Thor”), Natalie Portman and Sir Anthony Hopkins. She also attended the Toronto
International Film Festival for the World premiere of the indie dramedy Loosies with Peter Facinelli and
Joe Pantoliano, and completed work on the historical drama Savannah with Jim Caviezel, Chiwetel
Ejiofer, and Hal Holbrook. In addition to the female lead opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Lionsgate’s
action/thriller The Last Stand (January 18, 2013), Alexander can also be seen in the dramatic thriller
Intermission which takes her to Cannes, as well as reprising her role in the sequel to Thor (November 15,
2013).
Alexander transitioned into such coveted film roles after her series regular status on the popular ABC
Family Chanel series “Kyle XY.” Her enigmatic character “Jessi XX” proved to be a critical part of
Kyle’s past and future. She returned to series television in a juicy arc as Edie Falco’s wild and immature
sister-in-law on Showtime’s “Nurse Jackie.”
Born in Greenville, South Carolina, and raised in Grapevine, Texas, Alexander moved west to Los
Angeles upon graduating high school. She hasn’t looked back since.
LUIS GUZMÁN (Figgie) has more than 60 feature films to his credit. In 2011, Guzmán appeared with
Russell Brand and Helen Mirren in Arthur, and alongside Denzel Washington and John Travolta in Tony
Scott’s The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3. He also starred in two seasons of HBO’s comedy-drama series,
“How to Make it in America,” executive produced by Mark Wahlberg. Guzmán will next lend his voice
to the animated family films Henry & Me and Turbo.
Guzmán has been nominated for a Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award ® three times, winning for
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in 2001 for his role in Steven Soderbergh’s Academy Award ®nominated film Traffic. He also received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting
Actor for his role in Soderbergh’s The Limey. Guzmán also teamed with the director on Out of Sight and
Welcome to Collinwood, which Soderbergh produced with George Clooney.
He received additional SAG Award® nominations for his performances in two Paul Thomas Anderson
films, the critically acclaimed Magnolia and Boogie Nights, and went on to work with Anderson on
Punch Drunk Love. His collaborations with Brian De Palma include Snake Eyes, opposite Nicolas Cage,
and the original Carlito’s Way, with Al Pacino and Sean Penn. Early in his career he worked with Sidney
Lumet, performing in Family Business, Q&A and Guilty as Sin.
His film credits include Fighting, opposite Terence Howard and Channing Tatum, and Maldeamores,
produced by Benicio Del Toro, as well as significant roles in War, with Jason Stratham and Jet Li,
Richard Linklater’s Fast Food Nation, and James Foley’s Confidence, with Ed Burns and Dustin
Hoffman.
Guzmán’s comedy work includes the recent release Nothing Like the Holidays and Waiting, with Ryan
Reynolds and Anna Faris. He also voiced Chucho in the 2008 hit Beverly Hills Chihuahua, and has
appeared in Todd Phillips’ School for Scoundrels, Anger Management, Lemony Snicket’s Series of
Unfortunate Events, John Badham’s The Hard Way and Anthony Minghella’s Mr. Wonderful. His
dramatic work includes roles in Dreamer, Ridley Scott’s Black Rain, True Believer and Kevin Reynold’s
The Count of Monte Cristo.
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Born in Puerto Rico, Guzmán grew up in Manhattan. He graduated from City College and worked as a
youth counselor at the Henry Street Settlement House while performing in street theater and independent
films. Earlier in his career, he made guest appearances on numerous television shows, including “NYPD
Blue,” “Law & Order” and HBO’s “Oz.” He also starred in the HBO series “John from Cincinnati.” His
first big break was a guest-starring role on the hit series “Miami Vice.”
EDUARDO NORIEGA (Gabriel Cortez) is a renowned Spanish film actor respected for his pivotal
roles in the multiple Goya-winning Tesis and Abre Los Ojos, opposite Penelope Cruz. The latter movie
was remade into the American film Vanilla Sky with Tom Cruise reprising the role originated by Noriega.
Noriega also starred in Plata Quemada (Burnt Money) in 2000 with dir. Marcelo Pyñeyro, who later
directed him in El Método (The Method). Other credits include the critically acclaimed El Lobo (Wolf), as
well as Alatriste, opposite Viggo Mortensen. Eduardo starred opposite Woody Harrelson and Emily
Mortimer in Brad Anderson’s Transsiberian, which earned him a nomination for Best Actor by the
Spanish Actors Guild. He also appeared with Forrest Whitaker and Dennis Quaid in Pete Travis’
Vantage Point and in Blackthorn alongside Sam Shepard. Upcoming projects include The Last
Stand opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sweewater opposite Ed Harris & January Jones.
The youngest of seven brothers, Noriega is the only one who decided to become an actor. He acted in
several short films, including Luna, directed by Alejandro Amenabar, which won him the Best Actor
award at the Alcala de Henares Short Film Festival in Madrid. He next appeared in the well-known
Spanish film Historias del Kronen. When he starred in Tesis, a film that is considered one of the most
important successes in the history of Spanish cinema, it cemented his position as one of Spain’s leading
actors.
Noriega has been nominated twice for a Goya, Spain’s equivalent to the Academy Award ®—once for
Abre Los Ojos and the second time for El Lobo.
Whether you realize it or not, you’ve definitely seen prolific actor PETER STORMARE (Burrell)
before, which wouldn’t be surprising since the Swedish-born actor/director has starred in over 100
different films and television series in the last 30 years, from big budget to indie, network to cable,
American to Sweden and dozens of countries in between. And, of course, that memorable 2011 Super
Bowl commercial for Budweiser…“Tiny Dancer” in a wild-west saloon, anyone?
Stormare will soon be seen starring in Lockout, a futuristic action-comedy produced by famed French
director Luc Besson. Co-starring Guy Pearce and Maggie Grace, Stormare plays “Scott Langral,” the
American president’s no-nonsense security chief in charge of containing the overthrow of an
experimental prison full of sadistic inmates – in space. Things get complicated when it’s discovered that
the first daughter is trapped aboard the orbiting facility and at the mercy of 500 psychopaths! Lockout,
hits domestic theaters on April 13th.
In January 2013, audiences will see Stormare starring opposite Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton in
Paramount’s Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. Also in the can are the indies Jewtopia with Jennifer Love
Hewitt and Small Apartments, a comedy with Billy Crystal and Juno Temple. He’ll also appear in the
features Siberian Education, opposite John Malkovich, Mel Gibson’s Get the Gringo, and The Last Stand,
the Lionsgate film that marks the big screen return of Arnold Schwarzenegger. He also shot a guest spot
on the hit CBS drama “NCIS: Los Angeles.”
Currently, Stormare is voicing a lead role in the latest Scooby Doo animated feature, and recently shot and
starred in three films from China: Inseparable with Kevin Spacey, Tai Chi Hero and The Turtle Soup.
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Over the past several years, Stormare has worked with a who’s who of Hollywood stars, such as Keanu
Reeves and Vera Farmiga (Henry’s Crime), Willem DaFoe (Anamorph), Nicole Kidman (Birth), and
Sandra Bullock (Premonition).
Stormare began his acting career in the theatre in his early 20s, working with the legendary director
Ingmar Bergman in their native Sweden at the Royal National Theater. After earning much praise for his
starring turns in “Miss Julie,” “King Lear,” and “Hamlet” among others, Stormare toured with Bergman
in the US, doing the aforementioned productions in both New York and Los Angeles in the late 80s.
Strong performances lead to an opportunity to star in “Rasputin” off-Broadway with the renowned
Actor’s Studio, and Stormare soon caught the eye legendary ICM talent agent Sam Cohen, getting him
one step closer to realizing his dream of becoming a film actor in America.
After getting his first taste of the film world in several indies, Stormare was then cast in Awakening,
directed by Penny Marshall. While working off-Broadway again, this time at the Public Theater doing
The Swan, Stormare struck up a friendship with Frances McDormand. The friendship eventually led to
four career-changing days of work on the Coen Brothers cult classic Fargo, where he played the hulking,
blonde-haired half of a kidnapping duo alongside Steve Buscemi. He’d work with the Coen Brothers
again in The Big Lebowski, and in between he’d star in Spielberg’s The Lost World: Jurassic Park.
Roles in Armageddon (Michael Bay), 8MM (Joel Schumacher), Minority Report (Spielberg again), Bad
Boys II (Bay again), Constantine, and The Brothers Grimm (Terry Gilliam) followed and all the while
Stormare continued to do several Swedish and international films as well as television, starring in as a
rogue electrician named “Slippery Pete” in “Seinfeld” as well as in the Emmy®-nominated television
miniseries “Hitler: The Rise of Evil.” He also served as the associate director of the Globe Theater in
Tokyo for eight years during his early film career.
Stormare starred in season one of FOX’s hit show “Prison Break” as mob boss “John Abruzzi” in his
most visible television role at the time. His other television credits include a series regular role in the
Julia Louis-Dreyfus sitcom “Watching Ellie,” a recurring role in HBO’s “Entourage,” and recent guest
spots in FX’s “Wilfred,” USA’s “Covert Affairs,” “Leverage” for TNT,” ABC’s “Body of Proof.” His
recent film credits include The Tuxedo, Nacho Libre, and The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus among
others.
In addition to his impressive body of work theatrically, Stormare is passionate about his music and
formed a band called Blonde From Fargo, in homage to his breakout role in the Coen Bros film. The
five-member rock and roll band includes the guitarist from Roxette, the drummer from Alanis Morrisette,
and the bass player from Slash’s Snakepit, with Stormare writing all of the music and playing guitar. The
band has performed at Lebowski-Fest, as well as toured North America and Europe.
Stormare currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
ZACH GILFORD (Jerry Bailey) currently stars on FOX’s drama, “Mob Doctor,” which premiered on
Monday nights this Fall.
In film, Gilford stars in the indie drama In Our Nature, with John Slattery, Gabrielle Union and Jena
Malone, which premiered at the 2011 SXSW Film Festival, and will be released in December. He has
completed production on the indie drama, Long Time Gone, with Virginia Madsen and Sam Tramell.
Gilford was last seen in Roadside Attractions release Answers to Nothing with Dane Cook. He also
recently starred in the feature film Dare opposite Emmy Rossum, Super opposite Ellen Page and Rainn
Wilson and in Fox Searchlight’s Post Grad, opposite Alexis Bledel, Michael Keaton and Carol Burnett.
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Gilford made his feature film debut starring in Larry Fessenden’s The Last Winter and was nominated for
a 2008 Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Cast. Other TV credits include ABC’s "Off the Map," “Grey’s
Anatomy,” “Law & Order: SVU” and the feature film “Rise: Blood Hunter” opposite Lucy Liu.
Gilford graduated from Northwestern University where he starred in productions of “Equus” and “The
Laramie Project”. A Chicago native, Gilford spends his free time leading backpacking, ice climbing and
diving expeditions in Alaska, New Zealand and Australia.
GENESIS RODRIGUEZ (Agent Ellen Richards) is rapidly emerging as one of Hollywood’s most
engaging and sought after young talents.
Rodriguez can recently be seen in Gary Sanchez Productions’ Spanish-language comedy Casa de mi
Padre opposite Will Ferrell, Gael Garcia Bernal and Diego Luna where she played Farrell’s love interest
in what is said to be an overly dramatic telenovela. Released in March 2012, the film is about the Alvarez
brothers who find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.
Rodriguez can also be seen in Lionsgate’s What to Expect When You’re Expecting opposite Cameron
Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Chase Crawford, Anna Kendrick, Matthew Morrison, Dennis
Quaid, Chris Rock, Brooklyn Decker, Rodrigo Santoro, Joe Manganiello and Megan Mullally. The film is
a look at the lives of five couples as they prepare to become parents.
Genesis recently co-starred in Summit Entertainment’s suspense thriller Man on a Ledge opposite Sam
Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Ed Harris, Ed Burns and Kyra Sedgwick. The film centers around an excop and now wanted fugitive who threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan high-rise building
while a hostage negotiator tries to talk him down. Unbeknown to the police on the scene, the suicide
attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.
Currently, Genesis stars alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker, Rodrigo Santoro, Jamie
Alexander, Peter Stormare and Zach Gilford in Lionsgate’s The Last Stand. Genesis will also be in the
upcoming film Identity Thief, a comedy centered on a man and the woman who steals his identity. Due
out in February 2013, her co-stars include Melissa McCarthy, Jason Bateman, Eric Stonestreet and Jon
Favreau.
Rodriguez is signed on to star alongside Paul Walker in the upcoming film Hours about a father who
struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. This film will also release in
2013.
Genesis made her mark on American television as “Becky Ferrer” on the NBC soap opera “Days of our
Lives” and can also be seen in HBO’s “Entourage” as “Sarah.” Rodriguez is also known for her roles in
the highly acclaimed NBC Universal/Telemundo television series “Prisionera”, “Dame Chocolate” and
“Dona Barbara.”
Rodriguez was born and raised in Miami, Florida and is the youngest daughter of legendary international
recording artist and actor Jose Luis Rodriguez “El Puma.” She is an alumnus of the Lee Strasberg Theater
in Los Angeles and New York’s Film Institute.
DANIEL HENNEY (Agent Phil Hayes) was born in Michigan of a Korean-American mother and a
British-American father. While living in New York City, Daniel appeared in Off-Broadway shows and
studied at the Deena Levy Theater. He first appeared in the Korean TV mini-series “My Lovely
Samsoon,” and then went on to star in the TV mini-series “Spring Waltz,” produced by director Sukho
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Yoon of the acclaimed Four Seasons series. In 2006 Daniel starred in his first feature film, Seducing Mr.
Robin. He then went on to star in the film My Father in 2007, for which he won several awards,
including the prestigious Blue Dragon Award for Best New Actor. Daniel recently won the 45th Grand
Bell Movie Award for his performance in My Father, where he swept all four major movie awards in the
Best New-Comer category for the first time in Korea’s movie history.
Daniel starred in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (directed by Gavin Hood) in which he plays the role of
“Agent Zero” opposite Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber. He also starred in the CBS show “Three
Rivers” opposite Alex O’Loughlin and Katherine Moennig, produced by Curtis Hanson.
Daniel will next be seen as the male lead in the upcoming film Shanghai Calling aka Americatown,
directed by Daniel Hsia and opposite Bill Paxton, Alan Ruck, and Eliza Coupe.
He is also attached to play the male lead opposite Kate Hudson in Kari Skogland’s next film Seeing Red,
which shoots Spring 2013.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
KIM JEE-WOON (Director) is South Korea’s most versatile filmmaker, often called the ‘Genre
master’ for his body of works that has shown his mastery of different genres and his inventive take on
them. He has consistently accumulated critical acclaims and commercial success in Korea and
overseas. His films have become representatives of their respective genres in Korean cinema.
KIM’s filmmaking starts with a singular theme that he cascades down to extreme details of all aspects
of filmmaking congruently. For this, he often writes his own script. He is known for his strong visual
storytelling, beautiful mise-en-scènes, and sense of humor that has enabled the global audience to
enjoy his films with little translation. With his background in theater acting and directing, he has
shaped careers of Korea’s best actors, including LEE Byung-hun in the G.I. Joe series.
After KIM made a splash on the scene with his directorial debut black comedy, The Quiet Family, he
followed up with a box office hit sports comedy, The Foul King, about a meek office worker-by-day
who transforms into a villainous masked wrestler-by-night. His third feature-length film, A Tale of
Two Sisters, a subtle mystery/-horror picture, immediately drew the attention from Hollywood and the
international film community alike and was later adapted into DreamWorks’ 2008 film The
Uninvited. His next feature, A Bittersweet Life, an elegant crime noir, is often cited as his masterpiece
for exploring in depth an eclectic mix of characters and innovative action scenes. In 2008, he
ventured into making an Oriental Western, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, with horse mounted bandits
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and steam engine trains set in Manchuria in the 1930s. This became the biggest film of the year in
Korea and was screened as an official selection for Out of Competition at the 2008 Cannes Film
Festival. He then, followed up with the unsettling thriller I Saw the Devil, a stunningly accomplished
tale of murder and revenge with CHOI Min-sik from Oldboy and LEE Byung-hun from A Bittersweet
Life.
The Last Stand marks KIM’s English language directorial debut.
ANDREW KNAUER (Screenwriter) is an award winning screenwriter living in Los Angeles.
Knauer's The Last Stand is a throwback action film that pulls no punches. The leader of a drug cartel
busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only thing in his path is a
sheriff and his inexperienced staff. It will be Arnold Schwarzenegger's first starring role in nearly a
decade and marks the highly anticipated English language debut of acclaimed Korean director, KIM
Jee-Woon. The Lionsgate film, produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, comes out January 18, 2013.
He co-wrote the independently produced, Ghost Team One. A subversive, comedic take on the found
footage genre, where two roommates deathly afraid of ghosts both fall in love with a girl who
believes their home is haunted. It was selected to premiere at the 2013 Slamdance festival.
He is currently at work on a number of projects including an adaptation of the IDW comic book, “5
Days to Die” and a remake of the 70s cult classic, Day of the Wolves.
Knauer graduated from NYU with a BFA in film production and holds an MFA in screenwriting from
Chapman University. His first feature length screenplay, a comedy called Band O'Thieves was a
finalist in the 2002 Scriptapalooza screenwriting competition. The Last Stand made the "Black List"
in 2009. He is originally from West Chester, Pennsylvania.
LORENZO DI BONAVENTURA (Producer) began his professional life operating a river-rafting
company and later joined Columbia Pictures and worked in distribution, marketing and in the office
of the President. In February 1989 Mr. di Bonaventura joined Warner Bros. While at Warner Bros., di
Bonaventura was involved in over 130 productions. Amongst his biggest commercial and critical
successes were: Falling Down (1993), A Time to Kill (1996), The Matrix (1999), Analyze This (2000),
The Perfect Storm (2000), Ocean’s Eleven (2001), Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone (2001),
Training Day (2001) and Three Kings (1999).
In January 2003 di Bonaventura formed a production company based at Paramount Pictures. Since its
inception, the company has produced 21 movies. Its most recent release is the third movie in the
Transformers series, Transformers: Dark of the Moon directed by Michael Bay, which became the
highest grossing film of the franchise. It was also the second highest grossing film of 2011 and the
fifth highest grossing film of all time worldwide.
Other recent films include the hugely successful film RED, an espionage thriller based on the graphic
novel by Warren Ellis starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, and Helen Mirren,
directed by Robert Schwentke and the box-office hit Salt, starring Angelina Jolie and directed by
Philip Noyce. Di Bonaventura Pictures also produced Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of
the Fallen, directed by Michael Bay and starring Shia LaBoeuf and G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra,
starring Channing Tatum and directed by Stephen Sommers.
The company has just completed the thriller Side Effects, directed by Steven Soderbergh and starring
Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta-Jones. This fall it has currently in
production the sequel RED 2, starring Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise
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Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Byung-Hun Lee and Anthony Hopkins and has just wrapped Jack
Ryan, the highly anticipated return of the popular Tom Clancy character that stars Chris Pine, Kevin
Costner and Ken Branagh and is directed by Ken Branagh. Last spring it finished G.I. Joe:
Retaliation, starring Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura was born in New York. His father, Mario di Bonaventura, is an international
conductor. Mr. di Bonaventura received his undergraduate degree in intellectual history at Harvard
College and earned a Master of Business Administration at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton
School of Business.
GUY RIEDEL (Executive Producer) began his career on film and TV sets with his father, a
Director of Photography in New York City. After receiving an MBA from Rutgers University,
Riedel moved to Los Angeles and worked as a development executive for Producer Aaron Russo,
developing the movies Teachers and Wise Guys. He then opened up the production-development
offices for New Line Cinema in Los Angeles, working on The Nightmare on Elm Street series, The
Hidden and Hairspray.
Riedel then went to work for producer Gale Anne Hurd, soon becoming president of
production. While at her company, he worked on Tremors, the HBO movie Cast a Deadly Spell and
Downtown. He also served as executive producer on The Waterdance, which was awarded the
Audience Prize at Sundance in 1992, as well as three Independent Spirit Awards.
Also in 1992, Riedel went out on his own as a producer and completed The Inkwell (1993) for
Disney. Soon after, he produced a series of HBO movies, including Norma Jean and Marilyn, The
Second Civil War, Breast Men and Path to War, which was nominated for eight Emmy® Awards,
including Best Made-for-TV Movie. Riedel also executive-produced such films as Super 8, Morning
Glory, Couples Retreat, Cloverfiend, Office Space, Crazy/Beautiful, The Hot Chick, The Girl Next
Door and Wedding Crashers, and co-produced Rocky Balboa.
MICHAEL PASERONEK (Executive Producer) has been President of Motion Picture Production
at Lionsgate since the company's inception in 1997.
According to Variety, "If there is a Lionsgate model, then Paseornek has to be considered one of the
chief architects."
In 2004, Paseornek met Tyler Perry and forged a relationship that brought audiences blockbusters
such as Madea’s Big Happy Family, Madea Goes to Jail, Why Did I Get Married?, Diary of a Mad
Black Woman, and Madea’s Family Reunion, all of which opened number 1 at the box office.
Lionsgate has been the home to 15 Tyler Perry movies and has recently completed a deal to produce
two more.
Paseornek also executive produced Urban films ranging from dramas such as For Colored Girls,
Pride, the critically acclaimed Akeelah And The Bee, and the upcoming family comedy We The
Peeples. He also played an important role in bringing Precious to the studio.
In the genre arena, building on the success of the SAW series, Paseornek broke new ground with My
Bloody Valentine 3D - the first horror film utilizing the new 3D digital technology. In addition,
Paseornek executive produced Sam Raimi's Ghost House Production, The Possession, and recently
finished Texas Chainsaw 3D . He also oversees the U.S. debut of famed Korean director KIM Jeewoon's, The Last Stand, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Over the past 25 years, Paseornek has played an important role in the emergence of the independent
film scene developing modestly budgeted, highly targeted genre, action, and comedy films. He
founded Cinepix/Famous Players (CFP's) U.S. operations in 1992 which distributed acclaimed films
such as Academy Award® winner Ang Lee's first feature Pushing Hands, James Mangold's
directorial debut Heavy, James Coburn's Oscar® winning performance in Affliction, and Bill
Condon's Oscar® winner Gods and Monsters. When CFP went public it was renamed Lionsgate in
1997. The first films under the new Lionsgate banner that Paseornek executive produced were
critical successes, including Monster’s Ball, American Psycho, Buffalo 66 and Shattered Glass. The
film division has won over 25 Oscar® nominations to date.
Outside of Lionsgate, Paseornek serves on the board of directors of UCLA Mattel's Children's
Hospital, is on the advisory board of Hearts of Hope, a foundation sending doctors to Latin America,
and the board of Del Corazon, a year round charitable camp for children with heart disease.
Paseornek began his career after graduating from New York University in 1974 when he became the
writing partner of former National Lampoon editor Michel Choquette. He then became a humoristspeechwriter for some of the nation's leading business executives and worked as a script-doctor on a
number of feature films.
Paseornek is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and The Writer's Guild
of America. He has been a guest speaker at a number of institutions, including Harvard, New York
University, and the American Film Institute and has served on numerous industry panels for
organizations such as the NAACP and the Director Guild of America.
JI YONG KIM (Director of Photography) grew up in Seoul, Korea. He later moved to the U.S. to
study filmmaking and obtained a MFA in cinematography from the American film Institute (AFI) in
L.A.
In the past decade, Ji worked in Seoul, Tokyo, Beijing, Bangkok, Barcelona, Los Angeles and
Albuquerque. Currently, he is based in both Seoul and Los Angeles working on features and high-end
commercials.
Films that Ji Shot in the past year include multi-award winning A Bittersweet Life, directed by KIM
Jee-Woon, Hansel and Gretel, directed by Phil Sung Yim and Silenced, directed by Dong Hyuk
Hwang, among others. His upcoming theatrical release is The Last Stand, a Lionsgate film, starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Ji Yong Kim is a member of the International Cinematographers Guild and is represented worldwide
by Innovative Artists Agency in Los Angeles.
FRANCO CARBONE (Production Designer) is a graduate of the American Film institute of Film
and television and has had a career in Film that spans every genre from comedy, drama to action
adventure and science fiction.
The Last Stand is one of many collaborations with Lionsgate Films that started with Eli Roth’s Cabin
Fever and Hostel then on to James Cox’s Wonderland, William Friedkin’s Bug, Sylvester Stallone’s
Rocky Balboa, Rambo and The Expendables.
He also designed the Katherine Heigel comedy One for the Money and Killer Joe
Franco has just wrapped filming on the Brad Anderson film The Hive starring Halle Berry.
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He is represented by Gil Harari at Paradigm.
STEVEN KEMPER, A.C.E. (Editor) was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1955. The son of an ASC
cinematographer, he has been exposed to the film business all his life. He attended the University Of
Southern California School Of Cinema and Television in the mid 1970s and received a Bachelor of
Arts degree. It is there that he developed his sensibilities as a film editor.
His first job in film was working as an apprentice editor for the late editor Frank Keller. He worked
his way up through the ranks of post-production and while working as an assistant editor for Michael
Kahn on Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Steven Spielberg gave him his first editing position
on the “Amazing Stories” television series. He was nominated for an Emmy® award for his work on
the episode entitled “The Mission,” which was directed by Spielberg. He also edited episodes
directed by Joe Dante, Danny DeVito, Peter Hyams, Timothy Hutton and Todd Holland, among many
others.
His first feature film credit came on the surprise hit, New Jack City for Warner Brothers. His editing
credits include Time Cop, Sudden Death and End of Days for Universal Studios, The Relic for
Paramount Pictures, and Punisher for Lionsgate Entertainment.
He has worked with John Woo on the director’s biggest hits Face/Off and Mission Impossible II, as
well as Windtalkers.
He worked with Anne Coates as a contributing editor on Wolfgang Peterson’s In the Line of Fire for
Sony Pictures. He also contributed to the editing of Urban Legend, Kiss The Girls, The Gods Must
Be Crazy II, Aeon Flux, and Salt as a special editorial consultant.
He has taught graduate level film editing as an adjunct professor at USC and was a member of the
faculty for the inaugural semester of The New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive Program at The College
of Santa Fe.
In 2007 he was named to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson’s Council on Film and Media
Industries.
He resides in the South Carthay neighborhood of Los Angeles with his wife Jodi.
MICHELE MICHEL (Costume Designer) recently designed the costumes for The Last Stand a
film directed by KIM Jee-woon, and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eduardo Noriega and Forest
Whitaker.
Prior to that Michele designed Dick Wolf’s television series: “Law and Order – Los Angeles”,
starring Terrence Howard, Alfred Molina, Corey Stoll and Rachel Ticotin.
Initially a fashion designer, Michele graduated from the prestigious ‘Istituto Europeo de Design’ in
Rome, Italy, and worked as a senior fashion designer, creating clothing and accessories collections.
In 1989 Michele crossed over to film at Cinecitta Studios while working as a set costumer in Francis
Ford Coppola’s, The God Father III.
Michele’s ability to fulfill a director’s vision has built a long list of costume design credits including:
Street Kings, directed by David Ayer, with Keanu Reeves and Forest Whitaker; Training Day
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directed by Antoine Fuqua, with Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke; The Air I Breathe, directed
by Jieho Lee, with Brendan Fraser, Sarah Michelle Gellar Forest Whitaker and Andy Garcia; and
Confidence directed by James Foley with Edward Burns, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia and Rachael
Weiz.
Born and raised in the silver city of Taxco Mexico, Michele is based in Los Angeles California where
she has worked on the silver screen as a costume designer for over 20 years. Michele is a member of
‘The Costume Designers Guild’, IATSE local 892.
RONNA KRESS, CSA (Casting Director) started her career in casting as Marion Dougherty's
associate at Warner Bros. She then went to work for David Rubin on such films as Romeo and Juliet
and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Her first film as an independent casting director was Moulin Rouge, for
which she won the Artios Award from the Casting Society of America. Other films include, Pirates
of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, The Fast and the Furious, Remember the Titans and
The Blind Side. Films coming out next year are The Great Gatsby and Mad Max: Fury Road. She has
previously worked with Lorenzo di Bonaventura on GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra and GI Joe:
Retaliation.
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END CREDITS
Unit Production Manager
Udi Nedivi
First Assistant Director
David A. Ticotin
Second Assistant Director
Jai James
Executive in Charge of Production
Donna Sloan
Co-Producer
Udi Nedivi
CAST
(in order of
appearance)
State Trooper
Ray Owens
Mayor
Irv
Harry
Sam
Burrell
Pony Tail
Christie
Lewis Dinkum
Jerry Bailey
Mike Figuerola
Faceburn
Poyo
Cohan
Eagan
Bucho
Sarah Torrance
Frank Martinez
Agent John Bannister
Agent Ellen Richards
Agent Phil Hayes
Gabriel Cortez
Magnet Girl
Van Passenger
Team Leader
Man In Orange Suit
Agent Korman
Lawyer
Agent Mitchell
Devers
FBI Helicopter Pilot
Vegas Check Point Cop
Board OP
Helicopter Light OP
Arron Shiver
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Titos Menchaca
Richard Dillard
Doug Jackson
Mathew Greer
Peter Stormare
Chris Browning
Christiana Leucas
Johnny Knoxville
Zach Gilford
Luis Guzmán
Rio Alexander
James Burnett
David Midthunder
Tait Fletcher
Mark Sivertsen
Jaimie Alexander
Rodrigo Santoro
Forest Whitaker
Genesis Rodriguez
Daniel Henney
Eduardo Noriega
Diane Lupo
Dave Kilde
David House
Billy Blair
Kent Kirkpatrick
Mario Moreno
John Patrick Amedori
Kristen Rakes
Don Ambabo
Ross Kelly
Ryan Jason Cook
Elias Gallegos
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Chief Elkins
Mrs. Salazar
McKesson
Trooper #2
Pod Utility
Helicopter Pilot #2
Helicopter Pilot #3
Kevin Wiggins
Lois Geary
Jermaine Washington
Terrence Parks
Allen Padelford
Tim Booth
Cliff Fleming
Stunt Coordinator
Second Unit Stunt Coordinator
Stunt Performers
Darrin Prescott
Wade Allen
Jeff Sanders
Eddie Fernandez
Steve Kelso
Richard King
Robert Patrick Nagle
Billy Lucas
Mark Stefanich
Kylie Ferneaux
Derik Pritchard
Antal Kalik
Ed Duran
Kurly Tlapoyawa
Jeremy Fry
Craig Baxley Jr.
Trina Siopy
Angelique Midthunder
James Logan
Al Goto
Monty Simons
Matt Christmas
Danny Wynands
Tanoai Reed
Hank Amos
Todd Schneider
Andy Bell
Ruben Rivera
Nathan Harris
Mike Runyard
Scott Rogers
Mark Norby
Sean Graham
Robert Bailey
Dieter Rauter
Wade Allen
Willie Weber
Randy Beckman
Brandon Beckman
Chad Bowman
Casey E. Roche
Matthew Philliben
Joel Dickey
Rockey Dickey
Michael Hansen
Lane Leavitt
Stunt Doubles
Utility Stunts
Utility Stunts / SpiderCam
Stunt Riggers
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CREW
Production Supervisor
Bonni Camen
Set Decorator
Art Directors
Carla Curry, SDSA
James F. Oberlander
Michael Atwell
Assistant Art Director
Steven Maes
First Assistant - "A" Camera
Second Assistant - "A" Camera
"B" Camera Operator / Steadicam Operator
First Assistant - "B" Camera
Second Assistant - "B" Camera
Additional Assistant Camera
First Assistant Camera Technician
Stephen Wong
Rob Salviotti
Mark "Chief" Meyers
Steve Banister
Liza Bambenek
Mark Gutterud
Maricella Ramirez
John Young
Giovanni Carranza
Brett Latter
Daniel Baas
Merrick Rhodes Morton
Tony Rivetti Jr., SMPSP
Digital Loader
Additional Loader
Camera Production Assistants
Still Photographers
Additional Editor
Greg Thompson
Assistant Editors
Paul Parsons
Kevin Soares
Sharon Smith Holly
Ron South
Shawn Wayman
Elle Lipson
VFX Editors
Post Production Assistants
Post Production Supervisor
James K. Jensen
Supervising Sound Editor
Victor Ray Ennis
Sound Re-Recording Mixers
Andy Koyama, CAS
Beau Borders
Script Supervisor
Judi Townsend
Screenplay Translation
Jacob J. Yoo
Production Sound Mixer
Boom Operator
Sound Utility
Darryl L. Frank, CAS
Jeff Knudsen
Brett Becker
Steven Willer
Scott Wetzel
Dale Glenn Waseta
Frank Eyers
Eric L. Roberts
Key Video Assist
24 Frame Video Coordinator
24 Frame Playback
Key Grip
Best Boy Grip
Dolly Grip
Grips
Kurt Kornemann
Brian B. Malone
Curtis Smith
Jeff Bettis
Tobin Espeset
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Adam T. Flores
Lea Miller
Jason Smith
Sean R. Wright
Paul Crow Willis
Michael J. Manzanares
Mark Steinig
Leo Baca
Mike Biss
Atom Crawford
Matthew R. Cordova
Matthew P. Debevec
Brad Freshman
Eric Jaramillo
Mike Myszka
Tim Naylor
Don Rael
Ronald "Pablo" Romero
Corey Checketts
Aaron York
Mark Anderson
James "Spud" Danicic
Rob Petrin
Tom Shaughnessy
Rigging Key Grip
Rigging Best Boy Grips
Rigging Grips
Technocrane Operator
Libra Operator
Edge Head Technicians
Edge Crane Operator
Remote Head Technician
Gaffer
Best Boy Electric
Electricians
Steve Litecky
Sean Mallon
Waylon C. Brady
Jacob J. Cottrell
Raphael Freud
Sean McClellan
David Melhorn
Jeremy Oliver
John Stearns
Chad Watters
Dwayne Willis
Diego Arroyo
Joe Bacharka
Frank Montoya
Mark R. Mele
Lamarr Gray
Alexander J. Perez
Eric Anderson
Nick Behrmann
Brandon "Samurai" Clark
Garrett Dawson
Paul Gordon
Erik Hernandez
John Hyeoma
Jared Olguin
Ollin Suarez
BJ Thomas
Max Hoyt
Robert Lofstrom
Anthony Suarez
Nikki LeBlanc
Rigging Gaffer
Rigging Best Boy Electric
Rigging Electricians
Rigging Technicians
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Set Designers
Derrick Ballard
Ricardo Guillermo
Siobhan Roome
Paula Dal Santo
Miriam Gilbert
Vicki M. McWilliams
Roberta M. Seret
Alicia Castro Chicol
Conti Makers
Cha Joo-han
Lee Yoon-ho
Song Sun-Chan
John Fox
Ted Slampyak
Imery Watson
Amahl Lovato
Jessica Long
Kil Won Yu
Assistant to Mr. Carbone
Art Department Coordinators
Co-Art Department Coordinator
Storyboard Development Services
Storyboard Artists
Concept Artist
Model Maker
Art Department Production Assistants
Leadperson
On-Set Dresser
Set Dressers
Ian Scroggins
Ester Kim
James Duddy
Ram Goradia
Bruce Allison
David Benavides
Michelle Benavides
Jess Coffer
James Sapienz
Adrian R. Segura
David Servoss
Piero Spadaro
David Thompson
Eli Browning
Josiah O'Neil
Libbe Green
Peter Tosti Stephenson
Christopher T. Martin
Set Decoration Buyer
Additional Set Decoration Buyer
Greensperson
Property Master
Assistant Property Master
Armorers
Mark C. Hansen
Trina Siopy
Brett Andrews
Scot McKay
Larry Zanoff
Jason Delap
Robert Elliott-Barry
Derek Bensonhaver
Spencer B. Stair
Property Assistants
Special Effects Coordinator
Special Effects Supervisor
Special Effects Forepersons
David Waine
Josh Hakian
Chris Cline
Jesus Ornelas Jr.
Michael Prawitz
Joseph Ulibarri
Vance O'Loughlin
Jeff Strom
William Boggs
Special Effects Technicians
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Paul Deely
Daniel Holt
Lucas Arguello
Danny Maldonado
Brett Cole
Micah Reeves
Geoffrey C. Martin
Caylen F. Johnson
Eric Dressor
Jeff "JP" Pepiot
Nick Reade
Rick Figalan
R.J. Rankin
Louie Gauna
Jason Mack
Loyd J. Ellis
Jonathan Marshall
Adam Windom
Special Effects Laborer
Special Effects Production Assistant
Costume Supervisor
Assistant Costume Designer
Key Costumers
Daniela Moore
Carlos Brown
Allyson Traub
Javier Arrieta
Greg Hall
John Deering
Bobbi Langhofer
Kate Czark
Meriwether Nichols
Brandy Marrs
Bianca Garcia
Christine Farnand
Wynema Chavez
Aura Sperling
Deborah E. Andrews
Jon Baran
Joella Dutchover
Adam Lee
Steven Garcia
Sarai Gonzales
Costumer to Mr. Schwarzenegger
Set Costumers
Costumers
Ager / Dyer
Seamstress
Additional Seamstress
Costume Production Assistants
Department Head Makeup Artist
Key Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Assistant Makeup
Additional Makeup
Tarra Day
Jennifer McDaniel
Corey Welk
Vanessa Jaramillo
Ashlynne Padilla
Bryan Perkal
Geordie Sheffer
Carmen L. Jones
Janessa M. Bouldin
Debbie R. Clair
Vanessa Sharp
Department Head Hairstylist
Key Hairstylist
Additional Hairstylists
Casting Associate
Casting Assistant
Location Casting by
Location Casting Associate
Extras Casting by
Leslie Woo
Noa Franco
Jo Edna Boldin, CSA
Marie A.K. McMaster
Elizabeth Gabel
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Extras Casting Assistant
Lorrie L. Latham
Location Manager
Assistant Location Managers
Paul B. Roberts
Steve Aguino
Shani Orona
T.J. Meade
Alex Gianopoulos
Justin T. Williams
Dennis Muscari
Ariel Y. Lopez
James Wilkerson
Clay Matthew DeVelvis
Location Scouts
Location Production Assistants
Production
Accountant
First Assistant Accountant
Second Assistant Accountant
Additional Second Assistant Accountants
Diana Adams
Jennifer Luther
Kera Dacy
Anna Kongs
Jessica Lee Yackey
Kristine Nadal
Debbie Lynn Siegel
Andy Ochoa
Jessica Stone
Rice Gorton Pictures
Liam Hearne
Payroll Accountant
Payroll Accounting Clerks
Post Production Accounting by
Post Production Accountant
Production Coordinator
Assistant Production Coordinator
Travel Coordinator
Production Secretary
Office Production Assistants
Tamara "Tammy" Allen
Alexander Hoffman
Janie M. Elliott
Luke V. Randall
Brandon Harris
Nathan E. Davis
Joey Liew
Jenny M. Licht
Additional First Assistant Directors
Rip Murray
Chemen A. Ochoa
Michael Feldman
Andrew P. Aguilar
Rick Chapman
Michael Emami
Matt Salomon
Johan Grimm
Shaun Amin Netter
Kelly Lankton
Colin Garza
Stephen Turselli
Ann Shimabukuro
Kathryn Olguin
Dock Harris III
Anthony Pelot
Thomas L. Suh
Jinmo Yang
Linda Pianigiani
Elise Aliberti
Hyein Ki
Shannon E. Riggs
Second Second Assistant Director
Key Set Production Assistant
Set Production Assistants
Assistants to Mr. Kim
Associate to Mr. di Bonaventura
Assistant to Mr. di Bonaventura
Assistant to Producers
Assistant to Mr. Riedel
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Assistant to Mr. Schwarzenegger
Walter Von Huene
Mr. Noriega's Dialogue Coach
Atlantic Group Coaching
Set Teachers
Phil Arnold
Tara Bishop
Dia Hahn
John M. Grace
Michael Verble
Construction Coordinator
General Foreperson
Construction Forepersons
Christopher D. Windisch
Arlen J. Johnson
Jim Barth
Victor A. Chavez
Barton Slade
Steve Chapman
Jerry Martinez
Jesus M. Ornelas
Chris M. Alvarez
Kirk Newren
Edward F. Sauer
Randy Severs
Kit Windisch
Lorin Johnson
Dan Noah
Carlos Mata
Jimmy Stephens
Lance Tytor
Alex "Otter" Vernon
Steve Vigil
Ruben J. Acuna
Meliton Duran
Michael Longueira
Raul Martinez
Zacheriah T. Rheam
Enrique Gomez
Labor Foreperson
Plaster Foreperson
Welder Foreperson
Mill Foreperson
Gangbosses
Laborer Gangboss
Toolman
Construction Buyer
Propmakers
Laborers
Ricardo Paiz
Gregorio Aragon
Thomas Barton
Kyle Carraway
Palemon "Poly" Ornelas
Dana Mestas
Sergio Murillo
Melquiades Rodriguez
Jaime Chavez
Charles Yardman
Louis R. Boggs
Luke Stribling
Cliff Crouch
Labor Plaster
Plasterers
Welders
Lead Scenic
Paint Forepersons
Virginia Hopkins
Gertrude East
Sarah Robinson
Drew Toops
Daniel "Danny Boy" Herrera
Eric Komala
Eric Gallegos
Paint Gangboss
Painters
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Rocky de la Vega
Kimberly Murak
Kenneth E. Pattison
Glenn Harris
Nichole S. Miller
Mike Spader
Paul Harman
Pietro Angel Palladini
Standby Painters
Signwriters
Transportation Coordinator
Transportation Captain
Transportation Dispatchers
Patrick Reynolds Jr.
Eric Rivera
Lisa Van Allen
Carl K. Goodwin
William L. Eakland
Patrick A. Reynolds
Robert Chavez
Vincent P. Cordova
Jason Fujita
Ofisa Isaia
Dart Hardiman
Cletus Cotton
Will Frost
Sherman Jackson
Mario Medina
Jade Peterson
Michael Garcia
Paul Ray
Paul Nicholson
Kent Boyer
Gary Shuckahosee
Walter J. Russell
Robin Goodman
Colin Meador
Crystal Reynolds
Joshua Reynolds
Kyle Segura
Cindy Claunch
Kenny J. Flores
David L. Long
William "Billy" Ray
Tom Rivera
Kevin Powell
Michael B. Russel
Lindsay Elliot
Joseph Gonzales
Cassie Russell
Jared Meador
Phyllis Cantu
Benette Cantu
Chris Wienckowski
Michael Hindman
Clay M. Lilley
Jimmy Goodman
Kip Wolverton
Picture Car Coordinator
Insert Driver
Drivers
Picture Car Mechanics
Animal Wrangler
Cristina Rankin
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Catering by
Mario R. Gonzalez
Edwin Gonzalez
Javier Ramirez Garcia
Guillermo Miranda
Pablo Ramos
Jose Gonzalez
Jaime Ramirez Garcia
Alvaro Loya
Amelia Salas
Khalic Nance
Rachel Bris
Donovan "Donzer" Thomas
Victoria Thompson
Caterers
Assistant Chefs
Key Craft Service
Craft Service
Assistant Craft Service
Set Medics
Ken Garcia
Lana Litvinchuk
Paul Baca
Martin Vigil
G.Q. Sanchez
Construction Medics
Fire Safety Advisor
Product Placement by
Stone Management, Inc.
Adam Stone
Cat Stone
Rights & Clearances by
Entertainment Clearances, Inc.
Laura Sevier
Cassandra Barbour
Unit Publicist
EPK Produced by
Sheryl Main
Hurwitz Creative
SECOND UNIT
Second Unit Director
Darrin Prescott
Second Unit Director of Photography
Igor Meglic, Z.F.S.
"A" Camera Operator
First Assistant - "A" Camera
Second Assistant - "A" Camera
First Assistant - "B" Camera
Second Assistant - "B" Camera
Additional Camera Operator
Aerial Director of Photography / Camera
Operator
Digital Loader
Jacques Haitkin
Lawrence W. Nielsen
Tristan S. Chavez
Chip Byrd
Ryan Eustis
Darin Moran
Steve Koster
Erick Castillo
Script Supervisor
Production Sound Mixer
Video Assist
Additional Video Assist
Lois King
David Brownlow
Justin Geoffroy
Oliver Clark
Key Grip
Aubrey Husar
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Best Boy Grip
Dolly Grips
Alejandro Snodgrass
Ian J. Hanna
David Jaxx Nagro
Charles Arnold
Juergen Heinemann
Terry J. Sanchez
Jay D. Kemp
Theodore Y. Boit
Peter H. Goodman
Christopher Griffin
Brett Hiker
Drew Louis
Grips
Gaffer
Best Boy Electric
Electricians
On-Set Dresser
Property Master
Set Costumer
Key Makeup Artist
Hairstylist
Robert D. Jackson
Matt Feight
Bradford Booth
Svetlana Britt
Yvette Meely
Key Second Assistant Director
Second Second Assistant Director
Set Production Assistants
Sarah B. Lemon
Bryan T. Snodgrass
Ryan Bushman
Heath Brown
Javier Hernandez
Additional Production Assistant
Transportation Coordinator
Mark Dometrovich
Key Craft Service
Assistant Craft Service
Shaun Steagall
Thomas Steagall
Michael V. Torres
ADDITIONAL
PHOTOGRAPHY
Additional Stunt Coordinator
Rob King
Additional Director of Photography
Second Assistant Camera
DIT
Video Assist
David Stump
Corey Weintraub
Steve Freebairn
Michael Fernandez
Grips
Anthony Bartra
Richard Steinig
Curt Greibel
Ray Ortega
Lou Nelson
Jason Linebaugh
Daniel Zamora
Gaffer
Best Boy Electric
Electrics
Camera Car Camera Operator
Camera Car Crane Operator
Camera Car Head Technician
Helicopter Provided by
Helicopter Pilot
Night Sun Operator
Spacecam Technician
Michael Walker
Michael Nelson
John Betancourt
South Coast Helicopter
Cliff Fleming
Cory Fleming
Jose De Leon
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Night Lights Operator
Bebee Night Lights
Night Lights Driver
Bruce Bebee, Jr.
Leslie Schwabe
John Campbell
Special Effects Coordinator
Randy Moore
Special Effects Technician
Maggie Johnson
Production Coordinator
Chance Romero
Second Second Assistant Director
Kevin Black
Set Production Assistants
Corrine Butler
Carlos Montoya
Marcus Taylor
Transportation Captain (Las Vegas)
Driver (Las Vegas)
Gil Amaral
Scott Jimerson
POST PRODUCTION
Sound Effects Editor
Piero Mura
Hector Gika
Bill Dean
Ai-Ling Lee
Jon Title
Alan Rankin
Sound Effects Designer
Mark Stoeckinger
Supervising Dialogue Editor
Foley Editor
Supervising Sound Assistant
Foley Mixer
Foley Artists
Daniel Irwin
Dino Dimuro
Paul Flinchbaugh
Nerses Gezalyan
Gary Hecker
Gary Marullo
Catherine Harper
Christopher Moriana
Greg Steele, CAS
Ron Bedrosian
Tami Treadwell
Greg Zimmerman
Chris Barrick
Shane Hayes
ADR Mixers
ADR Recordist
Re-Recording Mix Technicians
Zack Howard
Greg Hayes
Charlie Campagna
Mark Ormandy
David Young
Additional Audio
Sound Editorial
Services by
Soundelux [LOGO]
Re-Recording
Services Provided by
Todd-AO West
[LOGO]
Voice Casting
Joe Cappelletti
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John Eric Bentley
Joe Cappelletti
David Cowgill
Eddie Frierson
Kate Higgins
Nan McNamara
Peter Oldring
Amanda Philipson
Sam Riegel
Cindy Robinson
ADR Cast
Dolby Sound Consultant
Thom "Coach" Ehle
Digital Intermediate Color Services Provided by Company 3 [LOGO]
CO3 Executive Producer/Colorist
Stefan Sonnenfeld
DI Producer
Christian Prejza
DI Technologist
Mike Chiado
Head of Production
Devin Sterling
Account Executive
Jackie Lee
Digital Dailies & Digital Intermediate Conform Provided by Modern VideoFilm, Inc.
Dailies Colorist
Duck Grossberg
Dailies Data Manager
Rachel McIntire
DI Editor
Mike Will
DI Producer
Heidi Tebo
DI Assistant
Vahe Giragol
DI Data Operators
Daniel Hawley
David Santoyo
Dale Stelly
Account Executives
Mark Smirnoff
Amber Taylor
Editorial Services
Provided by
Electronic Picture
Solutions
Main Title Design
by PIC Agency
End Titles by
Scarlet Letters
Video Projection
Equipment
Provided by
American Hi Def
Lab Color Timer
Lab Account Manager
Account Managers Assistant
Gilbert Carreras
Saj Jayasinghe
Bruce Fowler
Stock Images Supplied by
Sony Pictures Stock Footage
Getty Images
VISUAL
EFFECTS
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Visual Effects Supervisor
Friend Wells
Visual Effects Associate Producer
Visual Effects Data Coordinator
Visual Effects Post Production Assistant
Visual Effects Set Production Assistants
Rene Sekula
John Purdie
Johann Grimm
Bryan P. Jones
JP Ouellette
Leah Hardstark
Eric Benedict
Visual Effects Set Data Wrangler
Previsualization Artists
Stuart Allan
Set Survey / Cyberscanning by
Vice President
Project Manager
Lidar Technicians
GENTLE GIANT STUDIOS
Brian Sunderlin
Magda Bernal
Steve Chapman
Larry Taylor
Set Survey / Cyberscanning by
Sr. Partner
Partner
THE LIDAR GUYS
Tim Wawrzynic Ph.D.
Jed Frechette
Visualization Services by
Creative Supervisor
Pre-Visualization Supervisor
Pre-Visualization Animator
PROOF
Ron Frankel
Eric Benedict
Stuart Allan
On-Set Visualization Technicians
Anna Lee
Raul Moreno
Mike Rosenbrock
Visual Effects by
METHOD STUDIOS
Method Los
Angeles
V.P. of Production/Sr. Executive Producer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Producer
Visual Effects Coordinator
CG Supervisor
CG Artists
Gabby Gourrier
Greg Liegy
P. Whitney Gearin
Chelsea Kammeyer
Michael Sean Foley
Aaron Vest
Justin Lloyd
Eric Pender
Alex Gitler
Kelly Fischer
Samuel Jorgensen
Mathias Frodin
Marc Nanjo
Ian Harris
Del DePierro
Rasha Shalaby
Compositing Supervisor
Compositors
Matte Painter
Method London
Visual Effects Executive Producer
CG Supervisor
Drew Jones
Ian Ward
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Head of Production
Visual Effects Coordinator
CG Artists
Melody Woodford
Dan Matley
Peter Forsyth
Jon Ossitt
Paul Chandler
Ivan Girard
Senior DMP Artist
DMP Artist
Visual Effects by
Visual Effects Supervisor
Executive Producer
Visual Effects Producer
Production Manager
Production Coordinator
Compositing Supervisor
Lead Compositor
Compositors
BASE MEDIA GROUP
Tang Bing Bing
Alexander Robin
Ben Pickering
Robert Aldag
Xian Yu
Ahdee Chiu
Wang Chang
Cai Di
Wang Lei
Liu Yulong
Zhang Fan
Liu Zheng
Liu Shiyang
Li Hai
Geng Xiaokang
Gu Huan
Zhang Xuechu
Wang Fen
Fu Xiao
Han Zixing
Sun Xiaodan
Dong Ming
Bai Jie
Jia Yue
Feng Dan
Wang Xiaoming
Zhang Zhiyong
Wang Jiajia
Liu Yingying
Zhang Jixing
Zhao Yaqun
Wu Yanjun
Li Pengfei
Stephen Wong
Wang Lijian
Liu Zhiping
Chen Zonglei
Zhou Jiani
Tan Zhensi
Li Bo
Jiang Weicheng
Wei Dan
Zhou Tao
Xie Lin
Zhang Niqin
Young Lim
Zhang Dongxu
Sun Jianwei
An Ming
DMP Supervisor
Lead Matte Painter
Digital Matte Painters
Lead Matchmover
Matchmovers
Roto Supervisor
Roto Leads
Roto Artists
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Li Yaping
Sun Jianwei
Zhao Yarong
Zhang Lijuan
Liu Xiaobo
Yu Jing
Xu Xinxin
Wang Qingqing
Wang Shaoshuai
Niu Chuang
Li Zongkun
Zhu Kai
Jia Honglong
Liu Tiangang
Li Renqing
Wang Teng
Lighting Artists
Effects Artists
Animation Artist
Modelling Artists
Texturing Artist
I/O Coordinator
Visual Effects by
Visual Effects Producer
Visual Effects Supervisor
2D Supervisor
3D Supervisor
Senior Compositors
OPUS
Brad Reinke
Mike Shand
Christine Albers
Conrad Dueck
Brenda Campbell
Shane A. R. Jackson
Andy Carney
Darren Wall
Alex Carney
So Ishigaki
Andrea Eschak
Amy Gerardy
Alex Sheludchenko
Graham Wiebe
Brett McLaughlin
Darren Hildebrand
Laura Schadelle
Compositors
CG Generalists
Texture and Model Artists
3D Lead Artist
Systems Administrator
Production Assistant
Visual Effects by
Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Producer
Visual Effects Coordinator
Editorial
Compositors
PRIME FOCUS
Stuart Lashley
Ryan Delaney
Nidhi Seth
Gus Melton
Reuben Barkataki
Andre Brizard
Abu Baker
Raphael Santos
Jeremy Seguin
Andrew Thompson
Dan Mcrae
Marc Jouveneau
Salvador Zalvidea
Marko Radinkovic
Bart Barendregt
David Shere
Lee Sullivan
Arslan Elver
Vivien Guiraud
Junaid Syed
CG Supervisor
Animation Artists
Effects Artists
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Bhavesh Pandey
Venkata Reddy
Branko Basarovski
Paul Ducker
Shayne Farrier
Gregory Kalaintzis
Ole Nordby
Sophie Luto
Rob Hall
Roger Serrabassa
Daniel Forgacs
Ben Thomas
Victoria Hodson
Rebecca Miller
Alessandro Righi
Phil Maddock
Alex Goodfellow
Mai Gray
Abu Thahir
Asha Joseph
Jaroslaw Ancuta
Sunil Yadav
Rameez Thaivalappil
Ravindra Shinde
Vilas Bodke
Hemant Valvi
Prateesh Robert
Udit Kumar
Sreedev
Siddharth Sinha
Ashwini Nimje
Jimit Shah
Vipin Thripati
Lighting Artists
Prep Supervisor
Prep Artists
Matchmove Artists
Roto Supervisors
Roto Line Producer
Roto Artists
Visual Effects by
Visual Effects Producer
Visual Effects Supervisor
Compositing Supervisor
Digital Compositors
CRAFTY APES
Jason Sanford
Chris LeDoux
Tim LeDoux
Mike Bozulich
Jamie Hallett
Mark LeDoux
Thuy Le
Brandon Young
Tim Conway
Tori Sanford
3D Artist
Match Move Artist
Viusal Effects Intern
Visual Effects by
Visual Effects Executive Producer
Visual Effects Producer
Visual Effects Coordinator
Visual Effects Supervisor
Compositing Supervisor
Compositors
MOKKO STUDIO
Danny Bergeron
Marc A. Rousseau
Amelie Marcoux
Sebastien Dostie
Benjamin Ribiere
Lee Brunet
Thomas Halle
Philippe Roberge
Mathieu Genest
IO
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Visual Effects by
Visual Effects Supervisor
Compositors
XY&Z VISUAL EFFECTS
Mike Uguccioni
Roger Mocenigo
Jamie Baxter
Trinh Baxter
Chris Ervin
Graphics by
Creative Supervisor
Executive Producer
Producer
CG Artist
Technical Supervisor
SUPER 78 STUDIOS
Brent Young
Tim Thompson
Kate Crandall
Andrei Brovcenco
Michael "Oz" Smith
For LIONSGATE
Supervisor of Production
Production Finance
Production Accounting Executive
Pre-Production Accountant
Managers of Production
Curtis A. Miller
Mark Pedante
Jeff Dash
Cara Smiczek
Bree Bailey
Ami Cohen
Jessica Switch
Kyle Benn
Assistant to Mr. Paseornek
Assistant to Mr. Sacchi
Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
Robert Melnik
Patricia Laucella
Executive Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
Senior Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs
Attorney, Business & Legal Affairs
Senior Credits Coordinator
Assistant Credits Coordinator
Assistant to Mr. Melnik
Assistant to Ms. Laucella
John Biondo
Philip J. Strina
Charlyn Adkins
Marc Shapiro
Chris Mello
John McBride
Christine Young
Emmy Grinwis
Chief Marketing Officer
Executive Vice President, Publicity
Tim Palen
Julie Fontaine
SVP, Head of Feature Post Production
Vice President, Feature Post Production
Senior Post Production Coordinator
Post Production Coordinator
Assistant to Mr. Pedregal
Carl Pedregal
Mark W. McCoy
Ariana Young
Justin Powell
Kimi Rosenthal
Executive in Charge of Film Music
General Manager & EVP, Music Business Affairs
Music Budget Supervisor
Contract Administrator
Tracy McKnight
Lenny Wohl
Chris Brown
Karen Sidlow
Senior Music Coordinator
Music Clearance and Licensing
Rebekah Touma
Matt Lilley / MCL Music Services, Inc.
Assistant to Ms. McKnight
Nikki Triplett
Executive Vice President, Finance
Wescott Guarino
Screening Operations Executive
Timothy Ralston
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Chapman Camera Cranes & Dollies Provided by
Cameras Provided by
Maleko Grip & Rigging
Otto Nemenz International
Payroll Service Provided by
Entertainment Partners
Insurance Provided by
AJG Insurance Services
Brian Kingman
Production Financing Provided by
Comerica Entertainment Group
Adam J. Korn
Andrew C. Robinson
OneBank West FSB
Joseph Woolf
Alphonse Lordo
Completion Bond Provided by
Film Finances Inc.
David Bennett
Score Produced by
Music Editor
Scoring Supervisor
Conductor
Score Recorded and Mixed by
Pro-Tools Engineer
Additional Arrangements and Programming
Mowg
Scott Stambler
Chang Hyukjin
Joseph Crnko
Thomas Vicari
Vincent Cirilli
Chang Hyukjin
Lee Eunjoo
Kim Sooyoung
Kim Genie
Kim Narae
Dominik Hauser
Simon James
Robert Puff
Studio X, Seattle, WA
LAFX Studio, North Hollywood, CA
Midi Takedowns and Additional Orchestrations by
Musician Contractor
Music Preparation by
Score Recorded at
Score Mixed at
SONGS
“Blue Moon Revisited (Song for Elvis)”
Written by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart
Performed by Cowboy Junkies
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Canada and The RCA Records Label
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
“I’ll Pretend”
Written and Performed by Glen Morris
Courtesy of Fervor Records Vintage Masters
“Angel From Heaven”
Written and Performed by Paul Craig
Courtesy of Stankhouse Records
By arrangement with Ghost Town, Inc.
"I Ain't Superstitious"
Written by Willie Dixon
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Performed by Santana featuring Jonny Lang
Courtesy of Arista Records
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Special Thanks to
Pierce Law Group LLP
David Albert Pierce, Esq.
Anthony J. Hanna, Esq.
Law Offices of Max J. Sprecher
Max J. Sprecher, Esq.
The B.A. Department
Gabriella Ludlow
Bombardier Business Aircraft
Greyhound Lines, Inc.
Royal Purple
Filmed on location in the State of New Mexico
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