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THE CAST
Alexa Vega
Anthony Stewart Head
Sarah Brightman
Paris Hilton
Ogre
Terrance Zdunich
With Bill Moseley
And Paul Sorvino
Shilo Wallace
Nathan/Repo Man
Blind Mag
Amber Sweet
Pavi Largo
GraveRobber
Luigi Largo
Rotti Largo
THE FILMMAKERS
Directed by
“Repo! The Genetic Opera” Original Stage Play and
Screenplay by
Produced by
Executive Producer
Executive Producers
Executive Producer
Executive Producers
Production Designer
Director of Photography
Editor
Costume Designer
Music & Lyrics Composed by
Music Producers
Visual Effects Supervisor
Visual Effects Producer
Visual Effects
Casting by
Darren Lynn Bousman
Darren Smith & Terrance Zdunich
Daniel Jason Heffner
Carl Mazzocone
Oren Koules
Mark Burg
Darren Lynn Bousman
Peter Block
Jason Constantine
Jonathan McHugh
Tim Palen
Sarah Greenberg
David Hackl
Joseph White
Harvey Rosenstock, ACE
Alex Kavanagh
Darren Smith & Terrance Zdunich
Yoshiki
Joseph Bishara
Jon Campfens
Peter Denomme
Switch VFX
Johanna Ray C.S.A. (LA)
Jenny Jue (LA)
Stephanie Gorin, C.S.A., C.D.C. (Toronto)
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SHORT SYNOPSIS
In the year 2056 – the not so distant future – an epidemic of organ failures devastates the
planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers
organ transplants…for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for
repossession and hunted by villainous Repo Men.
In a world where surgery addicts are hooked on painkilling drugs and murder is
sanctioned by law, a sheltered young girl searches for the cure to her own rare disease as
well as information about her family’s mysterious history. After being sucked into the
haunting world of GeneCo, she is unable to turn back, as all of her questions will be
answered at the wildly anticipated spectacular event: The Genetic Opera.
Directed by Darren Lynn Bousman (SAW II, SAW III, SAW IV) and produced by
Twisted Pictures and released by Lionsgate, this futuristic horror rock opera stars Alexa
Vega (SPY KIDS), Anthony Stewart Head (TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”), worldrenowned singer Sarah Brightman (Broadway’s “Phantom of the Opera”), Paris Hilton
(HOUSE OF WAX), Ogre from the band Skinny Puppy, Terrance Zdunich, with Bill
Moseley (THE DEVIL’S REJECTS) and Paul Sorvino (GOODFELLAS). By fusing
ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW and BLADE RUNNER, this unique production
modernizes the “rock opera” genre with original music and rich, dark production design.
This is not your parents’ opera…
EXTENDED SYNOPSIS
In the year 2056 an epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a
savior emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ transplants. Operations
don’t come cheap so, for those who can’t afford it, GeneCo offers easy organ financing.
With so many patients undergoing transplant surgery, GeneCo develops Zydrate, a
compound derived from an endorphin that’s created in the brain at the time of death, to
give patients a “pain free” recovery.
GeneCo’s easy operations quickly gain popular appeal and, through innovative
marketing, they carve out a new industry: surgery as a fashion statement. People will go
under the knife for stronger bones, younger organs, to change their race. GeneCo’s
designer body parts and name-brand organ upgrades become the popular obsession, and
GeneCo gains political influence, allowing them to push a bill through Congress: Organ
Repossessions are Legalized.
In addition to already high interest rates and late fees, GeneCo adds a repossession clause
to its contracts. Patients who miss their payments are now scheduled for repossession
and hunted by Repo Men, legal surgical assassins contracted by GeneCo. Although
sanctioned by law, the Repo Men are reviled and feared by the public, so they wear
masks to keep their identities secret. Unable to keep up with the rising cost of surgeries
and fearful for their lives, GeneCo’s customers often become Zydrate addicts. A black
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market industry is created, with GraveRobbers tapping the deceased for Zydrate and
selling it to junkies, cutting into GeneCo’s profits.
GeneCo’s CEO, Rotti Largo (Paul Sorvino) successfully uses aggressive marketing to
retain control of his customers, but he is fearful about the future of his empire. His two
sons, Pavi (Ogre) and Luigi (Bill Moseley), and daughter Amber (Paris Hilton) are
addicted to surgery, spending the family money almost as quickly as the company makes
it.
Seventeen-year-old Shilo (Alexa Vega) lives a life far removed from the privileged world
of the Largo children. She is kept locked away in her home by her father Nathan
(Anthony Stewart Head), who has warned her that the outside world could be life
threatening for her because of a genetic blood disease that was passed down from her
mother. Nathan is a widower, having lost Shilo’s mother Marni to a botched operation,
in which he was the surgeon. He is wracked with guilt from the accident and wants
nothing more than to protect his daughter.
But Nathan has a secret identity: he is GeneCo’s most feared assassin, Repo Man. Rotti
Largo uses Nathan’s guilt over the accident to manipulate him into doing his evil dirty
work, but is Nathan a better person because he’s only taking orders? What is he really
protecting Shilo from…her disease or the truth about her father and the world they live
in?
Rotti Largo lures Shilo into the outside world into a dangerous scavenger hunt, promising
her that the cure for her disease and the truth about her mother’s mysterious death lay at
the end of the journey. He baits her with opportunities that her father has always kept
from her, even introducing her to her idol, the singer Blind Mag (Sarah Brightman), who
seems to have a connection to Shilo’s mother.
Shilo gets involved in a dangerous game, not knowing who is her enemy and who is her
friend, trying to keep her secret from her father, with her medic alert bracelet going off all
the time warning her that she needs to take her medication and warning her father that she
is out of the house. Repo Man and a GraveRobber (Terrance Zdunich) keep showing up
and it’s never clear who’s there to hurt or help.
It all leads up to the wildly anticipated spectacular The Genetic Opera, where Rotti
promises all of Shilo’s questions will be answered.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA is the brainchild of Darren Smith and Terrance
Zdunich. The two began performing what they called ten-minute operas at coffee shops
and rock clubs in Los Angeles in 2000. One of those short pieces, The Necromerchant’s
Debt, a futuristic tale involving a graverobber, was the seed that grew into REPO!
Zdunich says that “the original GraveRobber was a character very similar to the one I’m
playing now in that he was this rogue who lived on the outskirts of society. He was
making a social commentary about what he’d see in the graveyard. One of the things that
he saw was a repo man who would repossess body organs that were bought on credit –
that ten-minute story ended up evolving to where the GraveRobber became indebted to
the Repo Man. When we performed it the audience reception to that story was the
strongest of all the ten-minute operas we had done, so we thought ‘Let’s make it
bigger!’”
From there, Smith and Zdunich expanded their story into a forty-five minute set of
vignettes called REPO, which introduced most of the characters that would eventually
inhabit the movie incarnation. They continued performing the show at rock clubs in L.A.,
and it later grew into a fully staged two-hour theatrical production, which was first
performed in 2002. The show was mounted at the John Raitt Theater in Hollywood, the
Split ID Theater in West Hollywood, and then went on to Off-Broadway at the Wings
Theater in New York’s West Village. It was during the process of staging and
performing the show in New York and L.A. that Smith and Zdunich were able to develop
the story, characters and songs that would later become the film REPO! THE GENETIC
OPERA.
During this time, they also met music video director Darren Lynn Bousman when he
came in to audition as a director for one of the stage productions. Recalls Bousman, “I’d
just moved to Los Angeles to do musicals. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve responded to
musicals like JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR and TOMMY. Until I get out here, and of
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course there’s no musicals to be done. So I started shopping my own script called THE
DESPERATE, meeting with a bunch of people, who’d ask, ‘What’s your ultimate goal?’
And I said, ‘I want to do a musical.’”
“One day a script came across my desk,” continues Bousman, “but it’s not a script per se,
it’s a stage play called ‘Repo.’ And I was like, “I don’t want to do a stage play.” And my
reps said, “Just read it.” They didn’t have any of the music, but I read it anyway and
flipped. Immediately I found the writers and called them, begging, ‘Let me direct this, let
me direct this.’ And this was without even hearing the music, it’s just reading the words
on the page.”
Smith and Zdunich admired Darren Lynn Bousman’s passion and love for the rock opera
genre and immediately hired him to direct the first full-length stage production of REPO!
Darren Lynn Bousman went on from there to direct SAW II, which became the number
one movie at the American box office its opening week and then SAW III, another
number one film at the American box office week of opening, but he always felt
connected to REPO! and wanted to see it made into a film. Bousman tried repeatedly to
use his newfound connections and influence to get a REPO! movie financed, but a
musical horror rock opera was a hard concept for producers to visualize.
It was going back to their ten-minute roots that finally got the movie made. Bousman
reached out to Zdunich and Smith, flying them up to Toronto to make a ten-minute short
film to pitch Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures Producers Carl Mazzocone, Mark Burg and
Oren Koules on the REPO! concept. Bousman then approached SAW Producer Daniel
Jason Heffner as they were finishing editing on SAW III, explaining that REPO! was his
dream project and asked for help to get the short made. Heffner agreed and gathered the
entire SAW crew together over a weekend to make the short. It was a true labor of love,
with everyone volunteering their services, and vendors offering free equipment and postproduction services.
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The short, which featured two numbers from REPO! - “Zydrate Anatomy” and “21st
Century Cure” - showed producers and financiers what the full-length movie could be,
and pre-production got under way in 2006.
When casting the film, the filmmakers had to find actors who were not only perfect for
the roles and willing to take a risk on an unconventional movie, but who could also sing.
So they took an unconventional approach - they put together a packet, which they sent
out to managers and agents, including the short film, a booklet of design sketches and a
CD of some of the rough tracks of songs.
The first actor cast was Alexa Vega as Shilo, who was performing on Broadway in
Hairspray at the time. She actually found out about the project when Darren Lynn
Bousman contacted her through a MySpace fan page. “I was in New York working on
the Broadway show, HAIRSPRAY, and, okay, literally, on a fan MySpace page that
somebody made for me, I just happened to be on the inbox of it, and this director Darren
Bousman sent me a message saying, “I really want you to be in my movie,” blah blah
blah blah blah. I'm thinking “Ay-yi-yi, it's one of those people again, you know.” So I
just skipped past it. And then I got another one, and I'm like, all right. So finally I
checked out his MySpace and he said that he directed SAW. I called my agency saying,
“Hey, is this legit?” And they said, “Oh yeah, we turned it down.” I'm like, “You what?”
They’re like, “We turned it down.” So I messaged him back right away, I'm like, “Okay,
um, I'd love to read it,” 'cause he kind of gave me like a little synopsis of what it was
about.
While skeptical at first, Alexa was quickly sold on the project once he explained it to
her. They then secured Paul Sorvino, a trained opera singer, as Rotti Largo. According
to Zdunich, “Rotti was written as kind of a mixture of Pavarotti and a typical Italian mob
boss that’s portrayed in film and TV. Paul obviously has played the Italian mob bosses
before - and he sings opera. So what more can you say? He’s the perfect Rotti.”
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Anthony Stewart Head, best known in the U.S. for his role in BUFFY THE VAMPIRE
SLAYER but also a popular theater actor in the U.K., took on the role of Nathan/Repo
Man. Says Head, “While in Los Angeles on another project, my agent set up a meeting
for me with Darren and Terrance and the other Darren. It was largely Darren Bousman's
enthusiasm that just completely won me over. He said, you know, he'd been wanting to
make this ever since he left college, and you know, and this was his dream and he'd
managed to persuade the people at Lionsgate by eventually making a trailer, which he
then proceeded to show me. And that they'd finally consented to making this movie.
From that moment on, I was like, “Okay, what, show me where I sign up.”
International recording artist/performer Sarah Brightman, in her feature film debut, was
cast as Blind Mag. Says Brightman, “Mag was a girl with a gift, and that gift of song and
musicality. She was blind, and the empire of GeneCo gave Mag her eyes. As a result,
she was able to far more easily give her gift to the world because she could see again and
function in a more sort of positive way. Unfortunately for Mag, and for everybody who's
been under the spell of GeneCo and needed their help, she sold her soul to the devil. It’s
been a great part to play and I wish I had years to live with the part because she is so
deeply textured.”
There was a lot of interest from young actresses to play the part of Amber Sweet, but
Paris Hilton so impressed the filmmakers when she auditioned she was offered the part
immediately. Says Darren Bousman, “Paris Hilton’s character, Amber Sweet, was a hard
one because I needed someone who could sing, be sexual, very sexy, and yet be able to
change her identity a lot. We met with a lot of actresses but we ended up going with
Paris because she was the most prepared for the role, she was the most eager for the role,
and I think there was a, there was a challenge for me as a director to take people away
from Paris Hilton and put her for something else. I’ve showed the trailer to a bunch of
people and everyone asks, “Why didn’t you put Paris in the trailer?” And I’m like, “Paris
is in the trailer in twenty-two shots.” They’re like, “No, she’s not.” So I play it back and
I’m like, “There.” And their jaw just drops. No one expects that. It’s exciting for me as
well is to show people a different light on her.”
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Says Hilton, “Darren is an incredible director. I’ve been a huge fan of his since the SAW
movies. So it’s an honor to just be a part of this film. Seeing the footage has been so
exciting. I’ve never seen a movie with this much color, this much great music and such
an eclectic cast. It’s very unique and I think it’s something that people will be watching
for years to come, you know. Something like my grandkids are going to watch. It will
still be like around just like THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW.”
Horror icon Bill Moseley agreed to take on the part of Luigi Largo; Kevin Ogilvie, better
known as “Ogre”, the frontman for the band Skinny Puppy, had an aesthetic that matched
perfectly with that of the industrial sound of the film and easily stepped in to the role of
Pavi Largo; and Terrance Zdunich of course claimed the role of GraveRobber, which he
originated on the stage.
Many members of the SAW crew continued on with the team to make REPO! THE
GENETIC OPERA the movie, including Costume Designer Alex Kavanagh and
Production Designer David Hackl. The film began production in both Los Angeles,
where the actors pre-recorded the music with renowned Music Producers Yoshiki and
Joseph Bishara, and in Toronto, where the designers began creating the futuristic GeneCo
dominated world of REPO!
Production Designer David Hackl worked closely with Darren Lynn Bousman to achieve
the not-so-distant futurism of the film. According to Hackl, one of the most challenging
sets to create was GeneCo’s Sanitarium Square, where the Genetic Opera is performed.
He explains, “This is a set that is supposed to feel quite large almost like an Italian piazza
– something that is Rotti's dream of a beautiful world, where opera is the favorite music,
where people wear beautiful costumes and are elegant and have wonderful lives. While
everything outside the square is crumbling and pretty much falling away. The further
you go out from the square, the more the communities are disintegrating, and it's closing
in on him rather quickly. We wanted to have the square that was elegant, but also had a
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feel of falling apart. So, one of the references we used were the photographs of a great
photographer Robert Polidori, who did a lot of photographs in Cuba. In them, you can
see how Havana still remains somewhat beautiful and elegant, even though the buildings
are falling apart. GeneCo Square is very much like that.”
Sketches that Zdunich made during the many incarnations of the opera provided a great
reference for Costume Designer Alex Kavanagh in creating the fantastical world of the
film. From there she worked to create a world in the not-too-distant future. In her words,
“we took a lot of interesting clothes from contemporary fashion and just how we styled
them is what gives them a very different vibe from contemporary fashion.”
One of the most interesting characters in the film in terms of wardrobe is the outrageous
Amber Sweet. According to Kavanagh, “Amber Sweet is our most dynamic character
because she is a chameleon by nature. Her obsession with her appearance is part of her
character; she’s unfulfilled on the inside so she’s constantly trying to create this entire
new Amber on the outside. We have about eight different costume changes for her and
each time it’s a completely separate look: costume, hair, makeup, contact lenses,
everything changes. Now Paris Hilton is playing Amber Sweet and, because we were
working with a somewhat limited budget I talked to her on the phone before she came,
and she said, ‘Don’t worry, I’ll bring stuff.’ She brought six suitcases full of stuff, and
she’s got amazing clothes. She brought all her accessories and amazing jewelry. And
she’s definitely a very stylish person. She knows what looks good on her and, and is
willing to take some chances. A lot of the stuff she’s wearing in this film is stuff she
wouldn’t be caught dead wearing in the street, but she went for it.”
At the core of this entire project, however, is the music, which is born of many
influences. This rock opera boasts an entirely original soundtrack that blends equal parts
Goth and punk rock to form an eerie and powerful musical narrative. Creator Darren
Smith explains, “The through line is kind of a Nine Inch Nails, industrial sound. It goes
through jazz. It goes through classical, especially opera, because we really wanted to
have a legitimate opera sound with the industrial NIN sound, butted together. You'll hear
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hip-hop, a lot of rock. What’s been fantastic about this movie experience is, in the
recorded music created for the stage productions I play most, if not all of the
instruments. But now, when we've brought it to the film, we’ve got all these amazing
new musicians on board.”
The musicians that formed this all-star line-up includes performances from Richard
Patrick (Filter), Stephen Perkins (Jane's Addiction), Clown (Slipknot), Ray Luzier (Army
of Anyone), Brian Young (David Lee Roth's band), Richard Fortus (Guns & Roses),
Sonny Moore (From First to Last), David J (Bauhaus/Love & Rockets), Daniel Ash
(Love & Rockets), Blasko (Ozzy Osborne), Tommy Clefetus (Rob Zombie's band),
Melora Creager (Rasputina). Also lending her voice to the soundtrack is the edgy pop
star Poe.
Japanese musician and composer Yoshiki Haysahi (of the legendary rock band X-Japan)
co-produced the music with Joe Bishara to create one of the most diverse soundtracks in
movie history.
Says Smith, “At first I was thinking, ‘This is my thing. I don't know if I want to do that,’
but we have a great producer, Joe Bishara; we've got people who play with Guns and
Roses, with Bauhaus, with Filter, Skinny Puppy, Nine Inch Nails. Plus, we've got Sarah
Brightman, who plays Blind Mag the supposed great opera diva, and of course she is in
real life. Paul Sorvino has a phenomenal voice too. Even Paris Hilton who everyone will
be blown away by. All of the actors performed their own songs. The music is just
phenomenal. The whole production was a great experience.”
Director Bousman invites fans to come experience REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA.
“Forget the genre,” implores Bousman. “Forget the music, forget the horror. It’s an
experience that you should have in a movie theatre with a group full of people. This is
nothing like you’ve ever seen before. That’s the most exciting thing for me. It’s brand
new. It’s catchy, it’s cool, it’s hip, it’s edgy, it’s dark, it’s sexy. It’s everything and I think
that there’s something in it for everyone.”
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ABOUT THE CAST
ALEXA VEGA (Shilo Wallace)
Alexa Vega has been acting since the age of four when she landed the role of Burt Reynolds’s
daughter in the acclaimed television series, “Evening Shade”. She became known worldwide in
2001 with her role as Carmen Cortez in the SPY KIDS trilogy. Vega also made her Broadway
debut in 2007 when she played Penny Pingleton in the Tony Award winning Broadway version of
“Hairspray”.
Ms. Vega has appeared in the films TWISTER, as the young Helen Hunt, LITTLE GIANTS,
NINE MONTHS, GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI, DEEP END OF THE OCEAN, SLEEPOVER,
and STATE’S EVIDENCE. Her television credits include “Ladies Man,” opposite Alfred
Molina, “ER,” “Chicago Hope,” and the lead in the Lifetime feature, “Odd Girl Out.” She was
most recently seen starring in the HBO film, WALKOUT and has just completed filming the
independent film, THE BEAUTIFUL ORDINARY.
ANTHONY STEWART HEAD (Repo Man/Nathan Wallace)
Anthony Stewart Head most recently appeared in Tim Burton’s SWEENEY TODD and can be
seen in Woody Allen’s as yet untitled upcoming film. He has appeared on screen in films
including IMAGINE ME AND YOU, and often on television in the UK and US on shows such as
“Two Guys, A Girl and a Pizza Place”, “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”, “Silent Witness”,
“Highlander”, “Persuasion”, “Monarch of the Glen”, and “Hotel Babylon”.
SARAH BRIGHTMAN (Blind Mag)
In a genre-defying music career that could be described as nothing less than spectacular, Sarah
Brightman has established herself as the world’s best selling soprano of all time.
Her extraordinary abilities as a consummate recording artist and live performer have allowed her
to achieve sales of more than 26 million albums and two million DVDs, and earned her more than
150 gold and platinum sales certifications in 34 countries on all continents. She remains the only
artist ever to hold the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s Classical and Dance charts simultaneously. Ms.
Brightman’s unprecedented crossover success has also helped pave the way for such performers
as Andrea Bocelli, Il Divo, and Josh Groban, and earned her nearly every major music award on
the planet, including a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records for the success of “Time to
Say Goodbye,” the best-selling single in German recording history.
Above all, Sarah Brightman is one of the most trailblazing entertainers of her time, effortlessly
transcending and blending musical styles from pop, rock, and Broadway show-stoppers, to
operatic and classical arias, all the while captivating audiences around the globe with her
exquisite voice and her undeniably electrifying stage presence.
In addition to her impressive record-sales figures, in 1992 Sarah closed the Barcelona Olympic
Games with a performance seen by an astounding two billion viewers. In 2004, she grossed $60
million on the record-breaking Harem World Tour, playing to an audience of 700,000 worldwide.
And in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sarah performed to a crowd of 120,000 in a single night.
Yet, in spite of her mass appeal, each album she delivers makes a strong personal statement and
cuts right through to the heart and soul of the individual listener. Her latest is certainly no
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exception. Symphony – Ms. Brightman’s first new studio recording in five years – luminously
exemplifies the meaning of that very word. “Symphony” is defined as “a harmonious
combination of elements, especially an effective combination of colors.”
Recorded in Germany, the USA and the UK, Symphony features all new songs, and was created
by Sarah with long-time producer Frank Peterson. In addition to reuniting her with Andrea
Bocelli on the sweeping, romantic “Canto Della Terra,” the characteristically eclectic album
features collaborations with Spanish counter tenor sensation Fernando Lima (“Pasión”), Italian
tenor Alessandro Safina (“Sarai Qui”), and rock superstar Paul Stanley (KISS) on “I Will Be with
You (Where the Lost Ones Go).” Another highlight is “Running,” the International Association
of Athletics Federation Green Project Charity song, which Sarah performed at their
Championships opening ceremonies in Osaka, Japan. 2008 could offer audiences another
opportunity to witness the tremendous impact Sarah has made as a live entertainer as a tour is in
the works.
PARIS HILTON (Amber Sweet)
Paris Hilton continues to grow globally within fashion design, acting, singing and producing.
Paris has just completed filming her highly anticipated new reality show "Paris Hilton: My New
BFF" with MTV. Prior to this Paris was last seen on the big screen in THE HOTTIE AND THE
NOTTIE, and for the Warner Bros. film THE HOUSE OF WAX, starring alongside Chad
Michael Murray for producer Joel Silver. Additional film credits include: RAISING HELEN,
ZOOLANDER, THE CAT IN THE HAT, and WONDERLAND.
Paris Hilton starred for five seasons on THE SIMPLE LIFE alongside Nicole Richie for BunimMurray Entertainment. Her notable guest appearances include MY NAME IS EARL, THE OC
and THE GEORGE LOPEZ SHOW.
In April 2007, the Paris Hilton sportswear line made its debut to fashion buyers from major
department stores around the country. The line includes denim, tops, dresses and outerwear The
Paris Hilton shoe collection launched in February 2008.
Paris' career continues to evolve with exciting and challenging projects. August 2006 marked the
worldwide release of her debut self titled album on Warner Bros Records, produced by Scott
Storch. The first single "Stars are Blind" was released on radio and immediately began burning
up the airwaves. She is working on the completion of her second album.
She released her second book, "Confess It All to Me," following her New York Times Best
Seller, "Confessions of an Heiress" for Simon & Schuster in September 2004.
Her fourth fragrance, Can-Can, under the Paris Hilton brand was released in October 2007. A
fifth fragrance, Fairy Dust, is in stores as of October 2008.
In 2006, Paris Hilton Entertainment, based in Beverly Hills, California, was established to
leverage the appeal and talents of Paris Hilton, designer, recording, artist, actress, model, and
author. The company manages all brand licensing, entertainment, and endorsement deals for
Paris Hilton. Specifically, Paris Hilton Entertainment focuses on the development of Paris
Hilton-branded fashion, beauty, and lifestyle products, as well as her ventures in film, television
and music. As the face of the company, Paris Hilton takes an active role by overseeing product
development, design, marketing and promotion for Paris Hilton Entertainment.
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Paris enjoys spending time with her family, friends and pets and is actively involved in numerous
animal advocacy and charity organizations.
OGRE (Pavi Largo)
In spring of 2007, Ogre hit the road with Skinny Puppy, his band of over twenty years. Hidden
behind a thin white screen splattered red, he donned ornate headgear and moved as though his
limbs were manipulated by well-concealed strings, bringing a new, and perhaps gorier, version of
shadow puppetry to audiences across North America and Europe. This was just one of many
inspired roles the vocalist has adopted for his stage shows over the years.
Since 1982, Ogre has remained a vanguard artist, his work consequently influencing a generation
of musicians spanning across genres. With the pioneering industrial group Skinny Puppy, he and
cohort cEVIN Key have matched brutally vivid socio-political commentary with the unsettling
clang of electronic music. Onstage, he has made a career of instilling theatrical virtues in a genre
typically predisposed towards anonymity by utilizing film footage, elaborate costumes and make
up and body language to reanimate the songs. In his more recent project ohGr, the vocalist has
lent the same level of creativity and enthusiasm to a more accessible sound.
After years of performing live, it was only natural for Ogre to move into film and REPO! THE
GENETIC OPERA seems to be a perfect first fit for the artist.
TERRANCE ZDUNICH (GraveRobber)
See ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
BILL MOSELEY (Luigi Largo)
Every self-respecting horror fan remembers the first time they saw Bill Moseley –as ChopTop,
the madder than mad, larger than life and sicker than sick younger brother of cannibal chili king
Drayton Sawyer in THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE PART 2.
Moseley graduated with a BA in English from Yale University and became a freelance writer for
prestigious periodicals like Omni, National Lampoon, Rolling Stone, Interview and Psychology
Today. Moseley wrote, funded, and starred (as The Hitchhiker) in a wigged-out parody of one of
his favorite films, THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, called THE TEXAS CHAINSAW
MANICURE, an impressively imaginative, dead-on rip on the original, which impressed
MASSACRE auteur Hooper, so much that two years later, Moseley stepped into the role of
ChopTop, and a new horror icon was born.
Moseley then worked continuously in front of the camera, appearing in CHUCK (The Mask),
Clint Eastwood’s PINK CADILLAC, SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT 3, and Sam Raimi’s
ARMY OF DARKNESS. Moseley starred in Rob Zombie’s controversial HOUSE OF 1000
CORPSES, which would become a massive cult favorite and spawn an even more vicious and
critically embraced sequel, THE DEVIL’S REJECTS – which also landed Moseley a prime
recurring role in HBO’s “Carnivàle”.
Now a genre icon twice over, Moseley lives in Hollywood with his two daughters, two cats, a
cantankerous parrot named Mr. Hanky, and Lucinda, the love of his life. He also finds time to
release full-length albums of experimental rock ‘n’ roll under the moniker Cornbugs with exGuns N’ Roses member, Buckethead. His recent film projects include GRINDHOUSE and Rob
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Zombie’s HALLOWEEN. Bill is about to film ICE 44, with Cuba Gooding, Jr. and Ray
Winstone and also will star in horror/thriller BLOOD NIGHT. Bill was Guest of Honor at the
2006 World Horror Convention.
PAUL SORVINO (Rotti Largo)
Tall, commanding-looking Italian-American actor Paul Sorvino has made a solid career of
portraying authority figures (on both sides of the law). He originally had his heart set on a life as
a singer in the opera, but never quite achieved the vocal finesse required. He had additionally
been exposed to dramatic arts while studying at the New York Music and Dramatic Academy,
furthered his studies in the theater and eventually appeared in his first film WHERE’S POPPA?
(1970), at the age of 30.
He appeared in a variety of film, TV and theatrical productions over the next few years and
received critical praise for his role in the Broadway play "That Championship Season," a role he
reprised in the 1981 film alongside Robert Mitchum and Martin Sheen. Other noteworthy
performances during the 1980/'90s included a stressed-out police chief in CRUISING (1980);
Mike Hammer's cop buddy in I, THE JURY (1982) and in the standout performance as mob
patriarch Paul Cicero in the powerhouse GOODFELLAS (1990) from director Martin Scorsese.
Keeping himself continually busy, Sorvino has performed in nearly 50 movies in the past decade,
including a dynamic portrayal of Henry Kissinger in NIXON (1995), as Fulgencio Capulet in the
updated ROMEO + JULIET (1996) and in the Las Vegas thriller THE COOLER (2003). Sorvino
has also tried his hand at film directing, started the Sorvino Asthma Foundation, and is the proud
father of actress Mira Sorvino.
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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
DARREN LYNN BOUSMAN (Director)
Darren Lynn Bousman grew up in Kansas, where he became heavily involved in the theater
community. He attended Kansas University where he majored in theater and film. During his
sophomore year, he left KU to attend a film school in Orlando, FL. It was in Florida that Darren
began writing and directing short horror films. Shortly after moving to Los Angeles, Darren
began directing music videos and commercials for such Utopian Pictures artists as Velma Fix,
and Tamela. In early 2003, Darren became a freelance director for The Firm, a Beverly Hillsbased management company. While working with The Firm, he has directed various music
videos and commercial spots, including the StaticX hit “So” which made its premier on MTV and
FUSE. That same year, Bousman directed the first theatrical stage production of REPO at the
John Raitt Theater in Hollywood to sold-out crowds. In 2004, Darren helmed the commercial
campaign for Virgin Cola where he directed five separate national spots. Darren was introduced
to the Twisted Pictures producers Gregg Hoffman, Mark Burg, and Oren Koules after penning the
script THE DESPERATE, which sparked the seed that Leigh Whannell and Bousman would
later turn into 2005’s smash hit SAW II. Upon completing principle photography for SAW II,
Darren went on to direct the music video "Forget to Remember" for Mudvayne, but returned to
helm SAW III in 2006 and SAW IV the following year, both of which went on to, as did SAW II,
open at Number One at the American box office.
DARREN SMITH & TERRANCE ZDUNICH (Co-Writers)
Darren Smith & Terrance Zdunich met while studying acting at the South Coast Repertory
Theatre. In 1998 they formed “The Gallery” and began writing and performing theatrical rock
music in the form of ten-minute operas. As a duo they bombarded the Los Angeles club/theatre
scene. Inspired by the popular response to their ten-minute opera, “The Necro-merchant’s Debt”,
They decided to expand their vision into a full-length theatrical format. Thus began REPO! THE
GENETIC OPERA. Hailed by LA Weekly as a "hilarious and beautiful opera stew", REPO! was
said to have "its bloody synthetic heart in the right place" (Valley Scene). In 2002, Smith &
Zdunich self-produced their musical at Hollywood's John Raitt Theatre, then again at SplitID
Theatre in West Hollywood, 2004 - both to sold-out audiences. In the summer of 2005, REPO!
debuted in New York at off-Broadway’s Wings Theatre, who produced the run as part of its New
Musicals Series. REPO! was once again met with audience acclaim.
In 2006, REPO!’s cinematic aspirations were realized when Smith & Zdunich collaborated with
director Darren Lynn Bousman to create a 12-minute REPO! short film. Shot on location in
Toronto, the short features the acting talents of Michael Rooker (HENRY: PORTRAIT OF A
SERIAL KILLER, JFK) and Shawnee Smith (“Becker”, and the SAW films). The press hailed
the REPO! short film as “expressive, catchy and ambitious” (Fangoria). “I seriously haven’t seen
anything this unique in a long time” (bloody-disgusting.com).
Terrance Zdunich graduated from Otis College of Art and Design and his background in the
visual arts led him to work in the animation industry as a storyboard artist for Sony and on
projects such as the film FIREDOG, voiced by Tom Arnold, Lauren Bacall & Tony Danza. He
storyboarded the live-action biopic WHAT WE DO IS SECRET, about the legendary punk band
The Germs, and Sean Penn’s INTO THE WILD. He’s also provided conceptual artwork for Fox’s
TV series “Bones”. As a performer, Zdunich has been described as "powerful and spooky" by the
LA Weekly, "a great voice" (thelamusicscene.com) who "struts the stage with "imposing
ambiance" (OC Metro). Zdunich has been howling “Graaaaaaves” as GraveRobber through the
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many incarnations of REPO!.
Darren Smith played music professionally in New York and throughout the East Coast with a
variety of musicians ranging from Sophie B. Hawkins, Elliot Sharp, NY Indonesian Gamelan
Ensemble, and as a member of the performance duo Bite The Wax Tadpole. He received a
Bachelor of Music at NYU, studied ethnomusicology at Wesleyan University, took banjo lessons
from Peter Tork of The Monkees, and, like many Monsters of Rock, graduated from Hastings
College of the Law. Smith recently released Harvesting Light, a CD of his instrumental
compositions in which he plays all 16 instruments. Horlust, a CD of solo bowed electric guitar
works, and Digitalia, a CD which features opera samples and electronic-based pre-show
compositions used in REPO!’s live performances. Smith is a member of the American
Composer’s Forum.
YOSHIKI (Music Producer)
Referred throughout his professional career by his first name only, Yoshiki is arguably Asia's
most influential musical artist and biggest rock icon.
Yoshiki co-founded the popular rock band X JAPAN for which he played drums and piano and
wrote and produced most of the music. Credited as the catalyst for the flamboyant visual kei
(visual style) rock sub-genre, X JAPAN had sold more than 20 million combined albums
and singles and over 2 million videos before disbanding in 1997.
Aside from his work with X JAPAN, Yoshiki has lent his talent and vision to a variety of other
projects. He has composed music for film and television and collaborated with well-known
artists including Queen drummer Roger Taylor and legendary Beatles producer George Martin.
In 1999, Yoshiki composed and performed an orchestral piece/piano concerto to commemorate
the current Japanese Emperor's 10th anniversary of reign. In 2000, Yoshiki received an award
from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture and Science for his influence upon Japanese
society and culture. He was also commissioned to compose and conduct the theme for the 2005
World Expo in Japan, which was performed by a "Super World Orchestra" consisting of over 100
of the best musicians from around the world. In 2001, Yoshiki wrote and co-produced the double
album "Yoshiki Presents Eternal Melody" to great critical acclaim and which remains one of
Japan's top-selling classical albums.
Yoshiki remains active in the J-Rock music industry as producer for influential Japanese bands
including Glay and Dir En Grey, promoter of the J-Rock Revolution festival held in Los Angeles
in 2007 and performer in the J-Rock supergroup S.K.I.N. Most recently, he has also contributed
music for the movies CATACOMBS and SAW IV as well as announced plans for an X JAPAN
reunion in Spring 2008.
JOSEPH BISHARA (Music Producer) is a composer and music producer who has worked in a
variety of media with a wide range of artists. He has scored several films including "Autopsy"
and "The Gravedancers", and also served as sound designer with John Carpenter on "Ghosts of
Mars." Bishara's production work includes the cello rock band Rasputina album "Frustration
Plantation." He has contributed programming and sound design for tracks and remixes by artists
such as Jane's Addiction, Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, and Danzig and has created sound
for several installations with multimedia artist Tiffany Trenda. Bishara lives in Studio City, CA.
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DANIEL JASON HEFFNER (Producer)
Upon graduating from the Ithaca College School of Communications, Mr. Heffner worked as a
Stage Manager and Production Assistant on the Academy Award® winning film KRAMER VS.
KRAMER, and then as a Research Assistant to Milos Forman on RAGTIME.
In January of 1980 Mr. Heffner moved to Los Angeles and became a member of the Director’s
Guild of America as a Second Assistant Director, working on such films as: PERSONAL BEST,
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN, RICHARD PRYOR LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP,
and THE BIG CHILL. In 1982 he went to work for Columbia Pictures, working on various
projects as a Production Manager and a First Assistant Director.
In 1985, Mr. Heffner was selected to be the first Production Executive for the newly restructured
film division of the Walt Disney Studios. He oversaw the production of the following projects:
THE COLOR OF MONEY, TOUGH GUYS, ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, and THREE
MEN AND A BABY. He also line produced COCKTAIL and THE GOOD MOTHER, on
which he also served as the 1st Assistant Director. In 1988, Heffner was promoted to Vice
President of Production, Buena Vista Pictures Distribution, where he was responsible for the
production of over 25 pictures, including the highly successful Ernest series as well as MR.
DESTINY, THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE, WILD HEARTS CAN'T BE
BROKEN, WHITE FANG, SPACED INVADERS, GREENCARD, and BETSY'S WEDDING.
Mr.. Heffner left The Walt Disney Company in 1991 to pursue a career as an independent
producer. Since then he has served as Co-Executive Producer and Production Manager of HOLY
MATRIMONY; Co-Producer and First Assistant Director on HIGHWAY 395; First Assistant
Director on WINTER BREAK; First Assistant Director on ACI/American Cinema, Inc’s
KILLER BUZZ; Co-Producer on Walt Disney Pictures GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE 2; CoProducer and First Assistant Director on Twisted Pictures/Lionsgate Films SAW, and SAW II;
Executive Producer on Twisted Pictures/Lionsgate Films SAW III and SAW IV; and CoProducer on “P2” for Summit Entertainment and DEATH WALKS THE STREETS.
CARL MAZZOCONE (Producer)
Upon graduating from the School of Communications at Ithaca College, Carl Mazzocone started
his career working in physical production in New York City on several movie-of-the-week and
ABC after school specials. Mazzocone first feature film was as location Manager on JAWS 3D.
In 1983, Mazzocone relocated to Los Angeles and commenced work on films including
STARMAN and RUTHLESS PEOPLE. Throughout the mid-eighties Mazzocone created over a
hundred production budgets and production schedules for Columbia Pictures, The Mount
Company, Warner Brothers, Vestron Pictures, Prism Pictures and New World Pictures.
Mazzocone’s budgets and production schedules were used to attain green lights on such films as
I’M GONNA GIT YOU SUCKA, STEALING HOME and BULL DURHAM.
In order to realize his ultimate pursuit as a creative producer, in 1987 Mazzocone created his own
development and production company, Main Line Pictures made its theatrical debut with the
highly controversial feature film, BOXING HELENA. Main Line Pictures went on to produce
films including BODY COUNT, GOOD ADVICE, RUN RONNIE, RUN, MR. SHOW WITH
BOB AND DAVID, THE THREE AMIGOS, and SHADE. In 2006 Mazzocone, joined his
colleagues Mark Burg and Oren Koules at Twisted Pictures and was named President of
Production. While supervising the production of SAW III and SAW IV, Mazzocone has
commenced extensive development of nine future horror projects for the company.
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Veteran film producer MARK BURG (Producer) is the co-founder, with Oren Koules, of the
production company Twisted Pictures, formed in 2004, and the management/ production
company Evolution Entertainment, formed in 1998. As partners, Burg and Koules have compiled
an impressive track record of hits, including the powerhouse horror franchise SAW and the
Emmy® Award-nominated CBS series “Two and a Half Men,” the top-rated sitcom on television.
A filmmaker with a 20-year track record, Burg has shepherded an impressive range of films to the
screen. His early producing credits include Ron Shelton’s award-winning BULL DURHAM,
starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins, and CAN’T BUY ME LOVE, starring
Patrick Dempsey. Burg served several years as President of Island Pictures, where he produced
or executive produced films including TOY SOLDIERS, starring Sean Astin and Louis Gossett,
Jr.; AIRHEADS, starring Adam Sandler, Brendan Fraser and Steve Buscemi; THE CURE,
starring Brad Renfro; DON’T BE A MENACE …, starring Shawn and Marlon Wayans;
B*A*P*S, starring Halle Berry and Bernie Mac; and THE GINGERBREAD MAN, directed by
Robert Altman and starring Kenneth Branagh and Robert Downey, Jr.
Since launching Evolution with Koules in 1998, Burg’s producing credits include the dramatic
thriller JOHN Q., starring Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Robert Duvall. In
its ten-year history, Evolution has grown into a mid-sized talent and literary management
company handling writers, directors and actors. The company is also active in television, with
Burg serving as executive producer of “Two and a Half Men.” In 2004, Burg produced SAW, an
immediate cultural sensation and one of the year’s most profitable films; the film’s success led to
a distribution deal with Lionsgate and the subsequent formation of Twisted Pictures.
In 2005, he produced SAW II, which opened at #1 on Halloween weekend and became the year’s
top-grossing horror movie. SAW III opened at #1 in North America, the U.K. and Australia the
weekend of October 27, 2006. The company also produced DEAD SILENCE by SAW creators
James Wan and Leigh Whannell for Universal Pictures. Recent Twisted releases include the
horror/thriller CATACOMBS, which premiered in October 2007, and SAW IV which opened # 1
at the box-office on October 26, 2007 with a total of $31,750,000.
In 2008, the Halloween tradition continues, as SAW V is set for its North America release on
October 24, 2008. In addition, REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA is set for a November 2008
release and Twisted is currently in production on THE TORTURED slated for a Spring 2009
release.
Outside of Hollywood, Burg along with his partner Koules became professional sports owners
when they purchased the NHL franchise, the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008. Founded in 1992, the
professional hockey team has had a great deal of success in its short history including having won
the Stanley Cup championship in the 2003-2004 season.
OREN KOULES (Producer) is the co-founder, with Mark Burg, of the production company
Twisted Pictures, formed in 2004, and the management/ production company Evolution
Entertainment, formed in 1998. As partners, Koules and Burg have compiled an impressive track
record of hits, including the powerhouse horror franchise SAW and the Emmy® Awardnominated CBS series “Two and a Half Men,” the top-rated sitcom on television.
Koules began his film career in the mid-1990s, when he partnered with Dale Pollock in Peak
Productions. Their credits include two hit films, the thriller SET IT OFF with Jada Pinkett-Smith
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and Queen Latifah, and the comedy/drama MRS. WINTERBOURNE, starring Shirley MacLaine,
Brendan Fraser and Ricki Lake. He subsequently served for two years as Senior Vice-President
of Production with Paramount Pictures.
Since launching Evolution with Burg in 1998, Koules’s producing credits include the dramatic
thriller JOHN Q., starring Academy Award® winners Denzel Washington and Robert Duvall. In
its ten-year history, Evolution has grown into a mid-sized talent and literary management
company handling writers, directors and actors. The company is also active in television, with
Koules serving as executive producer of “Two and a Half Men.” In 2004, Koules produced
SAW, an immediate cultural sensation and one of the year’s most profitable films; the film’s
success led to a distribution deal with Lionsgate and the subsequent formation of Twisted
Pictures.
In 2005, he produced SAW II, which opened at #1 on Halloween weekend and became the year’s
top-grossing horror movie. SAW III opened at #1 in North America, the U.K. and Australia the
weekend of October 27, 2006. The company also produced DEAD SILENCE by SAW creators
James Wan and Leigh Whannell for Universal Pictures. Recent Twisted releases include the
horror/thriller CATACOMBS, which premiered in October 2007, and SAW IV which opened # 1
at the box-office on October 26, 2007 with a total of $31,750,000.
In 2008, the Halloween tradition continues, as SAW V is set for its North America release on
October 24, 2008. In addition, REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA is set for a November 2008
release while Twisted is currently in production on THE TORTURED slated for a Spring 2009
release.
Koules also recently added the title professional sports owner when he spearheaded a group to
purchase the NHL franchise, the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2008. Founded in 1992, the
professional hockey team has had a great deal of success in its short history including having won
the Stanley Cup championship in the 2003-2004 season.
A native of Chicago, Koules played minor hockey as a youth and eventually made the leap to
professional hockey, playing in the minor leagues for four years. After retiring from pro hockey,
he launched a successful, eight-year career as a commodities trader, leaving the Chicago
Mercantile exchange as a member in good standing in 1992.
JONATHAN MCHUGH (Executive Producer/Music Supervisor)
Jonathan McHugh has spent years producing music based films, supervising the music on films,
and producing hit soundtracks. Currently, he is producing FLYING BY starring Billy Ray Cyrus,
Heather Locklear, Oleysa Rulin (“High School Musical”) and David Zayas (“Dexter”).
McHugh started producing with the film CROSSROADS. He then co-created, co-wrote and
produced the Lionsgate hip-hop/horror film anthology; “SNOOP DOG’S HOOD OF HORROR.
His production company recently sold a show to the Disney Channel and a treatment for a Disney
TV movie. Early in 2007, McHugh was supervising producer on the FUSE TV network show,
“Bodog’s Battle of the Bands”.
Working at Jive Records and New Line Cinema prior to that, McHugh produced and marketed
over 20 hit soundtracks including THIS CHRISTMAS, STEP UP, THE WOOD, AUSTIN
POWERS, THE WEDDING SINGER, RUSH HOUR, BOOGIE NIGHTS, BLADE, SPAWN,
MORTAL COMBAT II and most recently the NBC show “Friday Night Lights”.
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McHugh has music supervised over 20 film and TV projects, most recently including FINDING
TATU, DOUBLETIME and NOBEL SON. Other films supervised include the hit SAW series of
films, RIZE, DRIFTWOOD, 2001MANIACS, BE HERE TO LOVE ME, CHARM SCHOOL,
PS, DUMB AND DUMBERER, ON THE LINE, ROGER DODGER, THE SECRET LIVES OF
DENTISTS, as well as the TV movies A TAIL OF TWO BUNNIES, THE LONE RANGER and
the first season of the hit WB TV show “Girlfriends”.
JOSEPH WHITE (Cinematographer)
Cinematographer Joseph White was born and raised in New York City. He received a bachelor’s
degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in Cinema Studies with a focus on
Film Theory and Criticism. Joe earned his Master’s Degree from The University of Southern
California School of Cinema-Television in May 2004 in Film Production. He has lensed several
feature films and documentaries, has shot dozens of music videos and also many commercials. In
February 2006, he was honored with the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers’
Heritage Award for his work on the film ROGUE 379, and has been featured in such publications
as American Cinematographer, Kodak’s In Camera magazine, as well as Daily Variety and
Hollywood Reporter.
DAVID HACKL (Production Designer) is a Toronto-based Feature Film Director, Commercial
Director and Production Designer.
David began his film career in 1986 working as an Art Director on countless music videos and
commercials at many of Toronto’s busiest commercial and music video houses. In 1989 he made
the leap to commercial director at Toronto’s LTB Films with clients including Kellogg, Sanyo,
Anheuser Busch, Jeep, Sears, Tiger Toys and General Mills.
In 1993 David got his first taste of long format filmmaking when he agreed to Art Direct the
television movie “Mary Silliman’s War”, an American Revolution period film shot on location in
Nova Scotia, Canada.
David continued to direct commercials until 1996 he made the move to production designing
when Actor /Director Saul Rubinek approached him to work on his debut feature JERRY AND
TOM starring Joe Mantegna and Sam Rockwell.
This was a turning point for David. His focus shifted away from commercial directing and move
towards long format as a production designer with the hope of one day directing feature films.
David quickly became one of Canada’s busiest production designers, working in both features
and television for the next 8 years.
David Hackl’s other production design credits include Sci-Fi Channel series “LEXX - The Dark
Zone” seasons 1, 2 and 3 and “Starhunter;” the independent features CLUBLAND for Paramount
directed by Saul Rubinek starring Steven Webber and Alan Alda; the television films “Zebra
Lounge” starring Stephen Baldwin; “Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story” starring
Jamie Foxx; Koch Company’s THE RIVER MAN starring Cary Elwes; and the 2003 FOX
miniseries “The Grid.”
Over the past twenty years David has worked extensively in Canada and the United States,
Europe, The UK, Africa and South America.
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In 2005 David was asked to production design the feature film SAW II and worked very close
with Director Darren Lynn Bousman to bring to life the dark world of “Jigsaw” for Evolution
Entertainment/Twisted Pictures and distributor Lionsgate. Following SAW II, David finished
2005 designing the Werewolf update SKINWALKERS with producer Don Carmody and director
Jim Isaac for Germany’s Constantin Film Produktion.
In January 2006 Hackl and Bousman reunited for SAW III which David not only production
designed but second unit directed as well. David returned to Nova Scotia in June, 2006 to
production design the epic Viking/Alien feature OUTLANDER starring James Caviezel, Sophia
Myles, Ron Perlman and John Hurt for producers Don Carmody, Ascendent Pictures and
distributors The Weinstein Company.
David joined the SAW team for a third time in 2007 as production designer and second unit
director on SAW IV and immediately followed with Darren Lynn Bousman’s futuristic rock
opera REPO: THE GENETIC OPERA again as both production designer and second unit
director.
In 2008 David Hackl finally got his wish with his directorial debut on “SAW V” which opened
October 24th in second place and pulled in a weekend box office draw of $30.5 million. This
makes SAW the highest grossing horror franchise in history. beating out former frontrunner
FRIDAY THE 13th.
David splits his time between Los Angeles and Toronto where he lives with his wife, producer
Lorraine Ward Hackl and their two boys Sean, Dylan and their dog Porscha.
ALEX KAVANAGH (Costume Designer)
Alex Kavanagh has been designing costumes for film and television since 1997. Her recent
credits include GEORGE A. ROMERO’S DIARY OF THE DEAD which premiered at the
Toronto International Film Festival, Allan Moyle’s WIERDSVILLE, and Martin Gero’s romantic
comedy YOUNG PEOPLE FUCKING.
Alex designed the costumes for the very successful horror films SAW II, SAW III, and SAW IV
directed by Darren L. Bousman, George A. Romero’s LAND OF THE DEAD as well as
GINGER SNAPS II and III. She also designed the costumes for Gregory MacKenzie’s undead
romantic comedy CAMILLE starring Sienna Miller and James Franco.
Comfortable with any genre of film, television, or theatre Kavanagh enjoys a creative challenge
utilizing her theatre training at the Dalhousie University Costume Studies program from which
she graduated in 1992.
MARIBETH KNEZEV (Key Makeup)
Maribeth Knezev began her career as a makeup artist in the 1990's in Toronto, Canada, working
with award winning veteran actors such as Christopher Plummer, Charles Bronson and Jack
Palance. As a child, Maribeth was recognized for her artistic ability especially in realism. During
her teenage years she became involved in the Fashion Industry, which introduced her to makeup
artistry. Expanding her knowledge base, Maribeth traveled to Los Angeles to apprentice at SPFX
Makeup shops. Maribeth draws upon her background to create looks for contemporary, period,
sci-fi and fantasy projects, most recently including the AMERICAN GIRL Films with Marcia
Gay Harden and Kevin Zegers.
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FINAL END CREDITS
Executive Producer
Associate Producers
YOSHIKI
TROY BEGNAUD
DARREN SMITH
TERRANCE ZDUNICH
JONATHAN MCHUGH
KYM CREPIN
TOM VENCELIDES
STEVE WEBB
SARAH BUELL
Music Supervisor
Production Manager
Assistant Production Manager
First Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Cast
Shilo Wallace
Rotti Largo
Nathan/Repo Man
Blind Mag
Amber Sweet
Luigi Largo
Pavi Largo
GraveRobber
Marni
Jessica Adams
Rotti’s Chauffeur
Sherrie Alviso
Young Mormon Woman
Young Mormon Man
Big Man
Woman with Martini Glass
Man In Tuxedo
Single Mother
Geneco Spokesperson
Talking Head #1
Talking Head # 2
Geneco’s Band Leader
Male Victim
Rotti’s Henchwoman #1
Rotti’s Henchwoman #2
Female Repo Victim
Amber’s Valet #1
Amber’s Valet #2
Head Sexy Gentern
Sexy Gentern #1
Sexy Gentern #2
Night Surgeon Gentern #1
Night Surgeon Gentern #2
Night Surgeon Gentern #3
Opera Gentern #1
Opera Gentern #2
Opera Gentern #3
Opera Gentern #4
Opera Gentern #5
Opera Gentern #6
Geneco Assistant #1
Mag’s Asian Chorus Girl #1
ALEXA VEGA
PAUL SORVINO
ANTHONY STEWART HEAD
SARAH BRIGHTMAN
PARIS HILTON
BILL MOSELEY
OGRE
TERRANCE ZDUNICH
SARAH POWER
JESSICA HORN
BRANKO LEBAR
BRIANA BUCKMASTER
ANNA KOSTAN
BRAD AUSTIN
MARTY ADAMS
REBECCA MARSHALL
EGIDIO TARI
JAKE REARDON
J LAROSE
JOHN GALLAGHER
HOWARD GLASSMAN
DARREN SMITH
DEAN ARMSTRONG
ANDREJA PUNKRIS
ALISA BURKET
ATHENA KARKANIS
MARTIN SAMUEL
STEPHAN DUBEAU
DENA CHIARCOSSI
NATALLI REZNIK
TRE ARMSTRONG
ELENA JUATCO
NOELLE BOGGIO
KRYSTAL GARIB
VANESSA COBHAM
AMANDA FRITZ
ANDREA CIACCI
TRE ARMSTRONG
NATALLI REZNIK
DENA CHIARCOSSI
MATT BODEN
CARLA GIULIANI
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Mag’s Asian Chorus Girl #2
Mag’s Asian Chorus Girl #3
Mag’s Asian Chorus Girl #4
Mag’s Asian Chorus Boy #1
Mag’s Asian Chorus Boy #2
Mourner #1
Mourner #2
Repo Cadet
Support Group Member #1
Support Group Member #2
Support Group Member #3
Support Group Member #4
Support Group Member #5
Support Group Member #6
Support Group Member #7
Support Group Member #8
Support Group Member #9
Amber’s Male Dancer #1
Amber’s Male Dancer #2
Armed Geneco Guard
Geneco Spokesperson #2
Opera Audience Member #1
Opera Audience Member #2
Opera Audience Member #3
Opera Audience Member #4
Opera Audience Member #5
Opera Audience Member #6
Opera Audience Member #7
Opera Audience Member #8
Night Surgeon Victim
DJ Granny
Hallucination Gentern #1
Hallucination Gentern #2
Singing Gentern #1
Singing Gentern #2
Nebbish Doctor
Gossip Journalist
Puppeteer #1
Puppeteer #2
JAMIE HOLMES
ROMINA D’UGO
TANGARA JONES
JEFFERY ONG
RON BEDEAU
HAZEL GORIN
EVE ENGLISH
LANCE LUTHER
MELISSA PANTON
TANGARA JONES
ROMINA D’UGO
CHERYL QUIACOS
JACQUES MONFISTON
OMAR FORREST
JENNIFER MOTE
ELENA JUATCO
SAMANTHA MILLER
JEFFERY ONG
DANI JAZZAR
TOM FARR
KEVIN POWER
ROBERTA ANGELICA
ERICA COX
CHARLIE SEMINERIO
KATHY IMRIE
PAUL DE LA ROSA
DAVID FUJINO
KEVIN POWER
JANELLE HUTCHISON
TIM BURD
HAZEL GORIN
ANDREA CIACCI
EVA REDPATH
CARLA BENNETT
NOELLE BOGGIO
AL MAINI
THOM ALLISON
JAMES RANKIN
GORD ROBERTSON
Stunt Coordinator
Stunt Double – Nathan/Repo Man
Stunt Double – Blind Mag
Stunt Zydrate Addict
Stunt Head Armed Geneco Guard
Stunt Armed Geneco Guard #1
Stunt Armed Geneco Guard #2
Stunt Armed Geneco Guard #3
Stunt Armed Geneco Guard #4
Stunt Pope
Stunt Geneco Assistant #2
Stunt Sexy Gentern
Choreographer
Lip Sync Coordinator
JAMIE JONES
SPENCER JONES
DANA JONES
NICK ALACHIOTIS
JUNG YUL KIM
KELLY JONES
PAUL RUTLEDGE
BRAYDEN JONES
JEFFERY ONG
DON GOUGH
BRYAN THOMAS
CHERYL QUIACOS
TRE ARMSTRONG
ELAINE OVERHOLT
MARK MASRI
SHAUNA BLACK
Loop Group
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ROBERT BOCKSTAEL
DARRELL DENNIS
CHRIS MARREN
LISA NORTON
GEOFF POUNSETT
SAMANTHA REYNOLDS
SEAN SULLIVAN
SEVERN THOMPSON
NICOLE UNDERHAY
BRIAN GEDGE
KEVIN MICHAEL LEBLANC
MICHAEL WILLIAMS
BORIS KURTZMANN
JAN BRUNTON
BEN GERVAIS
JASPER VRAKKING
DAVID PERKINS
ERNEST SPITERI
CRISTIN L. BECKER
MICHAEL STOYANOV
CARLA SPIZZIRI
NICK KONTSALAKIS
DEBRA GIBSON
JILLIAN GIACOMINI
GREG EDMUNDS
VICKI HENTON
KEVIN HENNELLY
ANTHONY IANNI
DWIGHT HENDRICKSON
SORIN POPESCU
BRENT MCGILLIVRAY
SEAN SCOFFIELD
JESSICA MANCHESTER
TERRANCE ZDUNICH
SAM AGRO
LIESL DESLAURIERS
JASON LUNN
FRIDAY MYERS
DONAVON DRUMMOND
CHERIE SPENCER
STEVEN CIANCAMERLA
JAMES MURRAY
MARIO MOREIRA
GREGORY DAVIES
STEPHANIE LEES
LESLIE KAVANAGH
ELAYNE ALEXANDER
KAREN EPPSTADT
NANCY DASILVA
ALEYA GIBSON
JANICE SKINNER
MARIBETH KNEZEV
PATRICE BOUDREAU
SUSAN HAYWORD
KIM DAO
FRANCOIS DAGENAIS
A Camera Operator/ Steadicam
First Assistant Camera
Second Assistant Camera
Camera Trainee
Video Assist Operator
Digital Imaging Technicians
B Camera Operator
B Camera 1st Assistant
Production Coordinator
Assistant Production Coordinator
Production Accountant
First Assistant Accountant
Payroll Accountant
Script Supervisor
Third Assistant Directors
Set Production Assistant
Art Director
1st Assistant Art Director
1st Assistant Art Director/ Set Designer
2nd Assistant Art Director
Art Department Trainee
Comic Book Illustrations
Storyboard Artist
Set Decorator
Lead Man
Sets Buyer
On Set Dresser
Set Dressers
Property Master
Assistant Property Master/ Props Buyer
Props Assistant
Assistant Costume Designer
Set Supervisor
Truck Supervisor
Key Wardrobe Breakdown Artist
Wardrobe Cutter
Wardrobe Assistants
Key Makeup Artist
Assistant Makeup Artist
2nd Assistant Makeup Artist
Contact Lens Technician
Prosthetics Coordinator
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Key Prosthetics Assistant
1st Prosthetics Assistant
Key Hair Stylist
Assistant Hair Stylist
Sarah Brightman’s Hair Stylist
Gaffer
Best Boy Electrician
Electricians
DAMON BISHOP
SEAN SANSOM
STEPHANIE INGRAM
RITA PACITTO
MAARIT NIEMELA
MIKE MCDONALD
ROB VETTOR
CRAIG BULMER
KEVIN BARNES
JAMES SCOTT
DAVE NIELSON
KAREN BAYER
MONTY MONTGOMERIE
DEREK PARKES
MICHAEL OHORODNYK
STEVE VAN DENZEN
MICHAEL BURAK
PATRICK KING
PETER DAPRATO
ROBERT DAPRATO
RICK PENN, C.A.S.
JASON HOPFNER
ROB BERTOLA
JOE ROBINSON
JAMIE BURKE
RICK FERNANDEZ
GORD CRAIG
MICHAEL BUNT
DOUG BOWLER
GORDON CASSELMAN
DOUGLAS CATTY
ROBERT CRAIG
MIKE DUTKOWSKI
MICHAEL HYDE
MICHAEL LOTOSKY
PATRICK MCCAFFERY
KEITH MCCULLY
CRAIG MCLAUCHLAN
JOEL MCLEOD
J.D. MOORE
JEFF PRYCE
MIKE RYBUCK
THOMAS SHEENAN
CHARLES STANIFORTH
TOM TOOP
PAUL TRINIDAD
REAL VANIER
JOHN WAREING
RUSSELL WHITEMAN
ANDREW YURKIV
JOHN CAULFIELD
BRANDON BREEN
CHRIS LITTLEJOHN
VICTORIA HAMILTON
LESLIE MCCULLAGH
CHRIS ANDREWS
Key Grip
Best Boy Grip
Dolly Grip
Grips
Rigging Grips
Production Sound Mixer
Boom Operator
Pro Tools Music Playback
Studio Manager
Construction Coordinator
Head Carpenter
Assistant Head Carpenter
On Set Carpenter
Carpenters
Labourers
Key Scenic Artist
Assistant Scenic Artist
Head Scenic Painter
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Assistant Head Scenic Painter
On Set Painter
Painters
MICHAEL D. ANDREWS
HEATHER RIGBY
EMILY HYDE
DORIN KENNY
JOANNE FILETTI
THE EFFECTS GROUP
TONY KENNY
JEFF M. SKOCHKO
ANDY LATIMER
STEVE SKOCHKO
KATRINA SAVILLE
KALEIGH KAVANAGH
ERICK SALOMON
NATE RICHMOND
CYNTHIA HILEY
BRUCE MCLEAN
EDDIE BOWMAN
FRED ELDRIDGE
FRANK A. ELDRIDGE
MIKE BOWMAN
DAN DEGER
RICHARD PAUL
GREG MCGRATH
GUSTAV MEUNIER
HOLLY MEEKER-BARBET
PANNO THERAPEUTIC / JIM PANNO
TANIA BOOCHON
DR. MARVIN WAXMAN
STEVE WILKIE
JANE ROGERS
ADAM CHUCKRYK
CHARMAINE HAMP
ALISSA OURAKOVA
Special Effects
Special FX Coordinator
Key Special FX
1st Assistant Special FX
Assistant to Darren Bousman
Assistant to Dan Heffner
Assistant to Mark Burg & Oren Koules
Production Assistants
Transportation Coordinators
Transportation Captain
Transportation Co-Captain
Drivers
Honeywagon
Set Medic Services
Set Medic
Physician
Stills Photographer
Extras Casting
Stand-ins
Caterer
Craft Services
CATERING ON LOCATION
STAR GRAZING
DAVID KINNERSLY
ASHLEIGH MILLAR
TRINA PETRIK
DEAN A. AVEDON, CPA
TAMMI ROBINSON
JUSTINE STEVENSON
Craft Servers
Twisted Pictures Accounting Services
Twisted Pictures Key Accountant
Twisted Pictures Office Affairs
Travel Services
LINDEN TRAVEL
DOROTHY BURG
2nd and VFX Units
Second Unit Director
Additional Second Unit Director
Camera Operator
First Assistant Camera
Second Assistant Camera
First Assistant Director
2nd Assistant Director
Key Grip
Gaffer
Property Master
DAVID HACKL
JON CAMPFENS
ANGEL GONZALEZ
PETE JANES
ADAM TARINI
LAURIE MIRSKY
GARFIELD RUSSELL
GARY BOWER
DAVE NEILSON
MARIO MOREIRA
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Location Security
CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL
RALPH BRUZZESE
ANDREW FINCH
THOMAS ENRIGHT
DAVID HEYS
SEYMON WEN HSING
Security
Company Production Counsel
HEENAN BLAIKIE LLP
Music Legal Counsel
BOB TARANTINO
KEVIN KOLOFF
POST PRODUCTION
Post Production Supervisor
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Post Production Assistant
Supervising Sound Editors
MATT CAHILL
GARY FLUXGOLD
LARA JOHNSTON
ANDREA DAVIS
TOM BJELIC
JOHN DOUGLAS SMITH
ROB BERTOLA
MARK GINGRAS
CLIVE TURNER
JIMMY
STEVE BAINE
PETER PERSAUD
GINA WARK
Music Editor
Sound Designer
Sound Effects Editor
Assistant Sound Editor
Foley Artist
Foley Recordist
Foley Assistant
DELUXE | POSTPRODUCTION
Re-recording Mixers
KEITH ELLIOTT
ANDREW TAY
MARK ZSIFKOVITS
JAMIE GOULD
MATTHEW MACKENZIE
PETE WAGGONER,
GOLDCREST POST PRODUCTION
SCOTT LOANE
LEE ENGLEMANN
DEBBIE HOLLAND
JAMES YAZBECK
JEFF HOCKEN
CAM MCLAUCHLIN
MIKE SEELEY
BERNIE CLAYTON
SEAN COLES
ROBERTA BRATTI
Re-Recording Assistant
ADR Recordist
Additional ADR
Optical Track Recordist
Dailies Color Timers
Telecine Sync Operators
VDC Operators
Project Manager - Sound
SWITCH VFX
Senior CGI Artist
Lead Compositor
VFX Coordinator
Compositors
DAVID RAY ALEXANDER
GUDRUN HEINZE
BEAU PARSONS
JEF LONN
JOEL SKEETE
JASON KOZSUREK
BARB BENOIT
ROB SISCHY
GREG ZAJAC
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CHA MIN HYUN
SETH MARTINUIK
GEOFF WIGMORE
AMIR EFTEKHARI
KEMAL ALLY
KEREN KURTZ
VOYTEK KUFNER
MIKE HABJAN
JASON COLTHURST
JASON BOLAND
GRANT HARRIS
SHANNON PENNER
JUN ASIDO
Matte Painter
Boujou Tracker
CG Team
Technical Director
YOWZA DIGITAL ANIMATION
Executive Producer
Art Director
Animators/Compositors
PETE DENOMME
SONYA CAREY
GRANT HARRIS
SHANNON PENNER
KEMAL ALLY
Animation Editor
DELUXE | EFILM | TORONTO
Supervising DI Colorist
DI Producer
DI Coordinator
DI Editor & Opticals
CHRIS WALLACE
PETER ARMSTRONG
GARY BROWN
MOTASSEM YOUNES
AHMAD ISMAIL
DAVE MUSCAT
JAMIE FRANKLIN
NICK PAULOZZA
TREVOR LEWIS
DI Assistant Editors
Film Recording
MUSIC
Associate Music Producer
Score
Score Producer/Mixer
Engineering and Mixing
CHRIS SPILFOGEL
DARREN SMITH
JOSEPH BISHARA
CHRIS SPILFOGEL
CEDRICK COURTOIS
ZACH KASIK
SEAN LACEFIELD
ZACH KASIK
ASHBURN MILLER
SEAN LACEFIELD
PAUL LANI
DANNY STERNBAUM
MIKE GING
TIM HARKINS
SEAN E. DEMOTT
ERICA FORSTER
ALISA BURKET
FRANNI BURKE
BRENT ALAN HUFFMAN
ROGER LOVE
PAUL MASSE
Assistant Engineer
Additional Engineers
Digital Editor
Pre-Production Digital Editing
Creative Consultant
Lead Music Administrator
Music Assistant
Vocal Coaches
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ERIC VETRO
JONATHAN ZALBEN
DARREN SMITH
C.J. DEANGELUS, JR.
ELENA TEDROS
SARA SUMINSKI
C.J. DEANGELUS, JR.
CHRIS GUARDINO
RONEN LANDA
JONATHAN ZALBEN
LEV “LJOVA” ZHURBIN
MEDIANTMUSIC, LLC
DARREN SMITH
Orchestrations
Choral Orchestration on “Tao of Mag”
Italian Translation on “Chrommaggia”
Music Transcriptions
MUSICIANS
TODDY ALLEN
PABLO AMADOR
DANIEL ASH
JOSEPH BISHARA
MARK “MOKE” BISTANY
BLASKO
CARLTON BOST
FRED BOWS
PHILIP BYNOE
TOMMY CLEFETUS
NIC COHN
CEDRICK COURTOIS
M. SHAWN CRAHAN “CLOWN”
MELORA CREAGER
C.J. DEANGELUS, JR.
AARON EMBRY
BRIAN FEDIRKO
RICHARD FORTUS
SAAR HENDELMAN
DAVID J
ZACH KASIK
DORON KOCHLI
SEAN LACEFIELD
RYAN LACEY
RAY LUZIER
ASHBURN MILLER
EVANGELOS “AJ” MORRIS
SONNY MOORE
ROSS O'CARROLL
RICHARD PATRICK
STEPHEN PERKINS
SETH PODOWITZ
ERIC POWELL
RAMI JAFFEE
DANNY SABER
DARREN SMITH
Programming
Drums
Guitar
Programming, Guitar, Bass
Drums
Bass
Programming
Violin
Bass
Drums
Keyboards
Guitar
Percussion
Cello
Baritone Sax
Keyboards
Circuit Bending
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Banjo
Accordion, Piano, Keyboards
Guitar, Bass, Programming
Drums, Percussion
Drums
Bass
Programming
Guitar
Bass
Guitar
Drums, Percussion
Programming
Programming
Accordion
Programming
Accordion, Banjo, Bass Guitar,
Cello, Keyboards,
Percussion, Piano,
Programming
Guitar
IAN SMITH
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MARK WALK
BRIAN YOUNG
JONATHAN ZALBEN
Programming
Guitar
Violin
BACKGROUND AND CHORAL SINGERS
JACQUELINE BECKER
ALISA BURKET
LAURA BOSSERMAN
KATE CONKLIN
KRISTEN DECARLO
THOMAS DOLAN
RICHARD GOULD
ERIK HART
BRANDEN JAMES
STEPHANIE KANE
SEAN LACEFIELD
KANDICE MELONAKOS
SANJAY NAGAR
SUTHI PICOTTE
CHRIS SPILFOGEL
DARREN SMITH
NINA BERGMAN
JOSEPH BISHARA
TIMOTHY CARR
CEDRICK COURTOIS
LATEEFAH DEVOE
JENNIFER FARMER
THOMASINA GROSS
STACEY JUSTIS
SHAUN KAMA
ZACH KASIK
NANCY LONG
TRACY MULHOLLAND
POE
NATALIE SALINS
AIDAN SMITH
JULIA VOTH
GABRIEL WYNER
FOREIGN LANGUAGE COMMERCIALS
AI AOTA
DAPO TORIMIRO
ZAKIA GREEN
ALEX MANNONE
SUTHI PICOTTE
ALISA BURKET
ERICA FORSTER
JINNY LEE
MARTIJN TERPORTEN
CURT WILSON
CAST & CREW FROM REPO! STAGE PRODUCITON
LEIGH ALLEN
MARIE-FRANCE ARCILLA
PETER BEDGOOD
VIOLET BENNY
TIMOTHY CARR
PETER CASTRO
JAYMEE CHRISTOPHERSON ANDRE CHOLMONDELEY
C.J. DEANGELUS, JR.
ENRIQUE CRUZ DEJESUS
AARON DUNNING
DJ SPINN
LEILANI FRANCISCO
KIMBERLY FOX
WALTER GUZMAN
ROBERT GROSSMAN
CYNTHIA IGNACIO
BRIAN JOHNSON
STEPHANIE KLEMONS MATT KRINSKY
RYAN LACEY
ROBBIE LACRITZ
DAVE LINDEN
SCOTT “SMX” MACHENS
MONIQUE MARRIER
JOCELYN MARSH
TRACY MCDOWELL
JENNIFER MCLEAN
ANNIE LEE MOFFETT
MARCUS MONTOYA
ROBERTA MORENO
JOHNIE MUNCHKIN
STEPHANIE O'NEILL
JIMMY PATTERSON
MARCO PUENTE
BEAU PUCKETT
ADAM “HOUSTON” ROSE NATALIE SALINS
ROSIE SHARKEY
MIKE TORRES
GRANT VAN ZEVERN
JIMMY WATERS
BEV WEST
MICHAEL WHATLEY
KEITH WRIGHT
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CHRISTY BARKER
JAMIE BISHOP
MAN TING CHAN
ORIEL COLLINS
LATEEFAH DEVOE
NELSON T. EUSEBIO III
BEN GREGORY
NEEL HAMMOND
STEPHANIE KANE
JEN KUHN
KATHRYN LAWSON
TRULY MAGYAR
RENEE MCCARTHY
JEF MILLER
MELODY MOORE
MICHELLE MUNGCAL
TANIA L. PEARSON
YANO RANSFORD
BRENTON SCHRAFF
JERRY URBAN
PENNEY WEI
CURT WILSON
JENN BASTIAN
ALISA BURKET
JULIE CUOMO
ELLIE DIEZ
FLY PR
BETSY GOODE
KIA LEE
VICKY MODICA
TONY PERRY
JOHN SCHEKER
BILLY WEST
STEVEN WOLF
“GOD BLESS YOU”
Music and Lyrics by Yoshiki
Vocals by Katie Fitzgerald
Produced by Yoshiki
Engineered by Mike Ging
Published by Extasy A Music (ASCAP)
“REPO MAN”
Vocals by Ogre
Written by Darren Smith, Terrance Zdunich, Yoshiki
Produced By Yoshiki, Darren Smith, Sean Lacefield
Additional vocal production by Carsten Heusmann
Mixed By Mike Ging
Ogre appears courtesy of SPV Recordings
“ACHING HOUR”
Vocals by Sarah Brightman
Written by Darren Smith & Terrance Zdunich
Produced by Sean Lacefield, Darren Smith
Mixed by Sean Lacefield
Sarah Brightman appears courtesy of Angel Records
For LIONSGATE
Marketing
TOM ORTENBERG
ERIKA SCHIMIK
STACEY MOORADIAN
YON ELVIRA
AUBREY MCCLURE
ANNE PARDUCCI
CHELA JOHNSON
MIGUEL CASILLAS
WAYNE LEVIN
WENDY JAFFE
CHARLYN ADKINS
SIMON RUST LAMB
BOB WENOKUR
DANNY ST. PIERRE
VALOEN POWER
EDA KOWAN
STEPHANIE LEWIS
HELEN LEE KIM
ANNE MARIE BOYSEN
BRENT JACK
ADAM BIALOW
STEPHANIE DENTON
SHYAMA FRIEDENSON
JOEY MONTEIRO
Business Affairs
Post Production
Acquisitions
Mandate International Sales
Special Thanks to
Camera Systems by
PANAVISION
STEWART AZIZ
Grip & Lighting & Chapman Camera Dollies
WILLIAM F. WHITE LTD.
BILL WHITE
ROGER PLAYTER
Cranes & Lifts
DWIGHT CRANE
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Payroll Services
Studios
ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS
CINESPACE STUDIOS
STEVE MIRKOPOULOS
JIM MIRKOPOULOS
Location Support
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JOHN SINOPOLI
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URBAN POST PRODUCTION
DELUXE | POSTPRODUCTION
DELUXE | POSTPRODUCTION
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CALDWELL & COMPANY
HI TEXT MEDIA SERVICES
Loop Group Supplied by
Post-Production Continuity List
DON AYRES
Insurance Broker
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DARLENE MILLEY
Script and Title Research Services
THE RIGHTS COMPANY
AMY LENNIE
DAVID HARRISON
Special Thanks
Ontario Media Development Corporation
Toronto Film and Television Office
Metropolitan Hotel – Toronto
Tanya Mallean
Henry M. Wu, Orson W. Sharpe, Colleen Ross
Lynn and Nancy Bousman
Terroni Restaurant
Laura Bosserman
Tim Bui
Adam Levine
Shem Byron
George Doering
Extasy Studios' Staff
Kristin Fairlie
Alexis Garcia
Kevin Greutert
Yvonne Kawamura
Jay Levy
Donald Long
Nancy Long
Philip Long
Jason Moore
Sanjay Nagar
Louis Oberlander
Michael Rooker
Erin Sahlstrom
Aidan Smith
Shawnee Smith
Larry Yagy
Jeff Kohutka
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Phil Raskind
Andrew Wilson
Chris Ridenhour
Dan McLellan
Nick Mirkopoulos
Russ Robertson
Peter Lau
Nick Iannelli
Anne Conover
Katrina Saville
Amy Laine
Catherine Curtis
Yamaha Canada Inc.
Heather St. Marie
Jeff
Signature Party Rentals
Seth Podowitz
House of Beckerman
Respro LTD
Luxottica Group
Best Made Toys
Triangle Impact
ESP Guitars
Westway Marketing
Toy Watch
Brave Beltworks
Wiretree.com
Guilty Brotherhood
Aquarius Men’s Wear
Damiani Jewellry
Faulhaber Public Relations
Rubbermaid Canada
A Newell Rubbermaid Company
Bliss by Damiani
Boots and Shoes provided by Pleaser USA Inc.
Produced with the assistance of
Ontario Production Services Tax Credit
Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit
Production Services provided by
Repo Opera Productions Canada Inc., a Canada Film Capital Company
Filmed entirely in Toronto, Ontario
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Registration # 44359
The characters and incidents portrayed and names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name,
character or history of any person is entirely coincidental and unintentional.
This motion picture is protected under the laws of Canada, the United States and other countries.
Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution.
© 2008 Lions Gate Films Inc.
All rights reserved.
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