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導演、監製東尼史葛Tony Scott《壯志凌雲》《諜戰》
《邊緣特訓》奧斯卡金像影帝丹素華盛頓 Denzel Washington
《不一樣的爸爸》天才童星狄歌達芬寧Dakota Fanning
主演
《幕後嫌疑犯》《懸河殺機》編劇拜仁凱哲倫Brian Helgeland
A.J. Quinnell 原著小說改編
8月26日怒火鑣心
發行：二十世紀霍士影片公司
片長：146分鐘
級別：待定
網址：www.manonfiremovie.com
故事大綱
綁架案充斥著墨西哥整個國家，在6日裡就連續發生24宗綁架案件，引起富裕階層人士的恐慌，特別是為人父母的，他們紛紛為自己的子女聘請保鏢。丹素華盛頓飾演的約翰•克斯，為一名前中情局的行動組成員，他因為有酗酒問題而不能再替中情局辦事。後來，他在朋友黎賓(基斯杜化華根飾)的介紹下，來到墨西哥當保鏢，他要保護的人是位9歲大的女孩雷佩蒂(狄歌達芬寧飾)。克斯對當保鏢並不感興趣，但由於他終日無所事事，最後只好接受職務。
佩蒂非常喜歡這位新上任的保鏢，更希望與他交朋友，然而克斯對於這位早熟的女孩，卻感到不厭其煩，尤其是當佩蒂經常問他有關他的生活與其妻子的事，佩蒂了解克斯的內心，知道他生活並不快樂，只可惜克斯一直封閉自己，對所有人均十分冷漠。經過一段日子的相處，佩蒂終令基斯放下防線，兩人相處漸漸融洽，克斯的臉上再展歡顏。
正當克斯因佩蒂而找到生命的意義時，佩達卻被綁架，克斯雖奮力抵抗，仍不敵綁匪的攻擊，佩蒂終被擄走。克斯剛找到的人生目標被綁匪奪走，他怒火中燒，誓要揪出主謀，殺盡一切有關連的綁匪，展開一幕又一幕的報復行動。
《鑣火》由東尼史葛執導及監製，丹素華盛頓、狄歌達芬寧及基斯杜化華根主演。此片根據A.J. Quinnell的小說改編及由拜仁凱哲倫擔任編劇。導演東尼史葛說：「綁架在墨西哥是一門很大而有組織的生意。」他與幕後工作人員努力研究墨西哥多種綁架案的歷史，再由編劇拜仁凱哲倫根據這些案例而改編成電影。東尼史葛說：「這些案例對我們非常重要，只因可根據這些案例資料為題材，令本片的劇情更真實。」東尼認為拜仁對此片的貢獻重大。「拜仁為本片劇情編寫了兩個部分，前半部分主要講述克斯與女孩佩蒂相處後面重新找到生命的意義，後半部分則講述他復仇的過程。」
關於角色
拜仁凱哲倫把《鑣火》比喻為美女與野獸，佩蒂了解克斯的內心，她令克斯重新找到生命的意義，當佩蒂被綁走的時候，克斯好像再次迷失了，他變得憤怒，誓要為佩蒂復仇。
《鑣火》由金像影帝丹素華盛頓主演約翰•克斯一角，丹素華盛頓與導演東尼史葛早在《紅潮風暴》一片中已合作，東尼對丹素華盛頓讚不絕口，他說：「他能投入地演譯克斯那冰封的心，但當他的心被佩蒂融化的時候，真特別感人。」
丹素華盛頓說克基斯由於對生命失去意義，便沉迷地喝酒，以致他不能發揮所長，不能再替中情局工作。他對人冷漠，如同失去靈魂一樣，他也不懂得去愛。但後來，他與佩蒂相處過後，終被佩蒂感動，仿如能找回靈魂一樣，重拾生命的意義。事實上，克斯很難抗拒佩蒂這個可愛的小女孩。因她充滿熱情和好奇心，這些特質都是克斯身上沒有的。
導演東尼史葛與監製Lucas Foster看過狄歌達芬寧在《不一樣的爸爸》中的演出後，即邀請她演出佩蒂一角。監製Lucas Foster說：「狄歌達芬寧是我認識中最有才能的小演員，她像太陽般散發著光芒和活力，兼且有了解人性的本能。」
狄歌達芬寧形容佩蒂是個熱愛生命和游泳的人。這兩點是令她能和克斯相處的最大關鍵，故事講述佩蒂因要參加游泳比賽而要求克斯她游泳，克斯沒法推郤她的要求而答應。經克斯悉心的訓練，佩蒂終得到比賽冠軍，他倆的感情亦由此而產生。在演出之前，丹素華盛頓受專人指導如何演譯成一位保鏢，狄歌達芬寧則接受游泳、西班牙語及鋼琴訓練，她更於私人時間與戲中的父母溝通及相處，以培養感情。
克斯和佩蒂能走在一起，全因克斯的好友黎賓。黎賓移居墨西哥後，事業發展得非常成功，在他的介紹下，克斯當上佩蒂的保鏢。導演起初找基斯杜化華根演出貪污的律師佐敦一角，但基斯杜化華根以他經常演出奸角為由，要求出演忠角，導演亦想到對觀眾來說也頗有新鮮感，樂於邀他擔演黎賓一角。
澳洲出生的莉達米曹(Radha Mitchell)飾演佩達的母親麗莎，她丈夫是墨西哥大資本家，她最初的性格很複雜，但後來她明白到甚麼才是她生命中最重要。
佩蒂的父親雷森姆由著名拉丁歌手麥安東尼(Marc Anthony)飾演，雷森姆是墨西哥的上流人士，他雖疼愛女兒佩蒂，但因需要經常外出公幹而甚少陪伴她。後來他因債台高築而引致嚴重後果。麥安東尼認為今次是他從影以來最有挑戰性的角色，他大讚東尼和丹素華盛頓是最傑出和導演和演員。
選景與製作
經過東尼的悉心調查，墨西哥是世界上第二多發生綁架案件的國家，因此，導演特別選取首都墨西哥城作為拍攝地點，那兒的污染和擠塞的交通對當地居民的影響甚大。東尼說：「那兒充滿歷史文化氣息，是一個美麗而觀感強烈的城市，同時亦是個黑暗而危險的城市。」
本片大多在墨西哥城取景，在這個最古老、交通最擠塞的城市拍攝是一項極大的挑戰，每天，超過50部汽車載著演員、攝製隊以及大小器材通過市內狹窄而擠迫的街道行駛，往往要花上數小時才能到達目的地拍攝。此外，罷工在當地亦司空見慣，工作人員像走進迷宮一樣，好不容易才能通過當地17個州政府。
縱使困難重重，監製認為這都是值得的，因為觀眾可以看到當代墨西哥的極端狀態，色彩和風土人情。
導演東尼史葛和攝影總監保羅金馬倫的拍攝手法非常極端，令燈光和色彩表現鮮明。當佩蒂被綁走的時候，克斯在心裡和情緒上出現劇變，導演採用多種不同拍攝手法，以表達克斯當時的焦急。此外，他們更採用多部攝錄機同時拍攝，以令觀眾在視覺上感到更震撼，動作更精確。
演員介紹
丹素華盛頓Denzel Washington 飾演 約翰•克斯
主演超過30部電影，獲獎無數。2002年他憑《邊緣特訓》(Training Day)奪得奧斯卡金像獎最佳男主角，同年，他初執導演筒，拍攝《Antwone Fisher》。他憑《Remember the Titans》獲NAACP Image Award傑出男演員獎，此外丹素華盛頓亦監製HBO紀錄片《Half Past Autumn》及《The Life and Works of Gordon Parks》而獲得艾美獎提名。他其他主演的作品有《倒數追兇》、《燃眉之急》、《The Mighty Quinn》、《The Preacher's Wife》及《骨中罪》等。
狄歌達芬寧Dakota Fanning飾演 雷佩蒂
7歲時憑《不一樣的爸爸》獲SAG Award提名，成為該獎項最年輕的提名演員。其他主演的電影有《反斗靈貓》、《Uptown Girls》、《我要嫁得好》，她亦曾參與多部電視劇演出，包括《仁心仁術》、《老友記》及《法網豪情》等。
基斯杜化華根Christopher Walken 飾演 黎賓
2003年憑史提芬史匹堡電影《捉智雙雄》獲奧斯卡金像獎最佳男配角提名；早於78年亦憑《The Deer Hunter》獲金像獎最佳男配角提名。基斯杜化華根自參演活地亞倫的奧斯卡金像獎最佳影片《Annie Hall》後，所演角色令人印象難忘，他的事業更一飛沖天，其後，他主演超過50部電影，包括《甜心偽人》、《危險人物》、《蝙蝠俠再戰江湖》及《無頭谷》等。
導演、監製東尼史葛 Tony Scott
荷里活其中一位成功導演，他技藝精湛，拍出一系列出色的動作電影，。2001年，東尼執導由羅拔烈福及畢彼特主演的《諜戰》(Spy Game)，令兩位主角繼1992年《A River Runs Through It》一片合作後再度攜手。1983年他初次執導《The Hunger》，由大衛寶兒及蘇珊莎朗頓主演，其後他執導多部出色電影，包括由湯告魯斯主演的《壯志凌雲》(Top Gun)；1996年，他執導由丹素華盛頓主演的《紅潮風暴》，1998他執導由韋史密夫主演的《高度反擊》(Enemy of the State)，此片成當年其中一部最賣座動作猛片。
Man on Fire
A wave of kidnappings has swept through Mexico, feeding a growing sense of panic among its wealthier citizens, especially parents. In one six-day period, there were 24 abductions, leading many to hire bodyguards for their children.
Into this world enters John Creasy (DENZEL WASHINGTON), a burned-out ex-CIA operative/assassin who has given up on life. Creasy's friend Rayburn (CHRISTOPHER WALKEN) brings him to Mexico City to be a bodyguard to nine-year-old Pita Ramos (DAKOTA FANNING), daughter of industrialist Samuel Ramos (MARC ANTHONY) and his wife Lisa (RADHA MITCHELL). Creasy is not interested in being a bodyguard, especially to a youngster, but for lack of something better to do, he accepts the assignment.
Creasy barely tolerates the precocious child and her pestering questions about him and his life. But slowly, she chips away at his seemingly impenetrable exterior, his defenses drop, and he opens up to her.
Creasy's new-found purpose in life is shattered when Pita is kidnapped. Despite being mortally wounded during the kidnapping, Creasy is "a man on fire," as he vows to kill anyone involved in or profiting from the kidnapping. And no one can stop him. Fox 2000 Pictures and Regency Enterprises present a New Regency / Scott Free Production, a Tony Scott Film, starring Denzel Washington in MAN ON FIRE. The film also stars Dakota Fanning, Christopher Walken, Giancarlo Giannini, Radha Mitchell, Marc Anthony, Rachel Ticotin and Mickey Rourke. The film is directed by Tony Scott, and produced by Arnon Milchan, Tony Scott and Lucas Foster. The screenplay is by Brian Helgeland, based on the novel by A.J. Quinnell. Executive Producers are Lance Hool and James W. Skotchdopole.
The start of production in Mexico City for MAN ON FIRE marked the culmination of a 20-year odyssey by director Tony Scott and Regency Enterprises to bring the project to the screen. Regency owner and founder Arnon Milchan purchased motion picture rights to the 1980 novel Man on Fire by A.J. Quinnell (a pseudonym - to this day, the author's name remains unknown to the public). The story's protagonist, CIA counter-terrorist John Creasy, appeared in three subsequent Quinnell thrillers: The Perfect Kill, The Blue Ring and Message from Hell.
Milchan recognized the book's cinematic potential and approached director Tony Scott, who had just helmed THE HUNGER, to develop a film based on the novel. "The story is a huge emotional roller-coaster ride," says Scott. "It's about a guy who has lost his way and is reborn by guarding a nine-year-old-girl. When she is kidnapped, he goes after those responsible and works his way through the kidnapping chain of command, and he is unforgiving in his pursuit."
Despite his enthusiasm for the project, Scott fell out and moved on to direct TOP GUN. Nevertheless, in the almost two decades that followed, Scott's interest in MAN ON FIRE continued unabated. "The project stayed with me all this time," he says. "I never really lost sight of it."
Years later, producer Lucas Foster joined forces with Regency to develop another adaptation of Man on Fire, and two-time OscarR-nominated screenwriter Brian Helgeland (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, MYSTIC RIVER) penned a new screenplay. In 2003, Tony Scott, with whom Foster collaborated on CRIMSON TIDE, signed in to direct, nearly two decades after he had first encountered the project.
Helgeland's initial screenplay drafts, like the novel, were set in Italy. But Foster and Scott, realizing that that locale and its Mafia antagonists were tired - and that kidnappings had virtually been eliminated in Italy thanks to tough new laws - had locations scouted in Brazil, Guatemala and Mexico.
The filmmakers' voluminous research revealed that kidnapping has now become a way of life in Mexico City. "Kidnapping is a huge business there," says Scott, "very controlled and organized. It's an actual industry." Scott researched case histories of kidnappings in Mexico and screenwriter Brian Helgeland re-engineered the story accordingly. "The research was invaluable in bringing a verisimilitude to the story," says Scott. "Even if the audience doesn't know the procedures and worlds we detail in the film, I think it will feel real to them."
Scott says Helgeland's contributions to the project were invaluable. "What Brian did so well was create two stories," says the director. "The first story, or first half of the film, is about a guy finding his way back into life through this child; the second story is his quest for revenge."
Helgeland likens MAN ON FIRE to "Beauty and the Beast." "Pita knows there's a heart beating away inside of Creasy, even if he doesn't know it's there," he says. "When the thing that brings him back to life is taken away, he becomes enraged because now his heart's beating again."
Taking on the role of the "man on fire" is two-time Academy AwardR winner Denzel Washington, who previously worked with Tony Scott on the thriller CRIMSON TIDE. Scott recognized certain qualities in the actor that would serve him well as Creasy. "I love Denzel's obsessive quality and his internal darkness," says the director. "There's a hardness to Denzel that's really interesting. He knows how to draw it out and use it effectively. Denzel really brings across how Creasy closes himself off as a defense mechanism against the world. So when his heart does begin to thaw, it's all the more moving."
"Creasy has lost himself in alcohol, lost his purpose and life, and couldn't cope with what he had done as a government operative/assassin and what he is good at," says Washington. "He is detached, and that's what happens when you kill people for a living. Creasy is a lost soul who no longer has the ability to love, and through this little girl, he finds himself and reconnects with his soul and life."
Indeed, despite his initial resistance to Pita, Creasy cannot resist the youngster, who is bubbling over with life and spirit. "She's just exploding with possibility, emotion and curiosity - all the things Creasy has rejected and denied himself," says Washington.
Tony Scott and producer Lucas Foster cast Dakota Fanning as Pita after they saw her work opposite Sean Penn in the drama I AM SAM. Their pursuit of and faith in the young actress was more than rewarded. "Dakota is among the most talented actresses I've ever worked with, and she's only nine!" says Foster. "She's like the sun - a burst of energy." Adds Scott, "Dakota is uncanny - she's nine going on 19. She has an instinctual understanding of human nature. We'd be watching Denzel improvise or pull and push scenes in different ways, and she was always able to go with the flow."
Fanning describes Pita as a girl who "loves life and loves to swim." In fact, the character's aquatic abilities play a major role in bringing her and Creasy together when the hardened bodyguard reluctantly agrees to coach her in a swimming competition. While Washington trained to move and think like a bodyguard under technical advisor and executive protection expert Don Rosche, Fanning worked for months on her swimming, Spanish lessons (Pita, with a Mexican father and American mother, is bi-lingual), and piano lessons. She also spent considerable off-screen time with her on-screen parents, Marc Anthony and Radha Mitchell, to help them bond as a family.
Bringing Creasy together with Pita and her family is Rayburn, an old friend of Creasy's who has found success south of the border. At first, Scott had Oscar winner Christopher Walken in mind to play corrupt lawyer Jordan Kalfus (a role eventually taken by Mickey Rourke). "But I told Tony that I was fed up with playing bad guys," says Walken, with a laugh. "I wanted to play the good guy!" Scott was more than happy to oblige and gave Walken the part of Rayburn. "Chris can read the phone book and make it interesting and funny. He brings a lot of dynamic shadings to Rayburn."
Australian-born Radha Mitchell portrays Pita's mother, Lisa Ramos, the American "trophy wife" of a young Mexican industrialist. Lisa, like Creasy, goes through a complex and unexpected character arc, which Mitchell enjoyed bringing to life. "Initially, Lisa is at a point of confusion, but as the story progresses she clarifies what she wants out of life and what's really important to her," says Mitchell. "She gets broken down by what happens, and she is rebuilt in a new way"
Lisa Ramos' husband, Samuel, is a member of the Mexican aristocracy who fears losing his lifestyle and family due to a burdensome debt - leading him to take extreme measures that have dire consequences. "Samuel feels a lot a lot of tension because he doesn't have the money he once had, and his wife loves to spend money," says music superstar and actor Marc Anthony, who takes on the role. "He adores his daughter but cannot spend as much time with her as he'd like to, due to frequent business travels."
Anthony, who has appeared in seven feature films, says MAN ON FIRE is his most challenging film role to date. "I even found myself trembling at times working with Tony Scott and Denzel Washington - they're such formidable talents," he says.
Famed Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini portrays Manzano, whom the actor calls "an honest cop surrounded by corruption." Manzano uses Creasy - even as Creasy uses him - to fight Mexico City's wave of kidnappings. Scott and Helgeland created the character to have someone to support Creasy's relentless pursuit of the kidnappers - to get Creasy information he wouldn't otherwise have access to, and to have him do what Manzano cannot do himself: find and stop the vicious kidnapping cells.
Manzano and another character, newspaper editor Mariana, played by Rachel Ticotin, represent a positive vision of Mexico and provide a stark contrast to the kidnappers' dark world of corruption and crime. "MAN ON FIRE depicts the two halves of Mexico," says producer Lucas Foster. "The half that's rampant with corruption and poverty, and the other half made up of the people who are trying to clean up crime and, especially kidnappings."
Rachel Ticotin's Mariana, looking to expose the truth behind the kidnappings, helps Creasy make his way through the kidnappers' sophisticated organization. "She's manipulating him into doing what no one else can," says Ticotin. "So it's a weird relationship - they're using each other."
"Creasy doesn't know who organized the kidnapping of Pita," says Denzel Washington. "So he has to rely on Mariana and Manzano. They can't get the top guy, but Creasy can because of his special training and the fact that he's not encumbered by the Mexican bureaucracy."
Given Tony Scott's extensive research into Mexico and the social and political conditions that led to its ranking as third in the world in kidnappings, it's not surprising that the country itself, as well as its capital, Mexico City, play important roles in MAN ON FIRE. Scott captures Mexico City's pollution, traffic and the cacophony that bombard its citizens. "I wanted to make the city a major character," says Scott. "It has a rich cultural history and is full of visual contrasts and architectural richness. It is sensual and beautiful and, at the same time, it's dark and dangerous."
To give MAN ON FIRE a taught, claustrophobic, and reality-based feel, the production filmed mostly on location throughout Mexico City. Shooting in the oldest, largest and most traffic-congested city in North America was a constant challenge. More than 50 vehicles moving cast, crew and equipment had to negotiate the city's narrow and crowded streets, spending hours making their way through grinding traffic. In addition, general strikes were an almost daily fact of life, and the filmmakers had to wade through Mexico City's labyrinthine bureaucracy of 17 mini-states, each with its own municipality and governor.
"But it was all worth it," says Foster, "because audiences will see a contemporary Mexico of extremes, brimming with light, color and extraordinary people."
"Extremes" might also describe Tony Scott's and director of photography Paul Cameron's use of light, color, exposures, and film processes to reflect Creasy's emotional and psychological upheaval during and after the kidnapping. "I like experimenting with different cinematic methods to identify emotions," says Scott who, like Cameron, cut his filmmaking teeth in the often-non-traditional world of making commercials. "The kidnapping scene seemed a good point to try to identify the internal workings of Creasy's mind through cinematic technique."
To achieve an often startling photographic style, Scott and Cameron hand-cranked the camera to slow down or speed up movement (a technique dating back to the silent film era), used reversal film stock to make the colors more vivid, created multiple exposures by imprinting three sets of images on the same plate of film, and used Panavision XL cameras and even 16mm cameras for maximum maneuverability.
To add even greater visual impact to specific sequences, Scott and Cameron employed multiple cameras, which often proved a formidable challenge to the cinematographer. "Multiple cameras are insane!" Cameron remembers. "We had to keep them all on a specific axis of light, which is really tricky. But among the many advantages of using multiple cameras is that you're getting the performances precisely as they happen."
Denzel Washington continues to be awed by Scott's directorial skills - and his penchant for multiple cameras. "Yeah, we called him 'Nine-Camera Tony'," jokes the actor. "I didn't know what the heck he was doing with all those cameras [in reality, Scott used "only" four], but it's inspiring because he paints beautiful canvasses with them." Adds Washington, who made his directorial debut with ANTWONE FISHER in 2002: "It was a real education for me as a new filmmaker."
However formidable MAN ON FIRE's look and occasional non-linear editing style, Scott is quick to point out that the technique is there to serve the story, its characters and its emotions. "The film is an emotional journey," says Scott. "It's about rebirth and second chances, and the lengths one man will go to when those very things are taken away from him."
ABOUT THE CAST
DENZEL WASHINGTON (Creasy) is a two-time Academy Award-winning actor with over 30 films to his credit. His acting accolades also include Golden GlobeR, NAACP, EmmyR, and SAG nominations and awards. Washington has enjoyed a distinguished career, consistently entertaining and surprising audiences with his rich and colorful character portrayals.
In 2002, Washington received an Oscar for Best Actor for his portrayal of jaded Los Angeles Police Department veteran Alonzo Harris in Antoine Fuqua's TRAINING DAY. That same year he made his directorial debut with the inspiring ANTWONE FISHER, which he also produced and appeared in.
Washington has worked with many of the industry's leading filmmakers. He worked with Tony Scott on CRIMSON TIDE, and starred in three movies for Edward Zwick: GLORY, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, COURAGE UNDER FIRE and THE SIEGE. For Norman Jewison, Washington made his feature film debut in A SOLDIER'S STORY and years later, played the lead role in THE HURRICANE, for which he won a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination.
For Spike Lee, Washington starred in MO' BETTER BLUES, MALCOLM X, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and HE GOT GAME. He also starred in Sidney Lumet's POWER, Sir Richard Attenborough's CRY FREEDOM, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, Alan J. Pakula's THE PELICAN BRIEF and Jonathan Demme's Academy Award-winning PHILADELPHIA and the upcoming THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE.
Additional film credits include REMEMBER THE TITANS (for which Washington received an NAACP Image Award as Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Drama), OUT OF TIME, DEVIL IN A BLUE DRESS, JOHN Q, FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY, THE MIGHTY QUINN, MISSISSIPPI MASALA, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, THE PREACHER'S WIFE, FALLEN and THE BONE COLLECTOR.
In addition to his accomplishments on screen, Washington produced the HBO documentary "Half Past Autumn: The Life and Works of Gordon Parks," which was nominated for two Emmys. He served as executive producer on "Hank Aaron: Chasing The Dream," a biographical documentary for TBS which earned an Emmy Award nomination. He also narrated "John Henry," which received a GrammyR nomination for Best Spoken Word Album For Children. In 1996, he won the NAACP Image Award for his performance in the animated children's special, "Happily Ever After: Rumpelstiltskin."
A native of Mt. Vernon, New York, Washington had his career sights set on medicine when he attended Fordham University. During a stint as a summer camp counselor, he appeared in theater productions and discovered a love for acting. Upon graduation from Fordham, Washington was accepted into San Francisco's prestigious American Conservatory Theater and spent an intensive year studying acting. Upon his return to New York, his ObieR Award-winning performance in the Off-Broadway production of "A Soldier's Play" captured the attention of Hollywood and led him to be cast in the long running hit television series "St. Elsewhere" as Dr. Philip Chandler.
DAKOTA FANNING (Pita Ramos) is currently shooting Twentieth Century Fox's psychological thriller HIDE AND SEEK with Robert De Niro. She became the youngest actor, at age 7, to be nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award? for her performance as the daughter of a mentally handicapped man played by Sean Penn in I AM SAM.
In addition to her SAG AwardR nomination, Dakota also won the 2001 Critics Choice Award for Best Young Actor and a multitude of other prestigious awards.
Her other credits include UPTOWN GIRLS with Brittany Murphy, THE CAT IN THE HAT with Mike Meyers, TRAPPED with Charlize Theron, and SWEET HOME ALABAMA with Reese Witherspoon. On the small screen she landed several guest appearances on "Friends," "ER," "Strong Medicine," "C.S.I.," "The Practice," "Malcolm in the Middle," "Spin City" and "Ally McBeal."
In Steven Spielberg's Emmy-nominated miniseries "Taken," the Sci-Fi Channel's highest rated show, Dakota not only narrated all ten episodes, but starred as Alie, a half alien, who is at the center of a drama that pits her character's parents against the government.
CHRISTOPHER WALKEN (Rayburn) was nominated in 2003 for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as the father of a young con artist played by Leonardo DiCaprio in Steven Spielberg's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Walken won the 1978 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his astonishing performance in Michael Cimino's THE DEER HUNTER, a role that also earned him the New York Film Critics Circle Award and a Golden Globe nomination.
Walken's film career skyrocketed after his unforgettable role as Duane Hall, brother to Diane Keaton's title character in Woody Allen's Oscar-winning Best Picture, ANNIE HALL. Since then, Walken has appeared in more than 50 feature films including Herbert Ross' Oscar-nominated PENNIES FROM HEAVEN; David Cronenberg's adaptation of Stephen King's THE DEAD ZONE; James Foley's AT CLOSE RANGE, opposite Sean Penn; Mike Nichol's BILOXI BLUES, based on the Neil Simon play; Abel Ferrara's gritty crime drama KING OF NEW YORK; and Joe Roth's comedy, AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS, co-starring Julia Roberts, Billy Crystal, and John Cusack.
Recently, Walken has succeeded in creating some of the most memorable characters in film history, appearing in supporting and cameo roles such as Vincenzo Coccotti in Tony Scott's TRUE ROMANCE, Captain Koons in Quentin Tarantino's PULP FICTION, Carlo Bartolucci in SUICIDE KINGS, the Headless Horseman in Tim Burton's SLEEPY HOLLOW, and crooked businessman Max Shreck in Burton's BATMAN RETURNS.
Walken's upcoming films include Barry Levinson's ENVY, with Ben Stiller and Jack Black; THE STEPFORD WIVES, with Nicole Kidman; and AROUND THE BEND, with Michael Caine.
Walken began acting and dancing at the age of 10. He trained to be a dancer at the Professional Children's School in Manhattan and eventually went on to appear in numerous stage plays and musicals. He received the Clarence Derwent Award for his performance in the Broadway production of THE LION IN WINTER, an Obie Award for his role in THE SEAGULL, a Theatre World Award for THE ROSE TATTOO, and the 1997 Susan Stein Shiva Award for his work with Joseph Papp's Public Theater.
In the summer of 2001, Walken again appeared in a revival of Chekhov's THE SEAGULL for the New York Shakespeare Festival, directed by Mike Nichols, opposite Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline. In the Fall of 1999, he co-starred in the stage adaptation of James Joyce's THE DEAD.
On television, Walken has hosted "Saturday Night Live" six times since 1990, contributed a mesmerizing dance performance to the Spike Jonze-directed music video for Fat Boy Slim's "Weapon of Choice," and wrote and directed the short film POPCORN SHRIMP, which premiered on Showtime in 2001.
GIANCARLO GIANNINI (Manzano) has starred in more than 100 feature films. He has worked with world-renowned directors such as Luchino Visconti, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Francis Ford Coppola, and Lina Wertmuller, with whom he worked on THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI, SWEPT AWAY and SEVEN BEAUTIES.
Giannini earned an Academy Award nomination as Best Actor in a Leading Role for his work in Wertmuller's SEVEN BEAUTIES as a concentration camp inmate who will do anything to survive. He won the Cannes Film Festival Best Actor Award for his performance as a half-hearted political assassin in Wertmuller's LOVE AND ANARCHY.
Giannini's recent English language film credits include HANNIBAL opposite Anthony Hopkins, THE DISSAPPEARANCE OF GARCIA LORCA, A WALK IN THE CLOUDS, MIMIC and Francis Ford Coppola's segment of NEW YORK STORIES. Additional English language film credits are FEVER PITCH, SAVING GRACE, SECRET OF SANTA VITTORIO and ANZIO.
On television, Giannini appeared in the mini-series "Jacob: A TNT Bible Story"; "Dune," presented on the Sci-Fi Channel; "Sins" with Joan Collins; and HBO Films' "My Life in Umbria."
An alumnus of Rome's Theater Academy, Giannini was born in La Spezia, Italia on August 1, 1942.
RADHA MITCHELL (Lisa Ramos) has a leading role in Woody Allen's "Melinda and Melinda," coming soon from Fox Searchlight Pictures. Also upcoming is "Neverland," co-starring Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and Dustin Hoffman for director Marc Forster (MONSTER'S BALL, Regency's upcoming thriller STAY). Mitchell also worked with Forster in 2000 when she starred and produced the Independent Spirit Award-nominated film EVERYTHING PUT TOGETHER.
Mitchell starred opposite Colin Farrell in Joel Schumacher's PHONE BOOTH, and opposite Vin Diesel and Cole Hauser in the box-office hit PITCH BLACK. Mitchell gave a memorable performance as Syd, the young editorial assistant who falls in love with Ally Sheedy's heroin-addicted photographer character in Lisa Choloderki's critically acclaimed drama HIGH ART. Her role in Emma Kate Croghan's romantic comedy LOVE AND OTHER CATASTROPHES was highly praised at both the Cannes and Sundance Film Festivals.
Other recent film credits include WHEN STRANGERS APPEAR with Josh Lucas, the independent feature DEAD HEAT opposite Kiefer Sutherland and Anthony LaPaglia, NOBODY'S BABY with Gary Oldman, and Rodrigo Garcia's TEN TINY LOVE STORIES. On television, she starred with Hank Azaria and Donald Sutherland in the acclaimed mini-series "Uprising" for director John Avnet.
Born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, Mitchell began her acting career in Australian television while still in high school.
MARC ANTHONY (Samuel Ramos) is a GrammyR Award-winning international pop/salsa superstar and actor. Anthony appeared as Noel in Martin Scorsese's BRINGING OUT THE DEAD and earned critical praise for his role as the silent waiter, representing the spirit of the movie, in Campbell Scott and Stanley Tucci's BIG NIGHT. Anthony played a young Secret Service agent in the feature film HACKERS, and a troubled youth in the 1996 film THE SUBSTITUTE with Tom Berenger.
Anthony also appeared opposite Selma Hayek in the Showtime Original film "In the Time of The Butterflies."
On Broadway, he melded his two ambitions of music and acting into one spectacular role, starring in Paul Simon's musical "The Capeman" alongside Ruben Blades and Puerto Rico's own Ednita Nazario.
Anthony recorded the theme song to the blockbuster film THE MASK OF ZORRO alongside Australian superstar Tina Arena. The Sony Classical song "I Want To Spend My Lifetime Loving You" was composed by Academy Award-winner James Horner and written by Will Jennings.
Born Marco Antonio Muniz in New York's Spanish Harlem of Puerto Rican parents, he was named by his musician father after a famous Mexican singer of the same name. Anthony changed his name professionally to avoid being confused with the legendary singer.
He started his career when he was a teenager, singing backup vocals for English language freestyle dance music and penning songs for various artists. Anthony later decided to focus on salsa music, where he combined the sounds and traditions of his Puerto Rican heritage with the mixture of contemporary musical influences he grew up with in New York City.
His first three albums - "Otra Nota" (1993), "Todo A Su Tiempo" (1995), and "Contra La Corriente" (for which he won the Best Tropical Performance Grammy in 1998) - established Anthony as the best-selling tropical/salsa artist in the world. His English-language debut, "Marc Anthony," generated the multi-format Top 10 smash, "I Need To Know," and the #1 Adult Contemporary hit "You Sang To Me." Marc Anthony has achieved RIAA triple platinum status. He also won the Latin Grammy Song of the Year award in 2000 for "Dímeo," the Spanish-language version of "I Need To Know." His eagerly-awaited follow-up album, "Mended," debuted at #2 on the Billboard Top 200 the week of its release in May 2002, and has gone on to sell more than 1.3 copies worldwide.
Anthony has performed sold-out concerts at Madison Square Garden five times, and one of his electrifying performances was filmed for an exclusive HBO special, "Marc Anthony: The Concert from Madison Square Garden," The special showcased Anthony's English language hits along with smashes from the Spanish-language salsa albums that have established him as the world's top selling salsa singer.
RACHEL TICOTIN (Mariana) has had important roles in the films CON AIR, TURBULENCE, FALLING DOWN and NATURAL BORN KILLERS. She made her film debut as Paul Newman's girlfriend in FORT APACHE, THE BRONX, and played a rebel fighter opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Paul Verhoven's TOTAL RECALL.
Her other film credits include STEAL BIG, STEAL LITTLE, ONE GOOD COP, FX2 , CRITICAL CONDITION, CIVILITY AND CAN'T BE HEAVEN.
Born in New York to Dominican parents, Ticotin attended the High School of Music and Art, the Professional Children's School, and the Ballet Hispanico of New York.
On television, she starred as a regular on the series "For Love and Honor," "Ohara" and "Crime and Punishment."
MICKEY ROURKE's (Jordan) film credits include 91/2 WEEKS, YEAR OF THE DRAGON, BARFLY and ANGEL HEART. He came to the attention of Hollywood with his role as a professional arsonist in Lawrence Kasdan's BODY HEAT, and as a debt-ridden hair dresser in Barry Levinson's DINER.
A role as "Motorcycle Boy" in Francis Ford Coppola's screen version of S.E. Hinton's RUMBLEFISH led to his first starring role in Paul Mauzursky's THE POPE OF GREENWICH VILLAGE, opposite Eric Roberts.
Rourke appeared in ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, THE RAINMAKER and THE PLEDGE.
Born and raised in the Liberty City section of Miami, Florida, Rourke showed early athletic promise in both baseball and boxing. He studied acting in New York with Sandra Seacat and appeared in a number of Off-Broadway productions before moving to Los Angeles.
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
TONY SCOTT (Director/Producer) is a master of the visceral, balancing technical virtuosity with an exuberant sense of tempo to create a series of landmark action films. With another high-profile project set for release, Scott shows no sign of slowing the pace that has made him one of Hollywood's most successful directors.
In 2001, Scott was at the helm with two other big-name stars in SPY GAME. The taut, ambitious thriller reunited Robert Redford and Brad Pitt for the first time since 1992's A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT.
Scott's ability to mine box office gold from a deft blending of material and talent was evident in his last film, ENEMY OF THE STATE. Starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, the political thriller became one of biggest hits of 1998. That same year, Scott directed one episode of the cable series "The Hunger" trilogy, with Giovanni Ribisi and David Bowie, an adaptation of his 1983 feature film.
In 1996, Scott joined a very short list of billion-dollar-grossing directors thanks to the success of his two previous films. Starring Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman as rival commanders of a nuclear submarine, CRIMSON TIDE was an intense, claustrophobic thriller that garnered both critical and popular acclaim. Scott followed that with THE FAN, in which Robert De Niro starred as an obsessed fan who stalks baseball star Wesley Snipes.
Born in Newcastle, Tyne and Wear, England, Scott attended the Sunderland Art School, where he received a fine arts degree in painting. While completing a yearlong post-graduate study at Leeds College, he developed an interest in cinematography and made ONE OF THE MISSING, a half-hour film financed by the British Film Institute and based on an Ambrose Bierce short story. He then went on to earn his Master of Fine Arts degree at the Royal College of Arts, completing another film for the British Film Institute, LOVING MEMORY, from an original script financed by Albert Finney.
In 1973, Scott partnered with brother Ridley to form London-based commercial production company, RSA. Over the next decade, Scott created some of the world's most entertaining and memorable commercials, honing his film vocabulary and picking up every major honor in the field, including a number of CLIO awards, several Silver and Gold Lion Awards from the Cannes International Television/Cinema Commercials Festival and London's prestigious Designers & Art Directors Award.
While working as a commercial director, Scott also made three movies for television: two documentaries and a one-hour special entitled AUTHOR OF BELTRAFFIO, from the story by Henry James.
Scott made his feature debut in 1983 with the modern vampire story THE HUNGER, starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, and Susan Sarandon. Three years later he directed Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis in the mega-blockbuster TOP GUN, whose stunning aerial sequences helped make it a global success. Scott confirmed his place as one of Hollywood's premiere action directors the following year with BEVERLY HILLS COP II, starring Eddie Murphy.
Over the next five years, Scott directed four more movies, including REVENGE (1988), with Kevin Costner and Anthony Quinn; DAYS OF THUNDER (1990), starring Tom Cruise and Robert Duvall; THE LAST BOY SCOUT (1991), with Bruce Willis; and the critically acclaimed TRUE ROMANCE (1993), starring Christian Slater, Roseanna Arquette and Christopher Walken, with a script by Quentin Tarantino.
In early 1995, the Scott brothers provided a big boost for the British film industry by purchasing the legendary Shepperton Studios in West London, where more than 600 feature films have been made.
ARNON MILCHAN (Producer) is widely renowned as one of the most prolific and successful independent film producers of the past 25 years, with over 70 feature films to his credit. Born in Israel, Milchan was educated at the University of Geneva. His first business venture was transforming his father's modest business into one of his country's largest agro-chemical companies. This early achievement was a harbinger of Milchan's now-legendary reputation in the international marketplace as a keen businessman.
Soon, Milchan began to underwrite projects in areas that had always held a special interest for him - film, television and theater. Early projects include Roman Polanski's theater production of AMADEUS, DIZENGOFF 99, LA MENACE, THE MEDUSA TOUCH and the mini-series MASADA. By the end of the 1980s, Milchan had produced such films as Martin Scorsese's THE KING OF COMEDY, Sergio Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA and Terry Gilliam's BRAZIL.
After the huge success of PRETTY WOMAN and THE WAR OF THE ROSES, Milchan founded New Regency Productions and went on to produce a string of successful films, including J.F.K, SOMMERSBY, A TIME TO KILL, FREE WILLY, THE CLIENT, TIN CUP, UNDER SIEGE, L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, THE NEGOTIATOR, CITY OF ANGELS, ENTRAPMENT, FIGHT CLUB, DON'T SAY A WORD and DAREDEVIL.
Upcoming projects include: FIRST DAUGHTER, a romantic comedy directed by Forest Whitaker about the First Daughter who goes to college and falls into a fairy tale romance with a dashing graduate student - but her "prince" turns out to have a secret agenda, starring Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas and Michael Keaton; and STAY, a reality-bending thriller directed by Marc Forster about a psychologist whose suicidal client makes bizarre predictions, forcing the psychologist to race against time to save everything he loves before it disappears, starring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts and Ryan Gosling.
Also upcoming is THE UNTITLED ONION MOVIE, a series of sketches that encompasses the sharp uncensored comic tone of The Onion (the former underground college paper that has grown to be "America's Finest News Source") and sheds light on the various hypocrisies of the world today, directed by Mike Maguire and Tom Kuntz; MR. AND MRS. SMITH, an action-thriller about a bored married couple who discover that they are enemy assassins hired to kill each other, starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, directed by Doug Liman; BEE SEASON, a drama about an 11-year-old girl from a gifted but dysfunctional family who demonstrates a remarkable, almost mystical gift for spelling. When she wins her school and district spelling bees and qualifies for the nationals, she becomes, for the first time in her life, the center of attention and captures the approval and interest of her driven, intellectual father, starring Richard Gere and Juliette Binoche, and is directed by Dave Siegel and Scott McGehee; and ELEKTRA, the adaptation of the famed comic book, starring Jennifer Garner, directed by Rob Bowman.
Along the way, Milchan brought on board two powerful investors and partners who share his vision: Australian businessman Kerry Packer's Nine Network and Twentieth Century Fox. Fox distributes Regency movies in all media worldwide (excluding an output arrangement Regency has in Germany), U.S. pay television, and international pay and free television.
Milchan also successfully diversified his company's activities within the sphere of entertainment, most specifically in the realm of television through Regency Television ("Malcolm in the Middle," "The Bernie Mac Show" and the upcoming "Wonderfalls") and sports through a strategic alliance with PUMA, the worldwide athletic apparel and shoe conglomerate based in Germany. In addition, Regency has worldwide television rights to Women's Tennis Association events from 1999 through 2007, and has assisted in placing the European broadcast rights to the U.S. Open Tennis Tournament from 2001 through 2004.
LUCAS FOSTER (Producer) is the producer of MR. AND MRS. SMITH, directed by Doug Liman and starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie for Regency Enterprises; WALKING TALL, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for MGM/UA; and ULTRAVIOLET, starring Mila Jovovich with director Kurt Wimmer for Screen Gems. He is also executive producer of IMAGINING ARGENTINA, starring Antonio Banderas.
As Executive Vice President of Production for Simpson/Bruckheimer films, Foster was the executive producer of BAD BOYS, starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence; DANGEROUS MINDS, starring Michelle Pfeiffer; and CRIMSON TIDE, directed by Tony Scott and starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman.
Foster began his film career working on low-budget films for small companies such as Concorde (Roger Corman) and Empire (Charlie Band). Foster worked in physical production until he became Executive Assistant to Frank Yablans when he was Vice-Chairman of MGM/UA. Foster held a similar job with Alan Ladd, Jr. when he became the Chairman of MGM/UA in 1985.
Foster moved full force into motion picture development and production, working for various producers, including Frank Yablans, Scott Rudin, and Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. With Yablans, Foster acquired, developed and produced the thriller LISA starring D.W. Moffat. Foster also found FLATLINERS for Columbia Pictures while working with Yablans. With Scott Rudin, Foster found, acquired and developed John Grisham's unpublished manuscript The Firm, which became a famous bestseller and a hit film starring Tom Cruise, directed by Sydney Pollack. Among the other projects acquired or developed for Scott Rudin were EXECUTIVE DECISION and RULES OF ENGAGEMENT.
Within seven months after arriving at Simpson/Bruckheimer Productions, Foster helped find and develop THE REF, which starred Denis Leary and Kevin Spacey. In addition, he found, developed and executive produced DANGEROUS MINDS, starring Michelle Pfeiffer; CRIMSON TIDE, starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman, directed by Tony Scott; and BAD BOYS, which kicked off the feature film careers of Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and director Michael Bay. In addition, Foster was involved in the development of THE ROCK and ENEMY OF THE STATE, the latter starring Will Smith and Gene Hackman, directed by Tony Scott, which was derived from Foster's original story with David Marconi.
After departing Simpson/Bruckheimer, Foster joined Turner Pictures as Executive Vice President of Production. There he helped acquire and oversaw MICHAEL starring John Travolta, William Hurt and Andie MacDowell; and FALLEN, starring Denzel Washington.
In 1996 Foster started his own company, Warp Films, with an exclusive production deal at Columbia Pictures. He developed a wide variety of projects at Columbia with talents like Ron Bass, John McTiernan, Barry Sonnenfeld, Martin Lawrence, and Brian Henson. Foster was heavily involved in the pre-production process of the Mandalay feature WILD THINGS, before executives at Columbia/Tri-Star selected him to serve as a consultant and producer on the Amblin/Tri-Star adventure film THE MASK OF ZORRO, starring Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
In 1998, Foster entered into partnership with director Jan DeBont, where he produced EQUILIBRIUM for Dimension films. Directed by Kurt Wimmer, the science fiction action movie starred Christian Bale, Emily Watson, Taye Diggs, Sean Bean, William Fichtner and Angus MacFadyen. In 2001, Foster joined Myriad Pictures as President of Production. He oversaw production and produced NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VAN WILDER, JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 and EULOGY.
Born and raised in New York City, Foster attended the University of California at Los Angeles where he studied physics.
BRIAN HELGELAND (Screenplay) won a 1997 Academy Award for co-scripting with director Curtis Hanson L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, and received an Oscar nomination for his screenplay of MYSTIC RIVER, directed by Clint Eastwood, and based on the novel by Dennis Lehane.
Helgeland wrote and directed THE ORDER, released by Twentieth Century Fox, which reunited him with actors Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossanon and Mark Addy, who starred in A KNIGHT'S TALE, which he also wrote, directed and produced. He also wrote and directed PAYBACK, starring Mel Gibson.
Helgeland's motion picture credits include the screenplay for the film CONSPIRACY THEORY directed by Richard Donner. He also wrote the screenplay for Clint Eastwood's 2002 film BLOOD WORK.
LANCE HOOL (Executive Producer) has a diverse background as producer, director, writer and film executive. In 2001 Hool produced CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES starring Paul Hogan. In 1999, he directed and produced ONE MAN'S HERO starring Tom Berenger.
Hool was born in Mexico City to an American diplomat father and a mother who was a famed Mexican choreographer. Hool spent his formative years learning the art of filmmaking, first as an actor in such pictures as Ralph Nelson's SOLDIER BLUE, starring Candice Bergen, and as a director's assistant with Howard Hawks on RIO LOBO, starring John Wayne.
He received his MBA in 1971 and entered the film industry full time. Hool soon was known as one of Mexico's busiest filmmakers, working in creative capacities in over 30 films as well as heading the international aspects of the Mexican film industry.
Moving to Los Angeles in 1977, he became one of the leading producers of action films. He made movies like SURVIVAL RUN, CABOBLANCO starring Charles Bronson and Jason Robards, TEN TO MIDNIGHT and THE EVIL THAT MEN DO both with Charles Bronson, and THE HONOR GUARD with Rod Steiger. He also made two big independent hits starring Chuck Norris: MISSING IN ACTION, which he wrote and produced, and MISSING IN ACTION II, which he directed.
In 1987, Hool formed Silver Lion Films with his brother Conrad. In a short time they financed and produced a number of films, including STEEL DAWN starring Patrick Swayze, DEAD OR ALIVE with Kris Kristofferson, GUNMEN with Christopher Lambert and Mario Van Peebles, ROAD FLOWER with Christopher Lambert, FLASHFIRE with Billy Zane, THE AIR UP THERE with Kevin Bacon, PURE LUCK starring Martin Short and Danny Glover, and FLIPPER starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood.
JAMES W. SKOTCHDOPOLE (Executive Producer) was Executive Producer on SPY GAME, ENEMY OF THE STATE and THE FAN, all directed by Tony Scott. He began his association with Scott in 1988 with REVENGE, continuing with Scott's DAYS OF THUNDER, THE LAST BOY SCOUT, TRUE ROMANCE (Co-Producer) and CRIMSON TIDE (Associate Producer).
Skotchdopole is also the producer at the independent features company Man and Stand. He was Executive Producer of MIXED NUTS and Associate Producer of SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, both directed by Nora Ephron, and he was Associate Producer on Leonard Schrader's NAKED TANGO.
A native New Yorker, Skotchdopole has worked on more than 35 feature films over his 20 year career in the motion picture industry.
PAUL CAMERON (Director of Photography) previously lensed SWORDFISH starring John Travolta and Halle Berry, and GONE IN SIXTY SECONDS starring Nicolas Cage and Angelina Jolie, both for director Dominic Senna. His other feature film credits include ADVICE FROM A CATERPILLAR and THE LAST SUPPER.
Cameron has shot numerous commercials, music videos and short films. He won the prestigious CLIO Award for Best Commercial Cinematography for BEAT THE DEVIL, a 9-minute commercial film for BMW Motors directed by Tony Scott, featuring James Brown and Gary Oldman.
Born in Canada, Cameron studied at State University of New York at Purchase and began his career lighting concerts for rock bands.
BENJAMIN FERNANDEZ (Production Designer) was Production Designer for director Tony Scott's ENEMY OF THE STATE, REVENGE and TRUE ROMANCE.
He was Production Designer for director Rob Cohen's DRAGONHEART and DAYLIGHT, and Supervising Art Director on the Academy Award winning GLADIATOR, directed by Ridley Scott. Fernandez was Production Designer on director Terry Gilliam's LOST IN LA MANCHA. As an Art Director his credits include DAYS OF THUNDER, INDIANA JONES AND THE LAST CRUSADE, TAI-PAN, DUNE and CONAN THE BARBARIAN. He began his career in his native Spain as a draftsmen and storyboard artist on such classic films as EL CID, KING OF KINGS and LAWRENCE OF ARABIA.
CHRIS SEAGERS (Production Designer) began his association with Tony Scott as a Supervising Art Director and Production Designer for the Moroccan portion of SPY GAME, which Scott directed. Seagers was the Production Designer on the spy spoof JOHNNY ENGLISH, and the Art Director on CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN and THE END OF THE AFFAIR.
His other credits as Art Director are SAVING PRIVATE RYAN, for which he was part of the design team that was nominated for the prestigious Art Directors Guild Award for Excellence in Production Design, THE GOOD THIEF, THE CRYING GAME and A KISS BEFORE DYING.
CHRISTIAN WAGNER (Film Editor) was Editor on Tony Scott's SPY GAME, THE FAN and TRUE ROMANCE, and Associate Editor on Scott's THE LAST BOY SCOUT, DAYS OF THUNDER and REVENGE.
His other credits include LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE, the James Bond adventure DIE ANOTHER DAY, and John Woo's MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II, FACE/OFF, THE NEGOTIATOR and FAIR GAME. Wagner was Supervising Editor on BAD BOYS for director Michael Bay.
LOUISE FROGLEY (Costume Designer) previously worked with Tony Scott on SPY GAME. She also has twice collaborated with director Steven Soderbergh on TRAFFIC and THE LIMEY.
She began her career working in London and Paris as a costume designer and set decorator for various commercial companies including RSA, which was headed by a group of vibrant young filmmakers - including Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, Adrian Lyne and Hugh Hudson - all of whom later made their mark in feature films.
Frogley's first movie assignment was as Assistant Costume Designer on Hugh Hudson's Academy Award-winning CHARIOTS OF FIRE. She went on to dress more than 20 feature films including Neil Jordan's MONA LISA, Ron Shelton's BULL DURHAM and Bill Forsyth's BREAKING IN, as well as THREE MEN AND A LITTLE LADY, WARLOCK, WILDER NAPALM, THE CURE, EXECUTIVE DECISION, U.S. MARSHALLS and STIGMATA.
Her television credits include the mini-series NOBLE HOUSE and the HBO telefilm THE COLD ROOM, directed by James Dearden.
CONRAD HOOL (Co-Producer) co-produced Fox Searchlight Pictures' BROKEN LIZARD'S CLUB DREAD and Paramount's CROCODILE DUNDEE IN LOS ANGELES starring Paul Hogan, as well as McHALE'S NAVY starring Tom Arnold and FLIPPER starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood.
Born and raised in Mexico City, Hool brings years of production expertise to all facets of the filmmaking process. In 1987, Hool formed Silver Lion Films with his brother Lance. In a short time they financed and produced over 10 films.
Hool produced ONE MAN'S HERO, starring Tom Berenger, and STEEL DAWN, starring Patrick Swayze, and co-produced THE AIR UP THERE, starring Kevin Bacon. He was Associate Producer on PURE LUCK, staring Martin Short and Danny Glover; Executive Producer on GUNMEN, starring Mario Van Peebles; and Associate Producer on CABOBLANCO, starring Charles Bronson and Jason Robards.
HARRY GREGSON-WILLIAMS (Music) began his motion picture career as an orchestrator, arranger, and writer on many of composer Stanley Myers' films, from whom he rapidly learned the techniques of film scoring and formed relationships with other top composers, including Hans Zimmer.
It was through his association with Myers that Gregson-Williams became friends with legendary filmmaker Nicolas Roeg, composing his first major scores for Roeg's FULLY BODY MASSAGE and HOTEL PARADISE.
In 1995 Gregson-Williams moved to Los Angeles and quickly launched his career as a Hollywood composer by composing the score for Billie August's SMILLA'S SENSE OF SNOW. Gregson-Williams next took on THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD and in 1996, he composed music for THE ROCK, forming a relationship with producer Jerry Bruckheimer which has continued to this day. The following year found Gregson-Williams busy with a total of eight feature film projects, including DECEIVER, THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS and THE BORROWERS.
Gregson-Williams went on to team up with legendary rock guitarist Trevor Rabin for the scores to ARMAGEDDON and Tony Scott's ENEMY OF THE STATE, both produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, followed by ANTZ a computer-generated animated comedy.
Gregson-Williams' work continued to be diverse as he continued to score big studio films interspersed with smaller independent movies. In 1999 after completing the score for KING OF THE JUNGLE, Gregson-Williams scored the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced TV movie SWING VOTE, as well as Fox's urban drama LIGHT IT UP.
In 2000, Gregson-Williams scored two of the year's most successful family films: THE TIGGER MOVIE and CHICKEN RUN. He also composed the music for a British independent film WHATEVER HAPPENED TO HAROLD SMITH?
Gregson-Williams scored the Oscar winning blockbuster animated feature SHREK for which he received a BAFTA nomination and won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Score. In 2001, he scored the Tony Scott feature SPY GAME, starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt, and received a Golden Satellite Award nomination for his score. He also completed an album that was co-written with guitarist Peter Distefano (Porno for Pyros). His recent projects include VERONICA GUERIN and PHONE BOOTH, both for director Joel Schumacher, the animated feature SINBAD, WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE, BRIDGET JONES 2: THE EDGE OF REASON, and SHREK 2.
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