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Cast


Kurt Russell... Snake Plissken
A.J. Langer... Utopia
Steve Buscemi... Map to the Stars Eddie
George Corraface... Cuervo Jones
Stacy Keach... Malloy
Michelle Forbes... Brazen
Pam Grier... Hershe
Jeff Imada... Saigon Shadow
Cliff Robertson... President
Valeria Golino... Taslima
Peter Fonda... Pipeline
Ina Romeo... Hooker
Peter Jason... Duty Sergeant
Jordan Baker... Police Anchor
Caroleen Feeney... Woman on Freeway
Paul Bartel... Congressman
Tom McNulty... Officer
Bruce Campbell... Surgeon General of Beverly Hills
Breckin Meyer... Surfer
Robert Carradine... Skinhead
Shelly Desai... Cloaked Figure
Leland Orser... Test Tube
Kathleen Blanchard... Female Narrator
William Luduena... Mescalito
Gabriel Castillo... Mescalito
William Peña... Jacket Mescalito
David Perrone... US Cleric Justice

Rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Greg Anthony... Gang Member [uncredited]
Jacqueline Artecona... Hooker [Uncredited]
Julien Cesario... Mescalito [uncredited]
Bojesse Christopher... Surfer [uncredited]
Nick Danger... Gang Member [uncredited]
Mike Dawson... Gang Member [uncredited]
Michele Edison... Hooker [uncredited]
Brian Freifield... Hanging Victim [uncredited]
Joseph B. Henry... Gang Member [uncredited]
John Koy... Saigon Shadow [Uncredited]
Leo Lee... Saigon Shadow [uncredited]
Al Leong... Saigon Shadow [uncredited]
James Lew... Saigon Shadow [uncredited]
Curtis Newman... Gang Member [uncredited]
Deirdre O'Brien... Punk [uncredited]
Brian Phelps... Guard [uncredited]
Angela Torrez Parker... Hooker [uncredited]
Stuart Quan... Saigon Shadow [uncredited]
Thomas Rosales Jr... Gang Member [uncredited]
Wyatt Russell... Orphan Boy [uncredited]
Antony Sauvé... Mescalito [uncredited]
John Sencio... Skinhead [uncredited]
Paul Sinapore... Gang Member [uncredited]
Aiden Starr... Nurse [uncredited]
Mark Thompson... Guard [uncredited]
Johnny Torres... Mescalito [uncredited]
Vivicca A. Whitsett... Gang Leader [uncredited]


Crew


Directed by:
John Carpenter

Writing credits:
John Carpenter [characters]
Nick Castle [characters]

John Carpenter
Debra Hill
Kurt Russell

Produced by:
Debra Hill... producer
Kurt Russell... producer

Original Music by:
John Carpenter
Shirley Walker

Cinematography by:
Gary B. Kibbe

Film Editing by:
Edward A. Warschilka

Casting by:
Carrie Frazier

Production Design by:
Lawrence G. Paull

Art Direction by:
Bruce Crone

Set Decoration by:
Kathe Klopp

Costume Design by:
Robin Michel Bush

Makeup Department:
Rick Baker... special makeup effects
Jill Crosby... key hairstylist
Gary Dennis Liddiard, Jr... mr. russell's makeup artist
Susan Mills... mr. russell's hairstylist/hair department supervisor
Linda Arnold-Smyth... supervising hairstylist
Kaori Turner... makeup artist
Kandace Westmore... key makeup artist
Marvin G. Westmore... supervising makeup artist
Joseph Yuss Simon... special makeup effects [uncredited]
Bill Sturgeon... special makeup effects [uncredited]

Production Management:
Alexandra Koch... production supervisor
David Witz... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
Martin Jedlicka... second assistant director
Christian P. Della Penna... first assistant director
Jason Roberts... second second assistant director
Bruce Sears... additional second assistant director [uncredited]
Candace Suerstedt... first assistant director: visual effects unit [uncredited]

Art Department:
John Bevan, Jr... set dresser
Robert Blackburn... construction foreperson
Robert Bleckman... set dresser
Robert Carlyle... construction foreperson
Michael Casey... set dresser
Clete F. Cetrone... construction foreperson
Larry Cornick... set dresser
Nathan Crowley... set designer
Charles W. Eskridge, Jr... construction foreperson
Michael Patrick Finnegan... construction foreperson
Wayne Fisher... set dresser
Giacomo Ghaizza... illustrator
Robert Gray... set dresser
Paul David Harris... greenperson
William Hiney... assistant art director
John Holcombe... construction foreperson
John Hoskins... construction coordinator 
Kurt Hulett... set dresser
Michael Hunter... property assistant
Carol Kiefer... art department coordinator
C. Jonas Kirk... construction foreperson
Gary Kudroff... lead person
Lance Larson... weapons handler
Tim Lawrence... concept artist
Bill MacSems... property master
William S. Maxwell... set dresser
Richard Mays... set designer
Greg Moore... set dresser
Frank Morehead... greenperson
Len Morganti... illustrator
Luigi S. Mugavero... lead person
Joseph Musso... illustrator
Christopher S. Nushawg... set designer
Thomas J. O'Brien... construction foreperson
Ken Peterson... assistant property master
Glenn "Spanky" Roberts... set dresser
Brian J. Rock... construction foreperson
Nic Rymond... set dresser
Michael Sanchez... construction foreperson
Joseph Santre... construction foreperson
Steve Schoer... greenperson
Patrick M. Sullivan Jr... set designer
Mark Weber... construction foreperson
Darrell L. Wight... set designer
Dan Colegrove... art department [uncredited]
Dragon Dronet... props [uncredited]
Michael P. Finnegan... tool technician [uncredited]
Gina Flanagan... illustrator [uncredited]
Don E. Gaffney... props [uncredited]
Travis Huffman... props [uncredited]
Jim McPherson... sculptor [uncredited]
Lou Mouneu Sr.... plasterer [uncredited]
Gary Pawlowski... mold maker [uncredited]
Dan Platt... sculptor [uncredited]
Jordu Schell... sculptor [uncredited]
Victor M. Shannon... plasterer [uncredited]
Lyndell Wolff... carpenter [uncredited]

Sound Department:
Willy Allen... dialogue editor
Bob Baron... adr mixer
Ron Bartlett... re-recording mixer
Joe Brennan... sound mixer
Ted Caplan... foley editor
Michael C. Casper... re-recording mixer
Thomas Causey... sound mixer
Scott Curtis... foley editor
Zack Davis... adr editor
Joe Dorn... adr editor
Ken Dufva... foley artist
John Dunn... supervising sound editor
David Lee Fein... foley artist
Christopher Flick... supervising foley editor
Donald Flick... sound effects editor
Robin Harlan... foley artist
Catherine Harper... foley artist
John Hulsman... sound effects editor
Daniel S. Irwin... assistant sound editor
Scott Jennings... foley editor
James Marioka... assistant sound editor
Courtenay Marvin... assistant sound editor
Steve Maslow... re-recording mixer
Sarah Monat... foley artist
John Pospisil... sound designer
Randy Singer... foley mixer
Michelle Pleis-Stirber... assistant sound editor
Robert Ulrich... supervising adr editor
David Whittaker... sound effects editor
David Williams... supervising dialogue editor
Matt Colleran... foley recordist [uncredited]
Catherine Harper... foley artist [uncredited]
Tom Myers... foley re-recording artist [uncredited]
Kerry Dean Williams... adr editor [uncredited]

Special Effects by:
Steve Addis... miniature helicopter
Mike A. Van Arkel... special effects
Tom Von Badinski... special effects
Jim Belohovek... hang glider puppets
Marty Bresin... special effects coordinator
Mike Brown... special effects
Isaac Cohen... modeler
Lenny Dalrymple... mechanical crew chief
Duke Dixon... modeler
Roy Downey... pyrotechnics
Robert Eickenhorst... miniature helicopter
Dave Eland...  special effects
Joseph Enyart... modeler
Dale Ettema... special effects supervisor
Marvin Felton... special effects
Ricardo R. Figalan... special effects
David Freund... model crew chief
Roy Goode... mechanical crew chief
Martha Higgins... painter
Steve Humphrey... electronics
David Jackson... special effects
Larry Jolly... miniature helicopter
Hiroshi Katagiri... hang glider puppets
Tom Killeen... hang glider puppets
Richard Lea... modeler
Shelley McNights... painter
Michael W. Menzel... special effects
Ian C. McArthur... special effects
Robert Morales... modeler
Maureen O'Connor... coordinator
Jeff Pepiot... special effects
Dave Peterson... special effects
David Poole... special effects
Donald Puck... special effects
Jeff Pyle... car model crew chief
Michael D. Roundy... special effects
Paula Schneider... model crew chief
David Schwartz... model crew chief
Robert Simokovic... special effects foreperson
Anthony Simonaitis... special effects
Sandy Stewart... car model crew chief
John K. Stirber... miniature effects supervisor
Frank Toro... special effects
Paul Vigil... special effects
Mark Yuricich... special effects shop foreperson
Dean W. Welch... special effects
Bob Willard... special effects
Leonel Zapien... special effects
Richard M. Zarro... special effects
Jaime Galindo... special effects [uncredited]
Jeff Himmel... hang glider puppets [uncredited]
Rick Lazzarini... hang glider puppets [uncredited]
Paul Salamoff... hang glider puppets [uncredited]
Bryan Sides... hang glider puppets [uncredited]
Dennis Yeager II... special effects [uncredited]

Visual Effects by:
Tim Alexander... digital compositing
Joshua Geisler-Amhowitz... digital artwork and painting
Bill Arance... gunfire animation and compositing
Joshua Arsenault... production assistant
Bill Aylsworth... scanning and film recording
Elissa Bello... digital artwork and painting
Beverly Bernacki... gunfire animation and compositing
Les Bernstien... visual effects director of photography
Beth Block... digital compositing
Lydia Bottegoni... digital production manager
Aaron Campbell... CG artwork
Marsha Gray Carrington... digital artwork and painting
Carter Cohn... CG artwork
Charles Colladay... CG artwork
Denise Davis... visual effects producer
Valerie Delahaye... CG supervisor
Jason Dennis... technical administration
Dana Desselle... editorial line-up
Harrison Ellenshaw... BVVE executive producer
Karl Fornander... gunfire animation and compositing
Allen Gonzales... digital art department supervisor
Tim Guyer... digital artwork and painting
Dorne Huebler... digital compositing
Stephen Humphrey... visual effects electronics
Sho Igarashi... rendering lead
David Jones... CG supervisor
Brian Keeney... visual effects coordinator
Eric McLean... digital artwork and painting
Kevin Moews... digital compositing
Michael Lessa... visual effects supervisor
Lyndon Li... CG artwork
Kathryn Liotta... digital production manager
Michael Messina... systems administration
Scott Miller... senior software engineer
Kimberly K. Nelson... visual effects supervisor
Craig Newman... digital department manager
Craig Mullins... additional digital matte painter
January Nordman... digital compositing
Eric Peterson... color timing and scanning
Winston Quitasol... lead digital compositor
Michael Ramirez... CG artwork
Robert Scifo... additional digital matte painting
Mark Soper... production assistant
Mary Stockfisch... gunfire animation and compositing
Bruce Tauscher... digital color timing supervisor
Joseph Thomas... gunfire animation and compositing
Deborah Wiltman... CG artwork
Shyam V. Yadav... production assistant
Juliette Yager... visual effects editor
Hei-Kyung Yoo... CG artwork
Colin Edwards... key grip [uncredited]
Lisa Fisher... digital artwork [uncredited]
Lee Lanier... digital artist [uncredited]
Richard Stringfellow... digital artist [uncredited]

Stunts:
Laura Albert... stunt player
Rochelle Ashana... stunt player
John Ashker... stunt player
Rick Avery... stunt player
Janet S. Brady... stunt player
William H. Burton... stunt player
Jeff Cadiente... stunt player
Damon Caro... stunt player
John Casino... stunt player
Mike Ceballos... stunt player
George Cheung... stunt player
Phil Chong... stunt player
Clarke Coleman... stunt player
Eugene Collier... stunt player
Paul Crawford... stunt player
Gregg Dandridge... stunt player
Jadie David... stunt player
Gary Davis... stunt player
Maria Doest... stunt player
Richard Duran... stunt player
Annie Ellis... stunt player
Danny Epper... stunt player
John Escobar... stunt player
Ramiro González... stunt player
Al Goto... stunt player
Joe Greblo... stunt player
Tom Harper... stunt player
John Hateley... stunt player
Toby Holguin... stunt player
Norman Howell... stunt player
Shawn Howell... stunt player
Brian Imada... stunt player
Jeff Imada... stunt coordinator
Dan Inosanto... stunt player
Steven Ito... stunt player
Freddie Jin... stunt player
Matt Johnston... stunt player
John Koy... stunt player
Brad Lackey... stunt player
Peter Lai... stunt player
Steven Lambert... stunt player
Danny Lee... stunt player
Leo Lee... stunt player
Al Leong... stunt player
James Lew... stunt player
Brad Martin... stunt player
Steve Martinez... stunt player
Dwayne McGee... stunt player
Wayne Montanio... stunt player
Bennie Moore, Jr... stunt player
Jimmy Ortega... stunt player
Cris Thomas-Palomino... stunt player
Manny Perry... stunt player
Stuart Quan... stunt player
Simon Rhee... stunt player
Vernon Rieta... stunt player
Mario Roberts... stunt player
Jimmy N. Roberts... stunt player
Shawn Robinson... stunt player
Troy Robinson... stunt player
Gilbert Rosales... stunt player
Thomas Rosales Jr... stunt player
Debby Lynn Ross... stunt player
Lori Lynn Ross... stunt player
Erik Stabenau... stunt player
Chad Stahelski... stunt player
Nils Allen Stewart... stunt player
Ray Sua... stunt player
Keith Tellez... stunt player
Mary Torres... stunt player
Gary Toy... stunt player
Dain Turner... stunt player
Tierre Turner... stunt player
David Wald... stunt player
Danny Weselis... stunt player
Danny Wong... stunt player
Roger Yuan... stunt player
Joni Avery... stunt player [uncredited]
Ron Balicki... stunt player [uncredited]
Nick Brett... stunt player [uncredited]
Allen Brock... stunt player [uncredited]
Michele Koyama... stunt player [uncredited]
Marian Green... stunt player [uncredited]
Barbara Anne Klein... stunt player [uncredited]
Zack Milan... stunt driver [uncredited]
Hugh Aodh O'Brien... stunt player [uncredited]
Courtney Pakiz... stunt player [uncredited]
J.N. Roberts... stunt player [uncredited]
Ken Searle... stunt player [uncredited]
Arthur Tipp...  stunt player [uncredited]
Scott Waugh... stunt player [uncredited]
Nancy Young... stunt player [uncredited]

Camera and Electrical Department:
Patric J. Abaravich... lighting technician
James Brusseau... rigging grip
Scott Campbell... visual effects camera assistant
Greg N. Cantrell... lighting technician
Andrew Carroll... rigging lighting technician
Mac Condro... visual effects camera assistant
Mark Coyne... second assistant photographer
George Dunagan... assistant chief lighting technician
Thomas J. Embree... lighting technician
Craig Garfield... grip
Antonio Garrido... dolly grip
Norman L. Glasser... chief lighting technician
Jan Gould... best boy grip
Mark Gutterud... visual effects plate photography
Bud Heller... first company rigging grip
David E. Hengsteler... lighting technician
Jud Kehl... camera operator
Brian Kibbe... second assistant photographer
Jack Kohtala... rigging grip
Christopher Lama... lighting technician
Brian Lovell... rigging lighting technician
Marc Marino... lighting technician
Allan Marshall... rigging lighting technician
Kurt W. Marshall... assistant chief rigging lighting technician
Patrick H. Marshall... chief rigging lighting technician
Stephen T. Merjanian... rigging lighting technician
Dominic Napolitano... first assistant photographer
Leo Napolitano... camera operator
Evan Nesbitt... visual effects plate photography
Ron Peterson... second assistant photographer
W. Steve Peterson... first assistant photographer
Charles Saldana... key grip
Chris Squires... camera operator
John Stradling... second assistant photographer
Steve Ullman... first assistant photographer
Mark Vollmer... grip
Douglas Wall... grip
Charles Wayt... grip
Robert Zuckerman... still photographer
Bobby Zullo... second company rigging grip
Rocky Buzzini... electrician [uncredited]
Jerome Fauci... camera operator [uncredited]
Erin Franklyn... rigging grip [uncredited]
Anthony O. Prime... still photographer [uncredited]

Casting Department:
Susan Booker... casting associate
Barbara Harris... voice casting
Jennifer Bender... extras casting [uncredited]
Mitch Toles... extras casting [uncredited]

Costume and Wardrobe Department:
James "Mike" Balker... men's costumer
Glenn Bradley... key costumer
Robert L. Bush... costume supervisor
Alice I. Daniels... costumer
Joe Diaz Jr... costumer
Brigitte Ferry... costumer
Barton Kent James... key costumer
Carol Brown-James... key costumer
John K. Lemons... costumer
John R. Linsmeier... key costumer
Paul De Lucca... costumer
Stephen A. Loomis... costume manufacturing supervisor
Juan Lopez... assistant costume designer
Bernadene C. Morgan... costumer
Mary Alice Ruff... woman's costumer
Steve Sharp... key costumer
Damien Quinn... costumer
Llandys Williams... costume supervisor

Editorial Department:
Vaune Kirby Frechette... assistant editor
Mike Milliken... color timer
Paul Murphy... assistant editor
Theresa Repola Mohammed... negative cutter
Richmond Riedel... assistant editor
Bryan McMahan... colorist: mastering [uncredited]

Music Department:
Kelley L. Baker... production auditor
Bob Bornstein... music preparation
Robert Fernandez... scoring mixer
Michael McCuistion... orchestrator
Thomas Milano... supervising music editor
Lolita Ritmanis... orchestrator
Jeanette Surga... assistant music editor
Ramona Sanchez Waggoner... production auditor
Shirley Walker... conductor

Transportation Department:
Robert K. Johnson... transportation captain
Stephen A. Latina... transportation captain
Ken Searle... transportation coordinator
Michael W. Broomer... driver [uncredited]
Thomas Garris... driver [uncredited]
Chris Haynes... driver [uncredited]
Dennis H. Murdoch... military vehicle supplier [uncredited]
Jim Petti... transportation [uncredited]

Other Crew:
John Agalsoff, Jr... cable person
Gregory Alpert... location manager
Kelley Baker... assistant accountant
Jorge Baron... dga trainee
Luis G. Benavides... construction accountant
Jeffrey Berk... production coordinator
Benu Bhandari... script supervisor
Valerie Jo Burnley... assistant location manager
Danny R. Carter... production assistant
Christian Clarke... production assistant
Blaine Converse... administrator: BVVE
Karin Costa... assistant to mr. carpenter
Patti Cream... screen graphics coordinator
Brian C. Davis... video image crew
Rick Dungan... video image crew
Cecily Gambrell... production assistant
Don Garrison... location manager
Andy Gauvreau... video image crew
Rhonda Gunner... video image
Paul Hackner... production assistant
Patti Hawn... unit publicist
Wesley Ray Hall... video image crew
Richard E. Hollander... video image
Jeffrey M. Howard... production assistant
Steve Koster... wescam operator
Garrett Lam... video image crew
Kenneth D. Lavet... location manager
James Do Young Lee... video image crew
James McCabe... location manager
Gregory L. McMurry... video image
Mauritz Pavoni... production assistant
Erica Pearce... production assistant
Jim Petti... assistant to mr. russell
Larry Potoker... video image crew
John Randolph... craft service
Nina Saxon... main and end titles designer
Angelica Sini... production assistant
Jeffrey D. Stevens... key medic
Chris Svoboda... assistant to ms. hill
Paul Taglianetti... video supervisor
Marcus Taplin... production assistant
David Thornsberry... location manager
Ira Toles... video image crew
J. Tratman... wescam technician
John C. Wash... video image
Diane Ward... assistant production coordinator
Benjamin Zura... production assistant
Travis Burrell... stand-in: Kurt Russell
Vanessa Grayson... stand-in: Valeria Golino [uncredited]
Steve Karnes... weapons armorer [uncredited]
Josh C. Kline... development assistant [uncredited]
Tony Giglio... production assistant [uncredited]
Zack Milan... stand-in: Steve Buscemi [uncredited]
Tobia Minckler... production assistant [uncredited]
Denise Mora... assistant construction accountant [uncredited]
Ken Rudolph... title designer [uncredited]
Rick Sander... video image [uncredited]
Laurence Starkman... title designer [uncredited]
Terri Farley-Teruel... production services [uncredited]

Music:
Music: John Carpenter, Shirley Walker, Alan Howarth
Songs: Sugar Ray [10 Seconds Down]; James Keenan, Adam Jones, Carey Daniel, Paul D'Amour [Sweat]; Tori Amos [Professional Widow]; Christopher Hall, Jim Sellers, Walter Flakus, Andy Kubichewski [Dawn]; Gravity Kills [Blame]; Randy Newman [I Love L.A.]; Paul Leary, Gibby Haynes, King Coffey [Pottery]; Dick Dale [Scalped]; Rob Zombie, J. Yuenger, Sean Yseult, John Tempesta, Charlie Clousser [The One]
Songs Performed By: Sugar Ray [10 Seconds Down]; Tool [Sweat]; Tori Amos [Professional Widow]; Stabbing Westward [Dawn]; Gravity Kills [Blame]; Randy Newman [I Love L.A.]; Butthole Surfers [Pottery]; Dick Dale [Scalped]; White Zombie [The One]
Orchestrators: Kristopher Carter [uncredited], Michael McCuistion
Conductor: Shirley Walker
Music Editor: Thomas Milano


Companies


Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures
Rysher Entertainment

Special Effects:
Available Light Limited [gunfire animation and compositing]
Buena Vista Visual Effects
Larry Jolly Miniature Productions [miniature helicopter]
Stirber Visual Effects Network Inc. [action miniatures]
The Character Shop [hang glider puppets]

Other Companies:
Aero Mock-Ups, Inc. [special thanks]
C.A.S.T. Security
Chapman
Direct Tools & Fasteners [expendables]
Flow Rider Wave Simulation [special thanks]
Lava Records [soundtrack]
Milan Records [score album]
Nina Saxon Film Design [title design]
Pacific Title [titles and opticals]
Producer's Airforce [special thanks]
Reeltime Creative [trailer music]
Schlitterbahn Waterpark [special thanks]
Universal Studios Hollywood [special thanks]
Vertigo Technologies, Incorporated/Viewpoint Datalabs International, Inc [special thanks]
Wescam, Inc.