Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Director:

James Cameron

Writers (WGA):

James Cameron (written by) &
William Wisher Jr. (written by)

Release Date:

3 July 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

It's nothing personal.

Plot:

The cyborg who once tried to kill Sarah Connor must now protect her teenager son, John Connor, from an even more powerful and advanced cyborg.

Plot Keywords:

Nightmare | Helicopter Explosion | Alternative History | Famous Opening Theme | Violent Movie

Awards:

Won 4 Oscars. Another 19 wins & 18 nominations

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger	...	The Terminator
Linda Hamilton	...	Sarah Connor
Edward Furlong	...	John Connor
Robert Patrick	...	T-1000
Earl Boen	...	Dr. Silberman
Joe Morton	...	Miles Dyson
S. Epatha Merkerson	...	Tarissa Dyson
Castulo Guerra	...	Enrique Salceda
Danny Cooksey	...	Tim
Jenette Goldstein	...	Janelle Voight
Xander Berkeley	...	Todd Voight
Leslie Hamilton Gearren	...	Twin Sarah
Ken Gibbel	...	Douglas
Robert Winley	...	Cigar-Smoking Biker
Peter Schrum	...	Lloyd (as Pete Schrum)
Shane Wilder	...	Trucker
Michael Edwards	...	Old John Connor
Jared Lounsbery	...	Kid
Casey Chavez	...	Kid
Ennalls Berl	...	Bryant
Don Lake	...	Mossberg
Richard Vidan	...	Weatherby
Tom McDonald	...	Cop
Jim Palmer	...	Jock
Gerard G. Williams	...	Jock
Gwenda Deacon	...	Gwen, Night Nurse
Don Stanton	...	Lewis, Guard
Dan Stanton	...	T-1000 Lewis
Colin Patrick Lynch	...	Attendant
Noel Evangelisti	...	Hospital Guard
Nikki Cox	...	Girl
Lisa Brinegar	...	Girl
DeVaughn Nixon	...	Danny Dyson
Tony Simotes	...	Vault Guard
Diane Rodriguez	...	Jolanda Salceda
Dalton Abbott	...	Infant John Connor
Ron Young	...	Pool Cue Biker
Charles Robert Brown	...	Tattooed Biker
Abdul Salaam El Razzac	...	Gibbons
Mike Muscat	...	Moshier
Van Ling	...	Cyberdyne Tech
Dean Norris	...	SWAT Team Leader
Charles A. Tamburro	...	Police Helicopter Pilot (as Charles Tamburro)
J. Rob Jordan	...	Pickup Truck Driver
Terrence Evans	...	Tanker Truck Driver
Denney Pierce	...	Burly Attendant
Mark Christopher Lawrence	...	Burly Attendant
Pat Kouri	...	SWAT Team Leader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Albanese	...	SWAT officer (uncredited)
Ed Arneson	...	SWAT officer (uncredited)
Bret A. Arnold	...	Future Coda Man (uncredited)
Debra Casey	...	Mohawk Girl at Biker Bar (uncredited)
Jim Dahl	...	SWAT officer (uncredited)
Takao Komine	...	Tourist shot by T-1000 (uncredited)
Joel Kramer	...	Male Nurse (uncredited)
Anne Merrem	...	Psychiatric (uncredited)
Scott Shaw	...	Cyberdyne Tech (uncredited)
Steven Stear	...	SWAT officer (uncredited)
Randy Walker	...	SWAT officer (uncredited)
William Wisher Jr.	...	Galleria photographer / Cop (uncredited)

Directed by
James Cameron

Writing credits (WGA)
James Cameron		(written by) &
William Wisher Jr.		(written by) (as William Wisher)

Produced by
Stephanie Austin	....	co-producer
James Cameron	....	producer
Gale Anne Hurd	....	executive producer
Mario Kassar	....	executive producer
B.J. Rack	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Brad Fiedel

Cinematography by
Adam Greenberg		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Conrad Buff IV		(as Conrad Buff)
Dody Dorn		(special edition)
Mark Goldblatt
Richard A. Harris

Casting by
Mali Finn

Production Design by
Joseph C. Nemec III		(as Joseph Nemec III)

Art Direction by
Joseph P. Lucky

Set Decoration by
John M. Dwyer

Costume Design by
Marlene Stewart

Makeup Department
Jeff Dawn	....	makeup department head
Ed French	....	makeup artist
Steve LaPorte	....	makeup artist
Robert L. Stevenson	....	hair stylist (as Robert L. Stevensen)
Peter Tothpal	....	key hair stylist
Stan Winston	....	special makeup
Mary Guerrero	....	key hair stylist (uncredited)
John Rosengrant	....	art department coordinator: Stan Winston Studio (uncredited)

Production Management
Pamela Easley	....	post-production supervisor
Dirk Petersmann	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Randall Badger	....	first assistant director: second unit
Dustin Bernard	....	second assistant director
Xochi Blymyer	....	second second assistant director (as Xochi Blymer)
Kelly Cantley	....	dga trainee
Frank Davis	....	key second assistant director
Gary Davis	....	second unit director
David Fudge	....	second assistant director: second unit
Grant Gilmore	....	second assistant director: second unit
J. Michael Haynie	....	first assistant director
James Lansbury	....	second assistant director
Scott Laughlin	....	key second assistant director
Terry Miller	....	first assistant director
George Parra	....	first assistant director: second unit
Tony Perez	....	second assistant director
Barry K. Thomas	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Barry Thomas)

Art Department
Craig Baron	....	set dresser
Charles Breen	....	assistant art director (as Charles W. Breen)
Steve Burg	....	conceptual artist (as Stephen Burg)
Steve Callas	....	construction coordinator
Mike Cameron	....	functional props
Vince Catlin	....	functional props
Carole Lee Cole	....	set designer (as Carole L. Cole)
Gary Diamond	....	assistant art director
William K. Dolan	....	set dresser (as William Dolan)
Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt	....	stand-by painter
George Jensen	....	illustrator
Duncan Kennedy	....	art department assistant
Walter P. Martishius	....	set designer (as Walter Martishius)
R. Patrick McGee	....	on-set dresser
Carla S. Nemec	....	art department coordinator
Phillip Norwood	....	storyboard artist
Joe Pizzorusso	....	set dresser
Charles Stewart	....	property master
Barton M. Susman	....	lead man
Linda Waxman	....	assistant property master
Mike Wells	....	general foreman
Martin J. Gibbons	....	welder (uncredited)
Mark A. Mancinelli	....	hod plasterer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Nicholas R. Allen	....	boom operator
C.J. Appel	....	adr editor
Sandina Bailo-Lape	....	foley editor
Sara Bolder	....	dialogue editor
Gloria S. Borders	....	sound supervisor
Christopher Boyes	....	foley recordist
Scott Chandler	....	assistant sound designer
Teresa Eckton	....	sound effects editor
Ken Fischer	....	sound effects editor
Stacey A. Foiles	....	dialogue editor (as Stacey Foiles)
Clare C. Freeman	....	sound assistant (as Clare Freeman)
J.R. Grubbs	....	sound assistant
Samuel H. Hinckley	....	sound assistant (as Sam Hickley)
Tim Holland	....	sound effects editor
Richard Hymns	....	sound effects editor
Vanessa James	....	sound assistant
Tom Johnson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Hael Kobayashi	....	sound assistant
Barbara McBane	....	adr editor
Marnie Moore	....	foley assistant
Tom Myers	....	assistant sound designer
Larry Oatfield	....	sound effects editor
Philip Olbrantz	....	sound assistant (as Phil Olbrantz)
Lee Orloff	....	sound mixer
Diana Pellegrini	....	foley editor
Michele Perrone	....	adr editor (as Michael Perrone)
Susan Popovic	....	sound assistant
Kevin Rose-Williams	....	sound assistant (as Kevin Williams)
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound designer
Gary Rydstrom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Claire Sanfilippo	....	sound assistant
Susan Sanford	....	sound assistant
Paige Sartorius	....	dialogue editor
Jim Seymour	....	sound assistant
Robert Shoup	....	sound effects editor
David Slusser	....	assistant sound designer
Dianna Stirpe	....	sound assistant
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ewa Sztompke	....	dialogue editor
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Pam Uzzell	....	sound assistant
Ethan Van der Ryn	....	sound effects editor
Knox White	....	cable person (as Knox Grantham White)
Marian Wilde	....	foley editor (as Marion Wilde)
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle	....	dialogue editor (as Gwen Yates-Whittle)
John Countryman	....	machine room operator (uncredited)
Thierry J. Couturier	....	supervising sound editor: temp (uncredited)
Nicholas James	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
John Rotondi	....	sound engineer: Y4 (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Bob Ahmanson	....	special effects technician: 4-Ward Productions
Brent Baker	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Bill Basso	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
David Beneke	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio (as Dave Beneke)
Evan Brainard	....	mechanical department: Stan Winston Studio
Len Burge	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Rob Burman	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio (as Robert Burman)
Craig Caton	....	mechanical department: Stan Winston Studio
Richard Davison	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Glenn Eisner	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Greg Figiel	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Scott R. Fisher	....	special effects assistant
Thomas L. Fisher	....	special effects coordinator
Bruce Spaulding Fuller	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Mark Goldberg	....	mechanical department: Stan Winston Studio
Armando González	....	mechanical department: Stan Winston Studio
Dave Grasso	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio (as David Grasso)
Roger Hansen	....	special effects assistant
Phillip Hartmann	....	special effects technician: 4-Ward Productions
Beth Hathaway	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Adam Jones	....	special effects art department
Mark Jurinko	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Eileen Kastner-Delago	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Joseph Kelly	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Bob King	....	special effects assistant
Jay King	....	special effects assistant
Terry W. King	....	special effects assistant (as Terry King)
Brad Krisko	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Richard J. Landon	....	mechanical department coordinator: Stan Winston Studio (as Richard Landon)
Mark Lohff	....	assistant to artists: Stan Winston Studio
Frank Charles Lutkus III	....	mechanical department: Stan Winston Studio (as Charles Lutkus)
Shane Mahan	....	art department coordinator: Stan Winston Studio
Greg Manion	....	mechanical department: Stan Winston Studio (as Gregory Manion)
Karen Mason	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Curt Massof	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
J.C. Matalon	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Mark 'Crash' McCreery	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Paul Mejias	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Hal Miles	....	mechanical department: Stan Winston Studio (as Hal Miles II)
Bruce Minkus	....	special effects assistant
Mark Noel	....	special effects assistant
Jeff Periera	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Jon Curtis Price	....	mechanical department: Stan Winston Studio (as Jon C. Price)
Joe Reader	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Dan Rebert	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Sean Rodgers	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Steve Sanders	....	special effects technician: 4-Ward Productions
Andy Schoneberg	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Paul Sciacca	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Alan Scott	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Shannon Shea	....	art department coordinator: Stan Winston Studio
Michael Spatola	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Ian Stevenson	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
David Stinnett	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Christopher Swift	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio (as Chris Swift)
Michiko Tagawa	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Joseph Patrick Todd	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Mike Trcic	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio
Joe Viskocil	....	pyrotechnics supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil)
Joe Viskocil	....	special effects supervisor: 4-Ward Productions (as Joseph Viskocil)
Robert E. Watson	....	art department: Stan Winston Studio (as Rob Watson)
N. Brock Winkless IV	....	mechanical department: Stan Winston Studio (as Brock Winkless)
Thomas Zell	....	special effects technician: 4-Ward Productions
Greg Aronowitz	....	mold maker (uncredited)
Robert Hutchins	....	pyrotechnician (uncredited)
Andrew Miller	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
George Zamora	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Diana Ace	....	computer graphics technical assistant: ILM
Tony Alderson	....	fire shots: Fantasy II Film Effects
Bret Alexander	....	model builder: 4-Ward Productions
Scott E. Anderson	....	computer graphics shot supervisor
Ed Angell	....	tesla coil: Fantasy II Film Effects
Sean Applegate	....	head animator: Fantasy II Film Effects
Gordon Baker	....	digital artist: ILM
Randall K. Bean	....	scanning operator: ILM
James Belkin	....	visual effects director of photography: 4-Ward Productions
Jennifer C. Bell	....	effects coordinator: 4-Ward Productions
Tom Bertino	....	rotoscoping supervisor: ILM
John Andrew Berton Jr.	....	computer graphics animator: ILM
Scott Beverly	....	production assistant: Fantasy II Film Effects
Ken Beyer	....	computer graphics system support: ILM
Beth Block	....	production coordinator: Fantasy II Film Effects
Barbara Brennan	....	digital artist: ILM
Stephen Brien	....	miniature set and rig supervisor: 4-Ward Productions
Betzy Bromberg	....	optical supervisor: Fantasy II Film Effects
Kevin Brown	....	stage assistant: 4-Ward Productions
John Bruno	....	visual effects designer
Geoff Burdick	....	visual effects assistant (as Geoffrey Burdick)
Geoff Campbell	....	computer graphics animator: ILM
Dan Carter	....	model builder: 4-Ward Productions (as Daniel Carter)
Anthony Chaney	....	model builder: 4-Ward Productions
Doug Chiang	....	visual effects art director: ILM
Terry Chostner	....	effects photographer: ILM
Richard L. Cohen	....	computer graphics animator: ILM
Steve Cohen	....	production assistant: Fantasy II Film Effects (as Steven Cohen)
Susan Adele Colletta	....	digital coordinator: ILM
Tim Conrad	....	model builder: 4-Ward Productions
Bryan Cooke	....	optical line-up: Fantasy II Film Effects
James Cook	....	production assistant: Fantasy II Film Effects
Michael Cooper	....	optical line-up
Michael Cooper	....	scanning operator: ILM
Robert Costa	....	optical effects supervisor: 4-Ward Productions
Gail Currey	....	visual effects coordinator: ILM
Jim Davidson	....	model builder: visual effects rigger, 4-Ward Productions
Mark A.Z. Dippé	....	assistant visual effects supervisor: ILM
George D. Dodge	....	visual effects director of photography: 4-Ward Productions
Miller Drake	....	visual effects editor
Christopher Duddy	....	visual effects
John Eaves	....	illustrator: Fantasy II Film Effects
Elaine Edford	....	special visual effects sequences: 4-Ward Productions
David Emerson	....	optical camera: Fantasy II Film Effects (as Dave Emerson)
Eric Enderton	....	computer graphics software developer: ILM
Rachel Falk	....	computer graphics technical assistant: ILM
Stefen Fangmeier	....	computer graphics shot supervisor: ILM (as Stefen M. Fangmeier)
Don Fergus	....	optical camera: Fantasy II Film Effects
Anthony Forzaglia Jr.	....	stage assistant: 4-Ward Productions
Carl N. Frederick	....	computer graphics software developer: ILM (as Carl Nai Frederick)
Jonathan French	....	computer graphics animator: ILM
Dan Frye	....	sculptor: Fantasy II Film Effects
Jorge Fuentes	....	stage manager: 4-Ward Productions
Jack Gallagher	....	plate photography coordinator: ILM
George Gambetta	....	scanning operator: ILM
Paul Gentry	....	camera operator: Fantasy II Film Effects
Pete Gerard	....	model maker: Fantasy II Film Effects (as Peter Gerard)
Michael Gleason	....	visual effects editor: ILM
Joanne Hafner	....	rotoscope artist: ILM
James Hagedorn	....	digital artist: ILM (as Jim Hagedorn)
Janet Healy	....	visual effects producer: ILM
Phil Heron	....	stage technician: ILM
Robert Hill	....	effects photographer: ILM (as Bob Hill)
Christian Hogue	....	computer graphics animator: ILM
Sandy Houston	....	rotoscoping artist: ILM
Lincoln Hu	....	computer graphics shot supervisor: ILM
Leslie Huntley	....	visual effects producer: Fantasy II Film Effects
George H. Joblove	....	computer graphics shot supervisor: ILM
Ed Jones	....	executive in charge of post-production: ILM
Kirby Jones	....	production assistant: Fantasy II Film Effects
Michael Joyce	....	model shop supervisor
Emmet Kane	....	effects lead man: 4-Ward Productions
Michael Karp	....	camera operator: Fantasy II Film Effects
Douglas S. Kay	....	computer graphics department manager: ILM (as Douglas Scott Kay)
Pam Kaye	....	production accountant: ILM (as Pamela Kaye)
Elizabeth Maxwell Keith	....	computer graphics animator: ILM
Richard Kilroy	....	matte painter: 4-Ward Productions
Pete Kleinow	....	go animator: Fantasy II Film Effects (as Peter Kleinow)
Jay Lenci	....	computer graphics system support: ILM
Jeffrey B. Light	....	scanning software: ILM (as Jeff Light)
Van Ling	....	creative supervisor/visual effects coordinator
Greg Maloney	....	digital transfer operator: ILM
David Zen Mansley	....	model builder: 4-Ward Productions
Jim Martin	....	optical engineer: Fantasy II Film Effects
Jim May	....	visual effects assistant editor: ILM
Patrick McArdle	....	plate photographer: ILM
Brian McFadden	....	model builder: 4-Ward Productions
Roberto McGrath	....	negative cutter: ILM
Bob Micheletti	....	optical engineer: Fantasy II Film Effects
Carl Miller	....	plate photographer: ILM
W. Peter Miller	....	visual effects editor: 4-Ward Productions
Jim Mitchell	....	computer graphics technical assistant: ILM (as James D. Mitchell)
Bart Mixon	....	sculptor: Fantasy II Film Effects
Bret Mixon	....	rotoscoping supervisor: Fantasy II Film Effects
Tony Moffett	....	production assistant: Fantasy II Film Effects
Terry Molatore	....	rotoscope artist: ILM
Jack Mongovan	....	rotoscoping artist: ILM
Doug Moore	....	model builder: 4-Ward Productions
Sergio Moreno	....	stage assistant: 4-Ward Productions
Tim Morgan	....	stage technician: ILM
Jim Morris	....	executive in charge of production: ILM
Richard Mula	....	visual effects lighting consultant
Mary Mullen	....	ink and paint supervisor: Fantasy II Film Effects
Dennis Muren	....	visual effects supervisor: ILM
Michael J. Natkin	....	computer graphics software developer: ILM
George S. Neil	....	visual effects gaffer: 4-Ward Productions (as George Neil)
John Nelson	....	computer graphics animator
Michael Novotny	....	visual effects production designer: 4-Ward Productions
Joe Pasquale	....	computer graphics animator: ILM (as Joseph M. Pasquale)
Steve Petruzates	....	model maker: Fantasy II Film Effects
Josh Pines	....	scanning supervisor: ILM (as Joshua Pines)
Paula Pirok	....	production assistant: 4-Ward Productions
Dan Platt	....	sculptor: Fantasy II Film Effects
Jeryd Pojawa	....	visual consultant: Fantasy II Film Effects
Angus Poon	....	computer graphics software developer: ILM
Chuck Ray	....	stage technician: ILM
Gary Rhodaback	....	model maker: Fantasy II Film Effects
Jay Riddle	....	computer graphics shot supervisor: ILM
Rick Rische	....	matte painter: 4-Ward Productions
Stuart Robertson	....	digital supervisor: ILM
Alice Rosen	....	computer graphics technical assistant: ILM
Stephen Rosenbaum	....	computer graphics animator
Scott Ross	....	vice president and general manager: ILM
Richard Ruskuski	....	miniature set and rig supervisor: 4-Ward Productions (as Ricc Ruskuski)
Alison Savitch	....	visual effects production supervisor
John Schlag	....	computer graphics software developer: ILM (as John F. Schlag)
Andrew Schmidt	....	computer graphics animator: ILM
Leslie Schor	....	production assistant: ILM
Dennis Schultz	....	model maker: Fantasy II Film Effects
Alex Seiden	....	computer graphics animator: ILM
Annabella Serra	....	computer graphics animator: ILM
Mark A. Shelton	....	visual effects gaffer: 4-Ward Productions (as Mark Shelton)
Mary Shelton	....	visual effects best boy: 4-Ward Productions
Marty Shindler	....	executive in charge of finance: ILM
Dwight Shook	....	model maker: Fantasy II Film Effects
Monty Shook	....	model maker: Fantasy II Film Effects
Chuck Shuman	....	plate photographer: ILM
Dennis Skotak	....	supervising director of photography: 4-Ward Productions
Robert Skotak	....	visual effects supervisor: 4-Ward Productions
Douglas Smythe	....	computer graphics shot supervisor: ILM (as Doug Smythe)
Anthony R. Stabley	....	model builder: 4-Ward Productions (as Anthony Stabley)
Joel Steiner	....	miniature set operator: 4-Ward Productions
Samantha Stevens	....	stage assistant: 4-Ward Productions
William Stromberg	....	model builder: 4-Ward Productions
Ginger Theisen	....	computer graphics coordinator: ILM
Joseph Thompson	....	model builder: 4-Ward Productions
Tien Truong	....	computer graphics software developer: ILM
David Tucker	....	optical camera
Lisa Vaughn	....	scanning coordinator: ILM
Bruce Vecchitto	....	optical photography supervisor: ILM
Christopher Warren	....	camera operator: Fantasy II Film Effects
Gene Warren Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Fantasy II Film
Judith Weaver	....	computer graphics coordinator: ILM
Julie J. Webb	....	assistant visual effects editor
Steve 'S