Cutthroat Island (1995)

Director:

Renny Harlin

Writers (WGA):

Michael Frost Beckner (story) &
James Gorman (story) ...
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Release Date:

22 December 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Family | Romance

Tagline:

The Course Has Been Set. There Is No Turning Back. Prepare Your Weapons. Summon Your Courage. Discover the Adventure of a Lifetime!

Plot:

A female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure.

Plot Keywords:

Woman Pirate | Explosion | Bullet | Box Office Flop | Swashbuckler

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Geena Davis	...	Morgan Adams
Matthew Modine	...	William Shaw
Frank Langella	...	Dawg Brown
Maury Chaykin	...	John Reed
Patrick Malahide	...	Govenor Ainslee
Stan Shaw	...	Glasspoole
Rex Linn	...	Mr. Blair
Paul Dillon	...	Snelgrave, Reaper's 1st Mate
Christopher Masterson	...	Bowen (as Chris Masterson)
Jimmie F. Skaggs	...	Tom Scully
Harris Yulin	...	Black Harry
Carl Chase	...	Bishop
Peter Geeves	...	Fiddler pirate
Angus Wright	...	Capt. Trotter
Ken Bones	...	Toussant
Mary Pegler	...	Mandy Rickets
Mary Peach	...	Lady
Lucinda Clare	...	Lady (as Lucinda Aurel)
Thomas Lockyer	...	Lieutenant
Roger Booth	...	Auctioneer
George Murcell	...	Mordachai Fingers
Simon Atherton	...	Bartender
Dickey Beer	...	Executioner
Christopher Halliday	...	Hastings
Chris Johnston	...	Helmsman
Richard Leaf	...	Snake (the lookout)
Tam White	...	Fleming
Shayna the Monkey	...	King Charles
Rupert Vansittart	...	Capt. Perkins
Nick Bartlett	...	Dawg's pirate
David Bailie	...	Dawg's pirate
Kwame Kwei-Armah	...	Dawg's pirate
Christopher Adamson	...	Dawg's pirate (as Chris Adamson)
Ramon Tikaram	...	Dawg's pirate
Thor	...	Pirate Dog
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Finster	...	Monkey (uncredited)
Renny Harlin	...	Pirate with rifle (uncredited)

Directed by
Renny Harlin

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Frost Beckner		(story) &
James Gorman		(story) and
Bruce A. Evans		(story) &
Raynold Gideon		(story)
Robert King		(screenplay) and
Marc Norman		(screenplay)

Produced by
John Baldecchi	....	co-producer
Jane Bartelme	....	associate producer
James Gorman	....	producer
Renny Harlin	....	producer
Mario Kassar	....	executive producer
Laurence Mark	....	producer
Joel B. Michaels	....	producer
Lynwood Spinks	....	co-producer

Original Music by
John Debney

Cinematography by
Peter Levy

Film Editing by
Derek Brechin
Florent Retz
Frank J. Urioste
Ralph E. Winters

Casting by
Mindy Marin

Production Design by
Norman Garwood

Art Direction by
Roger Cain		(supervising art director)
Keith Pain		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Maggie Gray

Costume Design by
Enrico Sabbatini

Makeup Department
Kathryn Bihr	....	makeup artist (as Katie Bihr)
Claudia Catini	....	hair stylist: Malta
Francesca De Simone	....	hair stylist
Paul Engelen	....	key makeup artist
Marcelle Genovese	....	hair stylist
Mirella Ginnoto	....	hair stylist
Debbie Gower	....	makeup artist
Giorgio Gregorini	....	hair stylist
Robert Hallowell II	....	hair stylist: Ms. Davis
Belinda Hodson	....	makeup artist
Elda Magnanti	....	key hair stylist
Ferdinando Merolla	....	hair stylist
Rosanna Mintoff	....	makeup artist
Ben Nye Jr.	....	makeup artist: Ms. Davis
Rossana Parker	....	makeup artist
Meg Speirs	....	makeup artist
Mauro Tamagnini	....	hair stylist
Gianna Viola	....	hair stylist
Julia Wilson	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Candace Cornell	....	post-production supervisor
Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco	....	production manager
Steve Harding	....	production manager: Malta (as Steven Harding)
Mike Higgins	....	unit manager: Malta
Grant Hill	....	executive in charge of production: Thailand
David Nichols	....	unit production manager
Santa Pestonji	....	production supervisor: Thailand
Peter Winther	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Howell Caldwell	....	second assistant director
Catherine Dunne	....	third assistant director: Thailand
Mary Gough	....	third assistant director
Kuki López Rodero	....	first assistant director
Boyana Sutic	....	third assistant director: Malta
Michael Viglietta	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
David Balfour	....	property master
Ted Boonthanakit	....	production illustrator
Ted Boonthanakit	....	storyboard artist
Timothy Burgard	....	storyboard artist
Anthony Cain	....	graphic artist
Angelo Delia	....	supervising carpenter: Malta
Michael R. Driscoll	....	supervising stagehand (as Michael Driscoll)
Damon Earnshaw	....	property assistant
Philip Elton	....	draughtsman
Gordon Fitzgerald	....	location property master
James Gemmill	....	scenic artist: Malta
Darek Gogol	....	storyboard artist
Paul Hedges	....	property chargehand
Michael Howlett	....	metal worker (as Mick Howlett)
Bert Long	....	assistant construction coordinator
Charlie McGinlay	....	property stand-by painter
Anna Pinnock	....	set buyer
Paul S. Power	....	storyboard artist
Cliff Robinson	....	draughtsman
Anne Seibel	....	assistant set decorator
Alfie Smith	....	property chargehand
Norman Thirtle	....	wood machinist
Peter Verard	....	construction coordinator
John Wells	....	supervising property dresser
Scott Williston	....	painter

Sound Department
Christopher Assells	....	sound effects editor
Don Banks	....	boom operator
Robert Batha	....	first assistant sound editor
Bob Beemer	....	sound re-recording mixer
Burtis Bills	....	additional sound
Mike Boudry	....	adr recordist
Joseph A. Brennan	....	sound engineer
Terry Burke	....	foley artist
Barney Cabral	....	adr supervisor
Jessica A. Dickson	....	assistant sound editor (as Jessica Goodwin)
Dino Dimuro	....	digital sound effects editor
Rickley W. Dumm	....	first assistant sound editor
Jason England	....	assistant dialogue editor
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	additional sound
Bryan Fowler	....	sound recordist (as Brian Fowler)
David Galea	....	sound transfer operator
Hector C. Gika	....	digital dialogue editor (as Hector Gika)
Sarah Goldsmith	....	digital dialogue editor
James A. Gore	....	assistant foley artist
Douglas Greenfield	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Gary A. Hecker	....	foley artist (as Gary 'The Wrecker' Hecker)
Chris Hogan	....	digital sound effects editor
Mark Hollingsworth	....	adr editor (as Mark E. Hollingsworth)
Craig S. Jaeger	....	foley editor
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Randy Kelley	....	digital sound effects editor
Pamela G. Kimber	....	adr assistant
Nicholas Vincent Korda	....	adr editor
Tony Lamberti	....	digital sound effects editor
Mark R. La Pointe	....	digital sound effects editor
Jeff Largent	....	digital sound effects editor
Daniel J. Leahy	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dan Leahy)
Jeff Levison	....	stereo sound consultant: DTS
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Joseph A. Mayer	....	adr editor
Peter McBurnie	....	foley artist
Brian McPherson	....	digital sound effects editor
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Rick Morris	....	digital sound effects editor
David Motta	....	sound assistant (as David C. Motta)
Gary Mundheim	....	foley editor
Thomas O'Neil Younkman	....	assistant sound editor
Kelly Oxford	....	foley supervisor
Kelly Oxford	....	supervising foley editor
Greg Peech	....	foley recordist
Michele Perrone	....	adr editor
Rudy Pi	....	sound recordist
Dan M. Rich	....	digital dialogue editor (as Dan Rich)
Norto Sepulveda	....	adr editor
Ivan Sharrock	....	sound mixer
Wylie Stateman	....	additional sound
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Lauren Stephens	....	digital dialogue editor
Jon Title	....	sound effects editor
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Tony Van den Akker	....	foley mixer
Kim Waugh	....	additional sound
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist (as Jeff Wilhoit)
Michael D. Wilhoit	....	supervising sound editor (as Michael Wilhoit)

Special Effects by
Chario Azzopardi	....	special effects technician: Malta
Reno Barbara	....	special effects technician: Malta
Reuben Bugeja	....	special effects technician: Malta
Alfred 'Jumbo' Buhagiar	....	special effects technician: Malta
Jonathan Bullock	....	model crew
Robert Calvert	....	senior special effects technician
Isabelle Cassar	....	special effects assistant: Malta
Joseph Cassar	....	special effects technician: Malta
Mario Cassar	....	head of special effects
Simon Cockren	....	special effects technician
Neil Corbould	....	senior special effects technician
Gino Farrugia	....	special effects technician: Malta
John Farrugia	....	special effects technician: Malta
Christopher Grainger	....	senior special effects technician
Angelo Grech	....	special effects technician: Malta
Allen Hall	....	special effects chief
Matt Hall	....	senior special effects technician
Gary L. Karas	....	senior special effects technician
Bruce E. Merlin	....	special effects technician
Johann Mifsud	....	special effects technician: Malta
Charles Montebello	....	special effects technician: Malta
Joe Montenegro	....	senior special effects technician
Melvyn Pearson	....	senior special effects technician
Rudy Perez	....	special effects
Audrick Plum	....	special effects technician: Malta
James L. Roberts	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Laura Buff	....	visual effects producer: pre-production
Enid Dalkoff	....	digital artist
Mitchell S. Drain	....	supervising digital artist
Mark Eggenweiler	....	visual effects editor
Chow Emrich	....	digital artist
Peter Field	....	camera operator: "b" camera model unit
Peter Field	....	first camera assistant: visual effects unit
Russell Frazier	....	digital artist
Manuel Rey Gonzalez	....	digital compositor: Walkabout Pictures
Martin Gutteridge	....	model unit supervisor
Dan Hamilton	....	digital artist
Heidy Hughes	....	digital artist
Dave Lockwood	....	visual effects animator
Ralph Maiers	....	digital artist: Cinema Research Corp./D-rez
Keith Manning	....	grip: model unit
Michael McDermott	....	gaffer: model unit
Tina Mesa	....	visual effects producer
TJ Morgan	....	digital artist
Philip D. Morrill	....	digital assistant editor (as Phil Morrill)
Mary Nelson	....	digital artist
Robert O'Haver	....	visual effects producer
Jeffrey A. Okun	....	digital and visual effects
Jim Rider	....	motion control cameraman
Lauren Alexandra Ritchie	....	visual effects coordinator: Malta
Marc Scott	....	digital artist
Lorraine 'Deedle' Silver	....	visual effects coordinator
Mary Stuart-Welch	....	visual effects producer: Digiscope
Jonathan Taylor	....	director of photography: model unit
Jonathan Taylor	....	visual effects director of photography
Janice Tso	....	digital artist (as Yulien 'Janice' Tso)
Michael J. Walker	....	first assistant camera: visual effects unit
Micky Wilson	....	best boy: model unit
Vincent Winter	....	unit manager: model unit
David Fogg	....	rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Terrence Masson	....	visual effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Bruce Armstrong	....	stunt rigger
Vic Armstrong	....	stunt coordinator
Dickey Beer	....	co-stunt coordinator
Brian Bowes	....	stunts
Jorge Casares	....	co-stunt coordinator (as Jordi Casares)
Jerzy Celinski	....	stunts
Suriya Chaowanich	....	stunts
David Cronnelly	....	stunts
Leon Delaney	....	stunts
Angel Gomez Fernandez	....	stunts
Paul Heasman	....	stunts
Billy Horrigan	....	stunts
Ryszard Janikowski	....	stunts (as Ryszard Janiakowski)
Jacek Jelen	....	stunts (as Jacek Jalen)
Paul Jennings	....	stunts
Jesse Johnson	....	stunts
Sean Jones	....	stunts
Jacek Kadevboyski	....	stunts
Bronco McLoughlin	....	stunts
Zbigniew Modej	....	stunts (as Zbigniew Modei)
Daniel Naprous	....	stunts
Gerard Naprous	....	stunts
Mark Anthony Newman	....	stunt double
Joaquin Olias Mena	....	stunts
Benito Pacifico	....	stunts (as Bonito Pacifico)
Claudio Pacifico	....	stunts
Gábor Piroch	....	stunts
Tomasz Przybysz	....	stunts (as Tomasz Przsbysz)
Sean Rogers	....	stunts
José María Serrano	....	stunts
Jozef Stefanski	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Stuart Abramson	....	key grip
Mario Bagnato	....	underwater camera operator: Malta
Armando Barberi	....	second assistant camera: Malta
Perry Beckham	....	aerial rigger
Rick A. Benedetto	....	best boy
Steve Brooke Smith	....	assistant camera: model unit
Richard Brooks Burton	....	assistant camera: aerial unit
Marco Carosi	....	focus puller: Malta
Alfred Caruana	....	electrician
Matteo Ceccarelli	....	second assistant camera: Malta
James B. Crawford	....	gaffer
Adam Dale	....	aerial camera operator: aerial unit
Massimiliano Dessena	....	grip
Stefano Falivene	....	focus puller: Malta
Cristina Gauttieri	....	second assistant camera: Malta
Giovanni Gebbia	....	steadicam operator: Malta
Roberto Gengarelli	....	focus puller: Malta
Adriano Giannini	....	second assistant camera: Malta
Chris Haarhoff	....	steadicam operator: Thailand
Alex Howe	....	focus puller: model unit
David James	....	still photographer
Ian Jones	....	additional steadicam operator
Shawn Kautz	....	aerial rigging fabricator
Enrico Lucidi	....	camera operator: Malta
Roberto Luzi	....	camera operator: Malta
Bob MacDougall	....	aerial rigger
Stefano Marino	....	gaffer: Malta
John Marzano	....	camera mount technician: aerial unit
Roger McGowan	....	rigger
Tommaso Mele	....	key grip
Giuseppe Meloni	....	best boy: Malta
George Mooradian	....	camera operator: "b" camera, Thailand
Daniel P. Moore	....	video playback operator
Nicola Pecorini	....	camera operator: Malta
Brad Peterman	....	first assistant camera: underwater unit
Krishna Rao	....	camera operator: "a" camera, Thailand
Alberto Rogante	....	electrician
Walerio Rosa	....	electrician
Marco Sacerdoti	....	focus puller: Malta
Jorge Sánchez	....	assistant camera
Marco Santarelli	....	dolly grip
Sky Sharrock	....	clapper loader
John Skinner	....	rigging grip
Marco Sticchi	....	electrician
Michael T. Travers	....	key rigging grip
Riccardo Umetelli	....	focus puller: Malta
Michael Weis	....	aerial rigging coordinator (as Mike Weis)
Micky Wilson	....	rigging gaffer
William D. Wynn	....	dolly grip: Thailand (as Bill Wynn)
Claudio Zamarion	....	second assistant camera: Malta
Fabio Zamarion	....	camera operator: Malta

Casting Department
Anna Cachia	....	casting assistant
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Polly Hootkins	....	casting: UK
Kit Hoover	....	casting assistant: USA
John Papsidera	....	casting associate: USA
Katryna Samut-Tagliaferro	....	crowd casting: Malta
Gregory Smith	....	extras casting: Thailand

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lawrence Cassar	....	costume laborer: Malta
Elias Eljiadue Castilla	....	costume aging and dying
Yvonne Zarb Cousin	....	wardrobe coordinator: Malta
Augusto Grassi	....	costume aging and dying
Marie Kaderback	....	dresser: Ms. Davis
Claudio Manzi	....	wardrobe assistant
Prospero Molfese	....	costume aging and dying
Anna Orazi	....	wardrobe assistant
Uliva Pizzetti	....	assistant costume designer
Paolo Scalabrino	....	assistant costume designer
Giovanni Viti	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Jack Geist	....	assistant to post-production supervisor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Edward Malone	....	assistant editor
Kim Nakakura	....	assistant editor
Regina Prosi-Bassman	....	apprentice editor
Bob Putynkowski	....	color timer
Eric Strand	....	assistant editor
Frank J. Urioste	....	assistant editor
Marianne Urioste	....	assistant editor
Carol Folgate	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Jeff Atmajian	....	additional orchestrator
Frank Bennett	....	additional orchestrator
Thomas A. Carlson	....	music editor
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Bruno Kassar	....	music consultant
Don Nemitz	....	additional orchestrator
Simon Rhodes	....	music scoring mixer
David Snell	....	conductor

Transportation Department
Arthur Dunne	....	transportation coordinator (as Arthur Dunn)
John Kavanagh	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Simon Atherton	....	armorer
Tim Bailes	....	assistant marine coordinator
Michael Barnes	....	legal attorney
Erica Bensly	....	production coordinator
Christine Bonnem	....	location manager: Malta
Lisa Borg	....	production assistant
Tiffany Bowne	....	assistant: Ms. Davis
Francie Brown	....	dialect coach: post-production
Kevin Richard Buxbaum	....	production accountant
Nikki Clapp	....	script supervisor
Jeff Coopwood	....	adr voice
Candace Cornell	....	executive assistant: Mr. Michaels
Con Cremins	....	production accountant
Brian Davenport	....	assistant armorer
R.H. Davies	....	marine coordinator
Vicki Deason	....	production liaison: UK (as Vikki Manning)
Demetra Diamantopoulos	....	assistant location manager
Tommy Dunne	....	assistant armorer
Wayne Fitzgerald	....	title designer
Donal Geraghty	....	production accountant
Augusto Grassi	....	jeweler
Augusto Grassi	....	leather master
Peter Haas	....	unit publicist: Malta
Mark Harden	....	animal trainer
Rick Hicks	....	boat captain
Allan Johnson	....	nautical dialogue coach
Lance Julian	....	marine coordinator
Mario Kassar	....	presenter
Pamela Kordahi	....	production assistant
Oli Laperal Jr.	....	equipment and crew coordinator
Tierra Malvar	....	assistant: Mr. Kasser
Simon Marsden	....	location assistant
Joel Marx	....	location manager (as Joel B. Marx)
Amanda McHugh	....	assistant: Mr. Harlin
Carla Meyer	....	dialogue coach
Cristie Miele	....	animal trainer
Della Moore	....	assistant accountant
Gary Nixon	....	production accountant
Michelle Noren	....	double
Francesco Palazzi	....	special services: Mr. Harlin and Ms. Davis
John Pilgrim	....	assistant armorer
Billy Pittard	....	title designer (as Pittard Sullivan Fitzgerald)
Tammy Quinn	....	assistant production coordinator
Michelle Reihel	....	assistant: Mr. Kassar
Trish Sacchi	....	liaison: Los Angeles
Peter H. Saisselin	....	assistant accountant
Chip Sanders	....	assistant: Mr. Kasser
Paul Shersby	....	location manager: Malta
Timsawat Smith	....	production coordinator: Thailand
Nick Spetsiotis	....	assistant marine coordinator
Rebecca Spikings	....	production associate
Rebecca Spinkins	....	production associate
Doug Taylor	....	unit publicist
John Trehy	....	production accountant
Kevin Trehy	....	production accountant
Peggy Vargas Phillippi	....	assistant: Mr. Michaels
John W. Wilson	....	aquatic/marine specialist
Marc Wolff	....	aerial coordinator: aerial unit
Marc Wolff	....	helicopter pilot: aerial unit
Nazzareno Zamperla	....	sword master
Sylwester Zawadski	....	double (as Sylvester Zwadszki)
Deborah Zwicker	....	production coordinator: Malta
Martin Krauka	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Carol Snook	....	assistant location manager: Malta (uncredited)

Thanks
Oliver Wood	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Beckner/Gorman Productions
• Canal+
• Carolco Pictures
• Cutthroat Productions
• Forge
• Guild
• Laurence Mark Productions
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• RCS Video
• Tele-Communications Inc.

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (2000) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• AMLF (1996) (France) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Films AB (1996) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Cutthroat Distribution (UK)
• Egmont Film (1996) (Sweden) (VHS)
• Elliniki Kinimatografiki Enosi (ELKE) (1996) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1996) (Greece) (VHS)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2001) (Germany) (DVD)
• Live Entertainment
• Maple Pictures (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
• Roadshow Entertainment Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
• Ufilms (Spain)
• VCL Communications GmbH (Germany) (video)
• Warner Bros. (Argentina)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• D. Rez Hollywood (digital compositing)
• Digiscope (additional special visual effects)
• Todd-AO Digital Images (additional special visual effects)
• Flash Film Works (additional special visual effects)
• Digital Filmworks (additional special visual effects)
• CIS Hollywood (additional special visual effects)
• Walkabout Pictures (additional special visual effects)
• Effects Associates (miniatures)
• Jim Henson's Creature Shop (animatronics)
• Animal Makers

Other Companies

• Pinewood Studios  movie studio
• Air Lyndhurst Studios  music recorded and mixed at
• Air Studios  music recorded and mixed at
• Albert G. Ruben and Company  insurance
• Animal Actors of Hollywood  animals supplied by
• Audiolink Radio Communications  walkie talkies
• Buena Vista Sound  adr facilities
• Cinema Research  opticals
• Dennis Davidson & Associates Public Releations (DDA)  publicity
• Flying Pictures  aerial camera equipment
• International Film Guarantors  completion bond
• John's Garage  transportation
• Location Caterers  catering
• London Symphony Orchestra, The (LSO)  music performed by
• Pinewood Studios  models filmed at
• Pittard Sullivan  titles
• Prometheus Records  score album released by (extended edition)
• Saint John Ambulance  ambulance provided by
• Sony Pictures Studios  foley recorded at
• Soundelux  sound effects design and editing
• Square Sail of Charlestown  ships provided by