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Director:
Roland Emmerich
Writers (WGA):
Ted Elliott (story) &
Terry Rossio (story) ...
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Release Date:
20 May 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
Size Does Matter more
Plot:
A montage of French nuclear tests in the Pacific Ocean, observed by many marine iguanas. Then, in present days... more | full synopsis
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Awards:
8 wins & 8 nominations more
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Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Matthew Broderick ... Dr. Niko Tatopoulos

Jean Reno ... Philippe Roaché

Maria Pitillo ... Audrey Timmonds

Hank Azaria ... Victor 'Animal' Palotti

Kevin Dunn ... Colonel Hicks

Michael Lerner ... Mayor Ebert

Harry Shearer ... Charles Caiman, WIDF Anchor

Arabella Field ... Lucy Palotti

Vicki Lewis ... Dr. Elsie Chapman

Doug Savant ... Sergeant O'Neal
Malcolm Danare ... Dr. Mendel Craven
Lorry Goldman ... Gene, Mayor's Aide
Christian Aubert ... Jean-Luc
Philippe Bergeron ... Jean-Claude

Frank Bruynbroek ... Jean-Pierre
François Giroday ... Jean-Philippe

Nicholas J. Giangiulio ... Ed, WIDF Engineer
Robert Lesser ... Murray
Ralph Manza ... Joe, Old Fisherman
Greg Callahan ... Governor

Chris Ellis ... General Anderson

Nancy Cartwright ... Caiman's Secretary
Richard Gant ... Admiral Phelps (as Richard E. Gant)
Jack Moore ... Leonard
Steve Giannelli ... Jules
Brian Farabaugh ... Arthur
Stephen Xavier Lee ... Lieutenant Anderson

Bodhi Elfman ... Freddie
Rich Battista ... Jimmy
Lloyd Kino ... Tanker Cook

Toshi Toda ... Tanker Captain

Clyde Kusatsu ... Tanker Skipper
Masaya Katô ... Japanese Tanker Crewman

Glenn Morshower ... Kyle Terrington
Lola Pashalinski ... Pharmacist
Rob Fukuzaki ... WFKK Co-Anchor
Dale Harimoto ... WKXI Anchor
Gary W. Cruz ... WFKK Anchor (as Gary Cruz)

Derek Webster ... Utah Captain

Stuart Fratkin ... Utah Ensign
Frank Cilberg ... Utah Sailor #1
Jason Edward Jones ... Utah Sailor #2

Roger McIntyre ... Utah Sailor #3

David Pressman ... Anchorage Captain
Robert Faltisco ... Anchorage Ensign #1
Christopher Darius Maleki ... Anchorage Ensign #2 (as Chris Maleki)
Scott Lusby ... Anchorage Ensign #3

Ali Afshar ... Anchorage Sailor (as Alex Dodd)
Terence Paul Winter ... Apache Pilot #1 (as Terence Winter)

Kirk Geiger ... Apache Pilot #2

Pat Mastroianni ... Apache Pilot #3

Eric Saiet ... Apache Pilot #4

Burt Bulos ... Apache Pilot #5

Robert Floyd ... Apache Pilot #6

Seth Peterson ... Apache Pilot #7

Jamison Yang ... F-18 Pilot #1

Nathan Anderson ... F-18 Pilot #2
Mark Munafo ... F-18 Pilot #3
Dwight Schmidt ... F-18 Pilot #4
Dwayne Swingler ... Raven Pilot #2

Lawton Paseka ... Officer

Greg Collins ... Humvee Soldier

James Black ... Soldier
Thomas Giuseppe Giantonelli ... Soldier
Paul Ware ... Soldier

Montae Russell ... Soldier on Plane (as Monté Russell)
Christopher Carruthers ... Radio Technician #1

Daniel Pearce ... Radio Technician #2

Mark Fite ... Radio Operator

Craig Castaldo ... Radioman (as Craig A. Castaldo)
Eric Paskel ... Rodgers
Lee Weaver ... Homeless Man #1
Leonard Termo ... Homeless Man #2
Joshua Taylor ... Spotter

Al Sapienza ... Taxi Driver

Stoney Westmoreland ... Tunnel Guard
Gary Warner ... Gun Technician
Ed Wheeler ... New York Cop
Bill Hoag ... New Jersey Cop
Joseph Badalucco Jr. ... Forklift Driver (as Joe Badalucco Jr.)
Jonathan Dienst ... Field Reporter #1

Benjamin V. Baird ... Field Reporter #6
Madeline McFadden ... Reporter #1
Julian M. Phillips ... Reporter #2
Raymond Ramos ... Reporter #5
rest of cast listed alphabetically:

Frank Welker ... Special Vocal Effects (voice)
Jonathan Baltzer ... Man #1 (uncredited)

Ben Bode ... Radio Technician #3 (uncredited)
Dara J. Bragg ... Lady running (uncredited)
Christopher Del Gaudio ... Reporter (uncredited)
Mary Ann Giannino ... Police Press Reporter (uncredited)
Lincoln D. Hiatt ... Reporter (uncredited)
Al Leong ... Japanese Fishing Boat Crewman (uncredited)

Ken Lerner ... Teacher (uncredited)
Greg Mattson ... Jamaican Beach Pilot (uncredited)

Gretchen Mol ... Reporter (uncredited)
Salvatore Paul Piro ... Man #2 (uncredited)
Lance Reddick ... Soldier on Manhattan Bridge (uncredited)

Judy Reyes ... Woman #1 (uncredited)

Leif Riddell ... Manhole Technician (uncredited)
Stephen Sable ... (uncredited)

Fred Sanders ... Scientist (uncredited)

Tadao Tomomatsu ... Fisherman (uncredited)
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Directed by
Roland Emmerich 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Ted Elliott (story) &
Terry Rossio (story) and
Dean Devlin (story) &
Roland Emmerich (story)

Dean Devlin (screenplay) &
Roland Emmerich (screenplay)

Produced by
Dean Devlin .... producer
Roland Emmerich .... executive producer
Ute Emmerich .... executive producer
William Fay .... executive producer
Robert N. Fried .... co-executive producer
Kelly Van Horn .... co-producer
Peter Winther .... co-producer
Cary Woods .... co-executive producer
 
Original Music by
David Arnold 
Michael Lloyd 
 
Cinematography by
Ueli Steiger 
 
Film Editing by
Peter Amundson 
David Siegel 
 
Casting by
David Bloch 
April Webster 
 
Production Design by
Oliver Scholl 
 
Art Direction by
William Ladd Skinner (supervising art director) (as Wm. Ladd Skinner)
Robert Woodruff 
 
Set Decoration by
Victor J. Zolfo  (as Victor Zolfo)
 
Costume Design by
Joseph A. Porro 
 
Makeup Department
Chantal Boom'la .... hair stylist
Beate Eisele .... special makeup effects artist
Katalin Elek .... makeup artist
Zoltan Elek .... key makeup artist
Thomas Floutz .... sculptor: puppeteer
Lee Joyner .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Craig Lyman .... key makeup artist: New York
Clayton Martinez .... special makeup effects: puppeteer
Julie Pearce .... makeup artist: second unit
Cass McClure .... foam latex technician: PTD (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Dionne McNeff .... executive in charge of production
Tamara Smith .... post-production supervisor
Kelly Van Horn .... unit production manager
George Merkert .... production supervisor: main title sequence (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul F. Bernard .... second assistant director (as Paul Bernard)
Suzanne Bornstein .... dga trainee
Stuart Feldman .... second assistant director: second unit, New York
Greg Hale .... second second assistant director: New York (as Gregory P. Hale)
Jamie Marshall .... second assistant director: second unit
Ronan O'Connor .... DGA trainee: New York
Peter A. Ramsey .... second unit director: New York (as Peter Ramsey)
Josef Rusnak .... second unit director
Peter Soldo .... second second assistant director: New York
Michael Viglietta .... first assistant director: second unit
Kim H. Winther .... first assistant director (as Kim Winther)
Lars P. Winther .... second assistant director
Nicholas Wolfert .... additional second assistant director
 
Art Department
Charley Beal .... additional art director
David L. Bell .... set dresser
Bruce Bermudez .... sculptor
Mauro Borrelli .... illustrator
Craig Byrom .... carpenter
Marco A. Campos .... general foreman
George Capetanos .... set dresser
Martin Charles .... graphic designer
Scott Edward Collins .... property assistant
Larry A. Cornick .... set dresser
Mick Cukurs .... set designer
Stephen Debonrepos .... illustrator
Val I. Deikov .... sculptor
Guillaume DeLouche .... props
Robert E. Denne .... paint supervisor (as Robert Dante' Denne)
Jann K. Engel .... set designer: miniatures
Daniel Fisher .... assistant property master
Jeff Frost .... sculptor
Neil Gahm .... propmaker gangboss
Tony Gardner .... miniatures
Egan Gauntt .... assistant construction accountant
Peter Gelfman .... property master: New York
Scott Getzinger .... assistant propmaster
Sean Hargreaves .... illustrator
Doug Harlocker .... property master (as Douglas Harlocker)
Karen Higgins .... general foreman
Bart C. Hubenthal .... set dresser
Joshua Hunt .... art department assistant
Meg Hyatt .... assistant properties
Alan James .... painter
David James .... sculptor
Patrick Janicke .... illustrator
James Jones .... lead sculptor
Scott G. Jones .... set dresser
James V. Kent .... set decorator: New York
Jane Kilkenny .... model builder
Steven Kissick .... carpenter
Kimberly Kogan .... art department assistant
Gary A. Krakoff .... construction coordinator
Gary B. Krakoff Jr. .... propmaker foreman
Mark Kudra .... set dresser
Scott Lafferty .... carpenter
Tim Larsen .... painter
P.K. MacCarthy .... storyboard artist
Scott MacLachlan .... property maker
John Mann .... storyboard artist
G. Lynn Maughan .... propmaker foreman
Robin McAllister .... prop assistant: New York
Dana McCall .... props assistant
Eric M. Metzger .... props
Tomas Mulrooney .... sculptor
Fred O'Connor .... propmaker
Eric Ramsey .... storyboard artist
Peter A. Ramsey .... storyboard artist
Edmond Scott Ratliff .... set dresser
Jefferson Sage .... assistant art director: New York
Wayne Shepherd .... lead man
Maya Shimoguchi .... assistant art director
Mike Smithson .... creature sculptor
Angela Stauffer .... art department associate
David Stein .... assistant art director
Freddy Waff .... set dresser
Steve Wang .... painter
Randall D. Wilkins .... set designer (as Randy Wilkins)
Len Wiseman .... props
Michael Zansky .... lead scenic artist
Tammy DeRuiter .... painter (uncredited)
William Hazen .... props (uncredited)
Grey Hill .... sculptor (uncredited)
J. Bryan Holloway .... sculptor gang boss (uncredited)
Sean Hood .... set dresser (uncredited)
Kon Iliov .... gangboss (uncredited)
Kevin Mahoney .... miniature painter (uncredited)
Richard N. McGuire .... gangboss (uncredited)
Timothy O'Brien .... carpenter (uncredited)
Franklin T. Perry .... propmaker (uncredited)
Todd Rex .... sculptor (uncredited)
Jeffrey Rollins .... set dresser (uncredited)
James Van Houten .... sculptor gang boss (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
John K. Adams .... adr editor (as John Adams)
Christopher Assells .... sound effects editor
Joaquin Gonzalo Avellán .... assistant sound editor (as Joaquin Avellan)
Karen M. Baker .... first assistant sound editor
Bob Beher .... foley editor
Bob Bowman .... sound assistant
William C. Carruth .... adr editor (as Bill Carruth)
Dino Dimuro .... sound effects editor
Paul Drenning .... adr mixer
Shawn Egan .... sound assistant (as Shawn Eagan)
Todd Egan .... assistant sound editor
Gregg Frazier .... boom operator: second unit
Jonathan Fuh .... boom operator
Frank Gaeta .... sound effects editor
José Antonio García .... production sound mixer
Scott Martin Gershin .... sound designer
Scott Martin Gershin .... sound effects editor
Nerses Gezalyan .... foley mixer
Per Hallberg .... supervising sound editor
Dan Hegeman .... sound effects editor (as Dan Hegaman)
Hanson Hsu .... stage engineer
Craig S. Jaeger .... foley supervisor (as Craig Jaeger)
Chris Jargo .... adr supervisor
Constance A. Kazmer .... adr editor
Mark Kenna .... dolby film sound consultant
Lou Kleinman .... foley editor
Nicholas Vincent Korda .... adr editor (as Nick Korda)
Tony Lamberti .... sound effects editor
Mark R. La Pointe .... dialogue editor (as Mark La Pointe)
Martin Lopez .... sound effects editor
Cindy Marty .... dialogue editor
Philip D. Morrill .... assistant sound editor
Kevin O'Connell .... sound re-recording mixer
Mark Ormandy .... assistant sound editor
Mark Pappas .... foley editor
Michelle Pazer .... adr assistant
Alan Rankin .... sound effects editor
Michael A. Reagan .... sound designer
Michael A. Reagan .... sound effects editor (as Michael Reagan)
Greg P. Russell .... sound re-recording mixer
Douglas J. Schulman .... sound mixer: second unit (as Douglas Schulman)
Dan Sharp .... sound re-recordist
Mary Ruth Smith .... adr editor
Mary Ruth Smith .... sound editor
Wylie Stateman .... co-supervising sound editor
Lauren Stephens .... dialogue editor (as Lauren Stevens)
Lauren Stephens .... sound editor
Peter Michael Sullivan .... sound designer
Peter Michael Sullivan .... sound effects editor
Cherie Tamai .... assistant sound editor
Gregory H. Watkins .... sound re-recording mixer
David Williams .... dialogue editor (as Dave Williams)
Scott Wolf .... sound effects editor
Jeff Glueck .... sound engineer (uncredited)
Gary A. Hecker .... foley artist (uncredited)
 
Special Effects by
Gino Acevedo .... paint supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Don Anderson .... mechanical designer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
John S. Baker .... special effects supervisor: second unit (as John Baker)
Marc Banich .... special effects foreman
Gabriel Bartalos .... key painter: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as Gabe Bartalos)
John Bedard .... foamer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Mike Bell .... set supervisor
Gary D. Bierend .... special effects
Enrique Bilsland .... creature mechanical designer
Enrique Bilsland .... mechanics: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Brian Blair .... mold maker: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Oana Bogdan .... art director: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Tony Bohorquez .... model maker: miniatures
Rick Bongiovanni .... mold maker: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as Rich Bongiovanni)
Mike Borsh .... lead fabricator: Cinnabar
Al Broussard .... special effects supervisor: second unit
Wes C. Caefer .... mechanical designer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Daniel K. Calhoun .... electronics: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Dairl G. Campbell .... lead special effects technician: miniatures (as Dairl Campbell)
Marilee Canaga .... key fabricator: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs, Inc.
Roy K. Cancino .... welding foreman
A. Robert Capwell .... mechanics: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Kurt Carley .... creature motion specialist
Tamara Carlson .... fabrication/dresser: Patrick Tatapolous
Mario Castillo .... mechanics: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Tony Centonze .... mechanical effects
Robert Clark .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Bill Cobb .... mechanical effects (as William Cobb)
Michael J. Davis .... electronics: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Richard Davison .... foam supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as Richard R. Davison)
Robert DeVine .... special effects
Bruce Allan Donnellan .... mechanical effects (as Bruce Donnellan)
Richard Bryan Douglas .... special effects (as Richie Douglas)
Eric Dressor .... mechanical effects
Roderic 'Mick' Duff .... lead special effects technician: miniatures (as Roderic Mickey Duff)
Ante Dugandzic .... special effects technician
John Duino .... system administrator
David Escher .... mechanical effects (as Dave Escher)
Horacio Fernandez .... mold maker: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Jose Fernandez .... sculpting supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Thomas Floutz .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Fred Folger .... mechanics: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Lucinda Foy .... mechanical effects
Armando Franco .... lead fabricator: Cinnabar
Robert Freitas .... mold maker: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Jeff Frost .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Joe Ganes .... mechanics: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Jake Garber .... art department supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Dave Grasso .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as David Grasso)
Bob Gurr .... mechanical designer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
John B. Hagey .... mechanical effects (as John Hagey)
Samara Hagopian .... mechanics: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Werner Hahnlein .... mechanical effects
Dawna Hammond .... mechanical effects
Eric Harris .... painter: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
William D. Harrison .... mechanical effects (as William Harrison)
Mark Hawker .... special effects
Joe Heffernan .... lead special effects technician: miniatures
Todd Heindel .... painter: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Stacy L. Henning .... modelbuilder
Richard L. Hill .... mechanical effects (as Richard Hill)
Guy Himber .... mechanical department supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Sabine Hodde .... mechanics: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Timothy Huizing .... mold maker: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as Tim Huizing)
Marc Irvin .... mechanical designer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Bill Jacob .... mold maker: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Greg Johnson .... mold maker: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Robert Johnston .... mechanical effects (as Bobby Johnston)
Chris Jones .... mechanical effects
Kent Jones .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
James Kagel .... sculpting supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Emmet Kane .... miniature special effects foreman
Dan Kaplan .... painter: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Nick Karas .... mechanical effects
Karen Keener .... seaming supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Luke Khanlian .... mechanical designer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
David Kindlon .... key mechanical designer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as David M. Kindlon)
Steven Kirshoff .... special effects coordinator: New York (as Steve Kirshoff)
Scott Kodrik .... special effects technician
Paul Koppleman .... mechanical effects (as Paul Koppelman)
Jim Kundig .... mechanical designer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as James L. Kundig)
Susan Laprelle .... foamer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Steven Lawrence .... painter: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Jake Lee .... mechanics: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Jim Leonard .... shop supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Michael MacFarlane .... mold maker: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Scott MacLachlan .... special effects
Mark Maitre .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Preston Malott .... mechanical effects
Al Marangoni .... special effects purchaser
Bruce Marrs .... creature motion specialist
Clayton Martinez .... mold maker: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Gary Martinez .... electronics: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Morris May .... effects artist
Bob McDonough .... mechanical effects (as Robert McDonough)
Hans Metz .... mechanical effects supervisor
Kevin Mohlman .... mechanical designer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Randy Morgan .... model painter
Scott Oshita .... mechanical designer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Mike Paris .... mechanical effects
Gary Pawlowski .... mold maker: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Clay Pinney .... special effects supervisor
Joshua Pinney .... mechanical effects (as Josh Pinney)
Jeff Porter .... foamer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Timothy Ralston .... mechanical designer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Thomas Rasada .... special effects
Craig Reardon .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Gintar Repecka .... special effects
Chris Robbins .... painter: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as Christopher Robbins)
Ron Rosegard .... special effects
Daren Rouse .... special effects technician
Edgar Salazar .... lead fabricator: Cinnabar
Russell Seifert .... mold supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Tom Seymour .... special effects crew
Denise Shurtleff .... mold maker: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Joseph Yuss Simon .... painter: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Mike Smithson .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Tully Summers .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Keith Suzuki .... special effects
Patrick Tatopoulos .... Godzilla designer and supervisor
Jon Thackery .... lead special effects technician: miniatures (as Jonathan Thackery)
Craig R. Uszak .... special effects
Mike Van Arkel .... special effects (as Mike A. Van Arkel)
Kenneth Van Order .... special effects
Eric Verderame .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Steve Wang .... painter: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
John Whisler .... foamer: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Tom Whitson .... key electronics supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Corinna Wicks .... creature painter: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as Corina B. Wicks)
Richard Woessner .... painter: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Mike Wowczuk .... painter: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Mark Yuricich .... special effects
Bill Zahn .... makeup effects artist
Bill Zahn .... sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Thomas Zell .... lead special effects technician: miniatures
Shea Clayton .... mold maker (uncredited)
John Fleming .... special effects technician (uncredited)
Grady Holder .... lab technician: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (uncredited)
Dana Klaren .... modelbuilder/moldmaker (uncredited)
Daniel P. Murphy .... mechanical effects (uncredited)
Michael Shelton .... creature crew: Patrick Tatopolous Designs (uncredited)
Kent Wilson .... creature crew (uncredited)
Ross Young .... special effects (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Joe Alter .... digital effects artist
Maura Alvarez .... supervising rotoscope artist: SPI (as Maura N. Alvarez)
Greg Anderson .... effects technical designer: SPI (as Gregory Anderson)
Scott Andonian .... lead model maker: Cinnabar
Chris Bailey .... diver: visual effects
Kenneth Bailey .... CG artist: VisionArt (as Ken Bailey)
Kenneth Bailey .... character animator: VisionArt (as Ken Bailey)
Don Baker .... miniature visual effects supervisor
Wenden K. Baldwin .... digital artist: Digiscope (as Wenden Baldwin)
Bill Houston Ball .... digital artist: SPI
Alfredo R. Barcia .... film recording technician: SPI
James Battersby .... matchmove lead: PLF
Bruce Bermudez .... lead sculptor: Cinnabar
Bethany Berndt-Shackelford .... lead texture artist: VisionArt
Jim Berney .... computer graphics supervisor: SPI
Rob Blue .... digital artist
Aprile Lanza Boettcher .... model maker
Tony Bohorquez .... model maker
Todd Boyce .... CG artist: VisionArt
Todd Boyce .... character animator: VisionArt
Kristen Branan .... digital effects producer: VisionArt (as Kristen Leigh Branan)
Mike Bray .... CG artist: VisionArt
Mike Bray .... character animator: VisionArt
Rob Bredow .... director of research and development: VisionArt
William Brewer .... lead carpenter: Cinnabar
Max Bruce .... effects technical designer: SPI
Eric Bruneau .... senior compositor: SPI
Fiona Bull .... digital effects producer
Sarah Bullion .... visual effects key set production assistant
Lindsay Burnett .... visual effects coordinator: SPI
D. Walt Cameron .... digital compositor
Colin Campbell .... senior compositor
John Campuzano .... tape operator
Don Canfield .... motion control operator
Chad Carlberg .... digital compositor
Alessandra Carlino .... visual effects editor
Lawrence Carroll .... digital artist: Digiscope
Rusty Case .... senior systems architect
Gimo Chanphianamvong .... compositing artist: SPI
Jerome Chen .... digital effects supervisor: SPI
Anthony S. Ciccarelli .... model set lead
Tony Ciccarelli .... model set lead
Patrick Cieslak .... lead sculptor: Cinnabar
Benjamin Cinelli .... character animator
Craig Clark .... technical director: CFX
Dan Clayberger .... lead carpenter: Cinnabar
Terry Clotiaux .... visual effects producer (as Terry C. Clotiaux)
Grady Cofer .... Inferno artist
Grady Cofer .... supervising digital artist: Digiscope
Todd Cogan .... visual effects team
David Collier .... production/model assistant: Hunter/Gratzner Industries, Inc.
Clint Colver .... senior compositor: SPI
Brian Connor .... digital compositor: main title sequence & design
Michael Conte .... senior compositing artist: SPI
Richard J. Cook .... digital effects producer: VisonArt
Matt Cordner .... programmer
Ken Cornett .... model maker
Efrain Corona .... lead carpenter: Cinnabar
Brian Corpus .... technical operations manager
John Michael Courte .... effects animator: CFX
Betsy Cox .... compositing artist: SPI
Robert Cribbett .... rotoscope artist
Sean C. Cunningham .... effects animation supervisor: CFX (as Sean Cunningham)
Nick Danger .... visual effects welder
David R. Davies .... software engineer
John Decker .... senior color/lighter: SPI
Luke DeNitto .... effects modelmaker
Colin Dennis .... lead carpenter: Cinnabar
Greg Derochie .... senior compositor: SPI
Alex Deshazer .... visual effects production coordinator: Digiscope
Nicholas Devore .... digital effects coordinator: VisionArt
Bill Diaz .... senior animator
Duke Dixon .... model foreman: Stirber Visual Network
Jason Dowdeswell .... lead digital compositor
Mitchell S. Drain .... compositing supervisor: CFX
Colin Drobnis .... senior compositor: SPI
Joachim Duppel .... lead model maker: Cinnabar (as Joe Duppel)
Daniel Eaton .... senior compositor: SPI
Michael Edland .... effects animator: CFX
Raymond Edwards .... technical animator
Raymond Edwards .... technical director
Samuel Asher Effron .... plate unit production assistant
J.J. Elam .... visual effects production coordinator
Peter S. Elliot .... visual effects editor
Patrick Ellis .... visual effects coordinator
Volker Engel .... visual effects supervisor
Rob Engle .... senior technical director: SPI
Sean Andrew Faden .... digital effects animator: CFX
Matt Farell .... animator
Conny Fauser .... compositing supervisor: CFX (as Cornelia Fauser-Ruemelin)
Ted Fay .... director of technology: VisionArt
Daniel Fazel .... technical director
Vince Filippone .... assistant visual effects editor
Kevin Floyd .... lead model maker: Cinnabar
Anna Foerster .... visual effects director of photography: miniatures
Michael Sean Foley .... technical director: CFX
Michael Ford .... technical animator
Dustin Foster .... visual effects
Ron Frankel .... matchmove lead
Julia Frey .... digital effects supervisor: SPI (as Julia Rivas)
Layne Friedman .... senior compositor
Shannon Blake Gans .... visual effects executive producer: Hunter/Gratzner Industries Inc.
Archie Gogoladze .... camera tracker: VisionArt
Kelly Hartigan Goldstein .... technical director: CFX (as Kelly M. Hartigan)
Nathalie Gonthier .... roto/paint artist: SPI
Henry Gonzales .... miniature effects supervisor: WKR Productions
Karen E. Goulekas .... associate visual effects supervisor (as Karen Goulekas)
Kelly Granite .... visual effects compositor
Matthew Gratzner .... miniature effects supervisor: Hunter/Gratzner Industries, Inc.
Colin Green .... visual effects
Abra Grupp .... compositor: CFX
Matthew Hackett .... lead animator: CFX (as Matthew T. Hackett)
Kee-Suk 'Ken' Hahn .... supervising technical designer
Brian Hall .... software engineer/flocking animator: VisionArt
Jerry Hall .... digital compositor
Greg Hanigan .... digital color timer
Jordan Harris .... digital animator
John Hart .... technical director (as John Patrick Hart)
Geoffrey Harvey .... 3D effects designer: SPI (as Geoff Harvey)
Dion Hatch .... visual effects supervisor: Digiscope
Dorene Haver .... compositing supervisor: VisionArt
John H. Hess .... model shop foreman
Robin Higgin-Foley .... lead texture artist
Hillary Hoggard .... 2D paint artist: VisionArt (as Hillary Covey)
Thomas Hollier .... supervising technical director
Scott Holmes .... compositor: CFX
Carl Hooper .... animation supervisor: VisionArt
Tommy Hooper .... digital imaging: Digiscope
Rob House .... effects technical designer: SPI
Michael Huber .... character animator: CFX (as Michael Zack Huber)
Stephen Humphrey .... mechanical foreman: Stirber Visual Network (as Steve Humphrey)
Ian Hunter .... miniature effects: Hunter/Gratzner Industries
Bob Hurrie .... visual effects producer
Sho Igarashi .... effects technical designer
Adrian Iler .... color and lighting
Joe Jackman .... lead camera matchmover: CFX
Eugene Jeong .... digital effects artist
Jimmy Jewell .... CG artist: VisionArt
Jimmy Jewell .... character animator: VisionArt
Christopher Johnston .... visual effects
Larry Jolly .... miniature effects: Apaches and Humvees
Andy Jones .... animation supervisor
John Joyce .... lead model maker: Cinema Production Services
Michael Joyce .... model shop supervisor: Cinema Production Services
Chris Juen .... lead technical assistant: SPI (as Chris D. Juen)
Joanie Karnowski .... digital rotoscoping artist: SPI
Glenn Karpf .... digital effects coordinator (as Glenn R. Karpf)
Oded Kassirer .... CG artist: VisionArt
Oded Kassirer .... character animator: VisionArt
Mark David Katchur .... visual effects production supervisor
Stephen Kennedy .... senior compositor: SPI (as Steve Kennedy)
Jane Kilkenny .... model maker
Apryl Knobbe .... texture painter: SPI (as Apryl Dawn Knobbe)
Marc Kolbe .... visual effects executive producer: CFX (as Marc L. Kolbe)
Mark Kolpack .... main titles visual effects supervisor: PERFX, INC.
Jon-Marc Kortsch .... CG artist: VisionArt
Jon-Marc Kortsch .... character animator: VisionArt
Ivo Kos .... color & lighting artist: SPI
Keiko Koyama .... operations: VisionArt
Daniel Kramer .... animation supervisor: VisionArt
Tad Krzanowski .... special model effects supervisor: physical effects and miniatures
Kenneth Kurras .... digital artist: SPI (as Kenneth F. Kurras)
John Lafauce .... compositor: Visionart (as John Lafauce Jr.)
Alan Latteri .... compositor: CFX
David C. Lawson .... color & lighting artist: SPI
John Lee .... color & lighting artist: SPI
Shawna June Lee .... camera matchmover: CFX
Steven Legler .... visual effects supervising art director (as Steve Legler)
Toan-Vinh Le .... CG artist: VisionArt
Toan-Vinh Le .... character animator: VisionArt
Didier Levy .... color & lighting artist: SPI
John Lewis .... software
Lyndon Li .... color & lighting artist: SPI
Kiki Lippman .... senior animator: SPI (as Kiki Candela)
Roger Loftis .... visual effects unit production coordinator (as Rodger Loftis)
Bruce MacRae .... model shop foreman
Salvy Maleki .... miniature effects coordinator
Caius Man .... on-set lead for model department: Sight-Line Productions
Donn Markel .... pyrotechnics
Donn Markel .... visual effects
Morris May .... effects animator: CFX
M. Scott McKee .... compositing supervisor: SPI
Jim 'Big Dog' McLean .... character animator: VisionArt (as Jim McLean)
John P. McMullen .... production assistant
Gerald McRobbie .... visual effects production assistant
Charles Meredith .... compositor: CFX
Todd Mesher .... digital compositor
John W. Meyer III .... production assistant: visual effects unit
Jerry Miscevich .... model maker
Raquel Morales .... 2D painter: SPI
Raquel Morales .... 3D painter: SPI
Doug Morris .... president: Cinnabar
Tricia Mulgrew .... visual effects project manager
Craig A. Mumma .... digital effects producer
Dan Naulin .... digital effects artist: VisionArt
Jeremy Nelligan .... CG artist: VisionArt (as Jeremy S. Nelligan)
Jeremy Nelligan .... character animator: VisionArt (as Jeremy S. Nelligan)
Fong Nickson .... digital lighting technical director: CFX (as Nickson WM Fong)
Benedikt Niemann .... digital animation artist: CFX
Kerry Nordquist .... senior 2D painter: SPI
Kerry Nordquist .... senior 3D painter: SPI
Peter Novitch .... set supervisor: miniature effects
Karen Orlijan .... model maker
Derek Osaki .... digital imaging: Digiscope
Eric Pascarelli .... motion control camera
Rocco Passionino .... effects animator: CFX
Matthew Paulson .... modeler
Logan Payne .... model maker
John Peel .... CG artist: VisionArt
John Peel .... character animator: VisionArt
Bob Peitzman .... senior compositor: SPI
Mario Peixoto .... compositor
Eusebio Perez .... video I/O
Loree Perrett .... rotoscope artist: SPI
James Peterson .... CG artist: VisionArt
James Peterson .... character animator: VisionArt
Jeffrey Pohl .... data manager
Jeryd Pojawa .... lead model maker: Cinema Production Services
Brennan Prevatt .... digital artist
Jeff Pyle .... model detail foreman: Stirber Visual Network (as Jeff S. Pyle)
Carolin Quis .... computer graphics supervisor: CFX
Pasqual Ramirez .... lead model maker: Cinnabar
Jay Randall .... character animator: CFX
J. Robert Ray .... software engineer
Michelle Reiner .... digital imaging: Digiscope
Joshua Rexon .... data I/O manager
Sam Richards .... senior technical designer: SPI
Shayna Ritenour .... visual effects production assistant
Eugene P. Rizzardi .... model shop supervisor (as Gene Rizzardi)
Nanci Roberts .... visual effects art director
Tom Rodriguez .... senior software engineer
Dennis Rogers .... first assistant camera
Christopher Roldan .... lead model maker: Cinnabar
Joshua D. Rose .... digital effects supervisor: VisionArt (as Joshua Rose)
Mark Ross-Sullivan .... lead model maker: Cinema Production Services (as Mark Ross Sullivan)
Arturs Rusis .... I/O manager
Barry Safley .... CG artist: VisionArt
Barry Safley .... character animator: VisionArt
Kosta Saric .... visual effects editor: CFX
Naomi A. Sato .... digital artist: Digiscope (as Naomi Sato)
Bill Schaeffer .... digital rotoscope
David Schaub .... character animator: SPI
David Schaub .... creature animator: SPI
Jennifer Lee Scheer .... lead rotoscope artist: CFX (as Jennifer Scheer)
John Schmidt .... camera tracking supervisor: VisionArt (as John Martin Schmidt)
Paula Schneider .... creature fabrication
Laurel Lyn Schulman .... digital effects producer: Digiscope
Asim Sehic .... miniature effects supervisor: WKR Productions
Nelson Sepulveda .... senior compositor: CFX
Chris Serenil .... computer services manager
Pete Shinners .... character developer: VisionArt
Denise Shurtleff .... visual effects coordinator
Jeremiah Small .... lead model maker: Cinnabar model & miniature construction
Aaron Smith .... digital compositor
David A. Smith .... color & lighting artist: SPI
Jeff W. Smith .... digital compositor
Alexander E. Sokoloff .... digital character animator: SPI (as Alex Sokoloff)
Kevin Souls .... compositor: CFX
Frederic Soumagnas .... lead lighting artist
Jeremy Squires .... effects animator/tracking supervisor: VisionArt
Jimmy Squires .... tracking supervisor/effects animator: VisionArt
Bret St. Clair .... technical director: CFX
Robert Steuer .... model maker
Jamie Stevenson .... visual effects coordinator: SPI
John K. Stirber .... model supervisor: Stirber Visual Network
Scott Stokdyk .... CG supervisor
Todd Stone .... visual effects
Mary Stuart-Welch .... executive visual effects producer: Digiscope (as Mary Stuart Welch)
Jeff Sturgill .... visual effects assistant cameraman
Ken Swenson .... lead model maker: Cinema Production Services
Marty Taylor .... Inferno artist: Digiscope
Thomas Thill .... executive producer: Digiscope
Dante Thomas .... lead model maker: Cinnabar
Andrew Titcomb .... senior animator: SPI
James D. Tittle .... visual effects production coordinator: CFX
Audrea Topps Harjo .... digital production manager: SPI (as Audrea Topps Harjo)
Ricardo Torres .... digital compositor: main title sequence & design
Michael J. Travers .... lead technical director: SPI
Laurence Treweek .... color & lighting artist: SPI
Zachary Tucker .... camera matchmover: CFX
Erich Turner .... CG artist: VisionArt (as D. Erich Turner)
Erich Turner .... character animator: VisionArt (as D. Erich Turner)
Richard Turner .... compositing artist: SPI
Dale Utiger .... lead carpenter: Cinnabar
Lisa Marie Valdes .... miniatures painter
Mark Alan Valdes .... lead miniatures painter (as Mark Valdes)
Scott B. Valdes .... paint department supervisor: miniatures (as Scott Valdes)
Pepe Valencia .... color & lighting artist: SPI
Attila Veress .... digital scanning & film recording
Alette Vernon .... digital compositor: Visionart
Joe Viskocil .... miniature special effects supervisor (as Joseph Viskocil)
Chris Warnock .... lead model maker: Cinnabar
James Waterhouse .... model maker
Kurt Weidman .... model maker
Barry Weiss .... senior staff: SPI
Eric Weiss .... character animator: Godzilla, CFX (as Eric M. Weiss)
Tony Whitman .... key grip: visual effects unit
Andrea Whittier .... model shop supervisor: Cinnabar
Guy Wiedmann .... assistant visual effects editor
Robert Wilcox .... miniature effects supervisor: WKR Productions
Steffen M. Wild .... computer graphics supervisor: CFX
Chris 'Willie' Williams .... tracker
Scott Williston .... miniatures
Eric Withee .... data manager: CFX
Brian Wolf .... rotoscope artist: CFX
Christopher Wolf .... production coordinator
Michael Woolaway .... lead model maker: Cinnabar (as Mike Woolaway)
Ian Wosiski .... compositing artist: SPI
Doug Yoshida .... digital artist: SPI (as Douglas Yoshida)
Thomas Zell .... effects technician: miniature pyrotechnic
Jeff Zucker .... gaffer: visual effects unit
Dennis Bredow .... texture artist (uncredited)
Tom Chesney .... miniature/pyro effects (uncredited)
Robert D. Crotty .... digital effects coordinator: VisionArt (uncredited)
Todd Fellows .... model maker: Cinema Production Services (uncredited)
Andy Garcia .... technical assistant (uncredited)
Anthony Harris .... visual effects timing coordinator (uncredited)
Ardie Johnson .... modeler (uncredited)
Mark Joyce .... modelmaker: Cinema Production Services, Inc. (uncredited)
Paul McGhee .... film scanning and recording (uncredited)
Hal Miles .... digital artist (uncredited)
Thanh Nguyen .... modeler (uncredited)
Ron D. Peake .... visual effects fabricator (uncredited)
Chris Simmons .... model maker (uncredited)
Stephen Sobisky .... 3D modeling producer (uncredited)
Aaron Tankenson .... production assistant: Tatopoulous Designs (uncredited)
David Tanner .... software engineer (uncredited)
Joseph Thomas .... matchmover (uncredited)
Isabella Vosmikova .... visual effects (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Bill Anagnos .... stunt driver
Dave Bartholomew .... stunts
Michael T. Brady .... stunts
Michael Brandy .... stunts
Jeff Brockton .... stunt performer
Bob Brown .... stunts (as Robert Brown)
Troy Brown .... stunt coordinator: second unit
William H. Burton .... stunts
Chris Cenatiempo .... stunts
John Cenatiempo .... stunts
Steven Chambers .... stunts (as Steve Chambers)
Phil Chong .... stunts
Blaise Corrigan .... stunts
Paul Crawford .... stunts
John T. Cypert .... stunts (as John Cypert)
Steve M. Davison .... stunts (as Steve Davison)
Shane Dixon .... stunts
Eddy Donno .... stunts
Tom Elliott .... stunt double: Matthew Broderick
Annie Ellis .... stunts
Kenny Endoso .... stunts
Danny Epper .... stunts
Peter Epstein .... stunts
Frank Ferrara .... stunts
Colin C.L. Fong .... assistant stunt coordinator
Troy Gilbert .... stunts
Al Goto .... stunts
James M. Halty .... stunts (as Jimmy Halty)
Thomas Robinson Harper .... assistant stunt coordinator
Tom Harper .... stunts
Gene Harrison .... stunts
Thirl Haston .... stunts (as Thirl R. Haston)
Mick Hodge .... stunt performer
Chuck 'Chaz' Hosack .... stunts (as Chuck Hosack)
Steven Ho .... stunts
Tommy J. Huff .... stunts (as Thomas J. Huff)
Steven Ito .... stunts
Cinda-Lin James .... utility stunts
Kris A. Jeffrey .... stunts
Randy Johnson .... stunts
Al Leong .... stunts
Will Leong .... stunts
Michael R. Long .... stunts
Kurt D. Lott .... stunts
Billy D. Lucas .... stunts (as Billy Lucas)
Johnny Martin .... stunts
Dustin Meier .... utility stunts
John Meier .... stunts (as John C. Meier)
Bennie Moore .... stunts (as Bennie E. Moore Jr.)
Alan Oliney .... stunts
Eddie Perez .... stunt performer
Chuck Picerni Jr. .... stunts
Steve Picerni .... stunts
Chad Randall .... stunts
Larry Rippenkroeger .... stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts .... stunts
Mic Rodgers .... stunts
Danny Rogers .... stunts
Jimmy Romano .... stunts
Pat Romano .... stunt rigger
R.A. Rondell .... stunt coordinator
Debby Lynn Ross .... stunts
Michael Runyard .... stunts
Gregg Sargeant .... stunts
Paul Sklar .... stunts
Ron Stein .... stunts
Matthew Taylor .... stunts
Scott Workman .... stunts
Danny Wynands .... stunts (as Dan Wynands)
Ray Abbott .... utility stunts (uncredited)
Jill Brown .... stunts (uncredited)
Lynna' Davis .... stunts (uncredited)
Jared S. Eddo .... stunt rigger (uncredited)
Ben Jensen .... stunts (uncredited)
John Koyama .... stunts (uncredited)
Eliot Sash .... stunt driver (uncredited)
David Shumbris .... stunts (uncredited)
Derrick Simmons .... utility stunts (uncredited)
Gunter Simon .... stunts (uncredited)
Patricia Tallman .... utility stunts: Red Shirt Waitress (uncredited)
Gary Toy .... stunts (uncredited)
Jeff Winn .... stunt performer (uncredited)
Joji Yoshida .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Phil Abraham .... camera operator: "b" camera
Amy Alarian .... electrician
Florian Ballhaus .... camera operator
Claudette Barius .... still photographer
Arthur Blum .... dolly grip
Gary L. Camp .... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Tony Chiu .... camera loader: miniature unit
Marc Christie .... rigging grip
Keith Collea .... video assist operator
Rick Crum .... electrician
Doug Dalisera .... best boy electric
Porfirio Dominguez .... grip: water
Eric Alan Donaldson .... company grip: second unit
Scott Drinon .... key dolly grip
Richard Elias .... best boy rigging grip
Kevin Fahey .... grip
Paul Farley .... grip
Lance Fisher .... additional camera operator: second unit
Mike Gerzevitz .... electrician: second unit
Andrew Glover .... electrician
Nathaniel Goodman .... camera operator
Dylan Goss .... aerial camera operator (as Dylan M. Gross)
Jim Grce .... gaffer
Anette Haellmigk .... director of photography: second unit (limited engagement)
Rick Harris .... best boy: second unit, Falls Lake
Jimmy Harritos .... rigging set electric
Timothy Healy .... electrician: New York
Joel Holland .... video assist operator: New York
Suza Kohlstedt .... assistant camera
Peter Krause .... director of photography: second unit (as Peter Joachim Krause)
Beverly Leonano .... assistant camera
Todd Liggitt .... rigging grip
Mathew Marden .... rigging grip
Anthony T. Marra II .... key grip
Tim Marshall .... rigging gaffer
Gary Martone .... key grip: New York second unit
Tim McAuliffe .... electrician
Niles McElroy .... lighting technician
Michael A. McFadden .... grip
Kevin McKenna .... video assist operator
Tim Metivier .... second assistant camera: "a" camera
Marty Miller .... grip
John Joseph Minardi .... grip
Matthew Thomas Moles .... rigging key grip
Edis Mustafovski .... electrician
Max Neal .... assistant camera
Evan A. Nesbitt .... first assistant camera: VistaVision camera
David Norris .... camera operator: Wescam camera
Andrew Parke .... first assistant camera: second unit
Daniel Rosner .... key grip: Hawaii
Joe Sanchez .... key first assistant camera
David A. Santos .... rigging grip
Michael A. Savage .... grip
Gerard Sava .... assistant camera
Ralph Scherer .... grip
Chuck Shuman .... director of photography: Falls Lake unit (as Chuck Schuman)
David W. Slodki .... lighting console programmer
Charles M. Smallwood .... key grip: additional photography
Stephen St. John .... Steadicam operator
Michael Tolochko .... best boy electric: second unit
Brian 'Wheat' Villegas .... grip
Chris Wagganer .... assistant video engineer
James B. Walsh .... grip
Gary A. Williams .... dolly grip: second unit
Giovanni Zelko .... set lighting technician
John Choi .... assistant camera (uncredited)
James Edmiston .... grip (uncredited)
Mark R. Leins .... additional first assistant camera: second unit (uncredited)
Karl Owens .... first assistant camera (uncredited)
Isabella Vosmikova .... still photographer (uncredited)
 
Animation Department
Alice V. Kaiserian .... animator
Steve Keele .... animator
Jay Randall .... animator
 
Casting Department
Riccardo Bertoni .... extras casting
Stephanie Corsalini .... casting: New York
Faras Rabadi .... casting assistant
Anna Liza Recto .... casting associate: New York (uncredited)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anita Louise Brown .... set costumer
Lois DeArmond .... costume illustrator
Marta Font .... set costumer
Nancy Jarzynko .... costumer
 
Editorial Department
Lance Anderson .... first assistant editor: avid
Monica Anderson .... first assistant editor
Anthony Bozanich .... assistant film editor (as Tony Bozanich)
Tzarina V. Edillon .... first assistant editor
David Feldman .... assistant editor
Jana Lynn Gold .... assistant editor: avid
Mo Henry .... negative cutter
Karen Kory .... assistant film editor
Daniel Lawrence .... editor: video unit
David Orr .... color timer
Ryan Quigley .... editorial production assistant
Eric Rigney .... avid technician
Guy Sappington .... assistant editor
Dale Jones .... avid technician (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Peter Afterman .... music supervisor
Nicholas Dodd .... conductor
Nicholas Dodd .... orchestrator
Dina Eaton .... music editor
Daniel Gaber .... assistant music editor (as Dan Gaber)
Gary A. Hecker .... special vocal effects (as 'Gary Hecker')
Shawn Murphy .... score mixer
Scott Rouse .... assistant music editor
Joseph P. Sinda .... musical director
Steven L. Smith .... music preparation
Toby Wood .... music recording engineer
 
Transportation Department
Gina August .... driver
Michael Avallon .... driver
Richard Burch .... driver: mechanic
Manny Demello .... driver
Michael Ingold .... driver
William P. Lafon .... driver
Craig Lietzke .... transportation captain
Brita McCollough .... driver
Brenda Ryan .... driver
Brenda Ryan .... unit transportation captain
David Shaffer .... transportation coordinator (as David W. Shafer)
Joe Tavares .... transportation coordinator: Hawaii
 
Other crew
Rachel Aberly .... unit publicist
Daniel Hsu Accomando .... title sequence footage and research
Daniel Hsu Accomando .... video unit coordinator
Rod Havrick Altschul .... video graphics specialist
Robin Anderson .... second script supervisor
Adam Baer .... location scout
Kim Berner .... script supervisor
Crista Birgy .... second assistant accountant
Lisa Marie Boiko .... stand-in: Vicki Lewis, Maria Pitillo
Scott Bradley .... dive master: Falls Lake unit
Patrick G. Brady .... puppeteer
Wes C. Caefer .... puppeteer
Marilee Canaga .... puppeteer
Al Cerullo .... helicopter pilot (as Albert C. Cerullo)
Darren Cerullo .... helicopter pilot
John L. Chaldu .... minature/pyro effects technician
Scott Challgren .... special promotion
Glen L. Chin .... additional production assistant
Mark Ciccone .... helicopter pilot
Craig Clark .... technical director
Kathleen Corgan .... assistant location manager
Alex Daniels .... puppeteer
Stephen P. Del Prete .... set production assistant: second unit
Steve Denapoli .... dive master: Falls Lake unit
Matthew Devitt .... underwater technician: underwater unit
Lisa D. DiSanto .... production secretary
Johnny Egan .... production assistant
Brent Ekstrand .... video and computer engineer
Kenneth E. Fix .... location manager
Miles Flewitt .... co-marine coordinator
Joie Gharrity .... assistant to director
Michael D. Gillis .... set production assistant
Meg Gould .... production secretary (as Meg E. Gould)
Tommy Harper .... set production assistant (as Thomy Harper)
Courtney Henley-Anderson .... production assistant
Cassandra Heredia .... production assistant
Lincoln D. Hiatt .... title designer: main title sequence (as Lincoln Douglas Hiatt)
Lincoln D. Hiatt .... video unit producer
Dawn Higginbotham .... production assistant: second unit, Falls Lake
Capt. Dave Hilchey .... marine coordinator: Falls Lake unit (as Dave Hilchey)
Heather Hope .... production assistant
Douglas Huber .... stand-in
Vanessa R. Jordan .... assistant: Ute Emmerich
Beverly Jusi .... effects accountant (as Beverly Meade)
Maria Lando .... developer: Centropolis Effects
Angela Laprete .... production coordinator
Kevin LaRosa .... aerial coordinator
Kevin LaRosa .... pilot (as Kevin La Rosa)
Jamie Lawrence .... helicopter pilot
Jenifer Lew .... on-set production assistant
Tamara Maellaro .... set medic
Pat Magie .... seaplane pilot
Erik Malkovich .... set production assistant
Chris Miller .... technical consultant
Doug Moreno .... first accountant
Len Murach .... location assistant
Neal Naito .... production assistant
Eric Pacheco .... helicopter pilot
Edward V. Pannozzo .... creature effects assistant accountant
Will Plyler .... assistant: Mr. Fay
Steven T Puri .... president: Centropolis Effects, LLC
Bill Purple .... production assistant (as William Purple)
Lance Reisch .... production assistant: background production
Wayne F. Richardson .... helicopter pilot (as Wayne Richardson)
Gregory Routt .... location assistant: New York
Sarah Rubano .... creature shop coordinator
Steven E. Simon .... production assistant
Brian Simpson .... puppeteer
Preston Simpson .... puppeteer
Kristian Sorensen .... military coordinator
Harriet Spalding .... production assistant
Shannon Speaker .... assistant production coordinator
Jacqueline M. Stone .... production assistant
Robert T. Striem .... location assistant
Jules Sylvester .... animal wrangler
Michele Tedlis .... assistant production accountant
Tavin Marin Titus .... assistant: Mr. Devlin (as Tavin Marin)
Anna Tkatch .... digital effects intern
Frank Venegas .... set production assistant
Mark Viniello .... puppeteer
Rick Washburn .... weapons coordinator: New York
Ryder Washburn .... assistant weapons coordinator: New York
Cameron Watson .... dialogue coach
Mark H. Weingartner .... rear projection supervisor
Steven Weisberg .... office assistant
Kent Wilson .... creature crew
Chris Winn .... key craft service
Eric Yellin .... production assistant: New York
Lynnanne Zager .... adr voice
Brian Bruskrud .... accounting clerk (uncredited)
James Janowsky .... craft service (uncredited)
Tom Lent .... adr voice (uncredited)
Harry Lu .... armorer (uncredited)
Jonathan Persky .... assistant location manager (uncredited)
Peggy Robinson .... production assistant: New York (uncredited)
Nick Tabri .... production assistant: New York (uncredited)
 
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Also Known As:
Gojira (Japan)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi monster action/violence.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
139 min
Country:
USA | Japan
Language:
English | French | Japanese | Russian | Spanish
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS (8 channels)
Certification:
Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35077) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Philippines:G | Brazil:Livre | Australia:PG | Belgium:KT | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG
Filming Locations:
Falls Lake, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA more
Company:
Centropolis Film Productions more

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Trivia:
On the original home video release in Japan, circa 1994, there is a trailer for the upcoming "all new American Godzilla". It offers some insight into what this version of the Godzilla movie might have been, before the massive changes TriStar made. Using full English text and voiceovers, "the all new American Godzilla" was listed as from "the makers of Disney's Aladdin" and featuring "ground-breaking special effects". more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the part where Godzilla has the cab in his mouth, the back windshield is perfectly fine, yet earlier in, the windshield is broken. more
Quotes:
Philippe: [holding up a doughnut] No croissant? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009) more
Soundtrack:
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Drastically underrated, 8 March 2005
9/10
Author: Brandt Sponseller from New York City

After bizarre attacks on a Japanese freighter, first the French then the U.S. learn of the existence of an apparent modern "dinosaur". When it's suspected that radiation from nuclear weapons testing in French Polynesia may have instead produced the monster, biological radiation specialist Dr. Nick Tatopoulos (Matthew Broderick) is called to the scene. While investigating the monster's path of destruction, a new sighting arrives--just off the coast of New York City!

It's no secret that Godzilla has been much maligned. Even Fangoria editor Tony Timpone stated in an editorial that he thought it sucked, and he's usually willing to give movies the benefit of the doubt. The reasons why director Roland Emmerich's version of Godzilla is hated are as varied as people stating opinions. But I tend to think that there is also a strong bandwagon effect with this film that will be tempered by time. There are already signs of a number of people giving it a second look and lessening the severity of their criticism.

The chief complaint seems to come from a very vocal but relatively small crowd of fanboy purists--they dislike that Godzilla is different here. In the Japanese films, made by the Toho production company, Godzilla is a guy in a rubber suit who stomps on models of buildings and such. He tends to lumber, as irrelevant military attacks on him provide pretty fireworks. Most Godzilla films feature him fighting some other monster, "professional wrestling" style, and Godzilla arbitrarily falls down and gets back up as he is attacked and attacks with various "death rays" from his mouth, eyes, etc. Now that might sound like I don't like the typical Godzilla film, but that's not true. I like them quite a bit, but a big part of the reason why is that most of them are very cheesy. I'm a fan of bizarre cheese/camp, and you get tons of that in Godzilla films.

But I'm not a purist. To me, there's no good reason why Emmerich's Godzilla needs to be similar to the Toho incarnations, which in fact are often quite different from and inconsistent with each other, too. At this point, I see Godzilla more as a recurring character type--think of the various instantiations of Dracula or Frankenstein throughout the 20th Century. The Toho films can't really be seen as chapters in a single, long story. But whether their arguments are wrong or not, the fanboy purists are at least noisy and prolific, and too many people are followers.

If Emmerich would have given us a guy in a rubber suit, acting just like the Toho Godzillas (not "Godzilla"), with the typical gobbledy-gook of a Toho script, this film would have bombed even worse (if we can call a 100 million dollar film that made a profit a "bomb") and the fanboys would have still found something to complain about. Even though I love the Toho Godzilla films, too, we can't deny that they do not tend to be bestsellers on video in the U.S., despite the fact that they're readily available for purchase.

So what Emmerich gives us instead is an epic, expensive-looking film that spans a number of genres, features more coherent dialogue and subplots than a typical Toho Godzilla film, and showcases a redesigned, mostly cgi cast of monsters, where Godzilla looks and behaves much more like a "real" giant, mutant lizard. For those of us who are not purists, who do not care if our opinions match the majority, and who evaluate films on all or their technical and artistic levels, it's difficult to deny that Godzilla has many merits.

For example, the cinematography in this film is gorgeous. The sound design is superb and the soundtrack (score and songs) works well with the film. All of the action sequences, and they comprise a large percentage of the film, are expertly staged--Emmerich doesn't resort to darkness, blur-cams and overly quick cuts like many other directors. It's always easy to follow the narrative during action scenes, it's always easy to see what's going on, and it's always coherent. That goes for the non-action scenes, too--the entire film is ingeniously designed in terms of the progression from one sequence to another. Also, the cgi is amazing--it's often difficult to tell where it stops and mechanicals/models begin.

But the story is great, too. Broderick's Tatopoulos is an attractive anti-hero, a nerdish scientist who solve dilemmas with his professional knowledge. The other hero is Jean Reno as Philippe Roache, a humorously enigmatic French "insurance agent". The obligatory romantic subplot, involving Tatopoulos and Audrey Timmonds (Maria Pitillo) surprisingly avoids clichés, and Timmonds provides a launching pad for an all-too-honest satire of the media.

Satire is high up on Emmerich's agenda. Godzilla not only satirizes the media, but the military, New York/New Yorkers, film critics, and even monster movies. While the film is simultaneously giving us a lot of genres--sci-fi, horror, adventure, war film, drama, etc. the most unexpected motif is the almost cartoonish, spoof-like humor. Godzilla is more frequently laugh-out-loud funny that anyone expected it to be. It's not just one-liners and overt jokes, although those are certainly present, but the amped up intentional absurdity of situations such as the final taxi cab "chase".

Even if you think that Godzilla has some internal problems as an artwork (and I agree that there is a slight clunkiness in parts of the narrative flow--it caused me to subtract a point), there's no way it deserves the trashing it's received so far. This is at least a well-made film on a technical level, and if you have any taste for slightly campy sci-fi/monster flicks, you should find much to enjoy here.

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