Supernova (2000/I)

Director:

Walter Hill
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Writers (WGA):

William Malone (story) and
Daniel Chuba (story) ...
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Release Date:

14 January 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

In the farthest reaches of space, something has gone terribly wrong.

Plot:

Supernova chronicles the search and rescue patrol of a medical ship in deep space in the early 22nd...

Plot Keywords:

Rescue | Distress Signal | Mining | Deep Space | Explosion

Cast

James Spader	...	Nick Vanzant
Angela Bassett	...	Dr. Kaela Evers
Robert Forster	...	A.J. Marley
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Yerzy Penalosa
Peter Facinelli	...	Karl Larson
Robin Tunney	...	Danika Lund
Wilson Cruz	...	Benj Sotomejor
Eddy Rice Jr.	...	Flyboy
Knox White	...	Troy Larson (as Knox Grantham White)
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Troy Larson (voice)
Vanessa Marshall	...	Sweetie (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kevin Sizemore	...	Rescue Leader (uncredited)

Directed by
Walter Hill		(as Thomas Lee)
Francis Ford Coppola		(uncredited)
Jack Sholder		(uncredited)

Writing credits (WGA)
William Malone		(story) and
Daniel Chuba		(story)
David C. Wilson		(screenplay) (as David Campbell Wilson)

Produced by
Daniel Chuba	....	producer
Jamie Dixon	....	producer
James Robert Johnston	....	associate producer (as James R. Johnston III)
Ash R. Shah	....	producer
Ralph S. Singleton	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David C. Williams		(as David Williams)

Cinematography by
Lloyd Ahern II

Film Editing by
Melissa Kent
Michael Schweitzer
Francis Ford Coppola		(uncredited)
Freeman A. Davies		(uncredited)

Casting by
Mary Jo Slater

Production Design by
Marek Dobrowolski

Art Direction by
Bruce Robert Hill

Set Decoration by
Nancy Nye

Costume Design by
Bob Ringwood

Makeup Department
Gino Acevedo	....	paint supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Marilee Canaga	....	suit supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Nik E. Carey	....	seam supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as Nik Carey)
Adam Christopher	....	makeup artist
Laura Connolly	....	hair stylist
Kimberly Felix	....	makeup artist
Thomas Floutz	....	sculptor
Robert Freitas	....	mold supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as Rob Frietas)
Greg Funk	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Jake Garber	....	prosthetic makeup supervisor
Dave Grasso	....	lead sculptor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs (as David Grasso)
Ora Green	....	hair stylist (as Ora Tillman Green)
Chris Hanson	....	special makeup effects artist
Todd Heindel	....	foam supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Dennis Liddiard	....	makeup artist
Gary Liddiard	....	makeup artist
Russell Seifert	....	shop supervisor: Patrick Tatopoulos Designs
Joseph Yuss Simon	....	special makeup effects
Mike Smithson	....	key prosthetic makeup artist
Robert L. Stevenson	....	hair stylist: Angela Bassett
Patrick Tatopoulos	....	fabrication supervisor
Patrick Tatopoulos	....	special makeup effects designer
Joy Zapata	....	key hair stylist (as Joy Zapata-Chavez)
Lori McCoy-Bell	....	hair stylist: second unit (uncredited)

Production Management
Kim Aubry	....	post-production supervisor
Kelly L'Estrange	....	production manager: stage/digital
Nancy Rosing	....	production supervisor
Ralph S. Singleton	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Christopher T. Gerrity	....	first assistant director: second unit
Allan Graf	....	second unit director
Jeff Okabayashi	....	second assistant director
Amy Schmidt	....	second assistant director: second unit
Jeffrey Wetzel	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Fred Arbegast	....	sculptor
Mauro Borrelli	....	illustrator
Colleen Broderick	....	buyer
Rick Buden	....	conceptual production illustrator
Timothy Burgard	....	storyboard artist
Lloyd A. Buswell	....	construction foreman
Tom Callinicos	....	set dresser
Cora Lee Coomber	....	construction accountant
Lauren Cory	....	set designer
Robert E. Denne	....	paint supervisor (as Robert Dante' Denne)
Sylvain Despretz	....	conceptual designer
Doug Devine	....	set dresser
James Doh	....	storyboard artist
R. Scott Doran	....	lead man
Don Elliott	....	swing gang
Richard Ewan	....	miniature painter
Bryan D. Garofalo	....	property master: second unit
Trevor Goring	....	storyboard artist
Karen Higgins	....	construction foreman
Jennifer Howard	....	art department coordinator
Luis G. Hoyos	....	set designer (as Luis Hoyos)
David James	....	sculptor
Steven Kissick	....	propmaker foreman
Nicole Koenigsberger	....	set designer
Charles J. Lundgren	....	stand-by painter
Gregory Lynch Jr.	....	carpenter
Karl J. Martin	....	set designer
Mara Massey	....	on-set dresser: second unit
John Hammer Maxwell	....	set dresser (as John H. Maxwell)
Stacey S. McIntosh	....	construction coordinator
Scott Meehan	....	assistant art director
Marc Meisels	....	set dresser
Hope M. Parrish	....	property master (as Hope Parrish)
Franklin T. Perry	....	propmaker
Kristen Pratt	....	set designer
Jamie Rama	....	illustrator
Natalie Richards	....	illustrator
Brana Rosenfeld	....	assistant set decorator (as Brana Michelle Rosenfeld)
Paul Rylander	....	assistant property master
Domenic Silvestri	....	set designer
Jesse Siono Jr.	....	stand-by painter (as Jesse Siono)
Michelle Souza	....	assistant property master
A. Leslie Thomas	....	assistant art director (as Leslie Thomas)
Michael Triant	....	set dresser
Jeffry C. Voorhees	....	swing gang
Andy Chung	....	concept designer (uncredited)
Tammy DeRuiter	....	painter (uncredited)
Kevin Farrell	....	illustrator (uncredited)
Grey Hill	....	sculptor (uncredited)
J. Bryan Holloway	....	sculptor gang boss (uncredited)
George Hull	....	conceptual artist (uncredited)
Kon Iliov	....	gangboss (uncredited)

Sound Department
Paul Apted	....	assistant sound editor
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Brian Basham	....	adr recordist
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Craig Berkey	....	sound design editor
Craig Berkey	....	sound effects editor
George Berndt	....	adr supervisor
Bryan Bowan	....	sound effects editor
Bryan Bowen	....	sound effects editor (as Bryan Bowan)
David Burk	....	assistant sound editor
Barney Cabral	....	supervising adr editor
Rick Canelli	....	adr recordist
Ted Caplan	....	foley editor
Barney Carden	....	dialogue editor
Paul Timothy Carden	....	dialogue editor (as Paul Carden)
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Darby	....	sound effects editor
Susan Dawes	....	dialogue editor (as Susan Shackelford)
Ethan Derner	....	assistant sound editor
Victor Ray Ennis	....	first assistant sound editor
Eric Flickinger	....	sound recordist
Tom Fox	....	utility sound
Sean Garnhart	....	sound design editor
Sean Garnhart	....	sound designer
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Mark Gordon	....	dialogue editor
Jerelyn J. Harding	....	adr supervisor
Doug Hemphill	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Philip A. Hess	....	sound effects editor (as Phil Hess)
Pete Horner	....	sound recordist (as Peter Horner)
Hanson Hsu	....	stage engineer
Robert Janiger	....	production sound recordist: second unit
Constance A. Kazmer	....	adr editor (as Connie Kazmer)
Michael Keller	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Michael Kirchberger	....	supervising sound editor
Nicholas Vincent Korda	....	adr editor (as Nick Korda)
Dave Kulczycki	....	dialogue editor (as David Kulczycki)
Linda Lew	....	foley recordist
Paul Massey	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Jim McKee	....	additional sound designer
Chuck Michael	....	sound effects editor
Glenn T. Morgan	....	adr editor (as Glenn Morgan)
Glenn T. Morgan	....	sound effects editor
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Philip D. Morrill	....	assistant sound editor (as Phil Morrill)
Gary Mundheim	....	foley editor
Hugh Murphy	....	assistant sound editor
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer (as Tom O'Connell)
Greg Orloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Willard Overstreet	....	assistant sound editor
Willard Overstreet	....	foley editor
Rodger Pardee	....	sound design editor
Alan Rankin	....	sound effects editor
Scott Sanders	....	sound effects editor
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Melissa Sherwood Hofmann	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Melissa Hofmann)
Shelley J. Smith	....	assistant sound editor (as Shelley Smith)
Frederick H. Stahly	....	dialogue editor (as Fred Stahly)
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	supervising sound editor (as Mark Stoeckinger)
Christopher Sullivan	....	post-production sound assistant
Peter Michael Sullivan	....	sound design editor
Donald Sylvester	....	supervising foley editor
Roy Waldspurger	....	first assistant sound editor: San Francisco
Gregory H. Watkins	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Greg Watkins)
James E. Webb	....	production sound recordist (as Jim Webb)
Drew Webster	....	sound recordist
Craig Weintraub	....	first assistant sound editor
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Jay Wilkinson	....	supervising sound editor
Jeffrey A. Williams	....	boom operator (as Jeff Williams)
Greg Zimmerman	....	foley recordist
Peter Michael Sullivan	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Wayne Burnes	....	special effects
Jason Collins	....	lab and set technician: KNB Effects Group
Eric Coon	....	miniatures crew
Scott R. Fisher	....	special effects producer
Thomas L. Fisher	....	special effects producer
Thomas D. Krausz	....	specialty weapon & appliance fabricator
Ian C. McArthur	....	special effects technician
Andrew Miller	....	special effects foreman
Rudy Perez	....	special effects
Patrick Tatopoulos	....	creature designer
Robert Cole	....	special effects (uncredited)
Jay King	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Michael McGee	....	special costumes (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Yarek Alfer	....	head sculptor
Brad W. Altfest	....	digital I/O
Karen Ansel	....	visual effects supervisor: Mobility
Elisabeth Arko	....	computer graphics artist: Santa Barbara Studios
Jeffrey Arnold	....	digital compositor
James J. Atkinson	....	digital artist
Eric Barba	....	computer graphics supervisor: Digital Domain
Andy Barrios	....	Inferno artist: Rainmaker Digital Pictures
Brian Battles	....	Inferno artist: Rainmaker Digital Pictures
Jennifer Bergman	....	visual effects producer: Rainmaker Digital Pictures
David Bleich	....	digital matte painter: Digital Domain (as David R. Bleich)
Cris Blyth	....	visual effects
Brigitte Bourque	....	Inferno artist: Rainmaker Digital Pictures
Constance Bracewell	....	lead animator: Hammerhead Productions
Terry Bradshaw	....	systems administrator: Digital Domain
Kevin Braun	....	technical supervisor: Pacific Title/Mirage
Marko Brown	....	digital team lead: Digital Domain
Shannan Burkley	....	digital matte painter: Digital Domain
Lupe Cabrera	....	model shop coordinator
J. André Chaintreuil	....	model maker: lasercam operator
Adam Chrystie	....	3D modeling (3D lighting)
Adam Chrystie	....	digital 3D artist
Richard Chuang	....	digital effects producer: PDI
Daniel Chuba	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead (as Dan Chuba)
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Tim 'Timco' Conway	....	3D tracking/data integration: Digital Domain (as Tim Conway)
John Michael Courte	....	digital team lead: Digital Domain
Chris Crowell	....	digital compositor/digital paint artist: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Judith Crow	....	lead visual effects technical supervisor: Digital Domain
Chanda Cummings	....	digital artist
Avi Das	....	digital effects artist
David 'Grue' Debry	....	digital artist
Francisco De Jesus	....	digital team lead: Digital Domain (as Francisco X. De Jesus)
Sandy DellaMarie	....	visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title Digital
Mykel Denis	....	model maker
Jamie Dixon	....	visual effects supervisor: Hammerhead Productions
Eric Alan Donaldson	....	company grip: visual effects unit
Rob Doolittle	....	visual effects co-editor: avid
Roy L. Downey	....	pyrotechnics support visual effects photography unit (as Roy Downey)
Benjamin Edelberg	....	visual effects illustrator
Michael Edland	....	digital artist
James Egstad	....	scanning & recording operator
Jonathan Egstad	....	digital effects supervisor: Digital Domain (as Jonathan D. Egstad)
Leif Einarsson	....	creature setup technical director
Wayne England	....	digital artist
Richard Ewan	....	painter: miniatures
Sean Andrew Faden	....	data integration team lead: Digital Domain
Sean Andrew Faden	....	digital team lead: Digital Domain
Alan K.M. Faucher	....	model shop supervisor (as Alan Faucher)
Chris Flynn	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Sing-Choong Foo	....	digital effects artist
Mark Freund	....	digital effects supervisor: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Michael J. Frick	....	digital compositor
Robert A.D. Frick	....	digital artist
Gonzalo Garramuno	....	digital artist
Victoria Gavoian	....	visual effects production assistant: second unit
George Gervan	....	rotoscope/paint artist: Pacific Title/Mirage
Richard Gervan	....	rotoscope/paint artist: Pacific Title/Mirage
John Gibson	....	digital artist
Swen Gillberg	....	digital artist
Brian Goldberg	....	technical coordinator: Digital Domain
Bret Goldhorn	....	visual effects production assistant
Mitch Goldstrom	....	systems administrator: Digital Domain
Darin K. Grant	....	software engineer
Alex Grau	....	digital artist
Scott Graves	....	visual effects
Jason Greenblum	....	digital rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Ron Gress	....	visual effects art director
Bryan Grill	....	lead digital compositor: Digital Domain (as Bryan M. Grill)
Rochelle Gross	....	visual effects post producer
Gary Gutierrez	....	visual effects: title sequence
Tony Halawa	....	digital matte painter: Digital Domain
Craig Halperin	....	digital artist
Jason Hanel	....	digital production coordinator: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Sarkis Hardy	....	model shop foreman
Scott Harper	....	digital supervisor: Rainmaker Digital Pictures
Jason Heapy	....	production coordinator: PDI
Claas Henke	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Ronald D. Herbst	....	digital team lead: Digital Domain
Kristi Hewitt	....	digital artist
Brent Heyning	....	model maker
David Hodgins	....	digital artist
Heather Holmer	....	3D artist: Rainmaker Digital Pictures
Nicholas Sanger Hoppe	....	digital artist
Les Hunter	....	visual effects producer: PDI
Julie Jaros	....	computer graphics artist: Santa Barbara Studios
Rick T. Jaynes	....	digital effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Jay Mark Johnson	....	additional matte painter
Bruce Jones	....	visual effects producer: Santa Barbara Studios
Michael Kaelin	....	compositor: SBS
Nikos Kalaitzidis	....	digital team lead: Digital Domain
Jeffrey Kalmus	....	color grading supervisor: Digital Domain
Mel Kangleon	....	digital artist
Alan Kapler	....	digital artist
Michael Karp	....	motion control operator
Dan Kaufman	....	senior technical director
Paul Kulikowski	....	digital compositor
Markus Kurtz	....	digital team lead: Digital Domain
Henry LaBounta	....	digital effects producer: PDI
Mathew Lamb	....	digital artist
Mark Larranaga	....	digital compositor (as Mark M. Larranaga)
Dan Lemmon	....	digital artist
Julian Levi	....	visual effects producer: Digital Domain
David Ley	....	visual effects production assistant
Scott Liedtka	....	computer graphics artist: Santa Barbara Studios
Rebecca Lilienfeld	....	assistant visual effects editor: Digital Domain
John A. Lima	....	digital artist
Craig R. Linssen	....	visual effects production assistant
Christine Lo	....	digital compositor
David Lo	....	digital artist
Scott Lukowski	....	model maker
Martha Snow Mack	....	lead digital matte painter: Digital Domain
Donn Markel	....	pyrotechnics support visual effects photography unit
Una Martin	....	visual effects assistant coordinator: second unit
S. Scott McCaulley	....	facilities supervisor: Digital Domain
Laura McDermott	....	digital rotoscope artist: Digital Domain (as Laura E. McDermott)
Rodney J. McFall	....	digital artist
Tim McGovern	....	additional visual effects supervisor
Andrew McPhillips	....	digital compositor
Marc Meisels	....	special effects lighting
Daniel Mellitz	....	digital artist
Joel Román Mendías	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Domain
George Merkert	....	visual effects executive producer: PDI
Michael A. Miller	....	digital artist
Bob Monaghan	....	visual effects
Ray Moore	....	lead modelmaker
Robert Nederhorst	....	3D digital artist: Pixel Monkey
Bill Neil	....	visual effects director of photography: Digital Domain
Mike O'Neal	....	lead visual effects technical supervisor: Digital Domain
Stephan Osterburg	....	digital artist
Lou Pecora	....	digital compositor
Brian Peyatt	....	technical coordinator
Brett Phillips	....	lead modelmaker: Digital Domain
Patrick Phillips	....	senior compositor: Pacific Title/Mirage
Danielle Plantec	....	digital artist
Darren Poe	....	lead digital compositor: Digital Domain (as Darren M. Poe)
Kelly Port	....	computer graphics supervisor: Digital Domain
David Prescott	....	digital team lead: Digital Domain
Dennis 'wiz' Price	....	digital artist
Marc D. Rienzo	....	compositor: PDI/DreamWorks
Brian Ripley	....	model lead: Digital Domain
Jeffrey Roth	....	digital artist
Eric Saindon	....	computer graphics artist: Santa Barbara Studios
Scott Salsa	....	mechanical supervisor: visual effects photography unit
Scott Salsa	....	motion control supervisor: visual effects photography unit
Bill Schaeffer	....	digital rotoscope artist: Digital Domain
Scott Schneider	....	miniature effects supervisor: Digital Domain
Laura Schultz	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Donovan Scott	....	digital compositor (as Donovan A. Scott)
Lisa Scott	....	digital effects coordinator: Digital Domain (as Lisa Harriman Scott)
Douglas Seiden	....	digital artist
Ira Shain	....	computer animator: Mobility, Inc.
Rasha Shalaby	....	compositor: Pacific Title/Mirage
Hudson Shock	....	compositor: Santa Barbara Studios
David Shwartz	....	digital matte painter: Digital Domain
Dave Simmons	....	digital compositor/digital paint artist: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Alan Sonneman	....	digital artist
Lisa Spence	....	digital production manager
Bill Spitzak	....	digital compositor
David Stearn	....	lead digital compositor: Digital Domain (as David Stern)
Mark Stetson	....	visual effects supervisor
George Stevens	....	model maker: Digital Domain
John K. Stirber	....	pyrotechnics supervisor: visual effects photography unit (as John Stirber)
Tracy Takahashi	....	digital effects coordinator: Digital Domain
Alvin Tenpo	....	technical assistant: PDI
Lynn Tigar	....	digital paint artist: Pacific Title & Art Studio
Messrob Torikian	....	data integration team
Peter G. Travers	....	computer graphics supervisor: Santa Barbara Studios
George Trimmer	....	visual effects art director
Allison Troxell	....	visual effects coordinator
Zachary Tucker	....	digital artist
Juan Carlos Vargas	....	visual effects (as Juan Vargas)
Tarcis Vertaillie	....	color grader: Digital Domain (as Tarcis C.M. Vertaille)
Carey Villegas	....	digital compositing supervisor: Digital Domain (as Carey Grant Villegas)
Larry Weiss	....	technical supervisor: PDI
Jeff Wells	....	compositor: Pacific Title/Mirage
Byron Werner	....	digital rotoscope artist: Digital Domain (as Byron D. Werner)
Vernon R. Wilbert Jr.	....	digital team lead: Digital Domain
Kelly Wilcox	....	computer graphics artist: Santa Barbara Studios
Lance Wilhoite	....	compositor: Santa Barbara Studios
Lance Wilhoite	....	visual effects producer: Santa Barbara Studios
Johnny Wilson	....	digital compositor
Mark Wilson	....	digital matte painter: Digital Domain
Mark Wilson	....	lead 3-D model maker: Digital Domain
Debra Wolff	....	visual effects editor
Shane Wood	....	visual effects
Kieran Woo	....	production controller: pre-production, Digital Domain
Rachel Wyn Dunn	....	compositor: Digital Domain
Jesse James Chisholm	....	production assistant: Digital Domain (uncredited)
John R. Ellis	....	designer/fabricator (uncredited)
Stephen Jennings	....	tape operator (uncredited)
Matt Linder	....	digital compositor (uncredited)

Stunts
Kevin Abercrombie	....	utility stunts
Ethan Boehme	....	stunts
Joey Box	....	stunts
Jeff Cadiente	....	stunts
Keith Campbell	....	stunts
Eliza Coleman	....	stunts
Glenn Goldstein	....	utility stunts
Allan Graf	....	stunt coordinator
Gene Hartline	....	stunts
Lisa Hoyle	....	stunts
Steve Kelso	....	stunt driver
Steve Kelso	....	stunts
Jamie Keyser	....	stunts
Francine Morris	....	stunts
Gilbert Rosales	....	stunts
Lynn Salvatori	....	stunts
Felipe Savahge	....	stunts
Webster Whinery	....	stunts
John Alden	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Jennifer Nelson	....	stunt double: Robin Tunney (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael J. Bailey	....	assistant lighting technician
Greg Banta	....	electrician
Carl Boles	....	chief lighting technician
Mike Bonnaud	....	assistant lighting technician (as Michael Bonnaud)
Mark Broneau	....	assistant company grip
Jeff Case	....	key grip: second unit
Michael Cassidy	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Mike Cassidy)
Michael A. Chavez	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Mike Chavez)
Scott Crabbe	....	video assist operator (as Scott R. Crabbe)
Chris Cuevas	....	second assistant camera: additional camera
Dave Egerstrom	....	camera loader (as David Egerstrom)
Mark W. Elias	....	key grip
Eddie Farmer	....	electrician
Mark Figueroa	....	second assistant "b" camera: second unit
Michael Frediani	....	camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Gary Huddleston	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit
Jay M. Huntoon	....	video assist operator: second unit (as Jay Huntoon)
Robert Ikeda	....	grip (as Bobby Ikeda)
Robert Ikeda	....	grip
Joe Kraft	....	dolly grip
Mark La Bonge	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Robert LaBonge	....	director of photography: second unit (as Robert La Bonge)
Norman G. Langley	....	camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Chris Lewis	....	electrician
Steve McLean	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Todd McMullen	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Thomas R. Miller	....	dolly grip
Luis Moreno	....	electrician
David Morton	....	chief lighting technician: second unit
Reggie Newkirk	....	first assistant camera
Sean J. O'Shea	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (as Sean O'Shea)
Frank Parrish	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Tony Rivetti	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
Steve Robertson	....	dolly grip
Chris Scurria	....	dolly grip: second unit
Ingrid Semler	....	camera loader: second unit
Todd Slyapich	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Alfred E. Smithey	....	rigging grip
Stephen Vaughan	....	still photographer
John D. Miller	....	grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Timothy Michals	....	casting associate
Lee A. Miles	....	extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Stephanie Colin	....	costumer
Paul De Lucca	....	key costumer
Dominick De Rasmo	....	specialty costume manufacturer
Ernesto Martinez	....	assistant costume designer
David Rawley	....	costume supervisor
Christopher Scott	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Ivan Landau	....	post-production coordinator
Phil Norden	....	associate editor
Yôko Seto	....	assistant editor
Mike Stanwick	....	color timer
Roy Waldspurger	....	assistant editor: avid, San Francisco (uncredited)

Music Department
Bunny Andrews	....	music editor
Steven Bernstein	....	conductor (as Steven R. Bernstein)
Steven Bernstein	....	orchestrator (as Steven R. Bernstein)
Mark Boccaccio	....	music programmer
Sandy DeCrescent	....	music contractor (as Sandy De Crescent)
Terry Delsing	....	music editor
John Richards	....	music recordist
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
Dennis Sager	....	scoring engineer
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Burkhard von Dallwitz	....	composer: additional music (as Burkhard Dallwitz)
Zigmund Gron	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Howard Brady Davidson	....	transportation captain (as Howard Davidson)
Charles Enzen	....	transportation coordinator
Gary Paulsen	....	transportation captain: second unit (as Gary D. Paulsen)

Other crew
Andrew Bernstein	....	publicist
Melissa Binder	....	textile artist
Jennifer Booth	....	production assistant
Bronwyn Buroughs	....	assistant: Angela Bassett
Philippe Chaintreuil	....	lasercam operator (as Phillipe Chaintreuil)
Darryl Chan	....	on-set trainer: Lou Diamond Phillips
Danita Cole	....	assistant accountant
Jean Costello	....	production coordinator
Renee D. Czarapata	....	payroll accountant
Brian Dott	....	set supervisor
Katie Eustermann	....	production assistant
Missy Eustermann	....	first assistant accountant
Sherry Gallarneau	....	script supervisor: second unit
Zoila Gomez	....	production coordinator: second unit
Jennifer S. Gottlieb	....	production assistant (as Jennifer Gottlieb)
Jacklyn Green	....	chief science consultant
Rochelle Gross	....	mademoiselle hologram
Gary Gutierrez	....	title designer
Paul Guyot	....	stand-in: James Spader
Jennifer Jackson	....	assistant to director
Michael Kehoe	....	craft service
Muhamet 'Matt' Kusari	....	craft service: second unit
Lisa Loia	....	assistant to director
Marc Meisels	....	special effects fixtures
Michelene Mundo	....	set production assistant: second unit
Elizabeth O'Donnell	....	accounting clerk
Jeff Piccinini	....	production assistant
John Pontrelli	....	production assistant
Greg Quatannens	....	assistant production coordinator: second unit
Matt Ramundo	....	production assistant
Roberta Riordan	....	set production assistant: second unit
Kathleen Roll	....	set production assistant: second unit
Tricia Ronten	....	script supervisor
Sara Scarritt	....	assistant production coordinator (as Sarah Scarritt)
Jeffrey Schwartz	....	set production assistant: second unit
Aldo Spadoni	....	technical consultant
Matt Springer	....	production assistant
Philip Tomalin	....	assistant: James Spader
Carlos Virgen	....	production assistant
Stephen V. Weissberger	....	production assistant
Karen White	....	location manager
Cynthia Wise	....	production accountant
Alex L. Worman	....	unit publicist
Patrick G. Ingram	....	construction medic: second unit (uncredited)
Melissa Park	....	stand-in: Robbin Tunney (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Hammerhead Productions
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
• Screenland Pictures
• United Artists

Distributors

• United Artists (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corporation (MGM) (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Chapel Distribution (1997) (Australia) (theatrical) (35mm print)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2000) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Imperial Entertainment
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2001) (Sweden) (DVD)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (France)
• V8 (2001) (Netherlands) (TV)

Special Effects

• Digital Domain (special visual effects and digital animation)
• Hammerhead Productions (additional visual effects)
• Mobility Inc. (additional computer graphic animation)
• Pacific Data Images (PDI) (digital effects and animation)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio
• Pacific Title/Mirage (digital visual effects)
• Patrick Tatopoulos Design (special makeup effects)
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures (additional visual effects)
• Santa Barbara Studios (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• American Zoetrope  re-recording facility
• Bruce's Catering  catering
• C.A.S.T. Security  security
• Central Casting  extras casting
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes and dollies
• DeLuxe Laboratories  color (as Deluxe)
• Drs. Greenspoon, Silver & Sumner  special contact lenses
• Geo Film Group  additional camera support
• Hollywood Title Services  titles (as Hollywood Title)
• Image Resolution, The  titles and opticals
• J.L. Fisher  camera dollies
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as Jo Ann Kane Music Services)
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  music recording facilities
• O'Henry Sound Studios  music mixing facility
• One Step Up  foley recorded at
• Pacific Title/Mirage  opticals
• Panavision  camera and lenses
• Signet Sound Studio  music mixing facility
• Telescope Crane Corp.  telescope crane

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and sensuality/nudity.; Rated R for sexuality and some violence. (edited version)

Runtime:

90 min | USA:91 min (R-rated version)

Country:

USA | Switzerland

Language:

English

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | DTS-Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:12 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:PG-13 | New Zealand:M | Australia:M | Finland:K-14 | France:U | Germany:16 | Ireland:15 | Mexico:B | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:M18 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R (video rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #35937)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Hammerhead Productions

Trivia:

Originally developed in 1988 by director William Malone (House on Haunted Hill (1999)) as "Dead Star" with paintings by H.R. Giger and a plot that had been called "Hellraiser (1987) in outer space".

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the movie one of Nick's eyes is blue and one is brown. When they show him again from the side the other eye is blue.

Quotes:

Nick: Look at it! We don't even know what the hell that is. It can be just a light or a bomb or...
Danika: Or a sexual object, when you look right down to it, it looks like a...
[Nick interrupts immediately]

Movie Connections:

Features Trap Happy (1946)

Much better than its reputation has it, but no gem

A deep space "ambulance" ship receives a distress call from a mining outpost on a rogue moon (it's been removed from its orbit) 3 thousand light years away. Normally, that wouldn't be so unusual, but the distress signal was specifically hailing this particular ship (like calling someone inside an ambulance directly instead of dialing 911) and when the source is revealed, female crew member Kaela Evers (Angela Bassett) realizes that she knows the person who sent it. Worse, it's someone whom she's had an extensive personal history with and whom she considers a walking nightmare. Before she can warn Captain A.J. Marley (Robert Forster), they're in hyper drive on their way to the moon and unwittingly headed into trouble.

This film was plagued with problems--the originally attached director, Geoffrey Wright, quit. The replacement director, Walter Hill, had creative differences with the studio, which demanded re-shoots and new cuts from none other than Francis Ford Coppola and Jack Sholder. Hill ended up requesting that his name be removed, and used the new version of the infamous "Alan Smithee" designation--"Thomas Lee".

And that wasn't the end of it. Upon its release, Supernova received a critical drubbing. Rotten Tomatoes, for example, a website that collates professional and semi-professional reviews on films, showed a 90% negative reading on Supernova. The reaction from everyday viewers mirrored this reception, with mostly negative comments right here on IMDb.

But Supernova isn't that bad of a film. It's no gem, but it does a lot of things right: The premise is certainly stimulating. The transition from a stock, Alien (1979)-like sci-fi film to a thriller in space is well done. The characters are interesting. The suspense level gradually increases until the very end of the film.

There are thoughtful subtexts about giving oneself over to a "feel-good" substance, "survival of the fittest" evolution, and cyclical regeneration. The "fountain of youth" device is intriguing, and even though the "Ninth Dimension" stuff is gobbledy-gook, it's good gobbledy-gook--it makes some sense as fantasy material, and it provides a lot of suspense. There is a subtle social commentary/criticism on attitudes about violence in the media, population problems and eugenics.

A lot of the cast is also good--I like Robert Forster a lot, although unfortunately he disappears from the picture too soon. I'm also a fan of Lou Diamond Phillips, even if his presence more often than not signifies a "C", "D" or lower film. James Spader's characterization of Nick Vanzant is nice and complex. And the rest of the cast is at least decent, even if Peter Facinelli overacts a bit towards the end--but the role calls for that.

However, as a 7, Supernova has its share of problems, too. I don't usually subtract points for a film being clichéd, but it's difficult not to do so in this case. The beginning of the film is right out of Alien--with the ship waking up a crew member unexpectedly, after running some "tests". This is saved a bit by funny dialogue at the end of the scene. The computer, "Sweetie", is reminiscent at times of "Hal" from 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968). The holographic chess game is right out of Star Wars (1977). The distress signal scenario is again out of Alien, and the exploration of the abandoned mine on the rogue moon is similar to Aliens (1986).

The dialogue in the opening of the film is also a bit too jargonistic and quickly delivered for its own good. It can be difficult to get the gist of it without subtitles. There are a number of editing problems, most prominently during the "near miss" of the out of control ship with the moon--shaky cam cinematography doesn't help, either. And for so many directors being involved, the direction, while not incompetent, comes across as primarily "flat".

Is Supernova worth seeing? If you're a huge sci-fi fan (meaning that you watch and like most sci-fi films) and you do not mind familiar material that's slightly clunky at times, yes. There are enough positives to make it worthwhile. Like usual with 7s, the film is best approached with lowered expectations. Given the reputation of this film, that should be no problem.