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Hellboy (2004) -- A demon, raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness.
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Hellboy (2004) -- A demon, raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness.

Overview

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Director:
Guillermo del Toro
Writers (WGA):
Guillermo del Toro (screenplay)
Guillermo del Toro (screen story) ...
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Release Date:
2 April 2004 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Fantasy more
Tagline:
From the Dark Side to Our Side more
Plot:
A demon, raised from infancy after being conjured by and rescued from the Nazis, grows up to become a defender against the forces of darkness. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 7 nominations more
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Cast

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Ron Perlman ... Hellboy

John Hurt ... Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm

Selma Blair ... Liz Sherman

Rupert Evans ... John Myers
Karel Roden ... Grigori Rasputin

Jeffrey Tambor ... Tom Manning

Doug Jones ... Abe Sapien

Brian Steele ... Sammael
Ladislav Beran ... Karl Ruprecht Kroenen
Biddy Hodson ... Ilsa Haupstein (as Bridget Hodson)

Corey Johnson ... Agent Clay
Kevin Trainor ... Young "Broom"
Brian Caspe ... Agent Lime

James Babson ... Agent Moss
Stephen Fisher ... Agent Quarry
Garth Cooper ... Agent Stone
Angus MacInnes ... Sgt. Whitman
Jim Howick ... Cpl. Matlin
Mark Taylor ... Truck Driver
Daniel Aarsman ... Kid
Bettina Ask ... Kid
Alvaro Navarro ... Kid
Emilio Navarro ... Kid
Rory Copus ... Kid on Rooftop
Tara Hugo ... Doctor Jenkins
Richard Haas ... Second Doctor
Andrea Miltner ... Doctor Marsh
Jo Eastwood ... Down's Patient

Charles Grisham ... Museum Guard
Jan Holicek ... Museum Guard
Jeremy Zimmerman ... Lobby Guard (as Jeremy Zimmermann)

Monty L. Simons ... Orderly (as Monty Simons)
Pavel Cajzl ... Sherpa Guide
Andrea Stuart ... Girl with Kittens
William Hoyland ... Von Krupt
Millie Wilkie ... Young Liz
Bob Sherman ... Television Host

Ellen Savaria ... Blonde Television Reporter
Petr Sekanina ... German Scientist
Ales Kosnar ... German Scientist
Justin Svoboda ... Young Guy

Winter Ave Zoli ... Girlfriend
Santiago Segura ... Train Driver
Albert Moy ... Train Driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dennison Betram ... Cab Driver (uncredited)

David Hyde Pierce ... Abe Sapien (voice) (uncredited)
Todd Kramer ... Radioman (uncredited)
Michael Lindsay ... Security Guard (voice) (uncredited)
Mike Mignola ... Knight (uncredited)

Guillermo del Toro ... Guy Dressed as Dragon (uncredited)
Helene Wilson ... Liz Sherman's Mother (uncredited)
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Directed by
Guillermo del Toro 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Guillermo del Toro (screenplay)

Guillermo del Toro (screen story) and
Peter Briggs (screen story)

Mike Mignola (comic books)

Produced by
Lawrence Gordon .... producer
Lloyd Levin .... producer
Mike Mignola .... co-executive producer
Patrick J. Palmer .... executive producer (as Patrick Palmer)
Mike Richardson .... producer
 
Original Music by
Marco Beltrami 
 
Cinematography by
Guillermo Navarro (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Peter Amundson 
 
Casting by
Nancy Bishop 
Jeremy Zimmerman  (as Jeremy Zimmermann)
 
Production Design by
Stephen Scott 
 
Art Direction by
Marco Bittner Rosser 
Peter Francis 
James Hambidge 
Simon Lamont (supervising art director)
 
Set Decoration by
Hilton Rosemarin 
Simon Wakefield (uncredited)
 
Costume Design by
Wendy Partridge 
 
Makeup Department
Georgina Abanto .... hair stylist
Georgina Abanto .... makeup artist
Rick Baker .... special makeup effects artist
Jason Barnett .... special effects makeup technition: Cinovation
Kay Bilk .... hair stylist
Kay Bilk .... makeup artist
Beverly Binda .... hair stylist
Beverly Binda .... makeup artist
Roland Blancaflor .... foam department supervisor: Spectral Motion Inc.
Roland Blancaflor .... makeup appliance department supervisor: Rick Baker/Cinovation Studio
Norman Cabrera .... special makeup effects artist
Jesse D'Angelo .... makeup assistant
Mike Elizalde .... makeup supervisor
Thomas Floutz .... special makeup effects artist
Jeanette Freeman .... supervising hair stylist
Jeanette Freeman .... supervising makeup artist
Jake Garber .... makeup artist: Ron Perlman
Chris Hanson .... special makeup effects artist
Deborah Jarvis .... key makeup artist
Brett P. Jenkins .... assistant makeup artist: Rick Baker/Cinovation
Barbara Kichi .... makeup artist
Barbara Kichiova .... hair stylist
Clayton Martinez .... mold crew
Bart Mixon .... special makeup effects artist
Sylvia Nava .... hair department supervisor: Rick Baker/Cinovation Studio
Olina Norkova .... contact lens technician
Gabriela Polakova .... hair stylist
Gabriela Polakova .... makeup artist
Matt Rose .... makeup designer and creator
Bill Sturgeon .... makeup production supervisor: Cinovation
Kazuhiro Tsuji .... special makeup effects artist
Chad Waters .... special makeup effects artist
Simon Webber .... prosthetic makeup artist
Simon Weisse .... prop builder
Hiroshi Yada .... mold department: Cinovation
Diana Yun Soo Yoo .... special makeup effects artist
 
Production Management
Jim Conrads .... post production supervisor
Mirka Janatova .... unit manager (as Mirka Taylor)
Ilt Jones .... production supervisor
Petr Keller .... executive in charge of production: Partnership Films
Dita Moers Strouhal .... production manager
Patrick J. Palmer .... unit production manager (as Patrick Palmer)
Emre Sonmez .... unit manager
Jan Strasik .... assistant unit manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Goodwin .... third assistant director
J. Michael Haynie .... first assistant director
Andy Howard .... second second assistant director
Roman Janecka .... third assistant director
Philip Seeger .... third assistant director (as Philip Lee Seeger)
Sergio Simenovic .... third assistant director
Mark Taylor .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Wayne D. Barlowe .... visual designer
Alice Bartosova .... graphics artist
Maria Bowen .... texture painter
Guy Bradley .... draughtsman
Toby Britton .... draughtsman
Sourisak Chanpaseuth .... paint artist
Marketa Dankova .... assistant to the production designer
Jakub Eliasek .... assistant to production designer
TyRuben Ellingson .... visual designer
David Forline .... weapon designer
José Fors .... visual designer
Marc Gabbana .... concept artist
Stephan O. Gessler .... set designer
Heidi Gibb .... draughtsman
Tomas Hais .... set dresser
Pavel Hemmy .... set decorator buyers
Jiri Hrubes .... assistant lead man
Carlos Huante .... visual designer
Stuart Kearns .... assistant art director
Martin Kubricht .... set dresser
Tomas Lehovec .... assistant properties
Michael Lindsay .... property master
Ting Lo .... matte painting artist
Roman Makovy .... set dresser
Ray Massa .... paint artist
Paul Mica .... texture painter
Mike Mignola .... design consultant
Stefan Mily .... sets buyer
Marija Nikolic .... assistant to set decorator
Yasushi Nirasawa .... conceptual designer
Rick Polikowski .... propmaker
Paul Prischman .... storyboard artist
Lenka Rock .... art department coordinator
Burk Sauls .... special props
Jordu Schell .... sculptor
Steve Summersgill .... assistant set decorator
Steve Summersgill .... set designer
Katsuya Terada .... conceptual designer
Remo Tozzi .... draughtsman
Brian Wade .... special sculptures supervisor
Tom Whitehead .... draughtsman
Simeon Wilkins .... storyboard artist
Drew Struzan .... poster artist (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Michael Axinn .... foley editor
Jessica Bellfort .... assistant dialogue editor (as Jessica Bellfort Rankin)
Steve Boeddeker .... sound designer
Weldon Brown .... adr mixer
Lisa Chino .... first assistant sound editor
Travis Crenshaw .... foley recordist
Sean England .... machine room operator
Frank E. Eulner .... supervising sound editor (as Frank Eulner)
Peter Eusebe .... boom operator
Ellen Heuer .... foley artist
Mark Holding .... sound mixer
Daryl Lathrop .... adr recordist
Frédéric Le Louet .... sound recordist
James Likowski .... foley editor
Martin Lonek .... utility sound
Brian Magerkurth .... re-recordist
Frank 'Pepe' Merel .... foley mixer (as Frank Merel)
Shannon Mills .... sound effects editor
Chris Navarro .... adr recordist
Timothy Nielsen .... sound effects editor
Juan Peralta .... mix technician
Eva Porter .... client services
Brandon Proctor .... mix technician
Richard Quinn .... dialogue editor
Gene Radzik .... stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Gary Rizzo .... supervising sound mixer (as Gary A. Rizzo)
Ronald G. Roumas .... re-recordist (as Ron Roumas)
Christopher Scarabosio .... sound effects editor
Jurgen Scharpf .... mix technician
Dee Selby .... assistant sound effects editor
Michael Semanick .... supervising sound mixer
Robert Shoup .... supervising sound editor
Michael Silvers .... adr editor
Steve Slanec .... assistant adr editor
Kent Sparling .... additional sound mixer
Addison Teague .... sound effects editor
Dann Michael Thompson .... assistant sound engineer
Eric Thompson .... adr mixer
Dennie Thorpe .... foley artist
Jana Vance .... foley artist
Marshall Winn .... dialogue editor
 
Special Effects by
Peter Abrahamson .... mechanical department: Spectral Motion
Adam Aldridge .... special effects technician
Nick Allder .... special effects supervisor
Lance Armstrong .... special effects
Brent Baker .... mold department supervisor: Spectral Motion
Rick Baker .... special effects director
David Beavis .... special effects supervisor
Darin Bouyssou .... key technician: Spectral Motion Inc.
John Calpin .... special effects makeup
John Calpin .... special effects technician
Conrad Chu .... lighting technical director
Jeff Clifford .... special effects supervisor
Jon Dawe .... animatronic designer: Spectral Motion Inc.
Paul Dimmer .... special effects senior technician
Kevin Draycott .... special effects supervisor
Mary Elizalde .... CFO: Spectral Motion Inc.
Víctor García .... special effects crew
Ernst Gschwind .... senior technician
Alan Hawes .... special effects technician
Jurgen Heimann .... mechanical department: Rick Baker/Cinovation
Roman Holub .... special effects technician
Dominik Janda .... special effects crew
David Johns .... snow effects technician
Karel Kalous .... special effects technician
Daniel Kulhanek .... special effects technician
Don Lanning .... sculptor
Tim Larsen .... special effects makeup
Terence Lathwell .... special effects technician
Pau Loewe .... special effects crew
Jeremy Lovett .... special effects workshop supervisor
Russell Lukich .... creature paint designer
Tim Martin .... special effects crew
Kevin McTurk .... special effects makeup
José M. Meneses .... special effects technician: DDT
Miroslav Miclik .... special effects technician
Brian Morishita .... machinist: facilities manager, Rick Baker/Cinovation Studios
Petr Mudrych .... special effects technician
Ken Niederbaumer .... special effects technician: Rick Bakers Cinovation
Melvyn Pearson .... special effects senior technician
Pavel Policar .... special effects crew
Juan Serrano .... special effects technician: DDT SFX
Mark Setrakian .... key animatronic designer
Ladislav Sindelar .... special effects technician
Ian Thompson .... special effects senior technician
Patricia Urias .... seaming department
Josef Vanek .... special effects technician
Jirí Vater .... special effects technician
Milos Vleck .... special effects technician
Brian Walsh .... special makeup and creature effects supervisor
Damon Wellner .... special effects
Robert Hutchins .... pyrotechnician (uncredited)
David McElroy .... production assistant (uncredited)
Dimitri Timohovich .... pyrotechnician (uncredited)
Rebecca Timohovich .... pyrotechnician (uncredited)
 
Visual Effects by
Nathan Abbot .... I/O supervisor: Tippett Studio
Foad Afshari .... visual effects: Eden FX
Jance Allen .... compositing supervisor
Simon Allen .... character animator
Shadi Almassizadeh .... CG sequence supervisor: The Orphanage
Paal Anand .... technical director: The Orphanage
Dovi Anderson .... animator: Tippett Studio
Michael Angelo .... digital artist
Velvy Appleton .... visual effects producer: The Orphanage
Steve Arguello .... digital artist
Jason Armstrong .... animator: Tippett Studio
Oliver Arnold .... lighting technical director
Will Ashe .... animator: CafeFX
Jim Aupperle .... digital effects artist
Kenneth Bailey .... visual effects
Kevin Baillie .... CG supervisor
Cheryl Bainum .... executive producer: HATCH
Mauricio Baiocchi .... animation supervisor: The Orphanage
Bill Houston Ball .... technical director
Robert Barker .... systems support
Jeff Barnes .... executive producer: CafeFX
Carl Beyer .... visual effects production manager
Renee Binkowski .... texture painter: Tippett Studio
Aprile Lanza Boettcher .... lead visual effects artist
Andrew Booth .... creative director: computer and video
Mike Bozulich .... compositor: CafeFX
Kirstin Bradfield .... rotoscope artist
Kane Brassington .... roto artist
Everett Burrell .... visual effects supervisor: CafeFX
D. Walt Cameron .... digital compositor
Joseph Carson .... visual effects editor
Salvatore Catanzaro .... assistant effects editor
Martin Caulton .... computer/video technician
Dan Cayer .... digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Lucinda Chee .... digital roto/paint artist: Tippet Studios
Alex Cherry .... digital artist
Jeremy Cho .... digital effects artist
Steve Cho .... digital compositor: The Orphanage
YouJin Choung .... digital compositor
Patrick Clancey .... digital opticals
Blair Clark .... visual effects supervisor: Tippett Studio
Jim L. Clark .... rotoscope artist: Animationwerks
Michael Clemens .... digital compositor
Dominic Daigle .... senior digital artist: HATCH
Russell Darling .... production programmer: Tippett Studio
Michael DeBeer .... matchmove artist: The Orphanage
Kent Demaine .... visual effects supervisor: Black Box Digital
Tim de Pala .... visual effects production manager: Tippett Studio
Vince De Quattro .... technical director
Alessandra de Souza .... visual effects producer
Domenic DiGiorgio .... animation supervisor
Andy Dill .... digital compositor
Tim Dobbert .... matchmove supervisor
Brennan Doyle .... compositor
Pierre Drolet .... digital artist
Kirsten Drummond .... lead lighter
Chuck Duke .... animator
David Ebner .... production executive
William Elder-Groebe .... animator: Tippett Studio
Colin Epstein .... lead compositor
Eyal Erez .... senior effects animator
Katharine Evans .... paint/rotoscope artist
Pete Evans .... digital artist: Eden FX
Deak Ferrand .... senior matte painter/designer: HATCH
Arin Finger .... visual effects associate producer: The Orphanage
Mike Fischer .... digital artist
Patrick Flanagan .... digital artist: The Pit Crew
Sayda Foell .... visual effects: The Pit Crew
Tyler Foell .... digital artist: The Pit Crew
P.J. Foley .... digital effects artist
Seth Fullerton .... rotoscope artist
Michael Gaiser .... visual effects
Vicki Galloway-Weimer .... visual effects producer: CafeFX
Adam Gerardin .... digital color corrector: Tippett Studio
Chris Gibbons .... digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Toby Glover .... screen graphics designer
Chad Goei .... digital compositor
Jeff Goldman .... digital artist: CafeFX
Scott Gordon .... fire effects lead animator: CafeFX
Dylan Gottlieb .... character modeler: Tippett Studio
Robin Scott Graham .... assistant technical director
Victor Grant .... fire animation
John F. Gross .... visual effects supervisor: Eden FX
David 'Rudy' Grossman .... creature supervisor: The Orphanage
Manuel H. Guizar .... digital effects artist
Christopher Gwynne .... visual effects technical director: The Orphanage
Christian Haley .... matte painter
Joseph Hamdorf .... modeler: Tippett Studio
Asa Hammond .... compositor
Tyler Ham .... matchmove artist: Tippett Studio
Joe Harkins .... character setup: Tippett Studio
Jonathan Harman .... technical director/compositor: The Orphanage
Max Harris .... digital compositor: Blackbox Digital
Uma Havaligi .... digital effects artist
Matthew Hendershot .... sequence supervisor: The Orphanage
Sean Hoessli .... visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage
Judith Holzman .... digital artist
Ki Jong Hong .... creature technical director
Traci Horie .... character animator: Tippett Studio
Nathaniel Hunter .... lead effects animator
Eric Ingerson .... character animator
Aruna Inversin .... digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Edward Irastorza .... visual effects producer
Edward Irastorza .... visual effects supervisor
Sean M. Jackson .... visual effects
Matt Jacobs .... compositor
Michael Janov .... technical director: The Orphanage
Jeff A. Johnson .... lighting technical director
Grzegorz Jonkajtys .... digital artist
Bruce Jurgens .... lead lighter: Motiff
John Karner .... digital effects artist
Lyoung Hui Kim .... digital artist: The Orphanage
Sungrae Kim .... creature modeler: The Orphanage
Perry M. Kimura .... digital intermediate: Efilm/Panavision
Yoon Bae Kim .... model maker
Kevin Kipper .... digital artist: The Pit Crew
Michael Kitchen .... animator: Tippett Studio
Mark Kochinski .... digital effects artist
Scott Krehbiel .... compositor
Ondrej Kubicek .... location data supervisor
Kevin Kutchaver .... visual effects supervisor: HimAnI Productions
SangHun Kwon .... technical director: The Orphanage
Todd Labonte .... animation supervisor: Tippett Studio
Kirk Larkins .... lead match move artist: Tippett Studio
Demetrius Leal .... lead effects animator: Tippett Studio
Arthur Lee .... visual effects storyboard artist
Woei Lee .... digital compositor
Joel LeLièvre .... technical director: The Orphanage
Tu Le .... digital compositor
Karin Levinson .... visual effects producer: Black Box Digital
Votch Levi .... digital artist: CafeFX
David A. Link .... I/O technician: Tippett Studio
Kevin Lin .... quality control Combustion paint artist, digital intermediate: Efilm/Panavision
Kevin Lin .... quality control coordinator, digital intermediate: Efilm/Panavision
Ting Lo .... match move artist
Ting Lo .... matte painting artist
Zachary Lo .... roto/paint artist
Randy Luczak .... rotoscope artist
Rick Markle .... rotoscope/paint supervisor: Tippett Studio
Chris McBride .... computer and video supervisor
Nicholas McDowell .... systems engineer
Kevin McGowan .... digital artist
Genevieve McMahon .... visual effects coordinator
Jim McVay .... compositing supervisor: Tippett Studio
Meats Meier .... technical director
Clear Menser .... effects animator
Saybian Morgan .... look development technical director: The Orphanage
Dan Morski .... visual effects consultant
David R. Morton .... digital artist
Phillip Moses .... visual effects associate producer: CafeFX
Patrick Murphy .... digital artist: The Pit Crew
Guido Muzzarelli .... match move artist
Toby Newell .... rotoscope artist
Grant Niesner .... digital artist: Tippett Studio
Rob Nitsch .... visual effects technical director: The Orphanage
Natalie Nolan .... digital compositor
Luke O'Byrne .... visual effects executive producer: The Orphanage
Akira Orikasa .... digital artist: CafeFX
Desi Ortiz .... visual effects editor: CafeFx
Ellery Ortiz .... matchmove
Chris Paizis .... match move supervisor
JaeWook Park .... senior technical director
Zoe Peck-Eyler .... digital compositor: Tippett Studio
David Petry .... match move artist
Chris Pickenpaugh .... animator
Fred Pienkos .... visual effects: EdenFX
Gerard Benjamin Pierre .... digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Chris Pinto .... digital plate restoration artist: Tippett
Dagan Potter .... digital artist
Alex Prichard .... digital artist: The Orphanage
Ralph Procida .... digital artist: The Orphanage
Stephen W. Pugh .... visual effects producer: Eden FX
Edward Quintero .... digital texture painter
Naomi Ruth Raine .... visual effects coordinator
Rebecca Ramsey .... visual effects producer: Hatch
Morgan Ratsoy .... character animator
Cory Redmond .... fire animation
Raine Reen .... lead texture painter
Nate Reid .... render wrangler
Nathan Reidt .... technical director: The Orphanage
Eric Reinhard .... digital compositor: HimAni Productions
Rob Reinhart .... digital artist (as Robert Reinhart)
Aaron Rhodes .... digital compositor
Aaron Rhodes .... roto/paint supervisor: The Orphanage
Ramjasha Rhodes .... visual effects production assistant
Daniel Riha .... rotoscoper
Will Robbins .... creative director: Black Box Digital
Eddie Robison .... digital effects artist
Steven Joseph Rogers .... digital effects artist
Charles Rose .... technical director
Jonathan Rothbart .... visual effects supervisor
Ari Rubenstein .... digital compositor: Tippett Studio
Jesse Russell .... digital compositor
Mark Russell .... visual effects producer
Alonzo Ruvalcaba .... head of production
Marc Sadeghi .... executive visual effects producer: The Orphanage
Nicole Samarron .... roto/paint artist
Julien Schreyer .... lighting technical director
Charles Schwartz .... matchmove artist: Tippett Studio
Misty Segura .... digital paint and rotoscope artist (as Misty Segura Barbour)
Rene Segura .... digital artist
Myung Chul Seo .... technical director
Stan Seo .... digital artist
Ralph Sevazlian .... effects animator: Tippett Studios
Rasha Shalaby .... matte painter
Dong Yeop Shin .... visual effects
Emmanuel Shiu .... concept designer
Emmanuel Shiu .... matte painter
Andrew Shuford .... unit production manager: Fantasy II Film Effects
Laura Siewert .... digital effects artist
Matt Silverman .... visual effects
Dane Allan Smith .... visual effects producer: Menithings Productions
Michael Spaw .... digital effects artist
Nic Spier .... digital artist
David Stern-Gottfried .... technical resource assistant
Michael Stetson .... digital artist
William Todd Stinson .... computer graphics supervisor
Ariel Tal .... visual effects animator
Catherine Tate .... digital compositor: The Orphanage
Jon Terada .... digital compositor
Tim Teramoto .... digital effects artist
Mike Terpstra .... compositor
Mike Terpstra .... technical director
John Teska .... digital effects supervisor
Deborah Thomas .... data wrangler: Tippett Studio
Matthew Thunell .... visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage
Paul G. Thuriot .... character set-up supervisor: Tippett Studio
Matthew Tomlinson .... digital imaging supervisor: Tippett Studio
Jim Towler .... miniatures
Aristomenis Tsirbas .... digital artist
Ryan Tudhope .... CG sequence supervisor
Michael Tuinstra .... visual effects coordinator: EdenFX
Trevor Tuttle .... digital artist
Jeff Unay .... modeler: Tippett Studio
Kristi Valk .... matte painter: The Orphanage
David Van Dyke .... visual effects associate producer
Todd Vaziri .... visual effects consultant: The Pit Crew
Robert Vignone .... model maker: Tippett Studio
Brent Villalobos .... render farm technician: The Orphanage
Matt Wallin .... digital artist
Carl Walters .... visual effects editor: The Orphanage
Christopher Warren .... director of miniature photography
Gene Warren III .... production design adaptation
Damon Wellner .... production assistant: Fantasy II
Davy Wentworth .... lighting technical director: Tippett Studio
Dirk Westervelt .... visual effects editor
Andrew C. Whitelaw .... digital artist: HATCH
Alex Whitney .... character animator/matchmove artist
W. Kale Whorton .... assistant visual effects editor
Vicki Wong .... digital film I/O manager: Tippett Studio
Rick Won .... model foreman
Tiffany Wu .... visual effects production assistant
Jason Yen .... digital compositor
Radost Yonkova .... visual effects compositor: CafeFX
Chris Zapara .... visual effects artist
Andrew Bland .... tech support: The Orphanage (uncredited)
Daniel Bryant .... digital compositor (uncredited)
Michael Carter .... digital effects artist (uncredited)
Craig Crawford .... rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (uncredited)
Lee Croft .... digital paint and rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Hugo Dominguez .... rotoscope artist (uncredited)
Eric Hance .... visual effects (uncredited)
Julie Jang .... Inferno artist (uncredited)
Christian Kinnard .... post production engineer (uncredited)
Yogesh Lakhani .... matchmove artist: The Orphanage (uncredited)
David Huynh Lam .... assistant technical director (uncredited)
Jeffrey Louie .... Inferno senior production engineer (uncredited)
Tony Magaletta .... first assistant cameraman: miniatures (uncredited)
Thomas Mathai .... data manager (uncredited)
Glen David Miller .... digital effects artist (uncredited)
David Richard Nelson .... character technical director: Tippett Studio (uncredited)
Midori Otsubo .... roto artist: Tippett Studio (uncredited)
Sunit Parekh .... lighting technical director: Tippett Studio (uncredited)
Thomas Proctor .... compositor (uncredited)
Matthew M. Robinson .... technical director (uncredited)
Sean M. Scott .... digital effects artist (uncredited)
Joon Taik Song .... visual effects artist (uncredited)
Kenneth Voss .... digital paint & roto artist: Tippett Studio (uncredited)
 
Stunts
Todd Bryant .... stunt double: Hellboy
Grant Fletcher .... stunts
Charles Grisham .... stunts
Jim Hart .... stunt double: Hellboy (as Jimmy Hart)
Jim Hart .... stunts
Jindrich Klaus .... stunt rigger
David Mottl .... stunts
Jan Petrina .... stunt double: Hellboy
Jan Petrina .... stunts
Monty L. Simons .... stunt coordinator (as Monty Simons)
Pavel Bezdek .... stunts (uncredited)
Petr Bozdech .... stunts (uncredited)
Pavel Cajzl .... assistant stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Craig Davis .... stunts (uncredited)
Zuzana Drdacka .... stunts (uncredited)
Zdenek Dvoracek .... stunts (uncredited)
Hana Dvorska .... stunts (uncredited)
Jiri First .... stunts (uncredited)
Rene Hajek .... stunts (uncredited)
Lou Horvath .... stunts (uncredited)
Miroslav Lhotka .... stunts (uncredited)
David Listvan .... stunts (uncredited)
Jan Loukota .... stunts (uncredited)
Ivan Mares .... stunts (uncredited)
Petr Nusek .... fighting instructor: swords (uncredited)
Tomas Peterac .... stunts (uncredited)
Jiri Simberský .... stunts (uncredited)
Klara Slavikova .... stunts (uncredited)
Tomas Tobola .... stunts (uncredited)
Jeff Ward .... stunts (uncredited)
Kamila Zenkerová .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Dean Brkic .... key rigging gaffer
Václav Cermak .... gaffer
Michal Chadima .... video assist operator
Rasto Gore .... electrician
Martin Grosup .... camera operator
Larry D. Horricks .... still photographer: additional photography
Timothy James Kane .... assistant camera
Robert Kodera .... grip
Pavel Kurak .... second assistant camera
Joaquín Manchado .... camera operator
Martin Maryska .... second assistant camera
John J. Moers .... additional camera operator
Pavel Proisl .... grip
Jaromir Sedina .... Steadicam operator
Jaromir Sedina .... camera operator: "b" camera
Alex Skvorzov .... gaffer
Rick Stribling .... key grip
Jakub Vajner .... camera trainee
 
Animation Department
Michael Brunet .... animator
Chuck Duke .... animator
Aaron Gilman .... character animator
Brian Mendenhall .... character animator
Eric Reynolds .... animator
 
Casting Department
Nancy Bishop .... casting: Prague
Andrea Clark .... casting associate
Minna Pyyhkala .... casting associate
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jose Fernandez .... costume sculptor
Alice Kheilova .... costume interpreter
Zuzana Kolinova .... wardrobe dresser: Mr. Perlman
Heather Moore .... key costumer
 
Editorial Department
Gary Burritt .... negative cutter
Jaroslav Dvorák .... editorial production assistant (as Jarda Dvorak)
Justine Gerenstein .... editor: opening title sequence
Jana Lynn Gold .... associate editor (as Jana Gold Carson)
Tamaron Greene .... assistant editor: Prague
Jack Lewars .... assistant color timer: Efilm
Curtis Lindersmith .... digital intermediate editor
Sheredia Norris .... editorial production assistant
Jonathan Poirier .... assistant editor (director's cut)
Christy Richmond .... assistant editor
Laura Rindner .... first assistant editor
Jeff Schweikart .... post-production assistant
Lorene Simpson .... digital intermediate producer
Danita Slaughter .... assistant digital intermediate editor
Marketa Tom .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Peter Afterman .... music supervisor
Michael T. Andreas .... music editor
Pete Anthony .... conductor
Pete Anthony .... orchestrator
Marco Beltrami .... score producer
William Boston .... orchestrator
Breaking Benjamin .... composer: song "So Cold"
Dan DiPrima .... music editor
Mark Graham .... music librarian
Christopher Guardino .... orchestrator
Randy Kerber .... orchestrator
Jon Kull .... orchestrator
John Kurlander .... scoring mixer
Ernie Mannix .... music editor
Chris McGeary .... music editor
Daniel Pinder .... additional assistant music editor
Justin Reeve .... music coordinator
Carlos Rodriguez .... orchestrator
Brienne Rose .... assistant music coordinator
Buck Sanders .... composer: additional music
Buck Sanders .... score producer
Steven L. Smith .... music preparation
Richard Stewart .... assistant music editor (as Rick Stewart)
Ceiri Torjussen .... orchestrator
Marcus Trumpp .... orchestrator
Robert Virus .... musician: theremin
Margaret Yen .... music supervisor
 
Transportation Department
Jakub Kadlec .... transportation captain
Vaclav Mottl .... transportation coordinator
Tony Vizina .... driver: cast
 
Other crew
Paul Alvarado-Dykstra .... additional assistant: Guillermo del Toro
Laurence J. Alvarez .... assistant: Mr. Gordon (as Larry Alvarez)
Rick Bernstein .... assistant: Mr. Gordon
Petra Borovanova .... production assistant
Ericka Bryce .... medic: additional photography
Sandra Butterworth .... dialogue coach
Branka Cetina .... production coordinator: Czech Republic
Leslie Coffey .... assistant: Mr. Levin
Ondrej Danis .... production assistant
Eva Dvorakova .... set medic
Karin Fong .... title designer
Adam Fuchs .... assistant location manager
Gary Gillingham .... production controller
Moira Houlihan .... publicist
Troye Jenkins .... electronic press kit
Tomas Jeseticky .... caterer
Ilt Jones .... location manager
Damiana Kamishin .... assistant production coordinator
Petr Kavalek .... production coordinator: Czech Republic
Petr Kavalek .... shipping coordinator: Czech Republic
Sarka Kindlova .... payroll accountant
Petr Kratochvíl .... production assistant (as Petr Kratochvil)
Marianna Krenova .... stand-in
Veronika Lencova .... production assistant
Markéta Maková .... assistant location manager (as Marketa Makova)
Eliska Malikova .... creature assistant
Christine Marino .... production coordinator
Dusan Matic .... extras coordinator
Rob Meisenholder .... first assistant accountant
Troy James Miller .... production coordinator: title sequence
Blake Perlman .... production assistant
Jan Petrina .... body double
Jan Petrina .... photo double: Hellboy
Reggie Rizzo .... fabricator
Bryan S. Sexton .... assistant: Guillermo del Toro
Faujja Singh .... armorer
Petr Skvor .... location scout
Kim Smith .... first assistant accountant (as Kim C. Smith)
Jan Soufek .... interpreter
Jakub Svejda .... production assistant
Tony Swatton .... sword maker
Jiri Tichacek .... production accountant
Chris Tongue .... assistant: Mr. Richardson
Sophie Treacher .... assistant production coordinator
Jaroslav Vaculik .... location manager (as Jarda Vaculik)
Pavol Vavro .... unspecified assistant
Onni Vosdoganes .... production coordinator
Brian Wade .... special sculptures supervisor
Holly Wyant .... assistant: Mr. Del Toro
Lori Wyant .... script supervisor
Dale Wyatt .... dialogue coach (as Dale S. Wyatt)
Peter Ziak .... assistant accountant
Veronika Zvolska .... production assistant
Rich Bokides .... studio runner (uncredited)
Lukas Kaplan .... set assistant (uncredited)
 

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Also Known As:
Super Sapiens (Malaysia: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and frightening images.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
122 min | 132 min (director's cut)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Russian
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Malaysia:18PL | Iceland:14 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40117) | Germany:12 (also director's cut) | France:U | South Korea:15 | South Africa:10V | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Chile:TE | Czech Republic:U | Denmark:11 | Finland:K-11 | Finland:K-15 (director's cut) | Netherlands:16 | Peru:PT | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A
Filming Locations:
Barrandov Studios, Prague, Czech Republic more
Company:
Revolution Studios more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Much of the demonology in the film is inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos developed by H.P. Lovecraft, a horror writer in the 1930s. The Sammael creatures have characteristics of both Nyarlathotep and Cthulhu. Elder gods, many eyed and tentacled, sleeping at the edge of the universe, are a staple of his books. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: The shadow of the Earth on the Moon is the same diameter for the eclipse. The Earth's shadow is much larger and would inscribe an arc on the moon aside from the Lunar eclipse taking hours instead of minutes. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Professor Trevor 'Broom' Bruttenholm: What is it that makes a man a man? Is it his origins, the way things start. Or is it something else, something harder to describe? For me it all began in 1944, classified mission off the coast of Scotland. The Nazis were desperate. Combining science and black magic they intended to upset the balance of the war...
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Be Kind Rewind (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Red Right Hand more

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One of the best comic book films, 2 February 2005
10/10
Author: Brandt Sponseller from New York City

Towards the end of World War II, the Nazis engage in efforts to win the war through means of invoking the paranormal. They attempt to open a "portal" for seven beings who are meant to invoke the apocalypse on Earth, but a U.S. Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense is on hand to stop them before they get too far. They do not stop them as quickly as they'd like, however, and the U.S. troops soon discover that a bizarre infant, part devil, part man, red, with horns and the demonic works, with a large right hand made of indestructible stone, has gotten through. They acquire the infant, we go forward in time to the late 20th Century, and most of the film concerns an adult Hellboy still working in conjunction with the U.S. government to help battle monsters and the paranormal.

Hellboy was a 10 out of 10 for me, but there are a number of criteria for any viewer to have such a high opinion of it. One, even though director Guillermo del Toro is a big fan of the Hellboy comic books and many comments have been made by him, comic creator Mike Mignola and others that the film is faithful to the books, they've also said they've changed it to suit the context of the film, so you have to not be a purist about source material to screen translations (or current screen instantiations). Two, you have to have a taste for fantasy where the creators are not very concerned with making the material coherent with or plausible in the actual world. Three, you have to enjoy your fantasy both very dark (on the horror side) and humorous/sarcastic at the same time. Four, you have to like an epic, sprawling feel to your fantasy. And Five, you have to not hate cgi creatures. I meet all of those criteria. How many you meet will likely determine how well you'll like Hellboy.

What worked best for me was the material that showed Hellboy, portrayed exquisitely by Ron Perlman, as just a regular guy cum sassy detective. Even though he's half demon, a large part of the comics, at least--and this is hinted at in the film, particularly in the climax--is a continual nature versus nurture "debate". He was raised by humans who were as normal as they could be, being government agents in a bureau dedicated to the paranormal. So he has a large number of human-like quirks, including a love of old music, beer, cats, pancakes, chili, and so on. He's also a cigar-smoking, smart-assed detective. Hellboy is at its best when it focuses on these characteristics.

But everything else works well, too. Hellboy has a monster-like counterpart, Abe Sapien (Doug Jones), and a "freak" love interest, Liz Sherman (Selma Blair), who are almost as fascinating as he is. The villain and neutral creatures (such as the "half-creature" with a speaking role towards the end) are just as captivating. There are also other characters providing enjoyable comic relief, most notably Tom Manning (Jeffrey Tambor). His adopted father, Professor Trevor "Broom" Bruttenholm (John Hurt) is intriguing. And newly recruited "caretaker" John Myers (Rupert Evans) shows promise, even if we do not get to spend much time with him here. Like many films of this type, I'd love to see all of these characters further explored in prequels, sequels and spinoffs. That's a good sign, because it shows that del Toro and fellow writers Mignola and Peter Briggs have successfully conveyed a world with "deep" characters who have extensive histories.

Also worth noting is the cinematography/lighting/production and set design, which is consistently beautiful, and ranges from the popular recent trend of more monochromatic textures (blue is the color of choice here), to the strong chiaroscuro of the comic books, to striking contrasts, such as a mostly monochromatic scene which is suddenly penetrated by a supersaturated red stream of blood. The sets are all engaging, from exteriors (one hilariously claimed to be in Newark, New Jersey) to interiors, urban to expansive countryside and even outer space environments.

As for effects, which are a large part of the film, I can't for the life of me imagine someone claiming that cgi looks "fake" compared to mechanicals, practicals, stop motion (ala Harryhausen), and so on after they see this film. For my money, these are some of the most impressive cgi creations yet, including some great cgi fight scenes.

Hellboy is captivating, suspenseful and humorous. It is well worth watching for anyone with a taste for fantasy.

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