Red Planet (2000)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Antony Hoffman

Writers (WGA):

Chuck Pfarrer (story)
Chuck Pfarrer (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

10 November 2000 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Action | Thriller

Tagline:

Not A Sound. Not A Warning. Not A Chance. Not Alone.

Plot:

Astronauts search for solutions to save a dying Earth by searching on Mars, only to have the mission go terribly awry.

Plot Keywords:

Mars | Future | Infra Red | Space | Dismemberment

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Val Kilmer	...	Robby Gallagher
Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Cmdr. Kate Bowman
Tom Sizemore	...	Dr. Quinn Burchenal
Benjamin Bratt	...	Lt. Ted Santen
Simon Baker	...	Chip Pettengill
Terence Stamp	...	Dr. Bud Chantilas
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Caroline Bossi	...	Website Fan (uncredited)
Jessica Morton	...	Website Fan (uncredited)
Bob Neill	...	Houston Control (voice) (uncredited)
Neil Ross	...	Space Suit (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Antony Hoffman

Writing credits (WGA)
Chuck Pfarrer		(story)
Chuck Pfarrer		(screenplay) and
Jonathan Lemkin		(screenplay)

Produced by
Bruce Berman	....	producer
Mark Canton	....	producer
Stephen Jones	....	associate producer
Andrew Mason	....	executive producer
Chuck Pfarrer	....	executive producer
Jorge Saralegui	....	producer
Charles J.D. Schlissel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Graeme Revell

Cinematography by
Peter Suschitzky

Film Editing by
Robert K. Lambert
Dallas Puett

Casting by
Lora Kennedy

Production Design by
Owen Paterson

Art Direction by
Hugh Bateup
Catherine Mansill

Set Decoration by
Brian Dusting

Costume Design by
Kym Barrett

Makeup Department
Paul Engelen	....	makeup artist: Mr. Kilmer
Deborah Lanser	....	makeup artist
Nuggett McCabe	....	makeup artist
Vera Mitchell	....	hairdresser: Mr. Kilmer
Erica Wells	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Debbi Bossi	....	post-production supervisor
Stephen Jones	....	unit production manager
Simon Lucas	....	assistant unit manager: second unit
Paul Messer	....	unit manager: second unit
Vicki Popplewell	....	production manager
Bill Draper	....	executive in charge of production (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthew Bartley	....	assistant director (as Matt Bartley)
Graeme Burfoot	....	second unit director
Colin Fletcher	....	first assistant director
Johnny Pacialeo	....	third assistant director
Noni Roy	....	assistant director
Julian Ryan	....	assistant director: second unit
P.J. Voeten	....	assistant director: second unit (as Peter Voeten)
Drew Bailey	....	third assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Art Department
Joshua Black	....	set finisher
Timothy Burgard	....	storyboard artist
Andrew Chan	....	draughtsperson
William Chiu	....	model maker
Laurie Faen	....	additional art director
Laurie Faen	....	art director: Australia
Laurie Faen	....	art director: Jordan
Jesse Fernley	....	concept artist
Judith Harvey	....	set designer
Jane Kilkenny	....	model builder
Amanda Le Guay	....	CAD draftsperson
Billy Malcolm	....	head scenic artist
Kevin McManus	....	model maker
Lewis Morley	....	concept model maker
Simon Murton	....	robot designer
Mark Powell	....	property maker
Jocelyn Quioc	....	art department accountant
David Russell	....	production illustrator
Mark Sexton	....	storyboard artist
Phil Shearer	....	illustrator
Pheng Sisopha	....	junior draftsperson
Liz van den Berg	....	set painter
Philip Worth	....	construction supervisor
Lorrie Campbell	....	set designer (uncredited)
Gavin Jones	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Steve Riera	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Michael Smale	....	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department
Richard Adrian	....	sound effects designer
Chad Algarin	....	sound recordist
Nancy Barker	....	assistant sound editor
Ron Bartlett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Thom Brennan	....	supervising foley editor
Paul 'Salty' Brincat	....	production sound mixer
Rod Conder	....	boom operator
Dane A. Davis	....	sound designer
Dane A. Davis	....	supervising sound editor
Joe Dorn	....	supervising adr editor
Julia Evershade	....	supervising sound editor
Stephanie Flack	....	supervising dialogue editor
Eric Cameron Hosmer	....	sound editor
Andrew Lackey	....	sound effects designer
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
Eric Lindemann	....	sound effects editor (as Eric Lindeman)
Frank Long	....	assistant sound editor
Noel McIntosh	....	assistant sound editor
David McRell	....	assistant sound editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist (as Alyson Moore)
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Jeremy Peirson	....	sound effects editor
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Mark Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jenny Sutcliffe	....	boom operator
Dominique Decaudain	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Carolyn Tapp	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Richard Alexander	....	special effects
Dan Andrews	....	special effects
Billy Aziz	....	special effects logistics
Russell Barker	....	special effects
Dave Barkovitz	....	special effects technician
Enrique Bilsland	....	mechanical designer
Rodney Burke	....	special effects supervisor
Oscar G. Castillo	....	effects animator
Tom Davies	....	special effects coordinator
Lloyd Finnemore	....	special effects
Damian Fisher	....	mold shop supervisor
Damian Fisher	....	special effects technician
Patrick M. Gerrety	....	special effects
Paul Gorrie	....	special effects technician
Adam Grace	....	special effects
Rob Heggie	....	second unit supervisor
Leo Henry	....	special effects technician
David James	....	special effects
Jeff Jingle	....	mechanical design
Adam Khamis	....	special effects assistant/runner
John R. McConnell	....	pre-visualization and design: XFX Inc.
Kent Miklenda	....	subcontract effects elements
David Monzingo	....	painter: Steve Johnson's XFX
Shane Murphy	....	special effects
Dan Oliver	....	special effects
Tuck John Porter	....	special effects fabricator
David Pride	....	special effects (as Dave Pride)
Tad Pride	....	special effects supervisor
Tim Riach	....	special effects technician
Stuart Rowsell	....	fibreglass technician
Michelle Russell	....	special effects
Arthur Spink Jr.	....	special effects
Douglas J. Stewart	....	costume painter: XFX
Taj Trengove	....	special effects technician
Steve Fink	....	fabricator (uncredited)
Steve Newburn	....	mold department: Steve Johnson's XFX (uncredited)
Scott Oshita	....	machinist (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Victor Abbene	....	visual effects: chief lighting technician
Romulo Adriano Jr.	....	visual effects assistant
Tony Anderson	....	visual effects
Darryl Anka	....	storyboard artist
James G. Anka	....	model maker
Jason Armstrong	....	animator: Metrolight Studios
Jeffrey Arnold	....	compositor: Flash Film Works
Hunter Athey	....	character animator
Christian Aubert	....	technical director: Digital Domain
Kenneth Au	....	digital compositor
Jeffrey Edward Baksinski	....	motion tracking supervisor: Cinesite (as Jeff Baksinski)
Scott Ballard	....	lead character technical director
Laura Barbera	....	CG modeler
Laura Barbera	....	digital artist
Lynn Basas	....	digital artist
James Battersby	....	digital integration lead
Yakov Baytler	....	digital artist
Judith Bell	....	digital compositor
Susana Bentsen	....	digital artist
Nancy Bernstein	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Domain
Robert Berryman	....	senior model maker
Shourt Bill	....	machineist
Duncan Blackman	....	matchmove artist
Allen Blaisdell	....	matchmover
David Bleich	....	digital artist
Aprile Lanza Boettcher	....	visual effects
Thomas Boland	....	visual effects producer
Cosmas Paul Bolger Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor
Brigitte Bourque	....	digital compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Constance Bracewell	....	lead animator
Beau Cameron	....	digital artist
Derrick Carlin	....	lead character animator: Cinesite
Lynne Cartwright	....	additional visual effects supervisor
Jeffrey Castel De Oro	....	digital compositor
Oscar G. Castillo	....	effects animator
Kate Choi	....	lighting director
Adam Chrystie	....	digital artist
Tony Clark	....	visual effects supervisor: Rising Sun Pictures
John Coats	....	conceptual designs: Flash Film Works
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Tim 'Timco' Conway	....	visual effects set supervision/integration supervisor: Digital Domain
Filippo Costanzo	....	compositor
Erin M. Cullen	....	roto supervisor
Gina Di Bari	....	digital artist
Feliciano di Giorgio	....	compositing supervisor: Digital Domain
Victor DiMichina	....	scanning and recording supervisor: Pixel Magic
Jamie Dixon	....	visual effects supervisor: Hammerhead Productions
Scott Dougherty	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Christina Drahos	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Gus Duron	....	visual effects editor: Digital Domain
Shook Dwight	....	miniatures
Malcolm Eager	....	visual effects assistant
Jack Edjourian	....	miniature design and construction
Mark Eggenweiler	....	digital effects
Mark Eggenweiler	....	visual effects editor
James Egstad	....	scanning and recording operator: Digital Domain
Michelle Eisenreich	....	visual effects producer: Hammerhead
Theresa Ellis	....	digital compositor
Gregory Elwood	....	digital artist
Gregory Elwood	....	digital painter
Fish Essenfeld	....	compositing and 2D supervisor: Metrolight Studios
Tim Everitt	....	compositor: Flash Film Works
Sean Andrew Faden	....	effects animation team lead: Digital Domain
Ben Farris	....	systems administrator
Patrick Flanagan	....	digital artist
David Fogg	....	compositor: Flash Film Works
John Follmer	....	head of production: MetroLight Studios
Fiona Foster	....	visual effects in-house production manager
Brian Gardner	....	senior technical expert
Jack Geist	....	visual effects coordinator
Jonathan Gerber	....	modeler
Swen Gillberg	....	3D integration artist: Digital Domain
Ido Gondelman	....	lead character animator: Digital Domain: Digital Domain
Jim Gorman	....	digital composite artist: Pixel Magic
Antony Graf	....	digital artist: Rhythm & Hues
McCune Grant	....	visual effects supervisor
Cary Green	....	2D coordinator
Peter Greenstone	....	digital effects artist
Jerry Hall	....	digital compositor
Mike Hardison	....	CG supervisor: Pixel Magic
Bruce Harris	....	digital composite artist: Pixel Magic
Christian Hatfield	....	CG artist
Adam Hawkey	....	compositor: Rhythm & Hues
Jongwoo Heo	....	visual effects
Brad Herman	....	digital ship creator: Digital Domain
John Hewitt	....	look development lead: A.M.E.E.
Bryan Hirota	....	visual effects supervisor: Rhythm and Hues
Dennis Hoffman	....	visual effects executive producer: Cinesite
Phil Holland	....	scanning & recording operator
Eric Horton	....	digital effects artist
Caleb J. Howard	....	digital effects
Gary Hutzel	....	miniature director of photography
Lauren Iverson	....	visual effects intern: Flash Film Works
Aaron James McComas	....	digital effects animator: Digital Domain
Bruce Jones	....	visual effects producer
Justin Jones	....	visual effects
Bruce Jurgens	....	lead modeler: digital matte painter
Michael Karp	....	motion control operator
Mark Kenaston	....	digital artist
Steven Kilgore	....	rotoscope artist: Flash Film Works
Darren Kiner	....	lighting technical director: Cinesite
Karen Klein	....	digital compositor
Mark Kochinski	....	3D animation & digital compositor: Flash Film Works
Joshua I. Kolden	....	visual effects
David Krause	....	technical coordinator
Lincoln Kupchak	....	visual effects editor: Flash Film Works
Vincent Lavares	....	digital asset manager: Cinesite Hollywood
Julian Ledger	....	senior model maker
Kelly L'Estrange	....	visual effects production manager: Digital Domain
Mark Tait Lewis	....	compositing supervisor: Cinesite
Raymond K.L. Liu	....	digital artist
Suzanne Lowe	....	digital producer
Dawn Brooks Macleod	....	rotoscope artist: Flash Film Works (as Dawn Brooks)
Heather MacPhee	....	texture painter: MetroLight Studios
George Macri	....	visual effects coordinator: Pixel Magic
Jason Madigan	....	digital compositor
Mike Makara	....	visual effects character animator: Cinesite
Steve Markowski	....	animation supervisor
Marcel Martinez	....	digital compositor
S. Scott McCaulley	....	facilities supervisor: Digital Domain
L. Patrick McCormack	....	visual effects coordinator
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic
Erika A. McKee	....	visual effects coordinator
John P. Mesa	....	visual effects co-supervisor: Flash Film Works
Penny A. Mesa	....	visual effects production manager: Flash Film Works
William Mesa	....	visual effects supervisor: Flash Film Works
Mark Michaels	....	lead compositor
Stuart Mintz	....	digital artist
Newsha Mohageri	....	visual effects intern: Flash Film Works
Kama Moiha	....	digital compositor
Shook Monty	....	foreman
Carl S.G. Moore	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite
Sarah Moore	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Zeke Morales	....	visual effects editor: Rhythm & Hues
Fred Mugford	....	digital effects artist: Rhythm & Hues
Patrick Murphy	....	digital composite artist: Pixel Magic
Alfred Mürrle	....	digital compositor: Digital Domain
Don Myers	....	3D modeling and animation: Flash Film Works
Erik Nash	....	visual effects supervisor
Jeremy Nelligan	....	digital compositor
Dan Novy	....	visual effects technical supervisor: Flash Film Works
Jeffrey A. Okun	....	visual effects supervisor
Tony O'Loughlan	....	motion control camera assistant
Marco S. Paolini	....	digital compositor
Bradley Parker	....	animation supervisor: Digital Domain
Reid Paul	....	main title design
Bruce Pearson	....	compositor: Flash Film Works
Brian Peyatt	....	technical coordinator
Eric Pham	....	digital compositor: OCS FreezeFrame
Brett Phillips	....	lead model maker: Digital Domain
Kelly Port	....	CG supervisor
Peter Profetto	....	compositor: Flash Film Works
Dante Quintana	....	3D data supervisor
Jon Quon	....	technical assistant: Cinesite
Ronald Rametta	....	senior model maker
Michael Ramirez	....	digital artist
Neil Richmond	....	animator
Won Rick	....	miniatures
Jay Riddle	....	visual effects supervisor: plate photography
Olun Riley	....	technical director
Robert Rioux	....	modeler: Rhythm & Hues
David Robinson	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite
Sean Rourke	....	digital effects editor: Cinesite
Chris Ryan	....	CG artist: MetroLight Studios
Olivier Sarda	....	digital compositor
Ray Scalice	....	general manager: Pixel Magic
Clark Schaffer	....	scenic model maker
Lopsie Schwartz	....	texture painter
Alex Scollay	....	previs artist
Anthony Serenil	....	visual effects
David Short	....	3D animator: Rising Sun Pictures
Ken Sjogren	....	digital compositor
Thomas J. Smith	....	visual effects supervisor: Cinesite
Serge Sretschinsky	....	CG supervisor
Tomme B. Stanley	....	digital artist
George Stevens	....	model maker crew chief: Digital Domain
Siouxsie Stewart	....	3D coordinator: Digital Domain
Ken Stranahan	....	visual effects compositing supervisor: Flash Film Works
Tammy Sutton	....	rotoscope artist: Flash Film Works
Jeremie Talbot	....	animator: Metrolight Studios
Kris Taplin	....	rotoscope artist: Flash Film Works
Etienne Terblanche	....	rotoscope artist: Flash Film Works
Jerry Tessendorf	....	lead software developer
Juan Carlos Vargas	....	digital artist (as Juan Vargas)
Todd Vaziri	....	digital artist: OCS/Freeze Frame/Pixel Magic
John B. Wallace	....	texture lead: Cinesite
Darrin Wehser	....	digital artist
Jerry Weil	....	digital effects supervisor: Metrolight Studios
Jeffrey White	....	visual effects producer: Flash Film Works
Peter Wyborn	....	head model maker
Rachel Wyn Dunn	....	digital compositor
Tsz 'Gee' Yeung	....	digital effects artist
Serkan Zelzele	....	compositor
S. Kai Bovaird	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Al Bruce	....	visual effects grip- Digital Domain (uncredited)
Scot Byrd	....	publicist: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Wally Chin	....	3D technical assistant (uncredited)
Robert Coquia Jr.	....	3D technical assistant (uncredited)
Brandon Craig	....	render supervisor (uncredited)
Curtis Edwards	....	digital artist: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Christian M. Elsensohn	....	render coordinator: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Quentin Frost	....	digital artist: Cinesite (uncredited)
Tom K. Gurney	....	animator: Cinesite Hollywood (uncredited)
Jack Holland	....	art department assistant: Rhythm & Hues (uncredited)
Fred Jimenez	....	2D technical assistant (uncredited)
Richard Karnes	....	visual effects avid editor: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Kevin LaNeave	....	video editor (uncredited)
Rebecca Lilienfeld	....	assistant visual effects editor: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Justice O'Neil	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Adam Paschke	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Tim Pyle	....	previsualization animator (uncredited)
Brian Ripley	....	modelmaker and painter: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Ben Roberts	....	digital compositor: Rising Sun Pictures (uncredited)
Mike Roby	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Ramprasad Sampath	....	visual effects technical director (uncredited)
Jason Shea	....	systems administrator: Digital Domain (uncredited)
Ellen Somers	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Andy Tamandl	....	animator: Hammerhead Productions (uncredited)
Kevin Tengan	....	systems administrator (uncredited)

Stunts
Richard Bucher	....	stunts
Nash Edgerton	....	stunt rigger
Lou Horvath	....	stunt safety supervisor
Tony Lynch	....	stunt rigger
Guy Norris	....	stunt coordinator
Glenn Suter	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Annette Van Moorsel	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Mitchell Amundsen	....	camera operator
Ian Bird	....	best boy grip
Jason Boland	....	still photographer
Ray Brown	....	key grip
Matt Buchan	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Peter Bushby	....	chief lighting technician: second unit
Pete Cavaciuti	....	Steadicam operator: second unit (as Peter Cavaciuti)
Frank Connor	....	still photographer: second unit
Alan Dunstan	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Martin Fargher	....	grip
Steve Harding	....	dolly grip
Gary Hill	....	rigging gaffer
Alex Laguna	....	rigging gaffer
Joel Lattegan	....	rigging gaffer
Gary Lincoln	....	key grip: second unit
Jimmy MacIntosh	....	dolly grip
Travis McGee	....	rigging gaffer
Mick Morris	....	chief lighting technician
Phil Mulligan	....	assistant chief lighting technician: second unit
Randy Nolen	....	Steadicam operator (as Randy Nolan)
Harry Panagiotidis	....	Steadicam operator
Jem Rayner	....	focus puller
Michael Rich	....	dolly grip
Beau Sevastos	....	dolly grip
C. Shipley	....	grip
Gary Smith	....	grip
Ben Steel	....	electrician
Greg Tuohy	....	dolly grip
Aron Walker	....	dolly grip (as Aaron Walker)
John 'JW' Warner	....	grip: miniature unit
Geoffrey Wharton	....	director of photography: second unit
Jonathan Yates	....	rigging gaffer
Paul Brannan	....	video assist operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Chris Lentz	....	character animator: Cinesite
Rob Nunn	....	animator

Casting Department
Rutie Blum	....	additional casting: Israel
Levana Hakim	....	additional casting: Israel
Jake Richter	....	casting assistant
Vicky Roper	....	extras casting
Shauna Wolifson	....	casting: Australia

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Steve Buscaino	....	on set space suit technician: Australia
John Casey	....	costume supervisor
Lois DeArmond	....	costume illustrator
Brenda Donoho	....	key costumer
Jeanne DuPont	....	assistant costume designer
Mel Dykes	....	costume supervisor
Andrea Hood	....	key costumer
Clare Howie	....	costume assistant
Lisa Lovaas	....	costume supervisor
Helen Maggs	....	key costumer
Wanda Piety	....	specialty costume supervisor
Jo Thorpe	....	costume cutter
Megan Worthy	....	assistant costume designer
Sandra O'Toole	....	costume textile artist (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Matt Boatright-Simon	....	editorial assistant
Mark Bourgeois	....	assistant editor
Neil Greenberg	....	assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Paula Lourie	....	assistant editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Felix Pomeranz	....	assistant editor
Ronald White	....	assistant editor
Bill Daly	....	post-production executive (uncredited)

Music Department
Wolfgang Amadeus	....	scoring mixer
Mark Curry	....	music mixer
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
Paul Haslinger	....	music programmer
Stephen McLaughlin	....	score recordist (as Steve McLaughlin)
Jeffrey Pollack	....	music consultant
Ashley Revell	....	music editor
Tim Simonec	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Dave Heazlewood	....	transportation captain
John Suhr	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Lorelle Adamson	....	production coordinator: second unit
Dick Beckett	....	location manager: second unit
Maren Brown	....	assistant to director
Mandy Butler	....	first assistant accountant
Traci Duxbury	....	accounting assistant
Sophie Fabbri-Jackson	....	script supervisor
Chris Farber	....	assistant: Mark Canton
Kerry Fetzer	....	caterer
Ryan Gardner	....	spacesuit technician
Emma Jacobs	....	assistant: Andrew Mason
Gary Jones	....	production accountant
Omar Khammash	....	production services: Jordan
Jacqueline King	....	assistant production coordinator
Fiona Landreth	....	assistant production accountant
Peter Lawless	....	location manager
Jim Miller	....	assistant: Mark Canton (as Jan Miller)
Niamh Murphy	....	textile artist
Cian O'Clery	....	production runner
Tonia Pearson	....	assistant: Jorge Saralegui
Jo Pinter	....	production secretary
Reinaldo Puentes-Tucki	....	assistant: Ms. Moss
Karen Radzyner	....	assistant: Charles J.D. Schussel
Paul Ranford	....	production coordinator
Caroline Roemmele	....	assistant production coordinator: second unit
Rob Seager	....	location accountant
Fiona Searson	....	unit publicist
Phil Shearer	....	illustrator: concept
Andrew Sobkovich	....	high definition consultant
Vanessa Sulman	....	production secretary: second unit
Paul Thomas	....	assistant: Mr. Kilmer
Carmel Torcasio	....	script supervisor: second unit
Amanda Uber	....	staff coordinator
Joshua Watkins	....	production runner
Joshua Watkins	....	staff assistant
Elena Zokas	....	production coordinator: second unit
Michael Crawford	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)
Jason Mack	....	security officer (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Village Roadshow Pictures (in association with)
• NPV Entertainment (in association with)
• Canton Company, The
• Mars Production Pty. Ltd.

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2000) (USA) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2000) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Village Roadshow Entertainment (2000) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2000) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2000) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2000) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2000) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Sogefilms A.I.E. (2000) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2001) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2001) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2001) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2001) (Poland) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2001) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)
• Veronica (2003) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• Roadshow Entertainment Video (200?) (Australia) (VHS)
• SubTV (2005) (Finland) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Finland) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (200?) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (200?) (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Cinesite (Hollywood)
• Digital Domain
• Digital Filmworks
• Flash Film Works
• Grant McCune Design
• Hammerhead Productions
• MetroLight Studios
• OCS/Freeze Frame/Pixel Magic
• Patrick Tatopoulos Design (concept design)
• Rising Sun Pictures (visual effects)

Other Companies

• AMX  advanced control systems and touch panels provided by (as Panja/AMX)
• Ace Books  novelization
• Antakirinja Land Management Aboriginal Corporation  special thanks
• Danetracks  sound post-production
• District Council of Coober Pedy  special thanks
• Gillespies Crane Services  cranes
• Global Music Service  music copyist
• Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan  special thanks
• International Traders  production services: Jordan (uncredited)
• Interscope Records  soundtrack
• Kodak Australasia  film stock (as Kodak)
• Pacific Title  opticals and end titles
• Pangaea Records  soundtrack published by
• Pixel Magic  main titles
• Spectrum Films International  post-production facilities

Also Known As:

Mars (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence, brief nudity and language.

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:M | Malaysia:U | Iceland:12 | Argentina:Atp | Chile:TE | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:M | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | South Korea:12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Boral Quarry, Prospect, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

Village Roadshow Pictures

Trivia:

In a flash back sequence where Kate Bowman is remembering her near intimacy with Gallagher we return to a close up of her wearing a baseball cap that says "Miramar Flight Center - San Diego". A tribute, intentional or otherwise to Val Kilmer's previous role in Top Gun (1986).

Goofs:

Factual errors: Mars lost its magnetosphere several billion years ago, which allows solar radiation to react more strongly with the Martian ionosphere, thereby keeping the atmosphere too thin to support human life. This is due mainly to the cooling off of the Martian core, the magnetic field of which supports atmospheric retention. Therefore, the "restoration" of a Martian atmosphere would be geologic, not biologic, so attempting to re-oxygenate the planet through the introduction of algae would have been futile, since the atmosphere is too thin to keep it air from escaping into space. This is precisely why the Martian atmosphere is about 95% carbon dioxide and would never be able to "convert" to a breathable atmosphere, since the Martian core is all but spent.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Commander Kate Bowman: [narration] By the year 2000 we had begun to over populate, pollute, and poison our planet faster than we could clean it up. We ignored the problem for as long as we could. But we were kidding ourselves. By 2025, we knew we were in trouble. And began to desperately search for a new home - Mars.
Commander Kate Bowman: For the last 20 years we've been sending unmanned probes with algae, bio-engineered to grow there and produce oxygen. We're going to build ourselves an atmosphere we can breathe. And for 20 years it seemed to worked. It looked like we pulled it off. We'd done it. Then all of a sudden, oxygen levels started to drop. We don't know why.

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Referenced in Spartan (2004)

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The Tower That Ate People

A really great film!

Looking at the other comments i think people really have a hatred to sci-fi films at the mo. I know that Mission to Mars was bad, i'd be the 1st to admit that......but that doesn't mean that all other sci-fi films are going to be bad. Last year we had Pitch Black which i thought was okay.........and we had Red Planet.

Red Planet came with a reasonably large budget, a really superior cast to Mission to Mars and absolutely great special effects. The main story line in itself is not ground breaking, but the sub plots within the film give the film its real grip!

A crew of 4 astranauts and 2 science officers agree to board a mission into building a new home on mars through the aid of making it a breathable atmosphere through the aid of planting algae.

Then in comes your usual suprises, the spacecraft that their in hits critical conditions causing them to land on Mars earlier than they wanted to and therefore building a storyline of what they are going to do to get back to earth.

The sub plot involving the crews relationship between pentigill who was a last minute choice for the mission is excellent. Simon Baker plays the character excellently and you never know wether to trust him or hate him. The special effects on the robot AMEE were outstanding aswell, this created the suspence part of the film.

I gave this film 9/10 because i love sci-fi and i thought that it was well acted and had a really decent storyline.