Blueberry (2004)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Jan Kounen

Writers:

Matt Alexander (writer)
Gérard Brach (writer)
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Release Date:

11 February 2004 (Belgium)

Genre:

Adventure | Western

Tagline:

When the angels kiss the demons,... you'd better be ready.

Plot:

In the 1870's, U.S Marshal Mike S. Blueberry tries to stop Wally Blount, the man who killed his girlfriend...

Plot Keywords:

U.S. Marshal | Superstition Mountains | 1870s | Surrealism | Exploding House

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Vincent Cassel	...	Mike Blueberry
Juliette Lewis	...	Maria Sullivan
Michael Madsen	...	Wallace Sebastian Blount
Temuera Morrison	...	Runi
Ernest Borgnine	...	Rolling Star
Djimon Hounsou	...	Woodhead
Hugh O'Conor	...	Young Mike Blueberry
Geoffrey Lewis	...	Greg Sullivan
Nichole Hiltz	...	Lola (as Nicole Hiltz)
Kateri Walker	...	Kateri
Vahina Giocante	...	Madeleine
Kestenbetsa	...	Kheetseen
Tchéky Karyo	...	Uncle
Eddie Izzard	...	Prosit
Colm Meaney	...	Jimmy McClure
Dominique Bettenfeld	...	Toothless Man
Antonio Monroy	...	Julio
William Lightning	...	Young Runi
Jan Kounen	...	Billy
François Levantal	...	Pete the Barman
Joel Gonzales	...	Lead Warrior
Panshin Biri	...	Elder Indian Woman
Juan Manuel Bernal	...	Jeremy
François Bercovici	...	Desk Clerk
Richard Jones	...	Mike's Escort
Val Avery	...	Judge
Pascal Demolon	...	Dentist
Leticia Gutiérrez	...	Runi's Mother
Tetsuo Nagata	...	Chiricahua Man
Cyril Dupuy	...	Cymbalum Player
Paul Rodden	...	Irish Singer
Javier Clave	...	Ranch Hand
José Gómez Parcero	...	Ranch Hand
Karl Braun	...	Posse Member (as Karl H. Braun)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean Giraud	...	(unconfirmed)
Chattoune	...	Leader of the Vertue Ligue (uncredited)

Directed by
Jan Kounen

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Matt Alexander		writer
Gérard Brach		writer
Jean-Michel Charlier		comic book
Alexandre Coquelle		writer (as Matt Alexander)
Carlo De Boutiny		early collaboration
Jean Giraud		comic book (as Jean 'Moebius' Giraud)
Jan Kounen		writer
Matthieu Le Naour		writer (as Matt Alexander)
Louis Mellis		writer
Cassidy Pope		screenplay

Produced by
Yousaf Bokhari	....	line producer: Spain
Timothy Burrill	....	co-producer
Mariano Carranco	....	line producer
Jean-Michel Lacor	....	executive producer
Thomas Langmann	....	producer
Ariel Zeitoun	....	producer

Original Music by
Jean-Jacques Hertz
François Roy

Cinematography by
Tetsuo Nagata

Film Editing by
Jennifer Augé
Bénédicte Brunet
Joël Jacovella

Casting by
Louis DiGiaimo

Production Design by
Michel Barthélémy

Set Decoration by
Marie-Hélène Sulmoni

Costume Design by
Chattoune
Fab		(co-costume designer)

Makeup Department
Clément Bagot	....	makeup artist
Guillaume Castagné	....	special makeup effects artist
Lourdes Delgado	....	makeup department head
Maria De Lourdes	....	key hair stylist
Maria De Lourdes	....	key makeup artist
Sylvie Ferry	....	makeup artist
Delgado Garcia	....	key hair stylist
Delgado Garcia	....	key makeup artist
Sébastien Imart	....	makeup artist
Frédéric Lainé	....	special makeup effects artist
Felipe Salazar	....	key makeup artist
Hue Lan Van Duc	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Mari Arnedo	....	assistant production manager
Nicolas Bary	....	unit manager trainee
Maxime Bochner	....	unit manager
Mariano Carranco	....	production manager: Mexico
Eric Duriez	....	post-production supervisor
Ernesto Garabito	....	unit manager
Emmanuel Jacquelin	....	production supervisor
Philippe Meyer	....	unit manager
Karine Petite	....	assistant unit manager
Roxanne Pinheiro	....	unit manager
Guillaume Sion	....	assistant unit manager
Carlos 'Buho' Tames	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Roxane Andreani	....	second assistant director
Renan Bendersky	....	assistant director
Javier Clave	....	first assistant director
Marco Polo Constandse	....	second assistant director
Laurence Guérault	....	assistant director
Pascal Salafa	....	first assistant director
Frederic Sanchez Del Rio	....	assistant director
Julian 'Chico' Valdez	....	assistant director
Olivier Vergès	....	second assistant director
Franck Vestiel	....	assistant director

Art Department
Gilles Boillot	....	first assistant production designer
Marc Caro	....	special design: hieroglyphic alphabet
Alisarine Ducolomb	....	art department coordinator
Enrique Echeverría	....	set decorator: Mexico
Laura González	....	set decorator: Mexico
Barbara Horcasitas	....	art assistant
Carlos Y. Jaques	....	construction coordinator
Delphine Mabed	....	first assistant production designer
Iñigo Navarro	....	set designer
Patrick Pasquier	....	art director: Mexico
Jessica Rugias	....	dressing props
Jorge Sainz	....	set designer
Jorge Sainz	....	set dresser
Sandra Castello	....	sculpture (uncredited)
Farid Kermici	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)

Sound Department
Albert Bailey	....	sound recordist
Nicolas Becker	....	foley artist
Nicolas Becker	....	sound designer
Fabrice Conesa	....	foley recordist
Nicolas d'Halluin	....	sound recordist
Alain Féat	....	sound designer
Dean Humphreys	....	sound supervisor
Andy Kennedy	....	sound design editor
Peter Levin	....	adr recordist
Nick Lowe	....	dialogue editor
Conor Mackey	....	sound editor
Steve Meyer	....	sound editor
Glenn T. Morgan	....	supervising adr editor: US
Stuart Morton	....	sound editor
Grahame Peters	....	sound effects editor
Andy Walker	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
César Abades	....	special effects technician
Reyes Abades	....	special effects supervisor
Carlos Ferrández Hernández	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Romain Arnoux	....	digital effects artist
Rodolphe Chabrier	....	visual effects supervisor
Bertrand Cordier	....	lighting technical director: Mac Guff Ligne
Chia-Chi Hu	....	digital compositor
Stéphanie Machuret	....	senior compositor: Mac Guff Ligne
Eclair Numerique	....	visual effects
Benoit Philippon	....	digital effects artist
Olivier Poujaud	....	digital compositor
Frantz Vidal	....	animator
Vincent Wauters	....	digital artist

Stunts
Hugo Aguilera	....	stunt double
Omar Ayala	....	stunts
Balo Bucio	....	stunt double
Julian Bucio	....	stunt coordinator
Rémi Canaple	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Rémi Canaple	....	stunts
Patrick Cauderlier	....	stunt coordinator
Santiago Garcia Galvan	....	stunt double
Mario Luraschi	....	stunt coordinator
José Antonio Ona Sánchez	....	stunt double: Hugh O'conor

Camera and Electrical Department
Stéphane Agostini	....	electrician
Fabrice Bismuth	....	assistant camera
Bruno Calvo	....	still photographer
David Campbell	....	camera operator
Julien Cottret	....	grip
Santiago Garcia Galvan	....	assistant camera
Wilma Gómez Luengo	....	focus puller
Iwao Kawasaki	....	assistant camera
Ralph Mendoza	....	aerial camera operator: SpaceCam
Fernando Moreno	....	gaffer: Mexico
Craig Nix	....	crane operator: Technocrane
Sebastien Pentecouteau	....	first assistant camera
Jorge Sacristan	....	gaffer
Laurent Tangy	....	assistant camera
Thierry Valletoux	....	special photographer: additional crew

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Agnès Beziers	....	wardrobe
Christophe Giraud	....	costume painter/dyer
Sylvie Ong	....	costume supervisor
Sandra Picchiottino-beguery	....	costume assistant
Carlos Rosario	....	assistant costume designer: Los Angeles
Jessica Rugias	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Nicolas Criqui	....	digital conformation
Yvan Lucas	....	colorist: Eclair
Philippe Reinaudo	....	digital intermediate technical director

Transportation Department
Carlos Ponce de León	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Jose Manuel Ballesteros	....	caterer: Mexico
Jose Manuel Ballesteros	....	craft service: Mexico
Michaël Barocas	....	production assistant
Karl Braun	....	location manager
Nicolas Daniel	....	2K operator
Loreto de la Garza	....	production secretary
Jon Duncan	....	production accountant: UK
Sophie Fortat	....	production accountant trainee
Marie-Noelle Hauville	....	accounts supervisor
Alfredo Hernandez	....	wrangler
'Chico' Hernandez	....	carriages and horses
'Chico' Hernandez	....	horses and wagons supplier
Rodrigo Herranz	....	production coordinator: Mexico
Carlos Larios	....	production assistant
Juan Carlos Merino	....	location scout
Norberto Nava	....	security coordinator
Cassidy Pope	....	English script adaptor
Claudia Puebla	....	location manager
Gemma Rawsthorne	....	assistant accountant
Arturo Saldivar	....	production contact
Mark Shultz	....	production assistant
Mark Shultz	....	travel coordinator
Nicole Soriano	....	production coordinator
Juan Uruchurtu	....	assistant production coordinator
Héctor Villegas	....	assistant to unit managers

Production Companies

• A.J.O.Z. Films (co-production)
• La Petite Reine (co-production)
• Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC) (co-production)
• TF1 Films Production (co-production)
• 120 Films (co-production)
• Crystalcreek Ltd. (co-production)
• Ultra Films (co-production)
• TPS Star (with the participation of)

Distributors

• Cinema Mondo (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Filmax S.A. (2004) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Limon Yapim (2004) (Turkey) (theatrical)
• TOBIS Film (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• UGC-Fox Distribution (UFD) (2004) (France) (theatrical)
• Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD) (as "Renegade")
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Millennium Storm (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Moviemax (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• PlayArte Home Vídeo (2004) (Brazil) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2004) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Southern Sun  lighting

Also Known As:

Blueberry: L'expérience secrète (France)
Muraya: L'expérience secrète de Mike Blueberry (France) (working title)
Renegade (USA)
The Adventures of Mike S Blueberry (France) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, sexuality, nudity and drug content.

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

France | Mexico | UK

Language:

English | Athapascan languages | German | French | Spanish | Apache languages

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:18 | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Chihuahua, Mexico

Company:

A.J.O.Z. Films

Trivia:

Jan Kounen originally wanted Vincent Cassel to play the role of Prosit, but reconsidered and cast Eddie Izzard in the part instead

Quotes:

Prosit: I promised you gold, I give you mountains of gold!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: (#32.15)" (2004)

western meets castaneda meets matrix

All I'm going to say about this one is, if you've ever done Ayahuasca, or a lot of Peyote, or done shamanic journeying, this film is for you. If you haven't, you might enjoy the computer generated images -- which are truly fantastic and amazing -- but you won't have a clue what's going on. It's an inner drama, with the ultimate showdown taking place in a different dimension or reality. The camera work also is creative, appropriate, and interesting. The acting is a bit flat, but that's not exactly where the action is -- this is a genre movie, with a hackneyed plot (like some kind of recycled Gunsmoke episode) and mostly stereotyped characters, but as I say, it's just a vehicle; the real story takes place behind that. (Going to see this one stoned will NOT help you understand it.)

One of my all time favorite movies.