Dreamcatcher (2003)

Director:

Lawrence Kasdan

Writers (WGA):

Stephen King (novel)
William Goldman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

21 March 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Tagline:

Four friends hung a dreamcatcher in their cabin. It's about to catch something it cannot stop.

Plot:

Friends on a camping trip discover that the town they're vacationing in, is being plagued in an unusual fashion by parasitic aliens from outer space.

Plot Keywords:

Box Office Flop | Blizzard | Alien | Bio Hazard | Alien Contact

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Morgan Freeman	...	Col. Abraham Curtis
Thomas Jane	...	Henry
Jason Lee	...	Beaver
Damian Lewis	...	Jonesy
Timothy Olyphant	...	Pete
Tom Sizemore	...	Owen
Donnie Wahlberg	...	Duddits
Mikey Holekamp	...	Young Henry
Reece Thompson	...	Young Beaver
Giacomo Baessato	...	Young Jonesy
Joel Palmer	...	Young Pete
Andrew Robb	...	Young Duddits
Eric Keenleyside	...	Rick McCarthy
Rosemary Dunsmore	...	Roberta Cavell
Michael O'Neill	...	Gen. Matheson
Darrin Klimek	...	Maples
Campbell Lane	...	Old Man Gosselin
C. Ernst Harth	...	Barry Neiman
Ingrid Kavelaars	...	Trish
Chera Bailey	...	Rachel
Alex Campbell	...	Richie Grenadeau
T.J. Riley	...	Scottie
Ryan DeBoer	...	Duncan (as Ryan De Boer)
Susan Charest	...	Becky
Ty Olsson	...	Army Truck Driver
Michael Daingerfield	...	Conklin
Kevan Ohtsji	...	Tracking Technician
Marcy Goldberg	...	EMT #1
Dion Johnstone	...	EMT #2
Shauna Kain	...	Josie Rinkenhauer
Colin Lawrence	...	Edwards
Malik McCall	...	Platoon Leader
Jordan Walker	...	Helicopter Sentry
Jon Kasdan	...	Defuniak (as Jonathan Kasdan)
Michael Dobson	...	Stranger on Curb (as Michael Richard Dobson)
John Moore	...	Bad Driver
Carolyn Tweedle	...	Woman in Crowd
Christopher Ang	...	Apache Crewman #1
Chris Duggan	...	Apache Crewman #2
Daniel Merali	...	Apache Crewman #3
Matt Riley	...	Apache Crewman #4
John Armstrong	...	Detainee #1
Jack Crowston	...	Detainee #2
Trenna Frandsen	...	Detainee #3
John Gagné	...	Detainee #4 (as John Gagne)
Sue Hartley	...	Detainee #5
John Hombach	...	Detainee #6
Kat Kosiancic	...	Detainee #7
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Victor Formosa	...	Man Outside Bar (uncredited)
Lance Kinsey	...	Hofferman (uncredited)

Directed by
Lawrence Kasdan

Writing credits (WGA)
Stephen King		(novel "Dreamcatcher")
William Goldman		(screenplay) and
Lawrence Kasdan		(screenplay)

Produced by
Bruce Berman	....	executive producer
Elizabeth Dollarhide	....	associate producer
Stephen P. Dunn	....	co-producer (as Stephen Dunn)
Casey Grant	....	co-producer
Jon Hutman	....	co-producer
Lawrence Kasdan	....	producer
Mark Kasdan	....	associate producer
Charles Okun	....	producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
John Seale		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Raúl Dávalos		(as Raul Davalos)
Carol Littleton

Casting by
Ronna Kress

Production Design by
Jon Hutman

Art Direction by
Kendelle Elliott
W. Steven Graham		(supervising art director)
Helen Jarvis

Set Decoration by
Amber E. MacLeod
Rose Marie McSherry

Costume Design by
Molly Maginnis

Makeup Department
Deena Adair	....	hair stylist: Mr. Freeman
Rita Ciccozzi	....	assistant makeup artist
Bill Corso	....	makeup supervisor
Ken Culver	....	foam technician
Victoria Down	....	key makeup artist
Joel Echallier	....	special makeup effects artist
Céline Godeau	....	special makeup effects artist
Nancy Hancock	....	makeup artist: Mr. Freeman
Rob Hinderstein	....	special makeup effects artist
Toby Lindala	....	special makeup effects artist
Sherry Linder-Gygli	....	key hair stylist
Sandy Monesmith	....	hair stylist
Ryan Nicholson	....	special makeup effects artist
Christopher Mark Pinhey	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Casey Grant	....	production manager
Steven Kaminsky	....	post-production supervisor
Yvonne Melville	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Barry	....	second assistant director
Misha Bukowski	....	third assistant director: second unit
Paul Burger	....	third assistant director
Stephen P. Dunn	....	first assistant director
E.J. Foerster	....	second unit director
Dave 'Foots' Footman	....	first assistant director: second unit (as David Footman)
Darren Robson	....	second assistant director: second unit
Riley Walsh	....	assistant director trainee
Jennifer Zimmer	....	trainee assistant director
Jeff Mosuk	....	additional second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Raymond Alley	....	on-set painter: second unit (as Ray Alley)
Derek Bobroff	....	stand-by painter (as Derek Rembrandt Boboroff)
Dee A. Burden	....	construction first aid/safety
Ashley Burnham	....	assistant: Jon Hutman
Cynthia Burtinshaw	....	set decorating coordinator
Lynn Chaulk	....	scenic artist
Kevin Clark	....	greens lead
Kevin Clark	....	head greensman: second unit
Steve Craine	....	paint supervisor
Derek Del Puppo	....	lead carpenter
Gord Envik	....	set dresser
Glenn Foerster	....	head greensman
Allan Galajda	....	set designer (as Allan Galjda)
Shannon Gottlieb	....	assistant set decorator
Kevin Griffin-Park	....	on-set dresser
Jay Hall	....	greensman: second unit
Doug Hardwick	....	construction coordinator (as Douglas Hardwick)
Haida Harper	....	assistant property master (as Haida Greenleaf Harper)
Dave Henneberry	....	on-set greens (as Dave Hennebery)
Glen Hierlihy	....	lead carpenter (as Glen Herlihy)
Jan Holmsten	....	construction buyer
R. Mark Hughes	....	property master: second unit (as Mark Hughes)
Zoe Jirik	....	set decoration buyer
Shannon Johnstone	....	art department assistant
Dave G. Jones	....	paint foreman (as Dave Jones)
Alex Kameniczky	....	set designer (as Alexander Kameniczky)
Sayuri Katayama	....	lead laborer
John B. Keys	....	lead scenic artist (as John Bruce Keys)
John Kobylka	....	stand-by carpenter
Marion Kolsby	....	assistant art director
Bryan Korenberg	....	property master
Todd Lawley	....	set dresser (as J. Todd Lawley)
Joseph J. Leja	....	tool maintenance (as J. Joseph Leja)
Terry Lewis	....	lead set dresser
Laurie Marsh	....	lead set dresser
Darrin Massey	....	greensman: second unit
Peter McGregor	....	lead carpenter
Mike McLeod	....	construction foreman
Dale Menzies	....	construction foreman
Roxanne Methot	....	assistant art director
Jay Mitchell	....	set designer
Rick Newsome	....	storyboard artist (as Richard Newsome)
Andy Nieman	....	props buyer
Jacques Paradis	....	lead carpenter
Valentine Pavuls	....	assistant property master
Guy Roland	....	set dresser
Ken Sawatzky	....	set dresser
Stephanie Scott	....	art department assistant
Rob Smith	....	lead carpenter
Michael Toby	....	set designer
Stephen Vance	....	paint foreman
Anneke Van Oort	....	set designer
Adrien Van Viersen	....	storyboard artist (as Adrien C. Van Vierson)
Mark Vena	....	storyboard artist (as Marc Vena)
Marke K. Walker	....	lead carpenter
Ross Walshe	....	lead carpenter (as Ross Walsh)
Mike Websdale	....	set dresser
Lynn-Anne West	....	scenic artist
Shaun Witte	....	construction first aid/safety (as Shaun Witt)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Eric Batut	....	sound mixer
Jacque Blackstone	....	sound effects: special bodily sounds (as Jacques Blackstone)
G.W. Brown	....	adr editor (as Greg Brown)
Rick Canelli	....	adr recordist
Derek Casari	....	adr engineer
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist (as John Cucci)
Valerie Davidson	....	foley editor
Barbara Delpuech	....	first assistant sound editor
Yann Delpuech	....	sound designer
Yann Delpuech	....	supervising sound editor
Kira Edmunds	....	assistant sound editor
Daniel Fontaine-Bégin	....	adr recordist
Chris Glyn-Jones	....	boom operator
Robert Grieve	....	sound designer
Robert Grieve	....	supervising sound editor
Wayne Griffin	....	dialogue editor
Shaughnessy Hare	....	assistant sound editor
Gary A. Hecker	....	sound effects: special alien voices (as Gary Hecker)
Chris Higgins	....	second boom operator
Deborah Irwin	....	sound producer: Sound Dogs, Inc. (as Deborah K. Irwin)
Darren King	....	adr supervisor
Darren King	....	dialogue supervisor
E. Niles Klein	....	sound editorial technical consultant
John Lawson	....	adr engineer
Ai-Ling Lee	....	sound effects editor
David Lucarelli	....	adr recordist
David Marcus	....	assistant sound editor
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Kevin O'Connell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Bryan Pennington	....	consultant: Dolby film sound
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
Greg P. Russell	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan Sharp	....	sound re-recordist
Paulo Spastle	....	sound assistant
Meg Taylor	....	second assistant sound editor
Carmen Verin	....	sound assistant
Brian P. Williams	....	sound re-recordist
Dan Yale	....	foley supervisor
Wendy Czajkowsky	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Trevor Addie	....	special effects
Thomas D. Bacho Jr.	....	special effects technician
Brent Baker	....	mold shop supervisor: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Enrique Bilsland	....	lead weasel technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc.
Enrique Bilsland	....	puppeteer (as Enrique B. Bilsland)
John S. Blezard	....	special effects assistant
Mark Boley	....	effects coordinator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Dennis Briest	....	special effects assistant (as Dennis Mishko Briest)
Billy Bryan	....	effect technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc. (as Bill Bryan)
Billy Bryan	....	puppeteer (as Bill Bryan)
Brian Bullock	....	special effects assistant
Tamara Carlson	....	lead fabricator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc. (as Tamara Carlson-Woodard)
Jeny Cassady	....	puppeteer
Chris Davis	....	special effects assistant
Jay Dolan	....	special effects technician: second unit
Bernard Eichholz	....	weasel effect designer: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc. (as Bernie Eicholz)
Mike Elizalde	....	mechanical designer
Deborah Galvez	....	lead fur technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc.
Jason Hamer	....	assistant coordinator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Jason Hamer	....	puppeteer
Karin Hanson	....	special effects hair
Glen Hanz	....	weasel sculptor: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc.
Tim Jarvis	....	effect technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Jeff Jingle	....	animatronic creature design
Mark Killingsworth	....	effect painter: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc.
Mark Killingsworth	....	puppeteer
Leon Laderach	....	lead weasel effect designer: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc.
Leon Laderach	....	puppeteer
Rick Lalonde	....	fur technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc. (as Rick LaLonde)
Lars Lenander	....	special effects best boy
Anthony Lucero	....	special effects
Leonard MacDonald	....	lead artist: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Leonard MacDonald	....	puppeteer
John R. McConnell	....	pre-visualization: XFX Inc.
Elie Merhab	....	special effects assistant (as Elie T. Merheb)
Reg Milne	....	special effects assistant
Colin Naso	....	special effects assistant
Ned Neidhardt	....	lead hair technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Robert Newton	....	production coordinator: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Robert Newton	....	puppeteer
Larry Odien	....	lead weasel engineer: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc.
William H. Orr	....	special effects coordinator
Andrew Pedley	....	puppeteer: second unit
Justin Raleigh	....	mold technician: Edge FX, Inc.
Geoff Redknap	....	puppeteer
Sam Sainz	....	foam runner: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Clay Scheirer	....	special effects snow coordinator (as Clayton Scheirer)
W.A. Andrew Sculthorp	....	head special effects fabricator
Grant Smith	....	special effects assistant
Dave Snyder	....	effect technician: Steve Johnson's Edge FX, Inc.
Andrew Verhoeven	....	motion base operator
John Weldy	....	weasel sculptor: Steve Johnson's Edge FX Inc.
John Wilkinson	....	special effects assistant
Teresa Wilkinson	....	special effects buyer
Steve Wolvely	....	special effects assistant

Visual Effects by
Ismail Acar	....	animator: ILM
Tim Alexander	....	visual effects co-supervisor: ILM
Adrienne Anderson	....	visual effects and animation coordinator: ILM
Leah Anton	....	digital compositor: ILM
Joakim Arnesson	....	computer graphics supervisor: ILM
Al Bailey	....	digital compositor: ILM
Charles Bailey	....	modelmaker: ILM (as Charlie Bailey)
Trent Bateman	....	technical support: ILM
Jeffrey Benedict	....	CG artist: ILM
Amy Beresford	....	visual effects coordinator
Mike Bienstock	....	first assistant camera operator: ILM
Andrea Biklian	....	negative lineup: ILM
Kevin Blenkhorn	....	software R&D: ILM
Matt Bouchard	....	CG artist: ILM (as Matthew Bouchard)
Corey Bramall	....	digital artist
Patrick Brennan	....	digital compositor: ILM
Dan Brittain	....	digital artist
Lindsay Burnett	....	visual effects producer: Asylum
Cathy Burrows	....	digital compositor: ILM (as Cathy Burrow)
Michaela Calanchini	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Colin Campbell	....	digital compositor: ILM
Tami Carter	....	digital compositing supervisor: ILM
Mark Casey	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Sean M. Casey	....	still photographer: ILM (as Sean Casey)
Andrew Cawrse	....	digital model supervisor: ILM
Audrey Chang	....	assistant visual effects editor
Terry Chostner	....	lead 3D camera matchmover: ILM
Eric D. Christensen	....	digital artist
Marc Chu	....	lead animator: ILM
Zachary Cole	....	CG artist: ILM
Michael Conte	....	lead digital compositor: ILM
Ryan Cook	....	CG artist: ILM
Marc Cooper	....	computer graphics artist: ILM
Brice Cox Jr.	....	pre-visualization artist: ILM
Julie Creighton	....	visual effects and animation coordinator: ILM
Brigitte Daloin	....	visual effects editor
Johanna D'Amato	....	visual effects production assistant: ILM
Peter Daulton	....	animator: ILM
Lorelei David	....	assistant visual effects editor: ILM
Scott David	....	digital compositor: ILM
Bradford deCaussin	....	digital modeler: ILM (as Bradford Decaussin)
Robert DeHaan	....	technical support: ILM (as Rob De Haan)
Laura Denicke	....	visual effects production assistant: ILM
Gus Dizon	....	visual effects art department production assistant: ILM
Andrew Doucette	....	character animator: ILM
Chris Doyle	....	technical support: ILM
Timothy Eaton	....	additional visual effects editor: ILM (as Tim Eaton)
Anastasia Emmons	....	projectionist: ILM
Raul Essig	....	CG artist: ILM
Simon Eves	....	computer graphics artist: ILM
Stefen Fangmeier	....	visual effects director: second unit
Stefen Fangmeier	....	visual effects supervisor
Brian Flynn	....	technical assistant: ILM
Chris Flynn	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title Digital
Christian Foucher	....	CG artist: ILM
Carl N. Frederick	....	CG artist: ILM (as Carl Frederick)
Mark Freund	....	visual effects supervisor: Pacific Title Digital
Adam Fuchs	....	technical support: ILM
David Fuhrer	....	digital compositor: ILM
Todd Fulford	....	computer graphics artist: ILM
George Gambetta	....	film recording engineer: ILM
Randy Gaul	....	lead concept artist: ILM
Steve Gawley	....	modelmaker: ILM
Richard Gentner	....	film recording engineer: ILM
Robert Gianino	....	technical support: ILM
Angela Giannoni	....	digital compositor: ILM
Kenneth Gimpelson	....	technical assistant: ILM
Michael Gleason	....	visual effects editor: ILM
Susan Goldsmith	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Brien Goodrich	....	3D animator: Pacific Title Digital
Dylan Gottlieb	....	digital modeler: ILM
Anthony Greenberg	....	assistant visual effects editor: ILM
Orin Green	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Branko Grujcic	....	CG artist: ILM
David Hanks	....	3D camera matchmove technician: ILM (as Dave Hanks)
Maureen Healy	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title Digital
Marianne Heath	....	digital plate restoration artist: ILM
Wendy Hendrickson	....	3D camera matchmove technician: ILM (as Wendy Hendrickson-Ellis)
Hal T. Hickel	....	animation supervisor: ILM (as Hal Hickel)
Shawn Hillier	....	digital compositor: ILM
David Hisanaga	....	computer graphics sequence supervisor: ILM
David Horsley	....	computer graphics sequence supervisor: ILM
Jen Howard	....	digital compositor: ILM
Carlos Huant	....	concept artist: ILM (as Carlos Huante)
Paul Huston	....	matte artist: ILM
Erich Ippen	....	concept artist: ILM
Darren Jones	....	digital imaging engineer
Randy Jonsson	....	3D camera matchmove technician: ILM
Brad Kalinoski	....	digital artist: particle effects
Joe Ken	....	Inferno artist: Asylum
Stephen Kennedy	....	digital compositor: ILM
Charlie Kilpatrick	....	software R&D: ILM
Robert Kinkead	....	pre-visualization artist: ILM
Ed Kramer	....	CG artist: ILM
Gregor Lakner	....	computer graphics supervisor: ILM
Hayden Landis	....	computer graphics sequence supervisor: ILM
Jessica Laszlo	....	digital compositor: ILM
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital compositor: Pacific Title Digital (as Jennifer Law Stump)
Alison Leaf	....	animator: ILM
Joshua Levine	....	CG artist: ILM (as Josh Levine)
Jonathan Litt	....	CG artist: ILM
Jacqueline M. Lopez	....	visual effects producer (as Jacqueline Lopez)
Anthony Lucero	....	assistant visual effects editor: ILM
Jonathan Lyons	....	animator: ILM
Jodie Maier	....	3D camera matchmove technician: ILM
Marcel Martinez	....	digital compositor: ILM
Scott May	....	digital modeler: ILM
Mark 'Crash' McCreery	....	creature designer (as Crash McCreery)
Tim McLaughlin	....	creature supervisor: ILM
Philip Metschan	....	concept artist: ILM
Mark S. Miller	....	visual effects executive producer: ILM
Craig Mirkin	....	video engineer: ILM
Todd Mitchell	....	film recording engineer: ILM
Curt I. Miyashiro	....	CG supervisor: ILM (as Curt Miyashiro)
Terry Molatore	....	viewpaint artist: ILM
Jack Mongovan	....	lead digital paint & roto artist: ILM
Rodney Montague	....	visual effects producer: Pacific Title Digital
Michael Morgan	....	video operations supervisor: ILM (as Mike Morgan)
Katie Morris	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Kenn Moynihan	....	projectionist: ILM
Melissa Mullin	....	3D camera matchmove technician: ILM
Aaron Muszalski	....	digital rotoscope and paint artist: ILM
Vijay Myneni	....	technical assistant: ILM
David Nahman-Ramos	....	video engineer: ILM
Giovanni Nakpil	....	digital modeler: ILM
Patrick Neary	....	CG artist: ILM
Steve Nichols	....	animator: ILM
Masi Oka	....	CG artist: ILM (as Masayori Oka)
Michael Olague	....	stage technician: ILM
Jeff Olson	....	visual effects producer: ILM
Hiromi Ono	....	computer graphics artist: ILM
Mayur Patel	....	CG artist: ILM
Mary Payne	....	CG artist: ILM
Jakub Pistecky	....	animator: ILM
Evan Pontoriero	....	lead pre-visualization artist: ILM
Nick Provenzano	....	video operations supervisor: ILM
Jeanne Rich	....	video engineer: ILM
Elsa Rodriguez	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Leslie Safley	....	digital paint and roto artist: ILM
Jeff Saltzman	....	3D camera matchmove technician: ILM
Steve J. Sanchez	....	digital compositor: ILM (as Steve Sanchez)
Victor Schutz	....	CG artist: ILM
Stacey Shear	....	visual effects and animation coordinator: ILM
Daniel Slavin	....	pre-visualization artist: ILM
Brian Sorbo	....	digital compositor: ILM
Tim Stevenson	....	animator: ILM
Sam Stewart	....	digital plate restoration artist: ILM
Russ Sueyoshi	....	digital compositor: ILM
Alex Suter