The Escapist (2001)

Director:

Gillies MacKinnon

Writer:

Nick Perry (writer)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

He can escape from anything... except his past.

Plot:

The skilled pilot Denis Hopkins lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle...

Plot Keywords:

Revenge | Prison Escape

Cast

Jonny Lee Miller	...	Denis Hopkins
Andy Serkis	...	Ricky Barnes
Gary Lewis	...	Ron
Jodhi May	...	Christine
Paloma Baeza	...	Valerie Hopkins
Vas Blackwood	...	Vin
Philip Barantini	...	Joey
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Barry Barnes	...	D.I. Simm
Michael Bates	...	Spaz
Michael Bates	...	Spaz
Gerry Behan	...	Guard 1
Des Braiden	...	Magistrate
Paul Burke	...	Prison Officer
Barry Cassin	...	Judge
Richard Dormer	...	Denis' Brief
Phelim Drew	...	Duty Medical Registrer
Dave Duffy	...	Escort Officer 2
Patrick Fitzsymons	...	Punishment Call Officer
Laurence Foster	...	Clerk of the Court
Luke Hayden	...	Prison Officer 1
Stephen Holland	...	Mike
Simon Imrie	...	Wing Officer
Allen Leech	...	Policeman 1 (as Alan Leech)
Patrick Leech	...	Change Of Detail Officer
Packy Lee	...	Trusty
Alvaro Lucchesi	...	Escort Officer
Tara Maguire	...	Nurse 1
Eoin McCarthy	...	Escort Officer 1
Keith McErlean	...	Reception Officer Prison 1
Brian McGuinness	...	Frank
Hugh B. O'Brien	...	Victim Support Counsellor
Simon O'Gorman	...	Prison Officer
David O'Meara	...	Senior Officer
Rachel O'Riordan	...	Nurse 2
Michael Parle	...	Second Con
Martin Phillips	...	First Prison Officer 1
Robert Price	...	Mills
Lalor Roddy	...	Jones
Paul Ronan	...	Officer 1
Russell Smith	...	Prosecution Brief
Stewart Stafford	...	Prison Officer 1
Maurice Supple	...	Second Prison Gate Officer
Paul Valentine	...	Guard 2
Mal Whyte	...	Senior Officer

Directed by
Gillies MacKinnon

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Nick Perry		writer

Produced by
Cerise Hallam Larkin	....	line producer: additional shoot (as Cerise Hallam)
Peter McAleese	....	line producer
Catherine O'Flaherty	....	associate producer
Jolyon Symonds	....	producer
William Turner	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Robert Lane		(as Rob Lane)

Cinematography by
Nigel Willoughby

Film Editing by
Pia Di Ciaula

Casting by
John Hubbard
Ros Hubbard

Production Design by
Andy Harris

Art Direction by
Sarah Hauldren
Mark Lowry
Anna Rackard		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Susie Cullen

Costume Design by
Kate Carin

Makeup Department
Barbara Conway	....	assistant hair stylist: second unit
Barbara Conway	....	assistant makeup artist: second unit
Conor McAlistair	....	first assistant hairdresser
Martina McCarthy	....	chief hair stylist
Roisin O'Reilly	....	assistant makeup artist
Pamela Smyth	....	hair designer
Pamela Smyth	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Steve Barker	....	post-production supervisor
Maria Collins	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jill Dempsey	....	second assistant director: second unit
Elizabeth Gill	....	first assistant director: second unit (as Liz Gill)
Mary Gough	....	second assistant director
Sean Griffin	....	trainee assistant director
Richard Lingard	....	assistant director
Ian Madden	....	second unit director
Aoife Thunder	....	third assistant director
Alan J. Wands	....	first assistant director

Art Department
George Arkins	....	stagehand
Russ Bailey	....	construction coordinator
Ruth Barry	....	art department trainee
Deirdre Byrne	....	stand-by props
Stephen Byrne	....	carpenter
Mark Cannon	....	stand-by carpenter
Alan Cheevers	....	master plasterer
Jane Clark	....	storyboard artist
Stephen Cleary	....	construction runaround
Timothy Crimmins	....	stagehand
Susie Cullen	....	graphics designer
Greg Demery	....	supervising carpenter
John Greene	....	carpenter
Ines Hercher	....	carpenter
Daragh Lewis	....	dressing props
Eoin Lewis	....	dressing props
James McGetrick	....	dressing props
Owen McKenna	....	carpenter
Nuala McKernan	....	property master
Drew Meldon	....	stand-by rigger
Tyrone Monaghan	....	assistant props
Owen Murnane	....	master scenic painter
Paul Nott-Macaire	....	carpenter
Irene O'Brien	....	graphic designer
Gary O'Donnell	....	stand-by painter
Jerry Organ	....	production buyer
Lorcan O'Toole	....	carpenter
Gerry Quigley	....	stand-by stagehand
Robbie Richardson	....	painter
Neil Stevens	....	assistant art director
Ed Walsh	....	assistant art director
Noel Walsh	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Ben Barker	....	foley editor
Paula Boram	....	foley artist
Colin Cooper	....	adr mixer
Colin Cooper	....	foley mixer
Brendan Deasy	....	sound mixer
David Evans	....	supervising sound editor
Diane Greaves	....	foley artist
Mystique Holloway	....	sound assistant
Max Hoskins	....	dialogue editor
Richard Jay	....	boom operator
Ian Johns	....	sound trainee
Billy Quinn	....	sound mixer
Billy Quinn	....	sound recordist
Eddie Quinn	....	boom operator
Adrian Rhodes	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Ted Swanscott	....	foley mixer
Sven Taits	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
James Brady	....	special effects technician (as Jim Brady)
Conor Coughlan	....	special effects technician
David Harris	....	special effects supervisor
Graham Hills	....	special effects technician
Jeremy Lovett	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Frazer Churchill	....	visual effects supervisor
Hal Couzens	....	visual effects producer
Robin Doelly	....	digital compositor
Andrew Garnet-Lawson	....	digital matte artist (as Andrew Garnett-Lawson)
Jeremy Hattingh	....	digital compositor
Nick Hodgekinson	....	rotoscope
Nic Hodgkinson	....	digital artist
Yoko Ishiguro	....	digital compositor
Elie Jamaa	....	technical director
Adam McInnes	....	digital compositor
John Seymour	....	visual effects editor

Stunts
Jerry Beham	....	stunts
David Byrne	....	stunts
Anthony Condren	....	stunts (as Tony Condren)
Brendan Condren	....	stunt double: Jonny Lee Miller
Joe Condren	....	co-stunt coordinator
Patrick Condren	....	stunt coordinator (as Pat Condren)
Patrick Condren	....	stunts (as Paddy Condren)
Ken Doherty	....	stunts
Shay Doherty	....	stunts
Jim Hoare	....	stunts
Norman Kelly	....	stunts
Peter McCahon	....	ambulance driver
Bronco McLoughlin	....	stunts (as Bronco McLaughlin)
Paul Thompson	....	stunts
Paul Valentine	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ciarán Barry	....	second camera operator (as Ciaran Barry)
David Bourke	....	gaffer (as Dave Bourke)
Tristam Cones	....	focus puller
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography
Tommy Davies	....	generator operator: second unit
Bonnie Dempsey	....	camera trainee
Harry Eckford	....	grip
Richie Egan	....	grip: 2nd unit
Paul Fagan	....	electrician
Eoin Farrell	....	clapper loader: second unit
Philip Fitzsimons	....	electrician: second unit
Tom Gates	....	supervising gaffer
Chris Gilbertson	....	electrician
Camille Griffin	....	clapper loader
Graeme Haughton	....	electrician
Ciaran Kavanagh	....	focus puller: second unit
Dochy J. Lowe	....	second camera loader (as Dochy Lowe)
James Maguire	....	gaffer
Mike Mawhinney	....	best boy
James McGuire	....	gaffer: Ireland
Anthony Meade	....	clapper loader
Ivan Meagher	....	focus puller
Stephen Murphy	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Eoin O'Hagan	....	best boy electric
Sam Phillips	....	grip: second unit
Luke Quigley	....	camera grip
Patrick Redmond	....	still photographer
Alexander Reid	....	focus puller (as Alex Reid)
Taylor Russell	....	generator operator
Mitch Spooner	....	gaffer
Simon Starling	....	additional photographer
Jamie Summers	....	electrician
Des Whelan	....	director of photography: second unit

Casting Department
Abi Harris	....	casting assistant (as Abbie Harris)
Mary Maguire	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nicky Connor	....	wardrobe trainee (as Nicki Connor)
Clair Heal	....	wardrobe
Ciara McArdle	....	wardrobe assistant
Rhona McGuirke	....	wardrobe supervisor
Gaby Rooney	....	wardrobe trainee

Editorial Department
Peter Ferrari	....	color grader
Dan Roberts	....	first assistant editor
Louise Seymour	....	post-production coordinator

Music Department
Niall Acott	....	music recordist
Julian Kershaw	....	orchestrator
Abi Leland	....	music supervisor
Steve Parr	....	music mixer
Steve Parr	....	music recordist

Transportation Department
John Fearon	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Mark Barry-Jackson	....	aerial helicopter pilot
Liz Bunton	....	head of production
Miriam Cahill	....	assistant to director
Geraldine Daly	....	location manager (as Ger Daly)
Maire Doherty	....	assistant production coordinator
Lisa Drayne	....	production coordinator
Bianca Gavin	....	production coordinator: re-shoot
Sonya Gildea	....	crowd coordinator (as Sonya Supple)
Tarn Harper	....	post-production accountant
Basfi Hope-Ross	....	location assistant: second unit
Julia Jones	....	set publicist
Jacqui Leahy	....	production assistant
John McKenna	....	head armorer
Oonagh McMorrow	....	assistant production coordinator
David Mellor	....	production accountant
Carol Moorhead	....	production coordinator
Bronagh Murphy	....	trainee script supervisor
Brendan O'Sullivan	....	location trainee
Pat Rambaut	....	script supervisor
Edmund Sampson	....	assistant location manager
Chris Scurfield	....	production assistant
Sophie Tebbit	....	assistant accountant (as Sophie Tebbitt)
Clodagh Tierney	....	location manager: second unit
Alex Winckler	....	production assistant
Mike Woodley	....	aerial coordinator
Sabine Wührer	....	script supervisor daily
Ira Zloczower	....	development executive
Aidan Williams	....	assistant: Ira Zloczower (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Jolyon Symonds Productions Ltd.
• Little Bird Productions
• Sky Pictures

Distributors

• Kinowelt Home Entertainment
• Punto Zero (2008) (Italy) (all media)
• Sharada Distribuzione
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Trinity Home Entertainment

Special Effects

• Double Negative

Other Companies

• De Lane Lea Sound Centre  sound re-recorded at
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• Future Post  adr recorded at
• Hear No Evil Studios  music mixed at
• Reel Sound  sound post-production

MPAA:

Rated R for language and violence.

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA (cable rating) | Germany:16 | Italy:T | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

Jolyon Symonds Productions Ltd.

Goofs:

Continuity: Denis opens the door of the airplane and bails out. In the next shot, the door is closed.

Quotes:

Ricky Barnes: Okay, what? Do you want money? I can get you money.
Denis: I offered you money, remember? It wasn't enough.

Bloody Hell! (no spoilers)

I must admit that I rented this movie on DVD, just because Andy Serkis was in it. He played Gollum in The Lord of the Rings - at least his voice did in the first part. So I was kind of curious to see the man behind the voice. But once I was five minutes past the titles the film kind of grew on me, Andy Serkis or no (although he plays his part rather well).and I really liked it. It is a gruesome story about a burglary gone REAL bad, but still it has got some humor too. This could have been a big hit, if only it had been made in Hollywood. I can see Michael Douglas play a part in the remake... But seriously, it is THAT kind of movie. Innocent guy, lovely wife, loads of money - and all of a sudden it does not matter any more. Great Thriller!