Firewall (2006)

Director:

Richard Loncraine

Writer (WGA):

Joe Forte (written by)

Release Date:

10 February 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

They will make him steal, but he will make them pay

Plot:

A security specialist is forced into robbing the bank that he's protecting, as a bid to pay off his family's ransom.

Plot Keywords:

Bank | Murder | Cayman Islands | Architect | Meeting

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Harrison Ford	...	Jack Stanfield
Virginia Madsen	...	Beth Stanfield
Carly Schroeder	...	Sarah Stanfield
Jimmy Bennett	...	Andy Stanfield
Gail Ann Lewis	...	Bank Employee #1
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Janet Stone
Matthew Currie Holmes	...	Bobby
Candus Churchill	...	Betty
David Lewis	...	Rich
Zahf Paroo	...	Ravi
Robert Forster	...	Harry Romano
Robert Patrick	...	Gary Mitchell
Alan Arkin	...	Arlin Forester
Pat Jenkinson	...	Laurie
Eric Keenleyside	...	Alan Hughes
Paul Bettany	...	Bill Cox
Ona Grauer	...	Waitress
Kett Turton	...	Vel
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau	...	Liam (as Nikolaj Coster Waldau)
Vince Vieluf	...	Pim
Vincent Gale	...	Willy
Beverley Breuer	...	Sandra
Jennifer Kitchen	...	Wendy
Kevin Mundy	...	Video Surveillance Technician
Finn Michael	...	Bank Employee #2
Richard Hendery	...	Security Guard
Ken Tremblett	...	Bob
Rebecca Reichert	...	Girlfriend (as Rebecca Robbins)
Andrew McNee	...	Doorman
Elizabeth Thai	...	Janet's Neighbor
Sue Leonard	...	Group Singer
Joani Bye	...	Group Singer
Lovena Fox	...	Group Singer
Marcus Mosely	...	Group Singer
Joe Richards	...	Group Singer
Susan Skemp	...	Group Singer
Catherine St. Germain	...	Group Singer
David Wills	...	Group Singer
Brenda Crichlow	...	Bank Teller (as Brenda M. Crichlow)
Ty Olsson	...	Airport Traffic Cop
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Levi Woods	...	Banker (uncredited)

Directed by
Richard Loncraine

Writing credits (WGA)
Joe Forte		(written by)

Produced by
Tobin Armbrust	....	co-producer
Bruce Berman	....	executive producer
Armyan Bernstein	....	producer
Dana Goldberg	....	executive producer
Basil Iwanyk	....	producer
Charlie Lyons	....	executive producer
Brent O'Connor	....	executive producer
Jonathan Shestack	....	producer

Original Music by
Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography by
Marco Pontecorvo		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jim Page

Casting by
Mary Gail Artz
Coreen Mayrs

Production Design by
Brian Morris

Art Direction by
Helen Jarvis

Set Decoration by
Johanne Hubert

Costume Design by
Shuna Harwood

Makeup Department
Gitte Axen	....	makeup artist
Ian C. Ballard	....	key hair stylist (as Ian Ballard)
Victoria Down	....	key makeup artist
Michael Laudati	....	makeup artist: Mr. Ford
Sherry Linder-Gygli	....	hair stylist: Mr.Ford (as Sherry Gygli)
Veronica McAleer	....	hair stylist: Mr. Bettany (as Veronica Brebner)
Veronica McAleer	....	makeup artist: Mr. Bettany (as Veronica Brebner)
Sandy Monesmith	....	hair stylist
Bill Terezakis	....	special makeup designer
Maureen Terezakis	....	special makeup effects producer
Vince Yoshida	....	fabricator

Production Management
Simon Abbott	....	production manager
Carol Dantuono	....	post-production supervisor
Brent O'Connor	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Gary Hawes	....	third assistant director
Kathy Houghton	....	second assistant director
Dan Mansfield	....	third assistant director (as Daniel Mansfield)
Richard Whelan	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Chris Andreas	....	on-set dresser
Vaughan V. Baker	....	head scenic artist
Craig Brisker	....	construction foreman
Niki Charalambopoulos	....	scenic painter
Derek Del Puppo	....	lead carpenter
Michael Diner	....	set designer
Michael Dundas	....	paint foreman
Dean Eilertson	....	property master
Warren Flanagan	....	storyboard artist
Julie Fontaine	....	set decoration coordinator
Doug Girling	....	set designer
Sean Goojha	....	art department assistant
Michelle Hendriksen	....	lead
Patrick Kearns	....	set dresser
Jason B. Landels	....	assistant property master
Andrew Li	....	assistant art director
Mike Lilley	....	graphic designer
Cheryl Marion	....	assistant art director
Scott Mathers	....	construction buyer (as Scott F. Mathers)
Steve Miller	....	lead dresser
Tiara Motem	....	property buyer
Claudio Palavecino	....	property master: second unit
Claudio Palavecino	....	props
Francisco Rosa	....	spray painter
Jennifer Silvertand	....	assistant set decorator
Sharon Thompson	....	art department researcher
Mikal Williams	....	on-set carpenter
Glenn Woodruff	....	construction coordinator (as Glenn 'Woody' Woodruff)
Andrew Li	....	art director: additional photography (uncredited)

Sound Department
Andrew Bock	....	assistant sound editor
Christopher Flick	....	foley supervisor
Linda Folk	....	adr supervisor
Dave Griffiths	....	boom operator
Kimberly Harris	....	adr editor
Richard King	....	sound designer
Richard King	....	supervising sound editor
Mary Jo Lang	....	foley mixer
Michael W. Mitchell	....	sound effects editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist (as Alyson Moore)
Steve Pederson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Troy Porter	....	adr mixer
Patrick Ramsay	....	sound mixer
Alex Raspa	....	adr mixer: New York
John Roesch	....	foley artist
Brad Sherman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Naan Spiess	....	cable
Hamilton Sterling	....	sound effects editor
Hugo Weng	....	dialogue editor
Linda Yeaney	....	assistant sound editor

Special Effects by
Chris Flemington	....	on set special effects supervisor
Gary Heidrick	....	special effects technician
Tony Kenny	....	special effects coordinator: re-shoots
Tony Lazarowich	....	special effects coordinator
Robert Paller	....	special effects (as Rob Paller)
W.A. Andrew Sculthorp	....	special effects (as Andrew Sculthorp)
Dale Shippam	....	special effects technician
Attila Vaski	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Simon Ager	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Riley Benard	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Jordan Benwick	....	compositor
Melissa Best	....	2D compositor
Angus Bickerton	....	visual effects supervisor
Nicholas Boughen	....	matchmove artist
Mark Breakspear	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Shauna Bryan	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Jose Burgos	....	visual effects
Craig Calvert	....	visual effects artist: Rainmaker
Daniel Canfora	....	visual effects
Adriano Cirulli	....	digital compositor
Ashley Clark	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Martin R. Davison	....	digital compositor
Kristin Dearholt	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Jason Dowdeswell	....	visual effects: plate supervisor
Sean Farrow	....	visual effects supervisor: The Senate Visual Effects (as Sean H. Farrow)
Tim Field	....	visual effects producer: The Senate Visual Effects
Anne Foged	....	digital compositor
Paul Furminger	....	visual effects editor
Nicholas Hasson	....	digital intermediate editor
Steven Hodgson	....	set supervisor: Rainmaker
Peter Hunt	....	digital compositor: Rainmaker
Marta Knapik	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Mathew Krentz	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Colin Liggett	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
David Margolis	....	digital compositor
Dan Mayer	....	visual effects
Gustaf Nilsson	....	digital compositor
Sarah Norton	....	digital compositor
Carmen Pollard	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Les Quinn	....	visual effects: Rainmaker
Paul Patrick Quinn	....	executive producer of digital imaging
Madhava Reddy	....	visual effects: Rainmaker (as Madhav Redd)
Jackie Rowson	....	digital effects artist
Rupert Smith	....	visual effects coordinator: The Senate Visual Effects
Trevor Strand	....	digital compositor
Giuliano Dionisio Vigano'	....	digital compositor
Paul Wiens	....	matchmove artist
Anton Yri	....	digital compositor
Simon Carr	....	visual effects compositor: The Senate VFX (uncredited)
Ryan Epp	....	video playback compositor (uncredited)
Karin Eunson-Ross	....	visual effects producer: Frantic Films (uncredited)
David Fox	....	visual effects production manager: Frantic Films (uncredited)
Anne Kim	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Tom Leckie	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Chris B. Schnitzer	....	visual effects production supervisor: Warner Bros. (uncredited)
George Taylor	....	compositor (uncredited)
Luigi Tommaseo	....	network and operations: The Senate VFX (uncredited)

Stunts
Ed Anders	....	stunts
Curt Bonn	....	stunts
Gavin Buhr	....	stunts
Jason Calder	....	stunts
Kaska Calder	....	stunts
Mike Carpenter	....	stunts
Mike Crestejo	....	stunts
Garvin Cross	....	stunts
Crystal Dalman	....	stunts
Ryan Ennis	....	stunts
Bill Ferguson	....	stunt coordinator
Terry Leonard	....	fight coordinator (as Terry J. Leonard)
Rod May	....	stunts
Ron Otis	....	stunts
Darryl Scheelar	....	stunts
Rick Shuster	....	stunts
Kimani Ray Smith	....	stunts
Heath Stevenson	....	stunts
Sylvesta Stuart	....	stunts
Owen Walstrom	....	stunts
Gavin Buhr	....	stunt driver (uncredited)
Rob Wilton	....	stunt driver (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Greg Beaton	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Harold Bernard	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Fred Boyd	....	chief lighting technician
Todd Hlagi	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Tim Hogan	....	key grip
Michael P.R. Lemmers	....	best boy grip (as Michael Lemmers)
Diyah Pera	....	still photographer
Larry Portmann	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (as Larry Portman)
Clayton Richard-Long	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera (as Clayton Richard Long)
John Sanderson	....	video assist
Alexander Jared Spencer	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Mike West	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Keith Woods	....	rigging gaffer (as Keith S. Woods)

Casting Department
Andrea Brown	....	extras casting
Mia Levinson	....	casting associate (as Mia Levinson Wheeler)
James Moore	....	casting assistant
Samantha L. Morris	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Petra Bergholz	....	costumer
Sandra J. Blackie	....	costume supervisor
Allison Chretien	....	key set costumer
Koreen Heaver	....	assistant costume designer
Tina-Jane Krohn	....	costumer
Bernie Pollack	....	wardrobe: Harrison Ford
Gail L. Smith	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Lauren Cynkar	....	post-production assistant
Matt Evans	....	first assistant editor
Vince Filippone	....	assistant editor
Joe Finley	....	digital intermediate colorist: Modern Videofilm
Caroline Hardon	....	assistant editor
Mo Henry	....	negative cutter
Marisa Clayton	....	digital intermediate producer: Modern VideoFilm (uncredited)

Music Department
Stevie Blacke	....	song producer: "Everybody Wants Some More"
Alexandre Desplat	....	orchestrator
John Finklea	....	music editor: temp music
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Edward Karam	....	orchestrator (as Eddie Karam)
Erik Lundborg	....	orchestrator
Larry Mah	....	digital score recordist
Barbara McDermott	....	assistant music editor
Conrad Pope	....	orchestrator
Joe E. Rand	....	music editor
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Dennis S. Sands	....	music score mixer (as Dennis Sands)
Dennis S. Sands	....	music score recordist (as Dennis Sands)
Jeffrey Schindler	....	orchestrator
Nan Schwartz	....	orchestrator
Andrew Shulman	....	musician: cello soloist
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Clifford J. Tasner	....	orchestrator (as Clifford Tasner)

Transportation Department
Donald Chase	....	transportation co-captain
Mark Gould	....	transportation coordinator
Rod May	....	transportation captain
Dave Moroz	....	transportation captain (as David E. Moroz)
Bruce Scott	....	driver: crane opperator

Other crew
Toni Atterbury	....	unit publicist
Barrie Bender	....	assistant: Mr. Ford
Tim Bennett	....	production assistant (as Timothy Bennett)
Louise D. Bourassa	....	production assistant
Genevieve Bridges	....	assistant coordinator
Bruce L. Brownstein	....	location manager
Suzie Bruce	....	assistant production accountant
Mandy Butler	....	production accountant
Shawn Campbell	....	production assistant
Christian Charlton	....	production assistant: re-shoot
Fon Chen	....	production assistant
Zarah Chun	....	craft service (as Zara Chun)
Shelley Crawford	....	script supervisor
Brett Davies	....	assistant coordinator
Anna Edwards	....	assistant: Mr. Loncraine (as Anna J. Edwards)
Sean Finnan	....	production assistant
Warren Dean Fulton	....	production assistant
Matt Granger	....	assistant: Basil Iwanyk
Rick Heal	....	studio teacher
Reign Kinaschuk	....	production assistant (as Reign Katilee Kinaschuk)
Glenn P. Klekowski	....	assistant: Mr. Bernstein (as Glenn Klekowski)
Marcie Larson	....	assistant: Mr. O'Connor
Shandy Lashley	....	production assistant
Erica Lee	....	assistant: Mr. Iwanyk
Kyle Leydier	....	assistant: Mr. Ford
Sandy Lizaola-Hernandez	....	physical production coordinator
Flemming Lund	....	assistant location manager
Rick Lupton	....	computer playback
Helen MaComb	....	production office coordinator (as Helen Macomb)
Dominic Main	....	production assistant
Sasha Markova	....	assistant: Mr. Bettany
Tim Moshansky	....	location scout
Weatie Rosenlehner	....	assistant: Mr. Loncraine
Michele Lee Shellenberg	....	assistant accountant
Troy Sitter	....	production assistant
Chris Smith	....	production assistant
Jeremy Stein	....	assistant: Mr. Shestack
Linda Stewart	....	production assistant
Matt Venables	....	production assistant
Terry Wong	....	production assistant
Trevor Wyatt	....	production assistant
Tracy Young	....	second unit script supervisor
Jason Bachmann	....	production assistant: Kamloops (uncredited)
Ron Blecker	....	technical advisor (uncredited)
Duane Bradley	....	animal trainer (uncredited)
Dana Dubé	....	animal coordinator (uncredited)
Rob Graham	....	computer/video playback coordinator (uncredited)
Simon Hall	....	computer/video playback operator (uncredited)
Victoria James	....	clearance/product placement coordinator (uncredited)
Randy Kennedy	....	key production assistant: Kamloops (uncredited)
Seth Kleinberg	....	associate producer: main titles (uncredited)
Clif Kosterman	....	bodyguard (uncredited)
Peter Lapres	....	second assistant production coordinator: re-shoot (uncredited)
Leona Maddeaux	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Sheri Mayervich	....	location scout (uncredited)
Fawn McDonald	....	production coordinator: re-shoot (uncredited)
Rod McDonough	....	glassworks (uncredited)
Kenneth Meisenbacher	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Darin Mickelson	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Mark Moseley	....	adr voice (uncredited)
Karen Obertowich	....	production assistant: Kamloops (uncredited)
Darren Robertson	....	playback coordinator (uncredited)
Andrew Simpson	....	animal trainer (uncredited)
Patrick Stark	....	extras wrangler (uncredited)
Khene Tan	....	additional location assistant (uncredited)
John Zubatiuk	....	trainee assistant locations (uncredited)

Thanks
Patricia McQueeney	....	in loving memory

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Pictures (presents)
• Village Roadshow Pictures (in association with)
• Beacon Pictures
• Thunder Road Pictures (as Thunder Road)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2006) (worldwide) (all media)
• Fox-Warner (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Warner Sogefilms S.A. (2005) (Spain) (theatrical)
• British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (2008) (UK) (TV) (BBC1)
• SBS6 (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• V&K Holding (2006) (Estonia) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Rainmaker Digital Pictures (visual effects by) (as Rainmaker)
• Senate Visual Effects, The (visual effects)

Other Companies

• American Humane Association, The  animal action monitoring (as AHA Film & TV Unit [AHA 00936])
• Animal Insight  animal trainer
• Brian Hemingway Architect  architectural models by
• Cartoon Network  trademarks and copyright used by permission: Hi Hi Puffy Ami Yumi ©2005
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes (uncredited)
• Clairmont Camera  camera systems by
• Corbis  acknowledgment
• Equifax  web site (uncredited)
• Flashpoint Studios  project consulting (uncredited)
• Fujifilm Canada  motion picture products (as Fujifilm)
• International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE)  this picture made under the jurisdiction of (as I.A.T.S.E.)
• Kodak Canada  motion picture products (as Kodak)
• Mainframe Entertainment  "Reboot (tm)" licensed from
• Modern VideoFilm  digital intermediate by (as Modern Videofilm)
• Nickelodeon Network  provided "Spongebob Squarepants" clip (as Nickelodeon)
• Pacific Title  end titles and opticals (as Pacific Title & Art Studio)
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system (uncredited)
• Prologue Films  main title sequence designed by (as Prologue)
• Salon  editing equipment: UK/France (uncredited)
• Thompson-Nicola Film Commission  production services (uncredited)
• Tivoli Catering  catering (as Tivoli Caterers)
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack album on (as Varèse Sarabande CDs)
• Warner-Barham Music  copyright owner: original score
• Worldwide Pants  courtesy of: "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"

Also Known As:

The Wrong Element (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of violence, and for some language.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA | Australia

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:M | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15 | UK:12A | South Korea:12 | Netherlands:12 | USA:PG-13 (Approved No. 42379) | Malaysia:U | Argentina:13 | Brazil:16 | Singapore:PG | India:UA | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Sweden:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Germany:16 | Iceland:12 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/Manitoba) (Canadian Home Video rating) | Denmark:15 | Hong Kong:IIA | Canada:PG (British Columbia/Ontario) | France:U | Philippines:PG-13 | Hungary:16

Filming Locations:

Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivia:

Harrison Ford and his co-star 'Robert Forster' both share the same birthday, July 13th. Forster is exactly one year older than Ford.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Jack is driving with his secretary following the dog tracker, they turn right with the railroad tracks facing the drivers seat. But when he leaves her and walks off the car is facing the right and the railroad tracks are on the side of the passenger seat.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Bill Cox: [off-screen] Hello Jack.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Martha: (2006-02-16)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Tell Vicki

Firewall: Very Entertaining

The movie was better than I thought it would be. I really enjoyed it. Seeing Harrison Ford back in action was an added bonus. He can definitely still bring it. It was great to see him back on the big screen as feisty as ever still kicking butt. The villain was played by Paul Bettany who is always brilliant when playing a dirty rotten scoundrel. I didn't realize how tall he (Paul) is until this movie, (he is a good inch taller than Harrison Ford, who is over 6 ft) The film was a bit slow in parts, but the ending makes up for it. I wouldn't suggest taking small children as it is a bit violent for its PG-13 rating. There are also a couple funny / cute moments that were really well played. If you are a Harrison Ford fan, you won't want to miss Firewall.