Red Eye (2005)

Director:

Wes Craven

Writers (WGA):

Carl Ellsworth (screenplay)
Carl Ellsworth (story) ...
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Release Date:

19 August 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller

Tagline:

Fear Takes Flight

Plot:

A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in offing a politician.

Plot Keywords:

Flight | Hotel | Plane | Hotel Manager | Fear

Awards:

1 win & 8 nominations

Cast

Rachel McAdams	...	Lisa Reisert
Cillian Murphy	...	Jackson Rippner
Brian Cox	...	Joe Reisert
Jayma Mays	...	Cynthia
Laura Johnson	...	Blonde Woman
Max Kasch	...	Headphone Kid
Angela Paton	...	Nice Lady
Suzie Plakson	...	Senior Flight Attendant
Jack Scalia	...	Charles Keefe
Terry Press	...	Marianne Taylor (as Teresa Press-Marx)
Robert Pine	...	Bob Taylor
Carl Gilliard	...	Taxi Driver
Mary Kathleen Gordon	...	Airline Representative (as Mary-Kathleen Gordon)
Loren Lester	...	Irate Passenger
Philip Pavel	...	Dallas Ticket Agent
Amber Mead	...	Dallas Ticket Agent
Dey Young	...	Dallas Gate Agent
Brittany Oaks	...	Rebecca
Tina Anderson	...	Rebecca's Mom
Jeanine Jackson	...	Passenger with Iced Mocha
Joey Nader	...	Tex-Mex Bartender
Kyle Gallner	...	Headphone Kid's Brother
Dilva Henry	...	Newscaster
Monica McSwain	...	Junior Flight Attendant
Tom Elkins	...	Pilot
Amanda Young	...	Flight Attendant
Dane Farwell	...	Hit Man at Dad's House
Jennie Baek	...	Keefe's Assistant
Colby Donaldson	...	Keefe's Head Bodyguard
Beth Toussaint	...	Lydia Keefe (as Beth Toussaint Coleman)
Adam Gobble	...	Keefe's Son
Megan Crawford	...	Keefe's Daughter
C.C. Taylor	...	Keefe's Bodyguard
Scott Leva	...	Keefe's Bodyguard
Marc Macaulay	...	Coast Guard Officer
Skip Crank	...	Man on Fishing Boat
Mark Cotone	...	Man on Fishing Boat
Jim Lemley	...	Man on Fishing Boat
Martin Trees	...	Male Flight Attendant
Noelle Drake	...	Coffee Shop Girl
Jenny Wade	...	Coffee Shop Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paul Aldane'e	...	Bodyguard (uncredited)
Terrence Baker	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Lance Balding	...	Coast Guard Officer (uncredited)
Jason Bartley	...	Airport Security (uncredited)
Chris Bender	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Guy Chapman	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Florence Chung	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Wes Craven	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Nathan Effron	...	Airline Passenger & Singer At End of DVD Gag Reel (uncredited)
Carl Ellsworth	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Rand Gamble	...	Traveler (uncredited)
Dava Hulsey	...	Airline Attendant (uncredited)
Paulina Hunter	...	Ticket Agent (uncredited)
John Paul 'J.P.' Jones	...	Man on Fishing Boat (uncredited)
William Luke	...	Airport Security (uncredited)
Rod Lundgren	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Marianne Maddalena	...	Flight Passenger (uncredited)
Mason Novick	...	Flight Passenger (uncredited)
Carmen Perez	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Angela Schnaible	...	Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Keith E. Smith	...	Business Passenger (uncredited)
Liam Tuohy	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)
Sheila Waldron	...	News Presenter / Woman on Fishing Boat (uncredited)
Molly Weiner	...	Airline Passenger (uncredited)

Directed by
Wes Craven

Writing credits (WGA)
Carl Ellsworth		(screenplay)
Carl Ellsworth		(story) &
Dan Foos		(story)

Produced by
Chris Bender	....	producer
Bonnie Curtis	....	executive producer
Jim Lemley	....	executive producer
Marianne Maddalena	....	producer
Mason Novick	....	executive producer
J.C. Spink	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami

Cinematography by
Robert D. Yeoman		(director of photography) (as Robert Yeoman)

Film Editing by
Stuart Levy
Patrick Lussier

Casting by
Lisa Beach
Sarah Katzman

Production Design by
Bruce Alan Miller

Art Direction by
Andrew Max Cahn

Set Decoration by
Maggie Martin

Costume Design by
Mary Claire Hannan

Makeup Department
Pinky Babajian	....	hair stylist
Cynthia Barr	....	makeup artist (as Cynthia Barr-Bright)
June Brickman	....	key makeup artist
Susan Carol Schwary	....	key hair stylist (as Susan Carol-Schwary)
Jane English	....	makeup artist (as Jane English-Rickwalt)
Barbara Lorenz	....	hair department head
Michael Lorenz	....	makeup artist
Carol McCoo	....	hair stylist (as Carol Lane McCoo)
Christina Smith	....	makeup department head
Lee Grimes	....	makeup artist: Florida (uncredited)

Production Management
Tina Anderson	....	post-production supervisor
Elayne Schneiderman	....	production supervisor
Cristen Carr Strubbe	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mark Carter	....	second assistant director
Mark S. Constance	....	second second assistant director
Mark Cotone	....	first assistant director
Vince Duque	....	dayplayer second second assistant director
Melanie Grefe	....	first assistant director: second unit
Joel Kramer	....	second unit director
Maria Mantia	....	second second assistant director
Kellie Jo Tackett	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Laine Abramson	....	buyer
Bryan Belair	....	construction coordinator: additional photography
Michael J. Bertolina	....	assistant property master
Michael Brogan	....	swing gang
Richard Brunton	....	leadman
Skip Crank	....	assistant property master
Amanda Crockett	....	art department assistant: Florida
Michael Crowley	....	construction foreman
Mick Cukurs	....	set designer
Andrea Dietrich	....	storyboard artist
David Elliott	....	construction coordinator
T. Scott Elliott	....	assistant props
Austin Gorg	....	assistant art director
Brenner Hugh Harris	....	swing gang
Dean Hensley	....	propmaker foreman (as Dean E. Hensley)
Scott Huke	....	swing gang (as Scott M. Huke)
John Paul 'J.P.' Jones	....	property master
Ken E. Jones	....	paint foreman
Beatriz Kerti	....	art department coordinator
Cynthia Martinez	....	greens foreperson
John McCabe	....	construction buyer (as John H. McCabe)
Ron Patterson	....	swing gang
Steve Powell	....	propmaker foreman
Ed Regan	....	labor foreman
Keith Sale	....	set dresser
Kelly Schultz	....	swing gang
John Snow	....	head painter
Shannon Spinella	....	set dresser
Mike Sunga	....	leadman

Sound Department
David A. Arnold	....	sound editor
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Jessy Bender	....	sound utility
G.W. Brown	....	adr editor
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist
Richard Duarte	....	foley mixer
David E. Fluhr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kevin Globerman	....	digital recordist
Jeff Gomillion	....	adr mixer
Gabriel Guy	....	sound recordist
Henry Hsiao	....	synth programming
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
David Kern	....	sound editor
Adam Kopald	....	sound effects editor
John Kwiatkowski	....	sound editor
Matthew McKenzie	....	adr recordist
Chuck Michael	....	supervising sound editor
Christian P. Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Aaron Rihel	....	sound dailies
Charles W. Ritter	....	sound editor
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	supervising adr editor
Mike Schmidt	....	utility sound
Jim Stuebe	....	production sound mixer
Ann L. Thornberg	....	first assistant sound editor
Todd Toon	....	supervising sound editor
Mark A. Tracy	....	assistant sound editor
Mark Weber	....	sound mixer
Gary Wright	....	sound editor
Dan Yale	....	foley editor

Special Effects by
Ron Bolanowski	....	special effects coordinator
George Zamora	....	pyrotechnician

Visual Effects by
Wally Chin	....	rotoscope/paint artist
Brian Corpus	....	technical operations manager: Pacific Title and Art Studio
Ricky Courtney	....	digital artist
Edward M. Cox	....	visual effects coordinator
Scott Dougherty	....	visual effects executive producer: Furious FX
William Fletcher	....	digital effects associate producer: Pacific Title and Art Studio
Hong Kim	....	digital effects artist
David Lingenfelser	....	visual effects supervisor: Furious FX
Darin McCormick-Millett	....	digital opticals producer: Pacific Title and Art Studio
Valerie McMahon	....	digital artist
Monty Phillips	....	visual effects coordinator: Digital Dream
Corinne Pooler	....	producer: Digital Dream
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Alfredo Ramirez	....	digital compositor
Michael Ramirez	....	roto artist
Marco Recuay	....	lead compositor
Mark Shoaf	....	CG supervisor: Furious FX
Cybele Sierra	....	digital compositor
Tiffany Smith	....	visual effects producer: Furious FX
John E. Sullivan	....	visual effects supervisor
James D. Tittle	....	visual effects coordinator: Pacific Title
Orlando Delbert	....	graphic artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Jay Amor	....	stunts
Jay Amor	....	utility stunts
Jane Austin	....	stunts
Jennifer Badger	....	utility stunts
Pat Banta	....	stunt performer
Wally Crowder	....	utility stunts
Jake Dashnaw	....	stunt double
Danny Downey	....	stunt double: Cilian Murphy
Alex Edlin	....	stunt performer
Tom Elliott	....	stunts
Debbie Evans	....	stunt driver
Dane Farwell	....	stunts
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw	....	stunt double
Joel Kramer	....	stunt coordinator
Lane Leavitt	....	utility stunts
Scott Leva	....	stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	....	stunts
Artie Malesci	....	stunt performer
Sonja Munsterman	....	stunt double: Rachel McAdams
Kiana Politis	....	stunt driver
Steve Ritzi	....	stunts
J.C. Robaina	....	stunts
John Zimmerman	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Nicolas Amato	....	rigging electrician
Kurt Beckler	....	rigging grip
John Boccaccio	....	first assistant camera
Kat Bueno	....	grip
Frank Buono	....	camera operator: doggicam
Jim Chizmar	....	rigging grip
James M. Chizmar Jr.	....	rigging grip
Stephen Ciffone	....	first assistant camera: second unit, Miami
Peter Lyons Collister	....	additional photographer
Erik Curtis	....	assistant camera
Bob Gorelick	....	Steadicam operator
Elwin 'Bub' Greer	....	grip (as Elwin B. Greer)
Joseph Guerino	....	rigging gaffer
Phil Hardt	....	electrician
Stan Harrison	....	video assist operator
Casey Hotchkiss	....	camera operator
David Howard	....	additional first assistant camera
Steven A. Hughes	....	electrician
Kevin Ivey	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Greg 'Hood' Jensen	....	electrician (as Greg Jensen)
Shane D. Kelly	....	gaffer: additional unit
Gemma La Mana	....	still photographer
Steven A. Lundgren	....	lighting balloon operator
Jerry L. Mandley	....	rigging best boy electric
Hugh McCallum	....	grip
Craig Molsberry	....	best boy electric
Frank Montesanto	....	key grip
Greg Morris	....	additional first assistant camera
Michael Negrin	....	director of photography: second unit
Katie Nilson	....	electrician
Al Pavoni	....	camera operator
Al Pavoni	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Earl Perque	....	best boy grip: second unit, Florida
Robert A. Preston	....	best boy grip
Pierre Roseman	....	gaffer: second unit, Florida
David A. Santos	....	rigging grip
Paul Schmidt	....	dolly grip
David A. Seekins	....	assistant camera
Chris Shadley	....	video assist operator: second unit
Wayne E. Smith	....	grip
Michael Strong	....	rigging grip
N. Owen Taylor Jr.	....	video assist operator: second unit
Chuck Turner	....	rigging grip
Anthony Van Dyk	....	electrician
John Vecchio	....	gaffer
Mike Visencio	....	rigging electrician
Nick Zeigler	....	rigging electrician

Animation Department
Tal Peleg	....	animator

Casting Department
Bill Dance	....	extras casting
Jesse Jam Miranda	....	casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sara Auhagen	....	seamstress
Jamelle Flowers	....	set costumer
Alix Friedberg	....	costume consultant
Jayne Marie Kehoe	....	costume supervisor: re-shoots
Susan Kistler	....	key costumer
Corrine Larson	....	costume assistant
Tom Macdonald	....	key costumer
Jalene Murphy	....	set costumer
Hope Slepak	....	costume supervisor
Tim Wilson	....	costumer
Christi Work	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Olivier Agostini	....	post-production assistant
Andrew Blustain	....	assistant editor
Evans Butterworth	....	post-production video executive
George Carlston	....	dailies colorist
Martin Cohen	....	post-production executive
Nathan Easterling	....	assistant editor
Tom Elkins	....	assistant editor
Elliot Greenberg	....	assistant editor
Devin C. Lussier	....	editorial production assistant
Lee Wimer	....	color timer
Jonny Winograd	....	first assistant editor: avid
Amanda Zemke	....	post-production assistant

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
William Boston	....	orchestrator (as Bill Boston)
Rossano Galante	....	orchestrator
Alex Gibson	....	music editor
Mark Graham	....	music librarian
Christopher Guardino	....	orchestrator
Tom Hiel	....	composer: additional music score
Tom Hiel	....	orchestrator
John Kurlander	....	scoring mixer
Tom Mesmer	....	composer: additional music
Denise Okimoto	....	assistant music editor
Carlos Rodriguez	....	orchestrator
Steven L. Smith	....	music preparation
Marcus Trumpp	....	composer: additional music
Marcus Trumpp	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Michael Avallon	....	driver
Charley Bob Burnham	....	transportation coordinator
William Burnham	....	driver
Al Burton	....	driver
L. Chip Crosby Jr.	....	driver
Samuel Danielsen	....	driver
J. Armin Garza II	....	driver: camera car
Gary Jackson	....	fuel truck driver
Kyle Jetton	....	driver
Jimmy Kaminsky	....	driver
Amy Aries Kirkpatrick	....	driver (as Aries Kirkpatrick)
Cecil McClain	....	driver
Dana Schisler	....	driver
Vicki Sousa	....	driver
Paul Thomas	....	driver
Mark Vanselow	....	precision driver
James White	....	driver
John Embry	....	driver: cast (uncredited)

Other crew
Kokayi Ampah	....	supervising location manager
Cristina Arango	....	production assistant
Tara Billik	....	assistant: Craven/Maddalena Films
Judith M. Brown	....	teacher
Christy Busby	....	set production assistant
Michael Buster	....	dialect coach
Jason Carro	....	production assistant
Kerry Carter	....	production assistant
Will Casey	....	unit publicist
Cristina Christian	....	second assistant accountant
Elisa Ann Conant	....	key assistant location manager (as Elisa Conant-Coleman)
Jesse Crusing	....	balloon light technician
Gregg Edler	....	production coordinator
Alex Edlin	....	marine coordinator
Carly Feingold	....	assistant: Mr. Craven
Brooke Fisher	....	assistant: Mr. Lemley
Neal Flaherty	....	assistant: Mr. Bender
William Fletcher	....	digital optical associate producer: Pacific Title and Art Studio
Debby Freeman	....	production coordinator: Miami
Matt Haggerty	....	set production assistant
Jill Hahn	....	payroll accountant
Amy Hansen	....	first assistant accountant
Natalie Hartman	....	photo double
Susan Hartmann	....	assistant production coordinator
Danielle Hartzell	....	assistant production coordinator: additional photography
Danielle Hartzell	....	production secretary
George M. Hernandez	....	additional location assistant
Hans Hernke	....	utility stand-in
Michelle Hoffman	....	craft service
Charles Hughes	....	production assistant
Matthew Humphreys	....	accounting clerk
Keith Jackson	....	production assistant
Erik Joseph	....	stand-in: Cillian Murphy, Miami
Russell E. Katzman	....	production assistant: Miami
Gary Kurashige	....	on-set medic
Katie Lavery	....	additional set production assistant
Richard Lilly	....	production assistant
Jana Lundy	....	assistant production coordinator: Miami
Justin G. Maguire	....	production assistant
Janet Matlock	....	assistant: Mr. Curtis
Sebastian Mazzola	....	set production assistant
Nick Mestrundrea	....	key craft service
Steven R. Molen	....	production executive
Tisha D. Nagel	....	production assistant (as Tisha Jahnke)
Andrew E. Nelson	....	production assistant
Paul Orehovec	....	production assistant
Scooter Perrotta	....	set production assistant
Stanley W. Pratt	....	chef: Hat Trick Catering (as Stanley Pratt)
Gabriel Quintero	....	production secretary: Miami
Jennifer Radzikowski	....	location manager
Chris Ranung	....	craft service: Miami
Matthew Reis	....	assistant: Mr. Novick
Robert Rizzolo	....	key set production assistant
Jamie Robinson	....	office production assistant: additional photography
Roy M. Rodriguez	....	production assistant
Michael Russell	....	technical advisor (as Major Mike Russell)
Liah Saldaña	....	set production assistant
Tierney Sams	....	production assistant
Will Sandoval	....	production assistant
Kelly Snyder	....	production accountant
Ronald P. Tavalaro	....	location projectionist
Marta Tomkiw	....	assistant location manager
John Trujillo	....	layout board
Shea Varge	....	production assistant
Sheila Waldron	....	script supervisor
Bryan Farrell Wilson	....	production assistant
Victoria Wong	....	production assistant
Sandra Woodward	....	location assistant
Amanda Zemke	....	production assistant
Cody Zwieg	....	assistant: Ms. Maddalena
Dave Knight	....	additional location assistant (uncredited)
Bradley Winters	....	intern: office (uncredited)

Thanks
Jesse Jam Miranda	....	very special thanks

Production Companies

• DreamWorks SKG
• BenderSpink
• Craven-Maddalena Films

Distributors

• DreamWorks Distribution (2005) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (2009) (USA) (TV)
• Bontonfilm (2005) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Buena Vista International Finland (2005) (Finland) (theatrical)
• DreamWorks Distribution (2005) (Canada) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Australia) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Greece) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2005) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (2009) (Germany) (TV)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Net5 (2008) (Netherlands) (TV) (first national airing)
• Universal Home Video (2006) (Brazil) (VHS) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Benelux (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures Finland Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (opticals)
• Digital Dream (visual effects)
• Furious FX

Other Companies

• Air Hollywood  aviation sets and interiors
• Buena Vista Sound  sound post-production
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes, dollies and remote camera systems
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Hat Trick Catering  catering
• Pictorvision  stabilized ground head

MPAA:

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

Runtime:

85 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Netherlands:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Australia:M | Germany:12 | Finland:K-15 | New Zealand:M | Philippines:PG-13 | Norway:15 | Argentina:13 | Ireland:12A | Indonesia:Dewasa | Brazil:14 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Iceland:14 | Sweden:15 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Belgium:KT | Czech Republic:15 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Malaysia:U | Iceland:16 (video rating) | South Korea:15 | USA:PG-13 | UK:12A | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles International Airport - 1 World Way, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivia:

Both Wes Craven and Carl Ellsworth filmed cameos as airline passengers in the airport terminal. Wes Craven couldn't keep a straight face with his script supervisor Sheila, so their cameo wound up on the cutting room floor. Ellsworth's cameo remains in the final cut: three women are sleeping on the terminal seats and they all have their heads resting on the next ones shoulders, until the last one is sleeping on a man's shoulder; this is Carl Ellsworth wearing a green sweatshirt promoting the band Outkast.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: Our main characters are seated in row 18, however they are clearly only a few rows from the very back of the aircraft (and the galley). On a real 767 they would have been in a row in the high 20's or 30's.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Marianne Taylor: Taylor. Bob and Marianne Taylor.
Cynthia: Just bear with me one second.
Marianne Taylor: There are other hotels in Miami.
Cynthia: I'm really sorry.
Marianne Taylor: What is the problem here? We made these reservations over six months ago.

Movie Connections:

References "Dr. Phil" (2002)

Soundtrack:

Parasite

Well directed

I had fun watching Red Eye. It's not a masterpiece, but it's well directed and structured. Cillian Murphy and Rachel McAdams are perfect in the role. Yes, it's the same old story with a different setting but Wes Craven gave it a good pace. At least not another Scream with the usual college killer. It's nice when you can see a clean, coherent thriller even when originality doesn't stand out as its main character. Particularly from a film-maker like Craven that has brought so many innovative ideas to the thriller and horror genre in the past and that now just lends himself to bringing home what could have been a good TV movie had it not been released theatrically. Good job!