Turistas (2006)

Director:

John Stockwell

Writer (WGA):

Michael Ross (written by)

Release Date:

1 December 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Go Home.

Plot:

A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian rural area that holds an ominous secret.

Plot Keywords:

Brazil | Vacation | Backpacker | Beach | Dancing

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Josh Duhamel	...	Alex
Melissa George	...	Pru
Olivia Wilde	...	Bea
Desmond Askew	...	Finn
Beau Garrett	...	Amy
Max Brown	...	Liam
Agles Steib	...	Kiko
Miguel Lunardi	...	Zamora
Jorge Só	...	Bus Driver
Cristiani Aparecida	...	Native Beauty
Lucy Ramos	...	Arolea
Andréa Leal	...	Camila
Diego Santiago	...	Jacaré
Marcão	...	Ranan
Miguelito Acosta	...	Jamoru
Jorge Neves	...	Tulio
Julia Dykstra	...	Nurse
Gabriela Migliano	...	Cook
Pollyanna Rose	...	Female Backpacker (as Polly Brown)
John Stockwell	...	Male Backpacker
Gustav Roth	...	Svend
Olga Diegues	...	Annika
Rodiney Ferreira	...	Burly Brazilian Man
Maria Aparecida	...	Old Woman
Caique Martins Ferreira	...	Bar Owner
Vanessa Bueno	...	Young Girl / Opening Scene
Maria Aparecida Gouveia	...	Rock Throwing Kid's Mother
Silvia Helena de Oliveira	...	Shop Keeper
Maicon Lemos Braga	...	Anxious Town Kid #1
Marcos Vinicios	...	Anxious Town Kid #2
Raul Guterres	...	Bar Fighter
Ediane Aparecida	...	Girl from Coconut Water
Salvador dos Santos	...	Fisherman
Suzana da Silva	...	Little Girl from Picture
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kimberly-Rose Wolter	...	Screaming Girl (uncredited)

Directed by
John Stockwell

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Ross		(written by) (as Michael Arlen Ross)

Produced by
Marc Butan	....	producer
Mark Cuban	....	executive producer
Rick Dallago	....	executive producer
Elaine Dysinger	....	executive producer
Caique Martins Ferreira	....	co-producer
Caique Martins Ferreira	....	line producer: Brazil
Raul Guterres	....	co-producer
Kent Kubena	....	executive producer
Scott LaStaiti	....	executive producer
Andrew Molasky	....	associate producer
Rubria Negrao	....	associate producer
Dylan Russell	....	co-producer
Scott Steindorff	....	producer
John Stockwell	....	producer
Todd Wagner	....	executive producer
Bo Zenga	....	producer

Original Music by
Paul Haslinger

Cinematography by
Enrique Chediak		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jeff McEvoy

Casting by
Lisa Beach
Sarah Katzman

Production Design by
Marlise Storchi

Set Decoration by
Alice Souza

Costume Design by
Bia Salgado

Makeup Department
Joana Batista	....	hair stylist
Martin Macias	....	hair department head
Martin Macias	....	makeup department head
Martin Macias	....	prosthetic makeup effects supervisor: Brazil (as Martin Macías Trujillo)
Todd Masters	....	prosthetic makeup effects supervisor: US
Sandro Valerio	....	makeup artist (as Sandro Valério)

Production Management
Bia Caldas	....	production manager
Cynthia Nicolella	....	post-production supervisor
Claudia Reis	....	production manager
Giancarlo J. Sini	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Max Day	....	first assistant director
Dayse Amaral Dias	....	first assistant director
Hsu Chien Hsin	....	first assistant director: second unit
Paula Lima	....	second assistant director
Claudio Reiter	....	first assistant director
Peter Zuccarini	....	second unit director: underwater sequences

Art Department
Mark Lambert Bristol	....	storyboard artist
Oswaldo Lioi	....	set designer

Sound Department
Randy Babajtis	....	sound effects editor
Jeremy Balko	....	adr mixer
Spencer Blair	....	post-sound assistant
Dhyana Carlton-Tims	....	adr editor
Dhyana Carlton-Tims	....	dialogue editor
Shaun Cunningham	....	adr editor
Brent Findley	....	assistant sound editor
Nick Foley	....	adr recordist
Jerry Gilbert	....	sound re-recording mixer
Scott Hinkley	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Chad J. Hughes	....	sound effects editor
Cody King	....	foley editor
Richard Kitting	....	sound recordist
Shawn London	....	sound editor
Mark Messick	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Miller	....	supervising sound editor
Andrew Morgado	....	foley mixer
Altyr Pereira	....	boom operator
Susan Pusateri	....	foley artist (as Sue Pusateri)
Luciano Raposo	....	boom operator
Shelley Roden	....	foley artist
Jorge Saldanha	....	sound mixer
Yan Saldanha	....	boom operator
Ted Swanscott	....	adr mixer
Daniel Tripoli	....	adr editor
Daniel Tripoli	....	dialogue editor
David F. Van Slyke	....	adr supervisor
Jonathan Wales	....	sound re-recording mixer
Brian Williams	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Mauricio Couto Bevilaqua	....	special effects supervisor
Michael Cook	....	special effects
Sergio Farjalla Jr.	....	special effects
Dan Rebert	....	body and prosthetics effects supervisor (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Denise Ballantyne	....	visual effects consultant
Jamie Baxter	....	digital artist
Ryan Beadle	....	digital I/O
Louis Bravo	....	visual effects editor
Ozzie Carmona	....	digital compositor
Marie Victoria Denoga	....	compositor
Mark Dornfeld	....	visual effects supervisor
Diego Galtieri	....	digital rotoscope artist
David Geoghegan	....	digital compositor
Eric Grenaudier	....	visual effects supervisor
Ragui Hanna	....	digital compositor
R.J. Harbour	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital coordinator
Sid Jayakar	....	digital compositor
Jeremy Lang	....	head of information technology: Custom Film Effects
Frank Lawas	....	visual effects I/O supervisor
Christopher D. Martin	....	visual effects coordinator
Anthony Ocampo	....	3D artist
Laurie Powers	....	digital compositor
James W. Riley	....	visual effects producer
Martha Soehendra	....	compositor
Antonio Torres	....	digital artist: Pacific Title
John Vassallo	....	digital effects artist
Amani Williams	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Sandro Abdala Naja	....	stunts
Silvano Airlie Tavares Neto	....	stunts
Amber Beckman	....	stunt double
Ivan Dos Santos	....	stunt double
Walter Pinto Espasandin	....	stunts
Mehgan Heaney-Grier	....	stunt double: Olivia Wilde
Alex Krimm	....	stunt double: Josh Duhamel
Alex Krimm	....	underwater stunt coordinator
Scott LaStaiti	....	stunt double
Francisco Lofferdi	....	stunt double
Stephanie Moreira da Silva	....	stunt double
Andre B. Pereira	....	stunts
Robson Pereira da Silva	....	stunts
Eduardo Reis Ribeiro Jr.	....	stunts
John Robotham	....	stunt coordinator
Raul Silvestre Ribeiro da Silva Jr.	....	stunts
Denise So	....	stunt double
Denise So	....	stunts
Jorge Só	....	stunt coordinator
Yan So	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Lula Araújo	....	Steadicam operator
Zeca Guimarães	....	still photographer
Vantoen Pereira Júnior	....	still photographer
Eduardo Segovia	....	gaffer
Nilo Vital	....	key grip
Peter Zuccarini	....	underwater cinematographer

Casting Department
Ruy Brito	....	casting: Brazil
Kate Plantin	....	casting: UK

Editorial Department
Steve Bobertz	....	assistant editor
Tom Cross	....	first assistant editor
David Crowther	....	editor: unrated cut
Jon Dudkowski	....	assistant editor
Maxine Gervais	....	digital intermediate colorist
Jerimiah Morey	....	assistant colorist

Music Department
Mark Curry	....	music scoring mixer
David Falzone	....	music supervisor
Bruno Roussel	....	music editor
Edwin Wendler	....	additional music arranger

Other crew
Jazmin Castillo	....	assistant: Ms. Dysinger
Fernanda Chasim	....	production assistant
Sophia Chirovsky	....	assistant: Mr. Zenga (as Sophia Chirowsky)
Paulão Costa	....	set manager
Sara Geiger	....	assistant: Mr. Steindorff
Laura C. Grant	....	assistant: Mr. Stockwell, production
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond representative
Robyn Heath	....	assistant: Mr. Butan
Pamela Jaeckle	....	production coordinator
Alicia Johnson	....	digital intermidiate
Vivianne Jundi	....	assistant: US cast
Jessica Kill	....	assistant: Mr. Zenga
Dawn Knox	....	assistant: Mr. Cuban
Raphael Krüger	....	assistant: Mr. Ferreira
Staci Mitchell	....	assistant: Mr. Wagner
Aline Motta	....	script supervisor
Amy Ostrower	....	post-production accountant
Chris Peterson	....	assistant: Mr. LaStaiti
Giancarlo J. Sini	....	financial controller
Giancarlo J. Sini	....	production controller
Amy Smolev	....	first assistant accountant
Mariana Vianna	....	production coordinator: Brazil
Amy Greene Vines	....	assistant: Mr. Stockwell, post-production (as Amy Greene)
Ronald Warner	....	production assistant

Thanks
Paula Bolden	....	special thanks
Bob Duskis	....	special thanks
Karrie Komaru	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Stone Village Pictures
• 2929 Productions
• Boz Productions

Distributors

• Bazuca Films (2008) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Fox Atomic (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Group Power (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paradiso Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Transeuropa Video Entertainment (TVE) (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)

Special Effects

• MastersFX (prosthetic makeup effects)
• Stargate Digital (digital visual effects)
• Custom Film Effects (additional visual effects)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (visual effects and digital opticals)

Other Companies

• Sonic Magic  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Paradise Lost (UK)
Turistas: Holiday of Horror (Malaysia: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong graphic violence and disturbing content, sexuality, nudity, drug use and language.

Runtime:

93 min | 96 min (unrated version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Portuguese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

USA:R | UK:18 | Ireland:18 | Brazil:18 | Singapore:M18 | Malaysia:18PL | Australia:R | Australia:R (2007) (unrated version) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Germany:18 (R rated version) | Finland:K-18 | Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:R18 | Portugal:M/16 | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Chapada Diamantina, Lençóis, Bahia, Brazil

Company:

Stone Village Pictures

Trivia:

In one underwater scene, Olivia Wilde's character is supposed to be panicking while trying to find an air bubble. This is actually real, as Olivia missed her mark and could not locate the air bubble. Because it as a wide shot, the safety divers were too far away to get there, but she eventually found the pocket

Goofs:

Continuity: There are several scenes where Kiko has emerged from the water and is immediately seen to be dry. hair dry and no water drops on his body. Even in the scene where he is finally shot, his upper torso and hair are completely dry after he supposedly just came up from the underwater cave.

Quotes:

Alex Trubituan: [to bus driver] "Bussie!" You suck at driving buses! You should do something else. Pick bananas or something.

Movie Connections:

Features "Hogan's Heroes" (1965)

Soundtrack:

Re-Batucada/Do Jeito Que O Rei Mandou

Perfect for fans of intense survival thrillers.

The horror genre is really turning off people to traveling!

Tourists in Brazil find themselves robbed, stranded, and now being led into a deadly trap. Enter some shady characters desperate for some black market body parts...

Turistas is a swiftly moving thriller that really grabs one from the beginning and only grows more intense throughout. At the same time the film really avoids the horror clichés very nicely and turns out a twisted and unpredictable story. While comparisons between Turistas and Eli Roth's Hostel are inevitable, this little horror ride actually has much more in common with the excellent 2005 horror film Wolf Creek. Much like that film, Turistas is a thriller that relies upon suspense and tension rather than on brutal violence and gore. Although it does have its share of cringe-worthy moments with some occasional graphic images. Also Turistas is slickly filmed in a kind of documentary style that makes the occurrences on screen all the more believable - and more startling. The filming locations are fantastic, the story is very edgy, the cast is solid, and the suspense is well-crafted.

In short, those that enjoy gripping horror films (like High Tension, Wolf Creek, Hostel, etc.) will find this film a worthy ride. It's one of the best sleeper-horror films we've seen this year!

*** 1/2 out of ****