The Omen (2006)

User Rating:

5.4/10   

Director:

John Moore

Writer (WGA):

David Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

6 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

His Day Will Come

Plot:

A remake of the 1976 horror classic The Omen (1976), an American official realizes that his young son may literally be the devil incarnate.

Plot Keywords:

Priest | Antichrist | Omen | Remake | Photographer

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Predrag Bjelac	...	Vatican Observatory Priest (as Pedja Bjelac)
Carlo Sabatini	...	Cardinal Fabretti
Bohumil Svarc	...	Pope
Liev Schreiber	...	Robert Thorn
Giovanni Lombardo Radice	...	Father Spiletto
Baby Zikova	...	Damien - Newborn
Baby Morvas	...	Damien - Newborn
Baby Muller	...	Damien - Newborn
Baby Litera	...	Damien - Newborn
Julia Stiles	...	Katherine Thorn
Tomas Wooler	...	Damien - 2 Years Old (as Tomas Wooller)
Rafael Sallas	...	Rome Embassy Marine
Marshall Cupp	...	Ambassador Steven Haines
Martin Hindy	...	Haines' Limo Driver (as Martin 'Mako' Hindy)
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick	...	Damien
Amy Huck	...	Nanny
Vince Valitutti	...	Birthday Party Photographer
David Thewlis	...	Keith Jennings
Klara Low	...	Mom at Birthday Party
Laurie Tallack	...	Tabloid Reporter #1
MyAnna Buring	...	Tabloid Reporter #2
Harvey Stephens	...	Tabloid Reporter #3
Kammy Darweish	...	Saudi Ambassador
Reggie Austin	...	Tom Portman
Tonya Graves	...	Thorn's Secretary
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Father Brennan
Changa Bell	...	London Embassy Guard
Janet Henfrey	...	Mrs. Horton
Mia Farrow	...	Mrs. Baylock
Pavel Cajzl	...	Wedding Limo Driver
Sara Houghton	...	Mom at Zoo
Richard Rees	...	Psychiatrist Hugh Greer
Nikki Amuka-Bird	...	Dr. Becker
Federico Pacifici	...	Rome Cab Driver
Alessandra Vanzi	...	Elderly Nun
Massimo Bellinzoni	...	Subiaco Monk
Vee Vimolmal	...	Katherine's Nurse - London Hospital
Joe Towne	...	Hospital Guard
Michael Gambon	...	Bugenhagen
Curtis Matthew	...	Secret Service Agent

Directed by
John Moore

Writing credits (WGA)
David Seltzer		(written by)

Produced by
Giovanni Lovatelli	....	line producer: Italy
John Moore	....	producer
Jeffrey Stott	....	executive producer
Peter Veverka	....	associate producer
Glenn Williamson	....	producer

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami

Cinematography by
Jonathan Sela		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Dan Zimmerman

Casting by
Susie Figgis
Jessica Horáthová

Production Design by
Patrick Lumb

Art Direction by
Katerina Kopicová		(as Katerina Kopicova)
Martin Kurel

Set Decoration by
Patrick Smith		(as Patrick 'Paki' Smith)

Costume Design by
George L. Little

Makeup Department
Chris Burgoyne	....	prosthetic makeup application
Fiona Connon	....	makeup department head
Desideria Corridoni	....	key hairdresser: Rome/Matera (as Desiree Corridoni)
Aurelio Guzman	....	prosthetic lab work
Matthew Jorgensen	....	prosthetic lab work (as Matt Jorgenson)
Barbara Kichi	....	key hairdresser
Barbara Kichiova	....	hair stylist
Rich Knight	....	prosthetic lab work
Kris Kobzina	....	prosthetic lab work
Aaron Koons	....	makeup effects lab technician
Tomás Kuchta	....	hair stylist
Tomás Kuchta	....	makeup artist
Ryan McDowell	....	prosthetic lab technician
Ryan McDowell	....	prosthetic sculptor
Scott McGowan	....	special makeup effects artist
Matthew W. Mungle	....	prosthetic and makeup effects designer
Ruzena Novotna	....	makeup artist
Gabriela Polakova	....	key makeup artist
Glenn Pulliam	....	special makeup effects artist
Stephen Rose	....	department head hair
Eddie Vargas	....	prosthetic lab work
Brian Wade	....	special makeup effects artist

Production Management
Jim Behnke	....	unit production manager
Gabriella Di Santo	....	unit production manager: additional photography, Italy
Aaron Downing	....	post-production supervisor
Ivan Filus	....	unit production manager
Veronika Finkova	....	executive in charge of production
Jiri Husak	....	unit manager
Peter Kang	....	executive in charge of production
Jeffrey Stott	....	unit production manager
Pavel Typolt	....	production manager: second unit

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sergio Ercolessi	....	first assistant director: Italy
Helena Frankova	....	second second assistant director
Elizabeth Gill	....	first assistant director: Dublin (as Liz Gill)
Shakir Hafoudh	....	third assistant director
Mirek Lux	....	first assistant director: Czech Republic
Barbara Pastrovich	....	second assistant director: Italy
Frantisek Rezek	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mark Taylor	....	second assistant director
Dusan Vodak	....	first assistant director: second unit
Julian Wall	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Vivian Al-Samarrai	....	art department assistant
Alice Bartosova	....	graphic designer
June Connon	....	props
Romek Delmata	....	conceptual designer
Romek Delmata	....	storyboard artist
Jiri Dusek	....	leadman
Katerina Galova	....	assistant artist
Stanislav Glugar	....	props
Petr Grig	....	draftsman
Tomas Hais	....	props
Pavel Hemmy	....	property buyer
Klara Holubova	....	on-set art director
Tereza Keilova	....	art department coordinator
Katerina Koutská	....	assistant set decorator (as Katerina Koutska)
Tomas Lehovec	....	props
Chris McBride	....	computer & video supervisor
Stefan Mily	....	property buyer
Jana Nosková	....	draughtsman
Michal Petr	....	props
Jaroslav Rericha	....	draftsman
Petr Richter	....	props
Chris Rosewarne	....	conceptual designer
Chris Rosewarne	....	storyboard artist
Pavel Tatar	....	draftsman
Kurt Van Der Basch	....	illustrator
Josef Vecerek	....	props
Jan Zázvorka	....	construction art director (as Jan Zazvorka)
Jiri Zucek	....	property master
Tyler Gooden	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Jonathan Hall	....	computer & video technician (uncredited)
Ladislav Markic	....	set dresser: Cro unit (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Benjamin Beardwood	....	sound editor
Jim Brookshire	....	supervising adr editor
Chris Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
John T. Cucci	....	foley artist
Adriano Di Lorenzo	....	utility sound: italy
David Farmer	....	additional sound effects designer
Simon Firsht	....	boom operator
Kevin Globerman	....	digital recordist
Doc Kane	....	adr mixer
Andy Koyama	....	sound re-recording mixer
Martin Lonek	....	second boom operator
Skip Longfellow	....	first assistant sound editor
Bill Meadows	....	sound recordist
Timothy Nielsen	....	sound effects designer
Dan O'Connell	....	foley artist
Frank Smathers	....	sound editor
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Ian Voigt	....	production sound mixer
Jay Wilkinson	....	supervising sound editor
Jean McGrath	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Chris Fitzgerald	....	animatronic sculptor
Jan Holub	....	special effects crew
Lukas Jaromersky	....	special effects technician
Martin Oberlander	....	special effects director
Ondrej Pryca	....	special effects technician
Otto Requette	....	prosthetic assistant
Jirí Vater	....	special effects technician
Ian Wingrove	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
Joe Arnold	....	3D artist: Cinesite
Dave Bannister	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Andrew Bardusk	....	visual effects: Chains
Karel Benes	....	visual effects
Dan Beresford	....	production support
Mike Bryant	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Kevin Campbell	....	software developer
Warwick Campbell	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Martin Caulton	....	computer and video technician
Laurent Cordier	....	3D artist: Cinesite
Aimee Dadswell-Davies	....	visual effects producer: Cinesite
Jose Fernandez de Castro	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Keith Devlin	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Dave Early	....	matte painting: Cinesite
Guy Elson	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Julia Frey	....	visual effects producer
Matt Johnson	....	visual effects supervisor
Richard Kratt	....	digital compositor
Steven Lawrence	....	3D artist: 11: 11 MediaWorks
Christopher Learmonth	....	visual effects editor
Simon Maddocks	....	3D technical director: Cinesite
Tom Martinez Jr.	....	visual effects
Jon Miller	....	3D artist: Cinesite
Denisa Mrackova	....	visual effects: previz
Karen M. Murphy	....	visual effects producer
Robert Nall	....	digital artist
Roger Nall	....	digital compositor
Jonathan Neill	....	CG supervisor: Cinesite
Guy Nesfield	....	digital I/O
Artemis Oikonomopoulou	....	3D artist: Cinesite
Chris Perschky	....	technical services: Cinesite
Daniel Pettipher	....	production manager: Cinesite
Glen Pratt	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
David Richardson	....	technical services: Cinesite
Gillian Roberts	....	production: Cinesite
Alexander Savenko	....	3D technical director: Cinesite
Rasha Shalaby	....	visual effects artist
Jeff M. Sharar	....	visual effects artist
Marc Stevenson	....	3D artist: Cinesite
Courtney Vanderslice	....	production: Cinesite
Karen Wand	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Thom Wickes	....	render/data wrangler: Cinesite
Kathy Wise	....	digital I/O: Cinesite
Aviv Yaron	....	2D technical director: Cinesite
Keith Barton	....	production support: Cinesite (uncredited)
Jamie Baxter	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Rick Cortes	....	Inferno artist (uncredited)
Tiffany Cullum	....	3D manager: Cinesite (uncredited)

Stunts
Jakub Berdich	....	stunts
Radek Bruna	....	stunts
Pavel Cajzl	....	stunt coordinator
Frantisek Deak	....	stunts
Zuzana Drdacka	....	stunts
Pavel Dvorscik	....	stunts
Petr Hnetkovsky	....	stunts
Jindrich Klaus	....	stunts
Jiri Kraus	....	stunts
Ladislav Lahoda	....	stunt supervisor
Robert Lahoda	....	stunt rigger
Miroslav Lhotka	....	stunt double
Jan Loukota	....	stunts
Ivan Mares	....	stunts
David Mottl	....	stunts
Jan Petrina	....	stunt double: Liev Schreiber
Jan Petrina	....	stunts
Jaroslav Psenicka	....	stunts
Jan Schmied	....	stunts
Tomas Tobola	....	stunts
Karel Trojan	....	stunts
Miroslav Valka	....	stunts
Kamila Zenkerová	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ciarán Barry	....	camera operator (as Ciaran Barry)
Petr Boubelik	....	rigging electrician
Jan Brumlich	....	electrician
Martin Bublik	....	rigging electrician
Alan Butler	....	first assistant camera
Jan Carda	....	first assistant camera
Petr Cejka	....	electrician
Hali Chris	....	jib technician
Adam Dale	....	aerial director of photography
James Elton Davis	....	gaffer (as James Davis)
Claudio Del Gobbo	....	key grip: Italy
Massimiliano Dessena	....	best boy grip
Alessandro Di Meo	....	second assistant camera: Italy
Michal Filus	....	rigging electrician
Ingo Gardner	....	balloon light technician
Gian Claudio Giacomini	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera, Italy
Ivo Gresak	....	key grip: second unit
Marek Havel	....	loader
Jan Hladik	....	grip
Vladimir Holzknecht	....	rigging gaffer
Ladislav Hruby	....	first assistant camera
Mark Hyde	....	key grip
Ivan Janousek	....	rigging electrician
Jirka Klaska	....	grip (as Jiri Klaska)
Robert Kodera	....	best boy grip
Ales Kohout	....	electrician
Petr Konrád	....	gaffer: Czech Republic (as Petr Konrad)
Vaclav Kovarik	....	gaffer: second unit
Roman Kuchar	....	grip
Pavel Kurak	....	second assistant camera
Daniel Kutaj	....	electrician
Viktor Lonek	....	video assist
Patrizio Marra	....	grip
Jan Matejka	....	electrician
Robert Muller	....	electrician
John Murphy	....	key dolly grip
Miroslav Pavlik	....	loader
Jirka Pospisil	....	grip (as Jiri Pospisil)
Pavel Proisl	....	grip (uncredited)
Tomas Rozler	....	electrician
Stevie Russell	....	video assist: additional unit
Karel Schneiberg	....	video assist
Jaromir Sedina	....	camera operator
Werner Shelzig	....	rigging best boy electric (as Werner Schelzig)
Asen Sopov	....	second camera operator
Dalibor Suchy	....	electrician
Petr Sulc	....	best boy electric
Martin Tichy	....	electrician
Roman Tomana	....	rigging electrician
Adam Troeger	....	camera operator
Adam Troeger	....	jimmy jib operator
Vince Valitutti	....	still photographer
Missy Weimer	....	contributing photographer
J. Glyn Williams	....	first assistant camera: aerial unit
Marc Wolff	....	pilot: camera helicopter
Francesco Zaccaria	....	gaffer
Petr Zavrel	....	second assistant camera
Jiri Zelenka	....	rigging electrician
Miroslav Pavlik	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Jaromir Sedina	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Nancy Bishop	....	location casting
Deborah Maxwell Dion	....	casting: Los Angeles
Jirí Hrstka	....	extras casting
Isabella Hyams	....	casting assistant
Matthew Lessall	....	casting executive
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Zuzana Bursíková	....	set costumer (as Zuzana Bursikova)
Gracie Cox	....	costume production assistant
Bela Friedlová	....	set costumer (as Bela Friedlova)
Gabriela Horská	....	assistant costume designer (as Gabriela Horska)
Maria Hubackova	....	set costumer
Carlane Passman	....	assistant costume designer (as Carlane Passman Little)
Mary Lou Reinbold	....	costumer
Patricie Soptenková	....	set costumer (as Patricie Soptenkova)
Dita Valentinova	....	costume coordinator
Adam Watt	....	additional costume production assistant
Sarka Zvolenska	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Tzarina V. Edillon	....	first assistant editor
Skip Kimball	....	digital intermediate colorist
Vít Komrzy	....	post-production
Jim Passon	....	color timer
Chris Regan	....	color timer
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter (uncredited)

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Marco Beltrami	....	music arranger
William Boston	....	music arranger
William Boston	....	orchestrator
Jeff Carson	....	preview music editor
Chris Cozens	....	auricle control systems
Alex Gibson	....	supervising music editor
Isobel Griffiths	....	orchestra contractor
John Kurlander	....	score mixer
Dana Niu	....	orchestrator
Roy Prendergast	....	music editor
Buck Sanders	....	score co-producer
Marcus Trumpp	....	orchestrator

Transportation Department
Massimiliano Rocchetti	....	transportation coordinator: Italy
Tony Vizina	....	driver: cast
Pavel Voracek	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Andrea Alunni	....	location manager: Italy
Cecilia Alvarenga	....	production coordinator: Italy
Peter Arpesella	....	adr voice group
Lauren Barnhart	....	assistant: Liev Schreiber
Bostic Beard	....	clip researcher
Michaela Berková	....	assistant: Glenn Williamson (as Michaela Berkova)
Lorenzo Caccialanza	....	adr loop group
Vera Cerbara	....	dialogue coach
Vera Cerbara	....	translator: Italian
Sarka Cimbalova	....	accommodation coordinator
Hana Duplinska	....	assistant: John Moore (as Hanka Duplinska)
Michal Engrth	....	assistant accountant
Sam Feuer	....	adr voice
Stephen French	....	consultant: internet
Stephen French	....	documentary filmmaker
Stephen French	....	newsreel sequences
Yasmine Hanani	....	adr loop group
Zarko Ivkovic	....	location manager: Cro unit
Petr Kavalek	....	assistant production coordinator
Alice Kheilova	....	interpreter
Alice S. Kim	....	assistant: Jeffrey Stott
Karel Kubis	....	key set production assistant
Kym Langlie	....	unit publicist
Eric Layne	....	production accountant
Lenka Marsalkova	....	production coordinator
Natalie Mathes	....	post-production accountant
Sharon Milton	....	tutor
Joey Naber	....	adr voice
Lanny Nenicka	....	cashier
Kamila Ostra	....	production assistant
Kamila Ostra	....	set production assistant
Nada Pinter	....	script supervisor
Lucie Pokorná	....	assistant: Jeffrey Stott
Marketa Poruba	....	production secretary
Denisa Pugliova	....	assistant: John Moore
Eda Raban	....	set caterer
Alya Sako	....	adr voice
Brian Schornak	....	assistant: Glenn Williamson
Cristiano Sebastianelli	....	cashier
Jan Seidl	....	key production assistant
Faujja Singh	....	armorer
Valerio Stano	....	set production assistant
Charline St. Charles	....	clearances coordinator
Andy Stephens	....	aerial operations manager: Flying Pictures Ltd.
Michael Swan	....	location manager: additional unit
Barney Wrightson	....	aerial operations assistant: Flying Pictures Ltd.

Thanks
Richard Donner	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (presents) (as Twentieth Century Fox)
• 11:11 Mediaworks

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Netherlands (2006) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (Japan) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2006) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2006) (Germany) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2006) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2006) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Gemini Film (2006) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Film Company (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL5) (first national airing)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2006) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Special Effects

• Cinesite (visual effects)
• CosFX (additional visual effects) (as CosFX Films)
• 11:11 Mediaworks (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Black Dog Jib Productions  jimmy jib equipment
• CE VideoAssist Rental  VideoAssist equipment provided by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• EXTRAfilms S.r.o.  extras casting
• Fat Dot  publicity
• Flying Pictures  aerial filming services provided by
• Packair Airfreight  international logistics
• Panavision  camera equipment provided by
• Picture Mill, The  titles
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

Also Known As:

The Omen 666 (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for disturbing violent content, graphic images and some language.

Runtime:

110 min | Philippines:105 min (cut)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | SDDS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | Finland:K-15 | Ireland:15A | Germany:16 | Malaysia:18PL | Philippines:R-13 | Norway:15 | Australia:MA | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Argentina:16 | Hungary:18 | Italy:VM14 | Denmark:15 | South Korea:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:PG (cut version) | USA:R (certificate #42658) | France:-12 | Sweden:15 | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Brazil:16 | Japan:R-15 | South Korea:15 (cable rating)

Filming Locations:

Congress Center, Prague 4, Prague, Czech Republic

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Harvey Stephens, who portrayed Damien in The Omen (1976), appears in the film as a tabloid reporter.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end when Robert Thorn takes Damien in the car to take him to the church, Robert clearly puts a car key into the ignition to start the car. The 2006 Lexus GS which Robert drives throughout the movie, however, does not have a conventional key with ignition, but instead has a key-fob with push button start.

Quotes:

Katherine Thorn: What's the matter, those other kids didn't want to play with you?
Damien: They're afraid...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Omen: Prophecy Fulfilled (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

A DOCTOR, PLEASE

Slick but inevitably inferior remake

This remake is like listening to a cover version of a Beatles song. You like it but really want to hear the original again. The original Omen is such a terrific film, convincing, beautifully cast and with a great, raw Brit Gothic feel to it. The remake is a slightly glossier affair which is enjoyable enough but doesn't really take the story in any new directions, although it hints that it will. Opening images of 9/11 and the Asian tsunami promise a new take on the tale, but with the exception of the very final scene, this doesn't really happen. The set pieces of the original were beautifully done - here they're well done but don't seem to last long enough; they don't feel 'special' enough. The cast is good but, again, it lacks the gravitas of the original. This ambassador is no Gregory Peck. Overall, this isn't a bad way to spend two hours in the cinema - it's a hundred times better and more cinematic than The Da Vinci Code for instance - but could have been a lot more than it is.