Furnace (2006)

User Rating:

3.5/10   

Director:

William Butler

Writers:

Scott Aronson (written by)
William Butler (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

12 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Somewhere between prison and hell lies the furnace.

Plot:

Detective Michael Turner investigates mysterious deaths that occur in and around a maximum-security prison...

Cast

Michael Paré	...	Detective Michael Turner
Ja Rule	...	Terrence Dufresne (as Jeffrey 'Ja Rule' Atkins)
Jenny McShane	...	Dr. Ashley Carter
Danny Trejo	...	Fury
Tom Sizemore	...	Frank Miller
Kelly Stables	...	Karen Bolding
Paul Wall	...	Joey Robbins
Cowboy Troy	...	Officer Troy (as 'Cowboy' Troy Coleman)
Clay Steakley	...	Scags
Taylor Kinney	...	Bill Jamison
Richard Cowl	...	Simon Furst (as Richard S. Cowl)
Andy Stahl	...	Warden Patt (as Andrew Stahl)
Frank Knapp Jr.	...	Warden Ephrem White (as Frank Knapp)
Todd Truley	...	Officer Murphy
Victoria Hester	...	Lucille White
Lindsey Repp	...	Rita Robbins
Christopher Strand	...	Captain Adams
Dominic L. Santana	...	Donner (as Dominic Santana)
D.J. Naylor	...	DJ (as David Jordan Naylor)
Muffy Bolding	...	Polly
Johnnie Oberg Jr.	...	Officer DiSalvo (as Johnnie Oberg)
Wesley Murphy	...	Young Simon Furst (as Wes Murphy)
L. Michele Hester	...	Samantha (as Michele Hester)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cam Chaney	...	Guard (uncredited)
Spencer Gray	...	Prisoner (uncredited)
Steve Hudgins	...	Prisoner (uncredited)
Dono Langley	...	Prisoner (uncredited)
Anthony Lawson	...	Additional Voices (voice) (uncredited)
Steve Sandfort	...	Guard (uncredited)
Jerry L. Wallace	...	Prisoner (uncredited)

Directed by
William Butler

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Scott Aronson		written by
William Butler		writer
Aaron Strongoni		writer

Produced by
Scott Aronson	....	producer
William Butler	....	producer
Anghus Houvouras	....	associate producer
Chris Dehau Lee	....	co-producer
Jillian Longnecker	....	line producer
Aaron Strongoni	....	associate producer
Eric Tomosunas	....	producer
John Vulich	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Haavard Christopher Hana
Noah Sorota

Cinematography by
Viorel Sergovici		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
M. Scott Smith

Production Design by
Chad Keith

Costume Design by
Keith Taylor		(co-costume designer)

Makeup Department
Ben Dixon	....	special makeup effects artist
Georgia Dunn	....	second makeup artist
Melinda Dunn	....	hair stylist
Brad Hardin	....	key special effects makeup artist (as Bradley Hardin)
Kimber Landers	....	assistant makeup artist
Kimberly McRee	....	makeup artist
Sondra Nottingham	....	makeup department head
Tammy Potts-Merritt	....	wig specialist
Michelle Vanderpool-Kohrs	....	hair department head
Janie Webber	....	contact lens technician

Production Management
Ken Bernstein	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tony Dancy	....	second assistant director
Renee Marsella	....	second second assistant director
Craig Rogers	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Elizabeth Boller	....	set dresser
Javed Noorullah	....	property master
Matthew Petersen	....	set dresser
Steven Woodring	....	art department intern

Sound Department
Kevin Banks	....	sound designer
Kevin Banks	....	sound effects editor
Stephen Barden	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alex Bullick	....	sound effects editor
Michael Davis	....	adr recording engineer
Mason Donnahoe	....	boom operator
Nelson Ferreira	....	adr editor
Stefan Fraticelli	....	foley artist
Matthew Harrold	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dashen Naidoo	....	sound effects editor
J. Seeman	....	adr recording assistant
Lan Tran	....	foley editor
Tyler Whitham	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
David Beavis	....	special effects technician
Spencer Gray	....	special effects crew
David Hill	....	special effects coordinator
Joseph Quinn Simpkins	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Mathieu Chevalier	....	rotoscope artist
Mathieu Clavet	....	rotoscope artist

Stunts
John Copeman	....	key stunt coordinator
Dino Muccio	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Shon Blotzer	....	grip
Troy Carlton	....	grip
Lucian Diaconu	....	gaffer
Jim Mahorney	....	best boy grip
Alan Newcomb	....	aerial photographer
Alan Newcomb	....	first assistant camera
Sloane Schoeneberg	....	key grip
Andy Sleet	....	assistant camera
Adam L. Taylor	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Catherine Bayley	....	key wardrobe
Christina Kim	....	wardrobe production assistant

Editorial Department
Jason Bretz	....	assistant editor
Kelly Reese	....	colorist

Transportation Department
Chris McDade	....	driver generator operator

Other crew
Randi Brenneman	....	production assistant
David Eubanks	....	head armorer
Allison Hughes Stroud	....	script supervisor
Renee Marsella	....	set production assistant
Benjamin McDade	....	craft service
Emily Neumann	....	production assistant (as Neumann)

Thanks
John Gray	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Melee Entertainment
• Swirl Films

Distributors

• Acteurs Auteurs Associés (AAA) (2007) (France) (all media)
• Albatros Film (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Icon Film Distribution (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)

Runtime:

Greece:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Germany:16 | Australia:MA (2008) | Australia:MA | Portugal:M/16 | Netherlands:16

Filming Locations:

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Company:

Melee Entertainment

Trivia:

The 'Morgue Set' was actually filmed in what used to be the penitentiary metal shop.

Movie Connections:

References Boyz n the Hood (1991)

Soundtrack:

You Should Be Here

Awful Screenplay

While opening the abandoned south wing of the Blackgate Prison to receive three hundred new inmates, one security guard and one prisoner enters in the furnace room. In the evening, the guard commits suicide and later the inmate is found dead in his cell in weird circumstances. Detective Michael Turner (Michael Paré) investigates the suicide case and he notes that the guard had just lost two fingers. He drives to the prison, where he discloses an uncanny event in the furnace room.

"Furnace" is a lame movie with an awful screenplay that does not develop well the characters or the situations, which are absolutely disconnected, senseless and without explanation. The conclusion is terrible, with many people dying (security guards, coroner, prisoners etc.) and the only action is sealing again the wing of the prison without any further consequence. My vote is four.

Title (Brazil): "A Fornalha" ("The Furnace")