Gabriel (2007)

Director:

Shane Abbess

Writers:

Shane Abbess (writer)
Matt Hylton Todd (writer)

Release Date:

15 November 2007 (Australia)

Genre:

Action | Horror

Tagline:

Far from Grace

Plot:

GABRIEL tells the story of an archangel who fights to bring light back to purgatory - a place where darkness rules - and save the souls of the city's inhabitants. |

Plot Keywords:

Angel | Gothic | Character Name In Title

Cast

Andy Whitfield	...	Gabriel
Dwaine Stevenson	...	Sammael
Samantha Noble	...	Jade / Amitiel
Erika Heynatz	...	Lilith
Michael Piccirilli	...	Asmodeus
Harry Pavlidis	...	Uriel
Jack Campbell	...	Raphael
Kevin Copeland	...	Ahriman
Brendan Clearkin	...	Balan
Matt Hylton Todd	...	Ithuriel
Valentino del Toro	...	Baliel
Goran D. Kleut	...	Molloch
Amy Mathews	...	Maggie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Christian Clark	...	Sean
Johan Earl	...	Clay
Amber Gokken	...	Krianna
Denai Gracie	...	Leather Girl
Richard Huggett	...	Max
Az Jackson	...	Paddich
Aaron Scully	...	Xander
Paul Winchester	...	Marcus

Directed by
Shane Abbess

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Shane Abbess		writer
Matt Hylton Todd		writer

Produced by
Shane Abbess	....	producer
Anna Katharina Cridland	....	producer
Wayne Duband	....	executive producer
Matt Hylton Todd	....	associate producer
James Michael Vernon	....	executive producer
Kristy Vernon	....	producer

Original Music by
Brian Cachia

Cinematography by
Peter Holland

Film Editing by
Adrian Rostirolla

Casting by
Faith Martin

Production Design by
Victor Lam

Art Direction by
Andrew Bocxe

Costume Design by
Lisa Walpole

Makeup Department
Simona Kubingerova	....	makeup artist
Dakota Matich	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Denai Gracie	....	production manager
Matthew Graham	....	post-production producer
Claire Jackson	....	unit manager
Angela Parker	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Xander Collier	....	first assistant director
Michael Horvath	....	first assistant director: pick-ups
Bob Howard	....	first assistant director
Chris Schwager	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Allan Chesher	....	assistant art director
Katherine Giovenali	....	art department coordinator
Matt Valent	....	stand-by props

Sound Department
Adrian Bilinsky	....	dialogue editor
Rainier Davenport	....	sound recordist
John Dennison	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Dennison	....	sound supervisor
Les Fiddess	....	foley artist
Dan Johnston	....	additional sound editor
Dan Johnston	....	foley editor
Sean O'Reilly	....	sound
Sean O'Reilly	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Johan Earl	....	armourer
Johan Earl	....	pyrotechnician
Matt Valent	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Steve Anderson	....	visual effects supervisor
Michael Crippin	....	visual effects
Scott Geersen	....	visual effects
Matthew Graham	....	visual effects producer
Demis Lyall-Wilson	....	digital compositor
Zach Paul	....	visual effects
Christian Poullay	....	previsualisation artist
Jonathan Taranto	....	matte painter
Tylney Taylor	....	visual effects: opening sequence
Koji Yamaguchi	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Kyle Rowling	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Gillian Huxley	....	gaffer
Andrew Johnson	....	camera operator
Andrew Johnson	....	steadicam operator

Editorial Department
Enzo Tedeschi	....	assistant editor

Other crew
John Duong	....	script supervisor
Luke Polti	....	special make-up effects

Production Companies

• HILT Productions
• Redline Films (in association with)

Distributors

• Screen Corporation (2006) (Australia) (all media) (sales agent)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• Sony Pictures Releasing (2007) (Australia) (theatrical)

Runtime:

Greece:109 min

Country:

Australia

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Malaysia:18PL | Singapore:M18 | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Australia:M | Argentina:16

Filming Locations:

Heddon Greta, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

HILT Productions

Trivia:

Shane Abbess studied other low budget films like "Requiem for a Dream" and "Donnie Darko" to see how other filmmakers worked on such small budgets.

Quotes:

Jade: You dont get do you Gabe. Everything here works against us. We fall pray to the things we never knew existed. Fear, hate, all of these things, that make all of them stronger.
Jade: The city itslf is there best defence.
[looks at him]
Jade: What are you thinking about?
Gabriel: I think I'm hungry.

good idea turned into nonsense

The desolation and deception of the Archangels, the struggle they've been through was a beautiful idea to construct upon in a very solid way. Unfortunately they pushed too far into a haze of nonsense that destroyed the characters aura. Michael is nothing less than a grotesque villain, Uriel is a pathetic drunk and Amitiel prostitutes as Jade whore. It could have been so much better than that. Even at the end when they could make some difference and save the day the mighty Gabriel childishly slides between love and hatred and leaves us with a very big question mark: what was it all about ? The characters missed consistency and purpose, as the whole movie did and I just felt that I have lost my time watching this. Although the directing was randomly OK, the script was weak and disappointing. As a rule of thumb, when you try to direct your own script there is a huge chance of losing touch with reality, so you people take care in the future because you can do so much better than this.