Stargate: The Ark of Truth (2008) (V)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Robert C. Cooper

Writers:

Robert C. Cooper (written by)
Brad Wright (developer) ...
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Release Date:

11 March 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Plot:

SG-1 search for an Ancient Artifact to finally defeat the Ori. But the Artifact is in the Ori Galaxy.

Plot Keywords:

Intragalactic Travel | Alternate Timeline | Wormhole | Deus Ex Machina | Stargate

US TV Schedule:

Sun. Nov. 15

12:00 PM

SYFY

Cast

Ben Browder	...	Lt. Col. Cameron Mitchell
Amanda Tapping	...	Lt. Col. Samantha Carter
Christopher Judge	...	Teal'c
Michael Shanks	...	Dr. Daniel Jackson
Beau Bridges	...	Mjr. Gen. Henry Landry
Claudia Black	...	Vala Mal Doran
Currie Graham	...	James Marrick
Morena Baccarin	...	Adria
Tim Guinee	...	Tomin
Julian Sands	...	Doci
Sarah Strange	...	Morgan Le Fay / Ganos Lal
Michael Beach	...	Colonel Abe Ellis
Gary Jones	...	Chief Master Sgt. Walter Harriman
Martin Christopher	...	Major Marks
Chris Gauthier	...	Hertis (as Christopher Gauthier)
Eric Breker	...	Colonel Reynolds
Matthew Walker	...	Merlin
Alisen Down	...	Alteran Woman
Gabrielle Rose	...	Alteran Woman #2
Fabrice Grover	...	Amelius
Spencer Maybee	...	Captain Binder
Simon Bradbury	...	Alteran Man
Jason Calder	...	Ori Warrior
Greg Anderson	...	Prior #1
Doug Abrahams	...	Prior #2
Morris Chapdelaine	...	Prior #3
Nicholas Podbrey	...	Prior #4
Ian A. Wallace	...	Prior #5 (as Ian Wallace)
J. Douglas Stewart	...	Prior #6

Directed by
Robert C. Cooper

Writing credits
Robert C. Cooper		written by &
Jonathan Glassner		developer &
Brad Wright		developer

Produced by
Robert C. Cooper	....	producer
John G. Lenic	....	producer
N. John Smith	....	executive producer
Allison Volk	....	associate producer
Brad Wright	....	producer

Original Music by
Joel Goldsmith		(music by)

Cinematography by
Peter F. Woeste		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Stein Myhrstad

Production Design by
James Robbins		(as James C.D. Robbins)

Art Direction by
Chris Beach
Thom Wells		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Mark Davidson
Robert Davidson

Costume Design by
Christina McQuarrie

Makeup Department
Anthony Allen Barlow	....	effects makeup artist (as Anthony Barlow)
Linda A. Brown	....	second assistant makeup
Charmaine Clark	....	assistant hair stylist
Joe Colwell	....	effects makeup artist
Ken Culver	....	effects makeup artist
Lyn Defehr	....	second assistant makeup (as Lyn De Fehr)
Dorothee Deichmann	....	first assistant makeup artist
Robert Kato DeStefan	....	effects makeup artist (as Robert DeStefan)
Joe Gomez	....	effects makeup artist
Maiko 'Mo' Gomyo	....	effects makeup artist (as Maiko Gomyo)
Rachel Griffin	....	effects makeup artist
Christine Hackman	....	effects makeup artist
Gideon Hay	....	effects makeup artist
Tannis Hegan	....	effects makeup artist
Brian Hillard	....	effects makeup artist
Mark Killingsworth	....	effects makeup artist
Richard Kohlen	....	hairstylist
Harlow MacFarlane	....	effects makeup artist
Sharon Markell	....	second assistant hair stylist
Ann McLaren	....	effects makeup artist
Holland Miller	....	effects makeup artist
Jan Newman	....	key makeup artist
Marcine Peter	....	contact lens technician
Sarah Pickersgill	....	effects makeup artist
Sam Polin	....	effects makeup artist
Brad Proctor	....	effects makeup artist
Jackie K. Seo	....	effects makeup artist (as Jackie Seo)
Eric Skodis	....	effects makeup artist
Kyla-Rose Tremblay	....	effects makeup artist (as Kyla Rose Tremblay)
Stevie Williams	....	contact lens technician

Production Management
George Horie	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Graham Cairns	....	third assistant director
Steven Catlin	....	third assistant director (as Steve Catlin)
Vince Coates	....	second assistant director
Bill Mizel	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Keith Arbuthnot	....	model maker
Andrew Bagoly	....	assistant property master (as Andras Bagoly)
Tom Baleshta	....	property truck supervisor (as Thomas Baleshta)
Cal Barnett	....	best greens
Chris Barrett	....	scenic carpenter
Lyle Barwick	....	scenic carpenter
Tor Baxter	....	lead carpenter
Bryan Beckett	....	lead laborer
Patrick Booker	....	lead carpenter
Linda Chiz	....	scenic painter
David Clarke	....	assistant art director
Scott Clatney	....	scenic artist: set
Kevin Cockell	....	props buyer
Rick Colledge	....	set painter
Peter Christian Combe	....	scenic artist (as Peter Combe)
Steve Craine	....	paint coordinator
Lawrence A. Crowell	....	set painter
Rick De Coine	....	scenic painter
Jay Delbeke	....	model maker
Pieter B. De Neeve	....	lead carpenter (as Pieter de Neeve)
Paco Don	....	model maker
Raymond Don	....	model maker
Paxton Downard	....	model maker
Troy Eirich	....	assistant property master
Tony Fiorese	....	lead metal fabricator
Jo Ann Frappier	....	construction laborer
Ward Galvin	....	construction foreman
Roy Gervais	....	lead carpenter
Kenny Gibbs	....	property master (as Kenny L. Gibbs)
Boyd Godfrey	....	signwriter
Sandy Hegyi	....	computer numerical control operator
Tim Higgins	....	lead dresser
Christopher Hunt	....	scenic painter
Martin Hunter	....	model maker
Douglas Jang	....	construction foreman (as Doug Jang)
Dave G. Jones	....	paint foreman (as David Jones)
Kevin Kasper	....	lead dresser
John B. Keys	....	lead painter (as John Keys)
Jennifer Kidd	....	art department assistant
Ken Laderoute	....	scenic carpenter
Tyler Lavoie	....	scenic painter
Tracy Licenik	....	model maker
Jason McKenna	....	lead carpenter
Jerry McLaughlin	....	scenic artist
Sheila Millar	....	assistant art director
Michael Molson	....	assistant set decorator (as Mike Molson)
Darren Moore	....	greensperson
John Noel	....	lead carpenter
Mario Orologio	....	lead metal fabricator
Mike Osborne	....	lead carpenter
Henry Parker	....	lead carpenter
Yvonne Peddemors	....	scenic artist
Daniel Pokorny	....	model maker
Mathew Pooley	....	scenic artist (as Matt Pooley)
Jarami Reid	....	model maker
Ian Reiman	....	lead carpenter
Jason Renker	....	painter
Jo Riley	....	scenic artist
Al Schedler	....	set buyer
Christopher Scheffern	....	model maker
Doug Schmidt	....	lead carpenter
Russell Shiels	....	lead carpenter
Claes St. Cyr	....	plasterer
Spencer Stevenson	....	lead carpenter
G. Scott Stewart	....	construction buyer
Claude Turcotte	....	greensperson
Joel Turner	....	head greensperson
Stephen Vance	....	lead painter
Roger Ventura	....	model maker
Shane Wanless	....	on-set dresser
Scott Wellenbrink	....	construction coordinator
Aaron Wells	....	additional carpenter
Colin White	....	lead carpenter
Darren Wright	....	model maker
Kevin Yanciw	....	additional carpenter
Scott Young	....	model maker
Darcy Yurchuk	....	lead painter

Sound Department
Anke Bakker	....	sound supervisor
Cameron Foodikoff	....	sound assistant
Vince Gutierrez	....	adr supervisor: Los Angeles
Graeme Hughes	....	re-recording mixer
Kirby Jinnah	....	dialogue editor
Devan Kraushar	....	sound designer
Jim Lacamel	....	boom operator
Glen Noseworthy	....	foley recordist
Ryan Nowak	....	sound effects editor
Iain Pattison	....	re-recording mixer
Paul A. Sharpe	....	re-recording mixer (as Paul Sharpe)
William Skinner	....	production sound mixer (as Bill Skinner)
Janice Thompson	....	assistant dialogue editor
James Wallace	....	sound designer

Special Effects by
Gordon Bellamy	....	head model maker
Wray J. Douglas	....	special effects supervisor (as Wray Douglas)
Nick Lawson	....	special effects shop coordinator
Glen Marinello	....	special effects crew
Todd Masters	....	prosthetic effects designer and creator
Bill Pankiw	....	special effects best boy
Nicholas Podbrey	....	coordinator: MastersFX
Greg Pyne	....	special effects crew
Dan Rebert	....	prosthetic effects designer and creator
Scott Stofer	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Stephen Bahr	....	visual effects coordinator
Justin Brekke	....	digital film i/o technician
Michelle Comens	....	visual effects supervisor
Natalia Diaz	....	junior compositor
Rob Fitzsimmons	....	junior compositor
Janice Groom	....	in-house visual effects coordinator
Erica Henderson	....	lead compositor
Tia Hoshizaki	....	roto artist (as Tia Drakes)
Carina Dielissen Hunt	....	playback artist
Viv Jim	....	compositor
James Kawano	....	visual effects artist (as James Yukio Kawano)
Michael Lowes	....	visual effects artist
Kodie Mackenzie	....	compositor
Billy Martin	....	on-set playback technician
Krista McLean	....	digital matte painter
Krista McLean	....	playback supervisor
Julia Oya	....	playback artist (as Julie Oya)
James Raiz	....	visual effects artist
Jesse Rieger	....	visual effects IT support
Shareef Shanawany	....	visual effects artist
Christopher Stewart	....	in-house digital supervisor
Craig Van Den Biggelaar	....	darkroom digital effects supervisor (as Craig Vandenbiggelaar)
Blair Walters	....	on-set playback technician
Dylan Yastremski	....	roto artist

Stunts
James Bamford	....	fight coordinator
Shawn Beaton	....	stunts
Noah Beggs	....	stunts
Clint Carleton	....	stunts
Michael Carpenter	....	stunts
Ernie Jackson	....	stunts (as Ernest Jackson)
Mike Mitchell	....	stunts
Efosa Otuomagie	....	stunts
Jeffrey C. Robinson	....	stunts (as Jeffrey Robinson)
Nicole Rudell	....	stunts
Dan Shea	....	stunt coordinator
Loyd Bateman	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Steven A. Adelson	....	camera operator: "a" camera, Steadicam operator (as Steven Adelson)
Artino Ahmadi	....	second camera assistant
Richard Boisvert	....	lighting board operator
Anthony Creery	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Ivan Stanley Din	....	grip lead hand set-up (as Stan Dim)
Damon Faulkner	....	best boy rigging grip
Dave Ferreira	....	key grip (as David Ferreira)
Dean Friss	....	first camera assistant
Ashton Harmon	....	camera trainee
Cory Hodson	....	chief lighting technician
Phillipe Lacroix	....	best boy electric (as Philippe Lacroix)
Mark Leiterman	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Brian Lymer	....	generator operator (as Bryan Lymer)
Morgan MacLaughlin	....	second camera assistant
Terry McEwen	....	first camera assistant
Morgan McLachlan	....	assistant camera
Mike Mossman	....	best boy grip
Christian Rayner	....	rigging gaffer
Eike Schroter	....	stills camera department photographer
Paul Sheridan	....	dolly grip: "a" camera
Andrew D. Wilson	....	camera operator: "b" camera (as Andy Wilson)
Keith Woods	....	rigging best boy
Ken Young	....	key rigging grip

Casting Department
Stuart Aikins	....	casting: Canada
Elisa Bayley	....	casting assistant: Canada
Sean Cossey	....	casting: Canada
Sandra Couldwell	....	extras casting
Jennifer Lurey	....	casting assistant: US
J.J. Ogilvy	....	casting assistant
Paul Weber	....	casting by

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nora Bautista	....	seamstress
Gloria Chan	....	seamstress
Barbara Gasior	....	seamstress
Slavica Grkavac	....	cutter
Lana S. Krause	....	costume coordinator (as Lana Krause)
Julia Linn	....	cutter (as Julia Lin)
Joan Lovett	....	costume breakdown
Laurel Morgan	....	extras costumer
Kieu Nguyen	....	cutter
Jody Leanne Petford	....	costumer: performers (as Jodie Petford)
Elizabeth Raap	....	assistant costume designer
Nicola Ryall	....	set supervisor
Meg Schmon	....	extras costumer
Debbie Winston	....	seamstress
Roma Wnuk	....	seamstress

Editorial Department
Michael Eliot	....	post production consultant
Adrian Green	....	colorist: dailies
Achim Kapitza	....	colorist
Doug Oke	....	assistant editor
Marcus Onischak	....	post-production assistant (as Marcus Todd Onischak)
Greta Schell	....	post-production assistant
James Telfer	....	colorist

Music Department
David Arnold	....	composer: original themes
James Baxter	....	chief engineer: FreeClyde Studio
Rick Chadock	....	music editor
George Gallegos	....	music coordinator
Lord Hillary Grogsweed	....	conductor
Lord Hillary Grogsweed	....	orchestrator
Kory Kruckenberg	....	assistant recording engineer
Jon Schluckebier	....	scoring stage manager
Simon St. James	....	music contractor
Brian Valentino	....	recording engineer

Transportation Department
Charlie Brown	....	driver
Matt Brown	....	transportation co-captain
Lennard H. Chan	....	transportation coordinator (as Lennard Chan)
John Derushie	....	driver
Don Dykens	....	transportation captain
Harry Hachey	....	driver
Dixie Halldorsen	....	driver
Gary Horn	....	driver
Dale Johnson	....	driver
Robert Kurzac	....	transportation security captain
Dave Kvasheninikoff	....	driver
John G. Oliver	....	driver (as John Oliver)
Steve Symchyck	....	driver

Other crew
Carole Appleby	....	promotions coordinator
Tanja Balic	....	first assistant production office coordinator
Lawren Bancroft-Wilson	....	assistant to producers
Will Baum	....	catering: Star Lit Catering
Heenan Blaikie	....	legal counsel
Kathy Candiago	....	accounting clerk
Nathan Conchie	....	office production assistant
Mary Danner	....	technical advisor: US Air Force (as Captain Mary Danner)
Lorne Davidson	....	location manager
Chris Deaver	....	assistant chef
Shelly Devuyst	....	stand-in
Herbert Duncanson	....	stand-in
Nicole Forest	....	production accountant
Rob Fournier	....	armorer (as Rob Fornier)
Janet Glowa	....	assistant production coordinator
Meaghan Goldstraw	....	key location pa
Brandon Gowing	....	key location pa
Linda-Lisa Hayter	....	script supervisor
Carol Horn	....	legal counsel
Laureen Hui	....	assistant accountant (as Loreen Hui)
Tony Ng'ung'ui Kung'u	....	assistant to executive producer
Alex Levine	....	script coordinator
David Magee	....	production office coordinator
Dominic Main	....	assistant location manager
Finn Michael	....	stand-in
Anthea Morrison	....	assistant chef
Glenn Mowatt	....	craft service
Glenn Mowatt	....	first aid
Brigitte Prochaska	....	unit publicist
Steve Risa	....	chef
Kinnon Ross	....	trainee assistant location manager
Nicole Rudell	....	stand-in
Trudi Thorwaldson	....	co-accountant
D. Aubrey White	....	production assistant

Thanks
Carl Binder	....	thanks
Charles Cohen	....	thanks
Martin Gero	....	thanks
Joseph Mallozzi	....	thanks
Alan McCullough	....	thanks
James Alfred Menard	....	thanks (as Jim Menard)
Paul Mullie	....	thanks
Martin Wood	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer)
• Kawoosh! Productions DTV I

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2008) (worldwide) (all media)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (UK) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2009) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• MastersFX (prosthetic effects)

Other Companies

• Background, The  walla group
• Bastyr University  recorded at
• Department of the Air Force  we gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of
• Northwest Sinfonia  music performed by (as Northwest Sinphonia)
• Rainmaker Digital Pictures  laboratory and post-production services (as Rainmaker)
• Sharpe Sound Television  re-recording
• Star Lit Catering  catering
• U.S. Department of Defense  we gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of (as Department of Defence)
• U.S. Space Command  we gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of

Also Known As:

The Ark of Truth (USA) (short title)

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Netherlands:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-13

Filming Locations:

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

The code that Sam is trying to modify in order to stop the replicators to replicate, it's actually JavaScript, the code used to program Internet browser behaviors. The functions are valid and usable, and one function has the purpose of opening a pop-up window.

Goofs:

Continuity: At the end of the film, when Sam is walking down the hall into the gate room, she is holding the P-90 in her right hand and cap in her left. In the next shot from inside the gate room, her left hand holds the gun, while the right has the cap.

Quotes:

Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: Hey kids, guess what?
Lt. Colonel Cameron Mitchell: [after a pause, sounds of shooting in background] We are under fire.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Untitled Stargate: SG-1 Project (2010) (V)

Very quick and worth the wait

As a StarGate fan since 1997 and since the first season, I'd have to say I'm glad to have it back! The movie moved very fast and although it did seem a little forced at times it still had a few twists. We got to see a few surprise enemies and friends come back from the dead. I wish we could have seen more from the rest of the StarGate universe especially what happens after the face. Especially old friends, and although I don't care much for Ben Browder or Claudia Black it just wouldn't have been right with them not there. I would have loved to see Richard Dean Anderson back with the team at least for a few minutes but I'll just have to wait tell July...