Odysseus and the Isle of the Mists (2008)

Director:

Terry Ingram

Writers:

Brook Durham (writer)
Kevin Leeson (additional writing)

Release Date:

12 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Cast

Arnold Vosloo	...	Odysseus
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mike Antonakos	...	Christos
Steve Bacic	...	Eurylochus
JR Bourne	...	Perimedes
Randal Edwards	...	Homer
Leah Gibson	...	Penelope
Sonya Salomaa	...	Athena
Jeff Sanca	...	Crewman #3
Stefanie von Pfetten	...	Persephone

Directed by
Terry Ingram

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Brook Durham		writer
Kevin Leeson		additional writing

Produced by
Oliver De Caigny	....	associate producer
Jamie Goehring	....	producer
Kevin Leslie	....	line producer
Kirk Shaw	....	producer
Richard D. Titus	....	executive producer
Tavin Marin Titus	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Michael Richard Plowman

Cinematography by
C. Kim Miles		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Gordon Williams

Casting by
Dean E. Fronk
Donald Paul Pemrick

Production Design by
James Hazell

Costume Design by
Beverley Wowchuk

Makeup Department
Jill Corp	....	key hair stylist
Michelle Grady	....	makeup effects supervisor
Ryan Nicholson	....	prosthetic effects designer
Amy Van Wormer	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Todd Giroux	....	post-production manager
Jamie Goehring	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Dan Johnston	....	third assistant director
Kevin Leeson	....	second assistant director
Kevin Leslie	....	first assistant director
Brandon Williams	....	trainee assistant director

Art Department
Jean Brophey	....	on-set dresser
Bob Carson	....	lead dresser
Venelin Dinkov	....	creature conceptual artist
Gail Luining	....	key decorator
Rowena O'Connor	....	on-set props
Kim T. Searow	....	assistant set decorator
Donna Smith	....	property master
Tamara Susik	....	assistant property master

Sound Department
Hennie Britton	....	foley engineer
Derick Cobden	....	sound supervisor
Judah Getz	....	adr mixer
Matthew Gionet	....	sound supervisor
Nacime Goian	....	sound assistant
Michael Keeping	....	foley artist
Mario Loubert	....	sound effects editor
Chris Ove	....	dialogue editor
Tony Poulsen	....	boom operator
Vince Renaud	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jo Rossi	....	sound re-recording mixer
James Schoening	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
David Barkes	....	special effects coordinator
Colin Decker	....	special effects assistant
Joel McGowan	....	special effects first assistant

Visual Effects by
Fredrik Averpil	....	visual effects supervisor
Ian Cumming	....	character modeller
Ian Cumming	....	visual effects supervisor
Scott Dewis	....	visual effects producer
Lee Gabel	....	matchmove artist
Jason Hollefreund	....	modeler
Armen V. Kevorkian	....	visual effects consultant
Mathias Larserud	....	digital effects artist
Linus Lindbalk	....	matte painter
Jacob Svensson	....	visual effects
Mike Uguccioni	....	digital compositor
Sean Wheelan	....	visual effects producer

Stunts
Kirk Caouette	....	assistant fight choreographer
Jon Kralt	....	stunt double: JR Bourne
Steven McMichael	....	fight choreographer
Steven McMichael	....	stunt coordinator
Vasilescu Valentin	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ed Araquel	....	still photographer
John Brown	....	lamp operator
Adam Bunz	....	best boy grip
Emily Cooper	....	still photographer
Virgile Dean	....	rigging grip
Mark Lunn	....	assistant camera
Riley Pearcy	....	best boy electric
Craig Powell	....	camera operator: "a" camera

Casting Department
Eddie Jaszek	....	casting assistant
Judy Lee	....	casting: Canada

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jessica Judd	....	costume set supervisor
Heather Osborne	....	truck costumer
Ute Porath	....	leather cutter

Editorial Department
Shelby Gilraine	....	post-production coordinator
Jason Koroluk	....	on-line editor
Adam Locke-Norton	....	assembly editor
Adam Locke-Norton	....	first assistant editor
Lorne Miess	....	finishing colorist
Gary Porter	....	post-production coordinator
Randy Rudland	....	assistant editor

Transportation Department
Derrick Rodger	....	driver: cast

Other crew
Trevor Broad	....	key production assistant
Daniel Froidevuax	....	production assistant
Adam Gowland	....	production coordinator
Terry Hayes	....	location manager
Maria Kozak	....	production assistant
Annie-Claude Langlois	....	assistant production coordinator
Paola Lopez	....	assistant: producer
Christina Ollson	....	production assistant: prep
Lisa Rerrie	....	script supervisor
Keith Shaw	....	story editor
Scooby Vincent	....	assistant location manager

Production Companies

• Plinyminor
• Insight Film Studios

Distributors

• Omni Releasing (2008) (USA) (all media)

Special Effects

• Filmgate (visual effects)
• Race Rocks Digital (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Airwaves Sound Design  sound post-production
• Sonic Magic  adr recording

Also Known As:

Odysseus: Voyage to the Underworld (USA)

Runtime:

88 min

Country:

UK | Romania | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Plinyminor

Homer blinded himself to avoid seeing this.

I didn't think SciFi Channel could broadcast a worse myth-&-monster movie than MINOTAUR. I was wrong.

It's okay to make a movie on the cheap; not everyone has access to a big budget, and amazing things can be done with a little imagination and talent. But there's very little of those commodities here. Acting is at a high school level. Direction is worse. Dialogue is trite. Scenes lurch from one dull monster attack to another, with occasional babe (er, goddess) interludes to break the monotony. The goddesses look and sound as it they're reading cue cards at a second-rate beauty contest.

Why must the makers of such movies mess with Greek myth, about which they clearly know (and care) nothing? Here, Homer the tale-teller appears as part of Odysseus's crew. That's an okay idea. Except this Homer (played by the worst actor of the lot, which is saying something) scribbles notes (with a feather quill!) and fawns over the heroes like an embedded reporter in Iraq. Legend tells us that Homer was blind, and recited his stories from memory. There is great power in that idea, a hearkening back to a prehistoric, preliterate age of traveling bards and oral tradition.

A magical movie could be made about Odysseus, and Homer, but this is not it.