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Fantasy drama. When Chris dies in a car crash, he tries without success to contact his wife Annie, who is still alive. Chris finds his children in heaven, who were also killed in an earlier car crash, but then learns that Annie has committed suicide. All suicides must go to hell so Chris sets out to try and rescue her.

Cast & credits

Cast

Chris Nielsen Robin Williams
Albert Cuba Gooding Jr
Annie Nielsen Annabella Sciorra
The Tracker Max von Sydow
Marie Nielsen Jessica Brooks Grant
Ian Nielsen Josh Paddock
Leona Rosalind Chao
Mrs Jacobs Lucinda Jenney
Stacey Jacobs Maggie McCarthy
Angie Wilma Bonet
Reverend Hanley Matt Salinger
Best Friend Cindy Carin Sprague
woman in car accident June Lomena
paramedic Paul P. Card Iv
face Werner Herzog
little girl at lake Clara Thomas
little boy at lake Benjamin Brock

Credits

Direction

Director Vincent Ward
Director (2nd Unit/Angel Falls Unit) Charles Croughwell
Assistant Director (1st) Stephen P. Dunn
Assistant Director (2nd) Tina Stauffer
Assistant Director (2nd 2nd) Rebecca Greeley
Assistant Director (2nd Unit, 1st) David Fudge
Assistant Director (2nd Unit, 2nd) John D. Kuberski
Assistant Director (Addit Photo, 1st) Carla Corwin
Assistant Director (Addit Photo, 2nd) Derek Johansen
Assistant Director (Addit Photo, 2nd) Otie Brown
Script Supervisor Carol De Pasquale

Production

Presented by/© Inc PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Production Company Interscope Communications
In Association with Metafilmics
Executive Producer Ted Field
Executive Producer Scott Kroopf
Executive Producer Erica Huggins
Executive Producer Ronald Bass
Producer Stephen Simon
Producer Barnet Bain
Producer (Venezuela) Pedro Luis González
Co-producer Alan C. Blomquist
Executive in Charge of Production Michelle Wright
Unit Production Manager Barbara Hall
Unit Prod'n Mgr (Pre-visualization Unit) Terry Collis
Unit Production Manager (Additional Ph) Richard J. Gelfand
Jungle Rudy's General Mgr (Angel Falls) Armando Tovar
LA Production Supervisor (Angel Falls) Christine Altomari
Production Co-ordinator Gretchen Bryn Van Zeebroeck
Production Co-ordinator (Addit Photo) Katie Gilbert
L.A. Co-ordinator Davia Clayton
Operations Co-ordinator (Angel Falls U) Anibal Dao
Operations Co-ordinator (Angels Falls U) Rodolfo Gerstl
Operations Co-ordinator (Angels Falls U) Fernando Gallegos
Production Accountant Richard Lorenzana
Production Accountant (Addit Photo) Paula Marie Duncan
Location Manager Christine Bonnem
Location Scout/Montana Don Olson
Location Scout/Montana Darren Kipp
Location Manager (Additional Photograph) David Mack
Location Manager (Additional Photograph) Gerard Averill
Post-production (Supervisor) Graham Stumpf
Post-production (Co-ordinator) Lorisa D. Francis
Post-production (Co-ordinator) Peter Klemchuk
Visual Researcher (Pre-visualizata Unit) Kurt Behrendt
Visual Researcher (Pre-visualizata Unit) Ingrid Calame
Visual Researcher (Pre-visualizata Unit) Karen Lang

Casting

Casting Heidi Levitt
Casting (Associate) Monika Mikkelsen
Casting (Additional) Kris Nicolau
Casting (Local) Nina Henninger
Casting (Local) Barbie Stein
Casting (Group Voice) Loop Troop

Writing

Screenplay Ronald Bass
Based on the novel by Richard Matheson

Photography

Director of Photography Eduardo Serra
Director of Photography (2nd Unit/Add P) Richard Michalak
Director of Photography (Angel Falls Un) Josh Bleibtreu
Director of Photography (Angel F, Free) Tom Sanders
Director of Photography (Addit Phot) Kim Marks
Underwater Photographer Rexford Metz
Camera Operator Anastas N. Michos
Camera Operator Kim Marks
Camera Operator (2nd Unit) Laura Kelly
Camera Operator (Niagara Falls, Aerial) David Norris
Steadicam Operator Mark R. Van Loon

Special Effects

Visual Effects Production Supervisor Ellen Somers
Visual Effects Editor Audrey Chang
Visual Effects Line Producer Denise Davis
Painted World Visual FX Line Producer Donna Langston
Painted World Visual Effects Mass Illusions (Alameda, CA)
MassIll (Visual Effects Supervisor) Joel Hynek
MassIll (Visual Effects Supervisor) Nicholas Brooks
MassIll (Software Creator) Pierre Jasmin
MassIll (Art Director) Joshua Rosen
MassIll (3D Super, Giant Killer Robots) Mike Schmitt
MassIll (Software Co-creator) Peter Litwinowicz
MassIll (CG Supervisor, Mobility Inc) Karen Ansel
MassIll (CG Supervisor, ShadowCaster) Scott Gordon
MassIll (CG Supervisor, ShadowCaster) Pete Travers
MassIll (Visual Effects Production Mgr) Mimi Medel
MassIll (Lead Compositor) John P. Nugent
MassIll (Lead Compositor) Barney Robson
MassIll (Lead Compositor) J.D. Cowles
MassIll (Lead Compositor, DFilm) Tim Crosbie
MassIll (Paint Animator, Lunarfish) Edward Davis
MassIll (Paint Animator) Marc Toscano
MassIll (Paint Animator) Talmage Watson
MassIll (3D Tech Dir, Giant Killer Rob) Peter Oberdorfer
MassIll (3D Tech Director, Mobility Inc) John Volny
MassIll (3D Tech Director) Gerard Benjamin Pierre
MassIll (3D Tech Dir, Giant Killer Rob) John Vegher
MassIll (Compositor) Daniel P. Rosen
MassIll (Compositor) Chris Ciampa
MassIll (Compositor) John Cornejo
MassIll (Compositor) Amanda Evans
MassIll (Compositor) Michael Hemschoot
MassIll (Compositor) Grady Campbell
MassIll (Compositor) Alan Boucek
MassIll (Animator) John Jakubowski
MassIll (Animator) Grant Neisner
MassIll (Animator) Claire Pegorier
MassIll (Animator, Lunarfish) Nick Phillip
MassIll (Animator) Sarma Vanguri
MassIll (Animator) Dan Klem
MassIll (Matte Painter, Pulse Imaging) Tim Clark
MassIll (Matte Painter) Caroleen Green
MassIll (Concept Artist) Richard Kriegler
MassIll (2D Prep) Hilery Johnson
MassIll (2D Prep) Ingrid Overgard
MassIll (2D Prep) Jarmila Seflova
MassIll (Project Manager Research/Devel) Kim Libreri
MassIll (Systems Manager) Steve Ginsberg
MassIll (Visual Effects Plate Producer) Jennifer Thomas
MassIll (Location Reality Capture Super) John Gaeta
MassIll (Telemetry/Survey Lead) David Harvey
MassIll (Laser Scanner Operator) François Herbin
MassIll (Laser Scanner Operator) Emily Pensak
MassIll (Visual Effects Editor) Roy Berkowitz
MassIll (Visual Effects Editor) Anthony Mark Viverito
MassIll (Film Recorder Operator) Gregg Shimp
Additional Tracking/Roto Radium
Additional Matte Paintings Syd Dutton
Additional Matte Paintings Bill Taylor
Additional Matte Paintings Illusion Arts
Visual Effects POP Film
Visual Effects POP Animation
POP (Visual Effects Supervisor) Stuart Robertson
POP (Executive Producer) Andrea D'amico
POP (CG Producer) Cheryl Bainum
POP (Digital Effects Supervisor) Lawrence Littleton
POP (Digital Effects Supervisor) Kenneth Littleton
POP (Senior Matte Artist) Deak Ferrand
POP (Matte Painting Supervisor) Rocco Gioffre
POP (Senior CG Artist) Yannick 'Botex' Dusseault
POP (Technical Director) Barry Robertson
POP (Technical Director) Matt Hightower
POP (Digital Optical Supervisor) Greg Kimble
POP (Digital Compositor) Jacques Lévesque
POP (Digital Compositor) Brandon Mcnaughton
POP (Digital Compositor) John Rauh
POP (Digital Compositor) Brian Hanable
POP (Digital Compositor) David Crawford
POP (Digital Compositor) Ann Monn
POP (Digital Compositor) Brent Gilmartin
POP (Digital Compositor) Bob Wiatr
POP (CG Artist) Seth Lippman
POP (CG Artist) Sandra Germain
POP (CG Artist) Keith Kolder
POP (CG Artist) Linda Kurgpõld
POP (CG Artist) Miles Essmiller
POP (CG Artist) Kirk Cadrette
POP (Associate Visual Effects Producer) John McCunn
POP (Associate Visual Effects Producer) Alison Armstrong
POP (Visual Effects Editor) Caleb Aschkynazo
POP (Visual Effects Production Co-ordin) Severine Kelley
POP (Visual Effects Production Co-ordin) Dario De Gregorio
POP (Visual Effects Production Co-ordin) Siouxsie Stewart
POP (Visual Effects Production Manager) Tom Clary
POP (Visual Effects Production Manager) Joe Stokes
POP (Visual Effects Production Manager) Mark Spatny
POP (Digital Imaging Manager) Patrick Repola
POP (Digital Imaging Co-ordinator) Kim Covate
POP (System Engineer) Dave Sertich
POP (System Engineer) Bret Cox
POP (Scanning/Recording Technician) Ed Thompson
POP (Scanning/Recording Technician) Brian Begun
POP (Data Wrangler) Kelly Bumbarger
POP (Executive VP, POP Film & Animation) Jeff Ross
Special Visual FX/Digital Animation Digital Domain
DD (Visual Effects Supervisor) Kevin Mack
DD (Visual Effects Producer) Dean Wright
DD (Digital Compositing Supervisor) Carey Villegas
DD (Data Integration Supervisor) Mike O'neal
DD (Data Integration) Candida Nunez
DD (Lead Compositor) Claas Henke
DD (Digital Compositor) Rick Dunn
DD (Digital Compositor) Jonathan Egstad
DD (Digital Compositor) Craig Halperin
DD (Digital Compositor) Simon Haslett
DD (Digital Compositor) Mark Larranaga
DD (Digital Compositor) Darren Michael Poe
DD (Digital Compositor) Donovan Scott
DD (Digital Compositor) Ron Shock
DD (Digital Matte Supervisor) Martha Mack
DD (Digital Matte Artist) Shannan Burkley
DD (Digital Matte Artist) Paolo J. De Guzman
DD (Digital Tree Animation) Matthew Butler
DD (Digital Tree Animation) David Prescott
DD (Digital Tree Animation) Darin K. Grant
DD (Digital Bird Animation) Bernd Angerer
DD (Digital Bird Animation) Daniel Loeb
DD (Digital Bird Animation) Christopher Roda
DD (Digital Bird Animation) Vernon R. Wilbert Jr
DD (Rotoscope Supervisor) Howie Muzika
DD (Rotoscope Artist) Christopher Bayz
DD (Rotoscope Artist) Michael Frick
DD (Rotoscope Artist) Robert Andrew David Frick I
DD (Rotoscope Artist) Lilian Jacobs
DD (Rotoscope Artist) Bryon Werner
DD (Rotoscope Artist) Tonia Young
DD (Visual Effects Co-ordinator) Lauren Littleton
DD (Digital Effects Co-ordinator) Laura Mcdermott
DD (Digital Effects Co-ordinator) Lisa Spence
DD (Visual Effects Editor) Debra Wolff
DD (Offline Visual Effects Editor) Robert Doolittle
DD (Software Manager) Daryll Strauss
DD (Scan Record Manager) Joseph Goldstone
DD (Scan Record Supervisor) Chris Holsey
DD (Colour Grading Supervisor) Jeff Kalmus
DD (Systems Manager) Jason Lee
DD (Resource Co-ordinator) Franco Pietrantonio
DD (Resource Co-ordinator) Gaby Valensi
DD (Film Imaging Supervisor) Michael Kanfer
DD (Visual FX Compositing Consultant) Price Pethel
DD (Executive i/c Visual FX Production) Nancy Bernstein
DD (Snr Vice President of FX Production) Ed Ulbrich
Digital Visual Effects CIS Hollywood
CIS (Executive Producer) C. Marie Davis
CIS (Visual Effects Producer) Patti Kuwaye Mauck
CIS (Visual Effects Supervisor) Ken Jones
CIS (Visual Effects Editor) Dawn Llewellyn
CIS (Digital Artist) Gregory Oehler
CIS (Digital Artist) Suzanne Mitus-uribe
CIS (Digital Rotoscoping/Paint) Larry Gaynor
CIS (Digital Rotoscoping/Paint) Gary Goldstein
Additional Matte Paintings Michael Lloyd
Time Lapse Dawn Photography Simon Carroll
Wave Element Photography Yuri Farrant
Additional Digital Scanning EFilm
Laser Film Recording EFilm
Travelling Matte backings Composite Components Company
Additional Computer Graphic Equipment Inc RFX
[Special Visual Effects] Pulse Imaging
Special Effects (Co-ordinator) Roy Arbogast
Special Effects (Supervisor) James Reedy
SFX Co-ordinator (Additional Photograph) Tom Sindicich
SFX Foreman (Additional Photograph) Ivan Van Perre Jr
Special Effects (Foreman) Ron Bolanowski
Special Effects (Foreman) William Lee
Special Effects (Foreman) Richard S. Wood
Special Effects (Liaison) Katherine A. Steinberg
Model Maker B.J. Fredrickson
Models Cinema Production Services Inc
CPS (Models Supervisor) Michael Joyce
CPS (Lead Modelmaker) Ken Swenson
CPS (Lead Modelmaker) Mark Ross-sullivan
CPS (Lead Modelmaker) Jeryd Pojawa
CPS (Lead Modelmaker) John Joyce
CPS (Models Crew) Craig Abele
CPS (Models Crew) Mark Dillon
CPS (Models Crew) Todd Fellows
CPS (Models Crew) Ayse Francis
CPS (Models Crew) Chris Hopkins
CPS (Models Crew) Ginger Joyce
CPS (Models Crew) Mark Joyce
CPS (Models Crew) Christopher McCormick
CPS (Models Crew) Karl Mihail
CPS (Models Crew) Tim Niver
CPS (Models Crew) Andre Nogueira
CPS (Models Crew) Olivia Ramirez
CPS (Models Crew) Gary Rhodaback
CPS (Models Crew) Dennis Schultz
CPS (Models Crew) Christopher Simmons
CPS (Models Crew) Chuck Young
CPS Models Cin (Director of Photography) Garry Waller
CPS Models Cin (Camera Operator) Bret A. Harding
CPS Models Cin (Camera Operator) Derek N. Prusak
CPS Models Cin (Production Co-ordinator) Sean Stanek
CPS Motion Cont Crew (MC Equipment) General Lift
CPS Motion Cont Crew (MC Programmer) Portia Digiovanni
CPS Motion Cont Crew (MC Programmer) Laura Kelly
CPS Motion Cont Crew (MC Technician) Brett Crutcher
CPS Motion Cont Crew (MC Technician) Chris Paxson

Editing

Edited by David Brenner
Edited by Maysie Hoy

Design

Production Designer Eugenio Zanetti
Supervising Art Director Jim Dultz
Supervising Art Director Tomás Voth
Art Director (Additional Photography) Christian Wintter
Set Designer Erin Kemp
Set Designer Dawn Swiderski
Set Designer Aric Lasher
Set Designer Jake Strelow
Set Designer Alicia Maccarone
Art Department Co-ordinator Deborah Busch
Set Decorator Cindy Carr
On-set Dresser Emilio Aramendia
Set Dresser John W. Micheletos
Set Dresser Steve Gardner
Set Dresser Peter Hudson
Set Dresser Don Watson
Annie's Paintings Stephen Hannock
Illustrator (Pre-visualization Unit) Mauro Borrelli
Illustrator (Pre-visualization Unit) Tom Cranham
Illustrator (Pre-visualization Unit) Michael Jackson
Illustrator (Pre-visualization Unit) Tani Kunitake
Illustrator (Pre-visualization Unit) Sherman Labby
Illustrator (Pre-visualization Unit) Simon Murton
Illustrator (Pre-visualization Unit) Christian Scheurer
CG Illustrator (Pre-visualization Unit) B. Ian Hayden
CGI Animator (Pre-visualization Unit) Scott Harper
Head Scenic Artist Dale Haugo
Conceptual Artist (Pre-visualization Un) Andrew Burward-hoy
Conceptual Artist (Pre-visualization Un) Mike Worrall
Pre-vis Artist (Pre-visualization Unit) John Jakubowski
Property Master Peter Bankins
Property Master (Additional Photography) Jim Poynter

Costumes

Costume Designer Yvonne Blake
Costume Supervisor Carol Sadler
Set Costumer Barbara Kassal
Costumer (Robin Williams) Derek J. Baskerville
Costumer Barbara Hartman-jenichen
Costumer Michael Becker
Costumer Nancy Servin
Costumer Brooke Stanton
Costumer Julie A. Woodbridge
Costumer Andrew Nelson

Make-up

Key Make-up Artist Cindy Williams
Make-up (Robin Williams) Cheri Minns
Make-up (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) Stacye P. Branché
Make-up (Annabella Sciorra) Kate Morgan Biscoe
Special Make-up Designed/Created by Inc Masters FX
Prosthetic Make-up Effects Todd Masters
Key Hair Stylist Frida Aradóttir
Hair Stylist Terrell L. Baliel
Hair Stylist Barbara Lorenz
Key Hair Stylist (Additional Photograph) Terrell L. Baliel

Titles

Titles/Opticals Pacific Title/Mirage

Film processing

Colour Timer David Orr

Music

Music/Music Conductor Michael Kamen
Orchestra The London Metropolitan Orchestra
Oboe Solo Michael Kamen
Orchestrations Michael Kamen
Orchestrations Robert Elhai
Music Supervisor Dawn Solér
Music Production James Brett
Music Production Michael Price
Music Editor Daryl Kell
Music Editor Brent Brooks
Music Editor Bill Abbott
Russian Folk Music Research Inna Gotman
Music Research Michael Heath

Sound

Music Recordist/Mixer Stephen McLaughlin
Music Recorded at London Air Lyndhurst
Music Recorded at Abbey Road Studios
Music Mixed at Lansdowne Studios
Mobile Recording Facility Inc Skyelabs
[Skyelabs] Engineer Andy Wiskes
[Skyelabs] Remote Engineer Bob Skye
[Skyelabs] Remote Crew Jack Szczekocki
[Skyelabs] Remote Crew Eric Baecht
Production Sound Mixer Nelson Stoll
Recordist Eric Flickinger
Recordist Drew Webster
Boom Operator Stephen Balliet
Boom Operator Scott Kinzey
Boom Operator Fred Runner
Re-recording Mixer Pat Cyccone
Re-recording Mixer Michael Keller
Re-recording at SounDelux
Re-recording at Vine Street Studios
Supervising Sound Editor David Kneupper
Supervising Sound Editor Peter Michael Sullivan
Sound Editor Dino Dimuro
Sound Editor Randy Kelley
Sound Editor Jon Title
Sound Editor Scott Gershin
Sound Editor Hector Gika
Sound Editor Bob Beher
Sound Editor Paul Carden
Sound Editor Patrick N. Sellers
Sound Editing SounDelux
Dialogue Editor Dan Rich
Dialogue Editor Neal J. Anderson
Dialogue Editor Laura Harris
ADR Supervisor Jessica Gallavan
ADR Supervisor Chris Jargo
ADR Mixer Dean Drabin
ADR Mixer David Novack
ADR Mixer Daryn Roven
ADR Editor Laura Graham
ADR Editor Constance A. Kazmer
ADR Editor Mary Ruth Smith
ADR Editor Simon Coke
Foley Artist Jim Moriana
Foley Artist Sarah Jacobs
Foley Artist Catherine Harper
Foley Recordist Julie Lucas
Foley Mixer David Alstadter
Foley Mixer Randy Singer

Choreography

Choreography (Additional Photography) JoAnn Fregalette Jansen
Choreography (Additional Photography) Lisa Giobbi

Stunts

Stunt Co-ordinator Charles Croughwell
Mountaineer/Safety Co-ord (Angel Falls) Scott Sproule
Stunt Double (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) Tierre Turner
Stunts Chase Allen
Stunts Joey Anaya Jr
Stunts Noby Arden
Stunts Dan Bell
Stunts Liisa Cohen
Stunts Tammy Brady Conrad
Stunts William Croughwell Sr
Stunts William Croughwell Jr
Stunts Cameron Croughwell
Stunts Joshua Croughwell
Stunts Briana Dougherty
Stunts Kristin Draudt
Stunts Lisa Ebeyer
Stunts Debbie Evans
Stunts Dane Farwell
Stunts Clay Fontenot
Stunts Richard Gaona
Stunts Darien Gold
Stunts Jeff Habberstad
Stunts Rosine Ace Hatem
Stunts John Hock
Stunts Fiona Jackson
Stunts JoAnn Fregalette Jansen
Stunts John Jones
Stunts Sandra Kerns
Stunts Svetla Krasteva
Stunts Trisha Lane
Stunts Johnny Martin
Stunts Tim Meredith
Stunt Double (Robin Williams) Michael Mitchell
Stunts Gary Morgan
Stunts Bill Morts
Stunts Stefanie Naifeh
Stunts Michael Papajohn
Stunts Thomas Pescod
Stunts Dave Renaud
Stunts Gilbert Rosales
Stunts Nate Siebring
Stunts Brian Smrz
Stunts Gregg Smrz
Stunts Jenna Smrz
Stunts Kelly Smrz
Stunts Russell Solberg
Stunts Scott Sproule
Stunts Kylie Sreden
Stunts Patrick Statham
Stunts Gwynn Turnbull
Stunts Dain Turner
Stunts Bob Yerkes
Stunts Jon David Weigand
Stunts Darlene Williams
Stunts Keith Woulard
Stunts Merritt Yohnka
Robin Williams Jump Double (Angel Falls) Jake Lombard
Stand-in (Robin Williams) Adam Bryant
Stand-in (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) Keith Butler
Helicopter Co-ordinator (Angel Falls U) Gabriel Toth
Helicopter Pilot (Angel Falls Unit) Oswaldo Loretu
Helicopter Pilot (Niagara Falls Unit) Dave Tommasini
Aerial Co-ordinator (Niagara Falls Unit) Lee Cole

Consultant

Camera Equipment Panavision Hollywood
Dolby Sound Consultant Thom Ehle
Animal Handler DeAnn Zarkowski
Animal Handler Shelley Davis
Animals Provided by Gentle Jungle
Soundtrack Available on London