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Release Date: July 4, 2007Studio: MGM Director: Werner Herzog Screenwriter: Werner Herzog Starring: Christian Bale, Steve Zahn Genre: Action, Drama MPAA Rating: PG-13 **** CREW INFO WERNER HERZOG (Writer/Director) STEVE MARLTON (Producer) ELTON BRAND (Producer) HARRY KNAPP (Producer) JOE BINI (Editor) PETER ZEITLINGER (Director of Photography) KLAUS BADELT (Composer) |
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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS WERNER HERZOG (Writer/Director) was born in Munich on September 5, 1942. He grew up in a remote mountain village in Bavaria and never saw any films, television, or telephones as a child. He started traveling on foot from the age of 14. He made his first phone call at the age of 17. During high school he worked the nightshift as a welder in a steel factory to produce his first films and made his first film in 1961 at the age of 19. Since then he has produced, written, and directed more than forty films, published more than a dozen books of prose, and directed as many operas. Some of his most notable films are GRIZZLY MAN, THE WILD BLUE YONDER, NOSFERATU THE VAMYPRE, STROSZEC, AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD and THE ENIGMA OF KASPER HAUSER. Herzog will next be seen as an actor in Zak Penn’s THE GRAND and Harmony Korine’s MISTER LONELY. Co-founder of Gibraltar Films, STEVE MARLTON (Producer) started his career in Portland, Oregon where he operated and owned some of the most notable venues in the restaurant/nightlife industry, including Stephano’s and Rockafella’s. After making his mark in the nightlife industry in Oregon, Marlton decided to move to Los Angeles to expand into big city nightlife and break into film production. Currently he owns Pearl, Sunset Beach, and just recently opened the new Hollywood hot spot Sugar. All are among the most successful restaurants/ lounges/ nightclubs in Los Angeles. Also expected in the near future is the highly anticipated MX, which is set to open this summer in West Hollywood. Marlton formed his own production company, Gibraltar Films, in 2005, along with L.A. Clipper Elton Brand. Marlton’s objective was not only to invest in the film business, but also to nurture new screenwriting and directorial talent in order to be able to produce truly “one of a kind” films. Films in pre-production include STRANDED, a thriller coming out in late 2007, and MAYDAY, an action movie of epic proportions. In addition, Marlton also served as producer for SOMETHING’S WRONG IN KANSAS, set to be released on video this summer, and as a executive producer on BOTTOM’S UP. Co-founder of Gibraltar Films, ELTON BRAND (Producer) made a name for himself based on his skills and love for basketball; however Brand has another passion in film. His interest in films and producing has always been in the back of Brand’s mind, but after meeting Steve Marlton and discussing the entertainment industry, the passion was pushed to a second career and in 2005 Gibraltar Films was formed. Brand’s impressive work on the court has been highlighted with many great accomplishments. During the summer of 2006, the LA Clipper All-Star was asked to travel to China to play in the World Basketball Championship. Brand won the Gold Metal at the 2004 Summer Olympic Games earlier that year he was named the Pacific Division winner of the 2003-04 NBA Sportsmanship Award, which is designed to honor a player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court. Brand made his first career All-Star appearance (first Clipper since Danny Manning in 1994) on the Western Conference All-Star Team during the 2001-02 season. That same year, he was named the recipient of the second annual Magic Johnson Award by the Professional Basketball Writers Association, awarded to the NBA player who not only performs at an all-star level on the court but also shows excellent media awareness off the court. After leading Duke to the 1999 NCAA Championship game, he became the first Blue Devil to ever be selected #1 overall in the NBA Draft; that same year, he was named the 1999-2000 Schick Rookie of the Year. In the spring of 2000, he started the Elton Brand Foundation, which is an organization that provides support to worthy causes in Chicago, Peekskill, NY and Durham, NC. He is also a member of the Clippers Reading All-Star Team and dedicated his time at A Place Called Home and Children's Institute International throughout the season, reading to children and informing them of the importance of staying in school. Brand also brings hundreds of kids to Clipper games during the season as part of his PlayerZone, “Brand’s Bunch.” HARRY KNAPP (Producer) recently produced Daniel Sadek’s action picture REDLINE. The film is an adrenaline rush featuring all of the world’s super cars in a millionaire’s high stakes gambling race, winner takes all. Knapp also produced JEFFREY, IT’S MY PARTY, THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE, PARTY MONSTER and TRUSTING BEATRICE. As the Executive in Charge of Production for World Of Wonder, Knapp produced over 50 hours of television for HBO, Cinemax, AMC, MTV. VH1, BBC and Channel Four in London. As a Production Executive at Republic Pictures, Knapp supervised several televison MOW’s and Mini- Series during the two year life of the company. JOE BINI (Editor) is a filmmaker and editor working in both fiction and non-fiction forms. He has edited some twenty documentaries and four feature films in the U.S. and U.K. He is best known as having edited all of Werner Herzog’s films starting with LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY and continuing through such films as MY BEST FIEND: KLAUS KINSKY and GRIZZLY MAN. Bini studied filmmaking at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and was a founder of Outpost Film Center, a post-production facility in San Francisco. He has twice served as an advisor for the Sundance Film Institute's Documentary Lab Program and was a juror at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. PETER ZEITLINGER (Director of Photography) is an accomplished filmmaker whose career encompasses cinematography, directing, writing and editing. Zeitlinger first worked with Werner Herzog in 1995 when he was director of photography on the director’s documentary DEATH FOR FIVE VOICES. That film began an intensive collaboration that has yielded such documentaries as LITTLE DIETER NEEDS TO FLY, MY BEST FIEND, WHEEL OF TIME and GRIZZLY MAN, as well as the drama INVINCIBLE. Zeitlinger has been director of photography on some thirty feature and television films, as well as several television series. His credits include: the drama TUNNELCHILD, which he co-wrote and which screened at the 1989 Berlin Film Festival; the dramas ERWIN UND JULIA and FEAR OF THE IDYLL for Austrian director Götz Spielmann; and the documentaries THE CAMPAIGNERS and ANIMAL LOVE. He has directed 20 short and experimental films since 1988. His feature directorial credits include the dark comedy HUSBANDKILLERS and the crime drama CONCEPT OF AN ENEMY, both co-directed with Holger Gotha. Zeitlinger was born in Czechoslovakia. He was not yet 10 when he left Czechoslovakia with his mother in the wake of the 1968 Soviet occupation. They settled in neighboring Austria, where Zeitlinger making 8mm films as a teenager. He studied cinema and television at the Vienna University of Art, and concurrently studied ethics at Vienna’s University of Philosophy. KLAUS BADELT (Composer) has written the music for over 25 major Hollywood Films including PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. He has established himself as one of the most sought after composers in Hollywood. Badelt’s approach generates original scores with an authentic production value, while maintaining the integrity of a film score. His devoted team spirit, in combination with his personal drive to explore new ideas and push the creative envelope makes Badelt a filmmaker who has distinctive music and intimate style, unique within the industry. His composer credits include CONSTANTINE, Chen Kaige’s The THE PROMISE, THE RECRUIT, THE TIME MACHINE, K-19: THE WIDOWMAKER, NED KELLY, BASIC, ULTRAVIOLET, CATWOMAN, Werner Herzog’s INVINCIBLE, and Wolfgang Petersen’s POSEIDON. |
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Production notes, photos and promotional video © 2007 MGM.
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