The Ghost and the Darkness - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "The Ghost and the Darkness"
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Timing:
1:49 (109 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
A. Kitman Ho
Producer
Paul B. Radin
Producer
Executive Producer
Steven Reuther
Executive Producer
Casting
Sarah Trevis
Casting
Editor
Robert Brown
Editor
Roger Bondelli
Editor
Special Effects Supervisor
Chris Corbould
Special Effects Supervisor
Art Direction
Giles Masters
Art Direction
Malcolm Stone
Art Direction
Supervising Art Director
Steve Saklad
Supervising Art Director
George Richardson
Supervising Art Director
Costume Design
Production Design
Stuart Wurtzel
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Danny Baldwin
Stunt Coordinator
Second Unit Director
Josh McLaglen
Second Unit Director
Set Decoration
Hilton Rosemarin
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Meg Speirs
Makeup Artist
Tom Lucas
Makeup Artist
Key Makeup Artist
Paul Engelen
Key Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Donald O. Mitchell
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frank A. Montaño
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Rick Hart
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Unit Production Manager
Co-Producer
Production Supervisor
Michael L. Games
Production Supervisor
Second Assistant Director
Matt Rebenkoff
Second Assistant Director
David H. Venghaus Jr.
Second Assistant Director
Patrick Kinney
Second Assistant Director
Director of Photography
Key Costumer
Leigh Bishop
Key Costumer
Dan Grace
Key Costumer
Sound Effects Editor
Lance Brown
Sound Effects Editor
Kim Secrist
Sound Effects Editor
Gary Mundheim
Sound Effects Editor
Donald L. Warner Jr.
Sound Effects Editor
Gordon Ecker
Sound Effects Editor
Steve Mann
Sound Effects Editor
Glenn Hoskinson
Sound Effects Editor
Steve Nelson
Sound Effects Editor
Richard E. Yawn
Sound Effects Editor
Property Master
Philip McDonald
Property Master
Visual Effects Supervisor
Tim McGovern
Visual Effects Supervisor
Stuart Robertson
Visual Effects Supervisor
Supervising Sound Editor
Bruce Stambler
Supervising Sound Editor
Script Supervisor
Nikki Clapp
Script Supervisor
Supervising ADR Editor
Becky Sullivan
Supervising ADR Editor
Hairstylist
Vera Mitchell
Hairstylist
Still Photographer
Frank Connor
Still Photographer
Associate Editor
Sean Hubbert
Associate Editor
Sound Mixer
Simon Kaye
Sound Mixer
First Assistant Director
José Luis Escolar
First Assistant Director
Assistant Costume Designer
Michael Dennison
Assistant Costume Designer
Boom Operator
Tommy Staples
Boom Operator
Screenplay
Novel
John Henry Patterson
Novel
Foley Artist
Hilda Hodges
Foley Artist
Construction Coordinator
Rodney Armanino
Construction Coordinator
Dialogue Editor
Mildred Iatrou
Dialogue Editor
Kimberly Lowe Voigt
Dialogue Editor
Marshall Winn
Dialogue Editor
John Leveque
Dialogue Editor
Foley Editor
Bob Beher
Foley Editor
Mark Pappas
Foley Editor
Shawn Sykora
Foley Editor
First Assistant "B" Camera
Carlos De Carvalho
First Assistant "B" Camera
First Assistant "A" Camera
Dennis Seawright
First Assistant "A" Camera
Location Manager
Kevin De La Noy
Location Manager
Dolly Grip
Guy Micheletti
Dolly Grip
Key Hair Stylist
Suzanne Stokes-Munton
Key Hair Stylist
Second Second Assistant Director
Javier Chinchilla
Second Second Assistant Director
Construction Foreman
Alan Allinger
Construction Foreman
Foley Supervisor
Michael Dressel
Foley Supervisor
Foley Mixer
Mary Jo Lang
Foley Mixer
Production Accountant
Marge Rowland
Production Accountant
"A" Camera Operator
Neal Norton
"A" Camera Operator
Music Editor
Sally Boldt
Music Editor
ADR Mixer
Thomas J. O'Connell
ADR Mixer
ADR Recordist
Rick Canelli
ADR Recordist
Second Unit Director of Photography
"B" Camera Operator
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
"B" Camera Operator
Unit Publicist
Stuart Fink
Unit Publicist
Visual Effects Coordinator
Ryan Berg
Visual Effects Coordinator
Second Assistant "A" Camera
Lars Cox
Second Assistant "A" Camera
ADR Editor
Joe Dorn
ADR Editor
ADR Voice Casting
Supervising Music Editor
Kenneth Hall
Supervising Music Editor
Assistant Sound Editor
Paul Aulicino
Assistant Sound Editor
Dana LeBlanc Frankley
Assistant Sound Editor
Jeff Cranford
Assistant Sound Editor
Foley Recordist
Carolyn Tapp
Foley Recordist
Dolby Consultant
Thom 'Coach' Ehle
Dolby Consultant
Color Timer
Bob Kaiser
Color Timer
Negative Cutter
Mo Henry
Negative Cutter
First Company Grip
Mike Miller
First Company Grip
What's left behind the scenes
- Completely different actors were considered for the role of Colonel Patterson, namely Mel Gibson, Tom Cruise, and Kevin Costner.
- Paramount Pictures, which released the film 'The Ghost and the Darkness,' initially wanted to film most of the movie in Kenya, where the events actually took place. However, the political situation in the country at that time was far from hospitable, which forced the production to move filming to South Africa.
- The film's title originates from a legend about two monstrous lions endowed with such intelligence and mystical power that the Masai gave them the names 'Ghost' and 'Darkness'.
- A lot of money was spent creating special effects to generate animated lions, but the producers concluded that they would have to include live lions in most scenes. Five lions were used for the filming: Bongo and Caesar from Canada, who filmed together without any issues (lions of the same sex generally instinctively attack each other); two from France: Voltan and Roman (they were filmed separately, confirming the aforementioned rule); and 12-year-old screen veteran Sudan from California, capable of acting like a real performer – simulating an attack without harming a person, which is extremely rare among domesticated animals, especially lions.
- The heroes' weapons were chosen quite carefully – they correspond to their time. Colonel Patterson arrived in Africa with a “Lee-Metford Mk.II” carbine, in a hunting version with a sporting stock and a shortened 6-round magazine. Incidentally, Patterson fired exactly that many times on his bridge at the end of the film. Professional hunter Remington, as befits a professional of those years, hunted with a “Holland & Holland”.
- Although both lions are depicted with manes in the film, the real man-eating lions of Tsavo were completely devoid of manes.
- The location of the historical bridge construction where the described events took place is Tsavo National Park in Kenya, a place with coordinates 2.993558°S 38.461458°E.
- There is only one scene using an animatronic lion. All other scenes were filmed using two real lions – Bongo and Caesar. The same lions also appeared in the film “George of the Jungle” (1997).
- After the lions were killed, their skins were used by Colonel Patterson as rugs. In 1924, Patterson sold them to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago for $5000.
- According to the book 'The Devil's Candy,' Brian De Palma was attached to direct the film in 1990. He was removed by the studio after the failure of 'The Bonfire of the Vanities' (1990). Kenneth Branagh was later briefly associated with the project following the success of 'Henry V' (1989).
- Director Stephen Hopkins wanted his longtime collaborator Peter Levy to be the film's cinematographer, but he was rejected by the studio, which wanted to hire Vilmos Zsigmond.
- The figure of hunter Remington is entirely fictional from a historical point of view. In reality, Patterson killed both lions on his own.
- A great deal of money was spent creating special effects for animated lions, but the producers concluded that they would have to introduce live lions into most of the scenes. Five lions were used for filming: Bongo and Caesar from Canada, who filmed together without any issues (lions of the same sex instinctively attack each other, as a rule); two from France: Voltan and Roman (they were filmed separately, confirming the aforementioned rule); and 12-year-old screen veteran Sudan from California, capable of acting like a real actor – mimicking attacks without harming humans, which is extremely rare among trained animals, especially lions.
- There is only one scene using an animatronic lion. All other scenes were filmed using two real lions – Bongo and Caesar. The same lions also appeared in the film “George of the Jungle” (1997).
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