Doomsday

Doomsday (2008)

Timing: 1:48 (108 min)

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Release date

2008-03-14

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa

Production

Scion Films, Rogue Pictures, Internationale Filmproduktion Blackbird Dritte, Intrepid Pictures, Crystal Sky Pictures, Moonlighting Films

Genre

Action, Thriller, Science Fiction

Budget

$30 000 000

Revenue

$22 211 426

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Director

Neil Marshall

Actors

Rhona Mitra, Bob Hoskins, Adrian Lester, Alexander Siddig, David O'Hara, Malcolm McDowell, Sean Pertwee, MyAnna Buring, Emma Cleasby, Caryn Peterson
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Scenario

Neil Marshall

Producer

Steven Paul, Benedict Carver, Peter McAleese, Jeff Abberley, Julia Blackman, Marc D. Evans, Trevor Macy, Carole Sheridan

Operator

Sam McCurdy

Composer

Tyler Bates

Artist

Julia Dehoff, Melloney Cunnell

Audition

Jeremy Zimmermann

Editing

Andrew MacRitchie
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• Filming took place from February 9th to May 2007 in South Africa and the United Kingdom.
• At the beginning of the film, a DDS squad infiltrates a freighter. Notably, the ship has a Russian name: “First Time” is written on the side in large black letters.
• A 2008 Bentley Continental GT Speed was used in the car chase scene. This was not a product placement (Bentley does not participate in such programs), so the filmmakers simply purchased three of these cars for approximately $150,000. One car was accidentally driven into a narrow gorge, the second was wrecked during stunt filming, while the third remained undamaged. The filmmakers were amazed by the car’s durability. After everything it went through, it only required a repaint and some cosmetic repairs, with everything else remaining intact.
• The APCs were assembled with genuine steel plates and windshields made of armored glass to ensure authenticity. The design process took 4-5 weeks, and assembly took another 10 weeks. Two vehicles were built from scratch. Initially, there were plans to purchase vehicles, but it turned out that building them from scratch would be cheaper.
• Many stunts are performed in the film, but unforeseen situations occurred during the filming of only two of them. Once, a motorcyclist was dragged along by his motorcycle when he was supposed to simply roll away. The stuntman was unharmed. In the second case, Sol was hitting a man in the face and accidentally broke his nose on the second take.
• Approximately 700 extras participated in the scene at the intersection, most of whom were South Africans of European descent.
• At the beginning of the film, the DDS team boards a freighter. It can be noticed that the ship has a Russian name: the words “Pervyy raz” (First Time) are written on the side in large black letters.