Valhalla Rising - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "Valhalla Rising"
Valhalla Rising (2009)
Timing:
1:33 (93 min)
6.097/10
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Henrik Danstrup
Producer
Bo Ehrhardt
Producer
Johnny Andersen
Producer
Executive Producer
Thor Sigurjonsson
Executive Producer
Yves Chevalier
Executive Producer
Linda James
Executive Producer
Christine Alderson
Executive Producer
Lene Børglum
Executive Producer
Mads Peter Ole Olsen
Executive Producer
Carole Sheridan
Executive Producer
Writer
Roy Jacobsen
Writer
Casting
Des Hamilton
Casting
Editor
Matthew Newman
Editor
Special Effects Supervisor
Mike Kelt
Special Effects Supervisor
Art Direction
Natalie Astridge
Art Direction
Allie Milligan
Art Direction
Costume Design
Gill Horn
Costume Design
Production Design
Laurel Wear
Production Design
Makeup Artist
Maxine Dallas
Makeup Artist
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Iain Anderson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Chris Sinclair
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Original Music Composer
Peter Peter
Original Music Composer
Peter Kyed
Original Music Composer
Director of Photography
Morten Søborg
Director of Photography
Costume Supervisor
Kathryn Tart
Costume Supervisor
Script Supervisor
Dolina MacFarlane
Script Supervisor
Hairstylist
Maxine Dallas
Hairstylist
Still Photographer
Dean Rogers
Still Photographer
Jo Irvine
Still Photographer
Sound Designer
Giles Lamb
Sound Designer
Douglas MacDougall
Sound Designer
Dialogue Editor
Howard Halsall
Dialogue Editor
Special Effects Technician
Ken Petrie
Special Effects Technician
Makeup Designer
Niamh Morrison
Makeup Designer
Gaffer
Freddie Bonfanti
Gaffer
First Assistant Camera
Jon Priddle
First Assistant Camera
Additional Writing
Researcher
Mette Sø
Researcher
Visual Effects
Edward Andrews
Visual Effects
James Ballard
Visual Effects
Myfanwy Harris
Visual Effects
Sound Recordist
Cameron Mercer
Sound Recordist
Digital Intermediate
Julie Harding
Digital Intermediate
Paul J. Wright
Digital Intermediate
Michele De Benedetti
Digital Intermediate
Tony Ray
Digital Intermediate
Foley
Micheal MacKinnon
Foley
Marine Coordinator
Peter Fowler
Marine Coordinator
What's left behind the scenes
- Throughout the entire film, all the characters have approximately 120 lines of dialogue.
- Filming took place in Scotland from August to December 2008.
- All scenes were filmed in chronological order.
- To enhance realism, the director eschewed computer graphics, relying solely on high-quality makeup. £8,000 was spent on the severed head.
- As the director confessed, the film is based on a book his parents read to him as a child. Wishing to preserve the book's idea, Refn and Jacobsen decided to divide the story into six chapters, to make One-Eye's journey more tense as the story progresses.
- One-Eye was a nickname for Odin, who in one of the Scandinavian legends sacrificed one of his eyes to Mimir, the master of the well of great wisdom, for a single drink from it in order to gain wisdom. The sacrifice also gave him the power to see hidden things.
- During the scene about "God's Servants", the sea was made from black plastic bags.
- Initially, Refn wanted the Scottish rock band Mogwai to compose the music for the film, but they had a very busy schedule and couldn't fit the project in.
- Mads Mikkelsen, agreeing to the role, believed it would be easy to film, as he wouldn't have to learn any lines, seeing as he wouldn't have any dialogue. However, the filming turned out to be very physically demanding in the Scottish locations.
- The idea of One-Eye being mute came to Nicolas Winding Refn in a dream, where One-Eye was unable to speak. After he woke up, he called Roy Jacobsen and told him about the idea.
- Mads Mikkelsen was the only candidate for the role of One-Eye from the very beginning, as he is an old friend of the director.
- Refn drew inspiration from Mario Bava's classic horror film *Planet of the Vampires* (1965), Alejandro Jodorowsky's cult Western *The Mole* (1970), and the avant-garde films of Kenneth Anger, *Invocation of My Demon Brother* (1964) and *Lucifer Rising* (1972).
- The idea for the film came to director Nicolas Winding Refn when he learned about the discovery of ancient runes in the American state of Delaware. Scientists debated how they could have ended up in a place so remote from Scandinavia, and Refn decided to come up with his own explanation.
- The film's title coincides with the title of Clive Cussler's popular adventure novel, but has no relation to it.
- On the film's official website, Mikkelsen's character is named Harald, but in the film itself he is only referred to as One-Eye.
- Refn was simultaneously casting actors for two film projects – *Valhalla Rising* and *Bronson*.
- The main character's blind eye was made in the image and likeness of Kirk Douglas's eye in the film «The Vikings» (1958).
- Maarten Steven, who plays Are, is the son of Gary Lewis, who played Kåre.
- Originally, the film was supposed to be shot in Scotland and America, but due to the small budget, all filming took place only in Scotland.
- Nicolas Winding Refn conceived the film as a kind of LSD hallucination.
- The appearance and war paint of One-Eye suggest that he himself is not a Scandinavian, but a Pict. The Orkney Islands off the coast of Scotland, inhabited by the Picts, were conquered by Scandinavians as early as the 9th century.
- Originally, Refn planned a different ending for the film: a spaceship descends from the sky, One Eye boards it and flies away. However, Refn rejected this option. Later, he wanted to end the film with an epic battle scene in which One Eye would defeat an entire army of Native Americans. Refn had already secured funding for filming this scene, but by that time he decided that One Eye would sacrifice his life for the boy.
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