K-19: The Widowmaker - crew, film crew
The entire team, the film crew of the film "K-19: The Widowmaker"
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Timing:
2:18 (138 min)
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Film crew
Director
Producer
Edward S. Feldman
Producer
Winship Cook
Producer
Matthias Deyle
Producer
Christine Whitaker
Producer
Executive Producer
Guy East
Executive Producer
Moritz Borman
Executive Producer
Casting
Ross Clydesdale
Casting
Editor
Art Direction
William Ladd Skinner
Art Direction
Angela Murphy
Art Direction
Costume Design
Stunts
J.J. Makaro
Stunts
Production Design
Karl Júlíusson
Production Design
Michael Novotny
Production Design
Stunt Coordinator
Set Decoration
Carol Lavallee
Set Decoration
Ian Greig
Set Decoration
Dan Wladyka
Set Decoration
Makeup Artist
Joyce Wold
Makeup Artist
Cindy e Smith-McGuire
Makeup Artist
Michael Laudati
Makeup Artist
Key Makeup Artist
Co-Producer
Steven-Charles Jaffe
Co-Producer
Mary Montiforte
Co-Producer
Mark Wolfe
Co-Producer
Associate Producer
Steve Danton
Associate Producer
Director of Photography
Jeff Cronenweth
Director of Photography
Supervising Sound Editor
Pat Jackson
Supervising Sound Editor
First Assistant Director
Steve Danton
First Assistant Director
Screenplay
Christopher Kyle
Screenplay
Key Hair Stylist
David R. Beecroft
Key Hair Stylist
Hair Designer
Michael Kriston
Hair Designer
Makeup Designer
Christina Smith
Makeup Designer
Music
Line Producer
Screenstory
What's left behind the scenes
- The real nuclear submarine K-19 is recognized as one of the most accident-prone submarines due to the fact that it experienced several significant accidents, resulting in the deaths of more than 40 people. For this reason, K-19 was nicknamed "Hiroshima".
- The Kirov Symphony Orchestra was chosen to record the music for the film. Composer Klaus Badelt flew to Russia personally and conducted the recording at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Until that moment, the Kirov Orchestra had never performed music for films.
- The role of the K-19 in the film was played by the decommissioned Soviet submarine K-77 – a diesel-electric boat with cruise missiles, Project 651, with its characteristic hull features disguised – 4 large niches behind the missile launch tubes. In addition, the submarine's stern was extended by 25 meters (the length of Project 651 submarines is 86 meters, while Project 658 submarines are 104 meters long). A longer and wider conning tower made of plastic was built around the existing one, since on the real K-19, three ballistic missiles were located within the conning tower enclosure. The result was a fairly acceptable resemblance, except that the deck remained wider than on the K-19. After filming, as per the contract, the film company dismantled these superstructures and restored the submarine to its original appearance, after which it served as a museum for 5 years in the city of Providence, Rhode Island.
- In 2000, Bigelow and her assistants came to Russia and, with great effort, obtained permission to travel to the Northern Fleet, where she personally visited the aging decommissioned BS-19, as it was known at the time.
- The filmmakers conducted extensive consultations with participants in those distant events. However, only one episode in the film is accurate – when the sailors are assembling the emergency cooling system. At one point, former crew members planned to sue the film company for distorting the facts. The initial script was disliked by the crew, resulting in an open letter written by members of the first crew. In the final version of the film, the most controversial episodes are missing, and they rate the accuracy of the remaining events as 'about 90 percent'.
- The real events on which the film is based differ significantly from what is shown. The film combines elements of several accidents that occurred with the K-19. There was no mutiny on board, and, of course, the idea of surrendering the ship to the Americans was simply not considered.
- At the beginning of the film, on the train, Harrison Ford's character appears as a 2nd Rank Captain (2 stars on his epaulettes) of the Soviet Navy; shortly thereafter, in Moscow, at headquarters, standing near a world map, Ford's character is already a 1st Rank Captain (3 stars on his epaulettes). He then reverts to being a 2nd Rank Captain.
- Filming took place from February 19 to June 29, 2001.
- The filmmakers conducted extensive consultations with participants in those past events. But only one episode in the film is accurate – when sailors are assembling an emergency cooling system. At one point, former submarine crew members planned to sue the film company for distorting the facts. The initial script did not appeal to the crew, resulting in an open letter written by members of the original crew. In the final version of the film, the most controversial episodes are missing, and they rate the accuracy of the remaining events as 'around 90 percent'.
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