Gwoemul (2006)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.1/10   

Réalisateur:

Joon-ho Bong

Writers:

Chul-hyun Baek (writer)
Joon-ho Bong (writer)
(suite)

Release Date:

27 juillet 2006 (South Korea)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame | Fantasy | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Accroche:

It is Lurking Behind You

Plot:

A monster emerges from Seoul's Han River and focuses its attention on attacking people.

Plot Keywords:

River | Monster | Daughter | Archery | Quarantine

Awards:

18 wins & 12 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

The Host

Ensemble

Kang-ho Song	...	Park Gang-Du
Hie-bong Byeon	...	Park Hie-bong
Hae-il Park	...	Park Nam-il
Du-na Bae	...	Park Nam-Joo
Ah-sung Ko	...	Park Hyun-seo
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
David Joseph Anselmo	...	Donald
Martin Lord Cayce	...	U.S. Senator
Cristen Cho
Philip Hersh	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Paul Lazar	...	US Doctor trying to operate Gang-Du
Brian Lee
Kurt Leitner	...	Additional Voices (voice: English version)
Clinton Morgan	...	Agent Yellow
Dal-su Oh	...	The Monster (voice)
No-shik Park
Brian Rhee	...	Young Korean Doctor (as Brian Lee)
Scott Wilson	...	US Doctor in Morgue
Pil-Sung Yim	...	Fat Guevara

Réalisé par
Joon-ho Bong

Scénaristes (in alphabetical order)
Chul-hyun Baek		writer
Joon-ho Bong		writer
Won-jun Ha		writer (as Jun-won Ha)

Produit par
Yong-bae Choi	....	producer
Junyoung Jang	....	co-producer
Neung-yeon Joh	....	producer
Lewis Kim	....	co-producer
Woo-Taek Kim	....	executive producer
Jeong Tae-Sung	....	executive producer

Musique originale
Byung-woo Lee

Image
Hyung-ku Kim

Montage
Sun-min Kim

Distribution des rôles
John Jackson

Création des décors
Seong-hie Ryu

Technicien du son
Coll Anderson	....	sound designer
Tae-young Choi	....	sound
Sean Garnhart	....	sound designer
Yasuaki Nakajima	....	adr supervisor
Rob Nokes	....	additional sound effects
Bill Orrico	....	sound effects editor

Effets spéciaux
Julie Anderson	....	project coordinator
Toby Barron	....	painter
Toby Barron	....	sculptor
Brett Beacham	....	foam latex fabricator
Brett Beacham	....	mold maker
Janine Bray	....	hair technician
Teisha Brook	....	project coordinator
John Cox	....	animatronics supervisor: John Cox's creature Workshop
Liam Hardy	....	painter
Liam Hardy	....	sculptor
Josh Head	....	foam latex fabricator
Josh Head	....	mold maker
Tobias Jahke	....	foam latex fabricator
Tobias Jahke	....	mold maker
Richard Mueck	....	painter
Richard Mueck	....	sculptor
Cheryl Newton	....	hair technician
Steven Parker	....	painter
Steven Parker	....	sculptor
James Paul	....	animatronics
James Paul	....	on-set technician
David Renn	....	painter
David Renn	....	sculptor
Steven Renn	....	animatronics
Mark Sloane	....	animatronics
Sonny Tilders	....	animatronics

Visual Effects
Christopher Abeyta	....	production accountant
Shadi Almassizadeh	....	computer graphics supervisor
Lindsay Anderson	....	rotoscope artist
Robert Barker	....	systems engineer
Kirstin Bradfield	....	compositor
Juan Bronson	....	visual effects coordinator
Daniela Calafatello	....	modeler
Francis L. Camacho	....	matchmove artist (as Francis Camacho)
Josh Cardenas	....	digital artist (as Joshua Cardenas)
Carrie Cassada	....	visual effects editor
Irfan Celik	....	lead look development artist
Wei Chin Chen	....	matchmove artist
Jeremy Cho	....	lead 2D paint artist
Jeremy Cho	....	lead roto artist
YouJin Choung	....	compositor (as Youjin Cheung)
Brendan Coffey	....	information technology director
Webster Colcord	....	animation supervisor
Kathleen Cosby	....	digital artist
Kevin Coyle	....	rotoscope artist
Stéphane Cros	....	creature rigger
Rif Dagher	....	lead digital artist (as Rifaat Dagher)
Bruce Dahl	....	animator
Joe C. D'Amato	....	support
Pallavi Devabhaktuni	....	digital paint and rotoscope artist: The Orphanage
Tim Dobbert	....	matchmove supervisor
Andi Dorfan	....	rotoscope artist
Rama Dunayevich	....	publicist: The Orphanage
Greg Dunn	....	systems engineer
Greg Durrett	....	matchmove artist
Trina Espinoza	....	digital artist
Katharine Evans	....	rotoscope artist
Simon Eves	....	software development
Nathan Fariss	....	lead digital artist
Jesse Fernley	....	compositor
Arin Finger	....	visual effects producer
Sharon Fitzgerald	....	recruiter
Kate Geaghan	....	support
David Gladstein	....	software development
Daniel Gloates	....	senior staff: The Orphanage
Juli Gumbiner	....	manager of support and resource admin
Mark Hamilton	....	digital artist
Tyler Ham	....	matchmove artist
Jonathan Harman	....	senior technical director
Marianne Heath	....	rotoscope artist
Paul Hettler	....	senior visual effects producer
Ki Jong Hong	....	creature rigger
Sunghwan Hong	....	rotoscope artist
Kevin Hoppe	....	matchmover: The Orphanage
Jessica Hsieh	....	rotoscope artist
Tony Hurd	....	production operations manager
Michael Hutchinson	....	visual effects assistant editor
Michael Janov	....	lead digital artist
Steve Jaworski	....	lead compositor
Karen Kelly	....	visual effects coordinator
Brook Kievit	....	modeler
Kelly Kim	....	visual effects coordinator
Seryong Kim	....	visual effects consultant
SeungJang 'Jack' Kim	....	modeler
Makoto Koyama	....	animator
Scott Kravitz	....	animator
Heath Kraynak	....	rotoscope artist
Michal Kriukow	....	digital artist
Brian Kulig	....	CG sequence supervisor
Brian Kulig	....	pipeline software developer
Jessica Lai	....	matchmove artist
David Huynh Lam	....	resource technical assistant (as David Lam)
Jeon-hyeong Lee	....	visual effects
Soyoun Lee	....	rotoscope artist
Michael Lester	....	matchmove artist
Jimmy Lillard	....	visual effects assistant editor
Kymber Lim	....	visual effects consultant
Todd Lindo	....	manager of support and resource admin
Daniel Loeb	....	animator
Ting Lo	....	matchmoving artist (as Tiffany Lo)
Jonathan Lyons	....	animator
Kevin Mains	....	resource technical assistant
Stuart T. Maschwitz	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (as Stu Maschwitz)
Kyle McCulloch	....	compositor
Dan McNamara	....	senior staff: The Orphanage
Neil Michka	....	lead animator
Matt Moses	....	digital artist
Ross Nakamura	....	roto/paint artist: The Orphanage
Natalie Nolan	....	compositor
Luke O'Byrne	....	visual effects executive producer
Michael Oregon	....	support
Alex Orzulak	....	resource technical assistant
JaeWook Park	....	digital artist
David Parsons	....	animator
Christopher Paul	....	matchmove artist
David Petry	....	matchmove artist
Alexander Pouchkarev	....	modeler (as Sasha Pouchkarev)
Alex Prichard	....	lead compositor
Ralph Procida	....	digital artist
Kevin Rafferty	....	visual effects supervisor
Nina Rappaport	....	visual effects consultant
Dav Rauch	....	compositor
Aaron Rhodes	....	rotoscope supervisor
Grover Richardson	....	rotoscope artist
Corey Rosen	....	creature supervisor
Jonathan Rothbart	....	visual effects supervising consultant: The Orphanage
Salvador Ruiz	....	animator: The Orphanage
Jesse Russell	....	compositor
Marc Sadeghi	....	executive visual effects producer
Moshe Sayada	....	compositor
Joe Scarr	....	digital artist
Andrew Schneider	....	lead animator
Charles Schwartz	....	matchmove artist (as Charlie Schwartz)
Stan Seo	....	modeler
Nick Sinnott	....	matchmove artist
Carsten Sørensen	....	senior staff: The Orphanage
Michael Spaw	....	CG sequence supervisor
David Stern-Gottfried	....	resource technical assistant
Scott Stewart	....	senior staff: The Orphanage
Lisa Todd	....	visual effects digital production manager
Brian Tolle	....	matchmove lead
Jan Van Buyten	....	animator
Brent Villalobos	....	software development
Carl Walters	....	editorial supervisor
Renee Ward	....	visual effects production assistant
Ken Wesley	....	digital artist
Mary Beth Worzella	....	visual effects digital production manager (as Mary Beth)
Tiffany Wu	....	matchmove/roto coordinator
Jeremy Yabrow	....	software development manager
Andrea Yelle	....	human resources
Danyo Donghyun Yoon	....	pre-visualization artist

Divers
Daniel Carlisle	....	puppeteer
Wonjo Jeong	....	production coordinator: New Zealand
Phillip Millar	....	puppeteer
Richard Mueck	....	puppeteer
James Paul	....	puppeteer

Production Companies

• Chungeorahm Film
• Showbox Entertainment

Distributors

• A-Film Distribution (2006) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• A-Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• A-Film Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Alfa Films (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Alliance Atlantis Motion Picture Distribution (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Atlantic Film (2007) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Bir Film (2006) (Turkey) (all media)
• Camera Film (2007) (Denmark) (theatrical)
• Filmtrade (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Group Power (2006) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Gussi Films (2007) (Mexico) (theatrical)
• Happinet Corporation (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Indo Overseas Film (2006) (India) (theatrical)
• Kadokawa Herald Pictures (2006) (Japan) (theatrical)
• MFA Filmdistribution (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Madman Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Madman Entertainment (2007) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Magnolia Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Magnolia Magnet (2008) (USA) (all media)
• Magnolia Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• MegaVision (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Nippon Herald Films (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Notro Films (2006) (Spain) (all media)
• Océan Films (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2006) (UK) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2007) (UK) (DVD)
• Punto Zero (2009) (Italy) (all media) (as Enjoy Movies)
• Showbox Entertainment (2006) (South Korea) (all media)
• Suraya Film Productions (2006) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2006) (Singapore) (theatrical)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Orphanage, The (visual effects and animation)
• E.O.N. (computer graphics) (as EON Digital Film)
• Eon Digital Films (computer graphics)
• John Cox's Creature Workshop
• Weta Workshop (creature scannable maquette molding and casting)

Other Companies

• Happinet Corporation  funding
• OCN  funding
• Cineclick Asia  funding
• Cowell  funding
• CJ Capital Investment  funding
• SBS  funding
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• HFR  digital imaging (as Digital Cinema)
• HFR  digital intermediate
• Happinet Corporation  special thanks
• Magno Sound and Video  adr studio
• Milan Records  soundtrack
• Sound Dogs  additional audio (as Sounddogs.com)
• Soundtrack  trailer

Autre(s) titre(s):

The Host (International: English title) (USA)
The Host (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for creature violence and language.

Durée:

119 min | Croatia:110 min (DVD)

Pays:

South Korea

Langue:

Coréen | Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital EX

Classification:

South Korea:12 | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIA | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Malaysia:U | New Zealand:R13 | USA:R | Germany:16 | Australia:M | Sweden:11 | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16 | Norway:15 | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/12 | Philippines:PG-13 | France:U (with warning) | Brazil:14 | Peru:14 | Mexico:B15

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Dong-ho Bridge, Seoul, South Korea

Company:

Chungeorahm Film

Anecdotes:

The crew of the film used metal barrels to make the splash effects whenever the monster would dive into the water.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Kang-ho Song's character receives a tissue sample, there is no wound in the remaining scenes, even though he was screaming in pain.

Guillemet:

US Doctor trying to operate Gang-Du: [speaking to his colleague in private] The late Sgt. Donald, the first one classified as a victim of the virus, was given an extensive autopsy and no virus was found. He died of shock during the operation. Also, no traces of the virus were found in any of the patients quarantined. Simply put, so far, there is no virus whatsoever.
Park Gang-Du: [in English] Huh? No virus?
[in Korean]
Park Gang-Du: You mean there's no virus? Right? There's no virus!

Movie Connections:

References Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925)

The Host

The Host is by far one of the best monster movies in years. The movie follows a bumbling young father, Gang-Do Park, and his family. The story starts like every monster movie; everything is calm and uneventful, "business as usual" you might say. When a mutated fish creature comes along the river bank and begins killing anyone in its path. Amidst all of the confusion, Gang-Do's daughter, Hyun-seo, is picked up by the monster and dragged back to the sewer. The story then turns into a search for Hyun-seo. Gang-Do and his family evade the authorities and use all the money they have to desperately continue their quest.

The reason I picked up this movie in the first place is because the box said that it was "on par with Jaws." I found this hard to believe but the monster in The Host is the one of the most cinematically pleasing CG creations in recent years and is probably the most original looking monster since Alien. It was legitimately scary looking and had a very unique style of moving that set it apart from previous monsters. Another strength of this monster is how well the CG is done. It does not just look like some computer generated figure spliced into live action footage. It looks like it belongs in the shot. The monster also has enough on screen time to make the movie suspenseful. The movie keeps the viewer wanting to see more of the monster while, at the same time, keeping them satisfied with the number of appearances.

The Park family does a pretty good job of keeping the audience entertained while the monster is off screen. The relationship that Gang-Do shares with his father, "college man" brother, and professional archer sister maintains a balance of drama and humor that the audience can appreciate. This dynamic seems strange but the movie makes it work. You start to really feel like these people are family. The best thing about these characters is that you are not disappointed when they are on the screen. Some monster movies seem to get kind of boring when the monster is off screen (Godzilla 1998).

The weakest thing about this movie, as it is with most foreign films, is the English translation and dubbing. After a while it becomes bearable but in the beginning it sounds absolutely awful. I don't say this very often because, like many Americans, I hate reading subtitles. But I think this one time I would have made the exception because the voice acting was just terrible. They just didn't seem to fit the characters very well. The dialogue in some scenes is very awkward as well. Some of the English translation just sounds out of place. This happens a lot with language barriers, however, and sometimes it just cannot be helped. If you want to watch something that is not meant to be in your language, you've just got to go with what you get.

I started off saying that this is one of the best monster movies in years, and it is. It's not perfect, but what monster movie is? It has some flaws but the originality of the monster and the simplicity of the plot makes this movie very easy to follow and worth watching at the very least. It is pretty good for what it is. The whole "monster terrorizing an Asian town" seems like it has been done a million times (because it has), but this movie has some new things to offer. Would I call this movie "on par with Jaws"? I wouldn't personally, but it is definitely better than some of the cheesy messes that monster movies have made in the past.