Shutter (2008/I)

Réalisateur:

Masayuki Ochiai

Scénariste (WGA):

Luke Dawson (screenplay)
(suite)

Date de sortie:

21 mars 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horreur | Mystère | Thriller

Accroche:

The most terrifying images are the ones that are real.

Intrigue:

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

Plot Keywords:

Japan | Photograph | Car Accident | Picture | Photographer

Avis des utilisateurs:

Take a Ghost-Picture, it'll last longer!

Ensemble

Joshua Jackson	...	Benjamin Shaw
Rachael Taylor	...	Jane Shaw
Megumi Okina	...	Megumi Tanaka
David Denman	...	Bruno
John Hensley	...	Adam
Maya Hazen	...	Seiko Nakamura
James Kyson Lee	...	Ritsuo
Yoshiko Miyazaki	...	Akiko
Kei Yamamoto	...	Murase
Daisy Betts	...	Natasha
Adrienne Pickering	...	Megan
Pascal Morineau	...	Wedding Photographer
Masaki Ota	...	Police Officer #1
Heideru Tatsuo	...	Police Officer #2
Eri Otoguro	...	Yoko
Rina Matsuki	...	TGK Receptionist
Tomotaka Kanzaki	...	Client #1
Jun Yakushiji	...	Client #2
Emi Tamura	...	Emi
Polina Kononova	...	Studio Model #1
Yulia Ryzhova	...	Studio Model #2
Mika Kinose	...	Office Lady
Masakazu Nagakura	...	Pachinko Parlor Employee
Shinji Furukawa	...	Pachinko Parlor Customer
Maria Takagi	...	Waitress at Japanese Restaurant
Akihido Ando	...	Restaurant Manager
Alessandra	...	Model #1
Katrina B.	...	Model #2
Tanya Allen	...	Model #3 (as Tanya)
Takao Toji	...	Tokyo Doctor
Shizuka Fujimoto	...	Tokyo Exam Room Nurse
Yutaka Mishima	...	Ghost Magazine Layout Designer
Maiko Asano	...	Mother on Train
Rei Sato	...	Boy on Train
Homare Hasegawa	...	Passenger on Train
Kei Hirosawa	...	Passenger on Train
Michiyo Kaneko	...	Passenger on Train
Koichi Kase	...	Passenger on Train
Yasuke Kawarada	...	Passenger on Train
Ayuko Koyama	...	Passenger on Train
Konomi Moriyama	...	Passenger on Train
Akira Sato	...	Passenger on Train
Miyoko Yamaguchi	...	Passenger on Train
Runa Kozuki	...	Girl in Park (as Runa Kozuka)
Natsuki	...	TGK Female Staff
Akihiro Shimomura	...	Megumi's Father
Gen Takatsuka	...	Monk
Natalia Tsvetkova	...	Brooklyn Nurse
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Natalia Silkina
Masami Kosaka	...	Japanese Man (uncredited)
Rana Morrison	...	Wedding guest (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Masayuki Ochiai

Scénaristes (WGA)
Luke Dawson		(screenplay)
Banjong Pisanthanakun		(2004 movie) uncredited &
Sopon Sukdapisit		(2004 movie) uncredited &
Parkpoom Wongpoom		(2004 movie) uncredited

Produit par
Paiboon Damrongchaitham	....	co-producer
Boosaba Daoruang	....	co-producer
Doug Davison	....	producer
Gloria Fan	....	executive producer
Satoshi Fukushima	....	line producer
Richard Guay	....	associate producer
Takashige Ichise	....	producer
Roy Lee	....	producer
Sonny Mallhi	....	executive producer
Arnon Milchan	....	executive producer
Visute Poolvoralaks	....	co-producer
Yodphet Sudsawad	....	co-producer

Musique originale
Nathan Barr

Image
Katsumi Yanagijima		(director of photography)

Montage
Timothy Alverson		(as Tim Alverson)
Michael N. Knue

Distribution des rôles
Donna Isaacson
Christian Kaplan

Création des décors
Norifumi Ataka

Décorateur de plateau
Fumiaki Suzaka
Nobuaki Watanabe

Maquillage
Rick Findlater	....	hair designer
Rick Findlater	....	makeup designer
Georgia Lockhart-Adams	....	hair stylist
Fumi Takeshita	....	key hair stylist: Japan
Fumi Takeshita	....	key makeup artist: Japan
Yoko Yamazaki	....	assistant hair stylist: Japan
Yoko Yamazaki	....	assistant makeup artist: Japan

Directeur de production
Brady Vant Hull	....	production supervisor: second unit, Tokyo
Keizo Shukuzaki	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Kazuhiko Kondo	....	first assistant director: Japan
Ed Licht	....	first assistant director
Youichi Matsunaga	....	second assistant director: Japan
Amy Wilkins	....	second assistant director
Takaji Yamaguchi	....	third assistant director: Japan

Technicien du son
David Betancourt	....	foley mixer
James Bolt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Smokey Cloud	....	first assistant sound editor
Ronny Cox	....	adr mixer (as Ron Cox)
Dawn Fintor	....	foley artist
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
David Grimaldi	....	sound effects editor
Scott A. Jennings	....	sound effects editor
Masato Komatsu	....	sound mixer
Cliff Latimer	....	adr editor
Timothy E. Lauber	....	adr recordist (as Tim Lauber)
David Lucarelli	....	adr mixer
Chuck Michael	....	sound designer
Chuck Michael	....	sound re-recording mixer
Chuck Michael	....	supervising sound editor
Nash Michael	....	foley editor
Takashi Nakazato	....	boom operator
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Paul Pavelka	....	re-recording engineer
Eliza Pollack Zebert	....	supervising dialogue editor
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charleen Richards-Steeves)
Alicia Stevenson	....	foley artist
Shinji Watanabe	....	boom operator

Effets spéciaux
Hidekazu Kishiura	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects
Andrea Caretta	....	digital lighting and compositing artist
Thomas F. Ford IV	....	visual effects producer: New Regency/Twentieth Century Fox
Bonnie Kanner	....	visual effects executive producer: Pixel Magic
George Macri	....	visual effects producer: Pixel Magic
Hajime Matsumoto	....	visual effect supervisor: Big-X
Ray McIntyre Jr.	....	visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic
Josh Mossotti	....	visual effects artist
Reid Paul	....	senior digital effects supervisor: Pixel Magic
Neal Sopata	....	digital artist
Bob Wiatr	....	digital effects compositor: Pacific Title

Cascadeur
Masanobu Anamiya	....	stunts
Shunsuke Gondo	....	stunts
Nami Hanada	....	stunts
Shinji Noro	....	stunts

Caméra et Département Electrique
Michael FitzMaurice	....	aerial director of photography: Tokyo
Takahiro Imai	....	first assistant camera
Bill Kaye	....	still photographer
Shigeto Mizuno	....	second assistant camera
Kohei Suzuki	....	electrician
Shinzi Suzuki	....	camera operator
Yoshimi Watabe	....	chief lighting technician
Katsuyuki Yanagisawa	....	key grip

Département Casting
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Masashi Yamaguchi	....	casting associate

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Minako Matsumoto	....	assistant stylist
Akiko Nomura	....	stylist
Stevie Sterman	....	costume assistant

Dpartement Editorial
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Gilbert Carreras	....	lab color timer
Mel Friedman	....	first assistant editor
Yoshie Ishiguro	....	first assistant editor
David Kennedy	....	digital intermediate assistant

Département Musique
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Audrey DeRoche	....	score supervisor (as Audrey deRoche)
Dave Jordan	....	music supervisor
Lise Richardson	....	music editor
Damon Tedesco	....	score mixer
Rebekah Touma	....	music coordinator
Jojo Villanueva	....	music supervisor

Département Transport
Takahiro Himeno	....	driver
Joetaro Kitamura	....	driver
Keiichi Sugimoto	....	driver

Divers
Chiho Asada	....	interpreter
Richard Guay	....	production consultant
Naomi Hatta	....	assistant: Mr. Fukushima
Taishi Hirahara	....	location manager
Yoshiki Imaoka	....	location manager
Hideaki Jimbo	....	production coordinator
Kyohei Kato	....	production assistant
Kelly Kiernan	....	production executive
Chisono Kikkawa	....	production assistant
Hideo Kunimatsu	....	dialect coach
Rana Morrison	....	location assistance
Keisuke Nakata	....	production assistant
Natsuko Nezu	....	production accountant
Mariko Nishizawa	....	clearance
Frédéric North	....	camera helicopter pilot: Tokyo
Rina Ohashi	....	interpreter
Akiko Okada	....	bilingual production assistant
Yoko Oyabu	....	production coordinator
Shinya Saeki	....	production assistant
Kazuko Shingyoku	....	script supervisor
Bryan Smiley	....	assistant: Arnon Milchan
Hiroko Stanhope	....	assistant: Mr. Ichise
Tsuzumi Takagi	....	bilingual production assistant
Katsuya Tsukui	....	bilingual production assistant
Chiaki Yanagimoto	....	assistant: Mr. Ochiai
Kazumi Nakamura	....	adr voice (uncredited)

Companies de production

• Regency Enterprises (presents)
• New Regency Pictures
• Vertigo Entertainment
• Ozla Pictures

Distributeurs

• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox of Germany (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Big X (visual effects)
• Pixel Magic (visual effects)

Autres Companies

• DeLuxe Laboratories  prints
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• FedEx  trademark used by permission
• Fellah Pictures  production services
• Imagica  color processing
• Lakeshore Records  score album
• NAC Image Technology  camera equipment supplied by
• Nihon Shomei Co.  lighting equipment supplied by
• Pacific Title and Art Studio  digital intermediate
• Pacific Title and Art Studio  main and end titles
• Pacific Title and Art Studio  opticals
• Rockbottom Rentals  walkie rentals
• Runway  post-production services
• Toho Studios  sound stage

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for terror, disturbing images, sexual content and language.

Durée:

85 min | USA:90 min (unrated version)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Japonais

Couleur:

Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Classification:

Ireland:16 | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43974) | UK:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Sweden:15 | Germany:16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Italy:VM14 | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Netherlands:16 | South Africa:16LV | Hong Kong:IIB | France:U (with warning)

Lieux de tournage:

Tokyo, Japan

Société:

Regency Enterprises

Anecdotes:

Not screened for critics.

Goofs:

Révélant des erreurs: When Ben and his wife take a picture of themselves in the beginning, the camera is obviously not on.

Connexions De Film:

Remake de Shutter (2004/II)

Bande son:

That Kinda Booty

Take a Ghost-Picture, it'll last longer!

Unfortunately I didn't manage to catch the 2004 Thai original before this American remake premiered at the annual Belgian Horror and Fantasy Festival. I didn't bother to see it when it initially got released because there already was an overload of Asian Ghost movies at that time and I really couldn't cope enduring another dull and scare-free imitation of "Ringu". After seeing the US remake I'm definitely interested in checking out the original sooner or later. The basic idea of restless spirits trying to communicate through photography is remotely original, but the elaboration (at least in this remake) remains somewhat tedious and predictable. Immediately after their marriage, Jane follows her photographer husband Ben to Tokyo where his friends arranged a splendid job for him. Jane, but soon after also Ben, suffers from visions of a deceased girl and all the pictures they make are ruined by ghostly images of this same girl. There's more than obviously a link between this girl and Ben's past days as a bachelor, but Jane only gradually learns the truth of what happened exactly. To my knowledge, this is the first and so far only Thai film to be remade by a Japanese director but with American funds and cast members. Talk about an international co-production! Masayuki Ochiai previously directed the incredibly atmospheric and uncanny hospital-horror film "Infection", so he definitely knows how to build up suspense and terror through suggestion. The main problem here is that the ghostly subject matter is too "soft" and doesn't lend itself to provide some genuine shock-moments. We've all seen too many (Asian) horror movies already in which white-faced spirits spontaneously appear & disappear again, and the mystery is always build up towards a point where the script can't possibly fulfill the audience's anticipations anymore. In "Shutter", you rather quickly figure out that Ben knows than he tells, so you can easily guess each and every plot twist far in advance. There are a very limited number of sets and exterior locations. Why didn't the film take advantage of the wondrous city of Tokyo, like for example "Lost in Translation" did? Rachael Taylor is certainly a promising actress with a lot of growing potential, so I hope she'll get offered a couple of better screenplays in the near future. Thus far, she only has horror rubbish like "See No Evil" and "Man-Thing" on her repertoire and those things won't get her noticed. Neither will "Shutter", for that matter.