Battle in Seattle (2007)

Réalisateur:

Stuart Townsend

Scénariste:

Stuart Townsend (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 mai 2008 (France)

Genre:

Action | Drame

Plot:

Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings. |

Plot Keywords:

Based On True Story

Awards:

4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

If this style is the new wave, give me more

Ensemble

Martin Henderson	...	Jay
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Lou
Woody Harrelson	...	Dale
Charlize Theron	...	Ella
André Benjamin	...	Django
Ray Liotta	...	Mayor Jim Tobin
Rade Serbedzija	...	Dr. Maric
Ivana Milicevic	...	Carla
Joshua Jackson	...	Randall
Connie Nielsen	...	Jean
Channing Tatum	...	Johnson
Barbara Tyson	...	Anna
Tobias Mehler	...	Jonathan
Max Teichan	...	Man / Father
Richard Ian Cox	...	Mayor's Assistant
Richard Hendery	...	Santa
Ryan McDonald	...	Passer-By
Deborah DeMille	...	Doctor
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Alistair Abell	...	Eric
Michael Agostini	...	Union Marshall
Tony Alcantar	...	Mark Harrington
Paul Anthony	...	Protester #5
Douglas Arthur	...	Smith
Daniel Bacon	...	Civilian
Lindsay Bourne	...	Dickson
Mark Brandon	...	New Anchor
Jennifer Carpenter
Louis Chirillo	...	Individual
Isaach De Bankolé	...	Abassi
Rik Deskin	...	Delegate
Brett Dier	...	Protester #2
Debra Donohue	...	Shopper
Michael Taylor Donovan	...	Union Marshall
Glenn Ennis	...	Officer #1
Austin Farwell	...	Officer D. Andrew
Mark Gibson	...	Squad Leader
Tyler Hazelwood	...	Anarchist
Gina Holden	...	Protester #4
Adrian Holmes	...	Journalist
Adrian Hough	...	Durell
Lear Howard	...	Hostess
Gary Hudson	...	Lieutenant
Dee Jay Jackson	...	Bus Driver
Christopher Jacot	...	Michael
Kelly King	...	Protester
Ken Kirzinger	...	Officer #2
Nels Lennarson	...	WTO delegate
Matthew MacCaull	...	Drummer
Tzi Ma	...	Governor
Alberta Mayne	...	Protestor #3
Kelly-Ruth Mercier	...	Prison Guard
Dean Moen	...	Officer Jeremy
Linda Muir	...	Topless Woman #1
Yaroslav Poverlo	...	Lovitz
Arminder Randhawa	...	Mayor's Assistant
Marsha Regis	...	Protester #1
Chris Robson	...	Staff Member
Joel Ross	...	Anarchist #1
Peter Shinkoda	...	Protester
Alberto Valenzuela	...	Protester
Haskell Wexler	...	Wexler, Haskell
Kyle J.M. Thompson	...	Turtle group protester (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Stuart Townsend

Scénaristes
Stuart Townsend		(screenplay)

Produit par
Mary L. Aloe	....	producer (as Mary Aloe)
Ashok Amritraj	....	executive producer
Christian Arnold-Beutel	....	executive producer
Nathalie Brigitte Bustos	....	associate producer
Michael A. DiManno	....	executive producer
Samuel H. Frankel	....	executive producer
Robert Galletti	....	associate producer
Brandon Houston	....	co-producer
Robert Lee	....	line producer
Lindsay MacAdam	....	co-producer
Tim McGrath	....	executive producer
Vanessa Pereira	....	executive producer
R. Scott Reid	....	executive producer
Julien Remillard	....	executive producer
Maxime Rémillard	....	producer
Kirk Shaw	....	producer
Stuart Townsend	....	producer
Gavin Wilding	....	executive producer
Thomas Lee Wright	....	co-executive producer

Image
Barry Ackroyd

Montage
Fernando Villena

Distribution des rôles
Sarah Finn
Randi Hiller
Laura Toplass

Création des décors
Chris August

Direction artistique
Kirsten Franson

Décorateur de plateau
Jean Landry
Shannon Murphy

Maquillage
Megan Davies	....	assistant makeup artist
Monica Huppert	....	makeup department head
Robert A. Pandini	....	hair department head

Directeur de production
Michele Futerman	....	unit production manager
Todd Giroux	....	technical post supervisor
Crawford Hawkins	....	post-production supervisor
Marc Jakubowicz	....	post-production supervisor
Heather Murphy	....	unit production manager: USA

Assistant réalisateur
Catherine Bowles	....	trainee assistant director
Fon Chen	....	second second assistant director: Seattle
Bob Crippen	....	assistant director
Ben Dobyns	....	second assistant director: Seattle
J. Daniel Dusek	....	first assistant director: Seattle
Ryan Kosmynka	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Dean Barker	....	property master
Laurel Bergman	....	assistant art director
Sean Goojha	....	art department coordinator
Patrick Jennings	....	on-set dresser

Technicien du son
Richard Bullock Jr.	....	boom operator
Greg Crawford	....	adr mixer: Atlanta
Dane A. Davis	....	sound effects editor
William R. Dean	....	sound
William R. Dean	....	supervising sound editor
Stephanie Flack	....	supervising dialogue editor
Greg Hedgepath	....	supervising sound editor
Ryan Maguire	....	foley mixer
Robert Marts	....	sound mixer: Seattle
Charles O'Shea	....	boom operator
Tom Ozanich	....	sound designer
Tom Ozanich	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frank Smathers	....	supervising foley editor
Jussi Tegelman	....	sound editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
David A. Whittaker	....	sound editor

Visual Effects
Jared Jones	....	digital compositor
Jason Korber	....	digital compositor
Daniel Kumiega	....	crowd animator
Mike Leeming	....	visual effects editor
Joe Lomba	....	visual effects producer
Vinay Mehta	....	digital compositor
Earl Paraszczynec	....	3D lead
Susan Stewart	....	digital matte painter
Jaison Stritch	....	visual effects supervisor
Teh-wei Yeh	....	digital compositor

Cascadeur
Krista Bell	....	stunt performer
Jason Calder	....	stunt performer
Douglas Chapman	....	stunt double: Jay
Freddie Joe Farnsworth	....	utility stunts
Lani Gelera	....	stunt double: Michelle Rodriguez
Rob Hayter	....	stunt double: Woody Harrelson
Tim Henderson	....	stunts
Art Hickman	....	stunt coordinator
Michael Hilow	....	stunt performer
Michelle Rae	....	stunt double: Michelle Rodriguez
Darryl Scheelar	....	stunt performer
Larissa Stadnichuk	....	stunt double: Jennifer Carpenter
Alex Terzieff	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Rorelee Tio	....	stunt double: Michelle Rodriguez
Owen Walstrom	....	stunt coordinator
Chris Webb	....	stunt double
Rob Wilton	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Ed Araquel	....	still photographer
Doug Hostetter	....	aerial camera operator
David Lourie	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Nicholas McKenzie	....	daily first assistant camera
Dean Morin	....	second assistant camera
Kate Nixa	....	additional camera loader
Troy J. Peters	....	gaffer
Stewart Whelan	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera

Casting Department
Tamara Hunter	....	casting associate
Taylor Jenkins	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mairi Chisholm	....	costumer
Danial Hellman	....	costumer
Gerard Parr	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Nicolae Ilies	....	digital colorist
Christopher A. Smith	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
Guy Pelletier	....	music editor

Transportation Department
W. Robert Millar	....	driver
James Stewart	....	transportation captain

Divers
Dan Addelson	....	editor: behind the scenes
Hannah Rita Rose Amar	....	production assistant
Tony Becerra	....	production assistant
Stephen Benabo	....	production assistant
Ron Blecker	....	key technical advisor
Fon Chen	....	production coordinator
Molly Clayton	....	production assistant
Caroline Colon	....	production assistant: Seattle
Lorne Davidson	....	location manager
Oliver De Caigny	....	business affairs
Julio Ferrario	....	creative director: main titles
Jonathan Fox	....	location scout
Étienne Geoffrion	....	production assistant
Pamela B. Green	....	producer: main and end titles
Robert Halvorsen	....	assistant to producer
Steve Hertler	....	technician: Pictorvision XR
Danny Ho	....	playback supervisor
Mischa Jakupcak	....	key production assistant
Annie-Claude Langlois	....	second assistant production coordinator
Nathan Lomax	....	production assistant
Alison Low	....	accounting clerk
Scott A. Matthews	....	business affairs assistant
Jim McKeown	....	production coordinator
Claudia Morgado Escanilla	....	script supervisor
David Nugent	....	assistant location manager
Jamie Payton	....	head horse wrangler
Arminder Randhawa	....	business affairs
Rachel Robinson	....	assistant to producer
Kinnon Ross	....	key production assistant
Michael Schaus	....	business affairs
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer

Production Companies

• Insight Film Studios
• Hyde Park Productions
• Remstar Productions
• Hyde Park Films (co-production)
• Proud Mary Entertainment
• Redwood Palms Pictures
• Remstar Films (co-production)
• Victoria Filmproduktion

Distributors

• Redwood Palms Pictures (2008) (USA) (all media)
• Blue Sky Media (2008) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Cascade Film (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Pinema (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• RCV Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Remstar Distribution (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Wide Pictures (2008) (Spain) (all media)

Other Companies

• Danetracks  sound post-production
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Endeavor Agency  secured financing
• Finn-Hiller Casting  casting
• PIC Agency  titles
• Wildfire Studios  ADR recording facility

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Bataille à Seattle (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence.

Durée:

Canada:100 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Pays:

USA | Canada | Germany

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Canada:PG | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company:

Insight Film Studios

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During the movie opening fly-through, Qwest Field appears in the background. Qwest Field wasn't built until a couple of years after the WTO riots. It was built on the grounds of the Kingdome which was there in 1999.

If this style is the new wave, give me more

This docu-drama about the WTO riots in Seattle in 1999 is made in the same style as "Bloody Sunday", "United 93", and "Battle for Haditha": it just shows events in real time without comment. We follow everyone here from the ground up; the protest groups, the cops on the street, their commanders, city officials, a news reporter, and innocent bystanders. Maybe the scenes with the news reporter are the least fleshed out, but that's a fairly minor complaint for a movie that is very involving and entertaining and thought-provoking. Woody Harrelson and Charlize Theron are very good, as usual, and Michelle Rodriguez is perfectly cast. One of the big surprises here is Andre Benjamin, from Outkast fame, who delivers a fine supporting performance; he's irreverent but very smart. Ray Liotta is very effective as the mayor, and the film does a great job of seeing the complexities in elected officials as he struggles to please all sides; he is looking for the protesters to behave while also wanting the WTO to address important issues.

The audience I saw this with at the Toronto Festival gave it an ovation that lasted all through the credits. In terms of pure audience satisfaction, this movie was up there with "Juno" and "Body of War" and "Eastern Promises" as the fan favorites.