Bless the Child (2000)

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R | 2 hr | Action, Thriller, Horror, Adaptation, Supernatural | Released: 8/11/2000 |Box Office Total: $29.3M

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Synopsis:

Omens and concepts of good vs. evil have no place in Maggie O'Connor's well-ordered, practical universe. Her life revolves around her job as a nurse at a busy New York hospital -- that is, until her wayward kid sister, Jenna, shows up on her doorstep one rainy Christmas Eve and saddles Maggie with an autistic newborn child named Cody. Cody quickly touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. The little girl, it soon becomes clear, is more than simply "special." She manifests extraordinary powers that the forces of evil have waited centuries to control and her abduction sparks a clash between the soldiers of good and evil that can only be resolved, in the end, by the strength of one small child and the love she inspires in those she touches.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
8/11/2000

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Chuck Russell	Director
Gary Hymes	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
Kim Basinger	Maggie O'Connor
Jimmy Smits	John Travis
Rufus Sewell	Eric Stark
Ian Holm	Reverend Grissom
Angela Bettis	Jenna
Holliston Coleman	Cody
Christina Ricci	Cheri
Lumi Cavazos	Sister Rosa
Michael Gaston	Bugatti
Eugene Lipinski	Stuart
Dimitra Arlys	Dahnya
Anne Betancourt	Maria
Helen Stenborg	Sister Joseph
Matthew Lemche	New Dawn Kid at Van
Daniel Warry-Smith	New Dawn Kid
Elisabeth Rosen	New Dawn Kid
Tony Del Rio	New Dawn Kid
Nicole Lyn	New Dawn Kid
Michael McLaughlan	New Dawn Kid
Jonathan Malen	New Dawn Kid
Vince Corazza	Reverend's Assistant
David Eisner	Doctor Ben
Gary Hudson	Maggie's Date
Samantha O'Dwyer	Cody Age 3
Nicolas Marti Salgado	Martin Casillas
Marcia Bennett	Head Nurse
Peter Mensah	Good Samaritan Janitor
Yan Birch	Good Samaritan on Bridge
Alexa Gilmour	Goodm Samaritan in Subway
Wanda Lee Evans	Woman on Bus
Cedric Smith	Pediatric Doctor
Dwayne McLean	Homeless Man
Brenda Devine	Woman with Sick Daughter
Lauren Spring	Daughter
Christopher Redman	New Dawn Intern
Jovanni Sy	Code Blue Doctor
Trevor Bain	Task Force Investigator
Brian Heighton	Techie
Christopher Marren	Diner State Trouper
Todd William Schroeder	Diner State Trouper
John Healy	Diner Local Policeman
Dylan Harman	Boy in Playground
David Sparrow	Crawford
Michael Copeman	Police Lieutenant
Neil Girvan	Detective
Carol Lempert	Detective
Kelvin Wheeler	Detective
Tony Meyler	Detective
Richard Carmichael	Task Force Detective
Roman Podhora	Desk Sergeant
Dean Gabourie	Alley Officer
Arnold Pinnock	Alley Officer
Teresa Pavlinek	Dentist's Receptionist
Jeffrey Caudle	Boy in Dentist's Chair
Catherine Fitch	Sister Helena
Neville Edwards	Pier Cop
John Shepherd	Mr Czernik
Norma Edwards	Mrs Czernik
Leeza Gibbons	Herself
Dan Duran	Reporter
Sandi Stahlbrand	Reporter
Mia Lee	Newscaster
Matt Birman	Upstate Cop
Meredith McGeachie	Nurse
Henry Alessandroni	Hospital Cop
Austin Reed	Baby Cody
Corrina Reed	Baby Cody
Brianna Reed	Baby Cody
Production Credits	Credit
Bruce Davey	Executive Producer
Stratton Leopold	Co-Producer
Mace Neufeld	Producer
Robert Rehme	Executive Producer
Lis Kern	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Mace Neufeld Productions	Production Company
Icon Entertainment International	Production Company
MFP	Production Company
BTC Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
CLT-UFA International Film & TV Production	Theatrical Distributor
Icon Film Distribution (IFD)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Paramount Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
SND Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Cathy Cash Spellman	Source Material (from novel)
Tom Rickman	Screenplay
Clifford Green	Screenplay
Ellen Green	Screenplay
Donald Roos	Screenplay
Chuck Russell	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Elinor Rose Galbraith	Art Director
Michael Madden	Set Designer
Peter Nicolakakos	Set Decorator
Carol Spier	Production Designer
Carl Aldana	Storyboard Artist
Dennis Davenport	Art Director (2nd Unit)
Vince Peets	Storyboard Artist
Elis Lam	Set Designer
Raymond Consing	Storyboard Artist
Peter Hudecki	Storyboard Artist
Paul Power	Storyboard Artist
Casting	Credit
Barbara Fiorentino	Casting Associate
Deborah Aquila	Casting
Barbara Harris	Voice Casting
Sarah Halley Finn	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
David Emmerichs	Steadicam Operator
David Emmerichs	Camera Operator
Peter Menzies Jr	Director of Photography
Derick Underschultz	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Tony Guerin	Camera Operator
Angel Gonzales	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Kevin Murphy	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
J P Locherer	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Richard Cantu	Camera Operator
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Icon Film Distribution (IFD)	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Pete Anthony	Orchestrations - music orchestrations
The Londn Metropolitan Orchestra	Music Performer
Christopher Young	Music
Tanya Noel Hill	Music Editor
Jon Kull	Orchestrations - music orchestrations
Liz Schrek	Music - music production coordinator
David Reynolds	Music - Score
Bruce Babcock	Orchestrations - music orchestrations
Frank Bennett	Orchestrations - music orchestrations
Graham Walker	Music - music production supervisor
John Bell	Orchestrations - music orchestrations
Dick Lewzey	Music - music recording
Robert Fernandez	Music - music mixer
Physical Effects	Credit
Matt Birman	Stunt Coordinator
Jason Hamer	Prosthetics - prosthetics technician
Brian Sipe	Prosthetics - prosthetics technician
Todd Tucker	Prosthetics - prosthetics technician
Production Management	Credit
Nicholas J Gray	Production Manager
Stratton Leopold	Unit Production Manager
Matthew H Rowland	Assistant Director
Anne Paynter	Production Coordinator
Anna Rane	Script Supervisor
Debbie Schwab	Production Supervisor
Will Hoddinott	Location Manager
Angela C Tortu	Assistant Director
Carol Keith	Production Coordinator
Kate Weiss	Assistant Director
Robert Warwick	Assistant Director
Myron Hoffert	Assistant Director
Ani Baravyan	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Karen Pidgurski	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Dan Yale	Foley Editor
Stephen Hunter Flick	Sound Editor
Dean Humphreys	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Owen Langevin	Sound Mixer
Sarah Monat	Foley Artist
Charles B Maynes	Sound Effects Editor
Randy K Singer	Foley Mixer
Zack Davis	ADR Editor - ADR supervising editor
Bob Baron	ADR Mixer
Dana Gustafson	Foley - foley supervising editor
Robin Harlan	Foley Artist
Adam Sawelson	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
John Kwiatkowski	ADR Editor
William Jacobs	Sound Effects Editor
Beth Sterner	Sound Editor
Scott Curtis	Foley Editor
Donald Flick	Sound Effects Editor
Tammy Fearing	Foley Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
David M. Chisholm	Effects Coordinator - visual effects on-set coordinator
Danny White	Special Effects - special effects chief
Michael Kavanagh	Special Effects Coordinator
Joel Hynek	Visual Effects Supervisor
John Macgillivary	Special Effects Foreman - special effects foreperson
Jae Pak	Graphic Artist
Glenn Neufeld	Visual Effects Supervisor
Richard O Helmer	Special Effects Coordinator
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Denise Cronenberg	Costume Designer
Greg Cannom	Makeup - makeup & creature effects consultant
Shonagh R B Jabour	Makeup Artist
Paul Elliot	Hair Stylist
Brenda Gilles	Costume Supervisor
Susan Carol Schwary	Hair Stylist
Joyce Westmore	Makeup Artist
Candace Westmore	Makeup Artist

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