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The Happening (2008)

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R | 1 hr 31 mins | Action, Drama, Family, Thriller, Nature, Mystery | Released: 6/13/2008 |Box Office Total: $64.5M

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Synopsis:

It begins with no clear warning. It seems to come out of nowhere. In a matter of minutes, episodes of strange, chilling deaths that defy reason and boggle the mind in their shocking destructiveness, erupt in major American cities. What is causing this sudden, total breakdown of human behavior? Is it some kind of new terrorist attack, an experiment gone wrong, a diabolical toxic weapon, an out-of-control virus? Is it being transmitted by air, by water--how? For Philadelphia high school science teacher Elliot Moore what matters most is finding a way to escape the mysterious and deadly phenomenon. Though he and his wife Alma are in the midst of a marital crisis, they hit the road, first by train, then by car, with Elliot’s math teacher friend Julian and his 8 year-old daughter Jess, heading for the Pennsylvania farmlands where they hope they’ll be out of reach of the grisly, ever-growing attacks. Yet it soon becomes clear that no one--and nowhere--is safe. This terrifying, invisible killer cannot be outrun. It is only when Elliot begins to discover the true nature of what is lurking out there--and just what has unleashed this force that threatens the future of humanity--that he discovers a sliver of hope that his fragile family might be able to escape what is happening.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
6/13/2008

Studio	Credit
20th Century Fox	Studio
Director	Credit
M. Night Shyamalan	Director
Cast	Credit
Mark Wahlberg	Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel	Alma Moore
John Leguizamo	Julian
Spencer Breslin	Josh
Ashlyn Sanchez	Jess
Betty Buckley	Mrs. Jones
Victoria Clark	Nursery Owner’s Wife
Frank Collison	Nursery Owner
Robert Bailey Jr	Jared
Jeremy Strong	Private Auster
Alan Ruck	Principal
M. Night Shyamalan	Joey
Alison Folland	Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin
Kristen Connolly	Woman Reading on Bench
Cornell Womack	Construction Foreman
Curtis McClarin	Construction Crew Member
Robert Lenzi	Jake
Derege Harding	Train Conductor
Kerry O'Malley	Woman on Cell Phone
Shayna Levine	Teenage Girl in Jeep
Stéphane Debac	French Bicyclist
Cyrille Thouvenin	French Bicyclist’s Friend
Babita Hariani	Medical Correspondent
Alicia Taylor	U.S. Reporter
Edward James Hyland	Professor Kendall Wallace
Armand Schultz	Talk Show Host
Stephen Singer	Dr. Ross
Sophia Burke	Student Named Laura
Alex van Kooy	Boy in Class
Charlie Saxton	Student Named Dylan
Kathy Hart	Vice Principal
Lisa Gunn	Teacher in Auditorium
Rick Foster	Railway Police Officer
Marc H. Glick	P.A. System Conductor
Don Castro	Philadelphia Police Officer
Bill Chemerka	Taxi Driver (Sal)
Jann Ellis	Older Woman with Dog
Whitney Sugarman	Passenger
Mary Ellen Driscoll	Woman Passenger
Greg Wood	Passenger at Counter
Peter Appel	Diner Owner
Eoin O'Shea	Passenger #1
Michael Quinlan	Passenger #2
Lyman Chen	Passenger #3
Brian Christopher O'Halloran	Jeep Driver
Megan Mazaika	Jeep Passenger #1
Richard Chew	Jeep Passenger #2
Keith Bullard	Man in Crowd at Crossroads
Joel De La Fuente	Realtor
Ashley Brimfield	Woman in Group
Mara Hobel	Woman With Hands Over Ears
James Breen (Jimbo)	Farmhouse Voice
Carmen Bitonti	Mangled Construction Worker
Brian Anthony Wilson	Arguing Man in Crowd
Greg S Aldridge	Zoo Employee
Ukee Washington	Local News Anchor
John Ottavino	Network News Anchor
Sid Doherty	Radio News Anchor
Wes Heywood	Radio Voice
Nancy Sokerka	Radio Caller Fay
Julia Yorks	Young Woman Voice on Phone
Bill Shusta	Radio Newsman
Kirk Penberthy	Radio Announcer
Alex Craft	Truck Passenger Boy
Allie Habberstad	Truck Passenger Girl
Production Credits	Credit
Jose L Rodriguez	Co-Producer
Roger Birnbaum	Executive Producer
M. Night Shyamalan	Producer
John Rusk	Associate Producer
Gary Barber	Executive Producer
Samuel L Mercer	Producer
Deven Khote	Co-Producer
Ronnie Screwvala	Executive Producer
Barry Mendel	Producer
Zarina Screwvala	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Blinding Edge Pictures	Production Company
Barry Mendel Productions	Production Company
Spyglass Entertainment Holdings, LLC	Production Company
UMP Plc	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
20th Century Fox	Worldwide Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
UTV Motion Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Özen Film	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Gemini Films International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
FS Film Oy	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Odeon S.A. (Greece)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Nu-Metro	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Tatra Film	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Tuck	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
CLMC Multimedia SA	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Writer	Credit
M. Night Shyamalan	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Mark Mayer	Production Accountant
Edward Poveda	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Shaun McGovern	Assistant Accountant
Dee Schuka	Post-Production Accountant
Marisa Murphy	Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Trevanna Post	Post-Production Accountant
Sean Carville	Assistant Accountant - Second Assistant Accountant
Bethany Koshinski	Assistant Accountant - Second Assistant Accountant
Nancy Terriberry	Assistant Accountant (Los Angeles)
Justin Carville	Assistant Accountant (Los Angeles)
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Bettina Browne	Animal Trainer - Lion Trainer (Los Angeles)
Sled Reynolds	Animal Wrangler - Animal Coordinaor (Los Angeles)
Carrie Park	Animal Wrangler - Animal Assistant Coordinator (Los Angeles)
Wendy DeCoito	Animal Trainer - Lion Trainer (Los Angeles)
Christopher Pollard	Animal Trainer - Lion Trainer (Los Angeles)
Brian McMillan	Animal Wrangler - Lion/Ranch Owner (Los Angeles)
Jet Shaw	Animal Trainer - Lion Trainer (Los Angeles)
Michelle Siu	Animal Trainer - Lion Trainer (Los Angeles)
Eric Weld	Animal Trainer - Lion Trainer (Los Angeles)
Steve McAuliff	Animal Trainer - Trainer (New York)
Nick McAuliff	Animal Trainer - Trainer (New York)
Art Department	Credit
Kelly S Golden	Sculptor
Luca Antone Crepelle	Swing Gang (Paris)
Jorge Luis Gonzales	Gang Boss - Scenic Gang Boss
Anthony Dunne	Art Director
Daniel J Gillooly	Greensman - Greens Coordinator
Dean F Janik	Sign Writer
Claire L Kirk	Art Department Coordinator
Morgan Miller	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Brick Mason	Storyboard Artist
Barbra Matis	Assistant Art Director
Thomas Ovenshire	Art Department - Mold Maker
Caroline Platiau	Dresser - Set Dresser (Paris)
Joseph Siwinski	Leadman
Christine Wick	Assistant Set Decorator
Roland Brooks	Scenic Artist - Scenic Charge
Jeannine Oppewall	Production Designer
Jay Hart	Set Decorator
Christine Sysko	Set Decorator - Set Decoration Foreman
Randy Parisian	Scenic Artist - Scenic Foreman
Wayne Shepherd	Leadman (Los Angeles)
Kevin Mangan	Greensman - Greens Foreman
Robert Guerra	Assistant Art Director
John Demeo	Art Director (Los Angeles)
Ernesto Cornejo	Art Department - Mold Maker
Mikhail Romanov	Gang Boss - Scenic Gang Boss
Brett Acker	Set Dresser
Daniel Gilroy	Greensman
Michael Shellito	Set Decorator - Set Decoration Foreman
Lori Marks	Scenic Artist - Scenic Stand by
Miguel Lopez-Castillo	Assistant Art Director
Anne Seibel	Art Director (Paris)
Michael Galvin	Set Dresser
James P Gilroy	Gang Boss - Greens Gangboss
Vincent Morsillo	Greensman
William F Hennessy Jr	Set Dresser
Jeff Tanner	Gang Boss - Swing Gang Boss
Jim Williams	Set Decorator - Set Decoration Buyer
Greta Alexander	Scenic Artist
Lewis Bowen	Scenic Artist
Damien Harrer	Greensman
Todd Siwinsky	Set Dresser
Kenneth H Finn	Set Dresser
Jennifer Cole Glick	Scenic Artist
Chris O'Neill	Greensman
Karyn Gerred	Scenic Artist
Richard Nordaby	Greensman
Thomas Groody	Set Dresser
Erika S Katz	Scenic Artist
Johanna Ruhe (Jolie)	Set Dresser
Chris Bower	Greensman - Standby Greensman
Steven Sysko	Set Dresser
Russell Kempf	Greensman - Standby Greensman
Cricket Heather McGehee	Scenic Artist
Mick Cummings	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Richard Bell	Greensman - Greens Coordinator (Los Angeles)
Clarissa Shanahan	Scenic Artist
Peter A Tupitza	Scenic Artist
Frank McEldowney	Greensman - Greens Foreman (Los Angeles)
Thomas D Krausz	Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Tamila Romanov	Scenic Artist
Danny Rea	Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
Linda Yeckley	Scenic Artist
Frank Morehead	Set Dresser (Los Angeles)
J Lourdes Aviles	Scenic Artist
Krzystof J Bratun	Scenic Artist
Michelle Connolly	Scenic Artist
Keith Hockins	Scenic Artist
Mitchell Landsman	Scenic Artist
Erin Payne	Scenic Artist
John S Schlicter	Scenic Artist
Nancy Stroud	Scenic Artist
Kora Velikhanly	Scenic Artist
Dennis Daly	Scenic Artist - Industrial Scenic Artist
David Rial	Scenic Artist - Industrial Scenic Artist
Anne Hyvarinen	Scenic Artist - Head Scenic (Los Angeles)
Casting	Credit
Douglas Aibel	Casting
Jason Loftus	Extras Casting
Deborah Maxwell Dion	Casting Associate (Los Angeles)
Stephanie Holbrook	Casting
Franck Jouard	Extras Casting (Paris)
Diane Heery	Casting
Geraldine Mouton-Boitard	Extras Casting - Extras Assistant (Paris)
Juliette Menager	Casting (Paris)
Craft Services	Credit
Tricia Barnes	Craft Service
Chris McIntyre	Craft Service
Michael Barnes	Craft Service
Dan Reddy	Craft Service
john magic wright	Craft Service (Los Angeles)
John C V Wright	Craft Service (Los Angeles)
Film Camera	Credit
Bill Horton	Projectionist
Skip Kimball	Colorist - Digital Film Colorist
Chris Murphy	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist
Baird Steptoe	Assistant Camera
Joe Violante	Dailies - Dailies Supervisor
Jim Passon	Color Timer - Lab Color Timer
Michel Rodas	Steadicam Operator (Paris)
Zade Rosenthal	Photography - Still Photographer
Kyle Rudolph	Camera Operator
Brian M Jordan	Video - Video Utility
Tak Fujimoto	Director of Photography
Patrick Capone	Camera
Andre Chemetoff	Camera Assistant (Paris)
Patrick Capone	Director of Photography - Splinter Unit Director of Photography
Markus Mentzer	Assistant Camera
Martin Levent	Camera - Camera Loader (Paris)
Roger Simonsz	Camera Operator (Paris)
Bryce Shields	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist (Los Angeles)
Vincent Tulasne	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist (Paris)
leon sanginiti	Assistant Camera - 2nd Assistant Camera
Ed Nessen	Assistant Camera - B Camera 1st Assistant Camera
Angela Bellisio	Assistant Camera - B Camera 2nd Assistant Camera
hugues espinasse	Assistant Camera (Paris)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
UTV Motion Pictures	Co-Financier
20th Century Fox	Co-Financier
Dune Entertainment	Co-Financier
Music	Credit
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Song
Alan Meyerson	Score Mixing
Radu Lupu	Song Performer
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Jim Weidman	Music Editor
Richard Grant	Music Engineer - Auricle Control Systems
Stuart Michael Thomas	Score Recording - Synth Score Programming
maya beiser	Soloist - Cello Solos
Jeff Atmajian	Orchestrations
Pete Anthony	Music Conductor - Orchestra Conductor
James Newton Howard	Music
Peter Rotter	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Chris P Bacon	Score Recording - Synth Score Programming
Uri Segal	Song Performer
David Olson	Music Editor
Patrick Simmons	Song
Brad Dechter	Orchestrations
Mark Graham	Music - Music Preparation
Mark Eshelman	Score Mixing - Scoring Crew
Kevin Globerman	Music - Digital Recordist
Suzana Peric	Music Editor - Temp Music Editor
Stephen Lang	Song
Stephen Lang	Song Performer
Dave Holden	Score Recording - Synth Score Programming
Greg Loskorn	Score Mixing - Scoring Crew
Pete Anthony	Orchestrations
Nancy Allen	Music Editor - Temp Music Editor
Matt Ward	Score Recording - Synth Score Programming
Marsha Thornton	Song Performer
Marc Ferrari	Song
Dave Marquette	Score Mixing - Scoring Crew
Jon Kull	Orchestrations
Adam Michalak	Score Recording
Pamela J Sollie	Score Mixing - Scoring Coordinator
Thomas Richard Smith Sr	Song
The English Chamber Orchestra	Song Performer
Julia Newmann	Score Mixing - Scoring Coordinator
Physical Effects	Credit
Surly Bernard	Stunts
Jeff Habberstad	Stunt Coordinator
Keith Christiansen	Puppeteer
Jayson Dumenigo	Stunts
Myke Schwartz	Stunt Coordinator
Anthony Vincent	Stunts
Jake Brake	Stunts
Karen Carbone	Stunts
Jay Carrado	Stunts
Christopher Cenatiempo	Stunts
Alex Chansky	Stunts
Jennifer Cobb	Stunts
Geo Corvera	Stunts
Brycen Counts	Stunts
Steve Cremin	Stunts
Kevin Derr	Stunts
Julia Dumenigo	Stunts
Katie Eischen	Stunts
Jeannie Epper	Stunts
Peter Epstein	Stunts
Jodi Pynn Gabree	Stunts
Tim Gallin	Stunts
Shane Geraghty	Stunts
Debbie Habberstad	Stunts
Jessica Harbeck	Stunts
Toby Holguin	Stunts
Vernon Keone Kim	Stunts
Mandy Kowalski	Stunts
Jake Lombard	Stunts
Steve Mack	Stunts
Tina McKissick	Stunts
Mick O'Rourke	Stunts
Christopher Place	Stunts
Jose L Rodriguez	Stunts
Kevin Rogers	Stunts
Tracey Ruggiero	Stunts
Mike Russo	Stunts
Joanna Shelmidine	Stunts
Larry Shorts	Stunts
Rose Sias	Stunts
Mark A Wagner	Stunts
Tina Fuchs Wanner	Stunts
Greg Wattkis	Stunts
Chris Wessels	Stunts
Kimberly Shannon Murphy	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
John Rusk	Assistant Director
Gilles Castera	Production Manager (Paris)
David Raynok	Production Coordinator
Josh Youman	Location Assistant
Jeremy Marks	DGA Trainee
Lauren Scott	Post-Production Supervisor
Marisa Clayton	Project Manager - Digital Intermediate Project Manager
Erin Engman	Assistant Production Coordinator
Tim Downs	Location Scout
Mary Cybulski	Script Supervisor
Samuel L Mercer	Unit Production Manager
Andrew Ullman	Location Manager
Alex Apple	Assistant Location Manager
John Bernard	Line Producer (Paris)
Jim Scaife	Production Supervisor
Lyn Pinezich	Production Supervisor (New York)
David Raynor	Production Coordinator
Murray Miller	Location Manager (Los Angeles)
Tudor Jones	Assistant Director
Wendy Dallas	Script Supervisor (Los Angeles)
Josette Hammerstone	Location Assistant
Staci Hagenbaugh	Assistant Location Manager
Sharon Mann	Unit Production Manager (Los Angeles)
Florence Fischel	Location Assistant (Paris)
Emilie Barbault	Script Supervisor (Paris)
Chris DeAngelis	Assistant Director
Keith Adams	Location Manager (New York)
Miguel Gutierrez	Assistant Location Manager (Los Angeles)
Stacy Parker	Production Coordinator (Los Angeles)
Brad Robinson	Assistant Director - 2nd Assistant Director
Arnaud Kaiser	Location Assistant (Paris)
John De Simone	Production Coordinator (New York)
Chris Coyne	Location Manager (New York)
Segolene Amice	Production Coordinator (Paris)
Chris Vendetti	Assistant Director - 2nd Assistant Director
Pascal Ricuort	Location Assistant - Location Produciton Assistant (Paris)
Jerome Albertini	Location Manager (Paris)
Alan B Curtiss	Assistant Director (Los Angeles)
Ryan Craig	Assistant Director (Los Angeles)
Ali Cherkaoui	Assistant Director (Paris)
Ariane Lacan	Assistant Director (Paris)
Publicity	Credit
Claire Raskind	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Kenton Jakub	ADR Supervisor - ADR Supervising Editor
Sondra James	ADR Voice Casting
Lee Dichter	Rerecording Mixer
Wyatt Sprague	Sound Effects Editor
Michael H Scott	Boom Operator
Jac Rubenstein	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Eric Potter	Sound Effects - Sound FX Recordist
Jean-Paul Mugel	Sound Engineer (Paris)
Steven Visscher	Foley - Foley Supervisor
Rick Chefalas	Assistant Sound Editor
Jerry Yuen	Sound - Sound Utility
Scott Waz	ADR Mixer
Paloma Mele	Sound Editor - Apprentice Sound Editor
Tod A Maitland	Sound Mixer
Paul Urmson	Supervising Sound Editor
Paul Urmson	Sound Designer
Paul Urmson	Rerecording Mixer
Lawrence Zipf	Sound - Sound Intern
Ivan Dumas	Boom Operator (Paris)
Robert Fernandez	Rerecording Mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Jean-Christophe Magnaud	Special Effects Technician (Paris)
Steve Koch	Visual Effects Designer - Designer
Bill Lee	Special Effects Foreman - Special Effects Shop Foreman
Bob Mano	Mechanical Special Effects - Mechanical Engineer
Christian F Eubank	Special Effects
Ed Hirsh	Visual Effects Supervisor
Steve Cremin	Special Effects Coordinator
Roger Ames Berger	Digital Effects Artist - IQ Artist
David Blitstein	Special Effects Foreman - Special Effects Set Foreman
David Ebner	Visual Effects Supervisor
Michael Frechette	Special Effects
Philippe Hubin	Special Effects Coordinator (Paris)
Denis Le Doyen	Special Effects Technician (Paris)
Mathieu Cavillon	Special Effects Technician (Paris)
Nick Karas	Special Effects
Hoang Anh Le	Special Effects
L.A. McConnell	Special Effects
Patrick Edward White	Special Effects
Kurt Wunder	Special Effects
Brandon K McLaughlin	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Craig Lyman	Makeup Artist
Bernadette Mazur	Makeup - Make-Up Department Head
Lorraine Crossman	Costumer
Bonnie Clevering	Hair - Hair Department Head
Ric Spencer	Set Costumer
Nick Scarano	Costume Supervisor
Rita Parillo	Hair Stylist
David Paulin	Tailor - Ager/Dyer
Olivier Ligen	Wardrobe Assistant (Paris)
Tara White	Seamstress Supervisor - On Set Seamstress (Los Angeles)
Betsy Heimann	Costume Designer
Christian Beckman	Special Makeup Effects - Makeup Effects Producer
Aurélie Dolbeau	Wardrobe Assistant (Paris)
Hayley Stuppel	Set Costumer
Rachel Leek	Costume Supervisor (New York)
Danielle Noe	Makeup - Make-Up Fabrication
Kara Morasco	Tailor
John Villanueva	Hair Stylist
Diane Heller	Makeup Artist
Patricia Colin	Costume Supervisor (Paris)
Donald A Kozma	Makeup Artist
Diane Dixon	Hair Stylist
Honora Jackson	Set Costumer
Ann L Thomas	Tailor - On Set Cutter/Fitter (Los Angeles)
Donald Mowat	Makeup Artist
Adrienne Greshock	Set Costumer
Keith Christiansen	Makeup Artist
Ozzy Alvarez	Makeup Artist
Florence Roumieu	Makeup Artist - Hair and Makeup Artist (Paris)

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