The Skeleton Key (2005)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 44 mins | Thriller | Released: 8/12/2005 |Box Office Total: $47.8M

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Strong-minded Caroline Ellis is a driven young woman with no time for local tales of witchcraft and black magic. The young hospice worker is determined to make enough money to attend nursing school, even if it means taking a job as a live-in caretaker for the elderly owner of an isolated plantation house an hour's drive outside of New Orleans, deep in the atmospheric Louisiana delta renowned for the locals' mystical practices and powerful ceremonies. The decrepit Terrebonne Parish mansion is home to born-and-bred Southerners Violet and Ben Devereaux and both the house and its occupants seem weighted with somber histories. But for Caroline, the setting is unimportant--she's there to do her job, caring for Ben after a stroke has left him nearly paralyzed and mute. To make maneuvering throughout the large home an easier task, Violet entrusts the new live-in with a skeleton key that unlocks every door--including one that Caroline discovers obscured by a bookcase at the back of the house's attic. Seemingly forgotten, the room holds an intriguing mix of antiques, mirrors oddly banished from the rooms below and artifacts apparently connected to the practice of a strange kind of magic--a folk magic that conflicts directly with Caroline's common sense and pragmatic way of thinking. And yet, small instances of the unexplainable begin to occur. The mansion--and the strange couple who inhabit it--are rife with secrets. The more Caroline explores, the deeper she is drawn into a darkening mystery in the attic room at the very heart of the house--towards a terrifying and sinister legacy that threatens to take vengeance on anyone who comes to believe in its power. As Caroline begins to question her own convictions, she comes ever closer to opening the door and crossing the threshold to where simple belief becomes deadly reality.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
8/12/2005

Studio	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Studio
Director	Credit
Iain Softley	Director
Cast	Credit
Kate Hudson	Caroline Ellis
Gena Rowlands	Violet
John Hurt	Ben
Peter Sarsgaard	Luke
Joy Bryant	Jill
Maxine Barnett	Mama Cynthia
Fahnlohnee R Harris	Hallie
Marion Zinser	Bayou Woman
Deneen D Tyler	Desk Nurse
Ann Dalrymple	C.N.A.
Trula Marcus	Nurse Trula
Tonya Staten	Nurse Audrey
Thomas Uskali	Robertson Thorpe
Jen Apgar	Madeleine Thorpe
Forrest Landis	Martin Thorpe
Jamie Lee Redmon	Grace Thorpe
Ronald McCall	Papa Justify
Jeryl Prescott Sales	Mama Cecile
Isaach DeBankolé	Creole Gas Station Owner
Christa Thorne	Creole Mother
Lakrishi Kindred	Frail Customer
Lawrence Harvey	Bar Man
Mark Krasnoff	Pickup Driver
Sabah	Luke's Secretary
Susannah Thorarinsson	Waitress in Bar
Bill H McKenzie	Mr. Talcott
Joe Chrest	Paramedic
David Curtis	Party Guest
Tiffany Helland	Party Guest
Bryan Ruppert	Party Guest
Philip Frazier	Rebirth Brass Band
Derek Shezbie	- Rebirth Brass Band
Glen Andrews	Rebirth Brass Band
Stafford Agee	Rebirth Brass Band
Keith Frazier	Rebirth Brass Band
Derrick Tabb	Rebirth Brass Band
Shamar Allen	Rebirth Brass Band
Byron Bernard	Rebirth Brass Band
Herbert Stevens	Rebirth Brass Band
George Harper	Jazz Band
Howard McCary	Jazz Band
Kevin O'Neal	Jazz Band
Ryan Porter	Jazz Band
Rudy Regalado	Jazz Band
Nolan Shaheed	Jazz Band
Dustin Fleetwood	3rd Nfantry Band Member
Roderick Harrison	3rd Nfantry Band Member
Torrey McKinley	3rd Nfantry Band Member
Production Credits	Credit
Daniel Bobker	Producer
Clayton Townsend	Executive Producer
Stacey Sher	Producer
Michael Shamberg	Producer
Iain Softley	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Daniel Bobker Films	Production Company
Double Feature Films	Production Company
ShadowCatcher Entertainment	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
United International Pictures (UIP)	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Music and Video Distribution	Video Distributor Video Distributor
Locations
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Ehren Kruger	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Andrew Jablonski	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Martin Elfalan	Assistant Accountant
Lisa Jean Felski	Post-Production Accountant
Gregory D Hemstreet	Production Accountant
Theodore M Davila	Assistant Accountant
Jennifer Lobban	Assistant Accountant
Rudy Coblentz	Assistant Accountant
Greg Turnbull	Assistant Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Art Department	Credit
Paul J Stanwyck	Scenic Artist - Lead Scenic
John H Maxwell	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Fontaine Beauchamp Hebb	Set Decorator
Stephanie Frey	Art Department Coordinator
Andy Flores	Painter - Standby Painter
Jann Engel	Assistant Art Director
Liz Chiz	Art Department - Buyer
John Beard	Production Designer
Julia Levine	Set Designer
Jason Bedig	Leadman
Ron Baratie	Greensman - Greens Foreman
Fred Arbegast	Sculptor
Drew Boughton	Art Director
Richard Buden	Storyboard Artist
Richard Buden	Illustrator
Mick Cukurs	Set Designer
Michael Cutler	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Jennifer Ho	Art Department - Buyer
Suttirat Larlarb	Art Director (New Orleans)
Robert E Loring	Greensman - Greens Foreman
Molly Mikula	Assistant Art Director (New Orleans)
Brett Tyler	Painter - Painter Gangboss
Chere Theriot	Art Department Coordinator (New Orleans)
Michael J Flynn	Greensman - Greens Gangboss
Rod Garvin	Painter - Painter Gangboss
Dale E Anderson	Set Dresser
Scott M Anderson	Set Dresser
David Tureau	Greensman - Greens Gangboss
Michael J Smith	Painter - Painter Gangboss
Rick Broderman	Painter - Paint Foreman (New Orleans)
Larry Haney	Set Dresser
Robert Brooke Sartorius	Set Dresser
Randy Severino	Set Dresser
Chandler Vinar	Set Dresser
Mark Hannibal	Set Dresser (New Orleans)
John Sanchez	Set Dresser (New Orleans)
Casting	Credit
Ronna Kress	Casting
Caitlin McKenna	Voice Casting - ADR Voice Casting
Deedra Ricketts	Extras Casting
Courtney Sheinin	Casting Associate
Lisa Mae Wells Fincannon	Location Casting
Eliza Ladensohn	Casting Assistant
Tim Hammond	Extras Casting
Craig Fincannon	Location Casting
Elizabeth Coulon	Extras Casting
Tracy Dixon	Extras Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Mario Rolando Gonzalez	Catering - Caterer
Chris Winn	Craft Service
William S Turchyn II	Craft Service
Nancy James	Craft Service (New Orleans)
Film Camera	Credit
Anthony Harris	Color Timer
Brandon Cox	Loader - Camera Loader
Phil Pastuhov	Aerial Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Daniel Mindel	Director of Photography
Merrick Morton	Photography - Still Photographer
Trent Johnson	Colorist - Digital Film Colorist
Mitch Dubin	Camera Operator
Dave Deever	Video - Video Engineer
John T Connor	Assistant Camera
Colin Anderson	Steadicam Operator
Colin Anderson	Camera Operator
Michael Trim	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Gregor Tavenner	Assistant Camera
John Skotchdopole	Camera Operator (2nd Unit)
Josh Bleibtreu	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Serge Nofield	Assistant Camera
Mariana Sanchez de Antunano	Assistant Camera
Michael A Fauntleroy	Assistant Camera (2nd Unit)
Lisa Lengyel	Assistant Camera (2nd Unit)
Mark Figueroa	Assistant Camera (2nd Unit)
Scott Wolfe	Assistant Camera (2nd Unit)
Music	Credit
Rebirth Brass Band	Song Performer
Edward Shearmur	Music
Bruce Barns	Music Performer - Conjure Musician
Daryl Kell	Music Editor
Chris Fogel	Score Mixing
Chris Fogel	Music Producer
Chris Fogel	Score Recording
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor
Robert Elhai	Orchestrations
Fred McDowell	Music Arranger
Sara Lord	Music Supervisor
Keith Frazier	Song
Johnny Farmer	Song Performer
Philip Frazier	Song
Jeff Toyne	Orchestrations - Additional Orchestration
Bryan Carrigan	Music - Digital Recordist
Tim Lauber	Score Recording - Fox Recording Crew
Alan Lomax	Music Arranger
Christopher Elly	Score Mixing - Mix Assistant
Alfred Roberts	Music Performer - Conjure Musician
James Burt	Music Editor
Eluard Burt II	Music Performer - Conjure Musician
Beniamino Gigli	Song Performer
Tom Steel	Score Recording - Fox Recording Crew
Kermit Ruffins	Song
Bill Talbott	Score Recording - Fox Recording Crew
Fahnlohnee R Harris	Music Performer - Conjure Musician
Johnny Farmer	Song
Walter Breaux	Song Performer
Georges Bizet	Song
Walter Breax	Music Performer - Conjure Musician
Bruce Barns	Song Performer
Jason Lloyd	Score Recording - Fox Recording Crew
Stacy Robinson	Score Recording - Fox Recording Crew
Fawn Lohnee Harris	Song Performer
Ehren Kruger	Song
Melissa Kaplan	Music Performer - Conjure Musician
Chris Fogel	Score Recording - Music Recorder
Walter Breaux	Song
Eluard Burt II	Song Performer
Alfred Roberts	Song Performer
Bruce Barns	Song
Fawn Lohnee Harris	Song
BlackBud	Song Performer
Eluard Burt II	Song
Robert Johnson	Song Performer
Joseph Washbourn	Song Performer
Alfred Roberts	Song
BlackBud	Song
3rd Nfantry	Song Performer
Elita Hoffpauir	Song Performer
Robert Johnson	Song
Mary Hoffpauir	Song Performer
Joseph Washbourn	Song
Ella Hoffpauir	Song Performer
Torrey McKinley	Song
Don Nelson	Song Performer
Dustin Fleetwood	Song
Fred McDowell	Song Performer
Roderick Harrison	Song
Rosalyn Flot	Song
Blind Willie Johnson	Song Performer
John A Lomax	Song
Dixie Cups	Song Performer
Marina Mescheriakova	Song Performer
Alan Lomax	Song
Don Nelson	Song
Elvis Presley	Song Performer
Charles A Tindley	Song
Blind Willie Johnson	Song
Rosa Lee Hawkins	Song
Barbara Hawkins	Song
Joan Marie Johnson	Song
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Song
W. Earl Brown	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Kathy Jarvis	Stunts
Buddy Joe Hooker	Stunt Coordinator
Lisa Cohen	Stunts
Conrad Gamble II	Stunts
Gayle Sherman	Stunts
Shane Odum	Stunts
Shawn Odum	Stunts
Ralph Odum	Stunts
Chad Randall	Stunts
Scott Wilder	Stunts
Annie Ellis	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Zoila Gomez	Production Coordinator
Elizabeth Ludwick	Script Supervisor
Gary Marcus	Assistant Director
Clayton Townsend	Unit Production Manager
Barrett J Klausman	Assistant Production Coordinator
Marco Umana	Assistant Location Manager (New Orleans)
Gary R Wordham	Production Supervisor
Lisa Rodgers	Post-Production Supervisor
Jim Small	Location Assistant (New Orleans)
Kimberly Sylvester	Production Manager
Sam Tedesco	Location Manager
Boyd Wilson	Location Manager
Martha Bryan	Location Assistant (New Orleans)
Jon Mallard	Assistant Director
Tara Martin	Assistant Production Coordinator (New Orleans)
Robert Mazaraki	Production Coordinator (New Orleans)
Helio Deoliveira	Location Assistant (New Orleans)
Tyler Romary	Assistant Director
Gerard Sellers	Location Manager (New Orleans)
James Roque Jr	Assistant Director (New Orleans)
Barry Steadman	Location Assistant (New Orleans)
Donald W Murphy	Assistant Director - 1st Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Beth W Crookham	Location Assistant (New Orleans)
Publicity	Credit
Patti Hawn	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Hugh Waddell	ADR Supervisor
Drew Webster	Sound Recordist - Dubbing Recordist
Jeffrey Wilhoit	Foley Artist
Phillip Rogers	ADR - ADR Recordist
Branden Spencer	Assistant Sound Editor - Supervising Assistant Editor
Jeff Gomillion	ADR Mixer
Laura R Harris	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Nerses Gezalyan	Foley Mixer
Dominic Gibbs	Sound Design - Conjure Record Sound Design
George Flores	Sound - Sound Utility
Harry Cohen	Sound Designer
Kevin Cerchiai	Boom Operator
Peter Devlin	Sound Mixer
Craig Jaeger	Foley Editor
Christopher Assells	Sound Effects Editor
Wylie Stateman	Supervising Sound Editor
Scott Millan	Rerecording Mixer
Keith Anthony	ADR - ADR Voice
Gregg Wilson	Assistant Sound Editor
James Moriana	Foley Artist
Craig Mann	Sound Recordist - Dubbing Recordist
Bruce Tanis	Sound Effects Editor
Ann Scibelli	Sound Designer
David Parker	Rerecording Mixer
Jon Title	Sound Effects Editor
Steve Apostolina	ADR - ADR Voice
June Christopher	ADR - ADR Voice
David Cowgill	ADR - ADR Voice
Wendy Cutler	ADR - ADR Voice
Holly Dorff	ADR - ADR Voice
Don Fullilove	ADR - ADR Voice
Kerry Michele Gutierrez	ADR - ADR Voice
Rif Hutton	ADR - ADR Voice
Walter Emanuel Jones	ADR - ADR Voice
Donna Lynn Leavy	ADR - ADR Voice
Mimi Maynard	ADR - ADR Voice
Caitlin McKenna	ADR - ADR Voice
Bob Neill	ADR - ADR Voice
Stan Sellers	ADR - ADR Voice
Sandy Simpson	ADR - ADR Voice
Pepper Sweeney	ADR - ADR Voice
Claudette Wells	ADR - ADR Voice
Visual Effects	Credit
Richard Malzahn	Visual Effects Supervisor
Kyle Krogh	Software Engineer - Systems Support
Zach Fannin	Graphic Designer
Terry P Chapman	Special Effects Technician
Gary Nolin	Visual Effects Producer
Harry Moreau	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Karl Herbst	CG Supervisor
Edwin Rivera	Compositing Supervisor
David Nami	Special Effects (New Orleans)
Amit Sharma	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope/BG Prep Artist
Bob Stoker	Special Effects Coordinator
Lucinda Strub	Special Effects Foreman - General Foreman
Matt Sweeney	Special Effects Supervisor
Stephanie Pollard	Visual Effects - VFX Coordinator
Hunter Parks	CGI Artist - CG Lighter
Matt Derksen	Character Animation - Character Rigging Setup
Heather Baker	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Jeff Pepiot	Special Effects Technician
Karen Klein	Rotoscope Animator - Rotoscope/BG Prep Artist
Dan DeLeeuw	Visual Effects Supervisor
Stephen Bourgeois	Special Effects (New Orleans)
William A Pancake Jr	Special Effects Technician
Todd Constantine	Digital Effects Artist - Matchmover
Neil Smith	Special Effects Technician
John S Heller	Digital Effects Artist - Inferno Artist
Kenneth Au	Digital Effects Artist - Inferno Artist
Mario Vanillo	Special Effects Technician
Sean McPherson	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Marina Marit	Set Costumer
Mary Etta Lang	Tailor - Ager/Dyer
Joyce Kogut	Costume Supervisor
Susan Germaine	Hair Stylist
Louise Frogley	Costume Designer
Christina Smith	Makeup Artist
Nina Padovano	Costumer
Richard Schoen	Key Costumer
Kenn Smiley	Costumer
Ronnie Specter	Makeup Artist
Giselle Spence	Tailor - Seamstress (New Orleans)
Kathryn L Blondell	Hair Stylist
Laurel Frushour	Set Costumer
Lucia Mace-Castaneda	Hair Stylist
Valerie O'Brien	Costumer
June Brickman	Makeup Artist
Donna Spahn	Hair Stylist (New Orleans)

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