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“Surrogates” (2009) overview

[ "Surrogates" official poster ]

A gripping action thriller directed by Jonathan Mostow ("Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," "Breakdown").

People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates – sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves.

It's an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don't exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer (Willis) discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery...

"Surrogates" also stars Radha Mitchell ("Love and Other Catastrophes," "High Art," "Pitch Black," "Man On Fire," "Feast of Love," "Henry Poole Is Here"), Rosamund Pike ("Wives and Daughters," "Die Another Day," "Fracture") and Ving Rhames ("Pulp Fiction," "Con Air," "Mission: Impossible" films, "Echelon Conspiracy").

Genre: sci-fi, action, thriller

Editors' rating:

Taglines

How do you save humanity when the only thing that's real is you?

Human perfection. What could go wrong?

Director: Jonathan Mostow. Writers: (WGA) Michael Ferris (screenplay), John Brancato (screenplay), Robert Venditti (graphic novel), Brett Weldele (graphic novel)

Producers: Max Handelman, David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman. Executive producers: Elizabeth Banks, David Nicksay

Original music: Richard Marvin. Cinematography: Oliver Wood (director of photography). Film editing: Kevin Stitt. Casting: Janet Hirshenson, Jane Jenkins, Michelle Lewitt. Production design: Jeff Mann. Art direction: Tom Reta, Dan Webster (supervising art director)

Budget: $80,000,000 (estimated).

U.S. opening weekend box office: $14.9M / September 27, 2009 / 2,951 screens

Certifications

MPAA rating: PG-13 (certificate #45570). Canada: 14A (Alberta, Manitoba), G (Quebec), PG (British Columbia, Ontario). UK: 12A. Ireland: 12A. Australia: M. South Korea: 15. Singapore: PG. Hong Kong: IIA. South Africa: 13V. Philippines: PG-13 (MTRCB). Finland: K-13. Norway: 11. Sweden: 11. Portugal: M/12

Cast

Bruce Willis as Tom Greer

Radha Mitchell as Peters

Rosamund Pike as Maggie

Boris Kodjoe as Stone

James Francis Ginty as Canter

James Cromwell as Older Canter

Ving Rhames as The Prophet

Jack Noseworthy as Strickland

Michael Cudlitz as Colonel Brendon

Devin Ratray as Bobby

Jeffrey De Serrano as Armando

Danny Smith as Victim

Helena Mattsson as J.J.

Michael Phillip as Uniformed Cop

Brian Parrish as Hard Hat

Jennifer Alden as Landlady

Rachel Sterling as Assistant

Shane Dzicek as Jarid Canter

Lisa Hernandez as Female Newscaster

Thomas 'Kirk' Hawkins as Male Newscaster

Meta Golding as Female Counsel

Taylor Cole as Female Lawyer

Jordan Belfi as Victor Welch

J.L. Highsmith as Steinberg

Nicholas Purcell as Pulaski / Commando

Andrew Haserlat as Undergrad #1

Justin Goodrich as Undergrad #2

Michael / Max Murphy as Captain

Victor Webster as Lopez

David Klefeker as Cop

Dorothy Brodesser as Female Dread

Valerie Azlynn as Bridget

Michael O'Toole as Hirosuke

Michael DeMello as Gate Guard

Chad Williams as Salesman

Mike Randy as Hunk

Ron Murphy as Pedestrian

Genevieve Johnson as Older Woman

Tyson Eberly as 40% Off

David Conley as Miller

Bruce-Robert Serafin as Bud

Cody Christian as Boy Canter

Todd Cahoon as Brian

Ella Thomas as Lisa

Ian Novick as Andre

Gabriel Olds as Agent #1

Eamon Brooks as Agent #2

Rodney Weber as FBI Guard

De'Lon Grant as Commando #1

Matthew Souris as Commando #2

Brock Gloor as Riot Agent

Rick Malambri as Clerk

Trevor Donovan as Surrie / Greer

Paul Shafer as Human Sniper

Christine Mascott as Big Woman

Ari Mostow as Kid #1

Nathan Mostow as Kid #2

Eliza Bunts as Receptionist

Edward McCabe as Controller / Commando

Anya Monzikova as Beautiful Woman

Jason Mulcahy as Surrogate

Joe Sobalo Jr. as Emergency Medical Technician

Desiree April Connolly as Dred

Dan Marshall as Dread at Funeral & Helicopter Crash Scenes

Robert Masiello as Dread

Una F. Green as Surrogate

Filming locations

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Hopedale, Massachusetts, USA

Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA

Lynn, Massachusetts, USA

South End, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Taunton, Massachusetts, USA (old Paul Dever school)

Wayland, Massachusetts, USA

Woburn, Massachusetts, USA

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA (former Worcester courthouse)

Trivia

During the opening montage showing the development of the surrogates, there is a shot of an Asian man with an android twin. This is actually footage of Dr. Hiroshi Ishiguro of Osaka University, Japan, and his creation - Geminoid, a prototype android double of himself.

The VSI building was depicted by using a digitally altered version of the Dallas Bank of America Plaza.

A close up shot of Strickland's FBI file shows his place of birth as Lynn, Massachusetts. Lynn is also the real life birth place of actor Jack Noseworthy, the actor who plays Strickland in the film.

When agents Greer and Peters first visit VSI, they walk past a group of video screens showing VSI commercials and other programming. In part of one screen is briefly seen a rotating model of a Terminator T-800 head from Jonathan Mostow's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines."

Technical specifications

Camera: Arriflex 235, Panavision Primo and Slant Focus Lenses; Arriflex 435, Panavision Primo and Slant Focus Lenses; Panavision Panaflex Millennium XL, Panavision Primo and Slant Focus Lenses; Panavision Panaflex Platinum, Panavision Primo and Slant Focus Lenses

Cinematographic process: Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format); Super 35 (source format)

Film negative format: 35 mm (Kodak Vision2 250D 5205, Vision3 500T 5219)

Printed film format: 35 mm (anamorphic) (Kodak Vision 2383)

Aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1

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Premieres

United States - September 24, 2009 (Hollywood, CA) (limited); September 27, 2009

Australia - September 24, 2009

Taiwan - September 24, 2009

Hong Kong - September 24, 2009

Kazakhstan - September 24, 2009

Russian Federation - September 24, 2009

Canada - September 25, 2009

Turkey - September 25, 2009

Ireland - September 25, 2009

Poland - September 25, 2009

UK - September 25, 2009

Philippines - September 30, 2009

Singapore - October 1, 2009

South Korea - October 1, 2009

Hungary - October 1, 2009

Bulgaria - October 2, 2009

Colombia - October 2, 2009

Finland - October 2, 2009

Iceland - October 2, 2009

Mexico - October 2, 2009

Norway - October 2, 2009

Sweden - October 2, 2009

Egypt - October 7, 2009

Czech Republic - October 8, 2009

Brazil - October 9, 2009

Lithuania - October 9, 2009

Denmark - October 9, 2009

Estonia - October 9, 2009

Netherlands - October 15, 2009

Spain - October 16, 2009

Latvia - October 16, 2009

Ukraine - October 22, 2009

New Zealand - October 22, 2009

Slovenia - October 22, 2009

France - October 28, 2009

Belgium - October 28, 2009

Argentina - October 29, 2009

Portugal - October 29, 2009

Greece - November 5, 2009

Slovakia - December 3, 2009

Italy - January 5, 2010

Germany - January 21, 2010

Japan - January 22, 2010

Additional details

“Surrogates” also known as:

"Los Sustitutos" - Spain

"Clones" - France, Canada (French title)

"Surrogates - Mein Zweites Ich" - Germany

"Suretler" - Turkey

"Náhradníci" - Czech Republic

"Surrogaadid" - Estonia

"Hasonmás" - Hungary

Il Mondo dei Replicanti" - Italy

"Klony" - Slovakia

"Os Substitutos" - Portugal

"Svetimas Kunas" - Lithuania

"Nadomestki" - Slovenia

"Surogati" - Latvia

"Surogaci" - Poland

Companies

Production

Touchstone Pictures (presents)

Mandeville Films

Road Rebel

Top Shelf Productions

Wintergreen Productions

Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / 2009 | USA | theatrical

Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Canada / 2009 | Canada | theatrical

Buena Vista International / 2009 | Argentina | theatrical

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures / 2009 | Netherlands, Singapore | theatrical

Audio Visual Enterprises / 2009 | Greece | theatrical

Falcon / 2009 | Czech Republic | theatrical

Forum Cinemas / 2009 | Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia | theatrical

Saturn Enternainment / 2009 | Slovakia | theatrical

Zon Lusomundo Audiovisuais / 2009 | Portugal | theatrical

Special effects

Brickyard Filmworks - visual effects

Lidar Services - visual effects

Industrial Light & Magic

The Layersmith Digital

Moving Picture Company - visual effects

Sandbox F/X

Synthespian Studios

Other

Paramount Transportation Services - transportation services

Lightnin' Production Rentals - transportation equipment

Allan Padelford Camera Cars - techocranes, camera car and process trailers

Behind the Scenes Freight - shipping by

Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment - camera cranes and dollies

Company 3 - digital intermediate

Dolce Vita Productions - production support

EasCare Ambulance - on-set medical services

Monster Picture Crane - stunt rigging crane

Kaye Lites - grip and lighting equipment

LCW Props - set equipment

Movie Movers - cast trailers, hair and make-up trailers, transportation

Star Waggons - cast trailers, wardrobe trailer

On Tour Productions - transportation services

PIC Agency - main titles

Rockbottom Rentals - walkie rentals

Sessions Payroll Management - extras payroll services

Transportation Resources - transportation equipment

Tacticalproshop.com - tactical equipment

Soundtracks

"HiJacker" - written and performed by Deane Ogden

"Skin Trade" - written and performed by Deane Ogden

"I Will Not Bow" - written and performed by Breaking Benjamin

 

 

 

 

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