The Happening (2008)

Director:

M. Night Shyamalan

Writer (WGA):

M. Night Shyamalan (written by)

Release Date:

13 June 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Mystery

Tagline:

We've Sensed It. We've Seen The Signs. Now... It's Happening.

Plot:

A paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scale threat to humanity. |

Plot Keywords:

Killer Tree | Stabbed In The Neck | Hanging | Suicide | Nuclear Power Plant

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Cast

Mark Wahlberg	...	Elliot Moore
Zooey Deschanel	...	Alma Moore
John Leguizamo	...	Julian
Ashlyn Sanchez	...	Jess
Betty Buckley	...	Mrs. Jones
Spencer Breslin	...	Josh
Robert Bailey Jr.	...	Jared
Frank Collison	...	Nursery Owner
Jeremy Strong	...	Private Auster
Alan Ruck	...	Principal
Victoria Clark	...	Nursery Owner's Wife
M. Night Shyamalan	...	Joey (voice)
Alison Folland	...	Woman Reading on Bench with Hair Pin
Kristen Connolly	...	Woman Reading on Bench
Cornell Womack	...	Construction Foreman
Curtis McClarin	...	Construction Crew Member (as Curtis McLarin)
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
Sophie Burke	...	Student Named Laura
Alex Van Kooy	...	Boy in Class
Charlie Saxton	...	Student Named Dylan
Kathy Lee Hart	...	Vice Principal (as Kathy Hart)
Lisa Furst	...	Teacher in Auditorium (as Lisa Gunn)
Rick Foster	...	Railway Police Officer
Marc H. Glick	...	P.A. System Conductor
Don Castro	...	Philadelphia Police Officer
Bill Chemerka	...	Taxi Driver
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 O'Halloran	...	Jeep Driver
Megan Mazaika	...	Jeep Passenger #1
Rich Chew	...	Jeep Passenger #2 (as Richard Chew)
Keith Bullard	...	Man in Crowd at Crossroads (as Keith E. Bullard)
Joel de la Fuente	...	Realtor
Ashley Brimfield	...	Woman in Group
Mara Hobel	...	Woman with Hands over Ears
James Breen	...	Farmhouse Voice (voice)
Carmen Bitonti	...	Mangled Construction Worker
Brian Anthony Wilson	...	Arguing Man in Crowd
Greg Smith	...	Zoo Employee (as Greg Smith Aldridge)
Ukee Washington	...	Local News Anchor
John Ottavino	...	Network News Anchor
Sid Doherty	...	Radio News Anchor
Wes Heywood	...	Radio Voice (voice)
Nancy Sokerka	...	Radio Caller Fay
Julia Yorks	...	Young Woman Voice on Phone (voice)
Bill Shusta	...	Radio Newsman
Kirk Penberthy	...	Radio Announcer
Alex Craft	...	Truck Passenger Boy
Allie Habberstad	...	Truck Passenger Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Frank Aptacy	...	Dog Walker
Michael Biscardi	...	Jogger in the Park
Chelsea Connell	...	High School Student
Michael Den Dekker	...	Construction Worker
Robert Fazio	...	Young Businessman
Mark Jacobson	...	Conductor
Steven J. Klaszky	...	Train Conductor #2
Chris McMullin	...	School Maintainance Man
Susan Moses	...	Sally
Mauricio Ovalle	...	Construction Crew
Eugene Smith	...	Business Man
Robert Bizik	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Anthony C. Brown	...	College Student (uncredited)
Lee Burkett	...	Urban Refugee (uncredited)
Alexander Emmert	...	Man in Park (uncredited)
Richard Graves	...	College Student (uncredited)
Thomas M. Hagen	...	Nervous Traveler (uncredited)
Michael J. Kraycik	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Traci Law	...	Train Passenger #3 (uncredited)
Roberto Lombardi	...	Father in Elliot's Group (uncredited)
Art Lyle	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Charles Pendelton	...	Restroom Patron (uncredited)
Mark Pricskett	...	Diner Local (uncredited)
Vincent Riviezzo	...	Traveler (uncredited)
Sam Rocco	...	Passenger (uncredited)
Christina Sampson	...	Train Passenger (uncredited)
Chuck Schanamann	...	Businessman (uncredited)
Joseph Tornatore	...	Train Conductor #3 (uncredited)
Catrina Villani	...	Student (uncredited)
Joseph Villani	...	Student (uncredited)
Jennifer Wiener	...	Screaming Mother (uncredited)
Scott Yannick	...	Park Bench Newspaper Reader (uncredited)

Directed by
M. Night Shyamalan

Writing credits (WGA)
M. Night Shyamalan		(written by)

Produced by
Barry Mendel	....	producer
Sam Mercer	....	producer
Jose L. Rodriguez	....	co-producer
John Rusk	....	associate producer
M. Night Shyamalan	....	producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard

Cinematography by
Tak Fujimoto		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Conrad Buff IV		(as Conrad Buff)

Casting by
Douglas Aibel
Stephanie Holbrook

Production Design by
Jeannine Claudia Oppewall		(as Jeannine Oppewall)

Art Direction by
Anthony Dunne

Set Decoration by
Josh Fifarek
Jay Hart

Costume Design by
Betsy Heimann

Makeup Department
Ozzy Alvarez	....	special makeup effects artist: Quantum Creation FX
Qodi Armstrong	....	hair stylist
Christian Beckman	....	special makeup effects producer: Quantum Creation FX
Roland Blancaflor	....	prosthetic department supervisor: Spectral Motion Inc.
Sophia Coronado	....	special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX
Tom Denier Jr.	....	special makeup effects artist
Robert Kato DeStefan	....	special makeup effects artist: Quantum Creation FX
Diane Dixon	....	hair stylist
Mike Elizalde	....	makeup designer
Megan Flagg	....	special makeup effects artist: Quantum Creation FX
Diane Heller	....	key makeup artist
Steve Koch	....	prosthetic designer and sculptor: Quantum Creations FX
Craig Lyman	....	makeup artist
Clayton Martinez	....	special makeup effects artist
Donald Mowat	....	makeup artist: Mark Wahlberg
Danielle Noe	....	special makeup effects artist: Quantum Creation FX
Justin Raleigh	....	special makeup effects supervisor: Quantum Creation FX
Hiroshi Yada	....	special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion

Production Management
Sam Mercer	....	unit production manager
Gerald Scaife	....	production supervisor
Lauren Scott	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Matthieu Charter	....	assistant director
Ali Cherkaoui	....	first assistant director: France
Chris DeAngelis	....	second second assistant director
Jeff Habberstad	....	second unit director
Tudor Jones	....	second assistant director
William Lebeda	....	second unit director
Jeremy Marks	....	dga trainee
Marjorie Marramaque	....	assistant director
Sébastien Marziniak	....	additional assistant director: Paris
Matthew Mason	....	additional second assistant director
Lisa Meier	....	second second assistant director (day player)
Christophe Perie	....	additional assistant director
Paviel Raymont	....	assistant director: France
Brad Robinson	....	additional second assistant director
Celine Rossi	....	trainee assistant director
John Rusk	....	first assistant director
Christian Vendetti	....	additional second assistant director

Art Department
John DeMeo	....	art director: Los Angeles (as John Demeo)
Edward R. Geller	....	construction grip
Karyn Gerred	....	scenic artist
Daniel J. Gillooly	....	greens coordinator
Claire Kirk	....	art department coordinator
Thomas D. Krausz	....	set dresser
Mitchell Landsman	....	scenic artist
Joanna Leavens	....	art department production assistant
Lori Marks	....	camera scenic artist
James Mazzola	....	property master
Randy L. Parisian	....	scenic foreman
Sharon Potts	....	props
Jolie Scherberger	....	set dresser
Clarissa Shanahan	....	scenic artist
Erica Vanstone	....	construction office coordinator
Christine Wick	....	assistant set decorator
Paul Williams	....	construction coordinator

Sound Department
Rick Chefalas	....	first assistant sound editor
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer
Tod A. Maitland	....	sound mixer
Paloma Mele	....	apprentice sound editor
Jac Rubenstein	....	dialogue editor
Michael Scott	....	boom operator
Wyatt Sprague	....	sound effects editor
Steven Visscher	....	supervising foley editor
Jerry Yuen	....	cableman
Lawrence Zipf	....	sound intern

Special Effects by
Suma Abuzaineh	....	seaming and patching department: Quantum Creation FX
Brent Baker	....	mold department and life-casting supervisor: Spectral Motion
David Blitstein	....	special effects foreman
Steve Cremin	....	special effects coordinator
Christian Eubank	....	special effects technician
Michael Frechette	....	special effects foreman
Anh Le Hoang	....	special effects technician
Philippe Hubin	....	special effects
Nick Karas	....	special effects technician
William D. Lee	....	special effects foreman
Jean-Christophe Magnaud	....	special effects technician
Jean-Christophe Magnaud	....	special effects
Jacqueline Makkee	....	special effects makeup: Quantum Creation FX
Bob Mano	....	mechanical department: Quantum Creations Inc.
Lee McConnell	....	special effects foreman
Brandon K. McLaughlin	....	special effects technician
Jill Warner	....	special effects production assistant
Patrick Edward White	....	special effects technician
Chris Wolters	....	mechanical designer: Quantum Creation Effects
Kurt Wunder	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Akemi Abe	....	digital compositor
Jeff Barnes	....	production executive: CafeFX
Danny Braet	....	digital compositor
Gene Crucean	....	visual effects generalist
Rif Dagher	....	effects lead
Beth D'Amato	....	digital paint and roto supervisor
Ante Dekovic	....	digital compositor
Pallavi Devabhaktuni	....	digital compositor: CafeFX
Amit Dhawal	....	visual effects supervisor
David Ebner	....	visual effects supervisor
Katherine Farrar	....	visual effects coordinator
Jordan Freda	....	roto artist: CafeFX
Rachel Galbraith	....	visual effects production assistant
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects executive producer: Cafe FX (as Vicki Galloway Weimer)
Jeff Goldman	....	compositing supervisor: CafeFX
Bryant Terrell Griffin	....	visual effects
Edward Hirsh	....	visual effects supervisor: ILM
David Hochstadter	....	digital compositor: CafeFX
Michael Honrada	....	digital effects artist
Grzegorz Jonkajtys	....	visual effects
Shant Jordan	....	compositing supervisor
Apirak Kamjan	....	matchmover: CafeFX
Richard Ivan Mann	....	visual effects producer: CafeFX
Ryan Martin	....	technical assistant: ILM
Tory Mercer	....	digital compositor
Desi Ortiz	....	visual effects managing editor: CafeFX
Craig Peck	....	visual effects production assistant
Richard R. Reed	....	digital compositor
Parimal Sandhwar	....	visual effects production manager
Daniel Sunwoo	....	compositor
Danny Torres	....	systems admistrator
David Weinstein	....	pre-visualization
O.D. Welch	....	production executive: CafeFX
Justine Whitehead	....	visual effects producer
Jason Michael Zimmerman	....	digital compositor
Marios Kourasis	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Daniel Lahr	....	assistant visual effects editor: CafeFX (uncredited)
Greg Tse	....	matchmove artist: CafeFX (uncredited)

Stunts
Johnny Becker	....	precision driving coordinator
Surly Bernard	....	stunts
Jake Brake	....	utility stunts
Chris Cenatiempo	....	stunts
Alex Chansky	....	stunts
Jennifer Cobb	....	utility stunts
Brycen Counts	....	stunt performer
Kevin Derr	....	stunts
Jayson Dumenigo	....	stunt performer
Julia Dumenigo	....	assistant to stunt coordinator
Katie Eischen	....	utility stunts
Peter Epstein	....	stunts
Tina Fuchs	....	stunts
Shane Geraghty	....	stunts
Jessica Harbeck	....	stunts
Toby Holguin	....	stunts
Keone Kim	....	utility stunts
Mandy Kowalski	....	stunt double: Megan Mazaika
Tina Mckissick	....	stunts
Kimberly Shannon Murphy	....	stunt performer
George Pellegrino	....	stunt performer
Christopher Place	....	stunts
Kevin Rogers	....	utility stunts
Tracey Ruggiero	....	stunt performer
Myke Schwartz	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunt performer
Anthony Vincent	....	stunts
Mark Aaron Wagner	....	stunt double
Greg Wattkis	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Angela Bellisio	....	second assistant camera
David Brandon	....	rigging electrician
Kevin L. Bright	....	dolly grip: "b" camera
Mark Catania	....	dolly grip
Daniel C. Cook	....	second assistant camera
Glenn Davis	....	generator operator: base camp
Thomas Devine	....	house electrician
Hugues Espinasse	....	focus puller
Jonathan Hagen	....	camera production assistant
Brian Jordan	....	video assistant utility
Nicholas Kay	....	digital imaging technician: second unit
Michael Asa Leonard	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Michael 'Flash' McDonald	....	electrician
Paul C. McKenna	....	technician: Technocrane
Joe Mellon	....	grip
Markus Mentzer	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Christopher Murphy	....	digital video assist operator
Francine Natale	....	best boy electric
Ed Nessen	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Phil Pastuhov	....	aerial director of photography
Colin J. Peters	....	grip
Lawrence Price	....	electrician
Brian Raby	....	set electrician
Scott H. Ramsey	....	gaffer
Kyle Rudolph	....	camera operator
Leon Sanginiti	....	second assistant camera
Lowell Schulman	....	best boy rigging gaffer
Ben Schwartz	....	digital imaging technician
Jon Sibert	....	best boy grip
Roger Simonsz	....	camera operator: Paris
Baird Steptoe	....	first assistant camera
Vincent Tulasne	....	video assist operator: Paris
James B. Walsh	....	best boy grip

Casting Department
Deborah Maxwell Dion	....	casting associate: Los Angeles
Deanna Gallucio	....	extras casting associate: New York
Diane Heery	....	casting
Franck Jouard	....	extras casting
Jason Loftus	....	casting associate: Philadelphia

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lorraine Crossman	....	costumer: Mr. Wahlberg
Honora Jackson	....	costumer
Rachel Leek	....	costume supervisor
Kara Morasco	....	tailor
David Paulin	....	costume textile artist
Nick Scarano	....	wardrobe supervisor
Ric Spencer	....	set costumer
Hayley Stuppel	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Daniel Boccoli	....	second assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Luke Franco Ciarrocchi	....	editorial production assistant
Marisa Clayton	....	digital intermediate producer: Moden VideoFilm
Chris Gennarelli	....	colorist: high definition dailies
Sharon Smith Holley	....	assistant editor
Carole A. Kenneally	....	first assistant editor
Skip Kimball	....	digital intermediate colorist
Jim Passon	....	color timer

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Pete Anthony	....	orchestrator
Jeff Atmajian	....	orchestrator
Chris P. Bacon	....	score synth programmer
Brad Dechter	....	orchestrator
Kevin Globerman	....	digital score recordist
Dave Holden	....	score synth programmer
Jon Kull	....	orchestrator
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Michael John Mollo	....	orchestration assistant
Julia Newmann	....	music co-coordinator
Peter Rotter	....	orchestra contractor
Patrick Russ	....	orchestrator
Pamela J. Sollie	....	score coordinator
Stuart Michael Thomas	....	score synth programmer
Matthew J. Ward	....	score synth programmer
Jim Weidman	....	supervising music editor
Mel Wesson	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
Fabiano Gary	....	transportation
Corbin Kelly	....	transportation
Kirk Kelly	....	transportation
Michael Kelly	....	transportation
Adam Schoon	....	transportation secretary
Charles Spillane	....	transportation captain
John J. Sullivan	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Keith Adams	....	location manager: New York
Alex Apple	....	assistant location manager
Emilie Barbault	....	script supervisor: Paris
Adam Bernard	....	production assistant
Geoffrey Booth	....	unit location assistant: New York
Kristen Boulé	....	additional set production assistant
Justin Carville	....	first assistant accountant: second unit
Sean Carville	....	second assistant accountant
Tracy L. Connors	....	set production assistant
Amy Cutler	....	assistant to producers
Angela Cutrone	....	additional production assistant
Mary Cybulski	....	script supervisor