Dark City (1998)
Dark City (1998)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Rufus Sewell
John Murdoch
Kiefer Sutherland
Dr Daniel Schreber
Jennifer Connelly
Emma Murdoch
William Hurt
Inspector Frank Bumstead
Richard O'Brien
Mr Hand
Ian Richardson
Mr Book
Bruce Spence
Mr Wall
Colin Friels
Walenski
John Bluthal
Karl Harris
Melissa George
May
Mitchell Butel
Husselbeck
Frank Gallacher
Chief Inspector Stromboli
Alex Proyas
Director
Ritchie Singer
Hotel Manager / Vendor
Lem Dobbs
Writer
Justin Monjo
Taxi Driver
David S. Goyer
Writer
Nicholas Bell
Mr. Rain
Andrew Mason
Producer
Satya Gumbert
Mr. Sleep
Noah Gumbert
Mr. Sleep Filming Double
Frederick Miragliotta
Mr. Quick
Trevor Jones
Composer
Jeanette Cronin
Stranger
Dariusz Wolski
Cinematographer
David Wenham
Schreber's Assistant
Dov Hoenig
Editor
Peter Sommerfeld
Stranger
Valerie McCaffrey
CastingDirector
Timothy Jones
Stranger
Vanessa Pereira
CastingDirector
Paul Livingston
Assistant Stranger
Shauna Wolifson
CastingDirector
George Liddle
ProductionDesigner
Michael Lake
Assistant Stranger
Patrick Tatopoulos
ProductionDesigner
Alan Cinis
Automat Cop
Bill Highfield
Automat Cop
Terry Bader
Mr. Goodwin
Rosemary Traynor
Mrs. Goodwin
Edward Grant
Hotel Manager
Maureen O'Shaughnessy
Kate Walenski
Deobia Oparei
Train Passenger
Marques Johnson
Station Master
Doug Scroope
Desk Sergeant
Cinzia Coassin
Waitress
Anthony Kierann
Murdoch's Dad
Laura Keneally
Murdoch's Mum
Natalie Bollard
Naked Woman
Eliot Paton
Matthew Goodwin
Naomi van der Velden
Jane Goodwin
Barbara Gibbs
Line Producer / Unit Production Manager
Brian Witten
Executive Producer
Liz Keogh
Costume Design
Michael De Luca
Executive Producer
Julian Ryan
Third Assistant Director
Julie Barton
Wardrobe Supervisor
Lesley Vanderwalt
Hair Supervisor / Makeup Supervisor
Sheryl Pilkinton
Costumer
Wizzy Molineaux
Makeup & Hair
Steve E. Andrews
First Assistant Director
Annette Ribbons
Costumer
Jane Flanders
Wardrobe Assistant
Rory Kilalea
Second Unit Director
Nicki Harrington
Wardrobe Assistant
Helen Peacock
Wardrobe Assistant
Nicole Spiro
Makeup & Hair
Emma Schofield
Second Assistant Director
Simone Hiley
Wardrobe Assistant
Topher Dow
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Deborah Antoniou
Second Assistant Director
Martin Hallman
Third Assistant Director
Sally Molineaux
Additional Wardrobe Assistant
Azure Chapman
Wardrobe Assistant
Kerry Lee Jury
Makeup & Hair
Tina Gordon
Makeup & Hair
Valérie Evans
Additional Wardrobe Assistant
Gloria Bava
Wardrobe Assistant
Dallas Wilson
Propmaker
Jon Stiles
Standby Carpenter
Marcus Watson
Electrician
Toby Copping
Key Grip
Peter Pound
Storyboard Artist
Michael Vivian
Dolly Grip
Margie McClymont
Clapper Loader
Viv Scanu
Clapper Loader
Damian Wyvill
Focus Puller
Allan Willis
Electrician
Jaqueline Davies
Painter
Matthew Tyson
Painter
Chris Norris
Propmaker
Jem Rayner
Focus Puller
Matt Leary
Painter
Angus MacDonald
Painter
Andy Robinson
Painter
Brian Dusting
Property Master
Jo Thompson
Propmaker
Greg Yates
Painter
Tony Piliotis
Standby Painter
Matt Slattery
Gaffer
Ken Talbot
Electrician
Joanna Pullen
Propmaker
Lyddy Van Gyen
Focus Puller
Paul Thompson
Key Grip
David Hunter
Lighting Technician
Peter Collias
Scenic Artist
Colin Wyatt
Electrician
Corrine Long
Production Coordinator
Miles Jones
Electrician
Phil Winters
Dialogue Editor / ADR Editor
Elizabeth Carlon
Visual Effects Compositor
Justin Martin
Animation
Ross Emery
VFX Director of Photography / Camera Operator
J.D. Cowles
Visual Effects Compositor
Noel Richards
Lead Animator
Marcus D'Arcy
VFX Editor / Additional Editor
Peter Doyle
Main Title Designer
Leon Dudevoir
Production Executive
Ron Roberts
Visual Effects Compositor
Andrew Quinn
Lead Animator
Val Wardlaw
Lead Animator
Jason Ballantine
First Assistant Editor
Trish Tring
Production Assistant
Serena Hunt
Production Runner
Jason Bath
Production Secretary
Mark Sexton
Storyboard Artist
Alan Willis
Electrician
Graham Ashwell
Electrician
Maggie Lake
Production Coordinator
Philippa Hagon
Painter
Matrin Lumsten
Painter
Veronica Strelein
Painter
Richard Michalak
Second Unit Director of Photography
Ian Barwick
Electrician
Gerry Long
Foley Artist
Steve Burgess
Foley Recordist
David Pride
Special Effects Supervisor
Roger Savage
Sound Supervisor / Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Paul Gorrie
Pyrotechnician
David White
ADR Editor
Dan Kaufman
Lead Animator
Benn Hyde
Best Boy Grip
Gary Hill
Rigging Gaffer
Brent Burge
ADR Editor
Vic Kaspar
Foley Editor
Jon Thum
2D Supervisor
Sally Goldberg
Animation Supervisor
Sandip Kalsy
Animation
David Young
Special Effects Coordinator
Mojgan Khadem
Script Supervisor
Tad Pride
Special Effects Supervisor
Arthur Cambridge
Color Grading
Marta McElroy
Set Dresser
Michi Marosszeky
Clapper Loader
Dianne Brown
Accountant
Jennifer Leacey
Production Secretary
Fiona Searson
Publicist
Alex Lemke
Visual Effects Compositor
Tanya Brockmeier
Production Assistant
Stefanie Kleinhenz
Production Secretary
Ian McLoughlin
Sound Supervisor / Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Matt Villa
First Assistant Editor
Lorelle Adamson
Production Coordinator
Alice Lanagan
Production Runner
John Bowring
Armory Coordinator
Mario Vaccaro
Foley Artist
Gareth Vanderhope
Special Sound Effects / Sound Effects Editor
Richard Learoyd
Additional Editor
Lee Biolos
Dialogue Coach
Tyler Coppin
Dialogue Coach
Edweana Wenkart
Production Assistant
Emma Jacobs
Producer's Assistant
Alistair Jenkins
Production Accountant
Alex Matcham
Production Controller
Joe Adams
Casting Assistant
Judith Cruden
Extras Casting
Henrie Stride
Casting Assistant
Carolyn Baldwin
Casting Assistant
Pru Smith
Art Department Coordinator
David Chazan
Sculptor
Reg Garside
Gaffer
Jennifer Carseldine
Set Designer
Judith Harvey
Set Designer
Sophie Fabbri-Jackson
Script Supervisor
Paul Raymond
Sculptor
Richard Hobbs
Art Direction
Axel Bartz
Set Designer
Sarah Light
Set Designer
Jasin Boland
Still Photographer
Fiona Scott
Assistant Art Director
Arthur Windus
Visual Effects Supervisor / Visual Effects Producer
Robert Agganis
Steadicam Operator / Camera Operator
Kerry Thompson
Costume Supervisor
Mara Bryan
Visual Effects Supervisor / Visual Effects Producer
Paul Messer
Assistant Art Director
Guido Helmstetter
Sculptor
Liz Mullinar
Casting
Frazer East
Sculptor
Rocky McDonald
Stunt Coordinator
Simon Leadley
Music Editor
Mark Stephens
Construction Coordinator
Marc Barold
Sculptor
Michael Thompson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tony Lees
Sculptor
Michelle McGahey
Art Direction
Glenn Boswell
Stunt Coordinator
Frank Lipson
Sound Effects Editor
James McTeigue
Assistant Director
Michael Wood
VFX Director of Photography
David Lee
Sound Mixer
Mick Corrigan
Stunt Double
Glenn Suter
Stunt Double
Josef Schwaiger
Stunt Double
Mick Van Moorsel
Stunt Double
Annette van Moorsel
Stunts
Bob Bowles
Stunt Double
Nigel King
Stunt Double
Isabelle Sada
Stunt Double
Zelie Bullen
Stunt Double
Shea Adams
Stunt Double
Farren Visocchi
Stunt Double
Lou Horvath
Stunt Double
Nigel Harbach
Stunt Double
Tony Lynch
Stunt Double
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 27, 1998
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 40m
Content RatingR
Budget$27,000,000
Box Office$27,200,000
Filming LocationsSydney, Australia
Genres
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Wiki.
Dark City is a 1998 tech noir film directed by Alex Proyas, and starring Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, and Ian Richardson. The screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer. In the film, Sewell plays an amnesiac man who, finding himself suspected of murder, attempts to discover his true identity and clear his name while on the run from the police and a mysterious group known as the "Strangers".
Primarily shot at Fox Studios Australia, the film was jointly produced by New Line Cinema and Proyas' production company Mystery Clock Cinema, and distributed by the former for theatrical release. It premiered in the United States on 27 February 1998 and received generally positive critiques, but it was a box-office bomb. Roger Ebert, in particular, supported the film, appreciating its art direction, set design, cinematography, special effects, and imagination, and even recorded an audio commentary for the film's home video release.
The film was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and six Saturn Awards. Some critics later noted Dark City's similarities to and influence on the Matrix film series, whose first installment came out a year later, and the film is now widely considered a sci-fi cult classic.
Concerned that audiences would not understand the film, New Line asked Proyas to add an explanatory voice-over to the introduction, and he complied. When a director's cut of the film was released in 2008, among the changes was the removal of the opening narration.