Pitch Black - The Chronicles of Riddick [UMD] (UMD DVD) DVD

Pitch Black
In this science fiction Thriller, a spaceship is transporting a disparate group of people to a far-away galactic outpost called New Mecca. Mechanical failures cause the craft to crash-land on an abandoned planet that has three suns and no night. The only member of the crew to survive is junior pilot Carolyn Fry (Radha Mitchell), while the passengers who climb from the wreckage include a police officer (Cole Hauser) and the prisoner he's transporting, Riddick (Vin Diesel). As Fry and the other survivors survey the abandoned dwellings of the desert world while trying to decide what to do next, one of them is killed by a mutant creature living in an abandoned mining site. The vicious and bloodthirsty mutants, who live underground, have killed all previous inhabitants of the planet; they cannot stand sunlight, but research reveals that the planet has a total eclipse every 22 years, and the latest one is due any moment. Pitch Black was directed by David N. Twohy, who also made the sci-fi cult item, The Arrival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast Radha Mitchell as Fry Vin Diesel as Richard B. Riddick Cole Hauser as Johns Keith David as Imam Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Paris Claudia Black as Shazza Rhiana Griffith as Jack John Moore as Zeke Simon Burke as Owens Les Chantery as Suleiman Sam Sari as Hassan Firass Dirani as Ali Ric Anderson as Total Stranger Vic Wilson as Captain Angela Makin as Dead Crew Member

Crew Ian Gracie - Art Director Iain Anderson - Animator Caroline Garrett - Animator Evan Davies - Animator Gary Dixon - Boom Operator Rod Conder - Boom Operator Ann Robinson - Casting Mullinars Consultants - Casting Davia Clayton - Coordinator Patrick Ellis - Coordinator Anna Borghesi - Costume Designer Kira Bohn - Continuity Jamie Crooks - First Assistant Director David N. Twohy - Director Ian "Thistle" Thorburn - Second Unit Director Rick Shaine - Editor Shannon Blake Gans - Executive Producer Anthony Winley - Executive Producer Antony Hunt - Executive Producer Roger Lofting - Executive Producer Scott Pourroy - Executive Producer Scott Kroopf - Executive Producer Ted Field - Executive Producer Campbell McLean - Location Manager Graeme Revell - Composer (Music Score) Margaret Stevenson - Makeup Sue Kelly-Tait - Makeup Maree McDonald - Makeup Peter Woodward - Makeup Jack Wareham - Camera Operator Graham "Grace" Walker - Production Designer Anna Foerster - Cinematographer Rick Mietkowski - Cinematographer David Eggby - Cinematographer Brent Coert - Production Manager Tim Field - Production Manager Tom Engelman - Producer Michael Rumpf - Set Designer Jacinta Leong - Set Designer Martin Ash - Set Designer John Cox - Special Effects Tom Myers - Sound/Sound Designer Paul "Salty" Brincat - Sound Recordist Nigel King - Stunts Wilfred Woodrow - Stunts Peter Jerimijenko - Stunts Debbie Santic - Stunts Michelle Comerford - Stunts Marney Commens - Stunts Yasca Sinigaglia - Stunts Nigel Harbach - Stunts Ric Anderson - Stunts Chris Anderson - Stunts Coordinator Brian Cox - Special Effects Supervisor Sue Mackay - Unit Production Manager David N. Twohy - Screenwriter Ken Wheat - Screenwriter Jim Wheat - Screenwriter Ian "Thistle" Thorburn - Second Unit Director Of Photography Tori Martin - Production Assistant Meredith Milton - Production Assistant Eleonore Crompton - Production Assistant Rowena Zande - Production Assistant Emily Edwards - Production Assistant Charity Hobbs Wood - Production Assistant Chris Krumlauf - Production Assistant Matthew Francis - Production Assistant Peter Chiang - Visual Effects Supervisor E. Larry Oatfield - Sound Effects Editor James LeBrecht - Sound Effects Editor Sam Hinckley - Sound Effects Editor Karen Wilson - Sound Effects Editor Michelle Wright - Executive in Charge of Production Fiona Searson - Unit Publicist Patrick Tatopoulos - Creature Design Double Negative Ltd. - Digital Effects Magic Camera Co. - Digital Effects Jeff Sturgill - First Assistant Camera Chris Bailey - Gaffer Steve Bruce - Gaffer Tony Holtham - Gaffer Benn Hyde - Grip Dana VanAuken - Grip Leigh Tait - Grip Graham Litchfield - Key Grip David Litchfield - Key Grip Pat VanAuken - Key Grip Jose Granell - Model Effects Supervisor Josh Winget - Music Editor Barrie Hemsley - Production Coordinator Fay McConkey - Production Coordinator Michelle Russell - Production Coordinator Jennifer Cornwell - Production Coordinator Beverly Dunn - Properties Master Jason Baird - Prosthetic Makeup Effects Michael Semanick - Re-Recording Mixer Lora Hirschberg - Re-Recording Mixer Mark Pendergraft - Re-Recording Mixer Lyn Alice Aronson - Script Supervisor Jennifer Rees-Brown - Second Assistant Director Sean Allen Barnes - Still Photographer Robert Shoup - Supervising Sound Editor Alex Hope - Visual Effects Producer Matthew Plummer - Visual Effects Producer Matthew Holben - Visual Effects Producer Marilyn McCoppen - ADR Editor Michele Perrone - ADR Editor Jim Millet - Assistant Art Director Tim "Guido" Magaraci - Assistant Chief Lighting Technician Peter Woodward - Assistant Hair Beau Borders - Assistant Sound Editor Mary Works - Assistant Sound Editor Scott Guitteau - Assistant Sound Editor Michael Axinn - Assistant Sound Editor Adam Williams - Best Boy Electric Russ Nordstedt - Best Boy Grip Rick Johnson - Best Boy Grip Paul Hurrell - Buyer Laura Elkington - Buyer Belinda Dean - Buyer Wizzy Ringer - Casting Assistant Freddy Luis - Casting Assistant Carrie Campbell - Casting Assistant Roger Sassen - Chief Lighting Technician John Rann - Construction Coordinator Keryn Ribbands - Costumes Supervisor Linda Kay Brown - Dialogue Editor Gloria D'Alessandro - Dialogue Editor Karen Wilson - Dialogue Editor Andrew Blustain - First Assistant Editor Jana Vance - Foley Artist Dennie Thorpe - Foley Artist Mary Helen Leasman - Foley Editor Carolyn Nott - Key Hairstylist Daryl Porter - Leadman Chris Robson - Production Accountant Jeanne Tuma - Production Accountant Brenda Coxon - Production Accountant Amy K. Hall - Production Accountant Nick Walker - Scenic Artist Angella McPherson - Second Second Assistant Director Rob Wood - Set Dresser Scott McMaster - Set Dresser Jason Brubaker - Storyboard Artist Brian Murray - Storyboard Artist Tim Lawrence - Storyboard Artist Jim Bruce - Assistant Editor

Pitch Black
Screenwriter and director David Twohy continues his intriguing career of crafting challenging, well-mounted science fiction films via limited means with this somewhat derivative but highly enjoyable action thriller. Most of the casting in Pitch Black is by type and thus instantly forgettable, though given the story's haunted-house horror movie structure, this is probably by design. However, the film is anchored by Radha Mitchell and the strutting, grunting Vin Diesel, relative newcomers who prove their mettle on the big screen with reflective performances marked by detailed, intuitive choices. As he did with Warlock (1988), Disaster in Time (1992), and The Arrival (1996), Twohy takes what was intended to be a straight-to-video genre potboiler and transforms the project into something at least a cut above other examples of its type. Unfortunately, in all of these projects, the writer/director is at times overcome by shoestring budgets that hamstring his creative efforts to impress visually. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: English, French, Spanish Sound Processing: DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: The making of Pitch Black John's Chase Log DVD Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1: Cinemascope MPAA Rating: NR DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 112 min