Battle in Seattle (2007)

Director:

Stuart Townsend

Writer:

Stuart Townsend (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 May 2008 (France)

Genre:

Action | Drama

Tagline:

The whole world is watching

Plot:

Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings. |

Plot Keywords:

World Trade Organization | Seattle Washington | Activist | Protest | Political Activism

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

Martin Henderson	...	Jay
Michelle Rodriguez	...	Lou
Woody Harrelson	...	Dale
Charlize Theron	...	Ella
Jennifer Carpenter	...	Sam
André Benjamin	...	Django
Ray Liotta	...	Mayor Jim Tobin
Connie Nielsen	...	Jean
Channing Tatum	...	Johnson
Isaach De Bankolé	...	Abasi (as Isaach De Bankole)
Rade Serbedzija	...	Dr. Maric (as Rade Sherbedzija)
Ivana Milicevic	...	Carla
Tzi Ma	...	Governor
Joshua Jackson	...	Randall
Christopher Jacot	...	Michael
Gary Chalk	...	Chief Faherty (as Garry Chalk)
Gary Hudson	...	Lieutenant
Barbara Tyson	...	Anna
Alistair Abell	...	Eric
Tyler Hazelwood	...	Anarchist
Tobias Mehler	...	Jonathan
Max Teichan	...	Man / Father
Richard Ian Cox	...	Mayor's Assistant
Arminder Randhawa	...	Mayor's Assistant #2
Richard Hendery	...	Santa
Ryan McDonald	...	Passer-by
Louis Chirillo	...	Individual
Deborah DeMille	...	Doctor
Lindsay Bourne	...	Hanson
Mark Gibbon	...	Squad Leader
Tony Alcantar	...	Mark Harrington
Mark Brandon	...	News Anchor
Rex Davison	...	Security Staff
Glenn Ennis	...	Officer #1
Ken Kirzinger	...	Officer #2
Dean Moen	...	Officer Jeremy
Matthew MacCaull	...	Drummer
Debra Donohue	...	Shopper
Douglas Arthurs	...	Smith (as Douglas H. Arthurs)
Kelly-Ruth Mercier	...	Female Guard
Daniel Bacon	...	Civilian
Marsha Regis	...	Protester #1
Brett Dier	...	Protester #2
Alberta Mayne	...	Protestor #3
Gina Holden	...	Protester #4
Paul Anthony	...	Protester #5
Adrian Hough	...	Durell
Brad Loree	...	Cop #1
Alex Terzieff	...	Cop #2 (as Alexander M. Terzieff)
Michael Agostini	...	Labor Marshall
Chris Robson	...	Staff Member
Linda Muir	...	Topless Woman
Adrian Holmes	...	Journalist
Yaroslav Poverlo	...	Lovitz
Dee Jay Jackson	...	Bus Driver (as Deejay Jackson)
Haskell Wexler	...	Wexler, Haskell
George Gordon	...	Anchor #2
Nels Lennarson	...	WTO delegate
Barry Nerling	...	ND Cop
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nick Boganwright	...	Paramedic (uncredited)
Bill Clinton	...	Himself (uncredited) (archive footage)
Rik Deskin	...	Delegate (uncredited)
Michael Taylor Donovan	...	Union Marshall (uncredited)
Austin Farwell	...	Officer D. Andrew (uncredited)
Lear Howard	...	Hostess (uncredited)
Kelly King	...	Protester (uncredited)
Joel Ross	...	Anarchist #1 (uncredited)
Peter Shinkoda	...	Protester (uncredited)
Kyle J.M. Thompson	...	Turtle group protester (uncredited)
Alberto Valenzuela	...	Protester (uncredited)

Directed by
Stuart Townsend

Writing credits
Stuart Townsend		(screenplay)

Produced by
Mary Aloe	....	producer
Ashok Amritraj	....	executive producer
Christian Arnold-Beutel	....	executive producer
Nathalie Brigitte Bustos	....	associate producer
Michael A. DiManno	....	executive producer
Scott Fischer	....	executive producer
Samuel H. Frankel	....	executive producer
Michele Futerman	....	associate producer
Robert Galletti	....	associate producer
Brandon Houston	....	co-producer
Brent A. Johnson	....	associate producer
Robert Lee	....	line producer
Lindsay MacAdam	....	co-producer
Tim McGrath	....	executive producer
Vanessa Pereira	....	executive producer
R. Scott Reid	....	executive producer
Julien Remillard	....	executive producer
Maxime Rémillard	....	producer
Kirk Shaw	....	producer
Geoffrey Taylor	....	executive producer
Stuart Townsend	....	producer
Gavin Wilding	....	executive producer
Thomas Lee Wright	....	co-executive producer

Original Music by
Neil Davidge

Cinematography by
Barry Ackroyd

Film Editing by
Wes Denton		(promo editor)
Fernando Villena

Casting by
Sarah Finn
Randi Hiller
Laura Toplass

Production Design by
Chris August

Art Direction by
Kirsten Franson

Set Decoration by
Jean Landry
Shannon Murphy

Makeup Department
Megan Davies	....	assistant makeup artist
Monica Huppert	....	makeup department head
Robert A. Pandini	....	hair department head

Production Management
Michele Futerman	....	unit production manager
Todd Giroux	....	technical post supervisor
Crawford Hawkins	....	post-production supervisor
Marc Jakubowicz	....	post-production supervisor
Heather Murphy	....	unit production manager: USA

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Catherine Bowles	....	trainee assistant director
Fon Chen	....	second second assistant director: Seattle
Robert Crippen	....	assistant director (as Bob Crippen)
Ben Dobyns	....	second assistant director: Seattle
J. Daniel Dusek	....	first assistant director: Seattle
Ryan Kosmynka	....	second assistant director
Ali Salamati	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Dean Barker	....	property master
Laurel Bergman	....	assistant art director
Sean Goojha	....	art department coordinator
Patrick Jennings	....	on-set dresser
Oscar Lofgren	....	props
Amy Vanderbeck	....	props

Sound Department
Richard Bullock Jr.	....	boom operator
Greg Crawford	....	adr mixer: Atlanta
Dane A. Davis	....	sound effects editor
William R. Dean	....	sound
William R. Dean	....	supervising sound editor
Stephanie Flack	....	supervising dialogue editor
Greg Hedgepath	....	supervising sound editor
Ryan Maguire	....	foley mixer
Robert Marts	....	sound mixer: Seattle
Charles O'Shea	....	boom operator
Tom Ozanich	....	sound designer
Tom Ozanich	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frank Smathers	....	supervising foley editor
Jussi Tegelman	....	sound editor
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
David A. Whittaker	....	sound editor

Visual Effects by
Zeljko Barcan	....	visual effects artist
Jared Jones	....	digital compositor
Jason Korber	....	digital compositor
Daniel Kumiega	....	crowd animator
Mike Leeming	....	visual effects editor
Joe Lomba	....	visual effects producer
Vinay Mehta	....	digital compositor
Earl Paraszczynec	....	3D lead
Susan Stewart	....	digital matte painter
Jaison Stritch	....	visual effects supervisor
Teh-wei Yeh	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Krista Bell	....	stunt performer
Jason Calder	....	stunt performer
Douglas Chapman	....	stunt double: Jay
Freddie Joe Farnsworth	....	utility stunts
Lani Gelera	....	stunt double: Michelle Rodriguez
Rob Hayter	....	stunt double: Woody Harrelson
Tim Henderson	....	stunts
Art Hickman	....	stunt coordinator
Michael Hilow	....	stunt performer
Michelle Rae	....	stunt double: Michelle Rodriguez
Darryl Scheelar	....	stunt performer
Larissa Stadnichuk	....	stunt double: Jennifer Carpenter
Alex Terzieff	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Rorelee Tio	....	stunt double: Michelle Rodriguez
Owen Walstrom	....	stunt coordinator
Chris Webb	....	stunt double
Rob Wilton	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
Ed Araquel	....	still photographer
Doug Hostetter	....	aerial camera operator
Tony Konichek	....	grip
David Lourie	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Scott MacDonald	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Nicholas McKenzie	....	daily first assistant camera
Dean Morin	....	second assistant camera
Kate Nixa	....	additional camera loader
Troy J. Peters	....	gaffer
Stewart Whelan	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera

Casting Department
Tamara Hunter	....	casting associate
Taylor Jenkins	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mairi Chisholm	....	costumer
Danial Hellman	....	costumer
Gerard Parr	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Dan Addelson	....	editor: behind-the-scenes
Nicolae Ilies	....	digital colorist
Jason Koroluk	....	uncredited
Christopher A. Smith	....	assistant film editor

Music Department
BT	....	composer: additional music
Guy Pelletier	....	music editor
R. Scott Reid	....	music producer
Hayden Whiting	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Ronnie King	....	transportation captain
W. Robert Millar	....	driver
James Stewart	....	transportation captain
Ian Thompson	....	picture bus wrangler (uncredited)

Other crew
Ivan Allen	....	additional voices
Hannah Rita Rose Amar	....	production assistant
Tony Becerra	....	production assistant
Stephen Benabo	....	production assistant
Ron Blecker	....	key technical advisor
Fon Chen	....	production coordinator
Molly Clayton	....	production assistant
Caroline Colon	....	production assistant: Seattle
Lorne Davidson	....	location manager
Oliver De Caigny	....	business affairs
Julio Ferrario	....	creative director: main titles
Jonathan Fox	....	location scout
Suzanne Friedline	....	additional voices
Susie Geiser	....	additional voices
Étienne Geoffrion	....	production assistant
Pamela B. Green	....	producer: main and end titles
Robert Halvorsen	....	assistant to producer
Steve Hertler	....	technician: Pictorvision XR
Danny Ho	....	playback supervisor
Mischa Jakupcak	....	key production assistant
Annie-Claude Langlois	....	second assistant production coordinator
Nathan Lomax	....	production assistant
Alison Low	....	accounting clerk
Ivan Lyttek	....	assistant production coordinator
Scott A. Matthews	....	business affairs assistant
Jim McKeown	....	production coordinator
Claudia Morgado Escanilla	....	script supervisor
David Nugent	....	assistant location manager
Jamie Payton	....	head horse wrangler
Arminder Randhawa	....	business affairs
Rachel Robinson	....	assistant to producer
Kinnon Ross	....	key production assistant
Michael Schaus	....	business affairs
Devi Singh	....	second assistant coordinator
Ryan Steacy	....	armorer
Jarik Van Sluijs	....	creative director: main titles
Adam Voghell	....	post production coordinator

Production Companies

• Redwood Palms Pictures (presents)
• Insight Film Studios
• Remstar Productions (as Remstar)
• Aloe Entertainment (in association with)
• Proud Mary Entertainment (in association with)
• Hyde Park Entertainment (in association with)
• 120dB Films (in association with)
• Grosvenor Park Media (in association with)
• Victoria Filmproduktion

Distributors

• Hyde Park International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Arkles Entertainment (2009) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Cascade Film (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2009) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Redwood Palms Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Remstar Distribution (2007) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Blue Sky Media (2009) (Czech Republic) (all media)
• Emerald (2009) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Fine Films (2009) (Japan) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Pinema (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Screen Media Films (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Wide Pictures (2008) (Spain) (all media)

Other Companies

• Danetracks  sound post-production
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Endeavor Agency  secured financing
• Finn-Hiller Casting  casting
• Firstar Films  in association with
• PIC Agency  titles
• Post Modern Sound  adr recording facility
• Trifecta Production Services  material delivery services
• Wildfire Studios  adr recording facility

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some violence.

Runtime:

99 min | USA:98 min

Country:

USA | Canada | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Canada:PG | USA:R | Netherlands:12 | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Seattle, Washington, USA

Company:

Redwood Palms Pictures

Goofs:

Anachronisms: During the movie opening fly-through, Qwest Field appears in the background. Qwest Field wasn't built until a couple of years after the WTO riots. It was built on the grounds of the Kingdome which was there in 1999.

Quotes:

Django: Teamsters and turtles together! Come on, Teamsters and turtles together!

Movie Connections:

References Thriller (1983) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Signs

Review from Dublin International Film Festival, February 2008

As we settled into our seats in Screen One in the Savoy Cinema, Dublin, Ireland, we wondered how on earth Stuart Townsend could exposit the intricate workings of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to an audience who probably had no idea that it even existed.

We were not disappointed. From the breathtaking opening sequence, to the exhilarating ending, we were on the edge of our seats.

There were some outstanding performances – André Benjamin as Django (from the band Outkast) and Michelle Rodriguez as Lou (best-known in Europe for the TV series 'Lost') in particular were superb as two of the demonstrators. André injected an unfailing sense of humor and light relief into this serious topic, and managed to turn his unusual headgear into a clever statement about endangered species. Michelle gave her character exceptional depth and feeling, and handled a complicated emotional sub-plot with a mixture of both detachment and passion that worked so well on screen.

Charlize Theron played an innocent bystander, Ella, who was trapped in the violent maelstrom, with horrific consequences for both her own character and her character's husband.

During the Q&A with Stuart and Charlize at the end of the movie, an audience member stood up – an employee of the World Bank. She began by saying how cautious she was about coming to a movie about the WTO, but that she had to applaud Stuart for handing such a difficult subject so fairly. Her comments were echoed by a Trade Advocacy officer from a well-known Irish development charity, who congratulated him on creating a movie which managed to be both factually accurate and entertaining.

For anyone who has ever wished that this world was a better place, this movie is a must-see. For everyone else, this is a heart-warming movie about the power of the human spirit to overcome, to work together and to forgive.

(And as a footnote, Stuart gave free passes to the screening to protesters from the Campaign to Save Tara, who are still demonstrating against the construction of a new highway, the M3, in the historical valley at the Hill of Tara in Ireland. Stuart walks his talk.)