The Eye (2008)

Directors:

David Moreau
Xavier Palud

Writers (WGA):

Sebastian Gutierrez (screenplay)
Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui (2002 screenplay "Jian gui") ...
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Release Date:

1 February 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

How can you believe your eyes when they're not yours?

Plot:

The remake of the Hong Kong film "Jian Gui", a woman who receives an eye transplant that allows her to see into the supernatural world.

Plot Keywords:

Eye | Violinist | Eye Transplant | Mexico | Seeing Dead People

Awards:

2 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Jessica Alba	...	Sydney Wells
Alessandro Nivola	...	Dr. Paul Faulkner
Parker Posey	...	Helen Wells
Rade Serbedzija	...	Simon McCullough
Fernanda Romero	...	Ana Christina Martinez
Rachel Ticotin	...	Rosa Martinez
Obba Babatundé	...	Dr. Haskins
Danny Mora	...	Miguel
Chloe Moretz	...	Alicia (as Chloë Grace Moretz)
Brett A. Haworth	...	Shadowman
Kevin K.	...	Tomi Cheung
Tamlyn Tomita	...	Mrs. Cheung
Esodie Geiger	...	Nurse
Karen Austin	...	Mrs. Hillman
Ryan J. Pezdirc	...	Nurse Room Attendant
James Salas	...	Jim
Brett O'Mara	...	Brett (as Brett Omara)
Landall Goolsby	...	Alex
Sarah E. Baker	...	Cousin Sarah
Laura Slowinski	...	Cynthia
Richard Redlefsen	...	Richard
Amanda Shamis	...	Amanda
Kisha Sierra	...	Kisha
Mark Bankins	...	Peekaboo
David Milchard	...	Café Waiter #1
Kimani Ray Smith	...	Café Waiter #2
Heather Doerksen	...	Sickly Woman
Peter King	...	Burned Hallway Man
Tegan Moss	...	Teenage Girl
Kam Hing Chau	...	Kam Lam Yuen Cook
Jasmin Dring	...	Kam Lam Yuen Waitress
James H. Spencer	...	Elevator Ghost (as James Spencer)
Ingrid M. Nelson	...	Children's Nurse
Daniel Romero	...	Village Kid
Zak Santiago	...	Emilio
Juan Carlos Cantu	...	Factory Foreman
Mike Elliott	...	Driver at Border
Mia Stallard	...	Little Girl
Jane E. Goold	...	Little Girl's Mother
Tone Forrest	...	Bus Driver
Danielle Lozeau	...	Teenage Girl on Bus
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Don Abernathy	...	Man with Umbrella (uncredited)
Burly Cain	...	Teacher on Bus (uncredited)
Brian Keith Gamble	...	Young Guy in Elevator (uncredited)
Karen M. Hudson	...	Angry Villager (uncredited)
Kathleen LaGue	...	Ward Nurse (uncredited)
William E. Marshall	...	US / Border Officer (uncredited)
Eduardo Noda	...	Pedestrian (uncredited)
Dan Strakal	...	FBI Agent (uncredited)
Girard Swan	...	Border Officer (uncredited)
Foued Zayani	...	Business Man at Market (uncredited)
Paul Zepeda	...	Sushi chef (uncredited)

Directed by
David Moreau
Xavier Palud

Writing credits (WGA)
Sebastian Gutierrez		(screenplay)
Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui		(2002 screenplay "Jian gui") and
Oxide Pang Chun		(2002 screenplay "Jian gui") (as Oxide Pang) and
Danny Pang		(2002 screenplay "Jian gui")

Produced by
Sarah E. Baker	....	associate producer
Peter Block	....	executive producer
Peter Chan	....	executive producer
Doug Davison	....	executive producer
Mike Elliott	....	executive producer
Ogden Gavanski	....	line producer: Vancouver additional photography
Don Granger	....	producer
Roy Lee	....	executive producer
Michelle Manning	....	producer
Darren Miller	....	executive producer
Jack L. Murray	....	line producer (as Jack Murray)
Tom Ortenberg	....	executive producer
Michael Paseornek	....	executive producer
Paula Wagner	....	producer

Original Music by
Marco Beltrami

Cinematography by
Jeff Jur		(director of photography) (as Jeffrey Jur)

Film Editing by
Patrick Lussier

Casting by
Nancy Nayor		(as Nancy Nayor Battino)
Kelly Wagner		(as Kelly Martin Wagner)

Production Design by
James H. Spencer		(as James Spencer)

Art Direction by
Naython Vane

Set Decoration by
Joseph Litsch

Costume Design by
Michael Dennison

Makeup Department
Lorraine N. Alex	....	key hair stylist
Elena Arroy	....	makeup artist: Los Angeles
Sara Bozik	....	makeup effects artist
Sara Bozik	....	prosthetic makeup artist
Patricia Budz	....	key hair stylist: Los Angeles
Carlton Coleman	....	special makeup effects shop technician
Megan Davies	....	first assistant makeup artist: additional photography
Kimberly Felix	....	makeup artist: Los Angeles (as Kimberly Felix Burke)
RaMona Fleetwood	....	hair department head
Laura Hill	....	contact lens technician
Monica Huppert	....	department head makeup artist: additional photography
Michelle Johnson	....	hair stylist: Ms. Alba
Kotmangul Kim	....	prosthetic lab technician
Blair Leonard	....	makeup department head
Fern Levin	....	first assistant makeup artist: additional photography
Ryan McDowell	....	prosthetic technician
Yvette Meely	....	hair stylist
Beverly Moncrief	....	contact lens technician: additional photography
Sandy Monesmith	....	assistant hair stylist: additional photography
Matthew W. Mungle	....	prosthetic designer
Matthew W. Mungle	....	special makeup effects artist
Evelyne Noraz	....	makeup artist: Ms. Alba
Koji Ohmura	....	special makeup effects sculptor: W.M. Creations
Robert A. Pandini	....	department head hair stylist: additional photography (as Robert Pandini)
Shari Perry	....	hair stylist (as Sharon Perry)
Robert Ramos	....	hair stylist: Ms. Alba, additional photography
Richard Redlefsen	....	key special effects makeup artist
Eddie Vargas	....	prosthetic lab technician
Cheryl Voss	....	makeup artist
Clinton Wayne	....	makeup effects artist: additional photography
Bob Smithson	....	contact lens technician (uncredited)

Production Management
Eric Hedayat	....	production supervisor
Lisa Looney	....	production supervisor
Mark McCoy	....	post-production manager
Curtis A. Miller	....	production director: Lions Gate Films
Carl Pedregal	....	post-production supervisor
Donna Sloan	....	executive vice president of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chad Belair	....	third assistant director: additional photography
Jeff Bilger	....	second assistant director: second unit, New Mexico
Albert Cho	....	first assistant director: second unit, New Mexico
Michael Curtis	....	second second assistant director: Los Angeles
Eric Glasser	....	second second assistant director
Jennifer Lum	....	third assistant director: additional photography
John McKeown	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Shaun Moskie	....	trainee assistant director: additional photography
Jack L. Murray	....	additional second unit director: New Mexico (as Jack Murray)
Mic Rodgers	....	second unit director: New Mexico
Cindy Smith	....	second assistant director: additional photography
Sunday Stevens	....	second assistant director
Eric Tignini	....	first assistant director
Frank Tignini	....	additional second assistant director (as Francesci Tignini)
Michael Winter	....	day player additional second assistant director: Los Angeles

Art Department
Brett Andrews	....	assistant property master
Jamie Archer	....	construction coordinator
Mark Bankins	....	on-set dresser
Rick Belosic	....	tool man
Jarid Boyce	....	storyboard artist
Timothy Burgard	....	storyboard artist
Charles Chesser	....	lead person
Jess Coffer	....	set dresser
Jason Critchfield	....	paint lead
Mike De Luca	....	foreperson (as Michael Maloney)
Christopher Dowling	....	foreperson
Clive Edwards	....	property master: Vancouver
Michael Flowers	....	leadman
Jo Ann Frappier	....	construction laborer
Darren Gibson	....	construction foreman
Ram Goradia	....	set dresser
Damon Green	....	propmaker
Ian Hanna	....	utility technician
Paul Harman	....	signwriter
Catherine Ircha	....	art director: additional photography
Jean E. Jacobson	....	construction auditor
Eddie Jimenez	....	prop maker
Ester Kim	....	set dresser
George Kruft	....	paint foreperson
Cody Larson	....	on-set dresser: re-shoot
Ben Lowney	....	property master
Steven Maes	....	prop graphics
Jessica McDonald	....	on-set dresser: Los Angeles
Vicki M. McWilliams	....	art department coordinator
Brenda Meyers-Ballard	....	supervising set decorator
Robbie Mueller	....	set dresser
Jesus M. Ornelas	....	plasterer
Randy Ortega	....	paint foreperson (as Randy Paul Ortega Jr)
Robert Ortega	....	paint foreperson
Gary Petersen	....	foreperson (as Gary Mongo Petersen)
Mark Purtill	....	general foreperson
Fred Remuzat	....	storyboard artist
Dennis Riewerts	....	draper
Louise Roper	....	set decorator: additional photography
Leonard Sanchez	....	constructor
William Small	....	property assistant
Juan Souter	....	set dresser
Bryan Stinson	....	lead person (as Brian Stinson)
Amy Vuckovich	....	set decorator: Los Angeles
Levi Woods	....	assistant property master
James McBurney	....	art department: production assistant (uncredited)
David Thompson	....	carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department
Chris Barron	....	digital sound transferer (as Christopher Barron)
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Steve Boeddeker	....	additional sound designer
Bayard Carey	....	production sound mixer
John Countryman	....	digital sound transferer
Sean England	....	foley recordist
Scott Jason Farr	....	sound mixer
Pascal Garneau	....	foley editor
Jonathan Greber	....	digital sound transferer
David C. Hughes	....	sound effects editor (as David Hughes)
Craig Mann	....	sound mix technician
Marilyn McCoppen	....	supervising adr & dialogue editor
Stuart McCowan	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Coleman Metts	....	production sound mixer: additional photography
Rudy Michael	....	adr mixer
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Myers	....	re-recording mixer
Tom Myers	....	supervising sound editor
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Al Nelson	....	co-supervising sound editor
Frank Rinella	....	foley mixer
Daniel Scolari	....	assistant sound effects editor (as Dan Scolari)
Steve Slanec	....	adr editor
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Dennie Thorpe	....	foley artist
Jana Vance	....	foley artist
John Weitz	....	utility sound
James Wright	....	sound consultant: dolby (as Jim Wright)
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist
Shane Sattler	....	assistant sound effects editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Gordon Alare	....	special effects assistant (as Gordon Alarie)
Josh Benjamin	....	special effects technician: additional photography
Victor A. Chavez	....	special effects technician
Jeff Elliott	....	special effects technician
Bleau Fortier	....	special effects first assistant: additional photography
Johnny Franco III	....	special effects technician
Allen Hall	....	special effects supervisor (as Allen L. Hall)
Matt Hall	....	special effects on-set foreman (as Matthew A. Hall)
Scott Hastings	....	special effects foreman
Anthony Ray Herrera	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Daniel Holt	....	special effects technician
Richard Jacobs	....	special effects technician: Los Angeles
Arlen Johnson	....	special effects foreman (as Arlen J. Johnson)
Caylen Johnson	....	special effects foreman
Caylen Johnson	....	special effects technician (as Caylen F. Johnson)
Margaret Johnson	....	special effects foreman
Rob Mackie	....	special effects assistant: Vancouver
Kelly Meenen	....	special effects production assistant (as Kelly J. Meenen)
Randy E. Moore	....	special effects director
Stephen D. Moore	....	special effects technician
Jesus Ornelas	....	special effects technician (as Jesus Ornelas Jr.)
Colin Osmond	....	special effects buyer
Colin Osmond	....	special effects technician
Jak Osmond	....	special effects coordinator
Jak Osmond	....	special effects supervisor: Vancouver
David W. Phillips	....	special effects technician
Lance Smith	....	special effects technician: additional photography
Frank Toro	....	special effects technician
Steve Vigil	....	special effects technician
Bob Williams	....	special effects foreman
Bob Williams	....	special effects supervisor (as Robert Williams)

Visual Effects by
Jamie Baxter	....	compositor: XY&Z Visual Effects
Jamie Baxter	....	digital effects artist
Trinh Baxter	....	compositor: XY&Z Visual Effects
Trinh Baxter	....	digital artist
Brian Birkland	....	digital opticals
Justin Blaustein	....	flame artist
Rob Blue	....	compositor: Asylum
Rob Blue	....	digital effects artist: Asylum
Kathy Chasen-Hay	....	executive visual effects producer: Asylum
Timothy Clark	....	matte painter: Asylum (as Tim Clark)
Timothy Clark	....	texture artist: Asylum (as Tim Clark)
Eric Evans	....	rotoscope/paint artist: Asylum
Sean Andrew Faden	....	digital artist: Asylum (as Sean Faden)
Patrick Ferguson	....	digital compositor
Andy Foster	....	visual effects producer: Asylum (as Andrew Foster)
Jack Geckler	....	pre-visualization animator: AsylumFX
Max Harris	....	compositor: Asylum
Max Harris	....	senior Flame artist: Asylum
Michael L. Holland	....	digital intermediate producer
Meredith Hook	....	rotoscope/paint artist: Asylum
Shahen Jordan	....	digital matte painter
Joe Ken	....	Inferno artist: Asylum
Joe Ken	....	compositor: Asylum
Deke Kincaid	....	rotoscope/paint artist: Asylum
Michael Lori	....	3D tracking
Valy Lungoccia	....	visual effects
Kevin May	....	Inferno artist: Asylum FX
Kevin May	....	compositor: Asylum
Nathan McGuinness	....	senior visual effects supervisor
Tony Meister	....	digital artist
Steve Muangman	....	digital compositor: Asylum Visual Effects
Eddie Offermann	....	digital artist
Mark P. Renton	....	inferno artist (as Mark Peter Renton)
César Romero	....	compositor: Asylum
Kosta Saric	....	visual effects editor: Asylum Visual Effects
Junko Schugardt	....	rotoscope/paint artist: Asylum
Stefan Sonnenfeld	....	digital intermediate colorist
Rob Stauffer	....	digital artist: Asylum
John Stewart	....	digital compositor: Asylum
Greg Stuhl	....	digital artist: Asylum
Mike Uguccioni	....	visual effects supervisor
Marc Varisco	....	visual effects supervisor
Aaron Vest	....	digital artist

Stunts
Scott J. Ateah	....	stunt coordinator: Vancouver (as Scott Ateah)
Loyd Bateman	....	stunts
Mike Carpenter	....	stunts
Laurence Chavez	....	stunts
Garvin Cross	....	stunts
Taryn Dakha Malco	....	stunt double (as Taryn Dakha)
Ryan Ennis	....	stunts
Victor Favrin	....	stunt performer
Lance Gilbert	....	stunts
James M. Halty	....	stunts
Alex Haxby	....	stunts
Luca Ispirescu	....	stunt double: Jessica Alba
Joseph Kim	....	precision driver
G. Peter King	....	stunt coordinator (as Peter King)
James Michalopolous	....	stunts
Rene Mousseux	....	stunts
Carl Paoli	....	stunt double: Alessandro Nivola
Edson T. Ribeiro	....	stunts
Mic Rodgers	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Michael Runyard	....	stunts
Darryl Scheelar	....	stunts
Con Schell	....	stunts
Kimani Ray Smith	....	stunts
Quinn Starr	....	stunts
Ian Thompson	....	stunt bus driver
Sabine Varnes	....	stunt double: Jessica Alba
Owen Walstrom	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Bacharka	....	lighting technician
Steve Banister	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Nick Barros	....	electrician
Mike Benson	....	director of photography: second unit, New Mexico (as Michael A. Benson)
Jeff Bettis	....	grip
Steve Brown	....	rigging electric
Lloyd Campbell	....	technician: BeBee
Glenn Cannon	....	digital video assist operator
Dante Cardone	....	chief lighting technician: second unit
Don Devine	....	camera operator
Shane Duckworth	....	film loader
Edward A. Duran	....	grip
Jay Ellison	....	scorpio head technician
Ben Estrada	....	electrician
Christina Fiers	....	camera loader
Michael Fitzgerald	....	epk photographer
Christopher Flurry	....	second assistant camera
Richard Foreman Jr.	....	still photographer
Bob Gorelick	....	Steadicam operator
Lamarr Gray	....	best boy: second unit
Russ Hawkes	....	dolly grip
Greg Hewett	....	key grip
Robert Johnston	....	dolly grip operator: second unit
Jack C. Jones	....	rigging electrician (as Jack Jones)
Steve Jones	....	assistant chief rigging technician
John Kairis	....	assistant camera
Joseph Lederer	....	still photographer
Mark A. Lewis	....	lightboard operator
Jason Linebaugh	....	rigging best boy
Steven Litecky	....	gaffer
Sean Mallon	....	chief rigging technician
Otis Mannick	....	b dolly grip: "B" Camera
Sam Mares	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Kevin McGill	....	additional camera operator
Mark Mims	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Robert Mongiello	....	electrician
Chris Moone	....	second assistant camera: re-shoots
Lee Nakagawa	....	electrician
Dan Nordquist	....	first company rigging grip
Ray Patrick	....	super technocrane operator
Brian Pearson	....	director of photography: additional photography
Philip C. Pfeiffer	....	camera operator: "b" camera
James R. Powell	....	second assistant camera
Dean Reca	....	grip
Stacy Lance Shryock	....	second company rigging grip
Lisbeth Storandt	....	first assistant camera
Frank Tapia	....	electrician
Jason Tidsbury	....	light balloon technician
Nicolas Angelo Trujillo	....	grip
Jacob Vernon	....	grip
Dale G. Waseta	....	video assistant
Dale G. Waseta	....	video playback
Peter Weidenfeller	....	dolly grip
Cody West	....	rigging electrician
Tony Whiteside	....	key grip
Marcia Woske	....	grip
Christian Stevens	....	camera trainee (uncredited)

Casting Department
Heike Brandstatter	....	additional casting
Jill Dupont	....	casting assistant
Sandra-Ken Freeman	....	extras casting: additional photography
Chris Gehrt	....	casting assistant
Tiffany Mak	....	casting assistant
Coreen Mayrs	....	additional casting
Angelique Midthunder	....	location casting
Wendy O'Brien	....	additional casting
Dominika Posserén	....	casting associate
Gwyn Savage	....	extras casting director
Chrissie S. Vides	....	casting assistant (as Chrissie Armstrong)
Dylan Staniforth	....	extras casting wrangler (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Daniel Caudill	....	costume stylist: Ms. Alba
Bren Cook	....	costumer
Luisa Dalmagro	....	set costumer
Jennifer Gingery	....	costumer
Liz Lash	....	set costumer
Melissa Moody	....	costume supervisor
Jennifer Jesse Smith	....	key set costumer
Fran Vega-Buck	....	key costumer (as Frances Vega)

Editorial Department
Kim Balsillie	....	dailies project manager
Brian Birkland	....	digital conform
Ray Boniker	....	assistant editor
Dustin DellaVecchia	....	post-production assistant: New Mexico
Jeff Gullo	....	additional editor
Terry Haggar	....	color timer
Cortney Haile	....	post-production coordinator
Michael L. Holland	....	digital intermediate producer
Cynthia Ludwig	....	additional editor
Cynthia Ludwig	....	first assistant editor
Devin C. Lussier	....	apprentice editor
Stephen Nakamura	....	digital film colorist
Missy Papageorge	....	digital intermediate producer
Mark Sachen	....	colorist: dailies (as Mark Saschen)
Darin Wooldridge	....	additional digital colorist: Technicolor
Asher Tabak	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Carla Commagere	....	vocals: soloist
Jay Faires	....	music supervisor
Jay Faires	....	president of music: Lionsgate
David Falzone	....	music consultant
Jeanne Fay	....	music clearance
Peter Fuchs	....	scoring mixer
Rossano Galante	....	orchestrator
Kevin Globerman	....	digital score recordist
Tricia Holloway	....	music executive
Il Mitico	....	score mixer
Dana Niu	....	music arranger
Brett O'Mara	....	violin instructor (as Brett Omara)
Mark Robertson	....	musician: violin solos
Buck Sanders	....	musical sound designer
Philip Tallman	....	music editor
Ceiri Torjussen	....	composer: additional music
Ceiri Torjussen	....	music arranger
Marcus Trumpp	....	composer: additional music
Lenny Wohl	....	music business affairs

Transportation Department
Gary Armstrong	....	driver
Mary B. Borg	....	driver
Lyle Christensen	....	shotmaker driver
Robert Franck	....	driver: New Mexico
J.D. Hicks	....	transportation captain
Randy Kinyon	....	driver
Lance Leis	....	driver
Jared Meador	....	driver
Pete Meda	....	driver
Santino Montoya	....	driver: New Mexico
Ken Plumlee	....	transportation captain
James William Ray	....	driver: honeywagon (as James W. Ray)
William Ray	....	driver: set decorating
Lucas Stein	....	driver
Anthony Wamego	....	driver
Prentis Woods	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Lisa Alsop	....	office runner
Joseph Aspen	....	production assistant
Cassandra Barbour	....	rights and clearances
Denise A. Beale	....	assistant office production coordinator
Jason Bonnell	....	assistant location manager
Jason Bonnell	....	location scout
Becky Brake	....	location manager
Kathleen Breton-Collier	....	set teacher
H.L. Candelaria	....	dog handler
Sean Cardinalli	....	production secretary
Daria Cercek	....	assistant: Ms. Wagner
Stephen Chan	....	on-set key production assistant: additional photography
Eunice Choi	....	assistant: Mr. Elliott (as Eunice D. Choi)
Eunice Choi	....	post-production office assistant
Sarah Coatts	....	titles: PIC
Ami Cohen	....	assistant: executive in charge of production
Peter Cummings	....	clearance coordinator
Peter Cummings	....	product placement
Peter Cummings	....	script clearance
J.J. Dalton	....	set production assistant: second unit
Dustin DellaVecchia	....	office production assistant
Gabriel DellaVecchia	....	payroll accountant
Ian Dickinson	....	production assistant
Russ Dillen	....	animal wrangler
Tyra Dillen Schneider	....	dog handler
Hugh Elliot	....	stand-in
Amanda Ellis	....	credits coordinator
Julio Ferrario	....	titles: PIC
Joe Manuel Gallegos Jr.	....	stand-in
Richard Galli	....	production assistant
Lily Garcia	....	production assistant
Cynthia Gates Fujikawa	....	production accountant
Jim Giesler	....	craft services: second unit
Marissa M. Gonzales	....	assistant: Ms. Manning
Pamela B. Green	....	titles: PIC (as Pamela Green)
Johann Grimm	....	production assistant
Amy Hawkins	....	second assistant accountant
Liam Hearne	....	post-production accountant
Gary Hebert	....	titles: PIC
Paul Jaconi Biery	....	production coordinator: Los Angeles
Brady Kephart	....	key production assistant
Faria Khan	....	assistant: Mr. Lussier, additional photography
Heather Kilness	....	medic
Kirby Kleeberg	....	stand-in
Mitchell Krause	....	assistant: Ms. Manning
Benjamin Lax	....	stand-in
Denny Lee	....	assistant: Mr. Miller
Michael J. LeGresley	....	assistant location manager: reshoot
Allison K. LeQuin	....	assistant: Mr. Elliott
Lewis Liu	....	production assistant: second unit
Guillermo Lozano	....	security: Ms. Alba
Patrick Lussier	....	visual consultant
Crystal McAlerney	....	assistant production office coordinator
Nerissa McCormack	....	first assistant accountant
Chrissie McLean	....	assistant: Mr. Granger
Jessica McLeod	....	photo double
Sandy Meade	....	office runner
Sean Meade	....	key production assistant: additional photography
Julian Meiojas	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Robert M. Melnik	....	executive vice president of business affairs
Kathleen Messmer	....	script supervisor
Bill Mitchell	....	stock footage
Christine No	....	production assistant
Laura Obenaus	....	assistant: Mr. Gavanski, additional photography
Ryan J. Pezdirc	....	assistant: Mr. Moreau and Mr. Palud
Devon Pollard	....	production assistant
James R. Powell	....	assistant: camera crew
Alan D. Purwin	....	aerial coordinator
Anna Ramey	....	production assistant
William F. Reed	....	production assistant
Emily Rice	....	post-production accountant
Jan Rudolph	....	script supervisor
Erich Saylor	....	security: Ms. Alba
Laura Sevier	....	rights and clearances
Amanda Shamis	....	clearance supervisor
Kisha Sierra	....	stand-in
Louise Spencer	....	unit publicist
Rowan Stanland	....	key assistant location manager
Krista Tindell	....	set medic
Jarik Van Sluijs	....	titles: PIC
Andrea Vestrand	....	accounting clerk
Conor Welch	....	assistant: Ms. Wagner
Tamara Grace Wiebe	....	office production assistant
Ayla Wilder	....	additional set production assistant
Christine Wilson	....	script supervisor: additional Photography
Carol Lindsay Woodall	....	assistant: Ms. Alba (as Carol Lindsey Woodall)
Kerry Yancheski	....	assistant accountant
Kerry Yancheski	....	first assistant accountant

Thanks
Martin Chavez	....	acknowledgment (as Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chávez)
Ann Lerner	....	acknowledgment
Itzhak Perlman	....	special thanks
Bill Richardson	....	acknowledgment (as New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson)
Lisa Strout	....	acknowledgment

Production Companies

• Lionsgate (presents)
• Paramount Vantage (presents)
• Cruise/Wagner Productions (as C/W Productions)
• Vertigo Entertainment (in association with)
• VN Productions

Distributors

• Spentzos Films (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Cascade Film (2008) (Russia) (all media)
• Double Edge Entertainment (2008) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Falcom Media (2008) (Austria) (all media)
• Falcom Media (2008) (Germany) (all media)
• Falcom Media (2008) (Switzerland) (all media)
• Lionsgate (2008) (UK) (all media)
• Lionsgate (2008) (USA) (all media)
• Mars Distribution (2008) (France) (all media)
• Mediafilm (2008) (Italy) (all media)
• Movie-Eye Entertainment (2008) (Japan) (all media)
• Prorom Media-Trade (2008) (Romania) (all media)
• RCV Film Distribution (2008) (Belgium) (all media)
• RCV Film Distribution (2008) (Luxembourg) (all media)
• RCV Film Distribution (2008) (Netherlands) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Denmark) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Finland) (all media) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Norway) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Iceland) (all media)
• Scanbox Entertainment (2008) (Sweden) (all media)
• Shaw Organisation (2008) (Singapore) (all media)
• Spentzos Film Home Video (2008) (Greece) (DVD)
• Tayrona Entertainment Group (2008) (Colombia) (all media) (as cinemac films)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• Viva International Pictures (2008) (Philippines) (all media)

Special Effects

• Asylum VFX (visual effects) (as Asylum Visual Effects, LLC)
• XY & Z Visual Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Absolute Rentals  post-production rentals
• Airzooka  special thanks
• Amnesty International  special thanks
• Anheuser Busch  special thanks
• Apple  special thanks
• Arm & Hammer  special thanks
• Barry's Boards  special thanks
• BeBee  night lights
• Behind the Scenes Freight  shipping by
• Ben & Jerry's  thanks
• Blue Sky Stock Footage  stock footage courtesy of
• Capital Arts Entertainment  production services
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Cinelease  lighting and grip equipment
• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Ear Tonic Music  trailer music
• Electric Picture Solutions  Avid editing systems provided by
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Fisher-Price  special thanks
• Hallmark  special thanks
• Jell-O  special thanks
• Kraft Foods Inc.  special thanks
• Library of Congress  special thanks
• Lionsgate Records  soundtrack
• Lipton  special thanks
• Lovelace Hospital  special thanks
• M&M Mars Co.  special thanks
• Modern VideoFilm  main titles
• Negative People  negative cutting
• Nokia  special thanks
• PIC Agency  main title card designed and produced by (as PIC)
• Panavision  cameras provided by (as Panavision Woodland Hills)
• Pepsi-Cola Company  special thanks (as Pepsi Co.)
• Phoenix Brands  special thanks
• Play Station  special thanks (as Playstation)
• Q-tips  special thanks
• Rain Vodka  special thanks
• ReMax International  thanks
• Riverside Community College Marching Band  special thanks
• Rockbottom Rentals  cell phone rentals
• Serious Grippage & Light  Chapman camera dollies provided by (as Serious Grippage & Light, Co.)
• Serious Grippage & Light  dollies
• Skywalker Sound  post-production sound services
• Technicolor Creative Services  high definition dailies transfers (as Technicolor Creative Services Hollywood)
• Technicolor Digital Intermediates  digital intermediate (as Technicolor Culver City)
• Todd-AO Studios (West)  re-recorded at (as Todd-AO West)

Also Known As:

El ojo del mal (Argentina) (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
O Olho do Mal (Brazil) (Brazil) [pt]
Глаз (Russia) [ru]
A szem (Hungary) [hu]
Eyes (Japan: English title) [en]
Göz (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
L'oeil (Canada: French title) [fr]
Oko (Croatia) [hr]
Silm (Estonia) [et]
The Eye (France) [fr]
The Eye (Italy) [it]
The eye - Visiones (Spain) [es]
To mati (Greece) [el]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence/terror and disturbing content.

Runtime:

98 min | Turkey:92 min (DVD version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #44048) | Singapore:PG | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | UK:15 | Netherlands:16 | Argentina:16 | Malaysia:U | Australia:M | Ireland:15A | Hong Kong:IIB | Finland:K-15 | Taiwan:R-12 | Italy:T | Norway:15 | South Korea:15 | Germany:16 | Brazil:14 | France:U (with warning)

Filming Locations:

7th Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Lionsgate

Trivia:

To prepare for her role, Jessica Alba took violin lessons for 6 months, which she started while filming 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007). She also learned basic Braille.

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: The music from Sidney's violin does not match her arm movement at all.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Teen on Skateboard: Oh shit! Thanks, I didn't see that.
Sydney Wells: Neither did I.
Sydney Wells: [voice-over while Sydney walks in the street and settles in a café] People say seeing is believing, but for me, that's not entirely true. I lost my sight when I was five years old. Those memories of what I have seen have faded so much that I doubt I'd even recognize myself anymore. Now I see using my other senses. I can smell the rain before it drops, but I can't watch it fall. I can feel the sun on my face, but I can't see it rise or set. I want to see the world like everyone else, to see the sun, the rain, the music. Oh I bet music looks beautiful.

Movie Connections:

References Ghost (1990)

Soundtrack:

Purple Bamboo

Mediocre Horror

OK, so it isn't the best horror movie ever made, but it also isn't the worst.

The premise is reasonable (for a horror) and despite a few plot holes the film manages to build the suspense. Alba's acting is not exactly award winning, but she does enough to avoid you disbelieving the character.

The biggest gripe I have is that the ending is a bit of an anticlimax. After the build up (I think there should have been a bit more with the apartment residents) it just fizzled out.

Overall I wouldn't rush out to buy the DVD, but if there isn't anything else on, you could do worse.