Premonition (2007/I)

Director:

Mennan Yapo

Writer (WGA):

Bill Kelly (written by)

Release Date:

16 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Reality is only a nightmare away

Plot:

Depressed housewife learns her husband was killed in a car accident the day previously, awakens the next morning to find him alive and well at home, and then awakens the next day after to a world in which he is still dead.

Plot Keywords:

Car | Car Accident | Housewife | Sheriff | Nightmare

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Sandra Bullock	...	Linda Hanson
Julian McMahon	...	Jim Hanson
Shyann McClure	...	Megan Hanson
Courtney Taylor Burness	...	Bridgette Hanson
Nia Long	...	Annie
Marc Macaulay	...	Sheriff Reilly
Kate Nelligan	...	Joanne
Irene Ziegler	...	Mrs. Quinn
Phillip DeVona	...	Funeral Attendant
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Funeral Attendant
Matt Moore	...	Young Priest
Amber Valletta	...	Claire
Peter Stormare	...	Dr. Roth
Laurel Whitsett	...	School Aide
Kristin Ketterer	...	Receptionist
Marcus Lyle Brown	...	Bob
Jason Douglas	...	Emergency Room Doctor
David A. Shaffer	...	Doctor's Assistant (as Dave Shaffer)
Floriana Tullio	...	Nurse
Mark Famiglietti	...	Doug Caruthers
E.J. Stapleton	...	Model Home Salesman
Jude Ciccolella	...	Father Kennedy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jay Martin	...	Playground Kid (uncredited)
Kimberly Whitfield	...	Bank Customer (uncredited)

Directed by
Mennan Yapo

Writing credits (WGA)
Bill Kelly		(written by)

Produced by
Ashok Amritraj	....	producer
Kimberly C. Anderson	....	associate producer (as Kim Anderson)
Gina Fortunato	....	line producer
Jennifer Gibgot	....	producer
Nick Hamson	....	executive producer
Jon Jashni	....	producer
Sunil Perkash	....	producer
Malcolm Petal	....	associate producer
Adam Shankman	....	producer
Andrew Sugerman	....	executive producer
Lars Sylvest	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Klaus Badelt

Cinematography by
Torsten Lippstock		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Neil Travis

Casting by
Anne McCarthy
Jay Scully

Production Design by
J. Dennis Washington		(as Dennis Washington)

Art Direction by
Thomas T. Taylor

Set Decoration by
Raymond Pumilia

Costume Design by
Jill M. Ohanneson		(as Jill Ohanneson)

Makeup Department
Troy Breeding	....	key makeup artist
Theresa A. Fleming	....	hair stylist
Donita Miller	....	key hair stylist (as Donita Sather)
Janine Rath	....	hair department head (as Janine Rath-Thompson)
Melizah Schmidt	....	hair stylist
Pamela S. Westmore	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Angel Pine	....	post-production supervisor
Sara Scarritt	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Heather I. Denton	....	second assistant director
Jared Hopkins	....	additional second second assistant director
Jared Hopkins	....	first assistant director: second unit
Joel Kramer	....	second unit director
Tony Steinberg	....	first assistant director
Paul Uddo	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Kathy Chambless	....	art department coordinator
John Fox	....	storyboard artist
Joey Gbur	....	constructor
Stanford Gilbert	....	property master
R. Rose Larrigan	....	painter
Twig Leveque	....	graphic designer
Sam Lothridge	....	on-set dresser
Michelle Marchand II	....	buyer
Autumn Lee Montgomery	....	art department coordinator
Charlie Nauman	....	assistant props
Danny Nick	....	lead man
Pat A. O'Connor	....	set dresser
Alixandra Petrovich	....	set dresser
Sonda L. Rowland	....	painter
Alexander Vinnitski	....	product placement
Bill Walters	....	set dresser
Kathy Brunswick	....	construction buyer (uncredited)
Debbie Nolan	....	construction gangboss (uncredited)
Durel Yates	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Steve C. Aaron	....	sound mixer
Matthew C. Beville	....	foley mixer
C. Douglas Cameron	....	boom operator
Thierry J. Couturier	....	dialogue editor
Stephen Hunter Flick	....	supervising sound editor
Gary Gegan	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Gotthelf	....	adr mixer
Matthew Iadarola	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Nicholas James	....	dialogue editor
Edward Menashy	....	additional sound utility
Mark Messick	....	sound editor
Chris Navarro	....	adr mixer
Thomas J. O'Connell	....	adr mixer
Vic Radulich	....	dialogue editor
Matthew Reale	....	sound mixing recordist
Shelley Roden	....	foley artist
Steven Ticknor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Steven Ticknor	....	supervising sound editor

Special Effects by
Jack Lynch	....	special effects coordinator
Ian C. McArthur	....	special effects technician
David Nash	....	special effects assistant
Lino Stavole	....	special effects technician: mold department, K.N.B Effects Group
Bob Trevino	....	special effects foreman
Jenny Wallace	....	special effects assistant coordinator: K.N.B. EFX Group, Inc.
Jeffery D. Woodrel	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Jamie Baxter	....	matte painter
Ryan Beadle	....	digital I/O
Steve Caldwell	....	digital compositor
Sam Dabbs	....	digital compositor
Mark Dornfeld	....	visual effects supervisor
Michele Ferrone	....	visual effects producer
R.J. Harbour	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital compositor
Shaina Holmes	....	digital coordinator
Jiyoung Hong	....	digital effects artist
Nicholas Kim	....	digital compositor
Nicholas Kim	....	digital effects artist
Paulina Kuszta	....	visual effects coordinator
Jeremy Lang	....	head of information technology: Custom Film Effects
Lillani E. Moran	....	visual effects coordinator
Laurie Powers	....	digital art director
Mark Sawicki	....	visual effects supervisor
Thomas Tannenberger	....	set visual effects supervisor
Olcun Tan	....	CG supervisor
Amani Williams	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Bryan Friday	....	stunt double
Jeff Galpin	....	stunt driver
Thirl Haston	....	stunts
Ross A. Jordan	....	stunt driver
Ross Jordan	....	stunts
Karin Justman	....	stunt double
Joel Kramer	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Eric Norris	....	stunts
Steve Ritzi	....	stunt coordinator
Mike Ryan	....	stunt driver
Nicole Surels	....	stunt double
Dirk Vahle	....	stunts
Katina Waters	....	stunt double
Katina Waters	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Bangma	....	technician: Libra remote head
Bob Bates	....	best boy electric
Ron Batzdorff	....	still photographer
Ilya Beynenson	....	assistant camera
Frank Boone	....	grip
Ray Brown	....	grip
David S. Campbell	....	camera operator
Dwight Campbell	....	chief lighting technician
Kevin Carlisle	....	grip
Brandon Dauzat	....	film loader
Ferdinand Duplantier Jr.	....	best boy rigging electric
Rowland Egerton	....	grip
Robert Foster	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Brouke Franklin	....	first assistant camera
Dan Furst	....	video assist operator
Danny Horne	....	second assistant camera
J. Steven Latham	....	assistant camera
Eric Meisner	....	electrician
Neal Norton	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Joseph Paolucci Jr.	....	additional electrician
Mike 'Chewie' Pappas	....	electrician
Robert Petrin	....	Lev head/Ultimate arm technician
Declan Ryan	....	electrician
David A. Shaffer	....	lighting stand-in
John Sizer	....	remote head technician: Day Player
Daniel Tkaczyk	....	electrician
Steve Urban	....	grip
Ezra Venetos	....	grip
Steven J. Winslow	....	aerial camera operator: Wescam Camera
Steven J. Winslow	....	aerial camera technician: Wescam camera

Casting Department
Elizabeth Coulon	....	extras casting
Shannon DeAntonio	....	local casting assistant (as Shannon De Antonio)
Lisa Mae Fincannon	....	local casting
Kellie Gesell	....	casting assistant
Ryan Glorioso	....	background casting assistant
Barbara Harris	....	adr voice casting
Freddy Luis	....	casting associate
Greg Washington	....	extras casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Loretta Harper	....	costume supervisor
S. Aimee Helms	....	set costumer
Rachael Lee Magill	....	assistant costumer
Kim Martínez	....	assistant costume designer
Misti Moreaux	....	costume production assistant
Joel Voorhies	....	costumer: Ms. Bullock
Rachel A. Walker	....	key set costumer

Editorial Department
Joe D'Angelo	....	post-production administrator
Rod Dean	....	additional editor
Gregg Garvin	....	digital intermediate colorist
Sandra Grubb	....	first assistant editor
Zara Roberts	....	digital intermediate producer
JP Sarro	....	editorial production assistant

Music Department
Michael K. Bauer	....	music editor
Christopher Carmichael	....	score technical advisor
Buck Damon	....	music supervisor
Robert Fernandez	....	music scoring mixer
Ian Honeyman	....	music arranger
Robert Puff	....	music preparation
Andrew Raiher	....	music arranger
Alexander Reumers	....	score technical assistant
Erich Stratmann	....	music editor: temp
Jeff Toyne	....	music arranger
Jesse White	....	score technical assistant

Transportation Department
Dennis W. Cook Jr.	....	driver
Taylor Cromartie	....	driver
Charles Landers	....	driver: cast
Justin Nance	....	fuel truck driver
Shannon Parker	....	driver: cast
Joe Pelliccio	....	driver
Buddy Pine	....	driver
Doug Wilson	....	star driver
Charlie Wright	....	transportation captain

Other crew
Julia Alexander	....	legal counsel
Jillian Amburgey	....	script supervisor
Jimmy Badstibner	....	assistant: Mr. Shankman
Tammy Blackburn	....	animal trainer
Roy Bogy	....	assistant coordinator
Amanda G. Bruce	....	accounting clerk
Jamie Bukowski	....	assistant: Klaus Badelt
Tiffanie Chosa	....	stand-in: Sandra Bullock
Justin Cooley	....	production assistant
Crystal Dallas	....	chef assistant
Mary Frances Eglin	....	production coordinator
Jonathan Frey	....	assistant: Mr. Yapo
Amelia Garrison	....	assistant: Mr. Perkash
Will Greenfield	....	assistant: Ms. Fortunato
Bryan Kalfus	....	assistant: Ms. Gibgot
Deborah Kancher	....	assistant: Ms. Bullock
Joel Kramer	....	second unit supervisor
Charles Landers	....	additional set production assistant
Liz Landers	....	key craft service
Lara Leonard	....	assistant: Ms. Bullock
Ed Lipscomb	....	key assistant location manager
Larry Madrid	....	animal trainer
Tobias Marberger	....	synthesizer programmer
Gregory McNamara	....	assistant location manager
Lori C. Miller	....	title designer
Eyren Mills	....	assistant: Mr. Sugerman
Autumn Lee Montgomery	....	production secretary
Scott Morrison	....	set production assistant
Michael Mouracade	....	runner/assistant: Klaus Badelt
Kimberly Murphy	....	production assistant
Nathan Parker	....	set production assistant
Shannon Parker	....	set production assistant
Kyle Register	....	stand-in: male lead
Adam Ryan	....	set medic
Luke Sexton	....	film runner
Ned R. Shapiro	....	key location manager
Jillian Share Zaks	....	assistant: Mr. Jashni (as Jillian Share)
Deborah Simmrin	....	unit publicist
Lars Sloan	....	craft service assistant
Barbara-Ann Stein	....	production accountant
Alex Van Fleet	....	assistant: Mr. Amritraj
Nadia Walden	....	stand-in: children
Christopher Ware	....	film runner
Derrick Bentley Wells	....	production assistant
John M. White	....	production assistant
Christy Zeller	....	payroll assistant
Kristin Koziarski	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Warner Loughlin	....	acting coach (uncredited)

Production Companies

• TriStar Pictures (presents)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents)
• Hyde Park Entertainment (presents)
• Brass Hat Films (as Brass Hat) (co-production)
• L.I.F.T. Production (as LIFT) (co-production)
• Offspring Entertainment (uncredited)

Distributors

• Bazuca Films (2007) (Chile) (theatrical)
• Cathay-Keris Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Cinestar (2007) (Philippines) (theatrical)
• Distribution Company (2007) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Eagle Pictures (2007) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Entertainment Film Distributors (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD) (2007) (Belgium) (theatrical)
• Kinowelt Filmverleih (2007) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Klock Worx Company, The (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2007) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film (2007) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• RCV Film Distribution (2007) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Rialto Film AG (2007) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Showtime (2007) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Entertainment in Video (2007) (UK) (DVD)
• Kanal 2 (2008) (Estonia) (TV)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Paradise Group (2006) (Russia) (all media)
• Pinema (2007) (Turkey) (all media)
• RCV Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• RTL Entertainment (2009) (Netherlands) (TV) (RTL4)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Custom Film Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Business Affairs  production counsel
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera car
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  remote camera systems
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Film Production Capital  tax credit financing
• Modern VideoFilm  digital intermediate
• MoviePlacement..com  product placement
• Nationwide  thanks
• Nike  thanks
• Pictorvision  aerial camera system
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack
• Widget Post Production  adr recording facility
• Widget Post Production  sound post-production

Also Known As:

Ond aning (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Prémonitions (Belgium: French title) (France) [fr]
Premonición (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Предчувствие (Russia) [ru]
Die Vorahnung (Germany) [de]
Emmoni (Greece) [el]
Forvarsel (Denmark) [da]
Forvarsel (Norway) [no]
Halb eelaimus (Estonia) (TV title) [et]
Megérzés (Hungary) [hu]
Paha aavistus (Finland) [fi]
Prémonition (Canada: French title) [fr]
Predtucha (Czech Republic) [cs]
Premonições (Brazil) [pt]
Premonition - 7 días (Spain) [es]
Przeczucie (Poland) [pl]
Shuffle (Japan: English title) [en]
Siradisi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Slutnja (Croatia) [hr]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violent content, disturbing images, thematic material and brief language.

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

Ireland:15A | UK:12A | Netherlands:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-11 | Norway:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Singapore:PG | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 (cut) | Sweden:11 | Malaysia:U | Czech Republic:12 | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Denmark:15 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | USA:PG-13 (certificate #42764) | France:U | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Minden, Louisiana, USA

Company:

TriStar Pictures

Trivia:

The film was supposed to be shot in New Orleans, but Hurricane 'Katrina' forced the filmmakers to choose another location.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Linda is writing out the calendar, and adds the red "CUTS" element to Tuesday, you can see a red entry on the adjacent-to-the-right day (Wednesday). But when the camera again looks in from the top, Wednesday is clear.

Quotes:

Father Kennedy: Everyday we are alive can be a miracle.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Stiletto (2008/II)

above average assembly line thriller

Despite the rather thorough drubbing it suffered at the hands of some of the nation's most prestigious critics, "Premonition" is actually a pretty well-thought-out and tightly wound thriller, given emotion and heart by its star, Sandra Bullock. It's not a movie I would be wiling to go to the mat for, but as throwaway thrillers go, this one is really not half bad.

Bullock plays Linda Quinn Hanson, a suburban mother of two, who receives the shattering news that her husband has been killed in an auto accident. However, when she wakes up the next morning, she finds him, strangely, sitting in the kitchen, suddenly alive and well, benignly sipping coffee before heading off to work. The question quickly arises, did she dream the story of his death, is she dreaming now, or is she undergoing some sort of mental crisis precipitated by the shock of her loss? Or is she caught in some sort of bizarre time warp that allows her to jump back and forth between the periods before and after his "death," and, if so, might she be able to step in and alter the course of events to prevent the accident from happening in the first place?

In both concept and form, "Premonition" is pretty much an assembly-line thriller designed to tweak the audience's brain cells for a couple of hours before sending everyone home with not a whole heck of a lot left to think about once it's over. Still, it's intriguing enough while it lasts and only the true nitpickers among us will feel compelled to put its twists and turns in logic under the scrutiny of a critical microscope. Despite a few weak moments in her performance, Bullock actually makes us care about the character and the very strange thing that is happening to her.

"The Premonition" is by no means a classic - or even first rate - chiller, but those with a few spare hours on their hands and a penchant for brain-puzzlers could do worse than check it out.