One Missed Call (2008)

Director:

Eric Valette

Writers (WGA):

Andrew Klavan (screenplay)
Yasushi Akimoto (novel)
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Release Date:

4 January 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

What will it sound like when you die?

Plot:

In this remake of the Japanese horror film "Chakushin Ari" (2003), several people start receiving voice-mails from their future selves -- messages which include the date, time, and some of the details of their deaths.

Plot Keywords:

Death | Voice Mail | Remake | Cat | Funeral

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Shannyn Sossamon	...	Beth Raymond
Edward Burns	...	Det. Jack Andrews
Ana Claudia Talancón	...	Taylor Anthony
Ray Wise	...	Ted Summers
Azura Skye	...	Leann Cole
Johnny Lewis	...	Brian Sousa
Jason Beghe	...	Ray Purvis
Margaret Cho	...	Det. Mickey Lee
Meagan Good	...	Shelley Baum
Rhoda Griffis	...	Marie Layton
Dawn Dininger	...	Monster Marie
Ariel Winter	...	Ellie Layton
Sarah Jean Kubik	...	Monster Ellie (as Sarah Kubik)
Raegan Lamb	...	Laurel Layton (as Regan Lamb)
Karen Beyer	...	Mrs. Ford
Alana Locke	...	Child Beth
Dave Spector	...	Gary
Mary Lynn Owen	...	Dr. Julie Cohn
Roy McCrerey	...	Dr. Painter
Lauren Peyton	...	Reception Nurse
Greg Corbett	...	John
Donna Biscoe	...	Coroner
Edith Ivey	...	Old Lady
Wilbur Fitzgerald	...	Lieutenant
Bart Hansard	...	Howie
Randy McDowell	...	Boost Mobile Clerk (as Randy MacDowell)
Jody Thompson	...	EMS Aide
Geoff McKnight	...	Fire Captain
Katie Kneeland	...	Maddie
Bob Seel	...	Taxi Driver
Jason Horgan	...	Dr. Brown
Rona Nix	...	Production Assistant
Kaira Akita	...	Jewel (as Kaira Whitehead)
Jeff Portell	...	Patrolman
Luke Williams	...	Artiste
Brian Beegle	...	Player Guy
Kendal McCray	...	Freshman Girl
DeMontrez "Dez" Spears	...	Student #1 (as Demontrez Spears)
Amber Wallace	...	Student #2
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Bailey	...	Grip Demon (uncredited)
Matthew Browning	...	Man on the Bus (uncredited)
Frances Cobb	...	Burn Victim (uncredited)
Kelly Finley	...	Mom (uncredited)
Laura Harring	...	Beth's Mom (uncredited)
Blake Hester	...	Student (uncredited)
Daisy Jade	...	Burn Victim (uncredited)
Jason H. Karniol	...	College Student (uncredited)
Kasia Kowalczyk	...	Nanny Ghost (uncredited)
Shaun Lynch	...	Police Officer (uncredited)
Faye Yvette McQueen	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Kelly Natividade	...	Witness (uncredited)
Joe O'Shea	...	EMT (uncredited)
Joe Przedwiecki	...	Student (uncredited)
Anthony Singleton	...	Ghostly Pedestrian (uncredited)
Brian Spencer	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Stacey Turner	...	Family Member (uncredited)

Directed by
Eric Valette

Writing credits (WGA)
Andrew Klavan		(screenplay)
Yasushi Akimoto		(novel "Chakushin ari")
Minako Daira		(screenplay Chakushin ari) (as Miwako Daira)

Produced by
Timothy M. Bourne	....	executive producer
Shinya Egawa	....	executive producer
Alison Haskovec	....	co-producer
Manfred D. Heid	....	co-producer (as Manfred Heid)
Broderick Johnson	....	producer
Avram 'Butch' Kaplan	....	line producer: Los Angeles
Gerd Koechlin	....	co-producer
Andrew A. Kosove	....	producer
Scott Kroopf	....	producer
Elizabeth Kushman	....	co-producer
Josef Lautenschlager	....	executive producer
Jennie Lew Tugend	....	producer
Martin Schuermann	....	executive producer
Andreas Thiesmeyer	....	executive producer
Steven P. Wegner	....	co-producer
Lauren Weissman	....	producer (as Lauren C. Weissman)

Original Music by
Reinhold Heil
Johnny Klimek

Cinematography by
Glen MacPherson

Film Editing by
Steve Mirkovich

Casting by
Shay Griffin
Nancy Nayor
Kelly Wagner

Production Design by
Laurence Bennett

Art Direction by
Christina Ann Wilson

Set Decoration by
Frank Galline

Costume Design by
Sandra Hernandez

Makeup Department
Roland Blancaflor	....	foam department supervisor
Andrea C. Brotherton	....	hair stylist
Char Coats	....	makeup artist
Mike Elizalde	....	special makeup effects designer and creator
Thomas Floutz	....	key prosthetics makeup artist
T.A. Henderson	....	hair stylist
Carlene Kearns	....	makeup artist: Meagan Good, Los Angeles
Taylor Knight	....	hair department head
Tim Larsen	....	special makeup effects artist
Sarah Mays	....	makeup department head
Cass McClure	....	prosthetic technician: Spectral Motion
Susan Ransom	....	key makeup artist
Thomas Real	....	hair department head: Los Angeles
Yoichi Art Sakamoto	....	special makeup effects artist: teeth
Randy Stodghill	....	hair stylist: Meagan Good, Los Angeles
Linda Thompson	....	key hair stylist (as Linda Clark-Thompson)
Mario Torres Jr.	....	makeup artist
Brian Walsh	....	makeup effects production supervisor
Jill Warner	....	production assistant: Spectral Motion
Jay Wejebe	....	makeup department head: Los Angeles (as Jay A. Wejebe)

Production Management
Brad Arensman	....	post-production supervisor
Timothy M. Bourne	....	unit production manager
Yolanda T. Cochran	....	executive in charge of production
Gregor Wilson	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Karen Davis	....	second assistant director
Heather Grierson	....	second assistant director
Rudy A. Persico	....	additional second assistant director
Todd Turner	....	assistant director
Michele Ziegler	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Kat Allen	....	art department assistant
Dwight Benjamin-Creel	....	property master
James Brothers	....	on-set dresser
Chris Bush	....	props
Carrie A. Cantwell	....	graphic designer
Nelson Dewey	....	storyboard artist
Dan Fraga	....	visual consultant
Patrick Fuhrman	....	set dresser
Shawn M. Gray	....	assistant property master
Sammy Ray Hill	....	greens person
Tony Kupersmith	....	construction coordinator
Johnny Land	....	scenic artist
Megan Malley	....	set decorator: reshoots
E. Cedar McClure	....	art department coordinator
David H. Nash	....	general foreman
Robert Tate Nichols	....	swing gang
Allan Norico	....	illustrator
Dan Post	....	lead man
Eric Reichardt	....	lead painter: Los Angeles
Richard Salinas	....	scenic charge
Aaron Sims	....	character designer
Greg Waddle	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Deb Adair	....	sound re-recording mixer
Kami Asgar	....	supervising sound editor
Beau Borders	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joseph R. Branca	....	apprentice sound editor
Dorian Cheah	....	sound designer
Benjamin L. Cook	....	supervising sound effects editor
Michael Dressel	....	sound editor
Linda Folk	....	adr supervisor
Vincent Guisetti	....	foley artist
Scott G.G. Haller	....	dialogue editor
Douglas L. Hill	....	boom operator
Frederick Howard	....	sound effects editor
Devin Joseph	....	dialogue editor
Pamela Kahn	....	foley artist
Tateum Kohut	....	sound re-recording mixer
Howard London	....	adr mixer
John Marquis	....	sound effects editor
Herwig Maurer	....	sound effects editor
Sean McCormack	....	supervising sound editor
Whit Norris	....	sound mixer
Jacob Riehle	....	sound editor
Kyle Rochlin	....	foley mixer
Jose A. Sanchez	....	sound utility
Tim Tuchrello	....	sound editor

Special Effects by
Darin Bouyssou	....	makeup effects technician: Spectral Motion Inc.
William Catania	....	special effects foreman
James Cheshire	....	special effects assistant
Mary Elizalde	....	CFO: Spectral Motion Inc.
David Fletcher	....	special effects supervisor
G. Heath Hood	....	special effects foreman
Jay King	....	special effects technician
Thomas Kittle	....	special effects coordinator
Brendan McHale	....	special effects technician
David Nash	....	special effects assistant
Matt Neel	....	special effects technician
Phil Proctor	....	special effects technician
James L. Roberts	....	special effects technician
Jeff Zook	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Jon Anastasiades	....	digital compositor
Kristen Branan	....	head of production
Aaron Brown	....	digital compositor
Adam de Bosch Kemper	....	digital artist
Ben Funk	....	digital compositor
Patti Gannon	....	visual effects
Randy Goux	....	visual effects supervisor
Rick Grayson	....	visual effects editor
Greg Hansen	....	visual effects artist
Graham Houston	....	visual effects artist
Alicia Johnson	....	digital intermediate
Chris John Jones	....	creative director: Zoic Studios
David Langtry	....	visual effects coordinator: Zoic Studios
Darren MacKay	....	digital compositor
Chad Meire	....	digital compositor
Ricardo Quintero	....	digital compositor
Abe Saleh	....	digital artist
Jerry Tung	....	visual effects
Chris Van Dyck	....	digital compositor: Zoic Studios
Bob White	....	visual effects

Stunts
Davis Bates	....	stunts
Bob Bruebaker	....	stunts
Liisa Cohen	....	stunt double
Lena Fennema	....	stunt double
Jeff Gripper	....	stunts
Cal Johnson	....	stunt performer
Lonnie R. Smith	....	stunt coordinator (as Lonnie Smith)
John Zimmerman	....	stunt rigger

Camera and Electrical Department
Reid Andrews	....	electrician
Chris Antignane	....	rigging electric
Pete Bowman	....	rigging best boy
Christopher Campbell	....	grip
Dessie Coale	....	electrician
Dan Cornwall	....	gaffer
Rick Crank	....	electrician
Stephen Crowley	....	pre-rigging gaffer
Guy D'Alema	....	still photographer
Dale Fowler	....	best boy electric
Donny Fowler	....	electrician
Jos'h Hancher	....	second assistant camera
Darryl Humber	....	dolly grip
Tony Jenzano	....	video assist operator
Chris Jones	....	camera operator
Eric Leftridge	....	additional camera assistant
Jerry L. Mandley	....	electrician
Michael Martino	....	first assistant camera: Los Angeles
Ronald 'Ronnie' Martin	....	pre-rigging electrician
Gary Oldknow	....	grip
Karen Parsons	....	dimmer board operator
Daniel Pederson	....	gaffer: base camp
C. Alan Rawlins	....	key grip
Jacob Ross	....	grip
Ted Sapp	....	key rigging grip
Gina Scagnelli	....	grip (as Gina Cassidy)
Riko Schatke	....	best boy grip
Chad Schroeder	....	electrician
Joshua Sherrill	....	electrician
Mark Simon	....	director of photography: second unit
Randy Tharpe	....	rigging grip
Joseph Thomas	....	assistant camera
Mike Torino	....	film loader
Trey Twitty	....	second assistant camera
Mike Tyson	....	electrician
Paul Varrieur	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Steve Zigler	....	best boy rigging
David Maddux	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Janella Bersabal	....	extras casting assistant
Samantha Cheshire	....	extras casting assistant
Patrick Ingram	....	extras casting
Dominika Posserén	....	casting associate
Nathan Wright	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shilla Benning	....	assistant costume designer
K. Drew Fuller	....	key set costumer
Rhonney Greene	....	set costumer
Monique Woods	....	costumer
Jenny-Lind Angel	....	wardrobe assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Joe Binford Jr.	....	assistant editor
Maxine Gervais	....	digital intermediate colorist
Rick Grayson	....	first assistant editor
David Kennedy	....	digital intermediate assistant
Steven Korechoff	....	assistant editor
Diane LeDesma	....	colorist
Charlie B. Spaht	....	editorial production assistant
Amy Tompkins	....	digital intermediate editor
Chris DeLaGuardia	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Deva Anderson	....	music supervisor
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Kevin Crehan	....	music editor
Leah Curtis	....	orchestrator
Bronwen Jones	....	orchestrator
Adam Klemens	....	conductor
Tommy Lockett	....	music editor
Gabriel Isaac Mounsey	....	composer: additional score
Jen Pray	....	music clearance coordinator
Delphine Robertson	....	music coordinator
Jonathan Levi Shanes	....	orchestrator
Jonathan Levi Shanes	....	score arranger
Jonathan Levi Shanes	....	score performer
Bruce Winter	....	composer: additional music

Transportation Department
John Carlisle	....	driver
Keith N. Collis	....	transportation captain
Dale Combs	....	driver: stakebed
Chuck Graydon	....	driver
Tim Lambert	....	driver
Janet Perrotti	....	driver
Windi Robinson	....	driver
Royce Taffer	....	driver
Hank Van Apeldoorn	....	transportation
Oranz Walker	....	transportation coordinator
David Carlton White	....	SPFX Driver
Sharon Williams	....	driver

Other crew
Alicia Accardo	....	script supervisor
Joseph Alvarez	....	assistant: Mr. Kaplan, Los Angeles
Charles Thomas Baxter	....	location manager
Ursula Brauner	....	cat trainer
Dewey C. Brown	....	forensic technical advisor
Brett Burkholder	....	location production assistant
Anthony Chrisman	....	production assistant
Elizabeth Colagiovanni	....	assistant: Yolanda T. Cochran
Jessica Cornwall	....	production assistant
Dana Delappi	....	photo double: "Monster Ellie"
J.K. DeLapp	....	stand-in: Ed Burns
Melinda Eichberg	....	animal trainer: cat
M. Everette Flynn	....	office production assistant
Molly Franken	....	assistant: Timothy M. Bourne
Corey Frey	....	assistant: Elizabeth Kushman
Michael Germon	....	production assistant
Larry Gilbert	....	police supervisor
Montorious Greene	....	production assistant
Evans Griffin	....	set production assistant
Jeffrey Hallman	....	stand-in
Michael J. Harker	....	completion bond company representative
Robin Myriah Hatcher	....	production assistant
Justin C. Hosp	....	production assistant
Daisy Jade	....	stand-in: Shannon Sossamon
Stefanie Johnston	....	location assistant
Johanna Klingenberger	....	first assistant accountant
Tatiana Komlos	....	assistant production coordinator (as Tatiana Post)
Ashley Kravitz	....	rights clearances
Josh Kuhn	....	key craft service
Robert A. Levine	....	unit publicist
Paul Lowe	....	medic
Mandy McCowan	....	assistant production coordinator
George McDowell Agnew	....	location manager
Matthew D. Miller	....	additional set production assistant
Nila Neukum	....	script supervisor
Rona Nix	....	assistant: Eric Valette
Senia Phillips	....	insect wrangler
Senia Phillips	....	rat trainer
Golan Ramras	....	director of development: Kadokawa Pictures USA
April Rich	....	puppeteer
Carl Rogers	....	assistant: Andrew Kosove & Broderick Johnson
Kim Ronstadt	....	payroll accountant
Chad Schuermeyer	....	stand-in: Dave Spector
Mike Smith	....	police coordinator
Rozanne Stark	....	set tutor
Stan Swofford	....	set medic
Jeremy Thomas	....	production assistant
Flávia Toledo	....	assistant location manager
Zambak Tukan	....	assistant: Andrew Kosove & Broderick Johnson
Jason Underwood	....	location production assistant
Susan Van Apeldoorn	....	key craft service
Joel Veenstra	....	assistant: Steven P. Wegner
Stephanie Wander	....	assistant: Jennie Lew Tugend & Lauren C. Weissman
Courtney Nordessa Ward	....	production secretary
Robert S. Wilhelm Jr.	....	key set production assistant
Anne Wilson	....	production accountant
Caleb Womble	....	production coordinator
Sandy Yep	....	assistant: Scott Kroopf
Seth Zimmerman	....	assistant location manager
Marie James	....	accounting clerk (uncredited)

Thanks
Adam Alleca	....	special thanks
Shirley Franklin	....	special thanks
Craig S. Laster	....	special thanks
Pauline Pallier	....	special thanks (as Pauline Pallier-Valette)

Production Companies

• Alcon Entertainment
• Missed Call Productions
• Kadakowa Pictures
• Kadokawa Pictures
• Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG IV
• Intermedia Films
• Kadokawa Pictures

Distributors

• Warner Bros. Pictures (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Malaysia) (theatrical)
• Fox-Warner (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Karo Premiere (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Roadshow Films (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Kadokawa Herald Pictures (2008) (Japan) (all media)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Argentina) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Belgium) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-ray)

Special Effects

• Spectral Motion (special makeup effects) (as Mike Elizalde's Spectral Motion, Inc.)
• Zoic Studios (visual effects and animation)
• Pacific Title and Art Studio (additional visual effects and opticals)

Other Companies

• 424 Post  sound post-production
• Act One Script Clearance  script clearance
• Arsenal  consultant
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  dollies
• Hollywood-DI  HD screening services
• Soundtrack  ADR Facility
• Tomkats Catering  catering

Also Known As:

Don't Pick Up the Cell Phone! (Australia)
Tödlicher Anruf (Germany)
Una llamada perdida (Argentina) (DVD title) (Venezuela) [es]
Ölümün sesi (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Chiamata senza risposta (Italy) [it]
Llamada perdida (Spain) [es]
Nem fogadott hívás (Hungary) [hu]
Nieodebrane polaczenie (Poland) [pl]
O ihos tou thanatou (Greece) (DVD title) [el]
Propusten poziv (Croatia) [hr]
Uma Chamada Perdida (Brazil) [pt]
Un appel manqué (Canada: French title) [fr]
Vastamata kõne (Estonia) [et]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and terror, frightening images, some sexual material and thematic elements.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

Japan | USA | Germany

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43719) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Ireland:15A | Hong Kong:IIB | Germany:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-15 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Italy:VM14 | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario)

Filming Locations:

191 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Alcon Entertainment

Trivia:

Laura Harring plays Beth (Shannyn Sossamon)'s mother, despite being just fourteen years older than her.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Beth and Taylor are woken up because their cell phones (which don't have batteries in them) ring, Beth says the call came in at 7:32 PM, but the phone shows the time to be 8:32 PM.

Quotes:

Beth Raymond: [to Leann about Shelley Baum's funeral] Hey. How was it?
Leann Cole: It was a funeral. It sucked.
Leann Cole: From now on, I only go to parties where no one gets cremated.
Beth Raymond: How are Shelley's parents?
Leann Cole: Considering their 24-year-old daughter drowned in the backyard pond. They're great.
Beth Raymond: And you?
Leann Cole: I knew Shelley. We interned at Saint Luke's together. I mean, she was not crazy.
Beth Raymond: I know but the way she was talking at the end was pretty...
Leann Cole: Yeah, that doesn't mean she killed herself.
[Leann's phone rings]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ashton Kutcher/Gnarls Barkley (#33.10)" (2008)

Soundtrack:

Shadowing

I don't care what they all say, it's got a creepy vibe to it.

It's not very good, but it isn't nearly as bad as some reviewers here are making out. Personally i found it far more entertaining than drek like Stay Alive and Cry-Wolf, whilst tagging it the worst film of the year when the likes of Untraceable are on the market, beggars belief. Remaking Japanese horror is getting stale, if it was ever really fresh that is, so with that in mind i feel the hatred and backlash for this latest American remake has a touch of "stop remaking already". One Missed Call {Japanese original Chakushin Ari} is creepy enough, from little eerie dolls and grotesque figures to a seriously unnerving ring tone, it works as the most basic of chillers when watched alone in the dark. You will find that Final Destination and The Ring will come springing to mind as you watch this one unfold, so no great prizes for originality for sure. The acting of course is sub-standard, even Ray Wise seems to be the bread part of a camp and ham sandwich, the directing is sloppy and the ending frustrates as much as it intrigues, but the picture is creepy, and for that alone it's far more entertaining than the ream of gorno slashers that dumb the screens every other week. 5/10