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| Victor Abbene | .... | visual effects gaffer |
| Julie Adrianson-Neary | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Eric Almeras | .... | digital compositor |
| Enrico Altmann | .... | model maker |
| David Andrews | .... | animation supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Michael Angelo | .... | Inferno artist: R!OT |
| Will Anielewicz | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Darryl Anka | .... | model maker |
| Joel Ashman | .... | Inferno compositor: R!ot |
| Jennifer Avery | .... | visual effects production assistant: R!OT |
| Graeme Baitz | .... | roto lead: Rainmaker |
| Joseph Bell | .... | visual effects production manager: Digital Dimension |
| Melissa Best | .... | 2D compositor: The Orphanage |
| Scott Beverly | .... | model crew chief: New Deal Studios |
| Michael Boggs | .... | scanning manager |
| Jason Bond | .... | junior compositor: Digital Dimension |
| Scott Bonnenfant | .... | texture artist: The Orphanage |
| E.M. Bowen | .... | visual effects coordinator: New Deal Studios Inc |
| Tatjana Bozinovski | .... | compositor: Digital Dimension |
| Erik Bruhwiler | .... | digital compositing supervisor: Digital Dimension |
| Nathan Brunskill | .... | Inferno assistant: Rhythm & Hues |
| Chad Buehler | .... | digital compositor |
| Kelly Bumbarger | .... | digital compositor |
| Shannan Burkley | .... | matte painter |
| Lindsay Burnett | .... | visual effects executive producer: R!OT |
| Jeremy Burns | .... | digital compositor: Digital Dimension |
| Daniela Calafatello | .... | rigger: The Orphanage |
| Owen Calouro | .... | matchmover: The Orphanage |
| Josh Cardenas | .... | lighting artist: The Orphanage |
| Todd Carson | .... | junior compositor: Digital Dimension |
| John P. Cazin | .... | miniature effects crew: New Deal Studios (as John Cazin) |
| Can Chang | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Steve Cho | .... | compositing supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Webster Colcord | .... | animator: The Orphanage |
| Josh Cole | .... | compositing supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Daniel Aristoteles Collins | .... | systems/operations: Rhythm & Hues |
| Joseph B. Conmy IV | .... | visual effects producer |
| Stéphane Cros | .... | rigger: The Orphanage |
| Seth Curlin | .... | model crew: New Deal Studios |
| Tony Cutrono | .... | visual effects director of photography |
| Bruce Dahl | .... | animator: The Orphanage |
| Joe C. D'Amato | .... | support and resource admin: The Orphanage |
| Andy Davis | .... | digital compositor: R!OT |
| Chris Del Conte | .... | visual effects producer: Digital Dimension |
| Stephen DeLuca | .... | compositing supervisor: The Orphanage (as Steve DeLuca) |
| Brian DeMetz | .... | digital effects artist |
| Sean Devereaux | .... | Inferno artist: Hydraulx |
| Ross DeYoung | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Raffael Dickreuter | .... | previs artist: Pixel Liberation Front |
| Mark Dillon | .... | miniature effects: Cinema Production Services |
| Victor DiMichina | .... | digital imaging supervisor |
| Tim Dobbert | .... | matchmove supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Matthew Doll | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Roy L. Downey | .... | special effects: Cinema Production Services, Inc. |
| Tim Drnec | .... | Spydercam coordinator |
| Giovanni Dulay | .... | model maker: Cinema Production Services, Inc. |
| Greg Dunn | .... | systems engineer: The Orphanage |
| Yannick 'Botex' Dusseault | .... | matte painter: The Orphanage |
| Rony Edde | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Mark Edwards | .... | digital trailer effects producer |
| Thomas Elder-Groebe | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| Arlend Engar | .... | computer graphics lighting supervisor: The Orphanage |
| David Espinoza | .... | digital artist |
| Trina Espinoza | .... | assistant visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage |
| Richard Ewan | .... | miniatures painter |
| Nathan Fariss | .... | computer graphics modeling supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Siggy Ferstl | .... | digital intermediate colorist |
| Arin Finger | .... | digital effects producer: The Orphanage |
| Forest Fischer | .... | model crew: New Deal Studios (as Forest P. Fischer) |
| Brian Fisher | .... | digital compositor |
| Dustin Foster | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| Jenny Foster | .... | visual effects producer: LOOK Effects |
| Ron Frankel | .... | previsualization supervisor: Proof Inc. |
| Shannon Blake Gans | .... | visual effects executive producer: New Deal Studios Inc |
| Mitch Gates | .... | visual effects technical director: Digital Dimension |
| Adam Gelbart | .... | model crew: New Deal Studios |
| George Gervan | .... | rotoscope and paint artist: Digital Dimension (as George Gervan Jr.) |
| Richard Gervan | .... | rotoscope and paint artist: Digital Dimension |
| Kevin Gillen | .... | lead effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Benoit Girard | .... | visual effects executive producer: Digital Dimension |
| Joanna Goldfarb | .... | post production supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Roy Goode | .... | miniature effects crew: New Deal Studios |
| Jim Gorman | .... | digital compositor |
| Rich Grande | .... | roto/paint artist: The Orphanage |
| Richard Grandy | .... | roto/paint artist: The Orphanage |
| Jonathan Green | .... | matte painter: The Orphanage |
| Jon Green | .... | matte painter: The Orphanage |
| Dave Groseclose | .... | visual effects intern |
| Jamie Hallett | .... | visual effects supervisor: R!OT |
| Michael Hall | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Jonathan Harman | .... | sequence supervisor: The Orphanage |
| David Heinz | .... | visual effects editor |
| Matthew Hendershot | .... | visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Steven Hensley | .... | digital effects artist: Digital Dimension |
| Martin Hilke | .... | compositor: Digital Dimension |
| Willie Holifield | .... | miniature effects: Cinema Production Services (as Sgt. Willie Holifield) |
| Kevin Hong | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage (as Kevin I. Hong) |
| Chris Hopkins | .... | digital artist |
| Karen Huang | .... | assistant visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage |
| Stephen Humphrey | .... | miniature effects: Cinema Production Services |
| Ian Hunter | .... | visual effects supervisor: New Deal Studios Inc |
| Bob Hurrie | .... | miniature effects producer: Cinema Production Services, Inc. |
| Michael Janov | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Colleen Jenkinson | .... | visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage |
| Llyr Tobias Johansen | .... | production assistant |
| Amiee Johnson | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Christopher Johnson | .... | model maker: Cinema Production Services, Inc. |
| Justin Jones | .... | junior compositor |
| John Joyce | .... | model shop coordinator: Cinema Production Services |
| Michael Joyce | .... | miniature effects supervisor: Cinema Production Services, Inc. |
| Vanessa Joyce | .... | visual effects assistant coordinator |
| Virginia Joyce | .... | miniature effects: Cinema Production Services |
| Bonnie Kanner | .... | visual effects executive producer: Pixel Magic |
| Evan Kantor | .... | visual effects coordinator: R!OT |
| Michelle Kater | .... | roto/paint artist: The Orphanage |
| Jason Kaufman | .... | model maker: Cinema Production Services, Inc. |
| Karen Kelly | .... | visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage |
| Michael Kennen | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Chris J. Kenny | .... | rotoscope artist |
| Val Kharitonashvili | .... | technical director |
| Khi Kim | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Anthony Kramer | .... | junior compositor: Digital Dimension |
| Heath Kraynak | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Michal Kriukow | .... | modeler: The Orphanage |
| Daniel Kruse | .... | tracker |
| Wing Kwok | .... | digital compositor |
| Ivan Landau | .... | visual effects editor: The Orphanage |
| Linus Lau | .... | assistant modeler: Cinema Production Services, Inc. |
| Kurt Lawson | .... | digital compositor |
| Demetrius Leal | .... | sequence supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Danny Lee | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Diana K. Lee | .... | visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage |
| Matthew Lee | .... | digital effects artist: Digital Dimension |
| Sam Lee | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Michael Lester | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| P. Alex Lim | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Michael Liv | .... | digital compositor: Baked Goods |
| Bob Lloyd | .... | digital compositor |
| Laurence Lok | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Daniel J. Lombardo | .... | visual effects executive producer: Digital Dimension (as Daniel Lombardo) |
| Juliana Loomer | .... | matte painter: The Orphanage |
| Sean Looper | .... | pipeline architect: Digital Dimension |
| Ryan Lorie | .... | match mover |
| Ryan Lorie | .... | visual effects supervisor |
| George Loucas | .... | compositing supervisor: Baked Goods |
| Michael MacGillivray | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| Douglas R. MacMillan | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Bruce MacRae | .... | miniature effects: Cinema Production Services |
| Kevin Mains | .... | modeler: The Orphanage |
| Joe Margetson | .... | visual effects coordinator |
| Brian Maris | .... | video assistant |
| Pat McClung | .... | visual effects supervisor (as Patrick McClung) |
| John R. McConnell | .... | 2D Compositor: Pixel Magic |
| Kyle McCulloch | .... | compositing supervisor |
| Michael McGrale | .... | visual effects |
| Tom McHattie | .... | compositor |
| Dennis McHugh | .... | director of photography: effects unit |
| Ray McIntyre Jr. | .... | visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic |
| Erika A. McKee | .... | visual effects producer |
| Landon Medeiros | .... | roto/paint artist: Digital Dimension |
| Landon Medeiros | .... | visual effects production assistant: Digital Dimension |
| Yvette Memory | .... | digital effects producer: The Orphanage |
| Joel Román Mendías | .... | visual effects producer: The Orphanage (as Joel Mendias) |
| David B. Menkes | .... | lighting artist: The Orphanage (as David Menkes) |
| David B. Menkes | .... | technical director: The Orphanage (as David Menkes) |
| Michael Meyers | .... | previsualization designer: Proof Inc. |
| Neil Michka | .... | animator: The Orphanage |
| Sarah Mihalec | .... | production coordinator: Digital Dimension |
| Stephen Misek | .... | lighting artist: The Orphanage |
| Justin Mitchell | .... | digital effects artist |
| Roger Mocenigo | .... | digital compositor: Amalgamated Pixels |
| Michael Morreale | .... | executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels |
| Betsy Mueller | .... | lighting artist: The Orphanage |
| Patrick Neary | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Steve Newburn | .... | model crew: staff lead |
| Vinh Nguyen | .... | digital compositor |
| Jeremy Oddo | .... | visual effects |
| Jeff Olm | .... | visual effects: R!ot |
| Michael Oregon | .... | technical support: The Orphanage |
| Molly Pabian | .... | visual effects production assistant: Digital Dimension |
| Phillip Palousek | .... | visual effects coordinator: Amalgamated Pixels, Inc. |
| Stephen Parsey | .... | visual effects production assistant |
| Reid Paul | .... | senior digital effects supervisor |
| Reid Paul | .... | visual effects producer |
| Russell Pearsall | .... | character technical director |
| Benoit Pelchat | .... | matte painter: The Orphanage |
| Christine Peterson | .... | roto/paint artist: The Orphanage |
| David Quirus | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Chris Radcliffe | .... | digital artist |
| Rebecca Ramsey | .... | visual effects executive producer: Look Effects |
| Aaron Rhodes | .... | paint supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Aaron Rhodes | .... | rotoscope supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Chad Ridgeway | .... | roto/paint artist: Digital Dimension |
| Rick Rische | .... | matte painter: The Orphanage |
| Andy Roberts | .... | computer graphics supervisor: Digital Dimension (as Andrew Roberts) |
| Shane Roberts | .... | matte painting supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Kyle Robinson | .... | post-viz artist |
| Karl Rogovin | .... | visual effects coordinator: Hydraulx |
| Corey Rosen | .... | creature supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Tracey Roulhac | .... | production accountant |
| Craig Rowe | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Charles Roxburgh | .... | roto artist |
| Daniel Rubin | .... | digital compositor: Rainmaker |
| Salvador Ruiz | .... | animator: The Orphanage (as Sal Ruiz) |
| Jesse Russell | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Matt Russell | .... | assistant visual effects coordinator (as Matthew Dean Russell) |
| Migs Rustia | .... | visual effects editor |
| Evan Ryan | .... | resource technical assistant: The Orphanage |
| Marc Sadeghi | .... | visual effects executive producer: The Orphanage |
| David Sanger | .... | visual effects producer: New Deal Studios |
| Marcelo M. Santos | .... | model maker |
| Scott Schneider | .... | miniature construction supervisor |
| Kent Schoberle | .... | visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage |
| Charles Schwartz | .... | matchmove artist: The Orphanage |
| Parker Sellers | .... | previsualization artist: Proof |
| Todd Semmes | .... | Spydercam coordinator/rigging |
| Dong Yeop Shin | .... | computer graphics supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Richard King Slifka | .... | model maker: Cinema Production Services, Inc. (as Richad K. Slifka) |
| Brian Smallwood | .... | compositor |
| Brad Smith | .... | render I/O administrator |
| R. Matt Smith | .... | digital compositor |
| Ryan T. Smolarek | .... | lead compositor (as Ryan Smolarek) |
| Robert Snyder | .... | visual effects plate coordinator |
| Rony Soussan | .... | compositor |
| Michael Spaw | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Robert Spurlock | .... | miniature effects crew: New Deal Studios |
| Robert Spurlock | .... | visual effects |
| John K. Stirber | .... | special effects: Cinema Production Services, Inc. |
| Ken Stranahan | .... | compositor: Digital Dimension |
| Dan Sukiennik | .... | modeler: The Orphanage (as Dani Sukiennik) |
| Richard Sur | .... | computer graphics supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Tammy Sutton | .... | 2D supervisor: Digital Dimension |
| Ken Swenson | .... | model supervisor: Cinema Production Services |
| Hirofumi Takeda | .... | digital compositor |
| Robert Tatum | .... | digital compositor |
| Cecile Tecson | .... | digital compositor |
| Eric Texier | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage |
| Patrick Thompson | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Clint Thorne | .... | modeler: The Orphanage |
| Brian Tolle | .... | matchmover: The Orphanage |
| Shigeharu Tomotoshi | .... | CG artist |
| Phi Tran | .... | digital effects artist: Digital Dimension |
| Tommy Tran | .... | digital compositor |
| Tong Tran | .... | digital effects artist: Digital Dimension |
| Greg Tse | .... | matchmover: The Orphanage |
| Jerry Tung | .... | lighting artist: The Orphanage |
| Jeff Varga | .... | digital artist |
| Norie Varga | .... | digital effects artist |
| Brent Veal | .... | digital compositor: The Orphanage |
| Brent Veal | .... | roto/paint artist |
| Noah Vice | .... | lighting artist: The Orphanage |
| Dan Walker | .... | roto and rig removal |
| Adam Walls | .... | model maker: Cinema Production Services, Inc. |
| Alex Wang | .... | computer graphics lighting supervisor: The Orphanage |
| Jon Warren | .... | miniature effects crew: New Deal Studios |
| Chris Wells | .... | CG supervisor |
| Michael D. Werckle | .... | previsualization designer: Proof Inc. |
| Colie Wertz | .... | lighting artist: The Orphanage |
| Jason Williams | .... | lighting artist: The Orphanage |
| Jason Williams | .... | lighting technical director |
| Wayne Williams | .... | modeler: The Orphanage |
| Tiffany Wu | .... | visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage |
| Yoshiya Yamada | .... | visual effects artist |
| Johan Yang | .... | motion pass render technical director: Rainmaker |
| Momo Yang | .... | matchmover |
| Travis Yohnke | .... | digital effects artist |
| Bethany Young | .... | visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage |
| Robert Young | .... | compositor: The Orphanage |
| Dustin Zachary | .... | visual effects |
| Jessica Alcorn | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Daphne Apellanes-Ackerson | .... | roto/paint artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Robert Barker | .... | systems engineer: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Dana Basinger | .... | technical assistant: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Bob Bennett | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Laurie Blavin | .... | recruiter: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Laurie Blavin | .... | senior recruiter: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Kirstin Bradfield | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Diane Caliva | .... | post production supervisor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Jerry Castro | .... | post production supervisor (uncredited) |
| Michael Chapman | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| David Chen | .... | roto/paint artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| YouJin Choung | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| James Citron | .... | lighting artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Sean Coonce | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Matthew Daw | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Rama Dunayevich | .... | publicist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Nino Ellington | .... | resource technical assistant: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Greg Gibson | .... | technical support: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| David Gladstein | .... | software development: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Daniel Gloates | .... | senior staff: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Monique Gougeon | .... | human resources manager: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Martin Hall | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Amy Hollywood Wixson | .... | senior visual effects producer: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Sunghwan Hong | .... | roto/paint artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Michael Larry Hutchinson | .... | visual effects assistant editor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Andreas Jablonka | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Jin Yong Kim | .... | matchmover: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Kwang Jib Kim | .... | visual effects production: Digitrove, Inc (uncredited) |
| Jessica Lai | .... | matchmover: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| David Huynh Lam | .... | resource technical assistant: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Soyoun Lee | .... | roto/paint artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Woei Lee | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Jimmy Lillard | .... | visual effects assistant editor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Stuart T. Maschwitz | .... | senior staff: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Kent Matheson | .... | matte painter: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Dan McNamara | .... | senior staff: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Shelly Morrow | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Luke O'Byrne | .... | visual effects executive producer: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Alex Orzulak | .... | resource technical assistant: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Vasho Pekar | .... | roto/paint artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Ralph Procida | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Dav Rauch | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Nathan Reidt | .... | lighting artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Alan Rosenfeld | .... | lighting artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Jonathan Rothbart | .... | visual effects supervising consultant: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Vicki Silva | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Nick Sinnott | .... | matchmover: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Carsten Sørensen | .... | senior staff: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Scott Stewart | .... | senior staff: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Bee Jin Tan | .... | roto/paint artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Tim Teramoto | .... | effects artist: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Yimi Tong | .... | recruiting: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Brent Villalobos | .... | software development: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Jonathan Wank | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Chris Winters | .... | compositor: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
| Dana Young | .... | visual effects production assistant: The Orphanage (uncredited) |
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"Live Free or Die Hard" is quite a refreshing piece of entertainment this summer in the wake of so many effects-driven computer simulated action/fantasy films. With its silly title, smart-alleck lead character (Bruce Willis as Bruce Willis doing John McClane), and loads of old fashioned stunts involving cars, SUV's, elevator shafts, big rigs, helicopters, fighter jets, and collapsing highway bridges, this flick is a great piece of shattered-glass entertainment--a throwback to the late 1980's and early 1990's when movies like the original "Die Hard" changed the face of movie action.
There is some frustration to be had when you start to realize how much they toned down to achieve the friendly PG-13 rating. There's far less profanity flying, and while the body count is astronomically high (the collateral damage in this film in terms of human life and damaged property is tres magnifique), there's little blood and guts to be found. Still, die hard "Die Hard" action fans should rest assured knowing there will be plenty of funny one-liners, hot chicks (a wonderful Maggie Q as the bad-ass female villain and the scorchingly feisty and cute Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Lucy McClane), super smart bad guys (a very good Timothy Olyphant), and jaw-dropping death-defying stunts.
Director Len Wiseman orchestrates the complicated stunts very well like a masterful puppeteer, which is a shock considering how god-awful his "Underworld" films were. The hand-to-hand human match-ups still bear some of his annoying hallmarks, but he's learned how to blow things up really well and has learned a thing or two about scope and editing in big action set-pieces. The excellent pacing and preposterousness of the stunts (especially the climax involving the fighter jet and the big rig) certainly put a smile on my face.
There's a whole lot of computer hacking related mumbo-jumbo involved in the story, and there's a lot of downtime for male bonding and "explanation" of the finer plot points that slows the film down some but is actually nice to see in a world now ruled by Michael Bay-style non-stop action. Plenty dumb, plenty thrilling, and plenty of fun, "Live Free or Die Hard" is a pleasant surprise considering how unnecessary this sequel seemed from conception.