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Overview
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Release Date:
29 August 2008 (USA) morePlot:
Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to America. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah. | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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"Babylon A.D." means... moreCast
(in credits order) | Vin Diesel | ... | Toorop |
 | Michelle Yeoh | ... | Sister Rebeka |
 | Mélanie Thierry | ... | Aurora |
 | Gérard Depardieu | ... | Gorsky |
 | Charlotte Rampling | ... | High Priestess |
 | Mark Strong | ... | Finn |
 | Lambert Wilson | ... | Darquandier |
| Jérôme Le Banner | ... | Killa |
 | Joel Kirby | ... | Dr. Newton |
| Souleymane Dicko | ... | Jamal |
| David Belle | ... | Kid with Tattoos |
| Radek Bruna | ... | Karl |
| Jan Unger | ... | Fight Promoter |
| Abraham Belaga | ... | Assistant to High Priestess |
| Gary Cowan | ... | Neolite Executive |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Lemmy Constantine | ... | Neolite Marketing Executive |
| David Gasman | ... | Neolite Researcher |
| Lou Jenny | ... | Twin Girl #2 |
| Kristyna Kingsley | ... | Twin Girl #1 |
| Filip Matejka | ... | Young boy on Toorop's Stairs |
| Curtis Matthew | ... | Submarine Captain |
| Robert Polo | ... | Border Guard #1 |
| Drew Harding Smith | ... | Border Guard #2 |
| Jeff Smith | ... | Border Guard #3 |
| Peter Thias | ... | Neolite MIB (as Pete Thias) |
| Magda Vavrusova | ... | Woman in Toorop's Corridor |
Directed by | |||
| Mathieu Kassovitz | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Eric Besnard | writer | |
| Maurice G. Dantec | novel | |
| Mathieu Kassovitz | screenplay | |
| Joseph Simas | co-screenplay | |
Original Music by | |||
| Atli Örvarsson | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Thierry Arbogast | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| Benjamin Weill | |||
Casting by | |||
| Gigi Akoka | |||
| Nancy Bishop | |||
| Jina Jay | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Paul Cross | |||
| Sonja Klaus | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Claudio Campana | |||
| Robert Cowper | |||
| Ora Ito | |||
| Peter James | |||
| John King | (supervising art director) | ||
| Jindrich Kocí | |||
| Milena Koubkova | |||
| Olivier Raoux | |||
| Karen Wakefield | (senior art director) | ||
| Stephen Wong | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Francesca Cross | |||
| Michel Pagès | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Chattoune | |||
| Fab | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Megan Flagg | .... | special makeup effects artist: Tinsley Transfers | |
| Stephanie A. Fowler | .... | assistant makeup artist: Vin Diesel | |
| Brian Hillard | .... | special makeup effects artist: Tinsley Transfers | |
| Barbara Kichi | .... | hair stylist | |
| Barbara Kichiova | .... | hair stylist | |
| Gabriela Polakova | .... | makeup artist | |
| Ivo Strangmüller | .... | hair stylist | |
| Christien Tinsley | .... | makeup artist: Vin Diesel | |
| Nik Williams | .... | special makeup effects artist | |
| Jeremy Woodhead | .... | hair designer | |
| Jeremy Woodhead | .... | makeup designer | |
Production Management | |||
| Guillaume Colboc | .... | executive in charge of production | |
| Michaela Flenerova | .... | production manager | |
| Abraham Goldblat | .... | post-production manager | |
| Jiri Husak | .... | unit manager | |
| Marc Olla | .... | production manager: Paris | |
| Gabriela Rezacova | .... | assistant production manager | |
| Paul Sarony | .... | production manager: Film Finnces | |
| Patrick Sobieski | .... | unit manager | |
| Marc Vadé | .... | production supervisor | |
Sound Department | |||
| Selim Azzazi | .... | sound effects editor | |
| Lucien Balibar | .... | sound mixer: Sweden | |
| Nicolas Becker | .... | foley artist | |
| Nicolas Becker | .... | sound designer | |
| Tomas Belohradsky | .... | sound mixer: Prague | |
| Damien Bera | .... | foley mixer | |
| Derek Casari | .... | adr engineer | |
| St. Clair Davis | .... | boom operator | |
| Anne Delacour | .... | supervising dialogue editor | |
| Joanne Dunphy | .... | assistant sound | |
| François-Joseph Hors | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Alexis Jung | .... | assistant sound effects recordist | |
| Gwennolé Le Borgne | .... | sound editor | |
| Maud Lombart | .... | assistant dialogue editor | |
| Oscar Lovnér | .... | boom operator: Sweden | |
| Marc Parazon | .... | boom operator: Paris | |
| Sébastien Pierre | .... | assistant sound designer | |
| Sébastien Pierre | .... | foley editor | |
| Igor Pokorný | .... | sound mixer: Prague | |
| John Rodda | .... | sound mixer | |
| François Waledisch | .... | sound mixer: Paris | |
| Ken Yasumoto | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Ken Yasumoto | .... | supervising sound editor | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Milos Brosinger | .... | special effects | |
| Peter Fern | .... | senior technician | |
| Søren Skov Haraldsted | .... | special effects assistant: Sweden | |
| Michal Havlicek | .... | special effects crew | |
| Jacob Riewe Henriksen | .... | special effects assistant: Sweden | |
| Mark Holdcroft | .... | modeller | |
| Jan Holub | .... | special effects crew | |
| Søren Hvam | .... | special effects assistant: Sweden | |
| Dominik Janda | .... | special effects technician | |
| Jeremy King | .... | miniature construction | |
| Christian Kitter | .... | special effects coordinator: Sweden | |
| Miroslav Miclik | .... | special effects technician | |
| Ilja Jonbak Nielsen | .... | special effects coordinator: Sweden | |
| Claus Nørregård | .... | special effects technician: Sweden | |
| Pavel Policar | .... | special effects technician | |
| Jirí Vojtech | .... | special effects senior technician | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Aurelia Abate | .... | visual effects producer: BUF | |
| Nasser Abo | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Alexandra Added | .... | visual effects coordinator | |
| Xavier Allard | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Arnaud Allenet | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Herve Anceau | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Christophe Andreii | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Xavier Bec | .... | software research & development: BUF | |
| Djelloul Bekri | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Alain Bignet | .... | additional compositor | |
| Benoit Bonachera | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Dominique Bossu | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Nicolas Boulaire | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Aurelien Boutonnet | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Stephanie Broussaud | .... | Lustre assistant | |
| Florent Cadel | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Chris Casadei | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Stephane Ceretti | .... | visual effects supervisor: BUF | |
| Matthieu Chatelier | .... | visual effects | |
| Ganael Chevallier | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Nicolas Chevallier | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Jean Constantial | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Sebastien Corne | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Jean-Nicolas Costa | .... | additional compositor | |
| Anne Coulet | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Sebastien Cravoisier | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Melanie Cussac | .... | visual effects production manager: BUF | |
| Nicolas Daniel | .... | data manager: DUBOI | |
| Thibault Debeurme | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Yann De Cadoudal | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Benoit Delozier | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Antoine Demongeot | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Antoine Deschamps | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Thomas Devorsine | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Lionel Discala | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Jean-François D'Izarny | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Sébastien Drouin | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Sébastien Drouin | .... | visual effects unit director: New York, BUF | |
| Boris Duong | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Laurens Ehrmann | .... | on-set sequence supervisor: Sweden, BUF | |
| Jerome Evelette | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Aurelien Faure | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Mathieu Foucher | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Monteil Fredrik | .... | digital compositor | |
| Aurelien Fuentes | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Justine Gasquet | .... | digital matte painting artist: BUF | |
| Thibault Gauriau | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Nicolas Gauthier | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Gregory Ginsburger | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Cristina Gomes | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| David Gourmaud | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Mickael Goussard | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Aurélien Grand | .... | retouch and restoration | |
| Sylvain Gremion | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Michael Haussmann | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Baptiste Henry | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Daphnée Hong | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Nicolas Jambois | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Anne-Gaelle Jolly | .... | software engineer: research and development | |
| Eric Joubin | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| François Jumel | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Jean-Louis Kalifa | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Vladimir Kesl | .... | computer graphics playback | |
| Pacini Kevin | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Jonathan Lagache | .... | Flame artist: BUF | |
| Alexandre Lagallarde | .... | visual effects: BUF | |
| Laurent Launes | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| David Lebrun | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Catherine Lee | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Fabien Legal | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Arnaud Leviez | .... | digital artist | |
| Audrey Limet | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Jérome Lionard | .... | digital compositor | |
| Adrien Lourdelle | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Olivier Lourry | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Elodie Ly Tri | .... | retouch and restoration | |
| Simon Magnan | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Nicolas Maillard | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Alexandre Millet | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Christophe Moreau | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Eddy Moussa | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Helene Ourabah | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Philippe Palmieri | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Stéphanie Pedelacq | .... | visual effects editor | |
| Xavier Perol | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Claire Pujol | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Clement Rambach | .... | software research & development: BUF | |
| Eddy Richard | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Nicolas Rigaud | .... | digital compositor | |
| Beatrice Ronte-Cassard | .... | visual effects coordinator: BUF | |
| David Rouxel | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Steve Savarin | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Tricoire Sebastien | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Olivier Sicot | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Mourad Simoussa | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Julien Stecken | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Mathilde Tollec | .... | sequence supervisor: BUF | |
| Eric Toubal | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Geordie Vandendaele | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Christophe Verspieren | .... | software research & development: BUF | |
| Julie Verweij | .... | visual effects coordinator: BUF | |
| Ludovic Voltaire | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
| Stephan Wagemann | .... | digital effects artist | |
| Zhipeng Xing | .... | digital artist: BUF | |
Casting Department | |||
| Nancy Bishop | .... | casting | |
| Hervé Jakubowicz | .... | casting assistant | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Paul Slash Morris | .... | wardrobe technician | |
| Sylvie Ong | .... | costume supervisor | |
| Patricie Soptenková | .... | costumer | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Jimmy Christophe | .... | color timer | |
| Sébastien de Sainte Croix | .... | assistant editor | |
| Mickael Dumontier | .... | additional assistant editor | |
| Gilles Granier | .... | digital colorist assistant | |
| Nadège Kintzinger | .... | assistant editor | |
| Aurélie Laumont | .... | color timer | |
| Anne-Laure Viaud | .... | assistant editor | |
Music Department | |||
| Andy Brown | .... | conductor | |
| Andy Brown | .... | music contractor | |
| Edouard Dubois | .... | music consultant | |
| Clay Duncan | .... | composer: additional music | |
| Jerome Hadey | .... | music supervisor | |
| Steven Kofsky | .... | music production services | |
| The London Metropolitan Orchestra | .... | music performed by | |
| Atli Örvarsson | .... | conductor | |
| Del Spiva | .... | music editor | |
| Greg Vines | .... | score mixing assistant | |
| Hans Zimmer | .... | executive music producer | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Jalal Aqdim | .... | assistant picture vehicle coordinator | |
| Ian Clarke | .... | vehicle coordinator | |
| Charles Heidet | .... | picture car coordinator | |
| Jiri Macke | .... | picture car coordinator | |
| Fredrik Sidevärn | .... | transportation captain: Sweden | |
| Sean Thornton | .... | picture vehicle coordinator | |
| Pavel Voracek | .... | transportation captain | |
Thanks | |||
| Simon Trottier | .... | very special thanks | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- 20th Century Fox (2009) (Japan) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
- 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
- Audio Visual Enterprises (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
- Concorde Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Frenetic Films (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2008) (Finland) (all media)
- Studio Canal (2008) (France) (theatrical)
- Tiglon (2008) (Turkey) (all media)
- Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2008) (USA) (all media)
- Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
- West Video (2008) (Russia) (all media)
- Artem (high tech action props)
- BUF
- Dansk Speciel Effekt Service (Sweden)
- FB-FX (costume props)
- Tinsley Transfers (special make-up effect tattoos - Vin Diesel)
- CE VideoAssist Rental VideoAssist equipment provided by
- Dream Cars picture cars
- Film Finance funding (as Film Finances Inc)
- Flying Pictures aerial filming services provided by
- Panavision camera equipment serviced by
- Stone Management product placement consulting
- Swedish Lapland Film Commission special thanks
- Varèse Sarabande soundtrack
Additional Details
MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, language and some sexuality.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
USA:90 min | France:101 min | 161 min (Director's Cut) | Argentina:90 minLanguage:
EnglishColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44122) | UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Singapore:PG | Finland:K-13 | South Korea:12 | Malaysia:U | Netherlands:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Sweden:15 | New Zealand:M | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Australia:MMOVIEmeter: 
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Goofs:
Continuity: When Toorop picks up the girls at the Noelite convent, he stands next to the car door as they get in. In the next shot, as he gets in himself, no one is in the back. moreFAQ
A Note Regarding SpoilersIn what year is the story set?
Is it true that Babylon A.D.'s own director is on record saying the movie is stupid?
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Vin Diesel's star vehicle "Babylon A.D." was not screened for critics prior to release. This is usually the syndrome of cinematic demise. Surprisingly, "Babylon A.D." is a competent action movie with a compelling enough futuristic messiah story by Director Mathieu Kassovitz, Eric Besnard, and Joseph Simas. This is not a stretch for Vin Diesel, who is charismatic enough to carry the movie. However, the one thing that still escapes me is the title: "Babylon A.D". After having seen the movie, I remain without a clue. Perhaps, I have to wait for the extras in the DVD release, or not. Obviously, "Babylon A.D." slid under the promotional radar. Also despite decent production value, producers apparently filmed the movie in the Czech Republic, Sweden, and France to reduce costs. Although a fan of Vin, I really was curious about "Babylon A.D.", because of Michelle Yeoh. I am