The Last Castle (2001)

Director:

Rod Lurie

Writers (WGA):

David Scarpa (story)
David Scarpa (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

19 October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

A castle can only have one king

Plot:

A Court Martialed general rallies together 1200 inmates to rise against the system that put him away.

Plot Keywords:

Sadism | Military Memorabilia | Convict | Chess | Martinet

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Robert Redford	...	Lt. Gen. Eugene Irwin
James Gandolfini	...	Col. Winter
Mark Ruffalo	...	Yates
Steve Burton	...	Capt. Peretz
Delroy Lindo	...	Gen. Wheeler
Paul Calderon	...	Dellwo
Samuel Ball	...	Duffy
Jeremy Childs	...	Cutbush
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Cpl. Ramon Aguilar
George W. Scott	...	Thumper
Brian Goodman	...	Beaupre
Michael Irby	...	Enriquez
Frank Military	...	Doc Lee Bernard
Maurice Bullard	...	Sgt. McLaren
Nick Kokich	...	Pvt. Niebolt
David Alford	...	Cpl. Zamorro
Dean Hall	...	Harris
Peg Allen	...	Sheila Kelly
Rick Vito	...	Red Team Leader
Forrest D. Bradford	...	Simmons
Scott Michael	...	Gunton
Dean Miller	...	Carvelli
Kristen Shaw	...	Prison Clerk
Michael Davis	...	Honor Guard
Joe Keenan	...	Lester, Trustee #1
David Chattam	...	Wheeler's Aide
Dan Cole	...	Trustee #2
Hans Mooy	...	Sgt. Moore
James Jerome Thomas	...	Rapper
Steve Sandfort	...	Inmate
Jamie Roberto Mantecon	...	Inmate
Jeffery G. Fagan	...	Inmate
Lyon Fleming	...	Inmate
Darius Willis	...	Inmate
Rico Moody	...	Inmate
Rocky Abou-Sakher	...	Inmate
Sean Cameron	...	Guard
Mary Jean McAdams	...	Visitor #1
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kathryn Morris	...	DOD Investigator (scenes deleted)
Ray Beasley	...	Inmate (uncredited)
Matt Blake	...	Guard (uncredited)
Matthew Blake	...	Guard (uncredited)
Johnny Dowers	...	Guard (uncredited)
Frank Fox	...	Auggie (uncredited)
Matt Mangum	...	Pvt. Patton (uncredited)
Jeremy Morgan	...	Inmate (uncredited)
Dave Powledge	...	Guard (uncredited)
Austin Sanders	...	Inmate (uncredited)
Dusty Shaffer	...	Prisoner (uncredited)
Toni Tardino	...	Visitor #2 (uncredited)
Steven Woodring	...	Inmate (uncredited)
Robin Wright Penn	...	Rosalie Irwin (uncredited)

Directed by
Rod Lurie

Writing credits (WGA)
David Scarpa		(story)
David Scarpa		(screenplay) and
Graham Yost		(screenplay)

Produced by
Robert Lawrence	....	producer
Don Zepfel	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Jerry Goldsmith
Tom Waits

Cinematography by
Shelly Johnson

Film Editing by
Michael Jablow
Kevin Stitt

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Mary Jo Slater

Production Design by
Kirk M. Petruccelli

Art Direction by
Lawrence A. Hubbs

Set Decoration by
Daniel Loren May
Eloise Crane Stammerjohn

Costume Design by
Ha Nguyen

Makeup Department
Bert Reo Anderson	....	assistant hair stylist
Maureen Anstey	....	makeup artist
Gloria Belz	....	second makeup artist
Linda Boykin-Williams	....	makeup artist
Melinda Dunn	....	hair stylist
Sandy Jo Johnston	....	makeup artist
Gary Liddiard	....	makeup artist: Mr. Redford
Susan Mills	....	key hair stylist
Bunny Parker	....	hair stylist: Mr. Redford
Francisco X. Pérez	....	key makeup artist
Barbara Sanders	....	hair stylist
Michelle Vanderpool-Kohrs	....	hair stylist
Beka Wilson	....	assistant hair stylist
Ellie Winslow	....	makeup artist: Mr. Lindo
Jami Hight	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Lisa Dennis Kennedy	....	post-production supervisor
Terry Miller	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ty Arnold	....	key second assistant director: second unit
Albert Cho	....	first assistant director: second unit
Mark S. Constance	....	second second assistant director
William M. Elvin	....	first assistant director
Matthew Feitshans	....	second second assistant director: second unit
Jeani Harris	....	second second assistant director
Mic Rodgers	....	second unit director
David Ticotin	....	second assistant director (as David A. Ticotin)

Art Department
Dawn M. Baker	....	scenic artist
Sheila Bartlett	....	scenic artist
Robert A. Blackburn	....	construction coordinator
Clete Cetrone	....	propmaker foreman
Doug DuRose	....	assistant property master
Thurston Edwards	....	construction auditor (2001)
Mark Hitchler	....	set designer
Stephen Howard	....	set foreman
Travis Huffman	....	propmaker
Jeffrey Paul Johnson	....	assistant property master: second unit
Dave Kennedy	....	painter
Barry Lehrman	....	set designer
Eugene McCarthy	....	property master
J.C. Oden	....	paint laborer
William H. Phen Jr.	....	general foreman
C.J. Pyles	....	on-set dresser
Kelly Anne Ross	....	assistant props (as Kelly Ross)
Steven M. Saylor	....	set designer
Fred Seibly	....	signwriter
Jason Speck	....	property maker
Christopher Woodworth	....	scenic supervisor

Sound Department
Erik Aadahl	....	foley editor
Erik Aadahl	....	sound editor
Michael Babcock	....	sound effects editor
Michael Babcock	....	sound effects supervisor
David Beadle	....	dialogue editor
John Benson	....	supervising adr editor
Barbara J. Boguski	....	adr editor (as Barbara Boguski)
David E. Campbell	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Dave Campbell)
Kevin E. Carpenter	....	additional sound re-recording mixer
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Andrew Ellerd	....	sound effects editor
David Lee Fein	....	foley artist (as David Fein)
Larry Goeb	....	dialogue editor
David Hawkins	....	sound supervisor
Sonya Henry	....	dialogue editor
Patrick Hogan	....	adr editor
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Fred Judkins	....	foley editor
Linda Lew	....	foley recordist
Helen Luttrell	....	dialogue editor
Jay Meagher	....	production sound mixer
Robert Morrisey	....	assistant sound editor
Todd Murakami	....	foley editor
Bob Newlan	....	foley supervisor
Brian Thomas Nist	....	sound effects editor (as Tom Nist)
Ralph Osborn III	....	dialogue editor
Ralph Osborn	....	dialog & adr editor
Randy Pease	....	boom operator
John T. Reitz	....	sound re-recording mixer (as John Reitz)
Philip Rogers	....	adr recordist
Gregg Rudloff	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jeff Sawyer	....	sound effects editor
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Gregory H. Watkins	....	additional sound re-recording mixer (as Greg Watkins)

Special Effects by
Rodney M. Byrd	....	special effects foreman
Terry Chapman	....	special effects
Steve Cremin	....	special effects: second unit
Burt Dalton	....	special effects supervisor
Curtis Decker	....	special effects
Paul Deely	....	special effects
Albert Delgado	....	special effects
Dale Ettema	....	special effects
Brandon Keith Gill	....	special effects
Garth Majors	....	special effects
Donald Myers	....	special effects foreman (as Donald E. Myers Jr.)
Arnold Peterson	....	special effects
Keith Urban	....	special effects
Jeffrey Watts	....	special effects
Mike Weesner	....	special effects
Ralph Winiger	....	special effects (as Ralph A. Winiger)

Visual Effects by
Kenneth P. Coles	....	digital painter
Ken Dackermann	....	digital compositor
Roger Dorney	....	visual effects producer
Roger Dorney	....	visual effects supervisor
Brien Goodrich	....	3D animator
Martin Hall	....	compositor
Heather Hoyland	....	digital compositor
Jennifer Law-Stump	....	digital effects artist: Pacific Title Digital
Olivier Leeman	....	3D animator: Pacific title
James Marbas	....	digital effects supervisor
Garv Thorp	....	digital visual effects producer: Pacific Title
Jeff Wells	....	supervising digital compositor: Pacific Title Digital
Xye	....	visual effects

Stunts
Kenny Alexander	....	stunts
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts
Eddie Braun	....	stunts
Tony Brubaker	....	stunts
Jacob Chambers	....	stunts
Steven Chambers	....	stunts (as Steve Chambers)
Eddy Donno	....	stunts
Kenny Endoso	....	stunts
Tim Gilbert	....	stunts
Tad Griffith	....	stunts
Gary Guercio	....	stunts
Gene Hartline	....	stunts
Chuck 'Chaz' Hosack	....	stunts (as Chuck Hosack)
Kanin J. Howell	....	stunts (as Kanin Howell)
Tommy J. Huff	....	stunts (as Tom Huff)
Kevin L. Jackson	....	stunts (as Kevin Jackson)
Henry Kingi Jr.	....	stunts (as Henry Masso Kingi Jr.)
Gene LeBell	....	stunts (as Gene Le Bell)
Clay M. Lilley	....	stunts (as Clay Lilly)
Khristian Lupo	....	stunts (as Kristian Lupo)
Greg Martin	....	stunts
Bobby McLaughlin	....	stunts
John Meier	....	stunts (as John C. Meier)
Bennie Moore	....	stunts
Tom Morga	....	stunts
Casey O'Neill	....	stunts
Tom Pearl	....	stunts
Pee Wee Piemonte	....	stunts
Jalon Raney	....	stunts
Bill Richards	....	stunts (as William Richards)
Jimmy N. Roberts	....	stunts
Robby Robinson	....	stunts (as Robbie Robinson)
Mic Rodgers	....	stunt coordinator
Jason Rodriguez	....	stunts
Danny Rogers	....	stunts
Michael Runyard	....	stunts
Marcus Salgado	....	stunts
Cooper Taylor	....	stunts
Matthew Taylor	....	stunt double: Mark Ruffalo (as Matt Taylor)
Tim Trella	....	stunts
Christopher J. Tuck	....	co-stunt coordinator (as Chris Tuck)
David Walling	....	stunts
Scott Workman	....	stunts
Danny Wynands	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Danny Brazen	....	best boy grip
Scott Browner	....	camera operator
Joseph V. Cicio	....	camera operator: second unit
Loren Corl	....	key grip: second unit
John Crimins	....	electrician: second unit
David Deever	....	video engineer
Louie DeMarco	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera, second unit
Don Devine	....	camera operator
David J. Duren	....	lamp operator
Scott Graves	....	rigging gaffer
Chad Habetz	....	grip
Beth Horton	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Glenn Kaplan	....	second assistant camera
Steve Koster	....	camera operator: SpaceCam
Chris Leidholdt	....	rigging key grip
Jim Leidholdt	....	dolly grip
Greg Lopez	....	lamp operator
Marcos O. Lopez	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Kenji Luster	....	camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Kenji Luster	....	steadicam operator: second unit
David Maddux	....	gaffer
Rick Maddux	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Jerry L. Marshall	....	grip
Michael Martino	....	first assistant camera
William McConnell	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Lee McLemore	....	grip
Jason Parrillo	....	electrician
Kevin C. Potter	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera, second unit
David Richert	....	assistant camera
Dan Riffel	....	gaffer: second unit
Robert Sterry	....	video assist operator: second unit
Jonathan Taylor	....	director of photography: second unit
Henry Tirl	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Henry Tirl	....	steadicam operator
Lisa Westin	....	camera loader
Scott Whitbread	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit

Casting Department
Kim McCray	....	extras casting assistant
Kim Petrosky	....	extras casting
Nicole Sage	....	casting assistant
Jennifer L. Smith	....	casting assistant
Mary Tricia Wood	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charlene Amateau	....	costume supervisor
Rhonda Keaton	....	key costumer
James W. Tyson	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Martin Cohen	....	post-production executive
Kindra Marra	....	second assistant editor
Peter McNulty	....	first assistant editor
Heather Mullen	....	first assistant editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Stephen M. Rickert Jr.	....	assistant editor
Anna D. Wilborn	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Robert Bayless	....	assistant music editor
Sandy DeCrescent	....	orchestra contractor
Howard Duck	....	soundtrack musician
Darrell Hall	....	music editor
Kenneth Hall	....	supervising music editor (as Ken Hall)
Todd Homme	....	executive in charge of music
Lesley Langs	....	music editor
Mark McKenzie	....	composer: additional music
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist
Patrick Russ	....	orchestrator
Nick Vidar	....	music programmer
Steven A. Saltzman	....	additional music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Charles H. Hudson	....	driver: Mr. Redford
Neil Hyman	....	transportation coordinator
Tom Moore	....	transportation captain
Jeff Symanski	....	advisor: military vehicles
Chris McDade	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Gary Michael Clark	....	production accountant
W. Ty Crawford	....	production assistant
Steve Dale	....	production assistant: second unit
Robert Dawson	....	title designer
Carol Demarti	....	head dyer and ager
Ronald L. Dowdy	....	helicopter advisor
Stan Eutsey	....	production assistant: second unit
Ray Felipe	....	script researcher
Karen Golden	....	script supervisor
Jeremy Gould	....	assistant location manager
Julie Hanks	....	assistant: Mr. Zepfel
Michael Hubert	....	production coordinator
Diane Johnson	....	craft service
Donna Kail	....	assistant: Mr. Redford
Cheryl Kurk	....	production accountant
Kevin LaRosa	....	aerial coordinator (as Kevin La Rosa)
Kevin LaRosa	....	helicopter pilot: second unit (as Kevin La Rosa)
Brenda Lopez	....	script supervisor: second unit
Joe May	....	production assistant
Blake McClure	....	production assistant
Susan McMahon	....	location manager
Paul J. Memmi	....	translator
Steven Moder	....	editorial systems manager
Steven R. Molen	....	production executive
Matt Parker	....	production assistant
Claire Peberdy	....	production assistant
Bill Richards	....	helicopter pilot: second unit (as William Richards)
Jeremy Roberts	....	assistant accountant
Sean Robins	....	assistant: Mr. Lawrence
Dona Spangler	....	production assistant
Cid Swank	....	unit publicist
Toni Tardino	....	set production assistant
Evienia Vassiliadou	....	assistant: Mr. Lurie
Karen Yokomizo	....	first assistant accountant
Kevin Field	....	production executive (uncredited)
Brad Simonsen	....	production executive (uncredited)
Jamie Worlds	....	post-production accountant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• DreamWorks SKG
• Robert Lawrence Productions

Distributors

• DreamWorks Distribution (2001) (USA) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (theatrical) (non-USA)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (USA) (DVD)
• DreamWorks Home Entertainment (USA) (VHS)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2001) (Germany) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (Far East)
• Universal Home Video (2003) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Universal Home Video (2003) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Universal Pictures Video (200?) (Netherlands) (video)

Special Effects

• Pacific Title (visual effects) (as Pacific Title Digital)

Other Companies

• Chapman / Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Decca Records  soundtrack
• Jo Anne Kane Music Services  music preparation (as Jo Ann Kane Music Services)
• L.A. Mad Dogs  adr group (as L.A. MadDogs)
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Panavision  camera and lenses
• TM Equipment Rentals  grip and lighting equipment (as TM Motion Picture Equipment Rentals Inc.)
• Technicolor  color timing
• Todd-AO Scoring Stage  score recording (as Todd Scoring Stage)
• Tomkats Catering  catering
• UMG Soundtracks  soundtrack
• Warner Bros. Studios  re-recorded at

Also Known As:

The Castle (USA) (working title)
Untitled Rod Lurie Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and violence.

Runtime:

131 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | South Korea:15 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Iceland:12 | USA:R (certificate #38538) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Brazil:16 | Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:13 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivia:

When Irwin tapes pictures of his grandchild on the wall of his cell, they are actually pictures of director Rod Lurie's son Hunter.

Goofs:

Factual errors: It was an error to have Irwin be a 3-star general. 3-star and 4-star generals hold their ranks temporarily, as long as they occupy a 3-star or 4-star position. When they are transferred from one 3- or 4-star position to another, the President must re-nominate them for Senate confirmation. If an officer is relieved (fired) from one of those positions, he reverts to 2-star by operation of law unless awaiting retirement (and then only for 60 days). Irwin was court-martialed, so the Army certainly wouldn't keep him in a 3-star slot. They'd relieve him and he'd go to court-martial as a 2-star. See 10 USC 601.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Irwin: Take a look at a castle. Any castle. Now break down the key elements that make it a castle. They haven't changed in a thousand years. 1: Location. A site on high ground that commands the territory as far as the eye can see. 2: Protection. Big walls, walls strong enough to withstand a frontal attack...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in World Trade Center (2006)

Soundtrack:

Concerto for Oboe, Violin, Cello and Orchestra in D Major