Nim's Island (2008)

Directors:

Jennifer Flackett
Mark Levin

Writers (WGA):

Joseph Kwong (screenplay) &
Paula Mazur (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

4 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family

Tagline:

Be the hero of your own story.

Plot:

A young girl inhabits an isolated island with her scientist father and communicates with a reclusive author of the novel she's reading.

Plot Keywords:

Storm | Recluse | Part Animated | Island | Rescue From Drowning

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Abigail Breslin	...	Nim Rusoe
Jodie Foster	...	Alexandra Rover
Gerard Butler	...	Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
Michael Carman	...	Captain
Mark Brady	...	Purser
Anthony Simcoe	...	First Mate
Christopher Baker	...	Ensign
Peter Callan	...	Edmund's Father
Rhonda Doyle	...	Edmund's Mother
Russell Butler	...	Old Fisherman
Colin Gibson	...	Cruise Director
Bryan Probets	...	Australian Tourist #1
Andrew Nason	...	Australian Tourist #1
Dorothy Thorsen	...	Blue-Haired Woman
Penny Everingham	...	Older Woman Tourist
Tony Bellette	...	Older Man Tourist
Jeff Dornan	...	Taxi Driver
Jay Laga'aia	...	Helicopter Pilot
Marea Lambert Barker	...	Flight Attendant
Nami Itonaga	...	Airport Gate Attendant
John Walton	...	Evil Captor
Jon-Claire Lee	...	Business Passenger
Steve Daddow	...	Rarotongan Taxi Driver
Craig Marriott	...	Pharmacy Delivery Guy
Matthew Little	...	TSA Guard #1
Cheryl Craig	...	TSA Guard #2
Tania Pari	...	Street Vendor
Phoenix Leong	...	Goat Boy
Ashley London	...	Buffy Colt
Shannon van der Drift	...	Nim's Mother
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maddison Joyce	...	Edmund

Directed by
Jennifer Flackett
Mark Levin

Writing credits (WGA)
Joseph Kwong		(screenplay) &
Paula Mazur		(screenplay) and
Mark Levin		(screenplay) &
Jennifer Flackett		(screenplay)
Wendy Orr		(novel "Nim's Island")

Produced by
Alan Edward Bell	....	co-producer
Stephen Jones	....	executive producer
Paula Mazur	....	producer

Original Music by
Patrick Doyle

Cinematography by
Stuart Dryburgh

Film Editing by
Stuart Levy

Casting by
Nancy Nayor
Ann Robinson

Production Design by
Barry Robison

Art Direction by
Colin Gibson		(supervising art director)
Jacinta Leong
Deborah Riley

Set Decoration by
Rebecca Cohen

Costume Design by
Jeffrey Kurland

Makeup Department
Paige Badenoch	....	hair stylist
Paige Badenoch	....	makeup artist
Dalia Fernandez	....	makeup hair
Nikki Gooley	....	hair designer
Nikki Gooley	....	makeup designer
Michelle Hargreaves	....	additional makeup assistant
Antony McMullen	....	special makeup effects artist: Prosthetic Transfers
Anita Morgan	....	hair stylist
Anita Morgan	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Troy Clarke	....	unit manager
Jennifer Cornwell	....	unit production manager
Susan Ehrhart	....	production supervisor
Michael Tinger	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Bish Bishop	....	second second assistant director: second unit
Danielle Blake	....	third assistant director
Alun Bollinger	....	second unit director
John Martin	....	first assistant director
Johnny Pacialeo	....	second assistant director
Paul Sullivan	....	first assistant director: second unit

Art Department
Robert W. Anderson	....	property master
Carl Braga	....	screen graphics designer
Laura Elkington	....	set dresser
Alar Hordern	....	greens foreman
Natalia Hordern	....	greens assistant
Peter Hordern	....	head greensman
Geoff Kemmis	....	concept model maker
Les Landon	....	stand-by greens
Peter Malatesta	....	buyer
Peter Malatesta	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Christopher S. Aud	....	sound effects editor
Craig Berkey	....	sound designer
Dominique Decaudain	....	foley artist
Joel Dougherty	....	assistant sound editor
Alan Freedman	....	adr mixer
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Vanessa Lapato	....	adr editor
Tim LeBlanc	....	sound re-recording mixer
David Lee	....	sound mixer
Skip Lievsay	....	supervising sound editor
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
James Morioka	....	sound effects editor
Stacey Parish	....	sound assistant
Kira Roessler	....	dialogue editor
Curt Schulkey	....	supervising adr editor
Greg ten Bosch	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Bruce Bright	....	supervisor: second unit
Jessee J. Clarkson	....	on set puppeteer
Aaron Cox	....	special effects technician
Jabin Dickins	....	on set supervisor
Dean Franklin	....	set effects technician
Tobias Jahke	....	creature effects
Jim Leng	....	special effects technician
Dan Oliver	....	special effects supervisor
James Paul	....	special effects technician
Tim Riach	....	special effects technician
Arthur Spink Jr.	....	special effects foreman
Rebecca Thiele	....	set effects technician

Visual Effects by
Lindsay Anderson	....	digital paint artist
Joel Ashman	....	senior compositor: Eden FX
Wenden K. Baldwin	....	visual effects coordinator
Jeff Barnes	....	production executive: CafeFX
Daryl Bartley	....	visual effects artist: Halon Entertainment
Judith Bell	....	opticals
Christian Bloch	....	visual effects artist: EdenFX
Jason Bond	....	paint/rotoscope artist: Eden Fx
Jelmer Boskma	....	modeler
Jelmer Boskma	....	texture artist
Ryan Bozajian	....	digital effects artist
Mike Bozulich	....	compositor: CafeFX
Ray Bushey III	....	visual effects editor
Ben Campanaro	....	digital compositor: Eden FX
Julie Cardinal	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dimension
Christina Castellan	....	visual effects production assistant: Cafe FX
Camille Cellucci	....	senior visual effects producer
Martin Ciastko	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Thomas Clary	....	visual effects producer: Digital Dream
Trent Claus	....	matte painter
Doug Cram	....	digital compositor
Clay Dale	....	visual effects artist: Eden Fx
Andrea D'Amico	....	visual effects producer: Eden FX
Robert De La Cruz	....	modeler: Digital Dimension
Vincent DeLay	....	character rigger: Cafe FX
Domenic DiGiorgio	....	character rigger
Leif Einarsson	....	lead previs artist
Mitchell Ferm	....	visual effects consultant
Evan Feuerman	....	visual effects accountant
Michael Sean Foley	....	CG supervisor
Nicolas Fortin	....	lead textures: Digital Dimension
Jordan Freda	....	roto artist: CafeFX
Lucy Gaffy	....	data wrangler
Sébastien Gagné	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Vicki Galloway-Weimer	....	visual effects executive producer: Cafe FX (as Vicki Galloway Weimer)
Christian Garcia	....	CG supervisor: Digital Dimension
Jonathan Germain	....	lighting artist: Digital Dimension
Benoit Girard	....	visual effects executive producer: Digital Dimension
Julian Gleizer	....	visual effects artist: Halon Entertainment
Scott Gordon	....	visual effects supervisor
Robin Scott Graham	....	lead compositor: CafeFX
Jonathan Grégoire	....	CG artist: Digital Dimension
Todd Groves	....	compositor
Eric Haas	....	visual effects: EdenFx
Eric Hance	....	lead compositor
James David Hattin	....	compositor
Marty Holthaus	....	visual effects coordinator: Cafe FX
Konstantin Hristozov	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Jocelyn Hudon	....	lead animator: Digital Dimension
Chris Ingersoll	....	compositor: Flame artist
Gael Jacques	....	lead modeler: Digital Dimension
Sid Jayakar	....	lead compositor: desert sequence, Eden FX
Lei Jin	....	concept artist: CafeFX
Simon P. Jones	....	lighting technical director: CafeFX
Grzegorz Jonkajtys	....	visual effects
Brandon Kachel	....	matte painter: Cafe FX
Tim Kadowaki	....	effects animator
Apirak Kamjan	....	matchmover: CafeFX
John Karner	....	visual effects
Geoff Kemmis	....	art director
Jaye Krebs	....	digital compositor: CafeFX
Mathew Krentz	....	digital compositor: CafeFX
Martin Larrivée	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Patrick Lemay	....	CG artist: Digital Dimension
Neil Lim Sang	....	animator: CafeFX
Gregg Lukomski	....	visual effects supervisor: Halon Entertainment
Samantha Mabie-Tuinstra	....	digital effects producer: Eden FX
Francois Madere	....	lead lighter: Digital Dimension
Tran Ma	....	character artist: CafeFX
Elizabeth Matthews	....	lead compositor: Digital Dimension
Morgan McDermott	....	matte painter
Mickey McGovern	....	visual effects producer
Sarah McLauchlan	....	visual effects coordinator
Joel Román Mendías	....	visual effects producer: CafeFX
Michael Miller	....	digital compositor
John J. Miralles	....	digital compositor
Daniel Molina	....	digital compositor
Rodney Montague	....	visual effects producer
Michael Morreale	....	executive producer: Amalgamated Pixels, Inc.
Phillip Moses	....	production operations: CafeFX
Brad Moylan	....	digital compositor: Digital Dream
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Shannon Leigh Olds	....	visual effects editor
Akira Orikasa	....	lighting technical director: CafeFX
Miguel Ortega	....	lead character artist: CafeFX
Desi Ortiz	....	visual effects senior editor: CafeFX
Jean-Sebastien Ouellet	....	lighting artist: Digital Dimension
Viviana Palacios	....	senior lighting technical director: CafeFX
Phillip Palousek	....	visual effects coordinator: Amalgamated Pixels, Inc.
Stéphane Paradis	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Mario Peixoto	....	compositor
Fred Pienkos	....	visual effects supervisor: Eden FX
Chris Pinto	....	digital compositor: CafeFX
Corinne Pooler	....	executive visual effects producer: Digital Dream
Jerry Pooler	....	visual effects supervisor: Digital Dream
Sébastien Proulx	....	animator: Digital Dimension
Rick Ramirez	....	visual effects: Eden FX
Richard R. Reed	....	digital compositor
Kim Richardson	....	animation supervisor: Digital Dimension
Chad Ridgeway	....	roto/paint artist: CafeFX
Stéphane Rioux	....	compositor: Digital Dimension
Mike Roby	....	digital effects artist
Ruben Rodas	....	paint/roto artist: CafeFX
Lee Roderick	....	digital effects artist
Karen Ruggero	....	paint/rotoscope artist: Eden Fx
Carla Schwam	....	visual effects coordinator
Rasha Shalaby	....	matte paintings
Philip Sisk	....	digital compositor
Richard Slechta	....	lead lighting technical director: CafeFX
Brian Smallwood	....	compositor: Cafe FX
Eddie Soria	....	roto artist
Joseph Spadaro	....	character rigging supervisor
Kellany Stewart	....	digital compositor
Tammy Sutton	....	compositor
Fred Tepper	....	animator
Mathieu Tétrault	....	lighting artist: Digital Dimension
Jason Thielen	....	character animator: CafeFX
Scot D. Thomson	....	technical artist: Digital Dimension
Danny Torres	....	systems admistrator
Greg Tse	....	matchmove artist: CafeFX
Dawn Turner	....	visual effects coordinator
Carlos Valcarcel	....	character technical director: Digital Dimension
David Valencia	....	visual effects production assistant
Jennifer Vecchiarello	....	visual effects producer: Handmade Digital
Corinne Villa	....	assistant visual effects editor
Sean Wallitsch	....	Flame artist: Lola Visual Effects
O.D. Welch	....	production executive: CafeFX
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects
Tom Williamson	....	compositing supervisor
Stephen Wilson	....	digital compositor
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	associate visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects
Marios Kourasis	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Daniel Lahr	....	assistant visual effects editor: CafeFX (uncredited)

Stunts
Lee Adamson	....	stunt rigger (2007)
Chris Anderson	....	stunt performer
Ric Anderson	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Ric Anderson	....	stunt coordinator: second unit
Rhye Copeman	....	stunt rigger
Ashley Fairfield	....	stunt double: Gerard Butler
Kyle Gardiner	....	head stunt rigger
Amanda Graver	....	stunt double: Jodie Foster
Angela Moore	....	stunt performer
Glenn Ruehland	....	stunt coordinator
Ben Siemer	....	stunt performer

Camera and Electrical Department
Phil Bray	....	still photographer
Florian Emmerich	....	camera operator: second unit
Matthew Floyd	....	clapper loader: insert unit
Simon Harding	....	camera operator
George Hennah	....	first assistant camera
Brenden Holster	....	first assistant camera
Adam Kuiper	....	key grip
Steven Magrath	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Calum McFarlane	....	camera operator
Jesse Moyes	....	lighting technician
Duncan Scott	....	second first assistant camera: second unit
Philip A.T. Smith	....	second assistant camera
Mark Watson	....	best boy
Matthew Weston	....	camera loader

Casting Department
Julie de Fina	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Adam Dalli	....	costume assistant
Mary Lou Da Roza	....	costume buyer
Jessica Fasman	....	costume supervisor: Los Angeles
Carin Richardson	....	assistant costume designer
Jo Thorpe	....	costume cutter
Flip Wootten	....	key stand-by wardrobe

Editorial Department
Aleesa Adams	....	post-production assistant
Tanner Bean	....	post-production assistant
Kirsty Bruce	....	assistant editor
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Beth Dewey	....	digital intermediate producer
Yvan Lucas	....	colorist: Efilm
Justin McDonald	....	colorist: dailies
Robert E. Phillips	....	digital intermediate assistant producer
Lisa Tutunjian	....	digital intermediate editor
Jonny Winograd	....	associate editor
Lacy Wittman	....	post-production coordinator
Todd Zongker	....	first assistant editor
Michael T. Forrest	....	on-line editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Christopher Benstead	....	music editor
Christine Bergren	....	music legal and clearance
Jordan Corngold	....	music editor
Patrick Doyle	....	orchestrator
Lindsay Fellows	....	music supervisor
Steven R. Galloway	....	assistant music editor
Dwight Mikkelsen	....	orchestrator
Maggie Rodford	....	music producer
James Shearman	....	conductor
James Shearman	....	orchestrator
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Other crew
Aleesa Adams	....	assistant: producer
Andrew Allen	....	dive supervisor
Lauren Cooper	....	assistant location manager
Kaleb Day	....	on set nurse/medic
Sarah Edmonds	....	production coordinator
Gina Hallas	....	production accountant
Matt Jermyn	....	video split assistant
Gabrielle Jones	....	assistant production coordinator
Nicholle Leahy	....	assistant accountant
Tony MacDonald	....	assistant to producer
Luke Mulhall	....	assistant to director
Luke Mulhall	....	assistant to directors
Toni Pearson	....	production accountant
Jesse Porter	....	assistant to director
Gareth Price	....	location manager
Brieann Rich	....	set medic/ rescue diver
Michael Rich	....	production assistant
Lance Roberts	....	consultant to Mr. Levin & Ms. Flackett
Peta Ross	....	production coordinator
Alex Schwartz	....	executive charge of production
Bruce Shapiro	....	dialogue coach
Mylan Stepanovich	....	production executive

Production Companies

• Walden Media

Distributors

• Ascot Elite Entertainment Group (2008) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Fox-Walden (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Independent Films (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Kadokawa Pictures (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Long Shong Entertainment Multimedia Company (2008) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Cyprus) (theatrical)
• Odeon (2008) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Shaw Organisation (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (New Zealand) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures International (UPI) (2008) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (Australia) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Universal Pictures (2008) (UK) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures do Brasil (2008) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• West Video (2008) (Russia) (all media)

Special Effects

• CafeFX
• Eden FX
• Handmade Digital
• Lola Visual Effects (visual effects)

Other Companies

• Absolute Rentals  post-production rentals
• Entertainment Clearances  rights and clearances
• Filmview Services  computer graphics
• Gearbox Sound and Vision  additional ProTools systems supplied by
• Hollywood Studio Symphony  music performed by
• Imaginary Forces  main titles
• On Tour Productions  grip and lighting equipment
• Paramount Transportation Services  transportation services
• Summit Entertainment  international sales
• Varèse Sarabande  soundtrack

MPAA:

Rated PG for mild adventure action and brief language.

Runtime:

96 min | USA:95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS | DTS

Certification:

USA:PG (certificate #43560) | Hong Kong:I | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Finland:K-7 | Canada:G (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Quebec) | Mexico:A | South Korea:All | Malaysia:U | Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:6 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | Ireland:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:PG | UK:U | Taiwan:GP | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Bowen, Queensland, Australia

Company:

Walden Media

Trivia:

The Australian sea lions used in the film are named Spud and Friday. Both reside at Sea World Australia, and shared the role of Selkie.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Alex Rover: I'm not afraid to go out!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2008-04-05)" (2008)

Bland

My friends and I decided to see Nim's Island tonite, I work at a theater and have walked in on a couple parts and it looked cute, so I figured it might be a fun watch. Honestly, Nim's Island is a good family film, decent enough for a watch, but I'm a little disappointed with what I was expecting. Just I think the ideas are a little beyond out there and I don't think this is the type of film that is going to keep a lot of kid's attention. It's just not memorable, it has it's cute moments here and there, now Abigail Breslin pulls in a decent enough performance to make the film watchable, but again, like her last film Definitely Maybe, it seems like she's getting the star's bug, which worries me because she has so much potential and her performances she doesn't seem to care too much since her Oscar nomination. But it's Jodie Foster's performance that majorly disappointed me, it was too forced and made the story more ridicules that what it already was.

Nim is a little girl who lives on an island with her dad who is an adventurer. Now they have not told anyone where they are and their living place, good idea if they need help, right? Well, her dad goes on a research assignment, and gets hit by a nasty storm stranding him in the middle of no where. When Nim gets an E-Mail from famous author, Alex Rover, who she thinks is a real life hero, Alex wants answers about volcano's for her next book, but Nim wants help since she's alone on the island and her dad hasn't returned. Alex has one problem, she's agoraphobic, but gets the strength to go on an adventure and help Nim out with the help of her famous character Alex Rover to get through this Indiana Jones ordeal.

Nim's Island is a cute movie, I would never ever say in a million years that this is a bad movie, because it is worth a look. Just I would recommend that you wait for the rental, this is not the Horton Hears a Who of the year, it's a movie that is forgettable unfortunately, it just needed more help with the script and the actors needed to bring it a little more down to Earth since the story is supposed to be fairy tale like, you'll see what I mean if you see this movie. But like I said, wait for the rental, it's a nice family film, but isn't the best movie of Spring 2008.

5/10