Blade (1998)

Director:

Stephen Norrington

Guionista (WGA):

David S. Goyer (written by)

Release Date:

21 agosto 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Horror | Thriller

Frase comercial:

The power of an immortal. The soul of a human. The heart of a hero.

Plot:

A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.

Plot Keywords:

Mission | Student Mentor Relationship | Gore | Visceral | Martial Arts

Awards:

4 wins & 7 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A different look at vampires

US TV Schedule:

Sun. May 25

12:30 PM

FX

Cast

Wesley Snipes	...	Blade / Eric Brooks / 'The Daywalker'
Stephen Dorff	...	Deacon Frost
Kris Kristofferson	...	Abraham Whistler
N'Bushe Wright	...	Dr. Karen Jenson
Donal Logue	...	Quinn
Udo Kier	...	Vampire Elder Dragonetti
Arly Jover	...	Mercury
Traci Lords	...	Racquel
Kevin Patrick Walls	...	Officer Krieger
Tim Guinee	...	Dr. Curtis Webb
Sanaa Lathan	...	Vanessa Brooks
Eric Edwards	...	Pearl
Donna Wong	...	Nurse
Carmen Thomas	...	Senior Resident
Shannon Lee	...	Resident
Kenny Johnson	...	Heatseeking Dennis
Clint Curtis	...	Creepy Morgue Guy
Judson Earney Scott	...	Pallantine (as Judson Scott)
Sidney S. Liufau	...	Japanese Doorman (as Sidney Liufau)
Keith Leon Williams	...	Kam
Andray Johnson	...	Paramedic
Stephen R. Peluso	...	Paramedic
Marcus Aurelius	...	Pragmatic Policeman
John Enos III	...	Blood Club Bouncer
Eboni 'Chrystal' Adams	...	Martial Arts Kid (as Eboni Adams)
Lyle Conway	...	Reichardt
Freeman White	...	Menacing Stud (as Freeman White III)
D.V. DeVincentis	...	Vampire Underling
Marcus Salgado	...	Frost's Goon
Esau McKnight Jr.	...	Frost's Goon
Erl Van Douglas	...	Von Esper (as Erl)
Matt Schulze	...	Crease
Lennox Brown	...	Pleading Goon
Yvette Ocampo	...	Party Girl
Irena Stepic	...	Slavic Vampire Lord
Jenya Lano	...	Russian Woman
Levan Uchaneishvili	...	Russian Vampire (as Levani)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Richard 'Dr.' Baily	...	Cardboard cut-out in Subway (uncredited)
Ryan Glorioso	...	Blood Bath Vampire (uncredited)
Ted King	...	Vampire at rave (uncredited)
Stephen Norrington	...	Vampire (uncredited)
Gerald Okamura	...	Vampire (uncredited)
Frankie Ray	...	Vampire Lord (uncredited)
Carrie Seeley	...	Woman in Elevator (uncredited)
Beth Theriac	...	Woman in Elevator (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Stephen Norrington

Créditos del guión (WGA)
David S. Goyer		(written by)

Producida por
Avi Arad	....	executive producer
Joseph Calamari	....	executive producer
Jon Divens	....	co-producer
Robert Engelman	....	producer
Peter Frankfurt	....	producer
Lynn Harris	....	executive producer
Andrew J. Horne	....	co-producer
Stan Lee	....	executive producer
Wesley Snipes	....	producer
Michael De Luca	....	executive producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Mark Isham

Fotografía por
Theo van de Sande		(director of photography) (as Theo Van De Sande)

Montaje por
Paul Rubell

Casting
Rachel Abroms
Jory Weitz

Diseño de producción por
Kirk M. Petruccelli

Dirección artística
Barry Chusid

Decorados
Greg J. Grande

Diseño de vestuario por
Sanja Milkovic Hays

Departamento de maquillaje
Stephen Abrums	....	makeup artist
Gary Archer	....	dental prosthetics
Denise Baer	....	special makeup effects artist
Cynthia Barr	....	makeup artist: additional photography (as Cynthia Barr-Bright)
Fred C. Blau Jr.	....	makeup artist (as Fred Blau)
Clifford Booker	....	hair stylist: Wesley Snipes (as Clifford R. Booker)
Greg Cannom	....	special makeup effects artist
Judy Crown	....	key hair stylist: additional photography
Deborah La Mia Denaver	....	makeup artist
Ken Diaz	....	makeup artist: additional photography
Jane English	....	body makeup artist
Michael Germain	....	makeup department head (as Perry M. Germain)
Ora Green	....	hair stylist (as Ora Tillman Green)
Hidenori Ichekawa	....	special makeup effects artist
Hiroshi Katagiri	....	special makeup effects artist
Steve Lawrence	....	special makeup effects artist
Louis Lazzara	....	makeup artist: additional photography
Renate Leuschner	....	wig maker (as Renata)
Freddy Negrete	....	tattoo designer
David Perteet	....	special makeup effects artist
Cyndi Reece-Thorne	....	makeup artist: Mr. Snipes
Mike J. Regan	....	special makeup effects artist (as Mike Regan)
Kim Santantonio	....	hair stylist
David Selvadurai	....	special makeup effects artist
Christine M. Steele	....	makeup artist: additional photography (as Christine Steele)
Gary J. Tunnicliffe	....	makeup effects: "Frost's Death"
Susan Tunnicliffe	....	special makeup effects artist
Keith VanderLaan	....	makeup effects producer: Cannom Creations
Claire Jane Vranian	....	special makeup effects artist (as Claire Jane Deacon)
Brian Wade	....	makeup effects designer/key sculptor: "Frosts' death"
Bill Zahn	....	special makeup effects artist
Joy Zapata	....	hair department head (as Joy Zapata-Chavez)
Stephen Norrington	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
Steve Dellerson	....	digital production manager
Carla Fry	....	executive in charge of production
Debra J. Olchick	....	production supervisor: additional photography
Sara Romilly	....	post-production supervisor
Danny Rubio	....	production manager: miniatures
Roee Sharon	....	unit production manager
Jennifer Teves	....	production supervisor: Cannom Creations

Ayudante de dirección
Derek E. Johansen	....	second second assistant director (as Derek Johansen)
Lincoln Myers	....	dga trainee
Michael Neumann	....	first assistant director: additional photography
Rebecca Strickland	....	second assistant director
Barry K. Thomas	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Brian Berkel	....	propmaker
Jonathan Bobbitt	....	swing gang
Kenneth Brooks	....	on-set carpenter
Jason Brubaker	....	storyboard artist
John Bryant	....	property maker: additional photography
Frank Capello	....	gang boss (as Frank A. Capello)
Mark Davidson	....	swing gang (as Mark 'Fish' Davidson)
Al Eisenmann	....	assistant property master (as Al Eisenmann II)
Chad S. Frey	....	set designer
Anthony Godfrey	....	shop foreman
Laura Grijalva	....	lead painter
Richard Hausfeld	....	tool man
Glen E. Hawbecker	....	shop foreman (as Glen Hawbecker)
A. Todd Holland	....	set designer
Melissa C. Ho	....	art department coordinator
Randi M. Humbert	....	construction medic
Patrick Janicke	....	illustrator
Anthony F. Jimenez	....	lead person
Paul Jimenez	....	swing gang
Bruton Jones	....	illustrator (as Bruton E. Jones Jr.)
Billy L. Joslin	....	propmaker
Lisa M. Kittredge	....	construction estimator (as Lisa M. Brooks)
Tani Kunitake	....	illustrator
Anthony Lattanzio	....	construction coordinator
Robert J. Lattanzio	....	on-set painter: additional photography
Arthur Lee	....	storyboard artist
Mark Maloof	....	on-set painter
Bryan Marinoff	....	paint gang boss
Ko Maruyama	....	henry artist
Scot A. McKay	....	property assistant
Steven B. Melton	....	property master
Marc Messenger	....	storyboard artist
Jody Miller	....	propmaker
Chris Montoya	....	propmaker
Steven O'Bannon	....	labor foreman (as Steven A. O'Bannon)
Gus Olafsson	....	on-set dresser (as Gus 'Gudjon' Olafsson)
Charli Palazzo	....	master lead painter (as Charli C. Palazzo)
Joseph Perugini	....	plaster foreman
Charles Phillips	....	shop foreman
Jennifer Pray	....	buyer (as Jennifer L. Pray)
Tom Reta	....	set designer (as Thomas C. Reta)
Kelley Rogers	....	art department production assistant
Ronald Russom	....	on-set dresser
Chris Santini	....	location foreman
Brooke Sartorius	....	swing gang
Robert R. Schaefer II	....	paint gang boss
Brandon Seifert	....	carpenter
Mike Sforza	....	general foreman (as Michael Sforza)
Robert Wilbanks	....	plaster gang boss
Tony Chavez	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Fred O'Connor	....	propmaker (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Pembrooke Andrews	....	assistant dialogue editor
John Chandler	....	foley editor
Harry Cohen	....	sound designer
Harry Cohen	....	supervising sound effects editor
Paul Curtis	....	adr editor
Paul Curtis	....	dialogue editor
Ryan Ferro	....	utility sound: additional photography
Elisabeth Flaum	....	background sound editor
Marshall Garlington	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Hedgepath	....	supervising sound effects editor (as Gregory Hedgepath)
Randall L. Johnson	....	boom operator: additional photography (as Randy Johnson)
Laura Kamper	....	sound effects assistant (as Laura Pratt)
Michael Kamper	....	sound effects editor
Jonathan Karp	....	sound effects editor
Shawn Kennelly	....	foley recordist
Ken King	....	production sound mixer: additional photography
Jonathan Miller	....	conforming sound editor
Lee Orloff	....	sound mixer
Thomas A. Payne	....	utility sound technician
Juan Peralta	....	sound re-recording assistant
Colin Rogers	....	adr recordist
Joan Rowe	....	foley artist
Sean Rowe	....	foley artist
Dan Scolnik	....	assistant dialogue editor
John C. Stuver	....	adr editor
John C. Stuver	....	dialogue editor
Ken Teaney	....	sound re-recording mixer
Eric Thompson	....	adr mixer
Eric Thompson	....	foley mixer
Tim Walston	....	sound effects editor (as Timothy Walston)
Knox White	....	boom operator (as Knox Grantham White)

Efectos especiales
Thomas Baumann	....	special effects
David Blair	....	special effects
Chris Brenczewski	....	special effects
Darrel D. Bricker	....	special effects construction toolroom keeper
Michel J. Briere	....	special effects construction gang boss (as Michel 'Frenchy' Briere)
Richard Buckler	....	special effects foreman: additional photography
Mark R. Byers	....	special effects (as Mark Byers)
Adam Campbell	....	special effects
Diane Carlucci	....	special effects office manager (as Diane Marie Carlucci)
John C. Carlucci	....	special effects (as John Carlucci)
Lou Carlucci	....	mechanical effects supervisor
Lou Carlucci	....	special effects coordinator
Michael Clarke	....	special effects
Thomas M. Craven	....	special effects
Chris D'Arcy	....	special effects
William Dawson	....	special effects (as William E. Dawson)
Dale Ettema	....	special effects
Marvin Felton	....	special effects
Steven Carlton Ficke	....	special effects (as Steven C. Ficke)
Carmen Gonzáles	....	special effects
Kevin W. Grimsley	....	special effects
Morgan Guynes	....	special effects
Josh Hakian	....	special effects
John C. Hartigan	....	special effects coordinator: additional photography (as John Hartigan)
Todd Jensen	....	special effects (as Todd K. Jensen)
Curtis Jones Jr.	....	special effects
Joe Karas	....	special effects
Randy Krohmer	....	special effects
Christian E. Lemer	....	special effects (as Christian Lemer)
Ronald W. Mathews	....	special effects
Roger Matsuo	....	special effects
Barry McQueary	....	special effects (as Barry L. McQueary)
Joseph P. Mercurio	....	special effects foreman (as Joe Mercurio)
Shirley Montefusco	....	special effects office manager
Vincent Montefusco	....	explosives effects supervisor
Vincent Montefusco	....	mechanical effects supervisor
Steve R. Moore	....	special effects (as Steve Moore)
Daniel P. Murphy	....	special effects (as Dan Murphy)
Daniel Mustoe	....	special effects
Ronald L. Myers	....	special effects
Jay Neyens	....	special effects office manager
Michael O'Brien	....	mold department: Atlantic West Effects
James Ochoa	....	special effects (as James Allen Ochoa)
Larry Odien	....	animatronic effects
Daniel Orabona	....	special effects (as Daniel W. Orabona)
Louis Perez	....	special effects foreman
Rudy Perez	....	special effects (as Rudy R. Perez)
Ron Petruccione	....	special effects (as Ronald R. Petruccione)
Matthew Pope	....	special effects (as Matt Pope)
Kevin Postel	....	special effects
Michael Roundy	....	special effects (as Michael D. Roundy)
Robby Schellenberg	....	special effects construction gang boss
Ken Sher	....	special effects (as Kenneth L. Sher)
Anthony Simonaitis	....	special effects foreman
Peter S. Spurr	....	special effects
Michael L. Strawn	....	special effects foreman
Reg Strawn	....	special effects
Richard Terry Tjelmeland	....	special effects
Beecher Tomlinson	....	special effects foreman
Tony Tortolano	....	special effects
Blumes Tracy	....	special effects
Zara Turgel Chickanis	....	special effects costumes
Tony Vandenecker	....	special effects (as Tony Van Denecker)
C. Robert Vannix	....	special effects
A.J. Venuto	....	mold department: Atlantic West Effects
Mike Vidal Jr.	....	special effects
Mike Welch	....	special effects construction foreman
Vaughn Williams	....	special effects
Dennis Yeager II	....	special effects (as Dennis A. Yeager II)
Richard Zarro	....	special effects
Ronald Zarro	....	special effects (as Ronald E. Zarro)
Michael Shelton	....	creature effects crew (uncredited)
Nick Stanton	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Jorge Agraz	....	visual effects assistant
John Anderson	....	2D rotoscope artist
John Anderson	....	match mover
Lance Armstrong	....	3D artist: Flat Earth Productions
Richard 'Dr.' Baily	....	digital animation supervisor/producer: Image Savant
Wenden K. Baldwin	....	digital artist (as Wenden Baldwin)
Jason Barlow	....	animator: The Production Plant
Dennis Bennett	....	digital compositor
Lee Berger	....	visual effects executive producer
Chris Bergman	....	digital compositor
Jennifer Bergman	....	visual effects producer
Doug Beswick	....	3D animation supervisor: Flat Earth Productions
Kevin Blank	....	digital artist
Bryan Blevins	....	3D artist: Flat Earth Productions
Rob Blue	....	digital artist
Thomas Briggs	....	digital animator
Jenny Bright	....	executive producer: 525 Post
Mark A. Brown	....	chief technologist: VIFX
Cheryl Budgett	....	digital compositing supervisor
Everett Burrell	....	3D supervisor
Phil Carbonaro	....	digital compositor
Lawrence Carroll	....	digital artist
Kate Choi	....	lighter: VIFX
Andy Clement	....	3D animator: Flat Earth Productions
Brent O. Coert	....	production coordinator: miniatures (as Brent Coert)
Grady Cofer	....	digital artist
Daniele Colajacomo	....	animation supervisor: VIFX
Rafael Colon	....	digital compositor
Chuck Comisky	....	visual effects supervisor
Spencer Cook	....	3D animator: Flat Earth Productions
Scott Crafford	....	digital imaging
Perrin Cutting	....	digital effects producer: Efilm
Enid Dalkoff	....	digital artist
Brian C. Davis	....	3D animator: VIFX (as Brian Davis)
Mario Davis	....	key grip: miniatures
Steve Dellerson	....	digital production manager: VIFX
Tony Deryan	....	digital artist
Linda Drake	....	effects supervisor: Wildcat Digital Effects
Antoine Durr	....	digital effects supervisor
Gregory Elwood	....	digital compositor
Nousha Emami	....	animator: wraith, VIFX
Chow Emrich	....	lead animator: wraith, VIFX
Jeff Ertl	....	lighter: VIFX
Bob Froehlig	....	manager of systems
Gian Ganziano	....	visual effects Avid editor: Blue Sky/VIFX
Robb Gardner	....	visual effects wraith animator
John Gibbons	....	3D artist
Lisa Ann Glass	....	visual effects coordinator
Laura Grijalva	....	lead model painter: Blue Sky/VIFX
Lorna Gusner	....	digital artist
Jerry Hall	....	digital artist
Bruce Harris	....	digital artist
Geoffrey Harvey	....	3D animator: Blue Sky/VIFX
Steve Harvey	....	gaffer: miniatures
Dion Hatch	....	digital effects supervisor: Digiscope
David Hays	....	digital effects executive producer: Efilm
Ronald D. Herbst	....	3D display animator: Flat Earth Productions (as Ronald Herbst)
George Hladky	....	visual effects motion control operator: additional photography
Dan Hoisman	....	digital effects producer: Post Logic
Richard E. Hollander	....	visual effects supervisor (as Richard Hollander)
Tommy Hooper	....	technical supervisor
Caleb J. Howard	....	research and development supervisor (as Caleb Howard)
Jen Howard	....	digital compositor: VIFX (as Jennifer Howard)
Paul Howarth	....	digital imaging
Edward Irastorza	....	visual effects coordinator (as Edward J. Irastorza)
Arthur Jeppe	....	3D animator: VIFX
Russell Johnson	....	visual effects coordinator
Mark Joiner	....	digital animator
Matthew Justice	....	visual effects producer
Michael Killen	....	lead digital effects artist
Mark Kolpack	....	visual effects supervisor: PERFX, INC.
Kevin Kutchaver	....	digital composite supervisor
James Do Young Lee	....	digital compositor (as James Lee)
Sean Lee	....	digital compositor
John Lima	....	3D artist: Flat Earth Productions
Carlyle O. Livingston II	....	model supervisor (as Carlyle Livingston)
Bob Lloyd	....	digital compositor
Liz Lord	....	digital compositor
Allen Maris	....	visual effects production assistant
Ko Maruyama	....	digital artist: Post Logic
Todd Mesher	....	digital compositor
Steven Meyer	....	visual effects artist (as Steve Meyer)
Stuart Mintz	....	lighting supervisor (as Stu Mintz)
Ray Moore	....	lead model maker
Zeke Morales	....	visual effects editor: Blue Sky/VIFX
Gary Nolin	....	line producer: miniatures
Gary Nolin	....	supervisor physical production: miniatures
Mike Norville	....	animator: wraith, VIFX
Kevin O'Neill	....	visual effects supervisor: Flat Earth Productions
John Ortmann Jr.	....	3D animator: Flat Earth Productions
Derek Osaki	....	digital imaging
Beth Ostermann	....	scanning coordinator
Nick Panagos	....	lighter: VIFX
Robert F. Peppler	....	3D artist: Flat Earth Productions
Chiara Perin	....	lighter: VIFX
William Plant	....	visual effects supervisor: The Production Plant
Brennan Prevatt	....	digital artist
Brian Prosser	....	3D animator
Brian Prosser	....	match mover
David Rednour	....	2D rotoscope artist
David Rednour	....	match mover
Michelle Reiner	....	digital production coordinator: Digiscope
Eric Reinhard	....	2D rotoscope artist
Eric Reinhard	....	match mover
Shayna Ritenour	....	visual effects assistant coordinator
Christine Rivard	....	Inferno artist
David Robert	....	animator: wraith, VIFX
Ha Ngan Roda	....	3D supervisor (as Ha Roda)
Christopher Romano	....	sequence supervisor: blood drip sequence, VIFX
Danny Rubio	....	assistant director: miniature photography, Blue Sky/VIFX
Mark Sachse	....	digital services technician: CIS Hollywood
Naomi A. Sato	....	digital artist
Douglas Sayre	....	morph artist
Laurel Lyn Schulman	....	digital effects producer: Digiscope
Tom Shaughnessy	....	first assistant camera: miniatures
Cybele Sierra	....	digital compositor
Lorraine 'Deedle' Silver	....	digital effects producer: Digiscope
Kevin Struckman	....	3D artist
Mary Stuart-Welch	....	executive producer: Digiscope (as Mary Stuart Welch)
David Stump	....	director of photography: miniatures (as Dave Stump)
Eric Swenson	....	miniature unit director of photography
Steve Switaj	....	motion control operator: miniatures
Mark Tamny	....	digital compositor
Marty Taylor	....	digital artist
Thomas Thill	....	executive producer: Digiscope (as Thomas Wade Thill)
Andrew Tucker	....	lead animator: The Production Plant
Blaine Whitney	....	visual effects coordinator
Casey Wilson	....	visual effects motion control operator
Tsz 'Gee' Yeung	....	3D animator: VIFX (as Gee Young)
John Campuzano	....	tape operator (uncredited)
Chad E. Collier	....	scanning and recording operator: Digiscope (uncredited)
Chris DeAngelis	....	visual effects editor: EFilm (uncredited)
Gus Duron	....	Avid support: VIFX (uncredited)
Mark Edwards	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Leif Einarsson	....	technical director (uncredited)
Thomas Enright	....	best boy electric: minatures unit (uncredited)
Christopher Ivins	....	digital compositor: Blue Sky/VIFX (uncredited)
Jay Mark Johnson	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Bernice Kenton	....	visual effects vendor producer (uncredited)
Lu Kondor	....	data manager: Digital Magic (uncredited)
Mark Leo Perry	....	3D animator (uncredited)
Kristofer Lindquist	....	digital graphics design (uncredited)
Michele Maples	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Scott McLain	....	Inferno artist (uncredited)
Evan A. Nesbitt	....	visual effects unit director of photography (uncredited)
Scott Ramsey	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Scott Schneider	....	model shop supervisor (uncredited)
Stephen Sobisky	....	project manager: Viewpoint Datalabs (uncredited)
Anna Tkatch	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Ricardo Torres	....	digital compositor: Production Plant (uncredited)

Especialistas
Tsuyoshi Abe	....	stunts
Damian Achilles	....	stunts
Rochelle Ashana	....	stunts
Michael Baldoz	....	stunts
Clayton J. Barber	....	stunt double: Frost
Stanton Barrett	....	stunts
Pedro Benitez III	....	stunts
Simone Boisseree	....	stunts
Jesse Borja	....	stunts
Clay Boss	....	stunts
Jeff Brockton	....	stunt double: Whistler
Danielle Burgio	....	stunts
Keith Campbell	....	stunts
Chris Casamassa	....	stunts
Kristen Catena	....	stunts
Richard Cetrone	....	stunts
Mark Chadwick	....	stunts
Eric Chambers	....	stunts
Phil Chong	....	stunts
Edward Conna	....	stunt double: Quinn (as Edward L.F. Conna)
Christy Cotton	....	stunts
Mark De Alessandro	....	stunt double: Krieger
Lance Azim Dejesus	....	stunts
Thomas DuPont	....	stunts
Kiante Elam	....	stunts
Ousaun Elam	....	stunt double: additional photography (as Ousaun Elan)
Kenny Endoso	....	stunts
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts
Christina Fetters	....	stunt double: Racquel
Clay Donahue Fontenot	....	stunt double: Blade
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