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| Title: | Daybreakers |
| Director: | Michael Spierig; Peter Spierig |
| Writers: | Michael Spierig; Peter Spierig |
| Producers: | Peter Block; Jason Constantine; Chris Brown; Todd Fellman; Bryan Furst; Sean Furst |
| Composer: | Christopher Gordon |
| Cinematography: | Ben Nott |
| Editors: | Matt Villa |
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| Production company: | Film Finance Corporation Australia Pictures in Paradise Furst Films Pacific Film and Television Commission |
| Distributed by: | Lions Gate Entertainment |
| Released: | September 11th, 2009 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 98 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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Daybreakers is an American/Australian co-produced independent feature film of the horror and science fiction genres. It was written and directed by Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig, collectively known as The Spierig Brothers. It was presented by Lionsgate Films and Film Finance Corporation Australia and produced by Paradise in association with the Pacific Film and Television Commission and in association with Furst Films. The movie premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11th, 2009. In the United States, it premiered in New York City, New York on January 7th, 2010. It opened to wider release in the U.S. on January 8th, 2010. The film stars Ethan Hawke as Edward Dalton, with Willem Dafoe as Lionel "Elvis" Cormac, and Sam Neill as Charles Bromley. It is the year 2019. A virulent plague has swept across the globe, turning nearly every human citizen into vampires. Now facing a dwindling supply of much-needed life-giving blood, the fractured undead race must fight for their very survival. Meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vampires on a way to save humankind.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Harriet Minto-Day | Lisa Barrett |
| Jay Laga'aia | Senator Turner |
| Damien Garvey | Senator Westlake |
| Sahaj Dumpleton | Homeless vampire |
| Allan Todd | Businessman |
| Gabriella Di Labio | Businesswoman |
| Ben Siemer | Police officer |
| Peter Welman | Police officer |
| Ethan Hawke | Edward Dalton |
| Callum McLean | Vampire school kid |
| Jarrad Pon | Vampire school kid |
| Victoria Williams | Vampire school kid |
| Zoe White | Vampire school kid |
| Aolani Roy | Vampire school kid |
| Tiffany Lamb | News reader |
| Renai Caruso | Coffee shop attendant |
| Chris Brown | Subway commuter |
| Kirsten Cameron | Subway commuter |
| Sam Neill | Charles Bromley |
| Carl Rush | Al Walker |
| Paul Sonkkila | General Williams |
| Vince Colosimo | Christopher Caruso |
| Todd Levi | Commissioner Turnbull |
| Wayne Smith | Inmate 4075B |
| Berni Chin | Lab technician |
| Kevin Zwierzchaczewski | Lab technician |
| Joel Spreadborough | Vampire subject |
| Lisa Cunningham | Nurse |
| Amanda Buchanan | Nurse |
| Jane Wallace | Bromley's assistant |
| Claudia Karvan | Audrey Bennett |
| Mungo McKay | Colin Briggs |
| Emma Randall | Ellie Landon |
| Charlotte Wilson | Joy Watkins |
| Rohan Smith | Police officer in car |
| Michael Dorman | Frankie Dalton |
| Bryan Probets | Subsider in kitchen |
| John Gibson | Detective Cosgrove |
| Robyn Moore | Inspector Simms |
| Troy MacKinder | Officer Hobbs |
| Willem Dafoe | Lionel "Elvis" Cormac |
| Christopher Kirby | Jarvis Bayom |
| Glen Martin | Coffee buyer |
| Isabel Lucas | Alison Bromley |
| Des Coroy | Businessman |
| Michelle Atkinson | Mother |
| David Vallon | Janitor |
| Candice Storey | Onlooker |
| Simon Burvill-Holmes | Onlooker |
| Anne Bennetts | Onlooker |
| Kellie Vella | Subsider in garage |
| Scot McQade | Security desk officer |
| Jack Bradford | Security guard #1 |
| Jason Chin | Medic |
| Konrad Whitten | Weathered human |
| Mark Finden | Young vampire cadet |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this film is "In 2019, the most precious natural resource... is us."
- There are a total of fifty-six credited cast members in this film.
- Production on Daybreakers began in July, 2007. Principal filming began on July 16th, 2007 and concluded on September 10th, 2007. The movie was shot in-studio and on-location in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [1]
- Daybreakers grossed $15,146,692 over its opening weekend. It earned $5,895,356 on Friday January 8th, $5,619,100 on Saturday January 9th, and 3,632,236 on Sunday, January 10th. For the entirety of its theatrical run, it had a domestic total of $30,101,577 at the American box office, with $21,314,887 internationally for a worldwide gross of $51,416,464. [2]
- Daybreakers came in at number 2 at the box office on opening night after Avatar, which had already been in release for twenty-two days. It beat out Sherlock Holmes, which had been out for fifteen days, and Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, which ha d been out for seventeen days.
- Other films that premiered on the same day as Daybreakers include Leap Year, Youth in Revolt, Crazy on the Outside, and Bitch Slap.
- At its widest release, Daybreakers was screened on 2,253 theaters. It had remained in release for a total of fifty-one weeks (358 days).
- Daybreakers closed out of theaters on February 11th, 2010.
- Daybreakers was released on Blu-ray by Lions Gate Films on May 11th, 2009. [3] It was released in 4K Ulutra HD by Lionsgate on September 10th, 2019. [4]
- Directors and writers Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig are credited as The Spierig Brothers in this film.
- On the movie review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes, Daybreakers holds a Tomatometer rating of 69% Fresh based on 154 approved critic reviews. It has an audience score of 49% based on more than 100,000 ratings. * On Metacritic, Daybreakers has a weighted average rating of 57 out of 100 based on thirty-one critic reviews. It has an audience score 6.7 based on 223 ratings.
- Daybreakers has a rating of 2.9 on Letterboxd.
- Michael Spierig and Peter Spierig will go on to direct the psycho-thriller/slasher Jigsaw in 2017.
- Actor Ethan Hawke will go on to play Ellison Oswalt in Sinister, James Sandin in The Purge, and The Grabber in The Black Phone.
- Actor Sam Neill is also known for playing the roles of Doctor Alan Grant in Jurassic Park, Jurassic Park III, and Jurassic World: Dominion, as well as Doctor William Weir in Event Horizon.
- This is the first, and to date, the only known acting work for Kevin Zwierzchaczewski, who plays a lab technician in this film.
Quotes[]
- Edward Dalton: Is this place safe?
- Lionel "Elvis" Cormac: Living in a world where vampires are the dominant species is about as safe as bare backing a five-dollar whore.
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References[]
- ↑ IMDB; Daybreakers (2009); Filming & Production.
- ↑ Box Office Mojo; Daybreakers; Title Summary; Grosses.
- ↑ Blu-ray.com; Daybreakers (2009); Lionsgate Films; 98 min. May 11th, 2010.
- ↑ Blu-ray.com; Daybreakers 4K Blu-ray; 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital HD; Lionsgate Films; 98 min. September 10th, 2019.
Keywords[]
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