UNIVERSAL PICTURES Presents

A EUROPACORP Production

In Co-Production with TF1 FILMS Productions

With the Participation of CANAL+, CIN+ and TF1

SCARLETT JOHANSSON
MORGAN FREEMAN
CHOI MIN-SIK
AMR WAKED

Executive Producer
MARC SHMUGER

Produced by
VIRGINIE BESSON-SILLA

Written and Directed by

LUC BESSON

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 CAST Lucys Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HSING FENG
Warehouse Man Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . HSU HAO-HSIANG
Lucy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SCARLETT JOHANSSON Lucys MotherVoice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAURA DARISTA
Professor Norman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MORGAN FREEMAN Phone Voice Royal Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EUNYUL HONG
Mr. Jang . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHOI MIN-SIK The Receptionist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAMUEL CHURIN
Pierre Del Rio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMR WAKED Regent Hotel Concierge #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MASON LEE
The Limey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULIAN RHIND-TUTT Fakir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MOHAMMAD ASLAM ANSARI
Richard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PILOU ASBK Native Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEVIN DUST
Caroline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANALEIGH TIPTON DIEGO LLANO
Jii . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICOLAS PHONGPHETH TIMOTHY REEVIS
French Mule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAN-OLIVER SCHROEDER JEYSSON REYES DE LA CRUZ
Italian Mule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUCA ANGELETTI GERMAN TINTAYA MAMANI
Professors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LOC BRABANT Rubiks Cube Boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KANNETI SAE HAN
PIERRE GRAMMONT Lucys Stand-in . . . . . . . . . . . . ANTONINA PASHCHENKO
PIERRE POIROT Richards Stand-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . CARL B. CUTTING, JR.
BERTRAND QUONIAM
Drug Addict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASCAL LOISON
CREW
Airport Doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIERRE GRARD
Airport Nurse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISABELLE CAGNAT
Written and Directed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUC BESSON
Cabin Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRDRIC CHAU
Produced by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VIRGINIE BESSON-SILLA
Flight Attendant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAIRE TRAN
Executive Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARC SHMUGER
Business Man Plane . . . . . . . . . . . . FRANOIS LEGRAND
Director of Photography . . . . . . THIERRY ARBOGAST, AFC
Customs Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOB MARTET
Production Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . HUGUES TISSANDIER
Cop Daniel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CDRIC CHEVALME
Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULIEN REY
Cop Robert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALEXIS RANGHEARD
Costume Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OLIVIER BERIOT
Cop Sergeant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONIO DESCANVELLE
Original Score by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIC SERRA
Cops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTOPHE LAVALLE
Casting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NATHALIE CHERON, ARDA
JULIEN PERSONNAZ
Senior Visual Effects Supervisor . . . . NICHOLAS BROOKS
Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATTHEW BRAVAIS
Sound . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GUILLAUME BOUCHATEAU
RENAUD CESTRE
STEPHANE BUCHER
THIBAULT SEGOUIN
DIDIER LOZAHIC
CLAIRE ZANIOLO
SHANNON MILLS
Marco Brezzi . . . . . . . . . . . ALESSANDRO GIALLOCOSTA
DAVID PARKER
Berlin Custom Officer . . . . . . . . . . WOLFGANG PISSORS
1st Assistant Director . . . . . . . . LUDOVIC PERNARD, AFAR
Chinese Doctor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIFAN SHAO
Production Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . THIERRY GUILMARD
Taipei Surgeon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAUL CHAN
Jangs Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I CHENG-SHENG
CHOU CHUNG-WEI DIRECTORS DEPARTMENT
HUAN JHIH-CYUAN
FRANK MA 2nd Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . MARIE ROLINDES, AFAR
TSENG SHENG-EN 2nd 2nd Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . LUCIE GRATAS
Mahjong Room Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIU HSIEH-MIN 3rd Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . CAROLE SCHMIDLIN
Prehistoric Lucy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SANDRA ABOUAV Script Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISABELLE QUERRIOUX
Prehistoric Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ABEL ABOUALITEN Assistant Script Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . ALICE MAUREL
Regent Hotel Concierge #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KEN LIN Storyboarder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIC GANDOIS

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 DIRECTORS DEPARTMENT: ADDITIONAL CREW COSTIA DUFOUR
JRMY FERNANDEZ
2nd Assistant Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FLIX BAUDOIN ALEXANDRE GOUVEIA
KVIN FRILET BENOIT MAGNE
3rd Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . CRISTINA FREITAS ANTOINE MEZAN DE MALARTIC-ROUANET
Script Supervisors2nd Unit . . . . . . . . DIANE BRASSEUR MICKALA MOURIER
MARIE LECONTE-HENRIET SBASTIEN TOUJAN
Paris Location Scout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PHILIPPE LETOD
Blocking Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . GUILHEM MALGOIRE UNIT AND LOCATION MANAGING: ADDITIONAL CREW

CASTING Production Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBIN GACHON

MATHAIS LEPAGE
Casting Assistant . . . . . PIERRE-FRANOIS CRANCIER SVETOSLAV PETROFF
Extras Casting . . . . . . . . . . . SANDRA CHRIFI MARTHON BENJAMIN TILLIER
Extras Casting Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . PABLO BARBETTI Personal Assistant to Scarlett Johansson . . . . . . . . . . . .
TOM CLMENT MEAGAN ROGERS
Personal Assistant to Morgan Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PRODUCTION QUENTIN PIERRE
Interpreter to Choi Min-Sik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YE-JIN KIM
Production Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALIX SIDEM ExtraInterpreter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLINE HONG
Production Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KATHLEEN SIL
Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SANDRINE PARENT CAMERA DEPARTMENT

ACCOUNTING Steadicam Operators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LORENZO DONATI

LARRY MCCONKEY
Production Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . NOUR RAKOTOBE 1st ACs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VINCENT RICHARD
Assistant Accountants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JULIE BIRNBAUM REN-PIERRE ROUAUX
SONIA DUCLOS 1st ACIMAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEAN-MARIE DELORME
2nd ACs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LODIE BOULARD
UNIT AND LOCATION MANAGING BENOIT MEIGNAN
Video Assistants . . . . . . . JOSPHINE DROUIN-VIALLARD
Location ManagerFrance . . . . . . . MARC GUIDETTI, AFR VINCENT TULASNE
Location ManagerTaiwan . . . . . CLAUDE DELFOUR, AFR Trainee Video Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMLIE RAOUL
Assistant Location Managers . . . . ADRIEN ADRIACO, AFR Digital Imaging Technicians . . . . . . . . JULIEN BACHELIER
SBASTIEN BOUDET, AFR DAVID GOUDIER
CYRIL MUND GUILLAUME POIRSON
SYLVAIN SASTRE MIRALLES Data Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDOUARDO FRASCHINI
WILLIAM TRILLAUD, AFR Making Of Directed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LARBI AARAB
Production Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIERRE ACCOLAS Still Photographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JESSICA FORDE
CORINE ARTRU
RONNIE AVENEL CAMERA DEPARTMENT: ADDITIONAL CREW
SARAH BONNET
MATTHIEU LE CAISNE 1st AC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BORIS ABAZA
KARELLE CIANA FABRICE BISMUTH
JULIEN DELMAS FANNY COUSTENOBLE

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2nd AC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XAVIER BOMPARD Cranes Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAXENCE BOTTREAU
Video Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ROBIN CASSIAU
Colorist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARJOLAINE MISPELAERE GRIP: PRELIGHT

SOUND Key Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRANCK BONOMI

Best Boy Key Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . CHRISTOPHE SURBIER
Boom Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIONEL DOUSSET Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THOMAS BRAZIER
Sound Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAIRE BERNENGO BRUNO DRANSART
REMY DUMAS
WARDROBE DEPARTMENT LAURENT DUQUESNOY
DANY LALLEMAND
Wardrobe Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CORINNE BRUAND PHILIPPE MOURIER
Personal Costumer to Morgan Freeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . FELIPE VINCENOT
CATHERINE VALDOVINO
Set Costumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CAPUCINE MARTIN ELECTRICAL
FRDRIC TOURNANT
Runner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDOUARD GIRAUDO Gaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRGORY FROMENTIN
Dressers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SARINA CLUDY Assistant to Gaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEAN-BAPTISTE FELIX
LISE CRIBIER-DELANDE Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NICOLAS LABROUSSE
CORINNE DUBOIS STPHANE ROCHERA
STPHANIE WATRIGANT FRDRIC THUROT
Sewing Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HLNE BOISGONTIER Genny Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIC THUROT
GHNAELLE BROSSARD
SOPHIE LALEU ELECTRICAL: PRELIGHT
GWEN VAN DEN EIJNDE
Sheen Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIREILLE TOUDONOU Gaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASCAL LOMBARDO
Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANSEL ARBOGAST
MAKEUP AND HAIR THIBAUD CHARLES
STPHANE CRY
Makeup and Hair for Scarlett Johansson . . . . . . . . . . . . ROLAND DONDIN
CHRISSIE BEVERIDGE MARC NOV
Key Makeup Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STPHANE ROBERT RENATO VICINI
Personal Makeup Artist for Morgan Freeman . . . . . . . . .
NANCY WORTHEN-HANCOCK ART DEPARTMENT
Assistant to Chrissie Beveridge . . . . MARTHE FAUCOUIT
Key Hairstylist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GUILAINE TORTEREAU Art Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GILLES BOILLLOT
Personal Hairdresser to Morgan Freeman . . DEENA ADAIR STPLANE ROBUCHON
THIERRY ZEMMOUR
GRIP
DRAWINGPLAN

Key Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEAN-PIERRE MAS Art DirectorPlan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DOMINIQUE MOISAN

Best Boy Key Grip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STPHANE BIRZIN Art DirectorIllustrator . . . . . . . . . . . PATRICK TANDIANG
Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRANCK BOUCHOUCHA 2nd Art DirectorsPlan . . . . . ANNE-SOPHIE DELAUNAY
RMY FREES KATIA ESPINAD
PIERRE GARNIER VIRGINIE IRDEL

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DRAWINGILLUSTRATION JEAN-PHILIPPE DA BENTA

Art DirectorIllustrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PATRICK CLERC MICHAEL EYNAUDI

2nd Art DirectorGraphic Artist . . . . . . . CHARLIE CLERC SBASTIEN HOULLIER

Art Department PAGraphic Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BAPTISTE LEBOUVIER

TAMARA VARDANIAN JULIEN LEBOUVIER

TEDDY LETANT

FURNITURE AND PROPS FRANCIS NOCTURE

YANN PARUSSIE
Set Decorator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EVELYNE TISSANDIER
PHILIPPE TARDIF
Set Decorator Buyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GUY MONBILLARD
YOANN VARIN
Props Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AXEL MAUGE
Locksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASCAL PILLAS
Propmakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIERRE BANDINI
RICHARD GUILL
2ND UNITCONSTRUCTION
STPHANIE LINET
BENOT SQUIZZATO Construction Manager . . . . . . . . . . LUDOVIC ERBELDING

Buyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OMID GHARAKHANIAN Construction Riggers . . . . . . . . . JEAN-PIERRE AGAESSE

EMILIE ROBUCHON LAURENT BESSOU

Art Department PAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHARLES BERNARD MARTIN BOUTILIE

CAMILLE FREYCHET CHRISTIAN JOLY

On-set Dresser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OLIVIER NGUYEN THOMAS KRAMKIMEL

On-set Dresser Assistant . . . . . . . . . . LAURENT PESSON GUY LACROIX

Art Department Trainee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LISA DELLIOU MATTHIAS NAVARRO

DECORATION COORDINATION CARPENTRY

Art Department Coordinator . . . . . . . . CAMILLE GRUMAN Head Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OLIVIER GUERLOT

Art Department Coordinator Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carpenters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LAURENT CHALMANDRIER
GRALDINE DIAGREMONT CHRISTIAN LETANT
PATRICIA TISSANDIER LOC MASSE
ERIC PETIT-JEAN
UNIT DECORATION AND TRANSPORT Art Department PACarpenter . . . . . . . . . . THO RIVALIN

2nd Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAULO GONCLAVES

Buyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ABDELNABI KROUCHI DEDEN PAINTING

Swing Gangs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARTIN ASTICH BARRE Head Painter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRANOISE MALAPLATE

KARIM FAQUIR Sheen Painters . . . . . . . . . . VRONIQUE JIMINEZ-PAROT
JULYAN GIRAUX ALEXIS JORAND
JEAN-BERNARD MULOT GUILLAUME LEGRAND
ANTONIO NOGUEIRA MARGUERITE OTS
CLARISSE PROVIN PATRICIA ROBIN
Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STPHANIE BILLET
CONSTRUCTION MARIANNE CAPDEVILLE
Construction Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HERV LESPERT AURLIE CHASSIER
Key Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BERNARD OLIVIER THO CLERC
Assistant Key Builder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RONY PELMARD ROGER DANG VAN SUNG
Construction Riggers . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRDRIC ARNULF JACKY FRANKIEL
PATRICK BRETONNIERE KEIJI HATANO

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 CHRISTOPHE PETROT IBRAHIMA KEITA
FELIPE VINCENOT CATHERINE LEBEGUE
Art Department PAPainting . . . . . . . . PAULINE BERGER JEAN-PAUL LY
ANTOINE LEROUX MIN MAN MA
LAETITIA SABLE PATRICK MEDIONI
PHILIPPE MOREL

SCULPTURE HAJIME NARIYOSHI

HOANG NGHI
Head Modeler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GILLES GUERBER
DAREN NOP
Modelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNE DOLET
DAVID NOP
PASCAL LE HENAFF
STEPHAN ORSOLANI
CHRISTIANE LOHEZIC
CHRISTOPHE OUTTRABADY
BRIGITTE RENARD
SBASTIEN PERES
CATHERINE WEINTZEM
VIBOL-JOSEPH SOK
STAFF
THIERRY THIA
Head Plasterer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIDIER BAUTZ HLNE TRAN
Plasterers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PATRICK BERTRON ALEXANDRE VU
PIERRE IMBERTECHE PHILIPPE YTHOR
Driver CAN-AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LOIC SAINTILLAN
UPHOLSTERY
Head Upholsterer . . . . . . . . . . . . JACQUES KAZANDJIAN MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL SFX

Upholsterers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRANCINE CROLBOIS

SVERINE DEPYE SFX Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PHILIPPE HUBIN

HLNE HEITZ-BINOTH SFX General Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

PAULA MELETOPOULOS JEAN-CHRISTOPHE MAGNAUD

SFX Pyrotechnist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYLVIE ROUSSELIN

PHYSICAL STUNTS SFX Technicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BOUALEM BEHNOUS

HUBERT DEVINCK
Stunt Choreographer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALAIN FIGLARZ DENIS LE DOYEN
Stunt Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . LAURENT DEMIANOFF FRANOIS GAUBERT
FLIGARZACTION STUNT TEAM JEAN-YVES THOREAU
Rigger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID GENTY SFX 1st Art Director . . . . . . . . . . JEAN-MARC DELAHAIE
Scarlett Johanssons Stunt Double . . . LAURAINE ROUAULT SFX Construction Manager . . . . . . . . . . . FRANCK SCALA
Stunts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARNAUD BALENCI SFX Set Decoration Buyer . . . . . . . . SOPHANARETH SOK
CHRISTIAN BERGNER SFX Key Carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . EMMANUEL TEISSEIRE
MARC BIZET SFX Wood Machinist . . . . . . . . . . . BERTRAND TERREYRE
RAFIQ BRAYANE SFX Carpenters . . . . . . . . JUAN ANDRES BARRENECHEA
AMADEO CAZZELLA BENAMAR BOUKSSESSA
MAURICE CHAN FLORENT COULBOUEE
MARC DAVID THOPHILE DE MONTALIVET
OUMAR DIAOURE DENIS MISURA
MICHELLE FIGLARZ FRANOIS SCALA
JRME GASPARD SFX Head Painter Designer . . . . . . . . . . COLAS LAMBERT
VINCENT GATINAUD SFX Sheen Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . COLAS LAMBERT
SAMUEL KEFI ABRIKH FRDRIQUE NOLLET

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SFX Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMINE ALILARROUM Meal and Beverage Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIU YI-JUN
KILLIAN HARPER-DERME Assistant to Unit Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIN PENG
Production Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUN CHENG
WEAPONS
CHANG GAWII
Armorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARC LEROYER
WU YU-HAN
MARATIER
HAO YI-JHAN
WU YU-WEN
ANIMALS WU XUECHENG
Animal TrainerMice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PIERRE CADEACFAUNA & FILMS ACCOUNTING
Animal TrainerDogs . . . . . . . . . . . . PATRICK PITTAVINO
Production Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANGEL JEN
Production Bookkeepers . . . . . . . . . . CHEN CHUN-HUNG
PICTURE CARS TSAI I-TING

Assistants Picture Cars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANTONIO CIDES

RIC GUINOT INTERPRETERS
DriversExtras . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OLIVIER CHENEVAT ZOE CHOW MING CHIA
JEAN-CHARLES MANUEL CHANG CHUTI
PHILIPPE MILLOT CATHY LIU
ERIC NAVECH LEE HYUN JU
RICHARD ROGGERO JOSEPHINE WO
CHRISTOPHE TOLAZZI CARRIE GUO YI SHUAN
TENG YU-CHING

TAIPEI SHOOTING
DIRECTORS DEPARTMENT

PRODUCTION 1st Assistant Director . . . . . . . HSUN-WEI DAVID CHANG

2nd Assistant Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . KUAN WEI CHIEH
Services in Taipei Provided by . . . . . FILMAGIC (add logo)
CHEN YI TING
Local Line Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AILEEN LI
Continuity Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOSEPHINE WANG
Production Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIU ICHA
Assistant Production Coordinators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CHRIS CHIANG NAI-YUN CASTING
KUO HSIAO-FEN Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FINN WU
AVA WEN Assistant Casting Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CELINE LIAO
Production Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TING CHANG
HOLLY CHEN
CAMERA DEPARTMENT
Equipment Coordinators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NIU JIAO
Focus Puller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDRE WAN
KATE LIU
2nd Assistant Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PEI CHI WEI
ROBIN TSAI
Camera Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KAZE CHEN
Unit Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDISON WU
KUO TSE-TING
Production Assistant Transportation . . . . . . . YE JIE-FANG
Digital Imaging Technicians . . . . . . . . . . . . YEH CHEN-WEI
Location Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHEN CHIEN-YU
WEI HUNG-TA
Location Scouting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LU YEN-CHIU
Location Scouting Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIN JING-YIN CINEFLEX
Meal and Beverage Coordinator . . . . . . . . . FENYUAN LIU Cineflex Operator . . . . . . . MARK PETER GERASIMENKO

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ART DEPARTMENT CHUANG YI-CHENG

Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DATO WANG CHUANG YI-CHING

Set Decorators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ILLAS HUANG ARMORER

HOGAN LEE Armorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIMON YEE

Prop Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEN HSIN-CHENG (BILLY)
Assistant Prop Master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JIMMY LO PHYSICAL STUNTS
Assistant Set Decorators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LIN WU
Stunt Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GINO YANG
CHEN YI-CHU
Stunt Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARS HUANG
Prop Assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHEN JIN-FANG
Stunt Pilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHU KO-FENG
CHEN LI-HSIN GIA
Assistant Stunt Pilots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HSE CHIH-PEN
HUANG SHIH-TIEN
WARDROBE DEPARTMENT
YU TSANG-MING
Costume Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ZOEY SHIH
Mahjong Room Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GU DE-GANG
Buyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YUEN YUEN YANG
BLAKE LIU
Set Dressers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLING CHEN
CHU SHIN-LUNG
KITTI SOO
A SU
PEGGY SOO
SHOW WU
STUNT CARS
HAIR
Stunt Pilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHU KO-FENG
Key Hairstylist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EDNA HUNG

MEDIC
MAKEUP
Nurse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CASSIA WU
Key Makeup Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OLIVIA WANG

ANIMALS
GRIP
Animal Trainers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LI CHEN-PENG
Grips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JERRY HUNG CHEN YING-CHIEH
TING KUAN-CHUNG CHANG YUN-TUNG
KAO WEI-CHIEH Custom Dogs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WILLAALON
CHANG YI-CHENG

DRIVERS
ELECTRICAL
RALF CHIU
Gaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TSENG YING YU CHENG FENG-HSIUNG
Best Boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LU KO CHENG YVONNE HO
YU YU CHUN CHRIS HSIA
HUANG KUO BIN YOU LI-CHENG
LEE YI TAI SHIH MAO KAI
Electricians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YANG CHANG-PIEN TING PENG SHENG
LIU WEN-LUNG
BERLIN SHOOTING
SFX

SFX Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WEI ZONG-SHE Services in Berlin provided by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SFX Technicians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PAN CHIEN-CHENG ELEMENT FILM GMBH (add logo)
CHEN KUANG-MING General ManagerGermany . . . . . . . . PHILIPP KLAUSING

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Production Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANNA KLAUSING VRONIQUE LAMBERT DE GUISE
Assistant Production Coordinator . . . JENS MATTHIASCHK EMMANUELLE NOWAK
Production Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIMO DOBBERT LAURE REGNIER
2nd Assistant Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YOUNES LABDI CHARLOTTE REICHENBACH

This film was filmed on location at Airport Berlin Tegel VISUAL EFFECTS
Otto Lilienthal Airport, Germany
Visual Effects Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . SOPHIE LECLERC
EUROPACORP TEAM Visual Effects Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ASHLEY BETTINI
Associate Visual Effects Supervisor . . . ARNAUD CHELET
Production Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . ROMUALD DRAULT Visual Effects Coordinator . . . . . . . . . AMELIE PEYRACHE
Assistant Production Accountant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Assistant Visual Effects Coordinator . . . . ROMAIN RIOULT
ALEXANDRE FOURNIER DES CORATS Visual Effects Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LYSSIA LE GALL
Legal Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OLGA FRAUDEAU Assistant Visual Effects Editor . . . . . . RODOLPHE FABLET
VINCENT LEBEGUE Designers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BEN MAURO
GLADYS PERSONNAT EDUARDO PENA
ELISE PROUX Concept Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANIEL AUBER
Luc Bessons Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . SOPHIE FLODERER Livepaintings by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PERRY HALL

POSTPRODUCTION VISUAL EFFECTS & ANIMATION BY INDUSTRIAL LIGHT

& MAGIC, A LUCASFILM LTD. COMPANY
Head of Postproduction . . . . AGNS BERGER-SEBENNE
Postproduction Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . ELODIE GLAIN Visual Effects Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . RICHARD BLUFF
Editor Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YSEULT HURET Visual Effects Producer . . . . . . . . . . . RYAN WIEDERKEHR
Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AYMERIC DEVOLDERE CG Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DANIEL FERREIRA
Additional Sound Editor . . . . . . . SBASTIEN JEANNEAU Compositing Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TAMI CARTER
Sound Editor Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . HORTENSE BAILLY Layout Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN LEVIN
Dialogue Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATTHIEU DALLAPORTA Animation Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JAKUB PISTECKY
Co-Sound Re-recording Mixer . . . MATTHIEU DALLAPORTA Roto and Paint Supervisors . . . . . . . . . . . BETH DAMATO
Pro Tools Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JREMY BABINET MICHAEL VAN EPS
Foley Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PASCAL DEDEYE Creature Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ERIC WONG
Foley Artist Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YVAN MARIZY VFX Art Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRETT NORTHCUTT
Foley Recording Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIDIER LOZAHIC Visual Effects Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NIC ANASTASSIOU
Foley Recording Mixer Assistant . . . . . . JREMY BABINET Visual Effects Production Manager . . . . HUI LING CHANG
Additional Postproduction Sound Services by . . . . . . . . . . Lead Digital Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STEVE DELUCA
SKYWALKER SOUND, A LUCASFILM LTD. COMPANY, CHRIS DOERHOFF
MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA GERALD GUTSCHMIDT
Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHANNON MILLS RYAN HOPKINS
Re-recording Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAVID PARKER JOHN WALKER
Additional Sound Designer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NIA HANSEN FLORIAN WITZEL
Sound Effects Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEREMY BOWKER Digital Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JESSICA ALCORN
Postproduction Runners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOS DA SILVA JACOBO BARREIRO DOMINGUEZ
ANTOINE MEZAN DE MALARTIC-ROUANET KEVIN BELL
Research Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . MLODIE ROBERT STEVE BEVINS
Researchers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MORGANE BARRIER LANDON BOOTSMA

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 GREGORY BOSSERT JOE WOODWARD STEVENSON
MATT BRUMIT TIFFANY YUNG
BRIAN S. CLARK CHRISTIAN ZURCHER
JAY COOPER Visual Effects Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KIM WASSON
GLENN COTTER Visual Effects Production Assistants . . GRETTEL BATOON
MICHELLE DEAN HAZEL INTAL
MICHAEL DEBEER Production Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAURA HOGAN
MARCO DI LUCCA BRENDA HUEY
RAUL ESSIG BRAD ISDRAB
KATHARINE EVANS CHRISTOPHER MEDLEY-POLE
CONNY FAUSER Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RONALD MALLET
WILLI GEIGER NICK MULREAN
TAU GERBER SHEM NGUYEN
CODY GRAMSTAD MICAH RUSSELL
DAVE HANKS JILL THOMAS
DREW HARRISON REUBEN UY
TC HARRISON Executive Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JOHN KNOLL
ADAM HAZARD GRETCHEN LIBBY
JESSICA HEE PAUL RYAN
NEIL HERZINGER
DAVID HISANAGA In Memoriam: Jack Mongovan (ILM Years: 19812014)
SVEN JENSEN
JUNG JIN KANG VISUAL EFFECTS BY RODEO FX, MONTREAL
ALEX KIM
JOHANES KURNIA Visual Effects Executive Producer . . SBASTIEN MOREAU
EUISUNG LEE Visual Effects Supervisor . . . . . . . FRANOIS DUMOULIN
MELISSA LIN Visual Effects Producer . . . . . . . . . MARIE-CECILE DAHAN
JENNIFER MACKENZIE Head of Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . ISABELLE LANGLOIS
RICH MCBRIDE Visual Effects Coordinator . . . . . . . NANCY LAMONTAGNE
JACK MONGOVAN Visual Effects Production Assistant . . . . . . WILLIAM CT
CHRIS MOORE VFX Director of Photography . . . . . . . . . . ROBERT BOCK
TIMOTHY MUELLER Head of Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JORDAN SOLES
MATTHIAS MULLER CG Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MIKAL DAMANT-SIROIS
KARLA ORTIZ Concept Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OLIVIER MARTIN
NICK RASMUSSEN Matte Painters . . . . . . . . . . . . SAMANTHA COMBALUZIER
ROBERT ROSSELLO FRANOIS CROTEAU
CRAIG ROWE ARNAUD HAVART
ROMAN SCHMIDT Matte Painters TD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DOMINIC DAIGLE
JEROEN J SCHULTE SIMON MERCIER
ERIK SHEPHERD CG Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GUILLAUME CHAMPAGNE
MARK SIEGEL VINCENT DUDOUET
DANIEL TRBOVIC ALAN FREGTMAN
DOUG TUBACH CARL GAGNON
YUSEI UESUGI MANUEL GAUDREAU
LEE UREN SOAL GIVORD

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 JOCELYN HUDON VISUAL EFFECTS BY DIGITAL FACTORY
SAMUEL JACQUES
VFX Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KVIN BERGER
VIKTOR KOKORUZA
VFX Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SIMON DESCAMPS
JONATHAN LABORDE
Digital Compositors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VICTOR CARLIER
CHRISTINE LECLERC
ESTELLE CHESNEAU
RAPHAL LETERTRE
OLIVIER DEBERT
VALRIE LOYER LAURENT FRADET
ALEXANDRE MENARD GILLES GIORDAN GLOUK
DOMINIQUE MOISAN CRISTINA GOMES
IRENE SMIRNOVA YOHAN HAYS
FABRICE VIENNE JRME LIONARD
JEAN-PHILIPPE VOYER OLIVIER LUCASZCZYK
Matchmovers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LOC BEGUEL FRED ROZ
DANIEL LOWENBERG JEAN-FRANOIS THEAULT
DAVID MCKAY CG Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CLAUDE CHABOT
ETIENNE POULIN ST-LAURENT BENOIT DELONGLEE
Digital Compositors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALEXIS BLANGER Matchmover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . XAVIER GOUBIN
OLIVIER BLANCHET
ELOI BRUNELLE VISUAL EFFECTS BY SAVAGE VISUAL EFFECTS
ANDRANE DODIER-VILLENEUVE
Visual Effects Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . JAMES PASTORIUS
JROME FOUCOUT
Visual Effects Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BRICE LIESVELD
XAVIER FOURMOND
2D Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHANE FLAHERTY
JULIEN KLEIN
TIM TURNER
LYNE LEPAGE
ANDY WITKOWSKI
CHRISTIAN MORIN
Junior Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ANDREW ROBERTS
PHILIPPE PELLETIER
LAURENT SPILLEMAECKER
VISUAL EFFECTS BY MAKE INC.
JEAN-FRDERIC VEILLEUX
SBASTIEN VEILLEUX CG Sequence Supervisor . . . . . . . . . . . . RUSTY IPPOLITO
Rotoscope Artists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FRANCIS CLMENT Visual Effects Producer . . . . . . . . . . . VALERIE DELAHAYE
XAVIER DOYON Modeling Lead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SEBASTIEN CHARTIER
SIMON GRAVEL 2D/3D Artist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . KELLEN HENRY
ERIC LARIVEE
XENIA PIROJENKO MATTE PAINTINGS BY HATCH
STEVEN RICCIO
Senior Matte Painter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DEAK FERRAND
CEDRIC TREMBLAY
Executive Producer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CHERYL BAINUM
Senior Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARJOLAINE TREMBLAY
System Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . VINCENT BLANCO
PREVISUALIZATION BY PLUG FX
KAR HUNG TOM
JEAN-SBASTIEN JASENOVIC Visual Effects Supervisor . . . . . . . . . LAURENS EHRMANN
ROBERT MASON Visual Effects Producer . . . . . . . . . . . NICOLAS BONNELL
Programmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CARINE TOURAILLE Additional Visual Effects by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LOLA
Production Support Team . . . . . . . . . . . JENNIFER ELENA Graphics by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NORDBECK CREATIVE
ROXANNE GEOFFROY Green Screens by . . . . . . . . COMPOSITE COMPONENTS
GUILLAUME POULIN Eye Photography by . . . . . . . . . . . . . SUREN MANVELYAN
AMLIE THOMAS Lidar and Cyber Scanning by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4DMAX

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Head of 3D Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LOUISE BRAND Footage supplied courtesy of NHNZ Moving Images:
3D Scanning Specialists . . . . . . . . . . JEAN-MARC RULIER Les animaux amoureux,
JOSEPH SEVERN directed by Laurent Charbonnier MC4

Texture Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MATT HICKS Footage provided by T3Media: The Mad Magician,
courtesy of Columbia Pictures
PRE-EXISTING WORKS
Action Sports FootageMotoCross Jump
VIDEO X-tremedia Ltd. All Rights Reserved

Wilderness Films India Ltd.

AP Archive
GurgenB/POND5
From pitstop on boardThe film includes Ferrari
trademarks and cars, which are used with the Prairies PicturesMartin Lisius/StormStock
permission of Ferrari S.p.A.
Scott McPartland
Shots of the Ariane launcher ESA, CNES,
ARIANESPACE GPA

Bovines ou la vraie vie des vaches, a film by Emmanuel One Planet

Gras Bathysphere Productions, 2012
Footage Search
Le lac des cygnes, directed by Andy Sommer
Framepool
Bel Air Media

Zurich Opera House2009 Doclights

Aircraft Carrier OperationUSS Enterprise (CVN65) Getty Images

at sea (June 20, 2011) Getty Images/BBC Motion Gallery
The Checkmates of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211
fly sorties during Enterprises 21st deployment
(U.S. Navy video by Lt. Ian Schmidt) PICTURES
Released by Lt. j.g. Michael Hatfield

Clips from the feature film Home, RMN

directed by Yann Arthus-Bertrand Space TelescopeESA/NASA,
Indian rhino matingFilm Image ESO and Danny LaCrue
Howard Hall Productions Corbis
Clip from the feature film Atlantis, directed FNAL
by Luc Besson 1991 Gaumont (France)/ Fotolia.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FOTOLIA
Cecchi Gori Group Fin Ma. Vi. (Italy)
Erni, Fotolia.com
Clip from Le premier Cri Mai Juin Productions, and andrejabali
written and directed by Gilles De Maistre
Fotolia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Abstract color background
Baraka and SamsaraStock footage from Italian flag vector simbos
the films Baraka and Samsara
American Fashion Model in Military Pin-up Style
provided courtesy of Magidson Films, Inc.
jorgo photography
1,000 Hands dance from My Dream,
Pasta spaghetti, vegetables and spices
by China Disabled Peoples Performing Art Troupe,
Africa Studio
Tai LihuaPresident, Art Director
Pin-up girl in American style showing blank signboard
Le syndrome du Titanic, written and
Margarita Borodina
directed by Jean-Albert Livre and Nicolas Hulot
Mandarin Cinma/WLP Red American Football Helmet lalilele13

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 Vintage New York Poster avniunsal NADINE COLLON
Young female dancer against white background HLNE CORBELLARI
Sergey Nivens ANNE-SOPHIE COURDEROT
Leremy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vecteur Can Stock Photo Inc. MICHEL DIETZ
Galerie Itinerrance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alapinta Crew LAURE FRANZ
Aner and Meher DANIEL GARLITSKI
Fresco Tierra Madre LOUISE GRINDEL
RAPHAEL JACOB
MUSIC CLARA JASZCZYSZYN
SOPHIE KALCH
Original song SISTER RUST by Damon Albarn JEAN-PHILIPPE KUZMA
Original music composed, KAREN LESCOP
arranged and produced by Eric Serra CLAIRE LISIECKI
CLAIRE LUGAN
Symphonic parts performed by
JOCELYNE MAUBRE
The Paris Symphonic Orchestra
SOPHIE MAUREL
Conducted by Eric Serra PHILIPPE MAZEAU
Solo Violin: Christophe Guiot, Orchestrators: LAURENCE MONTI
Eric Serra and Geoffrey Alexander, PHILIPPE MOREL
Librarian: Tony Stanton, Fixer: Philippe Nadal DAVID NAULIN
ELISABETH PALLAS
Recorded by Jrme Devoise at Studios Guillaume Tell
FRANOISE PERRIN
Assistant: Adrien Bloko ANTOINE PHAM
All other parts performed and recorded VINH PHAM
by Eric Serra on board of the X-PLORER ISABELLE SOUVIGNET
Mixed by Jrme Devoise in the X-PLORER PAULINE VERNET
Violas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DAMIEN BEC
FRANOIS BODIN
Assistant Sound Engineer . . . . . . . . . . . . . TONI DI ROCCO
FANNY COUPE
Music Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SAMUEL POTIN
ANTOINE DI PIETRO
Production Coordination for X-Plorians . . . HLNE LEBEAU
AUDE-MARIE DUPERRET
Legal Coordination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIERRE HENRIOT
BATRICE GENDEK
OLIVIER GRIMOIN
EuropaCorp Music Publishing JEAN-MICHEL LENERT
2014 EuropaCorp ANNE-MICHELLE LIENARD
FRDRIC PALLAS
Head of Music Department . . . . . . ALEXANDRE MAHOUT JRMY PASQUIER
Production Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BARBARA BRIGHT NOELLE SANTOS
Publishing Management . . . . . . . . . CATHERINE ROUYEZ Celli . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JEAN-PHILIPPE AUDIN
JULIE CHOUQUER
THE MUSICIANS RAPHAEL CHRETIEN
Violins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EMMANUEL ANDRE SARAH JACOB
CCILE BOURCIER PHILIPPE NADAL
FLORENT BRANNENS AMANDINE ROBILLIARD
VINCENT BRUN GREGORIO ROBINO

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 MIWA ROSSO DANCING IN NOWHERE
CLAIRE SPANGARO (Julie Hugo, Grgory Cauzot, Pierre Mathieu)
Performed by Make the Girl Dance feat.
FEDERICA TESSARI
Solange La Frange
Basses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MARTHE AUDIN Roy Music Publishing
BENJAMIN BERLIOZ 2014 Roy Music
IGOR BORANIAN Courtesy of Roy Music

LOLA DAURES
NAPPES CORDES ANIMAUX
MATHIAS LOPEZ (Guillaume Bouchateau)
AURORE PINGARD Performed by Guillaume Bouchateau
MARJOLAINE PLAGNARD and Reserved Rights

ULYSSE VIGREUX LUCKY YEAR

Flute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FLORENCE DELEPINE (Mark Forstater)
Piccolo Flute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PIERRE DUMAIL K Music/Music House

Zeff Flutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIDIER MALHERBE

STREETS OF CANTON
Oboe and English Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . NORA CISMONDI (Imade Saputra)
CHRISTOPHE GRINDEL and Koka Media
Clarinets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ALEXANDRE CHABOT Universal Publishing Production Music France
Courtesy of Universal Publishing Production Music France .
JRME VOISIN
Bass Clarinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARNAUD LEROY MASS NO. 19 IN D MINOR, K.626 REQUIEM:
Bassoons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GILBERT AUDIN INTROITUS: REQUIEM AETERNAM
(Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
STPHANE COUTAZ
Performed by Patrizia Pace, Waltraud Meier,
Contrabassoon . . . . . . . . . . . . MARIE ABDOUN-GONDOT Frank Lopardo, James Morris, Swedish Radio Choir,
Horns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JRME FLAUM Stockholm Chamber Choir, Berliner Philarmoniker
HERV JOULAIN Conducted by Riccardo Muti
Public Domain
SBASTIEN LENTZ
1987 Warner Classics
JEAN-MICHEL TAVERNIER
Courtesy of Warner Music France
Trombones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MAXIME DELATTRE
NICOLAS DRABIC BACK TO YOU (INSTRUMENTAL VERSION)
(Beck Hansen)
Bass Trombones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SYLVAIN DELVAUX
Performed by Beck
OLIVIER DEVAURE Published by Youthless administered by Kobalt Songs
Tuba . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . STPHANE LABEYRIE Music Publishing Ltd
Trumpets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRGOIRE MEA Fonograf Records
Courtesy of Fonograf Records
FRDRIC MELLARDI
Piano . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THIERRY ELIEZ SINGLE BARREL (SLING THE DECKS)
Saxophone Tenor and Soprano . . . . . . . . EMILE PARISIEN (Scott Kirkland, Kenneth Jordan)
Performed by The Crystal Method
Zeff Flute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DIDIER MALHERBE
Published by The Crystal Method Partnership
Bass, Guitar, Ukulele, Drums, Percussions, Keyboards,
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 SCARLETT JOHANSSON stars in Lucy as a young woman who is accessing the furthest reaches of her mind.

From La Femme Nikita and The Professional to at any given time. For centuries, speculative science
The Fifth Element, writer/director LUC BESSON has has postulated what would occur if mankind could
created some of the toughest, most memorable female actually evolve past that limit. Indeed, what would
action heroes in recent cinematic history. Now, Besson happen to our consciousness and newfound abilities if
directs SCARLETT JOHANSSON (Captain America: every region of the brain was concurrently active? If
The Winter Soldier, The Avengers) and Academy each one of the 86 billion densely packed neurons in a
Award winner MORGAN FREEMAN (The Dark human brain fired at once, could that person become,
Knight Rises, Oblivion) in Lucy, an action-thriller that in fact, superhuman?
examines the possibility of what one human could truly In Bessons story, we meet Lucy (Johansson), a
do if she unlocked 100 percent of her brain capacity carefree young student living in Taiwan who is tricked
and accessed the furthest reaches of her mind. by her boyfriend into delivering a briefcase to a business
It has long been hypothesized that human beings contact. Before she can even comprehend the situation
only use a small percentage of our cerebral capacity in which shes become ensnared, Lucy is grabbed and

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 across the planet to enlist the help
of Professor Samuel Norman
(Freeman), whose decades of
research on the brains potential
makes him unparalleled in the
fieldand the only person on
Earth with the ability to see where
this might lead.
Aiding Lucy in her quest
to reach Dr. Norman is French
police Capt. Pierre Del Rio
(AMR WAKED of Syriana,
TVs House of Saddam), a
dispassionate off icer who
commands his bureau. Although
disturbed by Lucys seemingly
inhuman powersones that
Lucy is held hostage by thugstemporarily. are g rowing by the minute
D e l Rio would sacrif ice his
held hostage by the merciless Mr. Jang (CHOI own life to protect the young woman who looks
MIN-SIK of Oldboy, Lady Vengeance). When his to him to retain the last vestiges of her humanity.
thugs surgically implant in our heroine a package Relentlessly pursued by her former captors,
loaded with a powerful synthetic substanceone that who will kill anyone to extract their product from
would likely kill her if it were to leakher terror the woman who has become their biggest adversary,
turns to desperation. Alongside a handful of fellow Lucy begins to turn the tables and transform into a
unwilling hosts, she is sent to the airport with the warrior evolved beyond human logic.
objective of flying across the world as a transport Bringing Bessons story from script to screen is
vessel for material that is priceless to her kidnappers. a team of longtime behind-the-scenes collaborators
When the chemical is accidentally unleashed in led by producer VIRGINIE BESSON-SILLA (The
and absorbed by Lucys system, her body begins the Family, The Lady), director of photography THIERRY
unimaginable: her cerebral capacity is unlocked to ARBOGAST (The Professional, The Fifth Element),
startling, and previously hypothetical, levels. As she production designer HUGUES TISSANDIER (The
attempts to comprehend and incorporate the incredible Transporter, Taken), editor JULIEN REY (The Family,
changes in her mind and body, Lucy begins to feel The Lady), costume designer OLIVIER BERIOT
everything around herspace, air, vibrations, people, (Arthur and the Great Adventure, The Family)
even gravityand develop superhuman traits including and composer ERIC SERRA (The Fifth Element,
telepathy, telekinesis, expanded knowledge and The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc).
breathtaking control over matter. The executive producer of Lucy is MARC
While the substance continues to awaken and SHMUGER (The Spectacular Now, We Steal
unlock every dormant corner of her mind, Lucy races Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks).

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 ABOUT THE let it mature. She pauses, So he took all those
years to finally come back to it.
PRODUCTION Although Besson believed that the idea

Secrets of the Universe:

of expanding ones brain capacity made for
tremendous action-thriller material, he was
Science and Fiction Unite in Lucy particularly intent on groundingat least in
partLucy in scientif ic fact. The f ilmmaker
The human brain and its capabilities have offers: After I met with a few scientists, I was
long puzzled and deeply fascinated the most amazed by what they told me: about cancer,
accomplished of scientists. While it has customarily about cells, about the fact that we have hundreds
been understood that we tap into much less of our of billions of cells that communicate with
minds capacity than we are capable of using, the one another. Apparently, each cell sends out
exact percentage has remained uncertainand something like 1,000 signals per second. The
ever fluctuating. With that arresting thought in Web is nothing compared to that. It took me a
mind, writer/director Luc Besson took the premise few years to find the right balance between what
as a starting point for a storyline for his new film. is real and what is fantasy.
He imagined what it would be like if we could access As he delved further into the concept, Besson
the furthest reaches of our brain, asking himself reached out to a number of scientists, including
how that would affect our understanding of life world-renowned neurologist YVES AGID, who
and our role in it. He pondered: Would we have co-founded the Brain & Spine Institute (ICM) that
more control over ourselves and others? is based at the Piti-Salptrire Hospital in Paris,
Besson was interested in the notion of having of which Besson is a founding member. Agid
an average girl, as he puts it,
develop superhuman mental and
physical capabilities when her mind
is unlocked. He surmises: Lucy has
problems, like anyone else, and she
doesnt know what to do with her
life. Yet shes going to reach the most
ultimate knowledge in the universe.
Producer Virginie Besson-Silla,
who has worked with Besson on
three previous f ilmsThe Family,
The Lady and The Extraordinary
Adventures of Adle Blanc-Sec
reveals that the writer/director
actually tinkered with the concept
10 years ago: The basis of the story
was there, but I dont think Luc was
quite ready. I believe he wanted to Professor Samuel Norman (MORGAN FREEMAN) is an expert in brain function.

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 bad people and a new kind of drug.
Well, actually, its not exactly a drug.
In fact, its a natural substance that
pregnant women produce in the sixth
week of natal development called
CPH4. I came up with this idea, which
according to some doctors I spoke
with, is not entirely illogical. At some
point, when you open up the capacity
of your brain, if you can access 20
percent, you can open 30 percent.
When you reach 30 percent, you can
open 40 percent, and so on. Its a
Lucys captor has severely underestimated her. domino effect. So Lucy is colonizing
her own brain, and she cant stop it.
remembers the conversation he had with Besson She doesnt want it, and she doesnt even know
about a story that was a combination of fact and what to do with it.
f iction. He says: When Luc told me about the

Earths New First Woman:

screenplay, I found it extraordinary. Still, I had
to rein in his creativity a bit with facts, which
was easy in the end, because he understands Lucy Is Reborn
everything so quickly.
As the neurologist helped Besson walk the With such strong, unique female characters as
line between theoretical reality and imagination, La Femme Nikitas titular character, Mathilda in
he began to see that creativity for a filmmaker is The Professional and Leeloo in The Fifth Element,
not dissimilar to the skills needed to work as a Besson has created some of the most ruthless,
scientist. Agid says: Thats what I find splendid toughest female action heroes in modern film. To
in the f ilm: There are true facts. For instance, portray the lead in his latest film, he needed to find
Lucy deals with the number of cells in the brain, an actress who could be believable as extremely
the number of signals per second produced by one vulnerable, as well as superpowered, when her
cell, etc. By taking advantage of all these figures, exposure to an illicit substance inadvertently makes
Luc implements a fascinating dynamic throughout her acquire incredible skills.
the f ilm. Of course, the more Lucy advances Besson-Silla describes the unlikely heroine of
through the movie, the more the story becomes this story: Lucy is an average girl whos having
fictional, which I find extremely robust. When you fun with her friends in Asia, and theres a lot of
see the film, you believe it. It grabs you because it partying going on. Shes discovering life, but
is grounded, to some extent, in reality. shes going to discover it the hard wayand go
Besson walks us through the research that much further than she would ever expect.
informed his ultimate story: Theres a combination For the role, Besson and his producer reached out
of factors that make this possible, involving really to Scarlett Johansson, who has starred in intimate

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films such as Lost in Translation and Her, as well Ever yone involved in the production
as action blockbusters including Iron Man 2, The acknowledges that Lucy was a highly demanding
Avengers and, most recently, Captain America: The role. Still, Johansson went beyond everyones
Winter Soldier. Besson was impressed by the actress expectations. Commends Besson-Silla: It was all
discipline. He explains that she was precise and the more difficult, as Lucy starts off as a plain girl
professional from the get-go: When we first met, and turns into, as it were, a superhero. She goes
Scarlett had read the script and I enjoyed the way she through so much. Scarlett was able to take that
talked about it. She was excited for the right reason, journey easily.
which was the story. At that moment, it was a done With such a clear vision of his protagonist, Besson
deal for me. She was definitely the one. was able to devise a method to help his leading lady
Johansson explains that one of her interests in get in character. He explains: We created something
portraying Lucy is based on the fact that the character very funny, which Scarlett had on her wall, to allow her
is in a transient phase in her life when we find her. to understand what reactions I wanted from her when
Shes figuring out who she is, and shes feeling I asked her to play, say, 25 percent, or 50 percent, or
like she should probably get her life on track. The 70 percent of her brainpower.
actress was not only attracted to the material, but to For every 10 percent, we charted out what
Bessons vision. She notes: The film poses some you could do with that percentageyour level of
complex existential questions. It would have been knowledge and possibilities, Besson continues. It
hard to imagine how the script has evolved because was a very good guide. Every morning shed look
so much of that is Lucs vision. Anything I could at the chart to see which girl she had to play. If
imagine the film to look like, just from reading the you look at the Lucy at the beginning and the Lucy
descriptions in the script, pales in comparison to at the end, they have little in common. When we
the actual life that Luc breathed into this project. arrived on set, Scarlett was exceptional. You can
Johansson acknowledges that even though she ask for whatever you want and she says, Okay.
was initially disoriented by the screenplays Shes always willing to try.
nonlinear structure, she knew that
she could trust the director. Quite
familiar with Bessons work, she
cast aside caution and signed on to
the film. This is actually what drew
me to this project, she insists. I
had to trust Lucs vision. I remember
meeting him and he said, You have
to trust that I know what this is about
because it can be vague at times. But if
you see what Im seeing, youll believe
in it. So, I took a leap of faith. Hes a
formidable guy who knows what he
sees in his mind and wants that vision
to be executed perfectly. Our heroine locks and loads.

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 beginning to control space and time.
The production was fortunate enough
to have Academy Award winner
Morgan Freeman join the team
as the world-renowned neurologist
whose lifelong focus is how we access
the information stored in our brain.
As Freeman is quite a science
buff, and particularly enthusiastic
about the minds capacity, the actor
was a natural choice. Besson notes:
Morgan Freeman is the ultimate
professor, for two reasons. First of
The merciless Mr. Jang (CHOI MIN-SIK) assembles his men. all, hes fascinated by the theory we
develop in the movie because hes
The actress admits that the most challenging very familiar with it, which I didnt know before
part was to portray Lucy as a truly relatable we met for the film. It was a pleasure for him just to
character, despite the psychological and physical talk about it. And secondly, hes such a good actor
changes that shes experiencing: As the drug that you believe everything he says.
kicks in, Lucy gradually loses the ability to Besson-Silla was also thrilled to see Freeman
empathize and to feel pain. Even though she come aboard. Morgan is one of the only people
can delve deeply into someones memory and who could play God, she enthuses. So, to play the
eventually control him physically, she doesnt character of wisdom in the f ilm, it was pretty
have any opinion. She loses her preconceived obvious that he was the perfect actor.
ideas or judgment about the other person. It was Freeman was equally excited to join the cast,
diff icult to avoid making my performance flat admitting that he holds his character in high
and monotonous. You have to see the humanity esteem. Professor Norman has written about the
behind her circumstances. brain for years, he says. He gives lectures all over
the world and has been at the Sorbonne, in Paris,
for a number of years. Because hes preeminent in
Evolution to Revolution: the field, he is tracked down by Lucy, whos trying

Supporting Cast to figure out whats going on with her brain.

The veteran actor offers that Professor Norman
of the Action-Thriller is flattered to be contacted by Lucy: When she calls
him up and says, Ive read everything you wrote, he
As her abilities keep evolving, Lucy reaches out replies, You cant have. And when she starts quoting
to Professor Samuel Norman, an expert on the human what he wrote, he says, Weve got to meet.
brain, to try to understand what is happening to her. When Lucys physical and mental abilities are
Soon after she is supercharged, she finds herself able suddenly heightened, she becomes most valuable
to do anything from learning Chinese in an hour to prey for the mob who started her down this journey,

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particularly for local crime boss Mr. Jang, played by Min-Sik has accepted to be a part. In the beginning,
South Korean actor Choi Min-Sik. Mr. Jang is the it wasnt a sure thing that he was going to do the
best villain Ive come up with since Gary Oldmans film, she recalls. We had to go and meet him in
character in The Professional, the writer/director Korea, talk with him and discuss the story. And it
reflects. Whereas Lucy is the ultimate intelligence, was only at the very end that he said, Okay, Im
Mr. Jang is the ultimate devil. interested, I want to be in.
Indeed, Besson wanted to push the envelope As a matter of fact, Min-Sik was baffled at first to
when it came to creating Lucys nemesis. In the film hear that Besson wanted to meet him. Needless to say,
business, were always a little shy about villains, he this was an offer he couldnt refuse. As a younger actor,
states. When you see the reality on the news, people I watched Lucs movies, he recalls. They were always
are much crueler than we can possibly imagine. So a great inspiration to me. So I thought After being
we have a lot of leeway when we work on a villain. an actor for so many years, Ill finally meet this great
Mr. Jang is just a purely villainous businessman. He director. I think it all came out of my great curiosity. I
knows that theres a 50 percent chance hell be dead wondered how he worked on set, what the spirit of the
tonight, so he doesnt care much. people would be, and what the locations would be like.
The producer agrees that Mr. Jang is the Even though her character was tortured by Mr.
epitome of evil. He has no limits, Besson-Silla Jang and his men, Johansson speaks highly of her
reflects. He is the worst of humankind. He has on-screen nemesis: It was wonderful working
no values, no love and no compassion. Hes just in with Choi, she says. We didnt speak the same
it for business. I dont think he has any emotion. language, but we could communicate very well
Everything around him is just an object. with our expressions. So even though we were
Even though the South Korean actor, best doing scenes that were violent and cold and brutal,
known for his role in the critically acclaimed his presence was so enigmatic that we could
Oldboy, did not speak a word of English or French, communicate in a kind of spiritual way. But he was
Besson believed that he would f it
the role perfectly. Says the director:
Its funny because our body
language was our communication
system. Id play the scene, and hed
show me what he made of it. We
communicated almost like monkeys
at f irst! Still, Besson cant speak
highly enough of the actor: Im
fascinated by Choi. Hes one of the
greatest actors Ive ever met, and
hes just adorable and sweet.
Besson-Silla remembers that it
took some time to convince the actor
to join the cast. Actually, Lucy is
the first international film of which Dr. Norman attempts to comprehend Lucy.

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 nothing he can do. Del Rio
represents the audience; hes
basically you and me.
The producer observes that
the policeman is the antithesis
of Mr. Jang. As Lucy puts
it, Del Rio is a reminder of
her humanity because he
represents kindness, she
shares. And hes the one who
will be next to her until the
end and, in a way, protect her.
Shes lost all her emotions by
Lucys mind is evolving at an exponential rate.
being exposed to the drug,
but when shes with Del Rio,
lovely and warm, and was always happy to be on theres a tiny spark of emotion thats still there.
set. He was also wonderful to watch because hes When his agent called to let him know that Besson
so incredibly expressive. Although Mr. Jang could wanted to meet and was considering offering him a
easily just be seen as evil or bad, Choi fills out this role for his upcoming project, Waked was thrilled.
character and makes him very multifaceted. Luc Besson is looking for me? Im looking for
While Lucy is on the run from the mob, she him, Waked jokes. Seriously, it was enough
contacts Pierre Del Rio, a French police officer that Luc wrote the script and was going to direct
to whom she gives a lead on smugglers trying to it for me to want to do the film. When you read
evade airport security. Del Rio, played by Egyptian the screenplay, you f ind out why Luc is such an
performer Amr Waked, is bewildered when the important director, writer and producer.
young lady calls him up, and he doesnt initially Besson-Silla enjoyed the fact that the Western
give much credence to her story. He thinks its a audience wasnt too familiar with the Egyptian
prank call, or someone whos just taking the piss out performer: What I loved about him was that hes
of him, offers Waked, who is best known for his role a great actor, and we havent seen him in many
in Stephen Gaghans critically acclaimed Syriana. films, she states. I think its important to have
Eventually, he joins her on her journey and finds new faces on screen.
out that shes got some extra powers, although he With the cast set, the producer reflects upon
doesnt know where they come from. Hes basically Bessons interest in making the film one about the
stunned by her capabilities, and gradually, their way we interact with our environment, and socially
relationship grows closer. as well: Luc wanted to show the diversity on this
Besson explains that Del Rio embodies naivet planet and a mixture of all those different cultures.
and that for a guy like him, who leads a pretty So we have Scarlett Johansson, who is Caucasian,
normal life, Lucy seems like an extraterrestrial. Morgan Freeman, who is African-American,
Hes Voltaires Candide, says the director. He Min-Sik Choi, who is from Korea, and Amr Waked,
realizes that Lucys powers are so huge that theres who hails from Egypt.

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 Time Is Unity: beaches, forests, mountainsall within 100 miles.
He pauses, On top of that, this place has the best

On Location for Lucy dumplings in the whole world.

Lucy marks Johanssons first time filming in
Taipei. I just loved being able to explore that city,
Lensing in Taiwan
she says. It was so welcoming. In some ways, just
When Besson wrote the first version of the script the fact that we were all so tired and jet-lagged and
for Lucy 10 years ago, he intended for the action to out of our element added to the disorientation of my
be set in Taipei, Taiwan. He had gone to the city in character and the place shes coming out of when
1997 on a promotional tour for The Fifth Element and she starts being affected by this drug.
loved the people and the feel of the city. When the In Taiwan, it is customary to say prayers and give
time came to scout locations for this action-thriller, the offerings to the spirits at the very beginning of any
filmmakers considered a few different Asian cities to film production. Producer Besson-Silla recalls that
lens the picturefor budget and logistical purposes. experience: On the first day, we had a table set up
Says Besson: The funny thing is that, in the end, we with food and drinks. When I came on set, I was like,
shot in Taipei and picked the very hotel Id stayed in 20 What is this table in the middle of the set? Someone
years ago. I couldnt have come up with anything better said, Its for the spirits. It was a great experience,
than what I had on my mind all those years. and I loved being able to go to another country and
Besson-Silla affirms that there was no way Taipei explore the local culture. I believe it brings a lot to the
could be re-created elsewhere. From the very crew and to the film.
beginning, he had always pictured the movie in Besson also fell under the spell of the countrys
Taipei, because Luc wanted it to be set in an Asian traditions and recounts the productions first day:
city where things are moving so fast. Taipei fit the bill Everyone was holding sticks of incense in their hands
perfectly. Besides, there arent that many European or and said a prayer in Chinese. Then we bowed, facing
American films that have been shot there. north, west, south and east, to chase all the demons
The director enjoyed
the shooting conditions
in Taiwan, and he
actively encourages other
filmmakers to film their
movies there. The people
who live in Taipei are the
gentlest people Ive ever
met, Besson enthuses.
The authorities are
trustworthy and helpful
with f ilm crews. As
well, you have all kinds
of real locationscity
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 The director was intent on shooting
one of the most challenging action
sequences of his entire production
in a Paris flea market. We were in a
flea market full of people, at 2 in the
afternoon, and cars were just flying all
over the place and landing on fruits
and vegetables, he laughs. There was
a lot of security, and after shooting for
three days, we had a pretty good stunt.
Min-Sik also enjoyed working in
Paris: Paris has such great food that
its been very painful for me to resist
the delicious French cuisine, he says.
Capt. Pierre Del Rio (AMR WAKED) will protect Lucy at all costs. I think Ive gained some weight, so it
hasnt helped me at all.
from the set. And it worked because we never had a
single demon for the entire production. It was so sweet
Cit du Cinma
and touching to see that. No matter what your religion,
communion is something common to everyone. Besides shooting on location in Paris, the
production lensed portions of the f ilm at a
soundstage belonging to the new Cit du Cinma,
Paris
Bessons nine-studio facility just outside Paris.
After Lucy flees Taiwan, she ends up in Paris, The 102,500-square-foot state-of-the-art studio has
where some of the most nail-biting action scenes of already hosted several major productions, including
the production were shot. Key locations include the recent films such as 3 Days to Kill, The Family,
famed Rue de Rivoli, just near the Louvre Museum Taken 2 and The Hundred-Foot Journey.
and the Tuileries Garden, the world-renowned Most of the interiors, such as the hotel suite,
Sorbonne University, the Val-de-Grce military and parts of the Sorbonne University were re-
hospital, where high-ranking French officials are created at the soundstage. Besson-Silla elaborates:
treated, and a bustling flea market. Its much more convenient to work in a studio
As Besson-Silla remarks, when it came to lensing because its a more controlled environment. We had
the films most intense car chases, the team decided to so many visual effects that being on a set made it a
shoot in the middle of summer, when there are fewer lot easier to organize.
people in Paris. Says the producer: Luc had this The director remembers the Sorbonne set: This
crazy idea of having Lucy drive her car against traffic is one of the oldest universities in the world, and we
on Rue de Rivoli, which is a very busy four-lane, one- put more than 2,000 rounds of bullets into the walls
way street, between the Louvre and Concorde Square. everywhere. So on the first day, it was all clean. Then,
And there she goes at full speed, in the middle of the day after day, we just shot the hell out of the place.
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became so foggy. Ill keep in mind an image of the first Says the director: Thats the mecca of visual
daywhen everything was so cleanand of the last effects. Mr. Lucas is the master. So we went to them,
day, when you couldnt even recognize the Sorbonne. they read the script and were interested. It was a real
Besson muses: The funny thing is that the Sorbonne treat working with them on this film because theyre as
is all about knowledge, but I dropped out of school at kind as theyre good. But also, on this type of project, I
an early age to make films. Now, here I was, making love to share ideas. There were so many young people
a film on knowledge and intelligence and destroying working there who had ideas and were willing to try
the ultimate embodiment of knowledge. things. Filmmakers often say, Were doing things like
Johansson marvels at the sets built at the this, and not like that. But I said, Heres my idea, but
Cit du Cinma: The sets were massive and if you come up with something better, I may change my
really detailed, she comments. We could be in mind. It became a truly collaborative effort and made
an apartment, or in a luxurious Taipei hotel suite, for some great teamwork.
or anywhere else for that matter. I was travelling Waked speaks for the cast about learning so
through different universes, all within the studio. much about special effects and visual effects on this
production: Its the first time Ive done so much green
screen on a film and so much shooting in a studio, he
VFX and Sounds from
observes. Im learning a new technique that Ive always
the Presidio of San Francisco
wondered about. Coming from Egypt, we hardly shoot
Although a Besson production had never so many special effects in a single film, so its been quite
incorporated quite so many visual and special an education for me. Of course, he adds, this requires
effects before, the director admits hes been working a lot more focus and concentration than when youre
with effects since The Fifth Element, 17 years ago. actually on location, because you substitute all of that
As he puts it, he wasnt some rookie coming in with your imagination. So instead of just focusing on
and being lost because there were green screens the character and the moment youre playing, youre
everywhere. Now, as Lucy involved more than 1,000 also focusing on the place youre supposed to be in.
special effects shots, the
filmmakers decided to go
for the world experts at
Industrial Light & Magic
(ILM) in the Presidio of
San Francisco. Senior
visual effects supervisor
NICHOLAS BROOKS,
who won an Academy
Award for his work on
What Dreams May Come
and most recently served
in the same capacity on
Now You See Me, oversaw
the process. If Lucy doesnt destroy Jang and his men, no one will.

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 Close to the Talent:
Bessons Signature Style
A Besson production looks like
no other. That definitely has to do
with the fact that the writer/director
is deeply involved in every aspect
of the shoot. Besson-Silla notes that
Besson worked in every department
before he became a full-fledged
director. It wasnt surprising for
fellow cast and crew to see Besson
add fake blood on some extras or to
Writer/director LUC BESSON and SCARLETT JOHANSSON as Lucy on the set. touch up Johanssons makeup while
he was at the camera.
Supplementing the stunning visual effects on The producer describes her directors process:
Lucy with signature sound is Skywalker Sounds Luc is very hands-on. For him, theres no wall
SHANNON J. MILLS, who ser ved as the between the technique and the filming of a scene.
productions supervising sound editor and sound When he wants things done, hell just go and
designer. The winner of four MPSE Golden Reel do it. Thats how he gets the intensity out of the
Awards for Best Sound Editing on Avatar, Cars, scenes and the actors. Once youre on set, the
Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Titanic, Mills most important thing is to give the actors center
helped Besson create the signature sounds for stage and not to take care of the technical side of
Lucy that are complemented by supervising things. The performers appreciate the fact that
sound editor GUILLAUME BOUCHATEAUs hes close to them, holding the camera and talking
intricate sound design and two-time Oscar to them as hes filming.
w i n n e r DAV I D PA R K E R s ( T h e B o u r n e Besson adds that he has such a clear vision
Ultimatum, The English Patient) incomparable of the picture he is trying to achieve that he likes
sound mixing. to have the camera with him most of the time:
Finally, Csar Award-winning composer Im either at the camera, or I have the camera
Eric Ser ra created the f ilms mesmerizing, on my shoulder. I like to be very close to the
pulse-pounding score while British musician actors. Ive realized that, when you say, Action,
and composer DAMON ALBARN, of Blur and its like sticking a syringe in the actors arm. Its an
Gorillaz, has written a new song for Lucy entitled anesthetic. Between the moment, you say, Action
Sister Rust. This beautiful, melodic ballad and Cut, hes on an anesthetic. Hes someone else.
closes the f ilm. About his work with Besson, So I dont want to break that. Sometimes in the
Albarn says: Luc has a very particular style and middle of a line, I might say, Okay, breathe. Do
approach to filmmaking, which made me want to it again. Say it again. Go back to the beginning.
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from the state the actor is in. They appreciate that was moved by them. We were always laughing
because whats diff icult for them is to build up and joking around. So I have only wonderful
that pressure for Action! memories of the entire shoot.
T h e c a s t m e m b e r s f i n d t h e d i r e c t o r s Professor Agid, who helped the director
app ro a c h b o t h rewarding and dem anding. develop the project, is excited by the f ilm and the
Johansson was particularly taken with Bessons experience it provides: Lucy is a contribution to
directing style: Luc has a very specif ic vision knowledge on the brain. Interestingly enough,
of how he wants each scene to look. That can if you talk to people on the street, they know
be tough, but I appreciate that in a director. what an intestine is, they know what the hear t
I appreciate the attention to detail and that is, even if they sometimes think that emotions
unwillingness to settle for anything less. It can are in the heart, he laughs. But, in fact, they
be exhausting, but in the end, I never left the dont know what the brain is. Its unbelievable.
set feeling, I dont know if we really got that. So I hope that this f ilm, which is fascinating,
Hes emphatic about the fact that he settles for will encourage peoples interest in the brain.
nothing less than perfect. And thats great! What you read on the brain is so complicated,
Waked agrees with his leading lady: The so boring and so diff icult to understand that the
most interesting thing about working with Luc is people who see the f ilm will be interested to
that hes the cameraman. When the director says, learn more about the brain.
Stop or Cut, I immediately look at the face More than a decade after he wrote the
of the cameraman. Thats my f irst audience, original script for Lucy, Besson is f inally ready
right there. And depending on his face, I think to for the world to see his years-long labor of
myself, Okay, that went well or that didnt go love. He concludes: I want people to come out
well. So whenever you see that particular look on of the f ilm and say, Oh, my God! Id love to
Lucs face, you know for sure that youre doing f ind out more about the brain and intelligence,
the right thing. At the same time, he doesnt and then go online to learn more about it.
waste time because hes the one framing, hes
the one moving the camera. There isnt much ****
time wasted between what you did wrong and Universal Pictures presents a EuropaCorp
what you did right. Hes a director who knows productionin co-production with TF1 Films
precisely every little atom in his frame, where productionswith the participation of Canal+,
he wants it and how he wants it. It was very Cin+ and TF1: Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson,
educating for me to work with him and, hopefully, Morgan Freeman, Choi Min-Sik, Amr Waked. The
I am a better actor for it. original score is by Eric Serra, and its costume
Min-Sik praises the heartwarming atmosphere designer is Olivier Beriot. The editor is Julien Rey,
on the set, stating that both cast and crew and the production designer is Hugues Tissandier.
members were inclusive even though he didnt The director of photography is Thierry Arbogast,
speak either French or English: Even if the AFC, and the executive producer is Marc Shmuger.
culture and the language are different, we were Lucy is produced by Virginie Besson-Silla. The
all working for the same goal. The people were f ilm is written and directed by Luc Besson.
so professional, and they were all kind to me. I 2014 Universal Studios. www.lucymovie.com

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