An American Haunting (2006)

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PG-13 | 1 hr 31 mins | Drama, Period, Adaptation | Released: 5/5/2006 |Box Office Total: $16.2M

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Based on a true state-documented case that took place during the 1800s. Between the years 1818-1820, the Bell family of Red River, Tennessee was visited by an unknown presence that haunted the family and eventually caused the death of one of its members. What started as small sounds around the farm and the sighting of a black, yellow-eyed wolf escalated into physical brutality against certain family members and general psychological and physical torment. The attacks grew in strength, with the spirit slapping, pulling, dragging, and even beating the Bells’ youngest daughter. Though no being could be seen, its effects were evident. It began to communicate with the family aurally, eventually through multiple voices that sounded like the wind. One message it communicated was a promise that one day it would kill one of the family members. The Bells searched for rational explanations and ways to rid their house of the evil chimera, but its presence persisted. Fearing that the haunting was caused by a local woman who had been branded a witch, the Bells tried desperately to find ways of undoing what they thought to be the woman's curse, presumably placed upon the family in retaliation for a land dispute. Despite their efforts the attacks escalated. It was not until a manuscript of the local schoolteacher, who lived on the property during the disturbance, was found in 1998 that the horrifying and shocking answer to what caused this haunting would finally be unveiled.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
5/5/2006

Director	Credit
Courtney Solomon	Director
Cast	Credit
Rachel Hurd Wood	Betsy Bell/Voice of Entity
James D'Arcy	Richard Powell
Sissy Spacek	- Lucy Bell
Donald Sutherland	John Bell Sr
Matthew Marsh	James Johnston
Thom Fell	John Bell Jr
Sam Alexander	Joshua Gardner
Miguel Brown	Chloe
Shauna Shim	Anky
Vernon Dobtcheff	Elder #1
Madalina Stan	Ethereal Girl
Philip Hurdwood	Partygoer
Vlad Cruceru	Richard Bell
Alin Rosca	Joel Bell
Andrei Serban	Joel Bell
Isabelle Almgren-Doré	Jane
Susan Almgren	Mother
Howard Rosenstein	Father
Lila Bata-Walsh	Little Ghost Girl
Courtney Solomon	Voice of Entity
Production Credits	Credit
Courtney Solomon	Producer
Nelson Leong	Executive Producer
Francis Delia	Co-Executive Producer
Andrei Boncea	Co-Producer
Allessandro Fracasi	Associate Producer
Andre Rouleau	Producer
Simon Franks	Executive Producer
Christopher Milburn	Producer
Zygi Kamasa	Executive Producer
Maxime Remillard	Executive Producer
Julien Remillard	Executive Producer
Lawrence Steven Meyers	Executive Producer
Robert Little	Executive Producer
Allan Zeman	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Mighty Panda	Production Company
Sweetpea Entertainment	Production Company
Remstar Productions	Production Company
Midsummer Films	Production Company
Media Pro Film Distribution	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Lionsgate	Domestic Video Distributor
Redbus Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Freestyle Releasing, LLC	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Svensk Film	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
After Dark Films	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Belga Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Frontrow Entertainment	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Gussi Artecinema	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Media One	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Village Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
DeA Planeta P.C.	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Distribution Company	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Romania
Writer	Credit
Courtney Solomon	Screenplay
Brent Monahan	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Cosmina Tudor	Accountant
Lucia Toderiuc	Assistant Accountant - Accounts Assistant
Gilda Velciu	Finance Manager - Financial Supervisor
Steven Edwicker	Production Accountant
Dorina Popa	Accountant - Cashier
Christopher Gallagher	Production Accountant - Production Accounts Assistant
Georgeta Nica	Accountant - Accounting Clerk
Lucie Fernandes	Production Accountant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Paul Fister	Animal Wrangler
Marian Haliu	Animal Wrangler
Zoltan Horkai	Animal Wrangler
Peter Ivanyi	Animal Wrangler
Art Department	Credit
Ioana Corciova	Art Director
Humphrey Jaeger	Production Designer
Pascal Colpron	Concept Artist
Mihai Stanciu	Painter - Standyby Painter
Nicole Legare	Set Decorator (Montreal)
Victoria Dragomir	Set Dresser
Adrian Serban	Swing Gang
Dana Andreianu	Art Department - Art Department Production Coordinator
Carmen Dima	Art Director - Art Director Stand by
Vlad Roseanu	Art Department - Draftsman
Pierre Chaput	Swing Gang - Swing Gang 1 (Montreal)
Marc Decloquement	Swing Gang - Swing Gang 1 (Montreal)
Andreea Pope	Art Director - Art Director Assistant
Doina Repanovici	Art Department - Draftsman
Kasbar Oghiguian	Art Department (Montreal)
Jean-Philippe Marsan	Swing Gang - Swing Gang 2 (Montreal)
Nicolas Marsan	Swing Gang - Swing Gang 2 (Montreal)
Casting	Credit
Gary Davy	Casting Director
Domnica Circiumaru	Casting
Craft Services	Credit
Suzanne Pagliarulo	Craft Service - Craft Girl (Montreal)
Lucia Raduta	Catering - Catering Manager
Maria Gradinaru	Catering - Catering Coordinator
Gabi Gradinaru	Catering - Catering Coordinator
Mariana Militaru	Catering - Chef
Florica Luca	Catering - Chef
Mariana Niculae	Catering - Waiter
Elena Dragomir	Catering - Waiter
Liliana Niculae	Catering - Waiter
Vasilica Niculae	Catering - Waiter
Film Camera	Credit
Adrian Biddle	Director of Photography
Christian Lemay	Assistant Camera - Assistant Camera A (Montreal)
Alasdair MacCuish	Film Lab - Scanning Producer
Clive Mackey	Focus Puller
David Mackie	Camera - Cameraman
Adam Christopher	Colorist - Digital Colorist
Aurel Marinescu	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assistant
Bogdan Stanciu	Steadicam Operator
Catalin Simioana	Camera Assistant - Camera Assistant/Clapper
Sorin Nainer	Photography - Still Photographer
David Worley	Camera Operator - Unit Camera Operator
Bogdan Talpeanu	Loader - Clapper Loader
Andrei Cretan	Camera Assistant - Camera Assistant/Clapper (2nd Unit)
Ben Perry	Camera - Cameraman/Technician (2nd Unit)
Jaromir Sedina	Steadicam Operator
Mihai Burtan	Focus Puller
Cristu Viorel Ghigiu	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assistant
Alex Ciocan	Colorist - Telecine Colorist
Ionel Iacov	Loader - Loader Clapper (2nd Unit)
Adam Biddle	Director of Photography (2nd Unit)
Dave Freeth	Camera Operator - Libra Operator
Caroline Beliveau	Assistant Camera (Montreal)
Klemens Becker	Steadicam Operator
Mathieu Decary	Assistant Camera - Assistant Camera B (Montreal)
Teodor Iacov	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assistant
Mariana Cosner	Camera - Negative Preparation
Georgica Ilie	Focus Puller
Laurent Alexis Guertin	Loader - Clapper Loader (Montreal)
Steve Scammell	Camera Operator - Mo-Sys Head Operator
Misu Ungureanu	Camera Operator
Marc Cunnigham	Video Assist/Playback - Video Assist Operator (Montreal)
Vladimir Muller	Steadicam Operator
Dana Cioplea	Camera - Negative Preparation
Liviu Marghidan	Camera Operator
Johnny Feurer	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam Technician
Daniel Sauve	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam Operator/Camera A (Montreal)
David Wajcman	Camera Operator - Power Pod Operator (Montreal)
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Overseas Filmgroup	Worldwide Distribution Sales
Legal	Credit
Davenport Lyons	Legal Services (UK)
Fraser Milner Casgrain	Legal Counsel - Legal Advisor (Canada)
Management	Credit
Cornelia Popa	Manager
Music	Credit
James Luker	Music Engineer - Scoring Engineer
Metro Voices	Music - Choir
Caine Davidson	Original Music - Music
Benoit Groulx	Orchestrations - Chief Orchestrator
Isobel Griffiths	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Malcolm Luker	Music Producer - Score Producer
Andrew Dudman	Score Mixing - Scoring Assistant
Burntwood School For Girls	Music - Choir
Gavyn Wright	Orchestrations - Orchestra Leader
Jenny O'Grady	Music - Choir Mistress
Physical Effects	Credit
Kelly Dent	Stunts
Ricardo Cruz	Stunt Coordinator
Eugenio Alonso Yenes	Stunts
Rasvan Puiu	Stunt Coordinator
Mihaela Elena Oros	Stunts
Gabriel Serban	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Nathalie Brigitte Bustos	Project Manager
Gabriella Jacobs	Production Coordinator
Mihai Predescu	Production Manager
Bernard Vincent	Unit Manager (Montreal)
Larry Maronese	Assistant Director
Mariana Lina	Script Supervisor - Unit Script Supervisor
Adrian Codoi	Location Assistant
Mihai Mitrea	Location Manager - Pre-Prep Location Manager
Chris Malazdrewicz	Post-Production Supervisor (Montreal)
Matthew Kuipers	Line Producer
Pierre LaBerge	Production Manager (Montreal)
Iulian Pana	Location Manager
David Norris	Assistant Director
Andra Barbuica	Script Supervisor (2nd Unit)
Andy Thompson	Production Coordinator - Production and Post Coordinator (UK)
Theodor Halacu Nicon	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Therese Berube	Script Supervisor (Montreal)
Ingrid Cristea	Assistant Director
Pierre Bouchard	Assistant Director
Cleopatra Medvetchi	Assistant Director
Adriana Itu	Assistant Director
Robert Ditchburn	Assistant Director (Montreal)
Publicity	Credit
Anca Romanescu	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Mireille Morin	ADR Editor
Natalie Fleurant	ADR/Dialogue Editor - Dialogue Editor
Ed Douglas	Sound Designer
Jerome Decarie	Foley Artist
Michel B Bordeleau	Supervising Sound Editor
Pierre Blain	Sound Mixer
Miguel Nunes	Rerecording Mixer
Lionel Strutt	ADR Supervisor
Anick Fleury	Boom Operator
Shaun-Nicholas Gallagher	Foley Mixer
Denys Dufresne	Assistant Sound Editor
Catalin Arsenie	Sound - Cable Man
Frederic Maloney	ADR - ADR Engineer (Montreal)
Mario Choquette	Sound Effects Editor
Jonathan Rimas	ADR Mixer
Nicholas Gagnon	Foley Artist
Sylvain Richard	Assistant Sound Editor
Nathalie Morin	ADR - ADR Engineer (Montreal)
Claudine Carpentier	Sound - Sound Coordinator
Ed Douglas	Sound Effects Editor
Rejean Juteau	Rerecording Mixer
Marc Gagnon	Sound Effects Editor
Pierre LaRoche	Rerecording Mixer - Re-Recording Assistant Mixer
Paul Cotterell	ADR - ADR Recordist
Marie-Pierre Grenier	Foley Artist
Martin Lemieux (Pedro)	Sound Effects Editor
Andy Malcolm	Foley Artist
Colin Miller	Sound Effects Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Nick Allder	Special Effects Coordinator
Ron Mezey	Visual Effects Producer
Peter Cvijanovic ('Beak')	Digital Effects Artist - Compositor
Ricky Farns	Special Effects Supervisor - SFX Floor Supervisor
Simon Carr	Visual Effects Supervisor
Yannick Carrier	Visual Effects Editor - Video Conform Editor (Montreal)
Rhodri James	Software Engineer - Chief Engineer
Antoine Gagne	Digital Effects - Digital IO
Jean-Sebastien Savard	CGI Artist - CGI Production Manager
philippe langlois	Matte Painter - Digital Matte Painter
Scott Goulding	Visual Effects - Scanning Operator
Melvyn Pearson	Special Effects Technician - SFX Senior Technician
Adrian Popescu	Special Effects - SFX Senior Master
Mark Roberts	Special Effects Technician - SFX Technician
Alex Panton	Visual Effects Producer - Digital Intermediate Producer
Simon Allmark	Visual Effects Editor
Chris Ryan	Digital Effects Artist - Inferno Artist
Simon Frame	Visual Effects Supervisor - Senior Visual Effects Supervisor
Will Foxwell	Visual Effects - Scanning Operator
Pier Lefebvre	Matte Painter - Junior Digital Matte Painter
Claudiu Oprea	Special Effects Coordinator
David Broadfoot	Special Effects Supervisor - Wire Supervisor
Daniel Tomlinson	Visual Effects - Scanning Operator
Liviu Lungu	Special Effects Technician - SFX Technician
Katja Hollman	Visual Effects Supervisor - Digital Lab Supervisor
Carmila Gittens	Special Effects Coordinator - SFX Coordinator (UK)
Paul Saint-Hilaire	Digital Effects Artist - Flame Artist
Peter Murphy	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Production Assistant
Dana Campbell	Special Effects Technician (Montreal)
John Attard	Visual Effects Supervisor
Sebastien Jacob	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Marc Tristan Reichel	Special Effects Technician (Montreal)
Frederic Sicotte	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Coordinator
Sebastien Veilleux	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Neil Cunningham	Visual Effects Supervisor - Scene Supervisor
Jean-Francois Morissette	Digital Effects Artist - Matchmover
Antonin Messier Turcotte	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Artist
Gavain Browne	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Patrick Perrault	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Artist
Tom Collier	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Francis Bernard	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Artist
Isaac Layish	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Luc Sanfacon	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Artist
Tom Pegg	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Erik Normandin	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Artist
François Girard	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Artist
Pablo Renedo	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Compositor
Mark Dollery	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Imaging
Karine Pelletier	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Artist
Kris Anderson	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Artist
Richard Collis	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Artist
Kate Porter	Visual Effects - Visual Effects Artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Manuela Groscu	Hair Stylist
Mircea Voda	Makeup Designer
Iona Barba	Seamstress Supervisor - Seamstress
Lucia Simonescu	Hair Assistant - Hair Stylist Assistant
Mirela Fraser	Wardrobe Assistant
Edwina Voda	Makeup Assistant
Claudiu Boboc	Costumes - Costume Assistant
Amalia Misaila	Wardrobe Supervisor
Jane Petrie	Costume Designer
Renee Tremblay	Wardrobe Dresser - Dresser (Montreal)
Nicky Hamilton	Makeup Artist (Montreal)
Rejean Goderre	Hairdresser (Montreal)
Andreea Dardea	Makeup Assistant
Elena Dodite	Wardrobe Assistant
Camelia Borcan	Makeup Assistant
Mihaela Popescu	Wardrobe Assistant
Ancuta Ungureanu	Wardrobe Assistant
Adina Andrei	Makeup Assistant
Cristina Chilu	Makeup Assistant
Florina Oprescu	Makeup Assistant

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