The Rite

Movie Title: The Rite

More Title:
A rítus Hungary
Le Rite France
O Ritual Portugal
Ritualen Sweden

Country / Region: USA

Language: English

Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller

Rating:
MPAA: Rated PG-13 for disturbing thematic material, violence, frightening images, and language including sexual references.
Certification: USA: PG-13 (certificate # 46580)

Filming Locations:
Budapest, Hungary
Rome, Lazio, Italy

Release Date:
Canada 28 January 2011
USA 28 January 2011
Egypt 2 February 2011
Singapore 10 February 2011
Iceland 25 February 2011
UK 25 February 2011
Sweden 4 March 2011
France 9 March 2011
Hungary 10 March 2011
Malaysia 10 March 2011
Germany 17 March 2011


Plot: An American priest travels to Italy to study at an exorcism school.

Plot Keywords: Exorcism, Priest, American Abroad, Rome Italy, Based On Book

Taglines: You can only defeat it when you believe.

Trivia:
The first trailer for the film features music from Wojciech Kilar's score of Dracula (1992), which also starred Anthony Hopkins.

Directed by
Mikael Håfström

Mikael Håfström

Writing credits (WGA)
Michael Petroni (written by)
Matt Baglio (book) (suggestion)

Cast (in credits order)

Anthony Hopkins

Colin O'Donoghue

Alice Bra

Anthony Hopkins ... Father Lucas Trevant
Colin O'Donoghue ... Michael Kovak
Alice Braga ... Angeline
Ciarán Hinds ... Father Xavier
Toby Jones ... Father Matthew
Rutger Hauer ... Istvan Kovak
Marta Gastini ... Rosaria
Maria Grazia Cucinotta ... Aunt Andria
Arianna Veronesi ... Francesca
Andrea Calligari ... Vincenzo
Chris Marquette ... Eddie
Torrey DeVitto ... Nina
Ben Cheetham ... Young Michael
Marija Karan ... Sandra
Rosa Pianeta ... Woman in Exorcism Video
Giampiero Ingrassia ... Doctor
Rosario Tedesco ... Police Officer
Cecilia Dazzi ... Nurse
Attila Bardóczy ... Xavier's Secretary
Nadia Kibout ... Ethnic Nun
Anita Pititto ... Vatican Nun
Sandor Baranyai ... Concierge
Fabiola Balestriere ... Young Girl
Anikó Vincze ... Katalin Kovak

Produced by
Christopher Almerico .... associate producer
Robert Bernacchi .... executive producer
Christy Fletcher .... co-producer
Beau Flynn .... producer
Mark Tuohy .... co-producer
Gian Paolo Varani .... line producer
Tripp Vinson .... producer

Original Music by
Alex Heffes

Cinematography by
Ben Davis

Film Editing by
David Rosenbloom

Casting by
Deborah Aquila
Mary Tricia Wood

Production Design by
Andrew Laws

Art Direction by
Lóránt Jávor
Stuart Kearns (supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Peter Walpole

Costume Design by
Carlo Poggioli

Makeup Department
Iván Pohárnok .... prosthetic makeup supervisor
Trefor Proud .... makeup department head
Tracey Wells .... key hair stylist
Tracey Wells .... key makeup artist

Production Management
Gianluca Barra .... assistant production manager: second unit
Robert Bernacchi .... unit production manager
Francesca Cingolani .... production manager: second unit
Vito Colazzo .... production manager: Italy
Charlene Olson .... post-production supervisor
Maria Ungor .... production manager
Christina Varotsis .... production supervisor: Chicago
Elena Zokas .... unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Franco Basaglia .... first assistant director: second unit Italy
Barbara Bevacqua .... third assistant director: Italy
Senica Billingsley .... assistant director: second unit
Senica Billingsley .... second assistant director
Filippo Fassetta .... first assistant director: Italy
Camilla Fava del Piano .... trainee assistant director: Italy
Anna Piroska Geréb .... assistant director: runner, second unit
John Greaves .... second unit director
Sean Guest .... first assistant director
James Andrew Haven .... second assistant director
Jessica Hurles-Laws .... first assistant director: second unit
Linda Marián .... third assistant director: Hungary
Bogi Móricz .... second assistant director: Hungary
Luca Padrini .... second assistant director: Italy
Roxana Szarisz .... second third assistant director
Bruce Terris .... first assistant director: Chicago

Art Department
Paul Allen .... leadman
Andrea Balogh .... assistant set decorator
Alex Boswell .... chargehand propman: additional photography
Federico Ciommo .... assistant property master
Leonardo Cruciano .... propmaker
Gergely Dömölki .... supervising propmaker
Sandro Erdolini .... stand-by painter
Dave Fisher .... property master
Dean Fisher .... stand-by props
John Greaves .... storyboard
Zoltán Horváth .... set decorator: Hungary
Slemer Karolina .... art department coordinator
Attila Kiss .... standby propman
Zoltán Kiss .... sculptor
Szalay Marton .... property master: Hungary
Alexandra Miklos .... graphic artist
Adam Polgar .... production buyer
László Szirmai .... senior draftsman
Vilmos Törköly .... propmaker

Sound Department
Rick Kline .... sound re-recording mixer
György Mihályi .... utility sound
Michael Miller .... adr mixer
Piero Mura .... sound effects editor
Mac Ruth .... production sound mixer
Pál Szûrös .... boom operator
Dave Whitehead .... sound designer

Special Effects by
Bence Arik .... special effects technician
Massimo Di Palma .... special effects technician
Attila Erczkovi .... special effects technician
Franco Galiano .... special effects supervisor: Italy
Gabor Kiszelly .... special effects supervisor
Dieter Sturm .... special effects snowmaker
Yvonne Sturm .... special effects snowmaker
Fabio Ungher .... special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Aurelia Abate .... visual effects producer: method studios
Jeff Allen .... 2D supervisor: method studios
Chad Buehler .... compositor: method studios
Lersak Bunupuradah .... cg modeler: method studios
Steward Burris .... animation supervisor: method studios
Kris Cabrera .... cg artist: method studios
Huey Carroll .... compositor: method studios
Jae Chang .... visual effects producer
Patrick Clancey .... digital opticals
Chris Cortese .... rotoscoper: method studios
Stuart Cripps .... compositor: method studios
Nicolas Darques .... compositor: method studios
Ian Dawson .... visual effects supervisor: Prologue
Greg Derochie .... compositor: method studios
Olivier Dumont .... vfx supervisor: Method Studios
Sam Edwards .... flame artist
Patricio Fernandez .... rotoscoper: Method Studios
Michael Sean Foley .... cg supervisor
Fortunato Frattasio .... visual effects artist: Digiscope
Julia Gaudette .... visual effects producer: CIS Hollywood
Kerry Graham .... matchmover: method studios
Joe Henke .... visual effects supervisor: CIS Hollywood
Norris Houk .... matchmover: method studios
Stephanie Ide .... lead rotoscoper: method studios
Shinya Ishii .... visual effects
Michael Janov .... visual effects supervisor
Dan Knight .... compositor
Marc Kolbe .... visual effects supervisor
Joon Lee .... cg artist: Method Studios
Richard S. Lee .... digital matte painter
Jack Liburn .... vfx coordinator: method studios
Justin Lloyd .... cg artist: method studios
Michael Maker .... tracking supervisor: method studios
Björn Mayer .... visual effects supervisor: Pixomondo
Masa Narita .... cg modeler: Method Studios
Olivier Pron .... lead matte painter: method studios
Nordin Rahhali .... sequence supervisor: method studios
Juan-Luis Sanchez .... cg supervisor: method studios
Steven J. Scott .... supervising digital colorist
Gavyn Thompson .... cg artist
Scott G. Trosclair .... compositing artist: Spy
Max Ulaner .... production assistant: Method Studios
Ryan Urban .... compositor: method studios
Nancey S. Wallis .... compositor: method studios
Stephen Wilson .... visual effects artist
Gordon T. Wittmann .... visual effects producer: Spy
Kwang Jib Kim .... visual effects producer: Digitrove.Inc (uncredited)

Stunts
Charles Croughwell .... stunt coordinator
Erika Cziráky .... stunt double
Kinga Gavalda .... stunt double
Diego Guerra .... stunt driver: Italy
László Imre .... stunt double: Anthony Hopkins
Rick Le Fevour .... stunt coordinator: Chicago
Riccardo Mioni .... stunt driver: Italy
Stefano Maria Mioni .... stunt coordinator: Italy
Domonkos Pardanyi .... assistant stunt coordinator
Rich Wilkie .... stunt double: Chicago

Camera and Electrical Department
László Angyal .... rigging best boy
Gábor Balda .... rigging
Csaba Bankhardt .... dolly grip
Attila Barczay .... video assistant
Mickey Bergstrom .... video assist: Rome
Attila Bilik .... location rigging gaffer
Attila Bogyai .... rigging electrician
Zoltán Bók .... rigging electrician
Jeremy Braben .... aerial director of photography
Patrick Bramucci .... gaffer
Zsolt Büti .... gaffer
Fausto Cancellieri .... grip: Italy
Fabio Capozzi .... electrician: Italy
Giancarlo Checchi .... electrician
Zoltán Dzsupin .... central loader
László Egyedi .... grip
Egon Endrényi .... still photographer
Péter Faludi .... camera trainee
Dániel Farkas .... video assistant
Peter Field .... camera operator: additional photography
Paolo Frasson .... key grip
Ingo Gardner .... balloon light technician
Nándor Gulyás .... assistant camera: second unit
Posztos György .... studio key rigger
Attila Hevesi .... rigging electrician
Róbert Jász .... grip
György Mohácsi .... best boy grip
'Kis Gromek' László Molnár .... rig electrician
Julian Morson .... camera operator
Julian Morson .... steadicam operator
György Réder .... camera operator
Sam Renton .... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Imre Sisa .... key grip
David Smith .... gaffer
Carsten Thoms .... balloon light technician
Paolo Tiberti .... key grip: reshoots
Tim Wooster .... director of photography: second unit

Animation Department
Anthony Rizzo .... character animator

Casting Department
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson .... adr voice casting
Lisa Zagoria .... casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Ibolya Bárdosi .... costumer
Brigitta Barkó .... key costumer
Elena Del Guerra .... costume assistant
Serena Fiumi .... costume supervisor
Rebecca Higginson .... key costumer: Italy
Anna Kulcsár .... tailor / cutter
Anina Pinter .... assistant costume designer
Zsuzsa Stenger .... costume supervisor
Traxler Tamas .... key costumer

Editorial Department
Matt Absher .... first assistant editor
Sándor Balla .... assistant editor
Gary Burritt .... negative cutter
Janó Fekete .... colorist: dailies
Erika Köcsky .... digital dailies supervisor
Amy Joy Rivkin .... post-production assistant

Music Department
Mark Graham .... head of music preparation
Peter Myles .... music editor
Drea Pressley .... score vocalist
Jasper Randall .... choir conductor
Jasper Randall .... choir contractor
Peter Rotter .... orchestra contractor
Steven L. Smith .... music preparation

Transportation Department
István Bognár .... transportation captain
Gabriella Di Santo .... transportation manager: Italy
László Kiss .... transport coordinator
John Lux Jr. .... Driver
Robert Wallace .... driver

Other crew
Csaba Bagossy .... production assistant
Eleonora Baldwin .... script supervisor
Matteo Bardelli .... set production assistant: italy
Sallie Beechinor .... production coordinator
Mona Bernal .... production coordinator: italy
Agi Blasko .... production secretary
Rebecca Booth .... assistant to the director: Italian unit
Nando Cartocci .... production assistant
Alberto Caviglia .... production assistant: second unit, Italy
Claire Connelly .... production coordinator: Chicago
János Cserven .... location manager
Péter Danó .... second assistant accountant
Fernanda Dorogi .... location coordinator
Daniele Fabrizi .... set production assistant: second unit Italy
PJ Fishwick .... assistant production coordinator: Chicago
Mihály Gál .... assistant production coordinator
Gianluca Gamberini .... key set production assistant: Rome
Marco Giacalone .... supervising location manager
Iolanda Greci .... set production assistant: Italy
Zoltan Horkai .... head animal trainer
Amy Horkay .... production coordinator
Andrea Iacobelli .... production assistant: second unit Italy
Peter Ivanyi .... animal department manager
András Kopházi .... security coordinator
András Korcsmáros .... dialogue coach: Hungary
Balint Kovacs .... assistant location manager
Ross L. Kulma .... set medic
Enrico Latella .... location manager: Rome
Tamás Maros .... location manager
Daniela Merlo .... dialogue coach: italian and latin
Stefan Nikolov .... assistant location manager
Andrew Norman .... assistant to director
Zsofi Oblath .... assistant to production managers
János Papp .... health & safety advisor
Dorothy Precious .... production accountant
Alessandro Ruggeri .... production coordinator assistant: Italy
Dora Simko .... script supervisor
Massimiliano Sisti .... assistant accountant
Katalin Skuts .... assistant to director
Richard Szabó .... unit manager
Enikö Szakács .... cashier
Istvan Szori .... stand-in: Sir Anthony Hopkins
Erika Tamás .... first assistant accountant
Sophie Treacher .... production coordinator: additional photography
Kinga Trimmel .... payroll accountant
Kolos Trimmel .... production accountant
Dale Wyatt .... dialogue coach
Gábor Xantus .... medical coordinator

Production Companies

    * Contrafilm
    * Fletcher & Company
    * New Line Cinema

Distributors

    * New Line Cinema (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
    * Warner Bros. Entertainment (2011) (Canada) (theatrical)
    * Warner Bros. (2011) (Singapore) (theatrical)

Special Effects

    * Filmefex Studio
    * Kristyan Mallett Fx (make-up effects)
    * Leonardo Cruciano Workshop (special effects)
    * M. A. G. Special Effects
    * Method Studios
    * Multifilm Special Effects

Other Companies

    * Mouse Film production services
    * Compuhire 24 frame playback
    * Concorde Film Trust funding
    * De Lane Lea ADR recording
    * Dolby Laboratories sound mix
    * Gallagher Entertainment insurance
    * Hollywood-DI HD Screening Services
    * OTC Productions Digital Asset Management
    * Post Modern Sound ADR Recording Facility
    * Videoassist.hu video assist equipment provided by

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