The Credits
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Writer and Director
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GODFREY REGGIO
Music
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PHILIP GLASS
Editor and Visual Designer
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JON KANE
Producers
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JOE BEIRNE
GODFREY REGGIO
LAWRENCE TAUB
Executive Producer…
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STEVEN SODERBERGH
Cello Solos
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YO-YO MA
Music and Soundtrack Producer…
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KURT MUNKACSI
Conductor
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MICHAEL RIESMAN
Executive Music Producer
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JIM KELLER
Technologist
.........................................................
JOE BEIRNE
Image Research Director
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RAY HEMENEZ
Dramaturgical / Editorial Continuity
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.MIROSLAV JANEK
Director of Qatsi Music/Sound Studio
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FRANCIS KUIPERS
Additional Editing
...............................................
.BILL MORRISON
Dramaturgical Shaping
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PHILIP GLASS
RAY HEMENEZ
MIROSLAV JANEK
JON KANE
FRANCIS KUIPERS
GODFREY REGGIO
Creative Consultant
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JEFFREY LEW
First Assistant Editor
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KARLA P. HENWOOD
Visual FX / Image Re-Animation
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MANUEL GAULOT
Original CGI Animation
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MANUEL GAULOT
CAMERON HICKEY
ZACHARY DAVID MEDOW
Assistant Editor
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DAVID ABELSON
Image Assistant to Jon Kane
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BULENT BAS
Co-Producer
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MEL LAWRENCE
Line Producer
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FEDERICO NEGRI
Associate Producer
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STEVE GOLDIN
Qatsi Productions Coordinator
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LAUREN FEENEY
Director of Photography
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RUSSELL LEE FINE
Additional Photography
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TIMOTHY HOUSEL
Guest Cinematographer
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JOHN BAILEY, A.S.C.
Sound Designer
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STEVEN BOEDDEKER
Music Engineer
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HECTOR CASTILLO
Re-Recording Mixer
...............................................
MARTIN CZEMBOR
Post Production Supervisor
........................................
SUSAN LAZARUS
Conforming Editors
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DAVID ABELSON
KARLA P. HENWOOD
Film Research
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LEWANNE JONES
ANDREW NOREN
Title Linguistic Research
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EKKEHART MALOTKI
Image Assistant to the Director
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MARION WASSERMAN
Assistant to Qatsi Music/Sound Studio Director
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NATHANIEL REICHMAN
Project Realization
...............................................
KAREN HOPKINS
JOHN ROCKWELL
TY BURR
PAT DOLLARD
MAYRA LANGDON RIESMAN
RICK WYSOCKI
Production Accountant
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JUDY HAAS KIPHART
Assistants to Lawrence Taub
......................................
RHONDA AVIDON
LESLEY NORTH
Legal Counsel
...................................................
DAVID G. LUBELL
JEFF JAFFE
Sound Studio Assistant
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PATRICK INVERSO
Apprentice Picture Editor
........................................
HAROLD LEE YEN
Sound Apprentice
................................................
MATTHEW GRIFFIN
Rotoscoping and Image Preparation
.................................
BENJAMIN FINE
LAUREN FEENEY
Additional Editing
................................................
CALEB OGLESBY
Qatsi Chef
.......................................................
LAURIE OLINDER
Studio Kitchen
...................................................
BRIAN O’LEARY
JASMINE LEE
MIKAKO NIINO
Studio Feng Shui
...................................................
MARTI LOVELL


ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY: NEW YORK CITY

Second Unit Director
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JON KANE
Production Managers
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CHRISTINE MCANDREWS
SOPHIA LIN
Locations Manager
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.ELIZABETH SCHEFLOW
Real People Services
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CAROLINE SINCLAIR
First Assistant Camera Operators
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JOHN CLEMENS
JOHN MCALEER, JR.
JAMES R. BELLETIER
CHRIS BOTTOMS
Second Assistant Camera Operators
...................................
DANIEL KECK
KATHLEEN CORGAN
JASON VANDERMER
Steadicam Operator
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BRANT FAGAN
Steadicam AC
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ROB SALVIOTTI
Photosonics Technicians
.............................................
DON CORNETT
ANTHONY PISCIOTTA
Additional Photography
............................................
BILL MORRISON
Gaffer
.............................................................
JON HOKANSON
ROBERT OMER
Best Boy Electric
.................................................
DONALD PEIFER
NICOLE CORRE
Electric
........................................................
HAROUN IBN-MOCK
KIRA KELLY
Key Grip
.............................................................
JON MINTZ
Grips
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JESSE CORY
CHRIS DINO
HEIDI GRUNWALD
SAM KRETSCHMER
TIMOTHY REILLY
TIM SPELLMAN
MATTHEW WITGENSTEIN
Grip Assistant
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WAYNE WATSON
Video Assist
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DEAN SNYDER
Sound Services
...............................................
NATHANIEL REICHMAN
PATRICK INVERSO
Prop Master
.........................................................
ELLEN NYLEN
Prop Assistants
....................................................
BERT COOPER
KENNY URBINA
JESSE LEVIN
Makeup
.............................................................
SANJA MILIC
Production Coordinators
...........................................
MERYL STAVITZ
JEFFREY BROWN
Second Assistant Director
.............................................
ANNIE TAN
Production Assistants
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BORIS CIFUENTES
SAM FRENCH
CHRISTOPHER GUICE
KEITH JACOBY
MATTHEW JARRETT
JUSTIN LEHMAN
MICHAEL OWEN
ELIZABETH ROHRBAUGH
SAM TAUB
JAN-LUC VAN DAMME
KRISTOPHER WALTER
Craft Service
..................................................
JONATHAN FORGASH
Location Food Services
.......................................
Il Buco Restaurant
DONNA LENNARD
ALBERTO AVALLE
Security
......................................................
JOSEPH SANTARELLI
Additional Production Services
.............................
DECAL PICTURES, INC.

ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHY: DETROIT

Production Manager
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MICHELE BARRETT
First Assistant Camera
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MICHAEL DZIALOWSKI
Second Assistant Camera
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WILLIAM EICHLER
Wescam Operator
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DAVID ARNOLD
Wescam Tech
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DANIEL KELLY
Helicopter Pilot
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MICHAEL MORTON
Gaffer
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JOHN MARXHAUSEN
Best Boy Electric
................................................
RALPH BICKFORD
Electric
.........................................................
MICHAEL CONNER
Key Grip
.............................................................
CARL BLAIR
Grips
................................................................
JIM ROGERS
DAN RICHARD AHEARN
Video Assist
..........................................................
GIL KANAT
Production Coordinator
..............................................
ALISA LOMAX
Location Scouting
..................................................
FRANK BIONDO
Production Assistants
..............................................
THOMAS SMITH
LAWRENCE KETCHUM
JAMES BROWN
LAURA PALAZZO
Craft Service
.......................................................
BRUCE LEHTO

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Thermal Videography Consultant
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EDWARD KOCHANEK - FLIR SYSTEMS
Thermal Photography Consultant
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FRANK BRYSON
Production Interns
.................................................
JULIE BRUINS
JAKI LEVY
SARAH ROTH
COLLIN RUFFINO
VICTORIA MOY



MUSICIANS


Members of the Philip Glass Ensemble:

Soprano Voice
......................................................
LISA BIELAWA
Soprano Saxophone
....................................................
JON GIBSON
Tenor Saxophone
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RICHARD PECK
Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet
.........................................
ANDREW STERMAN
Keyboards
.......................................................
MICHAEL RIESMAN
ELEANOR SANDRESKY
Live Sound Mixer
.....................................................
DAN DRYDEN

Featured guests:
Bass Voice
.........................................................
AL de RUITER
Didgeridoo
..........................................................
MARK ATKINS
Mezzo-Soprano
.................................................
ALEXANDRA MONTANO

Members of the Orchestra:
First Violin
......................................................
TIMOTHY BAKER
Violins
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ANAHID AJEMIAN
LESZEK BARNAT
JOYCE HAMMANN
REGIS IANDIORIO
JULIANNE KLOPOTIC
LEONID LEVIN
NANCY McALHANY
JAN MULLEN
LINDA QUAN
MARTI SWEET
Violas
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MASAKO YANAGITA
ALFRED BROWN
STEPHANIE FRICKER-BAER
JILL JAFFE
LOIS MARTIN
LINDA MOSS
Cellos
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DAVID CALHOUN
MARISOL ESPADA
SEMYON FRIDMAN
GREGORY HESSELINK
RICHARD LOCKER
Double Basses
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JOSEPH BONGIORNO
GAIL KRUVAND-MOYE

Woodwinds:
Flute & Piccolo
..................................................
DAVID WECHSLER
TIMOTHY MALOSH
Oboe & English Horn
...........................................
SHELLEY WOODWORTH
English Horn
.......................................................
MELANIE CARP
Clarinet
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JOHN MOSES
Bass Clarinet
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VIRGIL BLACKWELL
Bassoon
...........................................................
FRANK MORELLI

Brass:
French Horn
..........................................................
SHARON MOE
PETER GORDON
RONALD SELL
Trumpet
..........................................................
LORRAINE COHEN
FRANCIS BONNY
WILLIAM ROHDIN
Trombone
.............................................................
JAMES PUGH
DAN LEVINE
KEITH O'QUINN
DEAN PLANK
Bass Trombone
.........................................................
ALAN RAPH
Tuba
.............................................................
ANDREW RODGERS
Percussion
........................................................
FRANK CASSARA
SEAN MCCAUL
Keyboards
............................................................
NICO MUHLY
Harp
...............................................................
SUSAN JOLLES

Vocals:
Tenor
...............................................................
TONY BOUTTÉ
Baritone
.......................................................
PAUL HOUGHTALING

Recorded at The Looking Glass Studios, New York

Assistant engineers
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MARIO MCNULTY
CHRISTIAN RUTLEDGE
Additional Recording
.................................
Futura Productions, Boston
Engineer
............................................................
JOHN WESTON
Technical Consultant
..............................................
MONTE McGUIRE
Music Production Administration
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KARA BILOF
Assistants to Mr. Glass & Mr. Riesman
................................
NICO MUHLY
MAX GITECK DUYKERS
Interns
.............................................................
DAWN LANDES
MATT GILL
DAN BORA

Thanks to: LINDA BRUMBACH, TIM O'DONNELL, CRISTIN BAGNALL,
RAMONA KIRSCHENMAN, CAT CELEBREZZE, RACHEL GRUNDFAST
and the staff at The Looking Glass Studios.

Philip Glass Publishing and Management:
Dunvagen Music Publishers, Inc. ASCAP

Soundtrack Album produced by Kurt Munkacsi

Sound Mixed at SOUND ONE Corp., New York

Re-Recordist
......................................................
HARRY HIGGINS
Engineering Support
................................................
AVI LANIADO
BOB TROELLER
ROCKY TORTORELLA

ptical track recording
..........................................
PARVIZ FIROOZEH

Thanks to: JIM GARDNER, JAY RUBIN and the crew at Sound One.

Dolby Sound Consultant
........................................
STEVE F. B. SMITH

Sound editorial services provided by
SKYWALKER SOUND, a division of Lucas Digital Ltd.
Marin County, California

Assistant Sound Designer
..............................................
NOAH KATZ

Avid Symphony™ Systems
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Orbit Digital, New York
ALASTAIR BINKS
ERIC ZELLER
BOOTH KENNEY
PETE CONLIN
NEIL GIRARDI
OLIVIER GIRARD
KATIE STORINO
DARCEY ROBINSON
Orbit Digital, LA
TOM STEVENS

Additional Animation
.........................
GARY LEIB / JOHN KUROMOTO, Twinkle
TOM TAFUTO, MATT STAUSS, Applied Imagination Inc.
JEREMY LASKY, Perception
Maison Mère
BIG Film Design
Advanced Temporal Engineering
.......................................
ALAN SWARTZ

Digital Intermediate Post Production Services
TAPE HOUSE ADVANCED IMAGING CENTER
TAPE HOUSE DIGITAL FILM

Colorists
............................................................
JOE GAWLER
JOHN DOWDELL
JOHN CROWLEY
Assistant Colorists
............................................
TIBOR KERESZTURI
JEANETTE CORREA
IQ Data/ Online Editor
..............................................
PETER HEADY
Data Transfers
.......................................................
BOB HUSZAR
Supervisor HD/ Data Services
........................................
TIM SPITZER

Laser Film Recording Tape House Digital Film, NY

Technical Directors
...............................................
CHRISTIAN ZAK
CHARLES KOUZOUJIAN
Producer
..........................................................
ALFIE SCHLOSS
Assistant Film Editor
............................................
MISAKO SHIMIZU

TeraNex 1080/24 conversions
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Viacom Video Services, New York
Special VFX Software
.............................
PAUL MILLER / Profound Effects
MARCO PAOLINO / Digital Film Tools
ANDRE BRUNGER / 3Prong
WES PLATE / Automatic Duck
TIM WILSON/ ARTEL SOFTWARE
KARL SIMS / GenArts Software

Negative Cutter
...........................................
STAN SZABA/ MATCH CUT
Production Facility
...........................................
Qatsi Studios, NY
Facility Design
...........................................
Exploded Diagram, LLC
Ernst & Associates Architects
JAMES EVERITT
SHELDON SIMMS

Projection Consultant
.........................................
DENNIS EARL MOORE
Arriflex Camera
.......................................
Camera Service Center, NY
Equipment & Service Providers
......................................
Omni Fitness
JEAN CLAUDE FRANCOIS
Main Title Animation
.............................................
MANUEL GAULOT
Trilogy Logo Design
............................................
PAUL PASCARELLA
End Credits
.....................................................
JOHN KUROMOTO
Color by
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Technicolor®, New York
Dailies Advisor
....................................................
JOE VIOLANTE
Color timer
...........................................................
DON CIANA
Prints
.............................................................
.TONY ROMANO
Banking Services
................................
First National Bank of Santa Fe
STEVE STORK
MARK FRENCH
JP Morgan Chase Bank, New York
BILL SAYA

Insurance provided by
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Taylor & Taylor Associates, Inc.
ELIZABETH CARULLI WEINER

LOCATIONS
Michigan Central Railway Depot, Detroit Control Terminals, Inc
The Cathedral School of St. John the Divine, NY
AT&T Switching Center, NY
US Military Academy at West Point, NY US Department of the Army
Madame Tussaud’s New York
Greenpoint Terminal, Brooklyn

Thanks to the Mayor’s Office of FilmTheatre and Broadcasting
New York City

Technical Advisors
................................................
JACQUES VITTE
DAVID TECSON
WILSON CHAO
MICHAEL POLLAK
JEFF KREINES
MATT WALSH
JONATHAN PORATH
YEKATERINA GRATZNOVSKA, G.B.B.
Avid Technology
...............................................
MICHAEL PHILLIPS
STEVE BAYES
RANDY FAYAN
DAVID FRASCO
opticnerve USA, Inc.

CONTINUING THANKS
GEORGE LUCAS
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
DAN NOYES
RON FRICKE
TOM LUDDY
RICK McCALLUM
BILL & STELLA PENCE


PROJECT FACILITATORS
MICKEY BLASHFIELD     JENNIFER BURAK
CYBELE CARPENTER     MASSIMO CORTESI
JONATHAN CHODOSH     DALE DOBSON
KATHELIN GRAY     ROBERT GREENBERG
JENE HIGHSTEIN     TANYA IVCHENKO
DAVIAN LITTLEFIELD     DAVIDE LOMBARDI
JOE MARRONE     PAOLA MELLI
CHRISTOPHER M. MILLER     GEORGE MEYER
ANGELA MELITOPULOS     THOMAS MÜLLER
ANNIE OHAYON     DAVID PADWA
ROBERT PALMER     GIANFILIPPO PEDOTE
ANTHONY PERRONE     KEN RICHARDS
FAUSTO SARMIENTO     MICHIEL SCHWARZ
RITSAERT TEN CATE     DOUG TOMPKINS
ROSE COHEN     RON YERXA
ANDREY & NATASHA     DEMENTIEV
RON & AMY     GUTMAN
DJORDJE & BETSY MILIC’EVIC’
ANDREW & GAY UNGERLEIDER

INSPIRATION
IVAN ILLICH
JACQUES ELLUL
DAVID MONONGYE
LA GENTE / YCFA


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