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Written and Directed by

 

 

PETER FRIEDMAN &
ROGER MANLEY

Produced by

 

 

JACQUES DEBS
DELPHINE MOREL
PETER FRIEDMAN
ROGER MANLEY

Co-producers

 

 

JENS MEURER
HETTY NAAIJKENS-RETEL HELMRICH
SVEN BOECK

Editor

 

 

LAURENT PINEAU

Camera Operators

 

 

JACQUES BESSE
Benin, France, Japan
VAN THEODORE CARLSON
United States
ERIC GUICHARD
India, New Zealand, Malaysia, Myanmar

HD-DIT/Assistant Camera

 

 

DANIEL SIPPEL

Sound

 

 

CHRISTIAN LUTZ

Assistant Director

 

 

GIORGIO GALIZIA

Assistant Editor

 

 

YOHAN LOISEAU

Music Composers/Performers

 

 

JEFF HALLAM & CHRIS HUDSON (SUPERMAJOR)

Sound Design

 

 

RANKO PAUKOVIC

Addtional Camera

 

 

DAVID LEITNER Italy
MARCUS WINTERBAUER Germany

Additional Sound

 

 

PASCAL ARMAND
GIGI MINIOTTI
KAZUHIKO NAKAMURA

Additional Assistant Camera

 

 

CLAUDIO GRIFALCONI

Line Producers

 

 

NORHAYATI HASHIM
Salon Films, Kuala Lumpur
NADIA LEONELLI
Manifesto Films, New York
DENIS MCCREADY & SOPHIE MORRISET
Films de l'Isle, Montréal
KARL NEUBERT
Tekipaki Studios, Tokyo

Location Coordinators

 

 

SAMSON & GUY ANIAMBOSSOU
MOHAN KAILASAM
DIEGO GAZZANO
GOH MAI LOON
SOE MYINT ZAW

Production Assistants

 

 

JAY ADKINS
BRENT BAYLESS
KATRI BILLARD
GHISLAINE BULTHUIS
VENU CARIAPPA
JOSH EGGEBEEN
KRISTY KNIGHT
DAN PATON
CATHERINE TANITTE
SAY WEN

Guides

 

 

SAGGERE RAMASWAMY
T.J. REDMUSTACHE
CARLOS SANCHEZ
T.B. SRINI VAS
SINT SINT THET

Translators

 

 

SAMSON ANIAMBOSSOU
ULRIKE AUMÜLLER
ALFRED BIRNBAUM
ASTRID BÖGER
GIORGIO GALIZIA
ANGUS, CAROL, & CALVIN HATAHLIE
SUE JAULENT LEONG
KIYOKO LERNER
BJÖRN MASTIAUX
TOMOMI OKUBO
KRISTINA PLAGA
T.J. REDMUSTACHE
JULIA SILENTMAN
KAVERI SRINIVAS
KYOKO YAMADA

Location Support

 

 

SÉVÉRIN BOLAGO
JOSEPH GEMINALE
KENICHI INATANI
LING CHZONG KENG
MUNESHAPPA RAMESH
MASAHARU TSUMORI
MR. TEOH & MR. YAP
VASAPPAGARU KUMAR
MOHAMMED FAROQUE

Archival Research

 

 

DOROTHEA LÖBBERMANN

Appearing

New Zealand

 

 

TE WARIHI HETERAKA
MALCOLM PERI

Navajo Nation

 

 

DANNY JIM HATAHLIE
BUDDY REDMUSTACHE
KEE & EDNA MAE ZONNIE

Ouidah, Benin

 

 

DAH, LUCIEN, NESTOR TANGNINON & NOUKOUMIAM TAKIN
ÉGUN-GUN D'OUIDAH

Memphis, Tennessee

 

 

ALAN BARD, STEVE BALLARD, RAND BENNETT, CHARLES BUNCH, LAUREN IVY CHIONG, ARIK CHRISTOPHER, DANA DALE & LITTLE D BILLY DANIEL, RAY GUILLEMETTE, JR. TRENT GREENE, KAVAN HASHEMIAN JACK HOWARD, MARK HUNT, DWIGHT ISENHOUR, NIGEL KINGSLEY, MIKE MAPLE MARV MCQUEEN, JOE MENDONCA JASON MICHAEL, JACQUES MILLETTE DAVID PASCO, SYBIL PRESLEY, GEORGE THOMAS, MICHAEL VEGAS

Baltimore, Maryland

 

 

RICHARD HORNE

Berlin

 

 

CLAUDIA LAURENZE-LANDSBERG PROF. DR. JAN KELCH , MARIA REIMELT CHRISTOPH SCHMIDT, MONIKA HÖHNE

Washington, DC

 

 

NORTH CAROLINA REPRESENTATIVE HOWARD COBLE

Española, New Mexico

 

 

ISRAEL MARTINEZ FRED & ANTHONY RAEL

Bangalore, India

 

 

SHOBA & N. CHANDRA KUMAR, RAGI SAGGERE

Penang, Malaysia

 

 

KOH BENG HOCK

Wisconsin

 

 

TOM "DR. EVERMOR" EVERY

 

 

 

The body parts dealer performed by Richard Horne based on "The Bone Trade" by GREGORY WHITEHEAD

Filmed at these Locations

Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah

 

 

MONUMENT VALLEY & FOUR CORNERS NAVAJO NATION TRIBAL PARKS

Benin

 

 

CITY OF OUIDAH &
PORTE DU NON-RETOUR

France

 

 

CIMITIÈRE DU PÈRE LACHAISE

Germany

 

 

BERLIN GEMÄLDEGALERIE
MUSEUM DER DINGE &
HAHN-MEITNER-INSTITUT

Illinois

 

 

CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE

Italy

 

 

CATTEDRALE DI SAN GIOVANNI BATTISTA, TORINO

Japan

 

 

TSUKIJI FISH MARKET
FUSHIMI INARI JINJA &
MARUYAMA KOEN

Maryland

 

 

AMERICAN DIME MUSEUM

Myanmar

 

 

KYAIKHTYO PAGODA SHWEDAGON PAGODA
SHWESANDAW PAGODA

Navajo Nation

 

 

CHIL-CHIN-BETO CHAPTER

New Mexico

 

 

EL SANTUARIO NUESTRO SEÑOR DE ESQUIPULAS

New Zealand

 

 

TERENGA PARAOA MARAE

Penang, Malaysia

 

 

KAPITAN KELING MOSQUE
SRI MAHAMARIAMMAN TEMPLE
KUAN YIN TENG TEMPLE
FORTUNE EAST PAPER COMPANY &
LOVING MEMORY FUNERAL HOME

Tennessee

 

 

GRACELAND, INC.

Washington DC

 

 

US CAPITOL &
CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE BUILDING

Wisconsin

 

 

FOREVERTRON

Production Services

 

 

CHROMACAM, BANGALORE, INDIA
KANSAI LOCATION, KYOTO, JAPAN
DIGITAL SERVICE, TORINO, ITALY
MITOMO VTC, TOKYO, JAPAN
OFFICE DE RADIO-TÉLÉVISION DU BÉNIN
COTONOU, BENIN
TAPES ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS

Offline Editing

 

 

TELE-EUROPE, PARIS

Online Facility

 

 

KOPPMEDIA, BERLIN

Postproduction Manager

 

 

CAROLINE PÄTHKE

Postproduction Technicians

 

 

NICOLE FRÖBA
DAN LOGHIN
ANDRÉ NIER
PETRA GESCHER

Online Editor

 

 

FLORIAN OBRECHT

Color Grading

 

 

VERA JESKE

Visual Effects

 

 

BETTINA KUNTZSCH
FLORIAN OBRECHT

Sound Studio

 

 

EDITSON, ROTTERDAM

Mixed at

 

 

META-SOUND, AMSTERDAM

HD-35mm transfer

 

 

FEINWERK, POTSDAM

Website

 

 

BENJAMIN PETER

Insurance

 

 

RUBINI & ASSOCIES, PARIS

Coproduction staff

ADR Productions Paris

 

 

ALAIN ROZANES PASCAL VERROUST
JACQUES DEBS
DELPHINE MOREL

Assistants

 

 

JAMILA ATTIK
CHRYSTELLE BRUNET
JOHN MAC
JENNIFER SABBAH
SANDRINE VALEGEAS

Adminstrators

 

 

KARINA MEGDICHE
PHILIPPE CHATILLON
SOPHIE BETTENFIELD
GERALD BELL

Strange Attractions, Inc., New York

 

 

PETER FRIEDMAN
ROGER MANLEY

Bookkeeper

 

 

FRAN T. MIKALOFF

Administrative Assistant

 

 

JAY HOSTETLER

Egoli Tossell Film, Berlin

 

 

JENS MEURER
STEFANIE BRUMMER
BENNY DRECHSEL
KARSTEN STÖTER
CHRISTIANE THIEME
ANETTE KURZBACH

Koppmedia, Germany

 

 

SVEN BOECK
UNDINE SIMMANG

Scarabeefilms, Netherlands

 

 

HETTY NAAIJKENS-RETEL HELMRICH
MEIKE VAN ZANDVOORT
JORIS NAAIJKENS
DOUWE DIJKSTRA
ARIE BOS
ILSE RONTELTAP

ARTE France

 

 

DANA HASTIER
CHRISTINE REISEN

NPS Netherlands

 

 

CEES VAN EDE
ANNEMIEK VAN DER ZANDEN

Support provided by

 

 

 

KAARL AHOO, MAKING MOVIE OY FINLAND
TIMO HUMALOJA, AVEK FINLAND
IIKKA VEHKALAHTI, YLE TV 2 FINLAND
JAN LUNDBERG, SVT SWEDEN
SBS AUSTRALIA
MARGARITA SEGUY, F FOR FILM
CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA CINÉMATOGRAPHIE
DUTCH FILM FUND
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
MARY DUKE BIDDLE FOUNDATION
MEDIENBOARD BERLIN-BRANDENBURG
MITTELDEUTSCHE MEDIENFÖRDERUNG
MEDIA
FONDATION D'ART DE LA NAPOULE
NEW YORK STATE COUNCIL ON THE ARTS
NORTH CAROLINA ARTS COUNCIL
PROCIREP, FRANCE
ROTTERDAM FILM FUND

Special Thanks

 

 

 

THEADORA BRACK
JEAN- FRANÇOIS BRUNET
US NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
THE JARGON SOCIETY
HALLE ST. PIERRE PARIS
NAVAJO NATION FILM OFFICE
NAVAJO PARKS & RECREATION DEPARTMENT
US CAPITOL POLICE DEPARTMENT
IDO ABRAM, CINEMART, ROTTERDAM
MICHELLE BYRD, IFP/NO BORDERS, NYC

Music

original movie soundtrack music and mana website music by Supermajor,

www.supermajorsound.com

"Beautyway Song"

 

 

chanted by Danny Jim Hatahlie

"Yu-no-machi Erejii"

 

 

lyrics Toshio Nomura, music Masao Koga

"Volto di Dio"

 

 

lyrics by D. Rimbaud & E. Costa, music by G. Donati, performed by Suor Maria Elisabetta Massè

"Walk a Mile"

 

 

written by Joe South, performed by Ray Guillemette, Jr.
Courtesy of Sony Music

"Battle Hymn of the Republic,"

 

 

performed by David Pasco

"Sealevel"

 

 

written and performed by Jeff Hallam, Chris Hudson, and Pajaro Canzani

Supermajor original score

 

 

with Jonathan Dickinson, Catherine Masson, Yaron Herman, Rémy Nouailhac, Brise Roché

"Rembrandt Theme"

 

 

performed by Musikkapelle Röhlingen

"Overture to the Ballet Xerxes"

 

 

by Jean-Baptiste Lully, performed by the Aradia Baroque Ensemble under the direction of Kevin Mallon
Courtesy of NAXOS

"Also Sprach Zarathustra"

 

 

by Richard Strauss
performed by the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Zdenek Kosler
Courtesy of NAXOS

"Symphony No. 7"

 

 

by Gustav Mahler
performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Halász
Courtesy of NAXOS

 

 

DOLBY DIGITAL in selected theatres

 

Shot on 24P HD Video

Transferred to 35mm for Theatrical Distribution

 

www.mana-the-movie.com

 

Copyright ©2004

ADR Productions SARL, Paris

ARTE-France

Egoli Tossell Film AG, Berlin

Koppmedia GmbH, Germany

NPS/Scarabeefilmproducties Nederland BV

Strange Attractions, Inc., New York

 

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