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Johnson Union Official Don Taylor (III) Union Official Don G. Campbell Mr Morris Elizabeth Byler Ivy League Girl Bradford Ryan Lund Ivy League Boy Frank Hoyt Taylor (II) Judge at Indy Dave Hager Head Judge Ray Elder Tom Webster Andrew Stahl Jack Palmer Joe Digaetano Wernher Von Braun Thomas Taylor (II) Miner in Elevator David Ducey Man in Crowd Jenny Patterson Nurse O. Winston Link Locomotive Engineer Back to Top Directors Joe Johnston Director Back to Top Writers Homer Hickam Jr from autobiographical novel ("Rocket Boys") Lewis Colick Screenplay Lewis Gordon Screenwriter Back to Top Producers Marc Sternberg Executive Producer Peter Cramer Executive Producer Charles Gordon Producer Larry J. Franco Producer Back to Top Camera, Film & Tape David Galbraith 1st assistant camera Robert McMahan 2nd assistant camera Van Redin still photographer Deana Newcomb still photographer Al Jacques Projectionist Mike Stanwick Color Timer Sean Casey (III) still photographer (Industrial Light & Magic) Fred Murphy Director of Photography Paul Varrieur Camera Operator Back to Top Editors Todd Busch 1st Assistant Editor Steve Ansell 2nd Assistant Editor Anthony Joseph Camaioni Assistant Editor Andi Kasen Assistant Editor Robb Sullivan Assistant Editor Stephanie Flack Dialogue Editor Gary Burritt negative cutter Robert Dalva Editor Aaron Glascock effects editor Michael McGovern (III) visual effects editor (Industrial Light & Magic) Back to Top Casting Diana Jaher Casting Associate Jo Doster Location Casting Kim Petrosky Extras Casting Owen J. Rice Extras Casting Assistant Nancy Foy Casting Director Back to Top Executives Pablo Helman Sabre supervisor (Industrial Light & Magic) Joel Aron sequence supervisor (Industrial Light & Magic) Bruce Vecchitto digital timing supervisor (Industrial Light & Magic) Deborah D. Johnson Production Executive Back to Top Production Management Brenda Wachel (II) Script Supervisor Michael Tomlinson Location Scout Zane Weiner Unit Production Manager Katie Willard Troebs Production Coordinator Betsy Magruder 1st Assistant Director Jonathan S. McGarry 2nd Assistant Director Rusty Mahmood 2nd Assistant Director Matt Marshall (II) 2nd additional Assistant Director Charles Thomas Baxter Location Manager Jeff Talman Assistant Location Manager Back to Top Art Department Andrew Menzies Assistant Art Director Michael Calabrese leadman Eric J. Luling on-set dresser Susan Zeh Art Department Coordinator Ed Fitzgerald (II) Swing Gang C. J. Pyles Swing Gang John Rabasca Swing Gang Spencer H. Register Swing Gang Fred W. Schwendel Swing Gang Manny Serrano Swing Gang Margaret A. Thigpen Swing Gang David Weathers Swing Gang Okan Ataman Sabre artist (Industrial Light & Magic) Jonathan Wank Sabre artist (Industrial Light & Magic) Tony Fanning Art Director Bill Glenn Davis Set Designer Alan Hook Set Designer Barry Robison Production Designer Chris Spellman Set Decorator Back to Top Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup Marciann Shapiro Costume Supervisor Stephen K. Randolph key set costumer Stephen Brown (III) costumer Fumie H. Carrera seamstress Gloria Belz key makeup Bill Johnson (X) special effects make-up Susan Mills (II) key hairstylist Beka Wilson Gregory Hair Stylist Michealle Vanderpool-Kohrs Hair Stylist Betsy Cox Costume Designer Lynn Barber makeup artist supervisor Julie Callihan Makeup Artist Leigh Ann Yandle Makeup Artist Back to Top Sound Bill Fibben Boom Operator Elizabeth Kenton supervising ADR Editor James Morioka Assistant Sound Editor Thom Brennan Foley Editor Mary Jo Lang Foley Mixer John Roesch Foley Artist Hilda Hodges Foley Artist Carolyn Tapp Foley Recordist Alan Holly ADR Mixer Greg Lowe ADR recordist Michael C. Casper re-recording mixer Daniel Leahy re-recording mixer Howell Gibbens supervising Sound Editor Mary H. Ellis production sound mixer Stephen Krause score recorder & mixer Back to Top Music Mark Isham Music Ken Kugler conductor & orchestrator Pete Doell assistant score recorder & mixer Sandy DeCrescent orchestra contractor Janice Hayen music preparation Sid Page solo violin Charlie Monroe Song ("Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy") The Monroe Brothers Song Performer ("Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy") Georges Boulanger Song ("My Prayer") Jimmy Kennedy (II) Song ("My Prayer") The Platters Song Performer ("My Prayer" "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" "Only You (And You Alone)") Jerry Leiber (II) songs ("Jailhouse Rock" "Yakety Yak" "Searchin'") Mike Stoller (II) songs ("Jailhouse Rock" "Yakety Yak" "Searchin'") Elvis Presley Song Performer ("Jailhouse Rock") O'dell Willis Music ("Red & Black" "On Wisconsin") W. T. Purdy Music ("Red & Black" "On Wisconsin") Carl Beck Music ("Red & Black" "On Wisconsin") Central High School Band Music Performer ("Red & Black" "On Wisconsin" (Knoxville--Tennessee)) Norman Petty Song ("That'll Be the Day") Jerry Allison Song ("That'll Be the Day") Buddy Holly (II) Song ("That'll Be the Day") Buddy Holly & The Crickets Song Performer ("That'll Be the Day") The Coasters Song Performer ("Yakety Yak" "Searchin'") Jerome Kern (II) Song ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes") Otto Harbach Song ("Smoke Gets In Your Eyes") Leonard Lee (II) Song ("Let the Good Times Roll") Shirley Goodman Song ("Let the Good Times Roll") Shirley & Lee Song Performer ("Let the Good Times Roll") Ande Rand Song ("Only You (And You Alone)") Buck Ram Song ("Only You (And You Alone)") Fats Domino Song Fats Domino Song Performer ("Ain't That A Shame") Dave Bartholomew (II) Song ("Ain't That A Shame") Esther Navarro Song ("Speedo") The Cadillacs Song Performer ("Speedo") Frankie Lymon (II) Song ("Why Do Fools Fall In Love") Morris Levy Song ("Why Do Fools Fall In Love") Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers Song Performer ("Why Do Fools Fall In Love") Carl Sigman Song ("It's All In the Game") Charles G. Dawes Song ("It's All In the Game") Tommy Edwards (II) Song Performer ("It's All In the Game") Tom Carlson Music Editor Joe E. Rand Music Editor Back to Top Visual Effects & Animation Joe Digaetano Special Effects Supervisor Mark S. Miller visual effects producer (Industrial Light & Magic) Theresa Corrao visual effects coordinator (Industrial Light & Magic) Brent Bowers CG technical support (Industrial Light & Magic) Kela Hick CG technical support (Industrial Light & Magic) Kristen Millette CG technical suppport (Industrial Light & Magic) Michelle Motta CG technical suppport (Industrial Light & Magic) Gary Pilkinton Special Effects David Rigby Special Effects Richard E. Perry Special Effects Kathleen Tonkin Special Effects James Mitchell (V) Visual Effects Supervisor (Industial Light & Magic) Robert Vazquez Special Effects Foreman Back to Top Physical Effects Chris Bennett (II) Stunts John Fagan Stunts Jeff Galpin Stunts Robert Girard Stunts David Brian Martin Stunts Chad Rose Stunts Michael Smith (VII) Stunts Russell Towery Stunts Peter Paterson Stunts Robert Vazquez Stunts Cliff Cudney Stunt Coordinator Back to Top Engineering, Electrical & Grips Mark Zimbicki cableman M. Michael Lewis Key Grip Terry Arthur rigging key grip Fred Cooper Dolly Grip Darryl Wilson Best Boy Grip Lewis Bowman Grip Robert Hill (V) Grip Lee McLemore Grip Chris Rodriguez (III) Grip Dee Nichols Grip Brian Gunter Gaffer Jeff Becker Rigging Gaffer Stephen Crowley best boy electric Back to Top Construction Douglas A. Womack Construction Coordinator Joseph F. Beeco Construction Foreman Craig Byrom Construction Foreman Jimmy Carmickle Construction Foreman John Paterson (III) Construction Foreman Back to Top Publicity David Fulton (II) Unit Publicist Back to Top Accounting Michael B. Beaudin Assistant Accountant Mike Revell Production Accountant Back to Top Craft Services Gerald Bean Craft Service Diane Johnson (II) Craft Service Back to Top Props Kevin Kropp prop assistant Whitney B. Kemp prop assistant Philip G. Schneider Property Master Back to Top Consultants & Advisors Tom Taylor (III) mine advisor Emily S. Buckberry Dialogue Consultant Back to Top Below The Line Misty Cooper Assistant (to Charles Gordon) Cheryl A. Tkach Assistant (to Larry Franco & Joe Johnston) Janet Campolito assistant art department coordinator J. L. Parker Transportation Coordinator Cindy Parker (II) Transportation Coordinator John Guss Production Assistant Paul Schmitz Production Assistant C. J. Drews Production Assistant Barrett J. Leigh Production Assistant John Griffin (II) Production Assistant John Ployhar Production Assistant Julie D Antoni visual effects production assistant (Industrial Light & Magic) Back to Top Other Crew Ruby Guidara buyer Jerome Williams loader Jeffry Gordon electric David Duren electric Tom Clark (III) electric Dan Cornwall electric Molly Proctor payroll Rhonda Guthrie production secretary Jim Pybrun general foreman Swift Moseley greensman Matthew Butler (II) on-set greens Brian Stultz lead scenic Alisa B. Lumbperas scenic foreman Todd Hatfield stand-by painter Arthur J. Miller Jr railroad coordinator Eric Lasagna first aid Charlie Ajar Jr recordist Fred Meyers (II) principal engineer (Industrial Light & Magic) Van Nostrand Reinhold Other ("Principles of Guided Missile Design" copyright provider) Don Sundquist Special Thanks (Governor of Tennessee) Anne Pope Special Thanks (executive director/Tennessee Film Entertainment and Music Commission) John J. Duncan Jr Special Thanks (US Representative) Bill Johnson Other Back to Top Worldwide Distributors Universal Studios Home Entertainment Video Distributor Universal Pictures Theatrical Distributor United International Pictures (UIP) Theatrical Distributor (United Kingdom/ France) Back to Top Other Companies TomKats Movie Catering, LLC catering Universal Studios Sound Facilities re-recording facilities L.A. MadDogs ADR voice casting R C Baral & Company Inc. post-production accounting Capitol Studios score recording facilities Howard Anderson Company titles and opticals Industrial Light & Magic special visual effects provider (A Division of Lucas Digital Ltd/Marin County--California)) Matte World Digital additional visual effects Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment, Inc. camera cranes Amereon House Jules Verne's ("From the Earth to the Moon" trademark provider) Silver Burdette Ginn Production Credit ("Trigonometry With Tables" by Oscar M Stewart copyright provider) NBC News Vanguard rocket footage provider IMAX Corporation Production Credit ("Hail Columbia" launch footage supplier footage provider) People of Oliver Springs special thanks (Tennessee)) People of Petros special thanks (Tennessee)) State of Tennessee special thanks Tennessee Film, Entertainment & Music Commission special thanks Tennesse Department of Labor special thanks Tennessee Valley Railroad special thanks (Chattanooga--Tennessee)) US Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Fossil Plant special thanks US Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations special thanks Back to Top