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Quentin Tarantino presents

Eli Roth’s

Rating: R (for brutal scenes of torture and violence, strong sexual content, language and drug use) Running time: 95 minutes

THE CAST

Jay Hernandez…………………………………………………………………………………………………Paxton

Derek Richardson………………………………………………………………………………………………...Josh

Eythor Gudjonsson………………………………………………………………………………………………...Oli

Barbara Nedeljáková…………………………………………………………………………………………Natalya

Jana Kaderabková……………………………………………………………………………………………Svetlana

Jan Vlasák…………………………………………………………………………………..The Dutch Businessman

Rick Hoffman…………………………………………………………………………...The American Businessman

Jennifer Lim……………………………………………………………………………………………………..Kana

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THE FILMMAKERS

Written and directed by…………………………………………………………………………………...ELI ROTH Produced by………………………………………………………………………………….………..MIKE FLEISS …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….ELI ROTH ……………………………………………………………………………………………………...CHRIS BRIGGS Executive Producers………………………………………………………………………………….BOAZ YAKIN …………………………………………………………………………………………………….SCOTT SPIEGEL …………………………………………………………………………………………….QUENTIN TARANTINO Co-Producers…………………………………………………………………………….………..DANIEL FRISCH ……………………………………………………………………………………………………...PHILIP WALEY Director of Photography………………………………………………………………………..MILAN CHADIMA Production and Costume Design by…………………………………………….FRANCO-GIACOMO CARBONE Special Make-up Effects Designed by and Created by……………………………………..GREG NICOTERO and …………………………………………………………………………………………………HOWARD BERGER Editor……………………………………………………………………………………….GEORGE FOLSEY, JR. Casting…………………………………………………………………………………………...KELLY WAGNER ……………………………………………………………………………………………...IVAN VORLCIEK (CZ)

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SYNOPSIS

Internationally renowned filmmaker Quentin Tarantino presents Eli Roth’s HOSTEL, the follow-up to the writer-director’s hit debut, 2002’s CABIN FEVER. More grisly than Roth’s feature bow, HOSTEL is a mixture of many of the most terrifying things about human nature and the world at large, culled from many impossible-but-true stories of human trafficking, international organized crime, and sex tourism. Relentlessly graphic and deeply disturbing, the film is sure to shock even the most hard core genre fans. HOSTEL tells the story of two adventurous American college buddies Paxton and Josh who backpack through Europe eager to make quintessentially hazy travel memories with new friend Oli, an Icelander they’ve met along the way. Paxton and Josh are eventually lured by a fellow traveler to what’s described as a nirvana for American backpackers – a particular hostel in an out-of-the-way Slovakian town stocked with Eastern European women as desperate as they are gorgeous. The two friends arrive and soon easily pair off with exotic beauties Natalya and Svetlana. In fact, too easily… Initially distracted by the good time they’re having, the two Americans quickly find themselves trapped in an increasingly sinister situation that they will discover is as wide and as deep as the darkest, sickest recess of human nature itself – if they survive.

THE MAKING OF “HOSTEL”

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Writer/director Eli Roth is always looking for ways to scare people; yet unlike most horror auteurs, Roth knows that real life stories, and their revelations about the darker corners of human nature, are often much more frightening than monsters and boogeymen. With his debut feature, CABIN FEVER, he turned newspaper headlines about a fatal flesh-eating bacteria into a horrific bloodbath among a group of young vacationers. Now, with Lions Gate Films’ HOSTEL, Roth once again draws inspiration from real events, this time with even more disturbing results.

Roth discovered the creative seed for HOSTEL during a late-night conversation with his friend Harry Knowles, the web-master of Aintitcoolnews.com. “We were talking about the sickest thing you could possibly find on the internet,” Roth recalls. “Something that went beyond the usual bestiality, skateboarding accidents or even those two Japanese girls vomiting into each other’s mouths in a bathtub.”

Knowles claimed he had stumbled across something so frightening he was hesitant to confess its discovery to Roth, which only made the director more curious. Knowles eventually forwarded Roth the link to a website; and what Roth discovered disturbed him more deeply than he could have imagined: somewhere in Thailand, a business was profiting on the visceral thrill of murder. For a fee of $10,000, anyone so willing could be escorted to a room, handed a loaded gun and offered another human being to kill.

“The concept instantly made me nauseous,” remembers Roth. “But it also felt real. People are sick. There are no limits to what they will do to another person for their own pleasure, and that’s the most horrifying thing of all. It’s what always stuck with me.”

The site claimed that in Thailand the practice was perfectly legal, as the victims were participating of their own free will. They were desolate, poverty-stricken people whose families were starving to death. By way of their self-sacrifice, they would make enough money for their loved ones to survive. “The website made it sound as if the prospective killers were benefactors, like they were doing a service for the victims by way of this bizarre life insurance scheme,” says Roth.

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Roth was so jarred by this discovery that he immediately began work on a documentary on the subject; but he soon began to wonder about the dangers of uncovering the truth. “If I actually found anyone connected to an organization that profited from murder, why would they think twice about taking me out?” he reasons. Unsure of how to proceed safely, Roth set the idea aside.

In the meantime, Roth’s debut feature, CABIN FEVER, was released in theaters and became Lion Gate Films’ top grossing movie of 2003, eventually grossing over $100 million worldwide. Roth began a flurry of meetings in Hollywood, eventually meeting with Mike Fleiss and Chris Briggs, the producers behind THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE remake. Fleiss and Briggs wanted to make a horror film called HOSTEL, about young backpackers traveling through Central Europe. “I had done a fair amount of traveling and backpacking during college, as had Chris and Mike, and we loved the possibilities for a horror movie set in an environment we hadn’t seen since AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON,” says Roth. “But none of us really knew what the film was about beyond the title and the setting.”

The idea for HOSTEL sat in limbo for about two years, until one afternoon when Roth had an epiphany: why couldn’t HOSTEL be a film about the murder-for-profit business in Thailand? Roth imagined resetting the story in Slovakia, a location that was close enough to the usual Eurotrip routes of Paris, Amsterdam, and Spain, but also on the fringe of most travel itineraries. He envisioned two innocent American backpackers falling into a nefarious world of organized torture and murder. And suddenly, he knew he had a story to tell.

At the time of this breakthrough, Roth was in the midst of deciding between several projects to direct as his follow-up to CABIN FEVER. Unsure of which project to pursue, he approached his friend Quentin Tarantino for career advice and ended up pitching his new take on HOSTEL. Tarantino reportedly “went crazy.” Says Roth, “Quentin’s an animated guy, and I’d never seen him this excited about anything. He was like, ‘Oh my fucking God! You have to write this! That’s the scariest fucking idea I’ve heard for a horror movie in years! Forget everything else you have in development at studios – go write this movie NOW.’”

Inspired by Tarantino’s enthusiasm, Roth unplugged his phone, shut down his e-mail, locked himself in his office and begun furiously scribbling away. “I’d call Quentin every few days if I was stuck on a story point, and he’d help reassure me that I was on the right path, or help me out of a story jam,” recalls Roth. “It was pretty incredible to have someone like him as a sounding board. I found myself writing nearly 20 pages a day. I couldn’t stop.”

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Three weeks after his conversation with Tarantino, Roth showed a completed draft to Boaz Yakin and Scott Spiegel, Roth’s partners in their horror production company, Raw Nerve. “Boaz and Scott were incredibly enthusiastic about the project, and they contributed great ideas to the story,” Roth says. “After months of looking for our next project together, we knew we had finally found it.”

Roth then showed a revised script to Tarantino. Tarantino was such a fan of Roth’s draft he decided to make HOSTEL his next “Quentin Tarantino Presents” project and immediately joined the production as an Executive Producer. Says Tarantino, “Eli’s really found a way to push the envelope. No one’s ever seen anything like this.”

Producers Mike Fleiss and Chris Briggs subsequently contributed their own ideas to Roth’s script, resulting in a production-ready draft that was even more frightening than before. Galvanized by the script’s dynamic development, the producers raced right into production. A month later, production offices were set up in Prague.

For the lead roles of college buddies Paxton and Josh, Roth cast American actors Jay Hernandez, known for his work in FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, LADDER 49 and TORQUE, and Derek Richardson (DUMB AND DUMBERER). Having written a script that allowed for foreign actors to speak imperfect English, Roth was able to cast the remaining roles within the Czech Republic (with the exception of Eythor Gudjonsson, an Icelandic actor Roth met while promoting CABIN FEVER). Among the noted Czech cast is Jan Vlasák, one of the top Shakespearean actors in the country, and Barbara Nedeljáková, who won the starring role of Natalya, the stunning femme fatale.

The Czech actors were thrilled to play parts that were more than the usual walk-on bits offered by American productions. “Most American movies that shoot in Prague cast out of the U.S. or England, and the Czech actors only get small parts and they are usually re-dubbed,” says Barbara Nedljáková. “But with HOSTEL, we weren’t trying to double for America. We could play Europeans and be ourselves. We all felt very lucky.”

Wanting HOSTEL to look and feel authentically European, Roth hired Milan Chadima, a Czech D.P. who had recently shot 2nd unit for Terry Gilliam on THE BROTHERS GRIMM. Says Tarantino, “I urged Roth to hire a European D.P. because they see things differently than Americans. They have a naturally more poetic sensibility.”

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Roth and Chadima collaborated with production designer Franco Carbone, who had worked with Roth on CABIN FEVER, to create a fun, bright atmosphere that slowly evolves into a bleak and nightmarish universe where the only color is blood. The team carefully chose a color and texture palate for every scene, deriving their aesthetic from the macabre photographs of Joel Peter Witkin and the dark short films of the London-based Brothers Quay (STREET OF CROCODILES).

In order to enhance the story’s visual authenticity, the production shot entirely on location. During the course of the forty-day shoot, the production moved locations 30 times, from the exotic 16th century village Czesky Krumlov, which doubles as the film’s Slovakian village, to the basement of a closed down mental hospital built in 1915.

Throughout the production process, Roth knew that HOSTEL would be a marked departure from CABIN FEVER. “I didn’t want to make another horror-comedy,” reports the director. “I wanted HOSTEL to be a pure horror film – one that starts out fun, but gets darker and darker and never looks back or winks at the audience.”

If classic 1970s American horror was the inspiration for CABIN FEVER, then Roth credits Asian and South Korean horror filmmaking as the inspiration for HOSTEL. Yet Roth was relatively ignorant of young Asian masters like Hideo Nakata, Park Chan-Wook, and Takashi Miike until he attended world film festivals during the promotion of CABIN FEVER. “I was exposed to a whole new world of Asian cinema I never knew existed. I was stunned,” says the director. “Their horror films are so much more creative, disturbing, and effective than anything I have seen coming out of America. I started watching as many Asian and South Korean films I could get my hands on.”

Roth cites films like Miike’s AUDITION, Park’s SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE, and older films like Sluizer’s THE VANISHING and Hardy’s THE WICKER MAN as important touchstones in the development of HOSTEL. Particularly fond of Miike, Roth even wrote a part in HOSTEL for the cult Japanese director, and was honored when Miike flew to Prague from Japan to play the role.

Relentlessly graphic and deeply disturbing, HOSTEL should confirm Roth as an exciting director poised at the cutting edge of modern horror filmmaking. Like his Asian counterparts, he deliberately stretches genre boundaries in an effort to locate authentic, raw terror. “Directors like Miike and Park have been

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pushing the envelope of cinema for years,” says Roth. “And that’s always been my goal from the beginning. I think HOSTEL will surprise even hard core genre fans.”

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ABOUT THE CAST JAY HERNANDEZ (Paxton) Jay Hernandez emerged onto the Hollywood scene opposite Kirsten Dunst in the 2001 film CRAZY/BEAUTIFUL. Since then, Hernandez has starred in a number of films, including Disney’s sleeper hit THE ROOKIE opposite Dennis Quaid, Joseph Kahn’s TORQUE with Ice Cube, and LADDER 49 with Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta. Most recently, Hernandez was seen last fall in FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS with Billy Bob Thornton. He recently wrapped THE NOMAD, a historical epic set in 18th-century Kazakhstan that debuted in Cannes and will be distributed by the Weinstein Company. Next January, Hernandez will star HOSTEL, directed by Eli Roth (CABIN FEVER). Premiering in Toronto to rave reviews, Hernandez stars in this disturbing psychological thriller about three men backpacking through Europe who end up the victims of an underground torture ring. He is currently in production on the Untitled World Trade Center Project for director Oliver Stone, opposite Nicolas Cage and Maggie Gyllenhaal. The project is currently set to be released in the summer of 2006. Born and raised in Montebello, California, Hernandez was discovered in a Hollywood elevator by a talent manager. Since then his career has blossomed, from his first acting role in the independent feature, LIVING LIFE. He also had a recurring role on the television series “Hang Time.” Hernandez currently resides in Los Angeles.

DEREK RICHARDSON (Josh) Derek Richardson made his feature film debut playing the starring role of Harry Dunne in the prequel DUMB AND DUMBERER: WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD, taking on the role that Jeff Daniels originated in the highly popular 1994 film, DUMB AND DUMBER. On television, Richardson was a recurring character on the WB hit “Felicity” and has guest starred on “Law & Order” and “Strangers with Candy” on Comedy Central. In addition, he has extensive theater experience, in regional and Off Broadway productions. He was born in Glens Falls, NY and currently resides in Los Angeles.

EYTHOR GUDJONSSON (Oli) Eythor Gudjonsson is an entrepreneur by nature. He is a former athlete, two times Icelandic national champion with his team in the popular European sport team handball. Eythor was the marketing manager for Walt Disney Home video in Iceland for five years and set the world record within the Disney Corporation in sales of the Lion King video in 1995. In the year 2000, Eythor was able to obtain the franchise Little Caesars’ Pizza and opened the operation in Iceland which set the world record in first week sales of a new franchise beating Domino’s record at that time by 25%. This record still stands. Born and raised in Iceland, Eythor lives in Reykjavik where he runs several of his own businesses, ranging from animation to real estate projects.

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Gudjonsson has been in a few television and newspaper advertisements but appearing in Hostel is his debut performance as a lead character in a movie. ON OLI: “I am playing a colorful and happy character named Oli who is tired of his life back home and decides to travel to the mainland Europe to have some fun. There he meets Paxton and Josh in Berlin. Oli in a way feels sorry for the lonely Americans and decides to spice up their European experience by leading them into some wild situations. I had the chance to create the character with Eli – and we tried to make him sort of a wild and happy person but mysterious at the same time. He just comes with a big bang – has fun – and then he’s is gone. They love him but they don’t have a clue who he really is or where he comes from! “It was one of the most entertaining things I have ever done in my life and my message to the audience is : – be happy no matter what ! ☺.”

BARBARA NEDELJÁKOVÁ (Natalya) Barbara has appeared in such films as “Doom,” with The Rock, and “Shanghai Knights” with Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. Born and raised in Slovakia, she studied acting in Prague, where she lives and works regularly in the famed Czech marionette theater. A master puppeteer, Barbara has performed in numerous marionette productions, including “Don Giovanni, “Don Quixote of La Mancha,” and “The Marriage of Figaro,” often performing 3-4 roles per show. “Hostel” marks her first starring film role. ON NATALYA: “Natalya’s not a nice girl, but I like that about her. I work in the marionette theater and Natalya manipulates men the same way, so it was an easy role for me to play. I’m attracted to darker, more complex characters. Natalya starts off very sweet, and slowly reveals how cold and evil she is inside, so every scene had a subtle change in the performance. I think that everybody has some darkness inside, and we have rules in life that tell us that we have to behave and put on a happy façade. But deep down I think everyone has something like this, so people will relate to her.”

RICK HOFFMAN (The American Businessman) Rick Hoffman has appeared in a variety of prestigious film and television projects. His works includes the Clint Eastwood thriller “Bloodwork.” He recently co-starred opposite Kim Basinger in the New Line feature “Cellular,” and in the blockbuster film “The Day After Tomorrow.” His television career started with Hoffman being named by Variety as one of the “10 Actors To Watch,” for his unforgettable portrayal of Freddie Sacker on the drama series “The $treet.” Following “The Street,” Hoffman went on to star as Terry Loomis on ABC’s law drama “Philly.” He has also appeared in multi-episode arcs on the hit series “The Bernie Mac Show,” “The Practice,” and “Monk.” He has guest starred on such series as “CSI: NY,” “Without a Trace,” and “CSI: Miami.” Currently he stars on the ABC sitcom, “Jake in Progress,” opposite John Stamos. Hoffman first garnered attention for his scene-stealing turn opposite Julia Roberts in “Conspiracy Theory.” Hoffman, born in Long Island, New York, currently resides in Los Angeles.

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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS ELI ROTH (Writer/Producer/Director) Eli Roth burst onto film scene at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival, with his debut film "Cabin Fever.” Produced independently on a low budget, “Cabin Fever” was the highest selling film at the 2002 Toronto Film Festival, after a frenzied bidding war between seven studios. "Cabin Fever" went on to be Lion’s Gate’s highest grossing film (no pun intended) of 2003, opening on 2,100 screens. Roth garnered critical acclaim around the globe, with glowing reviews from The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Empire Magazine, and Premiere Magazine. In 2004 the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror gave Eli his first Saturn Award, The Filmmakers Showcase Award, given annually to a filmmaker they believe will be a leader in genre filmmaking. Roth has been profiled and interviewed in such publications as G.Q., Elle, The New York Times, and Maxim magazine, and was nominated for a 2004 Empire Magazine Movie Award for Best Newcomer – both the only director and the only American nominated in the category. He has appeared on numerous television programs, including MTV’s “Total Request Live.” Filmmakers such as Peter Jackson publicly supported Roth by giving him publicity quotes for “Cabin Fever,” and Quentin Tarantino called Eli “the future of horror” in the May 2004 issue of Premiere magazine. Produced for a total cost of $1.5 million dollars, “Cabin Fever,” to date, has grossed over $100 million dollars worldwide in theatrical, home video, and DVD sales. Roth is currently in post-production on his new horror film “Hostel,” which he wrote as well as directed, and produced with Mike Fleiss and Chris Briggs. Quentin Tarantino serves as one of the film’s executive producers, along with Boaz Yakin and Scott Spiegel. Screen Gems and Lion’s Gate will release the film theatrically in January as a “Quentin Tarantino Presents.” Roth's future directing projects include “Scavenger Hunt,” an original teen comedy he wrote for Universal Studios, "The Box," a psychological horror film he is co-writing with Richard Kelly ("Donnie Darko"), as well as a remake of the horror film “The Bad Seed” for Warner Brothers.

MIKE FLEISS (Producer) Mike Fleiss and his company, Next Entertainment, have managed to do what virtually no other independent production unit has accomplished-success on the big and small screens. Fleiss and Next are currently producing three studio films and two primetime network television series. On the film slate is the prequel to 2003’s horror hit “Texas Chainsaw Massacre”, Wolfgang Peterson’s 2006 Warner Bros. summer blockbuster “Poseidon” and “Hostel”, a Screen Gem Lions Gate Films release presented by Quentin Tarantino. On the small screen, Fleiss is currently filming the 11th season of his immensely successful ABC series “The Bachelor,” as well as a new series for the WB set to air in 2006.

CHRISTOPHER BRIGGS (Producer) In addition to being a producer on Hostel”, Briggs most recently served as a co-producer on “Poseidon” the Warner Brothers remake of “The Poseidon Adventure”. Briggs has written and produced a number of

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television series and can regularly be seen as a pop cultural pundit on VH1’s “Best Week Ever”. Briggs holds a B.A. from Wesleyan University. Says Briggs: “I traveled through Europe staying at Hostels during the early 90’s. Americans cannot travel anywhere in the world with the same carefree attitude that we used to and Hostel taps into that new reality in a terrifying way.”

SCOTT SPIEGEL (Executive Producers) Scott Spiegel co-wrote the cult classic “EVIL DEAD 2” with Sam Raimi. Scott also co-wrote the Clint Eastwood actioner “THE ROOKIE”. Scott then directed “From Dusk ‘till Dawn 2” for executive producer Quentin Tarantino. Scott partnered with Boaz Yakin and Eli Roth to form the horror company RAW NERVE.

DAN FRISCH (Co-Producer) Daniel Frisch is a Los Angeles and Prague-based producer who formed International Production Company (IPC) in 2003 to produce films, television, music videos and commercials worldwide. Projects involving Frisch and IPC are the motion pictures “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” “Running Scared,” “Pink Panther;” television’s award-winning “Joan of Arc,” “Houseguest,” the music videos for Mandy Moore’s “Have a Little Faith in Me,” and Blue’s “Breath Easy” as well as the popular spot for Nescafe Express “Formula 1 Pit Stop” featuring McLaren’s Kimi Raikokonen. For more on Frisch and IPC, visit their website at www.intlprodco.com.

PHILIP WALEY (Co-Producer) Philip Waley is a Prague and London based Producer. He has been involved in Film and Television as well as producing hundreds of commercials and music videos all over the World. Among the recent feature films he has worked on are, “The Pink Panther” “The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” and “Running Scared,” In the Television field he produced the award winning “Joan of Arc,” for the Hallmark Channel, as well as “The Genius of Mozart” for the BBC Television. Philip is one of the Co-Founder’s of International Production Company (IPC) formed in 2003 to produce films, television, music videos and commercials worldwide. For more on Waley and IPC, visit the website at www.intlprodco.com

FRANCO-GIACOMO CARBONE (Production Designer) Franco-Giacomo Carbone first collaborated with Eli Roth’s on Cabin Fever. Most recently you can see his work in Lion’s Gate’s “Wonderland” starring Val Kilmer and the upcoming release of “Down in the Valley” starring Ed Norton. Coming up, Franco has completed filming William Friedkin’s thriller “Bug” starring Ashley Judd and is currently in production designing Sylvester Stallone’s “Rocky Balboa”, the last “Rocky” film of the legendary franchise.

GREG NICOTERO and HOWARD BERGER (Special Make-up Effects Designers) Founded in 1988 by Robert Kurtzman, Greg Nicotero and Howard Berger, KNB Efx Group is one of the most prolific and sought after make-up effects studios working in Hollywood today, with over 500 feature

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film and television credits, including DANCES WITH WOLVES, PULP FICTION, SCREAM, SPY KIDS, THE GREEN MILE, BOOGIE NIGHTS, LAW & ORDER, 24, DEADWOOD, TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, EVIL DEAD II, FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, the SCREAM trilogy, A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, Showtime’s MASTERS OF HORROR series, CABIN FEVER, AUSTIN POWERS: GOLDMEMBER, RAY, THE ISLAND, CITY SLICKERS, ERASER, RAT RACE and Disney’s JUNGLE BOOK, SPAWN and the upcoming adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. Based in Van Nuys, California, KNB Efx Group is an amalgamation of the finest artists and craftspeople currently working in the field, their achievements garnering critical kudos and recognition throughout the industry. In 2001, KNB received the Emmy Award for Best Visual Effects for their work in the critically acclaimed mini-series, DUNE. Their contributions to THE CELL and THE TIME MACHINE earned Academy Award Nominations for Best Achievement in Make-up, solidifying ongoing relationships with such industry giants as Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Steven Spielberg, Wes Craven and Frank Darabont. Presently, Greg has been honored with the 2005 Hollywood Film Festival "Make-up of the Year" for their work on the critically acclaimed SIN CITY and Quentin Tarantino and Eli Roth presented Greg with a career achievement award at this year’s Sitges Film Festival in Spain. For KNB, the rewards continue to be... a gasp, a laugh, a scream... or the occasional ‘how’d they do that?’ from the back of the theater. If it can be imagined, it lives at KNB, Hollywood’s premiere make-up effects facility. Now in our third decade of providing the fantasies, the nightmares... the stuff dreams are made of.

GEORGE FOLSEY JR. (Editor) George Folsey Jr. is the son of the late Hollywood cinematographer, George Folsey, who received 14 Academy Award nominations. After graduating from Pomona College, Folsey Jr. worked as an editor at KABC-TV in Los Angeles and formed a company that shot and edited all the filmed segments of LaughIn. Folsey’s work as a film editor includes: Kentucky Fried Movie; Animal House; The Blues Brothers; Coming To America; Michael Jackson’s Thriller; Bulletproof; the American version of Michaelangelo Antonioni’s The Passenger and re-editing The Great Santini and John Duigan’s Romero. He has recently edited Basic; Cheaper By The Dozen; The Ringer; The Pink Panther; and Hostel. Among Folsey’s producing credits are: An American Werewolf in London; Trading Places; Spies Like Us; Thriller; Clue; Greedy; The Three Amigos; Into The Night; and Grumpier Old Men. After 15 years of partnership with director John Landis, Folsey was asked in 1988 to become Chairman of QSound Labs., a Canadian Corporation specializing in sound enhancement and localization. Folsey is also a member of the Director’s Guild of America and a director of Paulist Productions which produced Romero.

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CAST CREDITS

PAXTON

Jay Hernandez

JOSH

Derek Richardson

OLI

Eythor Gudjonsson

NATALYA

Barbara Nedeljakova

THE DUTCH BUSINESSMAN

Jan Vlasak

SVETLANA

Jana Kaderabkova

KANA

Jennifer Lim

YUKI

Keiko Seiko

ALEX

Lubomir Bukovy

VALA

Jana Havlickova

THE AMERICAN CLIENT

Rick Hoffman

THE GERMAN SURGEON

Petr Janis

MIIKE TAKASHI

Takashi Miike

BUBBLE GUM GANG LEADER

Zigo Patrik

DESK CLERK JEDI

Milda Jedi Havlas

THE SCARRED CAB DRIVER

Martin Kubacak

THE FRIENDLY POLICE OFFICER

Miroslav Taborsky

MONIQUE

Paula Wild

YURI

Vladimir Silhavecky

DISCO GIRL

Barbora Oboznenkova

FANNY PACK MAN

Daniel Frisch 15

THE STONED MANAGER

Radomil Uhlir

JACKET MAN

Jan Spanbauer

DUTCH BOUNCER

Mirek Navratil

SASKIA

Vanessa Jungova

DOMINIQUE

Katerina Vomelova

ANGRY DUTCH ELF

Lubos Vinicky

THE TOOTHLESS CAB DRIVER

Petr Sedlacek

BOB

Drahoslav Herzan

OLDER WOMAN

Daniela Bakerova

PRETTY WOMAN

Martina Kralickova

MUTTONCHOP

Ota Filip

SLOVAK BUS BOY

Jakub Habarta

ALFIE

Philip Waley

BRUCEY

Mark Taylor

STAN

Nick Roe

BOTTLE THROWER

Roman Janecka

NATALYA SHEMP

Natali Tothova

SVETLANA SHEMP

Petra Kubesova

MUSEUM TORTURY GUARD

Lord David Baxa

SIR ROBERT WAPPUS

Gabriel Roth

THE NASTY POLICE OFFICER

Miroslav Hanus

DUTCH POLICE OFFICER Christopher Allen Nelson THE BUTCHER

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Josef Bradna

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FILMMAKER CREDITS

Production Company (CZ) Unit Production Manager Czech Production Manager 1st Assistant Director Czech 1st Assistant Director 2nd Assistant Director 3rd Assistant Director Production Supervisor / Rock God Production Coordinator Script Supervisor Art Director Set Decorator Camera Operator 1st Assistant Camera 2nd Assistant Camera “B” Camera Operator Steadicam Operator Loader Video Playback Operator Unit Photographer Sound Mixer Boom Operator

International Production Company Philip Waley Pavlina Zipkova Mark Taylor Roman Janecka Philip Seeger Petra Meisnerova Mark Bakunas Vlasta Hynek Kazi Kopecka David Baxa Karel Vanasek Milan Chadima Libor Bruha Zdenek Mrkvicka Martin Stepanek Vlada Muller Hynek Pantucek Martin Nahodil Rico Torres Tomas Belohradsky Petr Stuchlik Pavel Vencl

Art Dept Coordinator Set Dressers

Martina Ter-Akopowa Jaroslav Fiala Jaromir Vaverka Milan Babik Milan Janostik Radan Kapinos Michal Turner Zbynek Trojan Rini Lemanova Jana Dopitova Klaudie Havlova Kveta Holasova Paloma Candelaria Jitka Novotna Hanka Rambova Jitka Fominova Michaela Rouckova Marketa Prochazkova Michal Snajdr Ondra Zach

Property Master On Set Prop Master Props Standby Construction Key Make Up Artist Make up Artist Additional Make up Artists Additional Costume Designs Costume Supervisor Key Costumers

First Assistant Accountant Accounting Clerk 18

Location Manager Assistant Location Manager Production Secretary Office Production Assistants

Honza Ondrovcak Peter Petrik Olina Edney Milda Havlas Marketa Dankova Veronika Brtova Jakub Eliasek Jan Soufek Tawnya Brown Jed Strahm Pilar Savone Julie McLean Travis Baker Richard Tanne Eva Dvorakova Brad Wilhite Charles Kaplan Mark Scovil Jacquelyn Dean Gabe Roth Ivan Vorlicek Sona Tichackova Tamara Jovicova Ashton Hinkinson Ltd Jiri Rezac Dasa Rezacova Shadows of Stars Jan Suchy Marianna Krenova Marketa Boruvkova Petr Konrad Petr Sulc Vladimir Holzknecht Werner Schelzig Jan Matejka Dalibor Suchy Ales Kohout Petr Cejka Jan Brumlich Daniel Kafka Martin Tichy Ludek Hynek Lukas Srajer Dan Cmolik Roman Bartos Michal Houzvicka

Set Production Assistants

Assistant to Mr. Fleiss Assistant for Raw Nerve Assistant to Mr. Tarantino Research Set Medic Associate Editor Associate Editor Assistant Editor Post Production Assistant Documentarian Casting Director CZ Casting Assistant UK Casting Extras Casting Stand in Casting Mr. Hernandez Stand In Mr. Richardson Stand In Dialogue Coach Gaffer Best Boy Electric Rigging Gaffer Rigging Best Boy Electricians

Key Grip Best Boy Grip Key Rigging Grip Grips

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Jirka Pospisil Martin Schmarc Dan Kvarda Honza Cmoli Tomas Soucek Martin Vejvoda Martin Pryca Martin Mottl Miro Gal Boris Masnik Jan Strasik Zdenek Vavra Tomas Pelc Libor Muller Radek Benda Jiri Ventura Kamil Zimmer Petr Podrouzek Pepino Svenek Honza Vojacek Radek Berka E.D.A. Catering Eda Raban David Felner Honza Nemet Vlado Rick Pavel Blecha Petr Velebny Majda Hajkova Helena Braumbrukrova

Crane Operators Special Effects Supervisor Special Effects Senior Technician Visual Effects Supervisor CZ Transport Coordinator Directors Driver Cast Driver Unit Drivers

Catering Chef Chef’s Assistants

2nd Unit Second Unit Director Director of Photography 1st Assistant Camera 2nd Assistant Camera “B” Camera 1st Assistant “C” Camera 2nd Unit Script Supervisors

Roman Janecka Martin Stepanek Filip Majer Petr “Slon” Vladyka Marek Snierer Jirina Vavrova Alice Voborska Additional Photography

Director of Photography First Assistant Camera

Shane Daly Zbynek Kunc Radek Skudrna

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2nd Assistant Camera

Mirek Pavlik Stepan Svoboda Karel Schneiberg Martin Schmarc Helena Frankova Barbora Kodymova Eliska Petrskovska Katherin Zabehlicky

CCTV Company Grip 2nd Assistant Director Set Wardrobe Assistants Production Assistant

Special Makeup Effects by KNB EFX Group, Inc. On Set Makeup Artists

Howard Berger Kevin Wasner Chris Nelson

KNB Crew Shop Supervisors

Shannon Shea Michael S. Deak Jaremy Aiello Alex Diaz Thomas Killeen Michael McCarty Scott Patton Andy Schoenberg James Leonard Christopher Cera Robert Freitas Grady Holder Ozzy Alvarez Chad Atkinson Carey L. Jones Harrison Lorenzana Caleb Schneider Ginger Anglin Clare Mulroy Katherine Sully Ben Rittenhouse Louis Kiss Derek Krout Mark Boley Jenny Wallace Lindsey Vivian Veronica Torres Kara Krasnoff Brent Randall Ball

Art Department

Mold Department

Shop Technicians

Seaming and Fabrication Department

Foam Department

Hair Department Purchases Office Staff

Additional Cast

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Zina Blahusova Kristina Kosunova Jana Semradova Klara Smetanova

Katerina Cervenkova Karel Hrosek Hana Dibelkova Petra Slavikova Hana Vitvarova

Stunt Coordinator

Veronika Petrova Mugi Lhagvadorj Alena Chrastinova Katerina Henesova

Pavel Vokoun Stunts

Petr Bozdech Dimo Lipitkovsky Jiri Firt Pavel Myslik Petr Horacek Jiri Simbersky Filip Kadlec Milos Kulhavy

Miroslav Lhotka Zdenek Dvoracek David Mottl Petr Hnetkovsky Ales Putik Petr Kabrt Kamila Zenkerova

Post Production Facilities Provided by Supervising Sound Editor Supervising Foley Editor ADR Supervisor Supervising Dialog Editor Assistant Sound Editor Additional Sound Effects Recording Dialog Editor Foley Mixer Foley Artists

Zuzana Drdacka Marek Motlicek Rene Hajek Miroslav Navratil Blanka Jarosova Klara Slavikova Jindrich Klaus Martin Kraus Sony Pictures Entertainment Brian T. Best Sean McCormack M.P.S.E. Kami Asgar M.P.S.E. Scott G.G. Haller Tim Tuch Stuart Provine Macelo Teson Kyle Rochlin Vincent Guisetti Pam Kahn Bob Beemer Tateum Kohut Brian Smith Howard London Fred W. Peck III Mark Onks Brian Richards Gerry Cueller and Greg Danylynshyn Tomas Belohradsky

Supervising Sound Mixers ADR Mixers Re-Recordist Engineer Music Editor Music Supervision by Music Supervision, Czech Republic

“THE SURGEON” Written by Eli Roth “5 SECONDS”

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Written by Ryan Sollum, Kyle Klima, Justin Halladay, Matt Ferro, & Jor Bol Performed by Shortie Courtesy of Hard 2 Pronounce Music, LLC “ODDITY” Written by Danny Doyal Performed by The Phonosapiens Courtesy of 750mph Music, LLC “SOME KINDA FREAK” Written by Orpheus Dejournette & Mikael Johnston Performed by Mephisto Odyssey Courtesy of Warner Bros Records, Inc. By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing “MASSACRE” Written by Paul Cafaro Performed by The Dwarves Courtesy of GREEDY/Sympathy For The Record Industry “GUTEN ABEND” Written by Johannes Brahms “WE AIN’T FUCKIN’ WIT Y’ALL” Written by Shawn Thomas Performed by C-BO Courtesy of West Coast Mafia Records “PRAVDA VITAZI” Written by Martin Durinda and Martin Sarvaz Performed by Tublatanka Courtesy of Opus Records “STUZKOVA” Written by Jozo Raz and Boris Filan Performed by Elan Courtesy of MC Production s.r.o. “V SLEPYCH ULICKACH” Written by Meky Zbirka and Kamil Peteraj Performed by Meky Zbirka and Marika Gombitová Courtesy of Opus Records “HOW DO” Written by Anthony Christopher Corner, Coverdale Liam Howe & Richard Ian Pickering Performed by The Sneaker Pimps

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Courtesy of Virgin Records and One Little Indian Records Under License from EMI Film & Television Music and One Little Indian Ltd. “TRETI GALAXIE” Written by Giancarlo Bigazzi, Umberto Tozzi and Michael Prostejovsky Performed by Michal David and Kroky Frantiska Janecka Courtesy of Supraphon “DRZIM TI MIESTO” Written by Julius Kincek and Daniel Hevier Performed by Team Courtesy of Opus Records “DARK EYES” Written by Dimitri Oleg Yachino Performed by National Tatarstan Orchestra & Choir Courtesy of Lovecat Music By arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group “PULP FICTION” ©1994 Miramax Films Courtesy of Quentin Tarantino and Miramax Films “SEX FEVER” © 2003 L.F.P. Productions Courtesy of L.F.P. Productions “CHODNIK CEZ DUNAJ” © 1989 Miroslav Luther Courtesy of the Film Archive of the Slovakian Film Institute, Bratislava Orchestrations Score Mixer Additional Orchestrations Music Preparation Conductor Orchestra Contractor

Penka Kouneva Michael Farrow Karen Guthery Junko Tamura Allan Wilson Paul Talkington FILMharmonic Orchestra Prague

Assistant Engineer Music Contractor, Recording Manager

Cenda Kotzmann Petr Pycha, MUSA Ltd.

Opticals and Titles

Pacific Title

Visual Effects

Precinct 13 Entertainment

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Visual Effects Supervisor Visual Key Animator / Compositor Compositor Compositor Compositor Compositor Project Coordinator Color Timer Negative Cutter Telecine Colorist Production Legal Services US

Robert Kurtzman David Matherly Andrew Sagar Ulysses Argetta Al Tuskes Frank Purtiman Anne Kurtzman Stephen Sheridan Rick Downey Ondra Stibingr Wyman & Isaacs LLP Cheryl Nelson Dilshod Boltaeva Truman Van Dyke Kent Hamilton Film Finances Inc. Matt Warren Kimberly Williams

Production Legal Services CZ Production Insurance ` Completion Guarantor

SPECIAL THANKS International Production Company s.r.o. Nike Inc. 66 Degrees North Speed 8 Pivovar Herald Breznice a.s. Red Bull Ceska Republika s.r.o. The North Face Inc. Mattoni Water Major League Baseball The Boston Red Sox Chloe Isleifur Thorhallsson Richard Kelly & Sean McKittrick Mick Garris and the Masters of Horror VERY SPECIAL THANKS Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh Harry Knowles Takashi Miike The Roth Family Make up Supplied by JEAN D’ESTREES (LOGO TO BE SUPPLIED)

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Sneepur Patrol t-shirt courtesy of MONDO TEES www.mondotees.com Walkie Talkies Supplied by AUDIOLINK (LOGO SUPPLIED)

Cameras and Lenses Supplied by VANTAGE FILM GMBH (LOGO SUPPLIED) Lighting and Grip Supplied by AFM LIGHTING LIMITED (LOGO SUPPLIED)

Crane Equipment Supplied by PANTHER PRAGUE

Color by DELUXE

KODAK MOTION PICTURE FILM Supplied by 16:35 s.r.o (Logo Supplied) Processed by Barrandov Laboratories (Logo Supplied as per contract) (Next Entertainment/ Raw Nerve logo) The events, characters and places depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual places is unintentional and purely coincidental. Screen Gems, Inc. / Lions Gate Films Inc. are the joint authors of this film (motion picture) for the purposes of copyright and other laws, and any unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition of this film (motion picture) could result in criminal prosecution as well as civil liability. Copyright © 2005 Screen Gems, Inc. / Lions Gate Films Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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