Original
title:
Warriors of the Wasteland. Filmed in:
65mm, 5 perforations, 24 frames per second. Principal
cinematography filmed in: Super Panavision 70 (One 65mm HHR). Presentation
format: Super Panavision 70. Aspect
ratio: 2,21:1. Country of origin:
USA. Year of production: 1989. Released
by: North American Film. World
premiere (Release date): Never released publically.
Producer:
Maxine O'Callaghan, Shawn Ripley and David McIlroy. Director, Director of photography and Film editor: John O'Callaghan.
Screenplay: Maxine O'Callaghan,
John O'Callaghan. Art directors:
John Anderson and Jeff Lawson. Production designer: Paul Herndon. Set decorator: John Anderson. Costumes:
Robert Beltran. Cast (role): Paul
Monte (Kyle), Dan Shalaby (Dead soldier), William Wilson (Huge man), Scott
Brotherton (Thug), Scott Blackwood (Thief), Troy Hammon (Thief), Randy Hogen
(Thief), Wyatt Weed, Larry Warner, Cooper Charlton, Brian Bancroft, Eric
Williams & Alex Rome (Gang raiders), Leff Lawson, Marc Sanford, David
McIlroy & Maxine O'Callaghan (Junkyard people). Production company: North American Film. Associate producers: Eric Williams and Alex Villiard. Storyboard:
Paul Herndon. Camera assistants:
George Lee, Alex Villiard, Bob Borchert. Camera
operators: Roland Canamar, John O'Callaghan. Lighting cameraman: Roland Canamar. Stills photography: Robert Borchert, Dan Shalaby. Super
Panavision 70 system advisor: Don Earl (Panavision). Camera
system: 65mm cameras and lenses by Panavision. Gaffer
& Chief Electrician: Lester Meisenheimer. Dolly: J L Fisher, Inc. Lighting
and grip equipment: Cine Video, Inc. Editing
supplies: Christy's, Inc. Music
produced by: Stephen J Lipson and Trevor Horn. Music performed by: Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Sound design: John O'Callaghan, Shawn Ripley, Brian Bancroft, Eric
Williams, Steve McNelley. Sound
services: Cinesound, Inc. Re-recording
engineer: Brian Kane. Re-
recording: Goldwyn Sound Facility/Warner Hollywood. Construction
crew: John Weingarden, Paul herndon, John Anderson, David McIlroy, Eric
Williams, Dan Shalaby, Alex Villiard, Marc Sanford, Jeff Lawson, Brian
Bancroft, Steve McNelley, Shawn Ripley, Matt August. Casting: John O'Callaghan, Eric Williams, Maxine O'Callaghan, David
McIlroy, Patti Randel. Weapons
designed by: Robert Beltran. Make-up:
Carrie Lou Nahigan, Paul Herndon, Shawn Roop. Stunt coordinator: Scott Blackwood. Locations: The Foothill Ranch in Orange County, Mission Viejo &
Santa Ana Mountains, CA, USA. Production
start: Production shot in 5 days (May 27, 28 & 29; June 17 & 18,
1989). Motorcycle technician: Bob
Borchert. Catering: Maxine
O'Callaghan, Laura Apperson. Filmstock:
Eastman Kodak 5247. 65mm negative
processing by: Metrocolor. 65mm
to 35mm workprint: Dash Morrison. Negative
cutter: Brian Ralph. Color timer:
David Orr. Color by: DeLuxe. 70mm
prints by: DeLuxe Laboratories. Number
of 70mm prints: 2 composite 70mm prints. Number
of 35mm prints: 1 print (no optical soundtrack). 70mm
film assembly: DeLuxe Laboratories. 70mm
magnetic striping: Magnicraft/Technicolor. Striping technician: Kit Kluge. Recorded in: Six-track magnetic Dolby Stereo. Formate 42. Sound
system: Westrex six-track magnetic stereophonic sound. 70mm
running time: 585 feet, 5 minutes 12 seconds (Opening sequence of full
feature never completed). 35mm
running time: 468 feet, 5 minutes 12 seconds. Distributor:
North American Film.
Notes about the
filming: The cost of filming was USD 15.000. The film was shot using one
Super Panavision 65mm hand held reflex camera. Synopsis: A lone man stands in burnt skeletal brush against a
backdrop of amber sunsets and jagged mountain landscapes. 15 years after a
nuclear conflagration, the main character once a teenager, now stranded in a
remote place that went untouched, a "worrior" not by choice but of
necessity in a land where gangs of human predators travel in packs like
wolves, wher junkyards are filled with the dying remnants of society and an
army of carnivorous escaped military prisoners threaten a fragile sliver of
civilization. Various: The
producers wish to express grateful appreciation to those without whom this
production would not have been possible: Phil and Suzanne Charlton, Don
Earl, HOH Development/Foothill Ranch Company. This film is dedicated to the
memory of Franklin J Schaffner. Further
reading reference: "Young O.C.
movie maker sets sight and high (and 70mm wide) for 1st film". Los
Angeles Times 17.10.1989. "70
Format: Why Not". American Cinematographer November 1989.
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Further in 70mm reading:
John O'callaghan
"Dead
Sea"
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