Believers

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

A police psychologist and his school-age son become embroiled in the machinations of a mysterious cult religion in this thriller from director John Schlesinger. After his wife is electrocuted in a freak accident, Dr. Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) and his son, Chris (Harley Cross), move back to Manhattan, where Cal went to school. When not spending time with his son and surrogate extended family -- husband-and-wife anthropologists Kate (Elizabeth Wilson) and Dennis Maslow (Lee Richardson) -- Cal settles into his new job and romances his landlady, Jessica Halliday (Helen Shaver). Soon, though, a series of brutal murders of young children begins to take over Cal's life. Through the ravings of policeman Tom Lopez (Jimmy Smits), who believes the killers have supernatural power over him after stealing his badge, Cal learns of Santeria, a voodoo-like Latin American sect that mixes elements of Christianity and pagan mysticism. Although the religion turns out to have ties to some of the richest men in the city and even Cal's well-meaning maid seems to be a practitioner, he can't get any straight answers as to whether the cult is responsible for the murders. But after a sinister African shaman (Malick Bowens) places a curse on Jessica, Cal finally begins to understand the danger that faces him -- and his son. The Believers was very loosely adapted from Nicholas Conde's 1982 novel The Religion. ~ Brian J. Dillard, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 (Theatre Wide Screen)
• Audio: Dolby Digital Stereo
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Subtitle: French, English, Spanish
• Features:
  • cc
  • Original theatrical trailer
  • Teaser trailer
  • English and French Dolby Stereo
  • English, French, and Spanish subtitles

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Director:

  John Schlesinger

• Producer:

  Beverly J. Camhe, Michael Childers, John Schlesinger

• Screenwriter:

  Mark Frost

• Book Author:

  Nicholas Conde

• Cinematographer:

  Robby Müller

• Composer (Music Score):

  J. Peter Robinson

• Editor:

  Peter Honess

• Production Designer:

  Simon Holland, Roy Forge Smith

• Art Director:

  John Kasarda, Carol Spier

• Associate Producer:

  Mark Frost

• Executive Producer:

  Edward Teets

• Set Designer:

  Susan Bode-Tyson, Elinor Rose Galbraith

• Costume Designer:

  Shay Cunliffe, Abigail Murray

• Makeup:

  Kevin Hayney, Shonagh Jabour, Mickey Scott

• Special Effects:

  Connie Brink, Ted Ross

• First Assistant Director:

  Vebe Borge

• Consultant/advisor:

  Carla Pinza, David A. Brody, Bob Connelly

• Camera Operator:

  Sandi Sissel

• Stunts:

  Dean Jeffries, Vic Magnotta, Dwayne McLean, Edgard Mourino, Ray Woodfork, Rick Forsayeth

• Choreography:

  Wilhelmina Taylor

• Production Manager:

  Monty Diamond, Edward Teets

• Sound Mixer:

  Tod A. Maitland

• Production Manager:

  David Coatsworth

• Sound Mixer:

  Bryan Day

• Casting:

  John Lyons, Donna Isaacson, Ross Clydesdale

• Properties Master:

  John McDonnell

• Second Unit Director:

  Michael Childers

• Set Dresser:

  Gina Hamilton

• First Assistant Editor:

  Cindy Kaplan Rooney

• Assistant Costume Designer:

  Carol Wood

• Production Assistant:

  Ramsey Fadiman

• Grip:

  Brian Fitzsimmons

• Script Supervisor:

  Ana Maria Quintana

• Second Assistant Director:

  James W. Skotchdopole

• Second Unit Director:

  Patrick Crowley

• First Assistant Editor:

  Robin Russell

• Location Manager:

  Christopher Stoia

• Foley Editor:

  Mark Auguste

• First Assistant Editor:

  Andrew Glen, Jeremy Gibbs

• Second Assistant Camera:

  Stephen Campanelli

• Gaffer:

  John W. DeBlau

• Key Grip:

  Dennis Gamiello

• Still Photographer:

  Kerry Hayes, Takashi Seida

• Second Unit Director Of Photogra:

  Peter Norman

• Second Assistant Director:

  Kim Winther

• Set Dresser:

  Clive Thomasson

• First Assistant Editor:

  Lee Michael Searles

• First Assistant Camera:

  Marvin Midwicki

• Still Photographer:

  Mary Ellen Mark

• Animal Trainer/Wrangler:

  Rick Parker

• Location Manager:

  Keith Large

• Key Grip:

  Christopher Dean

• Costumes Assistant:

  Jay Duboisson

• Dolly Grip:

  John Brian Lowry

• Production Assistant:

  Gordon Antell

• Extra Casting:

  Sylvia Fay

• Properties Master:

  Vic Rigler

• First Assistant Editor:

  Richard Fettes

• Set Dresser:

  Alexa Anthony

• Production Assistant:

  Christopher J. Brown

• Properties Master:

  Peter Fletcher

• Post Production Accountant:

  Gary Jones

• Hair Styles:

  Ivan Lynch, Werner Sherer

• Buyer:

  Danielle Fleury

• Set Dresser:

  Danielle Fleury

• Scenic Artist:

  Nick Kosonic

• Set Dresser:

  Ian Wheatley

• Boom Operator:

  Michael LaCroix, Kim Maitland

• Dialogue Editor:

  Bob Risk

• Sound Editor:

  Nicholas Stevenson

• Electrician:

  Ian Bibby

• Second Assistant Camera:

  John Cambria

• Location Manager:

  Jacob F. Conrad

• Production Coordinator:

  Debbie Cooke

• Still Photographer:

  Patrick DeMarchelier

• Set Production Assistant:

  Anne Marie Ferney

• Costume/Wardrobe:

  Maureen Gurney

• Still Photographer:

  Ernst Haas

• Production Accountant:

  Vince Heileson

• Gaffer:

  Feider Hochheim

• Costumes Assistant:

  Kim Kozolanka

• Extra Casting:

  Rose Lewis

• Production Accountant:

  Peter Lombardi

• Production Coordinator:

  Patt McCurdy

• Electrician:

  Michael McMurray

• Post Production Supervisor:

  David Middlemas

• Best Boy Grip:

  Daniel Narduzzi

• Best Boy Electric:

  Christopher Porter

• First Assistant Camera:

  Eddie Ramirez

• Electrician:

  Michael Ruggles

• Production Assistant:

  Gary K. Shaw

• Assistant Location Manager:

  Greg Van Riel

• Storyboard Artist:

  Jane Clark

• Third Assistant Director:

  Martha Bean

• Craft Service/Catering:

  Brian Cole

• Production Assistant:

  Orest Haba, Jadi McCurdy

• First Assistant Accountant:

  Dennis Jacobsen

• First Assistant Editor:

  Jonathan Lucas, Mick Monks

• Carpenter:

  Ron Lightfoot

• Head Carpenter:

  Ian Fraer, Myles Roth