9
Also known as: Nine
- Studio
- Focus Features, Arc Productions, Starz Animation, Tim Burton Productions
In Association With: Relativity Media - Distributor
- Focus Features
Synopsis
This action-packed tale takes place in a world parallel to our own, in which the very legacy of humanity is threatened. A community of fully mobile rag dolls living a post-apocalyptic existence find one of their own, 9, displaying leadership qualities that may help them to survive. The conflicted but resilient community includes 1, a domineering war veteran; 2, an aged inventor; 5, a stalwart mechanic; 6, a visionary and artist; and 7, a brave warrior.
Characters
#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, Radio Announcer, The Scientist, Dictator, Newscaster
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Shane Acker
Producing
- Producer
- Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, Jim Lemley, Dana Ginsburg, Jinko Gotoh
- Co-Producer
- Marci Levine
- Associate Producer
- Graham Moloy
- Consulting Producer
- Mary Clayton
- Animation Production
- Matthew Teevan
Writing
- Writer
- Pamela Pettler
- Story
- Shane Acker
- Head of Story
- Ben Gluck
Animation
- Animator
- Drew Adams, Marc-André Baron, Nev Bezaire, Sebastien Bruneau, Mike Dharney, Samy Fecih (uncredited), Rob Gennings, Derek Gowland, Scott Johnston, Tom Judd, Kevin Labanowich, Alexander K. Lee, Jean Lin, Ho Moon, Guido Muzzarelli, Alan Rogers, Fabrice Senia, Rob Silvestri, Danny Testani, Oskar Urretabizkaia, Archie Villaverde, Ed Wou
- Animation Department Head
- David Baas
- Animation Director
- Joe Ksander
- Supervising Animators
- Ken Duncan, Kristin Solid
- Lead Animators
- Gérald Clévy, Emmanuel Vergne
- Character Animators
- Jean Lin, Christel Pougeoise, Benjamin Su
- Character Animator (Attitude Studio Paris)
- Laurent Caneiro
- Art Director (Animation)
- Christophe Vacher
- Story Artists
- Kevin Altieri, Gaëtan Brizzi, Paul Brizzi, Regis Camargo, Aaron Clark, Regina Conroy, Ryan O'Loughlin
- Layout Artists
- Armen Melkonian, Eric Murray
- Artist
- George Hull
- Facial Shapes Modeler (Attitude Studio)
- Romain Côte
- Lead Rigging Technical Director
- Carlo Giesa
- Project Manager (Technology)
- Darcy Reno
- Lighter/Compositor
- Boogab Youn
Voices
- Voice
- Christopher Plummer (#1), Martin Landau (#2), John C. Reilly (#5), Crispin Glover (#6), Jennifer Connelly (#7), Fred Tatasciore (#8, Radio Announcer), Elijah Wood (#9), Alan Oppenheimer (The Scientist), Tom Kane (Dictator), Helen Wilson (Newscaster)
Music
- Music
- Deborah Lurie
- Composer (Music Themes)
- Danny Elfman
- Additional Music Arranger
- Carlos José Alvarez
- Music Editor
- Shie Rozow
- Musical Score Arrangements
- Todd Haberman, T.J. Lindgren
- Additional Arrangements
- Matt Lewkowicz
- Music Scoring Mixer
- Casey Stone
- Score Coordinator
- Carlos José Alvarez
- Orchestrator
- Penka Kouneva
- Additional Orchestrators
- Dallas Aimer, Benoit Grey, Philip Klein, JJ Lee
- Orchestra Contractor
- Isobel Griffiths
- Music Preparation
- Thanh Tran
- Music Legal and Clearance
- Christine Bergren
- Music Librarian
- Thanh Tran
- Conductor
- Gavin Greenaway
- Choir
- Metro Voices
- Choirmaster
- Jenny O'Grady
Editing
- Editor
- Nick Kenway
- First Assistant Editor
- Adam Garner
- Assistant Editors
- Mhairi Kerr, Harold Parker, Bill Steinberg
- Additional Editor
- Lynn Hobson
- Editorial Coordinator
- Rosanna Server
- Digital Intermediate Assistant Producer (Efilm)
- Robert E. Phillips
- Digital Intermediate Editor
- Dave Muscat
- Assistant Digital Intermediate Editor
- Cam McLauchlin
- Digital Intermediate Colorist (Efilm)
- Michael Hatzer
- Digital Color Assist
- Marc Lulkin
- Color Timer
- Harry Muller
Crew
- Casting
- Mindy Marin
- Casting Associates
- Kara Lipson, Russell Scott
- Additional Voice Casting
- Terri Douglas
- Art Direction
- Christophe Vacher
- Art Coordinator
- Michael Verano
- Concept Designer
- Tohru Patrick Awa
- Concept Artist
- Kevin Chen
- Storyboard Artists
- Nathan Chew, Stephan Franck, Warren Leonhardt, Angelo Libutti, Alex Hillkurtz Alex Hill, Troy Quane
- Look Development Artist
- Mark Nelson
- Prop Artist
- Jung-Soo Choi
- Character Ortho Artist
- Jim Feeley
- Artist
- Pierre Lorenzi
- Property Designer
- Aldina Dias
- 3D Set Designer
- David Chow
- 2-D Set Designer
- Franck Louis-Marie
- Production Intern
- Shih-Ting Hung
- Head of Story
- Ben Gluck
- Production Managers
- Alexandra Gunter, Catherine A. Jones, Lisa M. Poole
- Assistant Production Managers
- Nadir Benhassaine, Jason McKenzie, Susan Reichert Susan Reichert Sullivan, Matthew Voynovich
- Post-Production Manager
- Solenn Colas
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Gregor Hutchison
- Story Department Manager
- Charlie Sweitzer
- Unit Manager
- Mary Bills
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Will Files
- Supervising Sound Assistant
- Jeremy Bowker
- Sound Designer
- Will Files
- Sound Recordists
- Ronald G. Roumas, Clint Smith
- Sound Re-Recording Mixers
- Will Files, Gary Rizzo
- Sound Effects Editors
- Luke Dunn Gielmuda, Pascal Garneau
- Dialogue Editor
- Jill Purdy
- Original Dialogue Mixer
- Larry Winer
- Foley Editor
- Pascal Garneau
- Foley Mixer
- Sean England
- Foley Recordists
- Sean England, Jessica Lemes da Silva
- ADR Recordist
- Sean England
- Technical Director
- Herve Bizira
- Lighting Technical Directors
- Mark Bodanis, James Deschenes, Daniel A. Murray
- Technical Supervisor
- Mark Bodanis
- Lead Final Layout Artist
- Gregory Culp
- Final Layout Artist
- Marie-Eve Tetrault
- Lighting and Compositing Artists
- Luke De Souza, Keren Kurtz, Jamie Minett, David Mitrovic, Laurent Solignac, Ben Tillmann
- Digital Effects Artist
- Alexander Feigin
- Digital Artist
- Gourdal Sebastien
- Lead Lighters and Compositors
- Simon Fung, Anja Stitic
- Lighter and Compositor
- Inna Itkin
- Lighting Leads
- Sean Montgomery, Paul Stodolny
- Effects Supervisor
- Warren Lawtey
- Visual Effects Artists
- Juliana Machado, Bahador Mehrpouya
- Render Wrangler
- Joe Levac
- Modeling Supervisor
- Mark Neysmith
- Lead Matte Painter
- Andrew Woodhouse
- Still Photographer
- Giles Keyte
- Assistants to Producer
- Sofie Dejus, Bridget McManus
- Production Coordinator
- Jessica Meunier
- Production Assistant
- Carlos Mena
- Production Assistant (Pre-Production)
- Joshua Lou Friedman
- Story Production Assistants
- Sara Geimer, Kristen Blevins Marie Michel
- Production Interns
- Musa Brooker, Patricia Kavanaugh, Daisy Lin, Michelle Lopes
- Production Team (Attitude Studio)
- Vincent Philbert
- Production Accountant
- Emily Rice
- Assistant Production Accountant
- Jennifer M. Byrne
- Project Manager (Deluxe Digital Cinema)
- D.R. Farquharson
- Location Manager
- Ambroise Gayet
- Client Services
- Mike Lane
- Technical Manager
- Josh Morgan
- Department Coordinator
- Geneva Peschka
- Senior Systems Administrator
- Simon Chang
Companies and other credits
- Orchestra: The London Session Orchestra (uncredited)
- Music Recorded At: Air Lyndhurst Studios
- Soundtrack: E1 Entertainment
- Production Accounting: Rice Gorton Pictures Ltd
Production notes
A feature-length expanded version of Shane Acker's Oscar-nominated 2005 animated short of the same name.
Budgeted at an estimated $33 million.
Soundtrack: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," Music by Harold Arlen and Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, Performed by Judy Garland; "Dies Irae," Traditional, Performed by Crispin Glover.
Budgeted at an estimated $33 million.
Soundtrack: "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," Music by Harold Arlen and Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg, Performed by Judy Garland; "Dies Irae," Traditional, Performed by Crispin Glover.
Awards
Nominee, Annie Award, Production Design in a Feature Production, Christophe Vacher, 2010.
Nominee, Annie Award, Animated Effects, Alexander Feigin, 2010.
Nominee, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Film, 2009
Nominee, Annie Award, Animated Effects, Alexander Feigin, 2010.
Nominee, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award, Best Animated Film, 2009
