Ferryman, The (2007)

The Ferryman
Credits
Title:	The Ferryman
Directed by:	Chris Graham
Written by:	Nick Ward; Matthew Metcalfe
Produced by:	Tim Smith; Paul Brett; Richard Fletcher; Alan Harris; Matthew Metcalfe
Music by:	Haim Frank Ilfman
Cinematography:	Aaron Morton
Edited by:	Nigel Galt
Production
Distributors:	Atlantic Film Productions General Film Corporation
Released:	February 8th, 2007
Rating:	R
Running time:	100 min.
Country:	New Zealand/UK
Language:	English
Budget:	NZD 7,000,000
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The Ferryman is a UK/New Zealand horror film of the body snatcher subgenre. It was directed by Chris Graham and written by Nick Ward. It was produced by Atlantic Film Productions and the General Film Corporation and premiered in Europe on February 8th, 2007. The film stars John Rhys-Davies, Kerry Fox, Sally Stockwell, Amber Sainsbury, Tamer Hassan, Craig Hall, Julian Arahanga and Lawrence Makoare.

Cast

Actor	Role
John Rhys-Davies	The Greek
Kerry Fox	Suze
Sally Stockwell	Tate
Amber Sainsbury	Kathy
Tamer Hassan	Big Dave
Craig Hall	Chris Hamilton
Julian Arahanga	Zane
Lawrence Makoare	Snake
Imogen Cassin	Imogen
Ben Fransham	The Ferryman
Robbie Magasiva	Man in club

Notes & Trivia

• The Ferryman, The Ferryman (2007) and Ferryman, The all redirect to this page.
• The tagline for this film is, "Everyone must pay."
• Filmed in Auckland, New Zealand. The shoreline scenes were filmed at Birkenhead Wharf, while other scenes were filmed at Great Barrier Island and Waiheke Island.
• The Ferryman was released to DVD in Region 1 (widescreen) format on September 25th, 2007 by Millennium.
• Premiered at the European Film Market in Germany on February 8th, 2007. It first premiered in the UK at the London Sci-Fi Film Festival on May 4th. It was first screened in the United States at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 1st, 2007.
• This is the first movie produced by General Film Corporation.
• Several of the stunt performers used in this film such as Min Windle and Dayna Porter also played characters in the 2007 vampire film 30 Days of Night. Actors Amber Sainsbury, Craig Hall and Ben Fransham were also featured in that film.
• The Ferryman is director Chris Graham's second feature film and his first horror movie.
• This movie marks the screenwriting debut of Matthew Metcalfe.
• This is Nick Ward's second film work as a screenwriter.
• Actor Robbie Magasiva is the older brother of Pua Magasiva, who appeared in 30 Days of Night.
• Actor Tamer Hassan shares a birthday with composer Haim Frank Ilfman. Tamer was born on March 18th, 1968 and Haim was born in 1970.
• This is the first professional film work for actress Imogen Cassin.

The year in film

Other films that were released in 2007 include:

1408 28 Weeks Later 30 Days of Night Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem American Gothic Anamorph Attic, The Black Swarm Brotherhood of Blood Carved: A Slit Mouthed Woman Dead Silence Death Proof Devil's Diary Diary of the Dead Ferryman, The Forever Dead, The Ghost Rider Halloween Hannibal Rising Hitcher, The Hostel: Part II Hybrid Jack Brooks: Monster Slayer Knock Knock Mist, The Paranormal Activity Planet Terror Pop Skull Poughkeepsie Tapes, The Pumpkinhead: Blood Feud Reaping, The Rise: Blood Hunter Resident Evil: Extinction Return to House on Haunted Hill Saw IV Sick Girl Species: The Awakening Spiral Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Teeth Trick 'r Treat Whisper Wrong Turn 2: Dead End

External Links

• The Ferryman at IMDB
• The Ferryman at Wikipedia
• The Ferryman at Dread Central
• The Ferryman at the Sci-Fi Movie Page