Small Soldiers

(Small Soldiers)

 Credits

Cast

Irwin Wayfair
David Cross
Larry Benson
Jay Mohr
Ms. Kegel
Alexandra Wilson
Gil Mars
Denis Leary
Alan Abernathy
Gregory Smith
Joe
Dick Miller
Christy Fimple
Kirsten Dunst
Timmy Fimple
Jacob Smith
Brad
Jonathan David Bouck (Jonathan Bouck)
Stuart Abernathy
Kevin Dunn
Irene Abernathy
Ann Magnuson
Marion Fimple
Wendy Schaal
Phil Fimple
Phil Hartman
Satellite Dish Installer
Archie Hahn
Ralph, Clean Room Technician
Robert Picardo
Toy World Supervisor
Julius Tennon
Neighbor
Belinda Balaski
Husband
Rance Howard
Wife
Jackie Joseph
Chip Hazard (voice)
Tommy Lee Jones
Archer (voice)
Frank Langella
Kip Killagin (voice)
Ernest Borgnine
Butch Meathook (voice)
Jim Brown
Link Static (voice)
Bruce Dern
Brick Bazooka (voice)
George Kennedy
Nick Nitro (voice)
Clint Walker
Slamfist / Scratch-It (voice)
Christopher Guest
Insaniac / Freakenstein (voice)
Michael McKean
Punch-It (voice)
Harry Shearer
Gwendy Doll (voice)
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Gwendy Doll (voice)
Christina Ricci
Globotech Announcer (voice)
Marcia Mitzman Gaven
Passerby
Rennie Cowan (*)
Ocula (voice)
Jim Cummings (*)
F.B.I. agent
Anthony Genovese (*)
Globotech Telephone Operator
Cheri Oteri (*)

Director

Director
Joe Dante

Writing credits

Written by
Gavin Scott
Written by
Adam Rifkin
Written by
Ted Elliott
Written by
Terry Rossio

Producer

Co-producer
Paul Deason
Producer
Michael Finnell
Executive producer
Walter Parkes (Walter F. Parkes)
Producer
Colin Wilson

Music

Music
Jerry Goldsmith

Cinematography

Cinematographer
Jamie Anderson

Editor

Editor
Marshall Harvey
Editor
Michael Thau

Casting

Casting director
Denise Chamian

Production design

Production designer
William Sandell

Art direction

Supervising art director
Mark W. Mansbridge
Art director
Bradford Ricker (Brad Ricker)

Set decoration

Set decorator
Rosemary Brandenburg

Costume design

Costume designer
Carole Brown-James

Makeup department

Assistant makeup artist
Cynthia Barr-Bright (Cynthia Barr)
Hair department head
Judith A. Cory
Assistant hair stylist
Karyn Huston
Makeup department head
Christina Smith
Mold department
Brian Stiver

Production management

Unit production manager
Paul Deason
Post-production supervisor
Brad Goodman

Assistant director

First assistant director
Benita Allen-Honess (Benita Allen)
Second unit director
Jim Arnett (M. James Arnett)
First assistant director
C.C. Barnes (Second unit)
Second assistant director
Dieter 'Dietman' Busch
Dga trainee
Marisa Ferrey
Second assistant director
Rebecca Strickland
Second second assistant director
Nancy L. Ventura

Art department

Propmaker
Tony Allard
Construction accountant
Charlie Araki
Illustrator
Jim Bandsuh
Greensman
Jeff Brown
Property assistant
Mark W. Brown (Second unit)
Art department coordinator
Molly Click
Propmaker gangboss
Dan Colegrove
General foreman
David Gabrielli
Propmaker gangboss
Neil Garland
Propmaker
Travis Huffman
Construction foreman
Stuart John (Henry Stuart John)
Paint foreman
Kent Jones
Storyboard artist
David Lowery
Set dresser
Glenn Matayoshi
Greensperson
Frank McEldowney
Paint foreman
Robert Misetich
Property master
Gerald Moss (Jerry Moss)
Prop coordinator
Maura Moss
Character designer
Arthur Nichols
Lead set designer
Harry E. Otto
Assistant property master
Andrew Petrotta
Storyboard artist
Paul S. Power
Set dresser
Edward J. Protiva
Illustrator
Robin Richesson
Set dresser
Glenn H. Roberts
Foreman
Billy Salsberg
Construction coordinator
Marvin Salsberg
Concept art
Liam Sharp
Buyer
Shana Sigmond
Lead person
Brett C. Smith
Paint foreman
Bruce G. Smith
Drapery foreman
Jay Smith
Set designer
Bill Taliaferro
Set designer
Stan Tropp
Propmaker
Timothy Vierra
Storyboard artist
Tracey Wilson
Laborer gang boss
Gary J. Coelho (*)
Greensman
Bryan McBrien (*)

Sound department

Adr supervisor
Petra Bach
Assistant sound editor
Nancy Barker
Additional sound re-recording mixer
Ron Bartlett
Foley supervisor
Thom Brennan
Sound editor
Norval D. Crutcher III (USA/Canada TV conform)
Sound effects editor
Susan Dudeck
Supervising dialogue editor
Julia Evershade
Sound effects editor
Donald Flick
Sound effects editor
Michael Geisler
Sound technician
Mark C. Grech
Sound effects editor
David Grimaldi
Re-recording mixer
Michael Herbick
Foley artist
Hilda Hodges
Boom operator
Randy Johnson (Randall L. Johnson)
Machine room recordist
Jack Keller
Production sound mixer
Ken King
Sound effects editor
Elliott Koretz
Sound effects editor
John Kwiatkowski
Foley mixer
Mary Jo Lang
Sound effects wrangler
Steve Lee
Supervising sound editor
Eric Lindemann
Re-recording mixer
Robert J. Litt
Co-supervising sound editor
Mark A. Mangini
Adr recordist
Michael Miller
Sound designer
John Pospisil
Foley artist
John Roesch
Assistant sound editor
Elijah Schkeiban
Machine room recordist
Marsha Sorce
Foley recordist
Carolyn Tapp
Re-recording mixer
Elliot Tyson
Recordist
Richard Badey (*) (French post-synchronized version)

Special effects

Special effects leadman
Larz Anderson
Special effects technical director/animator
Felix Balbas
Key technician
Darin Bouyssou (Stan Winston Studio)
Special effects technician
William Butler
Special effects crew
John Calpin
Character design
Jim Charmatz (Stan Winston Studio)
Special effects technician
David Covarrubias
Electronics designer
Glenn Derry (Stan Winston Studio)
Special effects
Kim Derry
Special effects technician
Lance Gilmer
Lab technician
Grady Holder (Stan Winston Studio)
Puppet painter
Timothy Huizing
Special effects technician
James Kai Kim
Special effects
Mark Lilienthal
Art department
Lindsay MacGowan (Stan Winston Studio)
Key animatronic designer
Bob Mano (Stan Winston Studio)
Special effects supervisor
Keith Marbory
Special effects artist and puppeteer
Paul Mejias
Special effects
Daniel P. Murphy (Second unit)
Fabricator
Tim Nordella
Special effects office coordinator
Jane E. Pepiot
Special effects
Jeff Pepiot
Special effects coordinator
Ken Pepiot
Special effects foreman
Gintar Repecka
Makeup effects supervisor
John Rosengrant
Special effects
Joseph C. Sasgen
Special effects foreman
Frank Schepler
Animatronic designer
Kirk Skodis (Stan Winston Studio)
Mechanical department
Laura Stella (Stan Winston Studio)
Puppet painter
Douglas J. Stewart
Special effects
Thomas R. Ward
Production coordinator
Stiles White (Stan Winston Studio)
Animatronic design and effects
Stan Winston

Visual effects

Visual effects coordinator
Alexandra Altrocchi
Animation supervisor
David Andrews
Sequence supervisor
Joel Aron
Production visual effects editor
Chris Baird (Christopher S. Baird)
Production visual effects coordinator
Leslie Barnett
Animator
Scott Benza
Software developer
Stewart Birnam (ILM)
Production software engineer
Ari Rapkin (Ari Rapkin)
Digital artist
Rob Blue (Main title)
Software research and development
Rod G. Bogart (ILM)
Texture artist
Scott Bonnenfant
Visual effects producer
Kim Bromley
Digital modeler
Ken Bryan
Visual effects artist
Pat Conran
Assistant concept artist
Beth D'Amato
Digital artist
Natasha Devaud
Digital modeler
James Doherty
Matchmove supervisor
Selwyn Eddy III (Selwyn Eddy)
Visual effects supervisor
Stefen Fangmeier
Digital artist
Deborah Fought (ILM) (Debbie Fought)
Compositing supervisor
Scott Frankel
Digital artist
Todd Fulford
Modeller
Frank Gravatt
Digital model supervisor
Tony Hudson (ILM)
Visual effects art director
George Hull
Animator
Jason Ivimey (ILM)
Matchmover
Randy Jonsson (ILM)
Animator
Heather Knight
Lead digital compositor
Marshall Richard Krasser (ILM)
Animator
Martin L'Heureux
Animator
David Latour (ILM)
Visual effects technical director
Mohen Leo
Visual effects editorial
Dawn Martin
Senior technical director
Terrence Masson
Visual effects supervisor
Jeff Matakovich
Computer graphics supervisor
Erik Mattson (ILM)
Character design
Mark 'Crash' McCreery
Digital artist
Jennifer McKnew (ILM)
Sequence supervisor
David Meny
Computer systems engineering
Marty Luigi Miramontez
Visual effects coordinator
Amanda K. Montgomery (ILM)
Senior staff
Jim Morris (ILM)
CG technical support
Michelle Motta (ILM)
Visual effects gaffer
Michael Olague
Character animator
David Parsons
Technical director
Aaron Pfau
Software research and development
Cary Phillips
Visual effects co-supervisor
Ellen Poon
Digital artist
Bruce Powell
Computer graphics consultant
Liz Radley
Digital effects artist
Kevin Reuter
Viewpaint supervisor
Susan Ross
Digital effects artist
Jason Rosson (ILM)
Matchmover
Jeff Saltzman (ILM)
Sequence supervisor
Sean Schur
Digital effects
Jeff Shank (ILM)
Senior staff
H.B. Siegel (ILM)
Digital plate restoration technician
Jason H. Snell
Digital artist
John Stillman
Visual effects
Marcus Stokes
Production engineering supervisor
Joe Takai
Character modeller
Edward Taylor IV (ILM)
Digital modeler
Paul Theren
Information systems
Michael Thompson
Character animator
Si Tran (Si Duy Tran)
Digital character animator
Chi Chung Tse
Digital paint & rotoscope artist
Michael Van Eps
Visual effects assistant editor
Paul Vega
CG animator
Tim Waddy
Digital artist
Matt Wallin
3D camera matchmove artist
R.D. Wegener (ILM)
Digital effects compositor
Ken Ziegler
Title sequence director of photography
Les Bernstien (*)
Digital character animator
David Byers Brown (*)
Visual effects
Mark Fiorenza (*)
Computer graphics supervisor
Carl N. Frederick (*) (ILM)
CGI modeler
Michael Meyers (*) (Production plant)

Stunts

Stunt coordinator
Jim Arnett (M. James Arnett)
Utility stunts
Seth James Arnett (Seth Arnett)
Utility stunts
Jared S. Eddo
Stunts
Bob Herron
Stunt double
Cinda-Lin James (Kirsten Dunst)
Utility stunts
Cinda-Lin James
Stunts
Shawn Kautz
Stunts
Michael Owen
Utility stunts
Shawn Robinson
Assistant stunt coordinator
Pat Romano
Stunts
Jill Brown (*)
Stunt double
Mark Aaron Wagner (*) (Jay Mohr)

Camera

Assistant chief lighting technician
Michael J. Bailey
Unit gaffer
Greg Banta
Grip
John Bertram
Lighting technician
Mike Cerone
Lighting technician
Paul Ciancetta (Musco light)
Grip
James Conroy
First assistant camera
Michael S. Endler
Second assistant camera
Jimmy Ferguson
Camera loader
Erica Froker
Steadicam operator
Harry K. Garvin
Grip
Rick Harris
Best boy grip
Michael Ronald Heath
Video assist operator
Mauriece Jacks Jr. (Re-shoots)
Dolly grip
R. Scott Judge
24 frame video operator
Ian Kelly
Video engineer
Ian Kelly
Camera operator
Robert La Bonge (Robert LaBonge)
Director of photography
Robert LaBonge (Second unit)
Key grip
Al LaVerde
Director of photography
Rexford L. Metz (Second unit)
Still photographer
Darren Michaels (Second unit)
First assistant camera
Andrea Moraz (Second unit)
Gaffer
David Morton
Second assistant camera
Jacqueline J. Nivens (Second unit)
Lighting technician
Robert P. Quiroz
Grip
Scott Rubin
Universal best boy grip
Gary Schillp
Second assistant camera
Mary F. Stankiewicz (Second unit)
Additional camera operator
George B. Stephenson (George Stephenson)
Still photographer
Bruce W. Talamon
Rigging gaffer
Francis X. Valdez III
Best boy
O'Shana Walker (Universal)
Electrician
David Youel
Best boy grip
Shawn Ensign (*) (Second unit)
Steadicam operator
Randy Nolen (*)
Video assist operator
David Presley (*) (Second unit)
Camera operator
Ronald Veto (*)

Wardrobe department

Specialty costumes
Michael Burnett
Key costumer
Chris Burrows
Set costumer
Danna Edwards
Specialty costume fabricator
Lynette Johnson
Costume supervisor
Kent James
Costumer
Marcie Olivi

Editorial department

Second assistant editor
Tracy Adams
Additional editor
Dale Beldin
Post-production executive
Martin Cohen
Negative cutter
Mo Henry
Color timer
Gloria Kaiser
Colorist
Bryan McMahan (Mastering)
First assistant editor
Jim Schulte
Post-production coordinator
Lisa Marie Serra

Music department

Musician
Romeo Antonio
Assistant music editor
Robert Bayless
Music mixer
Bruce Botnick
Orchestrator
Alexander Courage
Music contractor
Sandy DeCrescent
Conductor
Jerry Goldsmith
Music editor
Darrell Hall
Executive in charge of music
Todd Homme
Orchestral scoring recordist
John Rodd
Scoring engineer
John Rotondi (Y4)
Scoring engineer
Dennis Sager
Music preparation
Steven L. Smith
Music programmer
Nick Vidar

Other crew

Puppeteer
Bill Basso
Production assistant
Danny Bress
Production assistant
Damon E. Burke
Animatronics engineer
Sebastien Caillabet
Stand-in
Kenleen Creech
Puppeteer
John Dawe
Title designer
Robert Dawson (Main titles)
Post-production accountant
Maria DeVane
Military advisor
Dale Dye
Animal trainer
Gary Gero
Craft service
Tim Gonzales
Projectionist
René González
Assistant
Amie Griffith-Chiu (Stan Winston)
Dubbing director
Jenny Gérard (French post-synchronized version)
Studio executive
Marc Haimes
Puppeteer
Rich Haugen (Rich Haugen)
Electronics
Kurt Herbel
Puppeteer
Kurt Herbel
Production accountant
Elena Holden Bress (Elena Holden)
Studio teacher
Pat Jackson
Studio teacher
Judith Jennings
Puppeteer
Keith Marbory
Stand-in
Bryan Mathews (Bryan Mathews)
Plate unit
Geary McLeod
Production executive
Steven R. Molen
Puppeteer
David Monzingo
Payroll accountant
Julius 'Butch' Naveira
Puppeteer
Joey Orosco
Assistant
Lisa Perkins (Adam Rifkin)
Key artist
Joe Reader
Puppeteer
John Rosengrant
Puppeteer
J. Alan Scott (Alan Scott)
Assistant
Jennifer Scudder Trent (Mr. Wilson)
Additional script supervisor
Mary Anne Seward
Puppeteer
Alfred Sousa
Studio teacher
Jack Stern
Puppeteer
Ian W. Stevenson (Ian Stevenson)
Puppeteer
Scott Stoddard
Puppeteer
Christopher Swift
Personal fitness trainer
William Thompson
Production controller
Jim Turner
Production assistant
Andrew Ward (Second unit)
Production assistant
Francis Meade Warner
Production office coordinator
Robert West
Grip second unit
Paul Wilkowsky (Paul Wilkowsky)
Unit publicist
Alex L. Worman
Production secretary
Don Wygal (Donald E. Wygal)
Project consultant
Kathryn Zatarga
Adr
Terrence Beasor (*)
Production assistant
Loren Duffy (*)
Production services
Terri Farley-Teruel (*)
Stand-in
Anthony Genovese (*) (Kevin Dunn)
Marketing
Darin Grimes (*)
Puppeteer
Matt Heimlich (*)
Assistant
Cory C. Myler (*) (Mr. Parkes)

(*) uncredited