Noah

A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.
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Credits: TheMovieDb.

Film Cast:

  • Noah: Russell Crowe
  • Naameh: Jennifer Connelly
  • Ila: Emma Watson
  • Ham: Logan Lerman
  • Methuselah: Anthony Hopkins
  • Og: Kevin Durand
  • Eve: Ariane Rinehart
  • Tubal Cain: Ray Winstone
  • Shem: Douglas Booth
  • Lamech: Marton Csokas
  • Young Noah: Dakota Goyo
  • Poacher Leader: Barry Sloane
  • Sami: Sami Gayle
  • Magog (voice): Mark Margolis
  • Samyaza (voice): Nick Nolte
  • Na’el: Madison Davenport
  • Young Tubal Cain: Finn Wittrock
  • Young Shem: Gavin Casalegno
  • Laughing Poacher: Arnoddur Magnus Danks
  • Rock (voice): Jack Angel
  • Abel (uncredited): Arnar Dan
  • Soldier (uncredited): Rick Bolander

Film Crew:

  • Casting: Suzanne Smith
  • Producer: Arnon Milchan
  • Casting: Mary Vernieu
  • Production Design: Mark Friedberg
  • Director of Photography: Matthew Libatique
  • Costume Design: Michael Wilkinson
  • Original Music Composer: Clint Mansell
  • Writer: Darren Aronofsky
  • Supervising Art Director: Dan Webster
  • Writer: Ari Handel
  • Set Decoration: Debra Schutt
  • Editor: Andrew Weisblum
  • Executive Producer: Chris Brigham
  • Thanks: Satoshi Kon
  • Dialect Coach: Jerome Butler
  • Transportation Captain: James Fanning
  • Producer: Mary Parent
  • Stunt Coordinator: Douglas Crosby
  • Electrician: Mark Oliver
  • Art Direction: Alex DiGerlando
  • Conceptual Design: Kyle Cooper
  • Art Direction: Deborah Jensen
  • Casting: Reg Poerscout-Edgerton
  • Casting: Lindsay Graham
  • Sound Effects Editor: Coll Anderson
  • Creature Design: Neville Page
  • Art Direction: Atli Geir Grétarsson
  • Producer: Scott Franklin
  • Still Photographer: Niko Tavernise
  • Costume Supervisor: Margrét Einarsdóttir
  • Costume Supervisor: Donna Maloney
  • Casting: Kirsty McGregor
  • Assistant Art Director: Nikki Black
  • Foley: Steve Baine
  • Hair Department Head: Jerry Popolis
  • Key Makeup Artist: Marjorie Durand
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Dominick Tavella
  • Supervising Sound Editor: Craig Henighan
  • Color Timer: George Chavez
  • Art Direction: Aaron McBride
  • Set Decoration: Nicholas DiBlasio
  • Makeup Department Head: Judy Chin
  • Assistant Art Director: Eric Lewis Beauzay
  • Scenic Artist: Robert Barnett
  • Scenic Artist: Colin Brantley
  • Scenic Artist: Hannah Davis
  • Scenic Artist: Abe Costanza
  • Property Master: Sandy Hamilton
  • Sculptor: William Lance
  • Scenic Artist: Kathryn C. McGinnis
  • Assistant Art Director: Stephen Morahan
  • Construction Coordinator: Nick Miller
  • Assistant Art Director: Rachel Nemec
  • Scenic Artist: Rebecca Perrenod
  • Art Department Coordinator: Douglas Poland
  • Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Shayna Brown
  • Boom Operator: Anguibe Guindo
  • Dialogue Editor: Harrison Meyle
  • Costume Supervisor: Nicole Greenbaum
  • Set Costumer: Merav Elbaz Belschner
  • Set Costumer: Trenton Dallas
  • Set Costumer: Monika Darby
  • Set Costumer: Gabriela Stanciu
  • Music Editor: John Finklea
  • Transportation Co-Captain: Ragnar P. Pétursson
  • Location Manager: Tyson Bidner
  • Location Scout: Lori A. Balton
  • Dialect Coach: Elizabeth Himelstein
  • Script Supervisor: Jessica Lichtner
  • Thanks: James P. Schramm
  • Camera Operator: Chris Moseley
  • Steadicam Operator: Stephen Consentino
  • Underwater Director of Photography: Pete Romano
  • Gaffer: John Velez
  • Aerial Director of Photography: Steve Koster
  • Key Hair Stylist: Christine Fennell
  • Second Unit Director of Photography: Lukasz Jogalla
  • Camera Operator: Jonathan Beck
  • Visual Effects Technical Director: Daniel Perez Ferreira
  • Best Boy Electric: Ryan Rodriguez
  • Creature Design: Jerad Marantz
  • Other: Ugla Hauksdóttir
  • Compositors: Brian N. Bentley
  • Visual Effects Editor: Kayla Franklin
  • Software Engineer: Yan Zou
  • Visual Effects Supervisor: Philippe Rebours
  • Gaffer: Eric Boncher
  • Special Effects: David Greene
  • Rigging Grip: James Boniece
  • Electrician: Kevin Karpinski
  • Key Rigging Grip: Craig Vaccaro
  • Lighting Technician: Dave Thurlow
  • Key Grip: Lamont Crawford
  • Rigging Grip: Michael A. McFadden
  • Best Boy Grip: Joseph Abbatecola
  • Lighting Technician: Egill Antonsson
  • VFX Artist: Ben O’Brien
  • Animation: Mickael Coedel
  • First Company Grip: Arnar Einarsson
  • Electrician: Jim Grout
  • VFX Artist: John Walker
  • Electrician: Daniel E. Joyce
  • Libra Head Technician: Pierson Silver
  • Rigging Gaffer: Derek Murphy
  • Lighting Technician: Thorir G. Agustsson
  • Rigging Grip: Danny Nallan
  • Best Boy Electric: Christian May
  • Lighting Technician: Sigurdur Mar Davidsson
  • Best Boy Grip: Keith Marshall
  • Electrician: Gregory Michael Baney
  • Electrician: Gabe Munitz-Alessio
  • Electrician: James Phelps
  • Electrician: Brad Printz
  • Electrician: Andrew Sadtler
  • Electrician: M. Parker Shippey
  • Electrician: Bernice Autovino
  • Key Grip: Eric Gearity
  • Lighting Programmer: Ísak Bjarnason
  • Lighting Technician: Thomas Beczynski
  • Lighting Technician: Hrafn Garðarsson
  • Rigging Grip: Gerard Fiore
  • Rigging Grip: Martin Jaksa
  • Stand In: Alex Stebbins

Movie Reviews:

  • Per Gunnar Jonsson: Let me make it clear from the beginning, I do not care if a movie like this is 100% true to the bible and I could not care less about the creationist fanatics moaning about how this and that movie is telling the wrong story or is distorting their religion. But this attempt to re-tell the story is just bad.

    The first half of the movie is not all bad. It is actually somewhat enjoyable. The dark scenery is sometimes depressing and beautiful at the same time. I did like the watchers. It added a bit of extra to the movie and the fight when Tubal-Cain tried to capture the ark was not bad at all.

    However, then it went downhill quickly with Noah going more and more nuts and Tubal-Cain, having survived, is subverting Noah’s son Ham. Not that Noah did not really bring that upon himself to some extent though. The parts where Noah want to kill his grandchildren and stops in the last minute is just Hollywood soap-opera bullshit. Also, do not get me started about the ridiculous scene where Anthony Hopkins goes berry hunting like some mental retard.

    Up until about half the movie I did not really understand all the very negative reviews but after having watched through the miserable last half I have to say that I do understand them more. I think the one-star ones are a bit harsh since the movie is often quite beautiful and the acting, despite the crappy script, is quite good, but the lousy script is just destroying the movie.

    Definitely a disappointment.

  • Grant English: This is a hard movie to watch and rate.

    The Good: The images of the flood coming from both above and below the earth were spectacular. The trauma that Noah deals with during the flood and post-flood is beautifully depicted. I loved the image of Noah realizing that the ‘sickness’ is in him as well as the others. The story-telling of creation to fall to the flood was beautifully done. I also liked the tension of Noah and the family on the ark as they wrestle with the possibility that the Creator has forgotten them.

    So with all that good, what ruins the movie?

    I do think a director/writer has an obligation to the source material. Subtract the religious aspect of this movie and imagine the outrage if someone changed the story of Harry Potter or Thor. (Oh wait…they are doing that.)

    Point is: if you have source material, use it. Go ahead and be creative when there are blanks to fill in but why have source material if you’re not going to use it? The director did merge two ancient flood stories – the Bible and the Babylonian Enuma Elish. In the end – neither tradition gets a clear telling of their story.

    Other issues? The role of Methusala was a complete waste of the talented Anthony Hopkins. And I still have no idea as to why he was even in the film.

    The conclusion felt hollow and rushed. Noah at the beginning of the film leads an isolationist lifestyle focused on raising his children to be good stewards of the earth. How is this different at the end of the film? It’s not. Their understanding of life, the Creator, the world isn’t any different than the beginning. There really isn’t a pay off to the story…at all.

    It’s just an average film and I expected more with this cast.

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