Based on the best-selling book series by STEPHENIE MEYER

Starring

KRISTEN STEWART (PANIC ROOM), ROBERT PATTINSON (HARRY
POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE), BILLY BURKE (UNTRACEABLE), PETER
FACINELLI ( THE SCORPION KING), ELIZABETH REASER (THE FAMILY STONE),
CAM GIGANDET (NEVER BACK DOWN), NIKKI REED (THIRTEEN),
JACKSON RATHBONE (HURT), ASHLEY GREENE (SHARK)

Produced by GREG MOORADIAN, MARK MORGAN, and WYCK GODFREY

Written by MELISSA ROSENBERG (STEP UP, Fox’s THE O.C., Showtime’s DEXTER)

Directed by CATHERINE HARDWICKE (THIRTEEN, LORDS OF DOGTOWN)
TWILIGHT is an action-packed, modern-day love story between a teenage girl and a vampire. Bella Swan
(Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her
Phoenix high school. When her mother re-marries and sends Bella to live with her father in the rainy little
town of Forks, Washington, she doesn’t expect much of anything to change. Then she meets the mysterious
and dazzlingly beautiful Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), a boy unlike any she’s ever met. Edward is a
vampire, but he doesn’t have fangs and his family is unique in that they choose not to drink human blood.
Intelligent and witty, Edward sees straight into Bella’s soul. Soon, they are swept up in a passionate ,
thrilling and unorthodox romance. To Edward, Bella is what he has waited 90 years for – a soul mate. But
the closer they get, the more Edward must struggle to resist the primal pull of her scent, which could send
him into an uncontrollable frenzy. But what will Edward & Bella do when a clan of new vampires – James
(Cam Gigandet), Laurent (Edi Gathegi) and Victoria (Rachelle Lefevre) – come to town and threaten to
disrupt their way of life?

ABOUT TWILIGHT: Based on the #1 New York Times Best-Selling series with over 17 million books in print
by Stephenie Meyer, TWILIGHT is a cultural phenomenon, with a dedicated fan base that eagerly awaits this
movie. There are over 350 fan sites devoted to TWILIGHT, and it has been chosen as the New York Times
Editor’s Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Amazon’s “Best Book of the Decade…So Far”, Teen
People’s “Hot List” Pick, and The American Library Association’s “Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults” and
“Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers,” among others. Critically acclaimed director Catherine Hardwicke
brings to life this modern, visual, and visceral Romeo & Juliet story of the ultimate forbidden love affair –
between vampire and mortal.
U.S. release via Summit Distribution, LLC, November 21, 2008.

Presents
A TEMPLE HILL Production
In Association with MAVERICK / IMPRINT
Starring
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, and Peter Facinelli
Directed by Catherine Hardwicke
Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg
Running time: 2 Hours, 1 Minute
Rated: PG-13
International Publicity Contacts:
Jill Jones Melissa Martinez
310-309-8435 310-309-8436
jjones@summit-ent.com mmartinez@summit-ent.com
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SYNOPSIS
Director Catherine Hardwicke brings a worldwide literary phenomenon to life on the big screen in
Twilight, the story of the passionate and unexpected romance between a teenage girl and a mysterious
and irresistible vampire. Kristen Stewart (Into the Wild) and Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and the Order
of the Phoenix) star as a post-modern Romeo and Juliet in an action-filled and suspenseful adventure
with a supernatural bite.
Based on the best-selling novel by Stephenie Meyer, Twilight focuses on two young lovers, swept
away by destiny, who destroy the delicate balance between the hunter and the hunted with dangerous
consequences. The film also stars Taylor Lautner (“My Own Worst Enemy”), Billy Burke (“24”), Peter
Facinelli (“Damages,” The Scorpion King), Elizabeth Reaser (“The Ex List”), Nikki Reed (Thirteen), Ashley
Green (“Desire”), Jackson Rathbone (“Beautiful People”), Kellan Lutz (Prom Night), Cam Gigandet (Never
Back Down), Edi Gathegi (Gone, Baby, Gone) and Rachelle Lefevre (“Swingtown”).
Twilight is directed by Catherine Hardwicke (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown) from a script by Melissa
Rosenberg (Step Up, “Dexter”).The film is produced by Wyck Godfrey (I, Robot; The Nativity Story), Greg
Mooradian (Drumline, The Stepfather), and Mark Morgan (Agent Cody Banks, The Wedding Planner).
Karen Rosenfelt (The Devil Wears Prada, Alvin and the Chipmunks) is the executive producer.
Director of photography is Elliot Davis (Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown, Out of Sight,). The editor is
Nancy Richardson (Step Up, Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown). Wendy Chuck is the costume designer
(Sideways). Original music is by Carter Burwell (Burn After Reading, No Country for Old Men). Summit
Entertainment presents a Temple Hill production in association with Maverick Films/Imprint
Entertainment. Twilight was filmed on location in Oregon.
A cultural phenomenon with a dedicated global fan base eagerly awaiting its first screen
adaptation, Stephenie Meyer’s four-book series has spent a combined total of 91 weeks at No. 1 on The
New York Times best seller list. The books have sold 17 million copies worldwide and translation rights
have been licensed in 37 countries. There are more than 350 fan sites devoted to the series. Twilight was
chosen as The New York Times Editor’s Choice, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, Amazon’s
“Best Book of the Decade… So Far”, Teen People’s Hot List Pick, The American Library Association’s
Top Ten Best Book for Young Adults and Top Ten Books for Reluctant Readers.
When Bella Swan’s (Kristen Stewart) mother starts traveling with her new husband, the 17-yearold
leaves her home in Phoenix and returns to live with her father in tiny Forks, Washington. After the
endless sun of Arizona, Forks’ misty grey climate is quite exotic to Bella—as are her new classmates, the
Cullen family. Impossibly good-looking and extremely private, they are unlike anyone she has ever met—
in more ways than she realizes.
The Cullens are a family of immortal blood drinkers. For decades—centuries for some of them—
they have disciplined themselves to consume only animal blood, living the vampire equivalent of a
“vegetarian” lifestyle. They hide under the Olympic Peninsula’s cloudy sky, living as normal a life as
possible and keeping to themselves to protect their secret.
Bella becomes especially fascinated with Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson), but her new
classmate keeps her at arm’s length. In truth, his attraction to her is overwhelming and he fears that his
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vampire nature will overcome his self-control. Bella is the soul mate he has searched 90 years for, but her
scent threatens to send him into an uncontrollable feeding frenzy.
Unable to resist spending time with Bella, Edward reveals himself to her in the hope that his
secret will repel her, but the teenager only becomes more infatuated. Soon the young couple is
inseparable and Edward’s internal struggle intensifies in the face of Bella’s consuming desire to become
one of them.
As Bella discovers more about Edward’s world, she throws herself headlong into a thrilling and
terrifying romance, attracting the attention of a group of nomadic vampires who lack the Cullens’
squeamishness about human blood and target her as their next victim.
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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION
Producer Greg Mooradian of Maverick Films first read Twilight before the young adult novel
gained worldwide acclaim—in fact, before it had even been published. “Part of my job as a producer is to
scour the world for new material,” says Mooradian. “I read a lot of manuscripts prior to their being
published. When this one came across my desk, I just couldn’t put it down. The premise of a girl falling in
love with a vampire just hit me like a ton of bricks. And the book delivered on every level.”
What drew Mooradian to the story was not its exoticism, but rather its universality.
“There have been thousands of vampire films made,” he says. “What sets this apart is the love story.
Vampirism in this story is simply a metaphor for teenage lust, for that feeling of ‘I want you, but I can’t
have you.’ I thought that was such a wonderful metaphor to express teenage longing.
“It’s analogous to any young girl who has the opportunity to date the boy that her parents hope
she’ll go out with,” Mooradian continues. “But then there’s that other boy who’s mysterious and dark and
brooding, and there’s such a desire to unlock the secrets behind who and what he is, which in this case is
a vampire. And that revelation happens at a point where she’s already too far in to withdraw, no matter
what the consequences are.”
Twilight was the first published work by author Stephenie Meyer, who has gone on to create three
additional books in the series, with no sign of slowing down. “As a first-time author, I had no idea what
normal is,” she says. “I still don’t. I had no expectations. I was first approached about the movie before the
book had even come out. I didn’t expect to hear anything about it until it was on the shelves, if then.”
Meyer describes herself as a mom first, then a writer, despite her chart-topping sales and prolific
output. “For me, writing this book was so personal,” she says. “I was surprised that people responded to it
so well. It still amazes me to watch how people get into the characters and how important it is to them. I
get e-mails from people who feel like my book has actually changed their lives.”
A Brigham Young University graduate with a degree in English literature, Meyer says the idea for
Twilight came from a dream. “When I woke up, I wanted to know happened next. That first day I wrote 10
pages. When I finished it, no one was more shocked than me that I had actually finished a book.”
As Meyer continued to add volumes to her narrative, Mooradian approached Summit
Entertainment with the idea of developing the saga into a series of films. Twilight’s novel concept and
compelling characters made it an apt candidate.
“The idea of a supernatural fantasy as background for a great tragic love story is a great
combination,” says producer Wyck Godfrey. “Add to that a best-selling book series, and fans already
connected to the characters, and we have a really good foundation to open it up to a new audience that
may have never heard of Twilight. I think that once they see it, they’re going to respond in the same way
as the people who have discovered the books.
“There’s a huge amount of danger in this movie,” Godfrey continues. “There’s also just the
excitement of a teenager doing things that are verboten. These are things that people connect to. And not
just girls—I think that guys will discover it’s dangerous, there’s action, there’s a thriller element to it, and
then, ultimately, that it’s cool to be a vampire.”
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As soon as she read the book, executive producer Karen Rosenfelt says she was immediately
intrigued by the “Romeo and Juliet” aspect of the storyline as well as its sustained sexual tension. “I think
we all think we’re Bella,” says the former Paramount Pictures production president. “As a character she’s
very accessible and identifiable. We all feel outside of the in-group and want to feel we’re marching to the
beat of our own drummer.”
Meyer was excited about the possibility of seeing her work translated to film, but only as long as
the filmmakers remained true to the books. “All of us have seen books ruined as movies, and I had a lot
of things that I wanted to protect. My stipulations were pretty basic: You can’t kill anyone who doesn’t die
in the book. The Cullens have to all exist by their right names and in their right characters. Things like
that. I wanted the groundwork to be there.”
The filmmakers were sensitive to her concerns and committed to remaining as faithful to the book
as possible. “The book is a bible for so many young girls, we needed to tell the story as written, as much
as possible,” says Mooradian. “Stephenie loved the script. But at the same time she had some very
specific ideas, and we implemented nearly all of them, much to the benefit of the film. For example, we
had slightly changed a passage from the book, ‘And so the lion fell in love with the lamb.” Stephanie
suggested we go back to the way it was, because so many girls had tattooed that line on their ankles. I
thought she was joking, but no.”
The producers tapped Catherine Hardwicke to direct the film. Hardwicke had segued a few years
earlier from production designer working on films including Laurel Canyon, Vanilla Sky and Three Kings
to writing and directing her debut film, the award-winning Thirteen, a sensitive and controversial look at a
troubled teen’s relationship with her mother.
“By no means were we exclusively looking at female directors,’ says Mooradian. “ But the core
readership is young females, and we wanted to get somebody who understood that perspective.
Catherine has really embraced that age group. She connects well with teenagers, and given her
filmography, it was a natural fit. We did feel it was a plus for someone to be able to say that they’ve
walked in the shoes of Bella, in terms of having that first crush on a guy, and that decision to go after the
wrong guy, and the consequences that would come thereafter. We were fortunate to have found a great
female director, as well as a great female writer to carry out the mission.”
Rosenfelt adds: “What Catherine demonstrated with Thirteen, Lords of Dogtown and The Nativity
Story—all very different films—is that she can create a world that feels organic and not manufactured.
That was really important in bringing Twilight to the screen.”
“When I read the book, I was swept away with the whole obsession—that ecstasy,” says
Hardwicke. “Stephenie writes with such an authentic voice. Twilight had the potential to be so visual and
cinematic and to capture that feeling: how it feels to be in love for the first time, and loving somebody so
much that you’d literally be willing to turn into a vampire.”
Melissa Rosenberg came to the table with considerable experience writing for the film’s primary
audience of high school age girls. In addition to the television shows “Party of Five” and “The O.C.,”
Rosenberg wrote the screenplay for Step Up, an enormously successful teen romance between a
ballerina and a street dancer, also for Summit Entertainment. She is currently a writer for the provocative
Showtime drama “Dexter,” whose romantic hero is a serial killer. “Twilight is really the marriage of both
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my love of writing for teens and the sort of gothic-ness of horror,” she says. “When they called me, all they
had to say was teens and vampires and I was there.”
The book’s devoted following put a great deal of pressure to remain true to its spirit, says
Rosenberg. “Knowing how important the story is to millions of fans, and how personally they take it, I
knew we had to stay very close to the book to win them over. It is a gift to be given such rich source
material. I had no intention of ever going anywhere other than the world of the book.
“Twilight is a romance between a girl and the ultimate unavailable boy—a vampire,” adds
Rosenberg. “The enormous obstacle is he could kill her at any moment. I loved the chemistry between
Bella and Edward. That pull is a very universal experience. Anyone who has been a 17-year-old girl
knows what it’s like to see that wonderfully mysterious and unavailable boy across the room and just feel
that longing. The book takes that universal experience to the next level of the fantasy playing out. If I only
ever write for teenage girls, I’ll be perfectly happy, because when they love something, they embrace it
with all of their heart. It’s a great audience to write for.”
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ABOUT THE CASTING
Twilight’s devoted following has spawned more than 350 websites and cult-like dedication,
making casting a delicate process. “If you go on the fan websites, every single person who read the book
has already cast the film for you 20 times over,” says Mooradian. “We did take a look at their ideas and
we decided we were never going to please everybody, so what we had to do was go with our guts. The
actors we cast are the actors we feel best embodied these characters
“It took us forever to cast this movie, but once we found Bella and all the Cullens, I realized we
finally had it. When I actually got to see them all together, performing in a scene, it took my breath away,
and not because I didn’t expect them to work. I did. But I lived with this book for several years. To actually
see all the actors in front of me at one time blew me away.”
Finding an actress to play Bella was paramount. “We are asking a young girl to carry the weight
of a franchise on her shoulders,” says Mooradian. “It’s an incredible task. We had to find someone to
physically match what we wanted her to be, but also somebody with the depth as a performer to be able
to hit all the nuances. The list was very short. Kristen Stewart’s body of work really speaks for itself. In a
strange way, she was almost an easy choice when we really looked at it from that perspective.”
Only 17 years old when Twilight filmed, Kristen Stewart has already appeared opposite Jodie
Foster in The Panic Room, Emile Hirsch in Into the Wild and Dennis Quaid in Cold Creek Manor.
Stephenie Meyer was immediately impressed with the young star. “Kristen has an amazing
number of movies already under her belt,” says Meyer. “Bella has a lot of drama going on. Kristen’s
experience came into play there. She has a devastating vulnerability about her that’s so perfect for Bella.”
Before auditioning for the film, says Stewart, she was not familiar with the series. “Then suddenly,
everywhere I looked, there was something about Twilight. I was, like, how did I miss this? Everybody I
knew had read it.”
As for playing a literary icon for a generation, Stewart says, “I want everybody to be happy.
Everybody’s going to see things differently. So many girls are obsessed with the books and want to be
Bella, which does make it difficult. I hope, really, really sincerely, that everybody likes it.”
Meyer says that casting Edward was the most difficult task, because, “He has to be everything.
He has to be beautiful and dangerous and angst-ridden and intelligent. A lot of guys were pretty, but they
weren’t dangerous. Other guys were dangerous but not pretty enough. Rob Pattinson has both sides.”
The onscreen electricity between the two stars was also critical, says Godfrey. “Kristen auditioned
with Rob and that was really when people looked at the two of them together and said, ‘That’s the right
package.’ Edward’s been basically sleepwalking for a hundred years up until Bella enters his life and, and
part of the beauty of the story is watching Edward come to life when Bella comes into his life. Our two
leads have a wonderful chemistry.”
Pattinson, who played Cedric Diggory in two Harry Potter films, says that Edward is caught
unaware by his attraction to Bella. “From Edward’s perspective, he has nothing, really,” says Pattinson.
“He’s spent his entire life fixated on wanting to be human or die. And then Bella comes into his life and
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destroys any stability he’s been able to create. He initially starts the relationship to test himself. But when
he gets to know her realizes this girl has reawakened him to some kind of life.”
The actor has tried hard not to let himself be affected by the task of taking on such a beloved
character. “It’s always an added pressure when you’ve got a lot of people with their own opinions of
something, and everyone who’s read the book is going to have an idea of what they expect the film to be
like. It kind of makes you a little bit more cautious about maintaining your own take on a character.”
The Cullen clan—parents Carlisle and Esme, and adopted “children” Rosalie, Emmett, Jasper,
Alice and Edward—are unique in the vampire culture. Carlisle was a vampire hunter 300 years ago. He
was bitten and transformed while leading an attack. “Carlisle hated what he had become so much that he
forced himself not to feed on humans,” explains Peter Facinelli, the actor who plays him. “He found he
could survive on animals—kind of like a human being living on tofu. It’s not quite as appetizing but it
provides enough nourishment to get by.”
Greg Mooradian says of the Cullens, “Compared to other vampires, they treat their state as a
curse, but one that they’ve learned to manage. If they live this certain way, and they live in a group where
they can sort monitor one another, they can do it.”
Elizabeth Reaser, Ashley Green, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone and Nikki Reed portray other
members of the clan. Each of the actors is keenly aware of the responsibility that goes along with playing
characters this well-loved.
“I’m a reader,” says Reaser (“Grey’s Anatomy”), the movie’s Esme Cullen. “Sometimes I have
ideas in my head and when they turn into a movie, it can be horrible. Or it can be amazing. So you hope
that people will make the leap with you.”
There was no script available when Green, who plays Alice Cullen, initially auditioned, so she
quickly got hold of the book. “I read it within a day and a half to get ready for the audition,” she
remembers. “I can see why people are so fanatical about them. It’s a great series and the first vampire
film that I’ve come across that concentrates more on the love story than killing and mayhem.”
Despite the book’s popularity, Lutz (“90210”) says he had no idea what he was getting into when
he signed on to play Emmett. “I feel quite blessed that Stephanie Meyer wrote Emmett the way he is and I
was born the way I am. I really don’t have to do much to portray Emmett, and I think the audience and the
fans will enjoy that and see that I am really like Emmett in a way. Okay, I don’t have the super powers
and I can’t run up trees and do crazy stuff like that. But I’m a jokester in real life, I love having fun and
having such a big family with brothers and sisters.”
Rathbone, whose previous credits include roles on television’s “The Cleaner,” “The O.C.” and
“Beautiful People,” plays conflicted family member Jasper Cullen. “I’m always interested in characters that
push me to extremes of my own personality, my own psyche,” he says. “The rage element of suppressing
all of your natural desires is what attracted me to Jasper. The thing about an iconic character is you have
the responsibility to fulfill the shoes of the imagination. A lot of the work is already done. It’s from the mind
of Stephenie Meyer and it’s all laid out there in the books.”
In addition to Sarah Clarke (Thirteen) and Ned Ballamy (Lords of Dogtown), Reed is another
member of the cast to have worked with Hardwicke previously. In fact, she made her screen debut in
Thirteen, which she co-wrote with the director, and later starred in Hardwicke’s skateboarding drama
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Lords of Dogtown. “It’s definitely not coincidence that I’ve worked with Catherine three times now,” says
the actress. “We work very well together and we’re inspired by each other. Catherine is great one-on-one
with actors. She even likes to go through wardrobe, hair and makeup with the actors to make sure that
we’re all living and breathing the same person.”
Twilight’s appeal, says Reed, crosses the boundaries of age and gender because of its universal
themes. “There’s a deeper side. What’s amazing to me is that the books appeal to so many different age
groups. Both my parents have read all three books. It’s very rare that my father and I find ourselves living
in the same book world. I think it has a lot of adult themes and ideas like unconditional love that human
beings in general long for.”
On the other side of the vampire divide lurk three very different lost souls: James, Victoria and
Laurent, the nomadic vampires who encroach on Cullen territory and threaten Bella’s life. “I don’t really
think of them as bad vampires,” says Meyer. “I think of them as your average vampire. They don’t think
anything of killing a human because that’s how they live.”
Edi Gathegi (“House”), who plays Laurent, brings a soupcon of savoir-faire to his role.
“We get to leap far and run fast and kill people, we have super sight—it’s kind of thrilling,” he
says. “Laurent is French and he’s 300 years old, so he’s got some style and he’s got some class. These
vampires have been around for a long time. They’ve got the best fashions, they’ve read the best books,
and they’re highly evolved and highly sophisticated superior beings.”
Rachelle Lefevre (“Swingtown”) plays Victoria, the femme fatale of the nomadic vampires. “I sat
down and wrote Catherine a three-page handwritten letter about why I needed to play this part,” she
confesses. “I talked about how I loved the book, and why I loved vampires so much. I told her that I
thought our desire to live forever devalues existence. It’s the ultimate ‘Be careful what you wish for,’
because what gets traded is that everything that had value then has no value. Time doesn’t matter; the
fragility of your life doesn’t matter. You get to live forever, but then you lose the value of life.”
The third nomad is more dangerous to Bella than the others combined. James, played by Cam
Gigandet (Never Back Down), is a tracker. He hunts for the joy of it and his attention is fixed on Bella, the
ultimate prey because she is under the protection of the Cullens. “I love playing bad guys,” says
Gigandet. “If I had a choice I would always go with the bad guys. There’s just more to grasp onto.”
Meyer admits to doing very little research on vampire mythology as she was creating her
supernatural characters. “I’ve never been into horror. I haven’t read vampire books or watched vampire
movies. I really don’t know the popular views on them. I just wanted to write about my vampires; I didn’t
want to taint that with other stories.”
But the author has not completely reinvented the creatures, says Mooradian. “It’s more a matter
of subtle differences. These vampires reflect in the mirror. They can handle the sunlight. It has an effect
on them, but it doesn’t reduce them to ashes. The stake to the heart doesn’t work. She has played with
different notions like that, but generally stuck to the mythology of what we perceive to be vampires.”
For Lefevre, the biggest difference is dental. “The first thing that always comes to mind is the
fangs,” she points out. “These vampires don’t have any fangs and that is such a classic image. The
victims always have the perfect puncture marks and our victims don’t look like that. Our victims look like
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you had to use the incisors you were given. It’s messier. And they don’t sleep, so there’s no lying in the
coffin, or hanging upside down in the bat cave.”
Godfrey points out that not only are the vampires themselves different, so is Bella’s reaction to
them. “The contemporary spin that Stephenie put on it is that when Bella finds out Edward is a vampire,
her response is more in tune with what I think young adults might feel. We’re so used to the gothic
portrayal of vampires and the fearful response that humans have to the creatures of the night, and in this,
her reaction is “Hmm, that’s kind of cool.” I think that’s part of the fun of it. Stephenie has redefined
vampires for a contemporary American world.”
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THE LIFE OF A VAMPIRE
From the earliest meetings, costume designer Wendy Chuck had a strong vision for the Cullens’
wardrobe. “In the book, the Cullens are described as having immaculate taste,” she says. “Making them
look different, but still able to blend with the people in Forks was a challenge in itself.”
Meyer was happy with the direction the filmmakers took in terms of her characters’ clothes. “A lot
of people think because you’re dealing with vampires, we’re talking about floor length leather dusters in
black and chokers and whatnot and I knew that was going to be a temptation,” says the author.
“Catherine was able to say no to that. We talked about light colors and classic designers and things like
that.”
When Chuck first met with Hardwicke, she pitched some ideas that corresponded with what the
director was already thinking. “I just thought, we’ve seen all that before—the Goth look, the black and the
bondage look. Let’s have something different for a change. I kept coming back to the idea that a vampire
world was one that was caught in time. It was glacial; it was a frozen moment for them. To me it became
about reflections and transparencies and white and silver and grey, with highlights of black or a contrast
color to use like blue. That’s where our palette started and I presented Catherine with some tear sheets.
There was one in particular she liked and we thought, ‘Oh, those are colors of an Arctic wolf.’ We used
that as the theme for creating the Cullens’ world.”
Starting with the idea of vampire as rock star, Chuck began to make slight differentiations in the
characters, based on their backgrounds. “Edward is from the Edwardian Era and he wears boots that lace
up, trim pants and some really classical shapes and styles of the time. Alice is supposed to be a pixie. I
couldn’t help but refer in my mind to Alice in Wonderland. She was easier to dress only because of who
Ashley is and how great she looks in clothes.
“Bella’s style was evolutionary. As she becomes more entwined with Edward and the Cullens,
she starts to wear more blue.”
The nomadic vampires had their own, edgier style of dressing, based on the idea of taking
trophies. “We made James the very feral one,” says Chuck. “You’ll notice that his leather jacket has
embellishments of badges and other stuff. He’s a killer, and he does it for sport. So he collects these
things and he wears them with pride. Rachelle is just so beautiful and perfect for the part of Victoria. We
decided that she would have some kind of animal item on her but we didn’t want to do leather. Fur didn’t
seem right and then this sheep’s skin came into play and so I rigged it in a way that she could wear it in
different ways. Then she’s got her hardcore rock star jeans.”
“James and Victoria have all these trinkets, all these shiny things that we pick up that clearly
belonged to other people,” says Lefevre. “I’ve got this bracelet that initially looks like I took it from a little
old lady, but upon closer inspection, it looks more like the kind of thing you would give a little girl. We’re
full of knickknacks.”
Stephenie Meyer selected Forks, Washington, as Bella’s hometown after a web search for the
rainiest places in the continental United States. It was essential that the Cullens settle in a location that
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rarely sees direct sunlight, because the sun reveals the Cullens as something other than human. An
exhaustive search for the perfect location to replicate the dank, dark and moody community took the
filmmakers to Oregon, where weather conditions mirrored those of Forks and the filmmaking community
was strong.
“One of things that was so great for us was that the setting for the film became a character in its
own right,” says Hardwicke. “In this case, the rainforest of the Olympic Peninsula, a diverse blend of
climates and natural wonders, is iconic in the film; the moss and the dripping trees, where the Cullens
live—which almost feels like a very cool tree house—and the constant, persistent mist and rain.”
The 48-day production turned out to be more arduous than the producers expected. “The shoot
was really difficult from a physical perspective,” says Mooradian. “Oregon had all these great locations,
but they weren’t always right beside a parking lot .We often had to go deep into the woods and take all of
our equipment in there. You’ve got to be able to create optimal lighting conditions. That aspect of it was
very, very difficult—plus we had crazy weather in Portland, where the weather changes four times before
lunch. And when you’re shooting exteriors that can be a great challenge.”
Immaculately outfitted and ensconced in the gloomy Northwest, the actors needed only a little
help with their vampire superpowers to complete the transition. Twilight is packed with astonishing stunts
designed by second unit director and stunt coordinator Andy Cheng. According to Cheng, the most
effective way to stage the extraordinarily acrobatic super-powers possessed by the vampires was through
wirework. “Throughout the preparation period, and even during filming, Catherine and I had many
discussions about how we would depict the physicality of the vampires. We agreed that they could move
really fast when they run, but not at lightning speed. They can jump really far, so their movements are
more catlike than anything. Wirework helps tremendously and CGI refines the ragged edges.”
Producer Godfrey says of Cheng, “He is the right tool for this job. He’s the best. He knows how
the rigs work and what you can realistically accomplish. He brings a lot of energy to everything he does,
and I think that was important for Catherine. She is somebody who likes to focus on performance and
relationships and the love story, so to have somebody she trusted and believed in to give us some of the
extraordinary action of the movie was invaluable.”
To allow the actors to appear to be running at super-human speed, Cheng used what he calls the
Magic Carpet Ride. “The Magic Carpet Ride is a stunt rig that is pulled along the ground and when you’re
shooting people long-lens or beside them, even if they’re running or walking, all you’re seeing is their
relationship to the background. So, when you’re watching the characters walking on it, it looks like their
flying across screen, which gives it a supernatural feel.”
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ABOUT THE CAST
KRISTEN STEWART (Bella Swan) was introduced to worldwide audiences with her outstanding
performance alongside Jodie Foster in Panic Room. Stewart was most recently seen in supporting roles
in the dramas Into the Wild for director Sean Penn and as Robert de Niro’s daughter in What Just
Happened? for director Barry Levinson. She will next be seen in Adventureland, starring opposite Ryan
Reynolds and Jesse Eisenberg for director Greg Mottola. Stewart plays starring roles in the forthcoming
independent films The Cake Eaters, for director Mary Stuart Masterson, and Yellow Handkerchief, with
William Hurt and Maria Bello. Other film credits include: In the Land of Women, The Messengers,
Zathura, Speak, Fierce People, Catch That Kid, Undertow, Cold Creek Manor and The Safety of Objects.
Stewart lives in Los Angeles.
ROBERT PATTINSON (Edward Cullen) gained industry notice at 19 years of age when he
joined the Harry Potter franchise in Mike Newell‘s Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, playing Cedric
Diggory, Hogwarts’ official representative in the Triwizard Tournament. Pattinson went on to appear in
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, reprising his role in a flashback.
Pattinson began his professional career with a role in Uli Edel’s Sword of Xanten, opposite Sam
West and Benno Furmann. He also appeared in director Oliver Irving’s How to Be, winner of the
Slamdance Film Festival’s Special Honorable Mention for Narrative Feature. Pattinson played the lead
role of Salvador Dali in Little Ashes, directed by Paul Morrison. His television credits include “The
Haunted Airman” for the BBC.
As a member of the Barnes Theatre Group, Pattinson played the lead role in Thornton Wilder’s
“Our Town.” Other stage credits include Cole Porter’s “Anything Goes,” “Tess of the D’Urbevilles” and
“Macbeth” at the OSO Arts Centre.
Pattinson currently resides in London.
BILLY BURKE (Charlie Swan) was recently seen in director Gregory Hoblit’s film Untraceable,
opposite Diane Lane, and Robert Benton’s Feast of Love, alongside Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear.
Burke’s first pairing with Hoblit was the thriller Fracture, which earned the actor significant praise for going
toe-to-toe with Sir Anthony Hopkins.
Other recent film credits include the independent films The Grift, with John Savage, and Forfeit,
for which Burke won the Best Actor Award at the Montana Film Festival. He also appeared in Ladder 49,
with Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta; Along Came a Spider, with Morgan Freeman; and Without
Limits, for writer and director Robert Towne. Burke turned in exceptional comic performances in Mafia!
with the legendary Lloyd Bridges and the cult classic Dill Scallion, playing the title role. The latter film
premiered at the Slamdance Film Festival and won the Nashville Film Festival’s highest honor, the
Audience Award.
Burke’s television credits include a chilling six-episode arc on the second season of “24” and
appearances on Tom Fontana’s “The Jury” and Peter Berg’s critically acclaimed series, “Wonderland.”
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ASHLEY GREENE (Alice Cullen) has accumulated film and television credits that include the
feature King of California and small-screen appearances on “Shark,” “Desire” and “Crossing Jordan.” The
21-year-old recently appeared in the DVD release Otis and will appear in Radio Free Albemuth later this
year.
Greene began her career as a model for Vision NYC, Stop Staring! and Sutra as Carlos Armando
photographed her for several print campaigns. Upon graduation from high school in Jacksonville, the
Florida native moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting in film and television.
NIKKI REED (Rosalie Cullen) won critical acclaim in Catherine Hardwick’s Thirteen, a film she
not only starred in, opposite Holly Hunter, but also co-wrote at the tender age of 13. For her fearless
portrayal of an orphaned teen, she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance. Reed
recently completed shooting the horror film Chain Letter, directed by Deon Taylor, from the producers of
Saw. Reed’s notable television credits include the recurring role of Sadie Campbell on “The O.C.,” the
love interest of Ben McKenzie’s character, Ryan.
In 2006, Reed starred opposite Alec Baldwin, Luke Wilson, Jeff Goldblum and Carrie Anne Moss
in the dark comedy Mini’s First Time. Reed plays the title role, a rebellious teenager whose life spirals out
of control when she joins the escort agency used by her stepfather. Reed reteamed with Hardwick for
Lords of Dogtown, starring opposite Emile Hirsch and Heath Ledger in a film that followed the surf and
skate trends of Venice, California in the early 1970s.
Reed currently resides in Los Angeles, where she enjoys writing and horseback riding.
JACKSON RATHBONE (Jasper Cullen) was born in Singapore and then lived in Indonesia,
London, Connecticut, California and Norway before he finally settled in Texas. Rathbone immediately
joined the local community theater and young actors program The Pickwick Players. Deciding to stick with
what made him the happiest—acting and music—he moved to Northwest Michigan to attend the
prestigious Interlochen Arts Academy as a high school theater major. During this period, he performed in
the Southwest Shakespeare Festival as Ferdinand in “The Tempest.”
Upon graduation from Interlochen, Rathbone decided to give the L.A. film industry a try. He
landed a recurring role on “Disney 411″ relatively quickly, interviewing Disney Channel stars such as
Hillary Duff and Raven-Symoné. In addition to several commercials, Rathbone booked roles in the
Hallmark telefilm “Close to Home” and “The O.C.” He played Sherry Stringer’s son in the “The War at
Home” pilot.
After several indie film roles, Rathbone played a small part in the feature Molding Clay. He
graduated to a bigger role in Pray for Morning, an indie thriller. From there, the actor went immediately
into a series regular role on “Beautiful People” for ABC Family.
Though usually cast as a leading man, Rathbone enjoys the challenge of character parts, such
as his roles in the features Big Stan and Senior Skip Day. He recently started his own production
company in hopes of ultimately directing as well as acting.
A music lover, Rathbone is fascinated with many different styles and writes his own songs. He
recently performed at The Gardenia in Hollywood.
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Rathbone is a resident of Los Angeles.
KELLAN LUTZ (Emmett Cullen) has been on a roll of late. After wrapping a season as a series
regular on “The Comeback,” opposite Lisa Kudrow, Lutz went straight into production on Disney’s feature
drama Stick It, playing a BMX biker who befriends the lead, Missy Peregrym. He followed this with a role
in Accepted, playing one of “The Molson Twins” who join Justin Long’s fake college. Lutz next starred in
the hit thriller Prom Night alongside Brittany Snow. He recently appeared on HBO’s seven-hour
miniseries, “Generation Kill,” which focused on the U.S. Marines’ assault on Baghdad in 2003.
Other credits include indie films Deep Winter, opposite Michael Madsen, and The Tribe. Lutz is
no stranger to the small screen, appearing last season on “Heroes” and playing recurring characters on
the PAX TV series “Model Citizens” and “Summerland” for the WB network. He guest-starred on “CSI:
New York.”
Lutz was born and raised in North Dakota. He lives by the credo, ”try new things; you only live
once.” From skydiving to parasailing, motocross to whitewater rafting, Lutz insists on living life as an
adventure.
Lutz has been featured in several high-profile modeling campaigns, landing the coveted job as
cover boy for Abercrombie & Fitch’s 2004 summer catalog. He can also be seen in ads for Levi’s jeans.
Though his dreams are coming true, Lutz hasn’t quenched his desire to learn and create. He has
patented two inventions in the last year and is waiting for prototypes to be built.
Lutz currently resides in Los Angeles.
PETER FACINELLI (Dr. Carlisle Cullen) has turned in a number of eclectic and impressive
performances, establishing him as one of Hollywood’s most sought-after actors. He recently starred with
Matthew Broderick and Brittany Snow in the dramedy Finding Amanda. On the small screen, Facinelli
played a recurring role on FX’s “Damages,” the legal thriller starring Glenn Close.
Other credits include starring roles opposite Eric Stoltz and Tate Donovan in the independent film
The Lather Effect, which debuted at the 2006 L.A. Film Festival, and alongside Christian Slater in Hollow
Man 2. He played the leading role in A&E’s action-packed and inspiring true story, “Touch the Top of the
World,” a telefilm about the first blind man to climb Mt. Everest.
On the small screen, Facinelli’s undeniable versatility was displayed in his starring role in McG’s
sexy Fox drama “Fastlane,” and his recurring part on the award-winning HBO series “Six Feet Under,” as
a popular and promising art student who becomes involved with Lauren Ambrose’s character, Claire.
Facinelli has lent his talents to a number of feature films. Major credits include Stealing Time, with
Ethan Embry and Scott Foley; The Scorpion King, starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson; Riding in Cars
with Boys, starring Drew Barrymore and directed by Penny Marshall; and The Big Kahuna, in a
performance that received rave reviews opposite Kevin Spacey and Danny De Vito. Additional credits
include Bill Bennet’s Tempted, opposite Burt Reynolds; Walter Hill’s sci-fi thriller Supernova, with James
Spader and Angela Bassett; Can’t Hardly Wait, alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt; Foxfire, opposite
Angelina Jolie; and Dancer, Texas, Pop. 81, with Breckin Meyer. Other roles include Blue Ridge Fall,
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Telling You, Touch Me, Honest and Angela, winner of the 1995 Filmmaker’s Trophy at the Sundance Film
Festival.
Born and raised in New York, Facinelli attended NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. He worked as an
actor there until his role in the television film “After Jimmy” brought him to Los Angeles, where he still
resides.
CAM GIGANDET (James/Nomad Vampire), a talented up-and-comer, is poised for major
success. Though best known for his role as the bad boy, Volchok, on “The O.C.,” he played a recurring
character on “Jack and Bobby” and recently starred alongside Djimon Hounsou in the action film Never
Back Down. Nominated for “Best Fight” at the MTV Movie Awards, Gigandet turns in a powerful
performance as a teenager mixed up in the underground world of fight clubs. Gigandet is expected to costar
with Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum and Woody Harrelson in Oliver Stone’s currently on-hold Pinkville.
Other credits include starring alongside Gary Oldman and Odette Yustman in David Goyer’s The
Unborn, a role in the golf comedy Who’s Your Caddy? and the independent thriller Mistaken.
Hailing from Auburn, Washington, Gigandet enjoys sports in his spare time and holds a brown
belt in karate. He currently resides in Los Angeles.
TAYLOR LAUTNER (Jacob) got his big break in 2005 when, at the age of 13, he won the role of
Shark Boy in Robert Rodriguez’s The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D. Within months, he had
successfully auditioned to play Eliot, the son of Steve Martin’s rival Jimmy Murtaugh, in the family hit
Cheaper by the Dozen 2.
Lautner was born in 1992 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He began studying karate at the age of 6
and was winning tournaments by age 7. He was soon invited to train with seven-time world karate
champion Mike Chat and by age 8, Lautner was asked to represent his country at the World Karate
Association championships. He proved himself by becoming the Junior World Forms and Weapons
champion, winning three gold medals.
Lautner continued to flourish on the martial arts circuit. In 2003, at age 11, he was ranked No. 1 in
the world in several categories and over the next year tucked three Junior World Championships under
his black belt.
Lautner was first bitten by the acting bug at age 7, when his martial arts instructor persuaded him
to audition for a Burger King commercial in Los Angeles. When he was 10, his family made the difficult
decision to relocate to L.A., where Lautner could audition on a full-time basis. Since the move, Lautner
has landed roles on “My Wife and Kids,” “Summerland,” “The Bernie Mac Show” and “The Nick and
Jessica Variety Hour.”
Lautner has been very successful in the world of voiceover work. He has a recurring role as
Youngblood on the cartoon “Danny Phantom” and voiced characters for two episodes of “What’s New,
Scooby-Doo?” and “Charlie Brown.”
In his spare time, Lautner enjoys playing football and baseball. He also participates in the hip-hop
dance group L.A. Hip Kids. Lautner also enjoys making home movies with his friends, including Lava Girl
from Lava Girl and Sharkboy, actress Taylor Dooley, who coincidentally lives near his Los Angeles home.
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ANNA KENDRICK (Jessica) is a multiple award-winner who was most recently seen in the teen
drama Rocket Science, directed by Jeffrey Blitz. Her performance as an ultra-competitive high-school
debater garnered critical acclaim and the film won the Director’s Award at the 2007 Sundance Film
Festival. Kendrick recently completed production on The Marc Pease Experience, starring opposite Ben
Stiller and Jason Schwartzman, and Nathan Hope’s thriller Elsewhere. On the small screen, she can be
seen this fall on the Hugh Jackman produced “Viva Laughlin.”
Kendrick made her feature film debut in Todd Graff’s Camp, a darling of the 2003 Sundance Film
Festival. Her performance in the cult hit earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination and Best
Supporting Actress nomination at the Annual Chlotrudis Awards. That same year, she co-starred with
Christine Ebersole in the comedy pilot “The Mayor.”
An accomplished theater veteran, Kendrick began her career playing Dinah Lord in the 1997
Broadway musical production of “High Society,” for which she received a Tony nomination for Best
Featured Actress in a Musical. At just 12 years old, she was the second youngest Tony nominee in
history. Kendrick also garnered Drama League and Theatre World awards along with Drama Desk and
FANY award nominations. Kendrick’s other stage work includes a featured role in the New York City
Opera’s production of “A Little Night Music,” starring Jeremy Irons; “My Favorite Broadway/The Leading
Ladies: Live at Carnegie Hall”; and Broadway workshops of “Jane Eyre” and “The Little Princess.”
Kendrick lives in Los Angeles.
MICHAEL WELCH (Mike Newton) is one of the most prolific actors of his generation, having
completed more than 15 feature films and made nearly 100 television appearances by the age of 20. He
was the recipient of two Young Artist Awards, one for his performance at age 10 in Star Trek:
Insurrection, his first feature film, and another for his work as Luke Girardi on the drama “Joan of
Arcadia,” which ran for two seasons. Welch has completed nine films in the past three years, including All
the Boys Love Mandy Lane, Sundance favorite An American Crime, Lost Dream and The Thacker Case.
Welch’s film credits include Delivering Milo and United States of Leland, in which his performance
as an autistic boy brought the actor much acclaim. He is familiar to television audiences for his many
starring roles on Emmy-winning shows, including appearances on “The Riches,” “CSI: Miami,” “Numb3rs,”
“Law & Order: SVU,” “Crossing Jordan,” “Navy NCIS,” “Cold Case,” “Without a Trace,” “Stargate SG-1,”
“Judging Amy,” “The District,” “Touched by an Angel,” “Malcolm in the Middle,” “The X Files,” “The
Pretender,” “7th Heaven,” “Chicago Hope” and “Frasier.”
In spite of his busy schedule on screen, Welch has also found time for theater and voiceover
work. He received the 2005 Star Innovative Award for environmental causes and has been active with the
charity Kids with a Cause since 1999.
JUSTIN CHON (Eric) will soon be seen in a costarring role in Wayne Kramer’s feature Crossing
Over, alongside Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd. The busy actor also completed a
starring role in the comedy Balls Out: The Gary Houseman Story, opposite Seann William Scott and
Randy Quaid. He recently starred in the comedy-horror film Hack, opposite Danica McKeller and William
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Forsythe. Chon was a series regular on the hit Nickelodeon series “Just Jordan,” playing the title
character’s best friend. Chon also played Peter Wu in the Disney telefilm “Wendy Wu: Homecoming
Warrior.”
Chon’s parents emigrated from Korea, where his father was a well-known television and film actor
and his mother an accomplished pianist. Born and raised in Southern California, Chon grew up on the
beach while surfing, skateboarding, playing tennis and hitting the golf course. This multi-talented actor
also plays the guitar, piano, violin and saxophone. A student of his craft, Chon is always enrolled in an
acting class and has studied with some of the top acting coaches in the business.
Chon resides in Los Angeles.
CHRISTIAN SERRATOS (Angela) began her professional career as a Ford model. Her feature
film debut came in Mrs. Marshall. Her television credits include “Ned’s Declassified School of Survival
Guide,” “Hanna Montana,” “7th Heaven,” “Cow Belles” and “Zoe 101.”
Born and raised in Southern California, Serratos knew from an early age that she wanted to be an
actress. As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, entertaining her family nightly by reenacting
television shows. At 19 Serratos put her energies into dance and ice-skating, competing
frequently in skating competitions, before becoming a model.
GIL BIRMINGHAM (Billy Black) is making a name for himself in the acting profession with his
expressive manner and artistic sensibility. Birmingham gained wide notice for his roles in the miniseries
“DreamKeeper” and the PAX TV series “Body & Soul.” He also appears in Taylor Hackford’s forthcoming
feature Love Ranch.
A recent profile in the magazine Indian Country Today chronicles the actor’s achievements in the
entertainment world and his unique background. Birmingham’s father was Native American, a Comanche,
and his mother Caucasian. He was born on a military base in San Antonio, Texas. Growing up,
Birmingham was always moving around the country with his family. Despite his nomadic existence,
Birmingham managed to receive a degree in Business Administration from USC and launch his acting
career.
Feature credits include California Indian, Tukor: Son of Stone, Cosmic Radio, Ten Canoes, End
of the Spear, Skins, The Doe Boy, Jaguar, Le and House II: The Second Story. Television credits include
“Veronica Mars,” “Charmed,” “Love’s Long Journey,” “Into the West,” “Medical Investigation” and “The
Lone Ranger.”
ELIZABETH REASER (Esme Cullen) has quickly emerged as one of the most promising
actresses in Hollywood through her natural talent, striking presence and undeniable energy. She plays
the leading role in the new romantic drama series, “The Ex List.” Reaser earned a 2007 Independent
Spirit Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in the drama Sweet Land. She received an Emmy
nomination for her guest spot as Ava on “Grey’s Anatomy” and shared a SAG Award nomination for Best
Ensemble. She recently completed Paul Callahan’s Against the Current, opposite Joseph Fiennes and
Justin Kirk.
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Sweet Land, directed by Ali Selim, tells the story of a woman named Inge (Reaser) who travels
from Norway to rural Minnesota in the 1920s to meet the man who is destined to be her husband. Variety
called her performance “…a marvel of strength, humor and sensuality” and The Los Angeles Times raved,
“Few actresses own the camera with as much authority as Reaser does here.”
Additional film credits include Maria Maggenti’s Puccini for Beginners, which was selected in
competition at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival and opened the 2006 Outfest Film Festival as well; Ed
Burns’ Purple Violets, opposite Debra Messing, Selma Blair, Burns and Donal Logue; The Family Stone;
Marc Forster’s Stay; The Believer, opposite Ryan Gosling; Mind the Gap; Shut up and Sing; and 13
Conversations about One Thing.
Television credits include the drama series “Saved,” alongside Tom Everett Scott, and
appearances on “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” and “The Sopranos.”
Reaser attended The Julliard School. She currently splits her time between New York and Los
Angeles.
EDI GATHEGI (Laurent/Nomad Vampire) is an up-and-coming young actor whose credits range
from primetime television to the silver screen. In a recurring role on the hit drama “House,” he plays Dr.
Cole, also known as “Big Love,” one of many new interns hazed by Hugh Laurie’s Dr. House. He also
plays a recurring character on the ABC Family series “Lincoln Heights.” Gathegi was seen on movie
screens last year in the crime drama Gone Baby Gone, directed by Ben Affleck and starring Ed Harris
and Morgan Freeman.
Other feature credits include Death Sentence, co-starring Kevin Bacon, The Fifth Patient and
Crank. Gathegi’s theater credits include “Two Trains Running” at the prestigious Old Globe Theatre in
San Diego and regional stage work such as “King Hedley II,” “Blues for an Alabama Sky,” “Golden Boy,”
“As You Like It,” “Twelfth Night,” “The Crucible,” “Fade,” “A Maiden’s Prayer” (Santa Barbara Independent
Award), “A Raisin in the Sun,” “Othello,” “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Cyrano” and “Dutchman.”
Gathegi is a graduate of New York University’s famed MFA program for acting at the Tisch
School of the Arts.
RACHELLE LEFEVRE (Victoria/Nomad Vampire) was most recently seen on the big screen
starring opposite Stephen Dillane and Rosamund Pike in Fugitive Pieces, adapted from the international
bestseller by Anne Michaels, directed by Jeremy Podeswa and produced by Robert Lantos. The film, set
in the aftermath of WWII, opened the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. Lefevre recently played a
lead role as Detective Annie Cartwright in David E. Kelley’s adaptation of the BBC hit “Life on Mars.” The
drama revolves around a detective who finds himself transported back to 1972. Lefevre will soon be seen
on the small screen again in the miniseries “The Summit.” This political thriller revolves around a terrorist
threat at a G8 Summit in Toronto, with Lefevre playing the Canadian Prime Minister’s activist daughter.
Recent television credits include the role of Matt Davis’ recurring love interest Heather on “What
About Brian” and appearances on “CSI: NY,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Bones,” “The Closer” and
“Boston Legal.” Lefevre also starred in the comedies “Life on a Stick” and “Pool Guys,” a pilot.
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Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Lefevre got her big break in show business when she
secured her first audition with the help of a loyal customer at the sushi restaurant where she worked. The
job was a part on the Fox Family Channel series “Big Wolf on Campus.” Though she had no film or
television credits to her name and used a Polaroid picture as her headshot, the producers called her back
for a second audition. Lefevre landed a lead role.
Other television credits include the telefilms “Picking Up and Dropping Off,” with Scott Wolf, “See
Jane Date” and “The Legend of Butch and Sundance,” with Lefevre playing the character originated by
Katherine Ross in the classic film.
On the big screen, Lefevre starred opposite Ed Burns in The River King, based on the book by
Alice Hoffman. She also starred in the independent film Hatley High, which was honored with directing
and writing awards at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival. Other big screen credits include Confessions of a
Dangerous Mind, in which she played Tuvia, Chuck Barris’ grown-up childhood crush; Stardom; the
Canadian indie Pure; and the short The Big Thing, which received awards at multiple film festivals. The
actress made her professional stage debut as Mary in the Off-Broadway favorite, “Vanities.”
When not working, Lefevre is passionately involved with two literacy organizations, Koreh L.A.
and School on Wheels. She enjoys travel, rock climbing, horseback riding and scuba diving.
Lefevre currently resides in Los Angeles.
SARAH CLARKE (Rene) appeared with her husband, actor Xander Berkeley, on “24″ during its
first two seasons, although they rarely shared a scene. They were married two months before the
premiere of the second season. Clarke was the actress in the award-winning VW Jetta commercial,
“Synchronicity.” Other television credits include “Life,” “Commander in Chief,” “A House Divided,” “Las
Vegas,” “E-Ring” and “House.” She has been cast in the sci-fi thriller Level Seven, a feature currently in
preproduction. Her feature credits include Thirteen for director Catherine Hardwicke, and Happy Endings
for director Don Roos.
A native of St. Louis, Missouri, Clarke began acting in the theater while working as an
architectural photographer. In her first short film Pas de Deux, she won an Outstanding Performance
award at the Brooklyn Film Festival. Other film credits include the features The Lather Effect and Happy
Ending as well as the short The Colony.
Clarke attended Indiana University and is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.
GREGORY TYREE BOYCE (TYLER) is 19 years of age and was born in Los Angeles. As a
child, Boyce moved from San Francisco to Oklahoma and back to Southern California in just a few short
years. His mother Lisa, whom Boyce refers to as a “queen soldier,” kept her sons grounded by
encouraging extra-curricular activities such as gymnastics, basketball and football. She also made certain
that their education was a top priority in their lives.
Though his father is one of the top assistant directors working in Los Angeles, the younger Boyce
has no experience in features films and relied on his instincts and advice from many trusted sources to
land the role of Tyler in Twilight.
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NED BELLAMY (Waylon Forge) has appeared in numerous film and television productions.
Some of his numerous film credits are War, Inc., Wind Chill, Skills Like This, Tenacious D in The Pick of
Destiny, One Way, The Contract, Two Tickets to Paradise, The Ice Harvest, Lords of Dogtown,
Anchorman, Saw, Runaway Jury, Charlie’s Angels, Cradle Will Rock, Con Air, Ed Wood, The Shawshank
Redemption and Universal Soldier.
Bellamy was born in Dayton, Ohio, the youngest of three children. After spending his childhood in
Joplin, Missouri, the family moved to La Jolla, California. Mark, his brother, is the U.S. ambassador to
Kenya. Anne, his sister, is vice-president of African Travel, Inc.
After graduating from UCLA, Ned and his classmate Tim Robbins founded Los Angeles-based
theater company The Actors Gang. In 2002, Bellamy played Henrik in “Mephisto,” a play written by
Thomas Mann and directed by Robbins.
Bellamy’s television credits include “Brothers and Sisters,” “The Unit,” “Jericho,” “Scrubs,” “Law &
Order: SVU,” “Boston Legal,” “ER,” “The Closer,” “CSI: Miami” and “Seinfeld,” to name but a handful.
MATT BUSHNELL (Phil) regularly appears in feature films and on television shows. The native
of Framingham, MA has amassed film credits such as Leatherheads, Dark Reel, Somebody Else,
Headhunter and The Seventh Man. Television credits include “CSI: Miami,” “Notes from the Underbelly,”
“Criminal Minds,” “Heroes,” “The Unit,” “Navy NCIS,” “CSI: NY,” “NYPD Blue,” “24,” “Cold Case,” “Angel”
and “The Jamie Kennedy Experiment.”
JOSE ZUNIGA (Mr. Molina) received an ALMA Award nomination for Outstanding Actor in a
Drama Series in 1999 for “Sins of the City.” The native of Honduras is an actor comfortable working in film
or television. Some of Zuniga’s outstanding film credits include Next, Tortilla Heaven, Undoing, Mission:
Impossible III, Lies & Alibis, Constantine, The Hunted, The Crew, Happy Accident, Next Stop
Wonderland, Con Air, Ransom, Striptease, Money Train, Smoke, Alive and Riding the Rails. Television
credits include “CSI: Miami,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “Saving Grace,” “Navy NCIS,” “The O.C.,” “Numb3rs,”
“Prison Break,” “Law & Order,” “Dexter,” “24,” “Alias,” “The Shield,” “ER” and “Crossing Jordan.”
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ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
CATHERINE HARDWICKE (Director) has cemented her place as an auteur filmmaker by
consistently choosing material that is both thought provoking and controversial. Her films have helped to
redefine popular culture, showcase notable figures from the past and shed light on important social
issues. Hardwicke’s passion for storytelling and attention to detail help to create films rich in visual texture
and narrative depth. Her directorial and screenwriting debut feature was the critically acclaimed Thirteen,
a graphic look into the spiraling lives of teens as they discover drugs, sex and petty crime. The film
starred Holly Hunter and firmly established Evan Rachel Wood and Nikki Reed as rising young stars.
Hardwicke was honored with the prestigious Director’s Award at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and the
film went on to win top awards at the Deauville, Locarno and Nantucket film festivals. It garnered an
Independent Spirit Award for Reed, Golden Globe nominations for Hunter and Wood, and an Academy
Award nomination for Hunter.
A prolific production designer, Hardwicke conceived the bold, visual style of Thirteen as a way of
capturing the intensity of a young girl’s journey. She drew upon her experience working with such critically
acclaimed directors as Cameron Crowe (on Vanilla Sky), David O. Russell (on Three Kings), Costa
Gavras (on Mad City), Lisa Cholodenko (on Laurel Canyon), and Richard Linklater (on Suburbia and The
Newton Boys).
Hardwicke’s most recent directorial endeavor was the historical drama The Nativity Story. She
brought her unique visual style to an epic period piece depicting Mary, played by Keisha Castle-Hughes
of Whale Rider, as a 14-year-old Jewish peasant girl who finds herself caught in an extraordinary
situation. Previously, the director helmed Lords of Dogtown, the action-packed story of three boys from
fractured homes in rough neighborhoods who revolutionized skateboarding in the ‘70s. Starring Heath
Ledger, Emile Hirsch, Victor Rasuk and John Robinson as the pioneering “Z-Boys,” the film also afforded
Hardwicke an opportunity to pay homage to Venice, California, her ‘hood.
A native of the South Texas border town McAllen, Hardwicke studied art in Mexico and received a
degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin. After graduating, she designed and
constructed a 20-acre passive solar townhouse complex built around a manmade lake, complete with
waterfalls, swimming pools and sculptures of the residents. She then enrolled in UCLA’s Film School,
taking graduate courses, where she completed her first animated/live action short. It won her a Nissan
Focus Award and toured in the “Best of UCLA” film program.
Hardwicke has served as production designer for more than 20 feature films.
MELISSA ROSENBERG (Screenwriter) has enjoyed a varied career as a writer-producer of
hour-long television drama. Her first produced feature, Step Up, was released by Summit Entertainment
to great success and has already spawned a hit sequel as well. Rosenberg is currently serving as coexecutive
producer for her third season on the hit Showtime series, “Dexter,” which won a Peabody
Award this year.
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Other credits include “The O.C.,” “Boston Public,” “Ally McBeal,” “Party of Five,” “The Agency,”
“Love Monkey,” “Birds of Prey,” “The Magnificent Seven,” Dark Skies,” “Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman” and
“Class of ‘96.” Rosenberg also served on the Writers’ Guild Board of Directors for five years.
The writer received her BA in Theater and Dance from Bennington College in Vermont and went
on to receive an MFA in Producing for Film & Television from USC’s Peter Stark Producing Program. She
currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband, director Lev L. Spiro, and their extraordinarily beautiful
and vicious dog, Zuma.
STEPHENIE MEYER (Based on the Novel By) was a stay-at-home mother of three young sons
in 2003 when she had a vivid dream about a group of characters she could not get out of her head.
Putting everything she could on the back burner, Meyer invented the plot during the day and wrote it on
her computer late at night when the house was quiet. Three months later she finished her first novel,
Twilight.
Picked out of a slush pile at Writer’s House, the manuscript quickly made the rounds among
publishers. Megan Tingley at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers made a major six-figure preemptive
bid for three books. Within weeks of its release in 2005, the book debuted at No. 5 on the New York
Times best seller list. There are over 8.4 million copies of Twilight in-print.
The highly-anticipated sequel, New Moon, was released in September 2006 and spent 31 weeks
at No. 1 on the New York Times best seller list. The book was so highly anticipated by Meyer’s eager fans
that Advance Readers Copies were being sold on eBay for as high as $380. Five million copies of New
Moon are in print and rights have been sold in 34 countries.
The third book in Meyer’s Twilight saga, Eclipse was released on August 7, 2007 and sold
150,000 copies its first day on sale. The book debuted at No. 1 on best seller lists across the country,
including USA Today and The Wall Street Journal. The book has 3.8 million copies in print. It was also a
No. 1 best seller in Germany, Spain and Argentina.
The fourth and final book in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn, was published on August 2, 2008,
with a first printing of 3.2 million copies—the largest first printing in the publisher’s history. Breaking
Dawn sold 1.3 million copies its first day on sale rocketing the title to No. 1 on best seller lists nationwide.
There are 4.2 million copies of Breaking Dawn in print.
2008 has been another landmark year for Meyer. On May 6, Little, Brown and Company released
The Host, Meyer’s first novel for adults which debuted at No. 1 on The New York Times and Wall Street
Journal best seller lists.
Stephenie Meyer graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in English Literature.
She lives in Arizona with her husband and sons.
WYCK GODFREY (Producer) produced the recent features When a Stranger Calls and Eragon,
the latter film based on the bestselling fantasy novel. After producing or executive producing six films in a
four year-span, Godfrey felt ready to strike out and make films for an audience he and his friend Marty
Bowen felt Hollywood had forgotten—the people of the heartland of America, many of whom are left
yearning for films with meaning and spiritual content. Godfrey left Davis Entertainment and partnered with
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Bowen to form their own production company, Temple Hill. Their first project was The Nativity Story,
directed by Catherine Hardwicke. The company’s latest film is the forthcoming Management, starring
Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn.
Godfrey began his career as a creative executive at New Line Cinema after graduating from
Princeton University in 1990 with a degree in English. At New Line, he worked on such hits as The Mask,
Dumb and Dumber and various films in the popular House Party and Nightmare on Elm Street franchises.
In 1995, he switched to the production company of Paul Schiff and Michael London, Horizon Pictures. As
Senior Vice President of Production, he oversaw their development slate and staff at 20th Century Fox.
Two years later, Godfrey joined John Davis at Davis Entertainment as an Executive Vice
President. There, he oversaw the surprise action hit, Behind Enemy Lines, directed by John Moore and
starring Owen Wilson and Gene Hackman. He was promoted to President in 2001 and later that year
developed and produced the family comedy Daddy Day Care, directed by Steve Carr and starring Eddie
Murphy. In 2003, he produced the summer blockbuster I, Robot, starring Will Smith and directed by Alex
Proyas, and the rousing adventure Flight of the Phoenix, his second film with director John Moore. He
also developed and served as an executive producer on Alien vs. Predator, directed by Paul W.S.
Anderson.
MARK MORGAN (Producer) is currently producing Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, to be
directed by Chris Columbus for 20th Century Fox; The Stepfather, for Sony/Screen Gems; and The
Stanford Prison Experiment, written and to be directed by Christopher McQuarrie, Oscar-winner for The
Usual Suspects. Morgan is also executive producing “The Riches” for Fox Television Studios and FX.
Morgan began his career in the entertainment industry working as Creative Executive for Ridley
Scott on films including Thelma & Louise. In early 1995, Morgan joined New Regency, where he ran the
story department and also oversaw films such as Under Siege II, Free Willy, The Client and A Time to Kill.
In 1996, Morgan was hired at Orion Pictures as Director of Development and promoted to Vice President
of Production the following year. At Orion/MPCA, Morgan supervised the development, packaging and
production of film projects including Dumb and Dumber, Beverly Hills Ninja and Kingpin.
In 1998, the upper management of Orion Pictures split off to form Destination Films, where
Morgan served as Executive Vice President. He produced several films in this capacity, including
Beautiful, starring Minnie Driver and directed by Sally Field, and The Wedding Planner, starring Jennifer
Lopez and Matthew McConaughey.
Hired next as President at Maverick Films, Morgan soon rose to President and CEO. At Maverick,
Morgan oversaw the entire production slate, executive ranks and first-look deals. He produced multiple
films distributed by MGM, including Agent Cody Banks and its sequel, 30 Days Until I’m Famous, Chasing
Christmas, Cruel World and Material Girls.
GREG MOORADIAN (Producer) began his film career in 1991 as a Creative Executive for
Academy Award-winning producer Arnold Kopelson, working on classic films such as Falling Down, The
Fugitive and Seven. In 1995, he became Vice President for Academy Award-winning producer Wendy
Finerman, developing films such as The Fan, which he associate produced, Fairytale: A True Story and
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Stepmom. In 1999, he became president of the company, executive producing Sugar and Spice and
Drumline.
In 2004, Mooradian started his own production company, Greg Mooradian Productions. The first
two films to emerge are the recently wrapped The Stepfather, starring Dylan Walsh and Penn Badgley,
and Twilight. Later this year, a third production, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief, is slated to begin
shooting with Chris Columbus directing for Fox 2000.
KAREN ROSENFELT (Executive Producer) is a producer based at 20th Century Fox, where
she executive produced The Devil Wears Prada, Alvin and the Chipmunks and Marley & Me. For 16
years, Rosenfelt was a production executive at Paramount, where she oversaw live-action features such
as The First Wives Club, Indecent Proposal, Runaway Bride, Save the Last Dance, Coach Carter and
Mean Girls. She was instrumental in setting up Paramount’s partnership with Nickelodeon Movies,
overseeing film adaptations of the Nickelodeon television properties “Rugrats” and “SpongeBob
SquarePants” as well as Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, based on the bestselling
children’s books.
Rosenfelt began her career at ICM as an assistant to talent agent Sue Mengers. She went on to
become a Creative Executive at Jerry Weintraub Productions and a Senior Vice President at MGM.
MICHELE IMPERATO STABILE (Executive Producer) served as the executive producer of
Alvin and the Chipmunks, a live action/VFX feature that became one of the top grossing films of 2007.
Imperato Stabile moved to Los Angeles from New York in 1988, starting her career as a
production assistant. She became a DGA member in 1991 and has worked as a unit production manager,
associate producer and co-producer. Throughout her career, Imperato Stabile has worked with many
notable directors, writers and actors including Mike Nichols, Ridley Scott, Brian De Palma and Harold
Ramis, among others. She executive produced Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties, co-produced the original
Garfield and Primary Colors, and received associate producer credit on The Birdcage.
Other credits include I.Q., G.I. Jane, Honeymoon in Vegas, Postcards from the Edge, Planes,
Trains & Automobiles and The Untouchables.
Imperato Stabile and her husband Billy live on a farm in Hidden Valley with their four horses and
five dogs.
ELLIOT DAVIS (Cinematographer) is one of Hollywood’s most highly regarded D.P.’s, having
received two Independent Spirit Award nominations for Best Cinematography for his lensing of the
features Underneath and Equinox. He says he makes his living as an artist who expresses himself
through cinematography.
Davis became involved in Catherine Hardwicke’s film Thirteen through Michael London, a
producer he had worked with in the past who knew that Davis likes to work on socially conscious movies.
Davis liked the script and immediately hit it off with Hardwicke. Both were trained as architects and share
a visual vocabulary. Twilight is their fourth collaboration.
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Davis has shot four films for Steven Soderbergh including: King of the Hill, Underneath, Gray’s
Anantomy, and Out of Sight. Other notable feature credits are I am Sam, Spike Lee’s Get on the Bus,
The Nativity Story, Lords of Dogtown, Thirteen, White Oleander, Legally Blonde 2, and the upcoming
Michelle Pfieffer-starrer Personal Effects.
NANCY RICHARDSON (Editor) Her last film with Summit Entertainment was Step Up, the
surprise hit of 2006. Richardson has edited two of Catherine Hardwicke’s previous films, Lords of
Dogtown and Thirteen.
Richardson is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley and received her MFA from UCLA’s graduate film
department. Since then, she has edited a number of films, including three for director Charles Burnett: To
Sleep with Anger, Selma Lord Selma and Annihilation of Fish. She has also worked with director Gregory
Nava three times, on Mi Familia, Selena and Why Do Fools Fall in Love. Richardson also edited the
directorial debut of Maya Angelou, Down in the Delta and “Hendrix,” directed by Leon Ichaso, for which
she received an Emmy nomination. Additional film credits include Stand and Deliver, Roadside Prophets
and White Man’s Burden.
Richardson is a member of American Cinema Editors and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences. She has served on the Editors Guild Board of Directors for the last four years and was just
re-elected for another term. She is a professor at the UCLA School of Film, Television and Digital Media,
where she is head of post-production.
CARTER BURWELL (Composer) has scored a number of feature films, including Miller’s
Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Rob Roy, Fargo, Conspiracy Theory, The Spanish Prisoner,
Gods and Monsters, Three Kings, The General’s Daughter, Being John Malkovich, Before Night Falls,
The Man Who Wasn’t There, Adaptation, Intolerable Cruelty, The Ladykillers, The Alamo and Kinsey
while teaching and composing for dance, theater and other work.
Burwell graduated from Harvard in 1977, where he studied animation with Mary Beams and
George Griffin, electronic music with Ivan Tcherepnin, and pursued a course of independent study at the
MIT Media Lab (then known as the Architecture Machine Group). After graduation, he became a teaching
assistant in the Harvard Electronic Music Studio. In 1979, Burwell’s animated short film “Help, I’m Being
Crushed to Death by a Black Rectangle” won first place at the Jacksonville Film Festival and second
place at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. From 1979 to 1981, Burwell worked as chief
computer scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in Long Island, where he wrote software for image
processing, lab automation and protein analysis. From 1982 to 1987, he worked at the New York Institute
of Technology, beginning as a computer modeler and animator but rising to Director of Digital Sound
Research. During this time, Burwell worked on many computer-animated television spots and films,
ultimately contributing models and animation to the Japanese film SF Shinseiki Lensman.
During the 1980s, Burwell pursued a parallel career in music, playing with a number of bands in
New York City, most often The Same, Thick Pigeon and Radiante. He was also writing music for dance
(“RAB,” which premiered at the Avignon Festival in 1984), theater (“The Myth Project” at Naked Angels in
1989) and film (Blood Simple, Psycho III, Raising Arizona).
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WENDY CHUCK (Costume Designer) gained solid experience in Australia, where she was born,
working in the theater, ballet and feature-film worlds. She worked as a costume cutter/fitter/tailor for
Australia’s ABC-TV before venturing to London for seven years to further her experience. There, she did
costuming and styling for The Museum of the Moving Image, also designing costumes for private and
corporate clients and music videos.
Next, she completed her third stint on a Jane Campion film, Portrait of a Lady, and served as
costume designer for Australian features such as Country Life, for which she was nominated for an AFI
Award in 1994.
Chuck uprooted again and moved to the United States, first landing in New York. Within a year
she heeded the call to relocate in Los Angeles. A meeting with writer and director Alexander Payne
validated her move. She has now collaborated with him on three of his award-winning features: Election,
About Schmidt and Sideways. Chuck’s work on About Schmidt earned her the Costume Designers Guild
Award for Excellence in Costume Design for a Contemporary Film.
Chuck’s U.S. work has taken her to nine states and Canada for a total, to date, of 16 features that
include Bad Santa, Saved and Henry Poole is Here.
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Summit Entertainment Presents
TWILIGHT
A TEMPLE HILL Production
In Association with MAVERICK / IMPRINT
KRISTEN STEWART
ROBERT PATTINSON
BILLY BURKE
PETER FACINELLI
Casting By
TRICIA WOOD, CSA
DEBORAH AQUILA, CSA
Music By
CARTER BURWELL
Music Supervisor
ALEXANDRA PATSAVAS
Costumer Designer
WENDY CHUCK
Editor
NANCY RICHARDSON, A.C.E.
Director of Photography
ELIOTT DAVIS
Executive Producers
KAREN ROSENFELT
MARTY BOWEN
GUY OSEARY
MICHELE IMPERATO STABILE
Produced By
GREG MOORADIAN
MARK MORGAN
WYCK GODFREY
Based on the Novel “Twilight” by
STEPHANIE MEYER
Screenplay by
MELISSA ROSENBERG
Directed By
CATHERINE HARDWICKE
Unit production MICHELE IMPERATO STABILE
First Assistant Director JAMIE MARSHALL
Second Assistant Directors THOMAS D. COE
GREGORY G. HALE
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In Association with
Goldcrest Film Finance LLP
And Aura Films
CAST
(In Order of Appearance)
Bella Swan KRISTEN STEWART
Renee SARAH CLARKE
Phil MATT BUSHELL
Charlie Swan BILLY BURKE
Billy Black GIL BIRMINGHAM
Jacob Black TAYLOR LAUTNER
Tyler GREGORY TYREE BOYCE
Eric JUSTIN CHON
Mike Newton MICHAEL WELCH
Jessica ANNA KENDRICK
Angela CHRISTIAN SERRATOS
Rosalie NIKKI REED
Emmet Cullen KELLAN LUTZ
Alice Cullen ASHLEY GREENE
Jasper JACKSON RATHBONE
Edward Cullen ROBERT PATTINSON
Mr. Molina JOSE ZUNIGA
High School Administrator TRISH EGAN
Cora AYANNA BERKSHIRE
Waylon Forge NED BELLAMY
Mine Security Guard BRYCE FLINT-SOMMERVILLE
Dr. Carlisle Cullen PETER FACINELLI
Jacob’s Friend SOLOMON TRIMBE
Victoria RACHELLE LEFEVRE
James CAM GIGANDET
Laurent EDI GATHEGI
Frat Boys ALEXANDER MENDELUK
HUNTER JACKSON
GAVIN BRISTOL
SEAN McGRATH
Waitress KATIE POWERS
Esme Cullen ELIZABETH REASER
Young Bella CATHERINE GRIMME
Stunt Coordinator ANDY CHENG
Assistant Stunt Coordinator XUYEN “SAMMY” VALDIVIA
Stunt Performers HELENA BARRETT
ALICE RIETVELD
PAUL DARNELL
KELLY BELLINI
KARIN JUSTMAN
DANNY DOWNEY
SETH DUHAME
COLIN FOLLENWEIDER
MIKE SNYDER
JERRY ADAMS
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JENNIFER COBB
KEVIN CHASE
MATT DAVIS
GREG DE LA RIVA
MITCHELL GOULD
CHARLES GRISHAM
TIMOTHY HENDERSON
ZAC HENRY
MICHAEL HILOW
BRIAN HITE
JIM KARN
JOHNNY MARTIN
BOB MCDOUGALL
DOUG O’DELL
DAVID PARIS
ALEX TERZIEFF
RICH VOLP
TIM WAGNER
LOGAN WELCH
Associate Producer PATRICK THOMAS SMITH
Steadi Cam Operator GEORGE BILLINGER
A Camera First Assistant DAVID GALBRAITH
A Camera Second Assistant CAZ DUFFY
B Camera First Assistant BRUCE ROBINSON
B Camera Second Assistant NATE GOODMAN
Camera Loader ELIZA PLUMLEE
Camera Production Assistant TRACY M. MINNIS
Still Photographer DEANA NEWCOMB
PETER SOREL
Script Supervisor JUDI TOWNSEND
Super-G Tech – Aerial Camera PETER GRAF
Video Assists KALE JESSEN
CURT KLEIN
Sound Mixer GLENN MICALLEF
Boom Operator RICHARD BULLOCK
Gaffer JAMES GILSON
Best Boy Electric JOE MARTENS
Electric ANDY BARDEN
PAUL “THE WOG” FANNING
STEVE HUBERT
TIM JANKOWSKI
EFREM PETER
STEVEN PURCELL
JEAN MARGARET THOMAS
Automated Lighting Programmer JOSEPH “JOEMAC” McGINLEY
Key Rigging Gaffer SHAWN DUCHSCHERER
Best Boy Rigging Electric CHRIS “CHALKY” CHALK
Rigging Electric DESERA FRENTESS
Key Grip STEVE SMITH
Best Boy Grip JEFFREY “JJ” JOHNSON
Dolly Grip JOHN MURPHY
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“B” Camera Dolly Grip DON STIER
Grips CHARLES EHRLINGER
BRUCE HENDERSON
SHANE E. KLUM
JEREMIAH SKENDER
Supervising Location Manager JAMES LIN
Location Manager PETER GLUCK
CATHERINE KAGAN
BETH MELNICK
Property Master CYNTHIA NIBLER
Assistant Property Master KAMI R. LAPRADE
Property Assistants JOHN PEARSON-DENNING
BRAD TURNER
Set Designers CAMILLE BRATKOWSKI
TIM CROSHAW
Illustrator TREVOR GORING
Storyboard Artists PHIL KELLER
MARC VENA
Set Decorator GENE SERDENA
Leadperson GRANT SAMSON
Buyer ROBERT STOVER
On Set Dresser CHAD DAVID
Gang Boss CHANDLER VINAR
Set Dressers PHIL BLACKBURN
BRADY CONDIT
JENELLE GIORANO
ADAM JOHNSON
REBECCA MELINO
JOE RYNEARSON
Art Department Coordinator JON BUSH
Art Department Assistant ALLYSON MARQUERING-PETERSON
Costume Supervisor DANA HART
Key Costumer MARK PETERSON
Key Set Costumers SUSAN STRUBEL
Set Costumers NIKKI PAULSON-BARTNICK
EMILIA RIVERA
Head Dyer JANET CADMUS
Seamstress TES R. DIAZ
Wardrobe Production Assistant AMBER OVERSTREET
Key Make Up Artists JEANNE VAN PHUE
Make Up Artists ROLF KEPPLER
MOLLY CRATOR
Key Hair Stylist MARY ANN VALDES
Hair Stylist NICOLE FRANK
Additional Hair Stylists ROSE BARCLAY
CATHERINE CHILDERS
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LAURA CONNOLLY
Production Supervisor CRAIG CANNOLD
Production Coordinator MIKA SAITO
Assistant Production Coordinator FAITH STRONGHEART
Production Secretary SUSAN DYSON
Assistant to Mr. Morgan AMBER MAZZAMUTO
Assistant to Ms. Rosenfelt EMMY CASTLEN
Assistant to Mr. Godfrey MATTHEW COHEN
Assistant to Ms. Imerato Stabile MYLESHIA PERRYMAN
Office Production Assistants SARAH CRAUDER
MICHAEL CROCKETT
DUNCAN FERGUSON
MEGAN FERREN
ERIC JOHNSON
ED YONAITIS
Second Second Assistant Director LYNNE MARTIN
Additional Assistant Director DEON BOYCE
Set Production Assistants ROB HOFFMAN
CODY D’AMBROSIO
ROSE LEIKER
DEVAN LINFORTH
ADAM PERRIGAN
KEN POTTS
ANN SHIMABUKARO
Production Accountant R. BRADLEY DAVIS
First Assistant Accountant TRACI MARTIN
Second Assistant Accountant KATIE EUSTERMANN
MARISOL JIMINEZ
Payroll Accountant CATHY MARSHALL
Assistant Accountant RYAN VAN RIPER
Payroll Clerk LORRAINE DOWTY
Casting Associates SAMANTHA FINKLER
LISA ZAGORIA
Oregon Casting LANA VEENKER, CSA
Oregon Casting Associate LORI LEWIS
Oregon Casting Assistant ERYN GOODMAN
Extras Casting DANNY STOLTZ
Extras Casting Associate SALLY GATES
Unit Publicist PETER J. SILBERMANN
Studio Teacher JIM HARTZ
Special Effects Coordinator ANDY WEDER
Special Effects Forepersons CHRIS BRENCZEWSKI
MICHAEL KAYE
Special Effects Gang Boss JEFF “MODO” ELLIOT
Special Effects Tech DEAN ROBERTS
Construction Coordinator LARS PETERSEN
Construction General Foreperson STEVE VOLL
Construction Foreperson JOHN SULLIVAN
Buyer RON “KROBAR” LAWLER
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Gang Bosses ALAN FEFFER
RAY HAYDEN
CHARLES MILLER
Lead Painters ROBERT WARNER
CHRIS BARNES
Paint Gang Boss ELLEN LEPINSKI
Painters DAN BATES
KEN ERCK
BREE JUDAH
Standby Painter RENEE PRINCE
Lead Plaster LEVI CUMMINGS
Key Greens Foreperson CHARLES CARLSEN
Greens Foreperson JONATHAN BIRCHFELD
On Set Greens Foreperson NICK WORSFOLD
Greenspersons CHRIS CARLSEN
HAROLD “WILLIE” WILSON
Propmakers BILL BURKHERT JR.
PETER A. FRANTZ
RAYMOND LOVASZ
CURTIS HALL MATHEWSON
Transportation Coordinator ROB JOHNSON
Transportation Captain RICHARD CHOUINARD
Driver/Office Manager STEVE POLON
Drivers/ Generator Operators DAVE AMBERICK
WILL “POWER” DREHER
Drivers BRANDON CHANDLER
JIM DAVIS
TOM DONOVAN
JUSTIN DURRIE
NIK EDGERTON
STEVE EVANS
SHAYNA GOLDSTEIN
GORDON GRANGE
KENNY HARDMAN
BART HEIMBURGER
LANCE HRUZA
TYRONE HINES
KENNY LEE
ANDREW MARROW
STEPHEN McGUIRE
BRENDAN McKEON
GREG “BUBBA” McVEY
ANDY MOTT
WAYNE PARVIANEN
ROBERT “SPIKE” PLATT
THOMAS PLATT
DANNY ROWE
KEVIN PULLEN
JOE SOLBERG
LAURA STRIDE
JOHN SUNDBY
BERNARD “SKI” SZYMANSKI
MIKE TOSTON
MICHAEL TROTTOCHAM
Marine Coordinator ART HICKMAN
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Boat Wranglers LLOYD L. KADOW
BEV KADOW
Animals Provided by TALENTED ANIMALS
Animal Trainers LAUREN HENRY
ROLAND SONNENBERG
Key Medic TAYLOR SAXON
Medics JASON CAMPBELL
L. McGINNIS
RYAN WINDSOR
Catering FOR STARS
Craft Service PATSY WILLIAMS
Assistant Craft Service DAVID WILLIAMS
Special Effects Contact Lenses PROFESSIONAL VISIONCARE
ASSOCIATES
DR. RICHARD SILVER
DR. STACEY SUMMER
CRISTINA PATTERSON CERET
SECOND UNIT
Second Unit Director ANDY CHENG
Unit Production Manager MARY COURTNEY
Second Assistant Director RYAN CRAIG
KRISTEN PLOUCHA
Production Coordinator JASON ZORIGIAN
Art Director SHANNA STARZYK
Script Supervisors BARBARA BROWN
HEIDI STURDEVANT
Director of Photography PATRICK LOUNGWAY
A Camera First Assistant ERIC LAUDADIO
A Camera Second Assistant MAT BLEA
“B” Camera Operator HARRY DAWSON
B Camera First Assistant ANDREW McDOWALL
B Camera Second Assistant JUSTIN O’SHAUGHNESSY
Libra Head Tech JASON HIBARGER
Gaffer BRUCE “SARGE” FLESKES
Best Boy Electric SCOTT WALTERS
Electrician JUSTIN “SIGFRIED SEELIGER
Key Grip BRUCE LAWSON
Best Boy Grip BRENT LAWSON
Dolly Grip BRIAN LAWSON
Grips JOHN BANHOLZER
BARRY “CHIP” INGRAM
MIKE HANAUSKA
JOE VITELLARO
Key Hair Stylist TRISH ALMEIDA
Additional Hair Stylist AMANDA M. WILLIAMS
Make Up Artist CRYSTAL SHADE
Additional Make Up Artist STEPHANIE JOHNSON
Props GREG McMICKLE
On Set Dresser RYAN SMITH
Costumers MARTHA HINES
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CHAPIN SIMPSON
On Set Greens PAUL COWSILL
Special Effects Foreperson LAWRENCE “QUASI” DECKER
Video Assist MARTIN WRIGHT
Video Production Assistant ALEX LEE
Transportation Captain TOM GARRIS
Drivers RYDER GREENE
MARK HALESTROM
RANSOM HAMERSLY
STEVE PAPE
Medic KARLA BENSON
Craft Service BRITTNEE DEWALD
SAM ROSS
Location Manager DON BALDWIN
Location Production Assistant JAIRUS SMITH
Production Assistants SHANE McCARTHY
JENNA RAE
JACKSON ROWE
DEREK WILSON
ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY
First Assistant Director JUSTIN MULLER
Second Assistant Director JOHN MORSE
Production Supervisor ROBERT WEST
Production Coordinator DONALD WYGAL
Production Accountant LYNELL BANGS
Animal Wrangler STEVE BERENS
Production Designer STEVE SAKLAD
Set Decorator MICHAEL DEAL
Greens Coordinator PHILIP C. HURST
Costume Designer SUSAN MATHESON
Costume Supervisor SANDY KENYON
Key Hair Stylist BRIDGETTE COOK
Hair Coloring by STUART GAVERT OF GAVERT / ATELIER
SALON
Construction Coordinator BILL HOLMQUIST
Location Manager ROB FRANK
Production Sound Mixer DAVE McMILLAN
Special Effects Coordinator SCOTT FISHER
Stunt Coordinator TOM HARPER
Chief Lighting Technician JEFF MURRELL
Key Grip RICHARD MALL
Post Production Supervisor ANGEL PINE
First Assistant Editors ALAN Z. McMURDY
KINDRA MARRA
Second Assistant Editor BRIAN SPIRNAK
Visual Effects Editor LARA RAMIREZ
Online Editor STEVE MILLER
Editorial Production Assistant JOSHUA RAYMOND LEE
Supervising Sound Editor/ Sound FRANK GAETA
Designer
Assistant Sound Editor JOE IEMOLA
Sound Effects Editors RICKLEY DUMM
ROLAND THAI
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Foley Editor PATRICK GIRAUDI
Dialogue Editors SARAH PAYAN
DAVID GRANT
ADR Supervisor PAUL TIMOTHY CARDEN
ADR Mixers ERIC THOMPSON
GREG STEELE
ADR Recordists TRAVIS MACKAY
GREG ZIMMERMAN
ADR Voice Casting GEORGIA SIMON
Foley Mixer DARRIN MANN
Foley Artists CATHERINE HARPER
CHRIS MORIANA
Sound Re-Recording Mixers LESLIE SHATZ
MARSHALL GARLINGTON
FRANK GAETA
Mix Recordist GABRIEL J. SERRANO
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Visual Effects Supervisor RICHARD KIDD
Visual Effects Producers PETRA HOLTORF-STRATTON
STEVE DUBIN
Visual Effects Coordinators HARRISON MARKS
NICHOLAS ELWELL
Assistant Visual Effects Supervisor DERECK SONNENBURG
Additional Visual Effects Supervisor DAVE DRZEWIECKI
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and RAZA AHMAD
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Digital Artists JON ALEXANDER
MICHELLE DEAN
SEBASTIAN FELDMAN
BRYANT GRIFFIN
JIM SOUKUP
JOE STEVENSON
MICHAEL VAN EPS
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PETALING JAYA: Bukan cubaan, bukan omong kosong. Tapi, ini betul-betul! Amukan Drakulat benar berlaku, dan kini terserah kepada Antoo Fighter untuk menyelamatkan dunia.

Antoo Fighter?

November ini segala persoalan akan terjawab. Segala misteri akan terlerai. Semua ketakutan serta kemusnahan yang digambar di depan mata terasa begitu nyata sehingga anda tidak berfikir dua kali untuk meneriak nama – Antoo Fighter!

Lima budak yang macam ‘poyo’ pada zahirnya, di bahu mereka keamanan dunia diharap dapat dikembalikan.

Balik kepada realiti…

Dua tahun dipupuk, cetusan idea bagi melahirkan Antoo Fighter, sebuah filem komedi seram akhirnya disempurnakan oleh Primeworks Studios Sdn Bhd dengan usahasama Imagebox Sdn Bhd.

Bara menantikan kemunculan Antoo Fighter dirasai apabila trailernya mula menguasai YouTube dan menjadi debat di muka pengenalan serta forum penggemar seni layar tempatan.

Antoo Fighter, filem yang dikatakan berinspirasi filem terkenal Hollywood, Ghostbusters tetapi dalam nada “bukan nak cakap besar”, arahan Azizi ‘Chunk’ Adnan ini dikhabarkan menampilkan jalan cerita yang lebih menarik, lebih bercitra Malaysia. Dan, me’Malaysia’kan sebuah filem yang lebih dulu menjadi sajian popular dunia bukan mudah.

Bajet RM2.5 juta termasuk promosi diperuntukkan bagi filem sebegini yang diketahui dibina atas imaginasi tinggi, dengan penerapan teknik CGInya bagi merealisasikan jalan cerita yang berkisar khayalan dunia jembalang menimbulkan persoalan: sejauh mana Antoo Fighter dapat meyakinkan audiensnya?

Jika filem luar menjadi ukuran, menurut Pengurus Besar Filem dan Drama Primeworks Studios, Ahmad Puad Onah, memang mustahil untuk menghasilkan sebuah filem yang hampir 70 peratus memerlukan teknik CGI.
“Idea untuk menghasilkan sebuah filem yang jalan ceritanya bergantu

ng kepada CGI, pada bajet produksi sekitar RM2 juta, memang kedengaran mustahil. Saat industri perfileman dunia menyiapkan bajet beratus juta dolar bagi menghidangkan filem menggunakan CGI sehebat Lord of The Rings atau Harry Potter misalnya, mungkin ada yang memperlekehkan apalah sangat yang b

oleh diberikan Antoo Fighter,” kata Ahmad Puad.

Dalam ucapan di majlis pra-tonton Antoo Fighter: Amukan Drakulat semalam, beliau berkata:
“Begitu pun, pada bajet yang dianggap kecil ini, ia tidak menjadi kekangan bagi anak seni tempatan melahirkan karya yang membanggakan. Penggunaan teknik CGInya bukan saja baik, malah diimbangi jalan cerita menarik yang begitu terasa Malaysianya dan lakonan mantap, gan

dingan muka lama dan baru.

“Dan, anda akan ikut berasa bangga kerana Antoo Fighter dihasilkan sepenuhnya oleh anak muda Malaysia. Antoo Fighter, bagi saya adalah sebuah filem yang menarik dan menghi

burkan, dengan kelainan yang akan menjadikannya salah sebuah filem popular 2008.”

Majlis pra-tonton filem terbitan Primeworks Studio dan Imagebox itu d

ihadiri lebih 400 tetamu, termasuk wakil media massa dan penggiat seni tanahair.

Antoo Fighter berinsipirasikan kecenderungan audiens pada filem berunsur seram dan komedi, lalu berteraskan pada cerita “baik vs jahat” yang digabung dalam sebuah pen

gkisahan penuh imaginasi.

Diolah atas cetusan idea Azizi ‘Chunk’ Adnan sepenuhnya, Antoo Fighter mewujudkan watak gelap seperti “Drakulat Van Listerooy” lakonan Awie, atau yang dekat dengan karektor filem Melayu hitam putih seperti “Hantu Gigi” lakonan Amran Tompel.
Ia mengisahkan bagaimana lima anak muda, diketuai Poh Jee lakonan Radhi, vokalis OAG menjadi manusia terpilih bagi menyelamatkan dunia daripada dikawal kuasa jahat yang cuba dihidupkan Drakulat yang memimpin sekumpulan ‘makhluk dan hantu-hantu.’
Geng lima anak muda yang low profile dan beroperasi secara ‘underground’ ini bertanggungjawab untuk menyekat kemaraan Drakulat yang ingin membebaskan Lord Sharon, iaitu anak syaitan bagi menguasai dunia dan membebaskan kegelapan ke segenap alam maya.
Ahmad Puad berkata, selain penggunaan teknik CGI, rekaan kostum selain solekan khas terutama dalam penampilan watak-watak hantu menjadi kelebihan buat filem ini.

Ia juga menampilkan skor muzik dan latar bunyi yang menarik, selain kemun

culan khas bintang seperti Datuk Jalaludin Hasan,Usop Kopratasa,Harun Salim Bachik, Hamid Gurkha, Ruminah Sidek dan Osman Kering.

Pelbagai promosi, termasuk siri jelajah pelakon akan diadakan selain barangan cederahati.

Sila layari http://www.antoofighter.com/ untuk teaser serta info mengenai Antoo Fighter.
Jadi, cukup beranikah anda untuk ke dunia Antoo Fighter?

Nantikan ‘amukan sakan’ Antoo Fighter di pawagam 27 November ini.

Filem seram Hollywood berkonsepkan B-Grade Horror satu ketika dahulu yang cukup diminati sekitar tahun 1980an diangkat semula sebagai panduan dalam menghasilkan filem “Mainstreams” pertama arahannya yang diterbitkan oleh Tayangan Unggul Sdn Bhd kali ini.

Filem Seram & Ganas Histeria ini telah diadun mengikut acuan dan unsur mistik melayu “Hantu Raya”. Hantu Raya dikatakan sebagai ketua segala hantu dan yang paling menggerunkan.

HISTERIA mengisahkan enam orang pelajar Murni (Liyana Jasmay) Alissa (Scha), Tini (Talya), Marina (Ainul Aishah), Junita (Yuhana) dan Kerek (Norish) ‘The Pink Ladies’ di sebuah sekolah terpencil. Tini berpura-pura disampuk makhluk halus, hingga terpaksa dipanggil bomoh (M. Rajoli) untuk memulihkan mereka namun mendatangkan kemarahan bomoh itu apabila mengetahui ianya sekadar permainan oleh mereka. Tindakan itu menyebabkan mereka di denda tinggal di blok lama sekolah selama seminggu.

Kehadiran Zeta (Reana) untuk memastikan mereka menyelesaikan denda secara tiba-tiba dalam kumpulan tersebut juga menjadi tandatanya.

Pelbagai kejadian misteri dan menakutkan dialami oleh mereka bermula selepas Junita mengambil “sesuatu” yang bukan miliknya yang ditanam oleh tukang kebun (Kazar). Kehilangan Junita menjadi permulaan cerita. Keadaan tambah bercelaru dan mengerikan apabila seorang demi seorang daripada mereka dibunuh secara kejam di kawasan sekolah tersebut.

Murni yang terselamat dari kejadian tersebut dan dituduh oleh pihak polis sebagai

pembunuh menceritakan siapa sebenar yang membunuh kawan-kawannya. Apakah yang sebenarnya berlaku? Siapakah yang membunuh mereka? Nantikan tayangan filem ‘Histeria’ di pawagam berhampiran anda.
Mungkin anda adalah sasaran berikutnya……

‘Histeria’ adalah sebuah kisah seram yang berlaku di salah sebuah sekolah terpencil. Enam orang pelajar nakal iaitu Alissa, Tini, Marina, Murni, Junita dan Kerek yang menamakan kumpulan mereka sebagai ‘The Pink Ladies’, berpura-pura terkena histeria hingga terpaksa dipanggil bomoh untuk memulihkan mereka. Namun tindakan mereka itu mengundang masalah lain, apabila mereka berenam dikenakan denda membersihkan kawasan sekolah selama seminggu ketika cuti semester. Kehadiran Zeta untuk memastikan mereka menyelesaikan denda secara tiba-tiba dalam kumpulan tersebut juga menjadi tandatanya. Kejadian demi kejadian yang misteri dan menakutkan dialami oleh mereka semua. Ianya bermula selepas Junita mengambil “sesuatu” yang bukan miliknya. Keadaan bertambah celaru dan mengerikan apabila seorang demi seorang dibunuh secara kejam.Apakah yang sebenarnya berlaku? Apakah si tukang kebun juga terbabit? Jangan lupa temu janji anda dilayar perak filem ‘Histeria’ pada 18 Disember 2008 .….

Oleh: Nai Boon Mee Sararaks / S.Tuahada.

Persatuan Chopin Malaysia menganjurkan satu Pertandingan Chopin Piano Kebangsaan selama seminggu bermula pada 17 November 2008n hingga 22 November 2008 bertempat di Panggung Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur. Pertandingan ini akan diakhiri dengan satu malam konsert gala yang akan bertempat di Best Western Premiern Seri Pacific hotel Kuala Lumpur pada malam sabtu 22 November 2008.

Dalam pertandingan ini, seramai 7 penilai piano profesional dari Malaysia, poland, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Thailand dan Vietnam akan menilai pemain-pemain dalam pertandingan.

Pertandingan ini diadakan dua tahun sekali di mana pada tahun 2006, Kelly Chung dari Malaysia menjuarai pingat emas dan anugerah perak dalam dua kategori yang berbeza.

Pada tahun ini, pemain finalist yang menjuarai pertandingan akan mengadakan persembahan besar di malam konsert gala. Kepada peminat muzik di luar sana, anda boleh meluangkan amsa anda dengan menyaksikan pertandingan ini di Panggung Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur. Kemasukan adalah PERCUMA. Sebarang pertanyaan mengenai pertandingan ini, bolehlah menghubungi Ms. Felicia Chen di talian 012-665 7863 atupun emel kepada chopinmalaysia@yahoo.com

Manakala kehadiran dan kemasukan pada malam konsert gala adalah khas untuk tetamu jemputan sahaja.

Sebarang maklumat tentang sejarah Persatuan Chopin Malaysia, layari laman

Friday October 17, 2008

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PUTRAJAYA: Eighteen types of biscuits bearing the Khong Guan and Khian Guan brands have been found to contain excessive levels of melamine.

Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai said the contamination is from the raising agent ammonium bicarbonate from China which was used to produce the biscuits.

Quick action: Sundry shopowner, Tan, said she would remove the biscuits from her shelves eventhough she has yet to hear from them.

As a result, Liow said, ammonium bicarbonate from China was now banned. Ammonium bicarbonate from other countries would be taken for tests.

“Results from our tests found that the melamine level in the ammonium carbonate used

for Khong Guan and Khian Guan biscuits is 33.4ppm and 508ppm respectively,” he told a press conference on Thursday.

The permissible level of melamine is 2.5 parts per million (ppm).

He said 18 out of 47 products had been found with excessive levels of melamine and the manufacturer has been instructed to recall them.

“We have also requested that they voluntarily recall the rest of their products,” he said.

“All factories that use ammonium bicarbonate from China will have their products tested. We will test all biscuits in the country,” he said.

Earlier, the ministry had found Ego White Rabbit Creamy Candy and Taro brand biscuit by Bairong to contain excessive levels of melamine and ordered that the products be withdrawn.

He said the ministry was checking Julie’s Crackers and Mali unsweetened condensed milk which was reported in the media to contain excessive levels of melamine.

Liow said consumers could contact the Food Services and Quality division at 03-8883 3655/3503/3652/3500 for information.

Khong Guan Sdn Bhd and Khian Guan Biscuit Manufacturing Company Sdn Bhd, in a joint statement, said they would fully cooperate with the ministry and would ensure that the products were recalled quickly.

The two companies said they have ceased using ammonium bicarbonate from China and had switched to those sourced from other countries.

“Khian Guan and Khong Guan have never used any dairy ingredients of Chinese origin in our products. All our dairy ingredients are sourced from either Australia or New Zealand,” they added.

In addition to the 1,368 prizes of RM100.00 in cash to be given away every single hour, winners can also redeem McDonald’s sundaes until the end of October. While the promotion initially offered petrol vouchers, the prize was changed to cash vouchers as it is more relevant during the festive season, said Lin Jo-Yi, Brand Manager, Coca-Cola Trademark.

To get a Raya treat from Coke, just get a specially marked festive 500ml, and 1.5 litre bottle of Coca-Cola, Vanilla Coke or Sprite then SMS the code under the cap to 33011 and if you have a winning code, just answer the simple question that follows.

To redeem a McDonald’s Sundae, just present a tab from the specially marked Coca-Cola, Vanilla Coke or Sprite 325ml cans which have McD printed under it when purchasing a Big McValue Meal during the promotion period. The McDonald’s promotion will be until the 31st October 2008.

For additional details; please visit: www.coke.com.my

Melamine formula structure

HONG KONG—Melamine, a chemical that has tainted milk formula and made thousands of Chinese children ill, is used as an agricultural pesticide in China and may have been part of our food chain for a long time, according to experts.

Chan King-ming, associate professor of biochemistry at the Chinese University, said cyromazine, a derivative of melamine, was commonly used in China as a pesticide.

“It is absorbed into plants as melamine … of course it is already in our food chain and animal feed,” Chan said in an interview on Tuesday.

“So, it is not just in milk products, but also in farm products and animal feed, fish diet,” he said.

An Internet search for Chinese suppliers of cyromazine pesticides yielded many entries.

Harm to humans

But experts were uncertain as to what this means for human health, or for people who may have been exposed to the chemical over the long term, albeit in very small amounts each time.

Of the thousands of Chinese children who have fallen ill with kidney stones, 80 percent are 2 years old, and they would have relied almost entirely on the tainted formula milk for food.

No studies have so far been done on the harm melamine can cause human subjects.

“What we know is that melamine gives kidney stones and problems in the kidney,” said Peter Yu, associate professor in applied biology and chemical technology at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

“But we don’t know if there are other ill effects in the long term. These are ingredients that shouldn’t be in food,” he said.

Other experts have said that, while kidney stones can be removed easily, it is far more worrying that kidney damage and even failure can result when melamine starts crystallizing in and blocking small kidney tubes that filter blood.

‘Unlikely to pose risk’

Melamine first turned up last year in Chinese pet food exported to the United States, where many cats and dogs developed acute kidney failure and died.

But in a report released in May 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration said its investigations found that consuming “pork, chicken, fish and eggs from animals that had inadvertently been fed animal feed contaminated with melamine … was very unlikely to pose a human health risk.”

Citing other studies, Daniel Chan, nephrology professor at the University of Hong Kong, said: “Results from the investigations that followed the pet food incident in 2007 suggested the level of contamination in our food chain was low and thus unlikely to cause significant adverse effect in humans.”

Cap on melamine

Hong Kong placed a cap on melamine in food on Tuesday, restricting it to no more than 2.5 milligrams per kilogram. Melamine found in food for children under 3 and pregnant and lactating mothers should be no higher than 1 mg per kg.
Offenders could be jailed for up to six months and fined up to HK$50,000 (US$6,410).

But experts criticized the limits. “That 1 mg limit is arbitrary. Like a lot of carcinogens, the limits are constantly being brought lower. 1 mg may be harmless, but over the long term, it is not good. Ideally, it should be banned, it shouldn’t be allowed,” Yu said.

Reuters

Scare on toxic milk from China spreads Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 04:10:00 09/24/2008

BEIJING—China Tuesday vowed to prevent toxic milk from reaching processors and export markets after an infant powder scandal that has made more than 54,000 children sick and mired the nation’s trade reputation in a fresh crisis.

Countries from Indonesia to Japan have announced strict checks and banned sales of Chinese dairy products.

Other countries have announced recalls of a variety of goods suspected of being laced with tainted milk from China.

Milk powder laced with the industrial chemical melamine has led to nearly 13,000 Chinese infants being admitted to hospital, 104 in a serious condition with kidney stones and agonizing complications. Four have died in past months.

Melamine, which can be used to cheat quality checks, has also been found in candy, buns and carton milk sold to other countries and regions, unleashing fear in markets already shaken by a string of “made-in-China” scandals last year.

Outside the mainland, only two children in Hong Kong have so far been stricken by illness blamed on the toxic Chinese milk powder.War on milk merchants

But with the scenes of sick infants and details of a local government cover-up alarming Chinese citizens and foreign consumers, officials vowed a shake-up. China will have to speed up the passage of a food safety law, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) representative.

Agriculture Minister Sun Zhengcai said he would “battle” merchants who had been blamed for selling adulterated milk to dairy companies.

“There can be no compromise in fulfilling every task of the clean-up,” Sun said.

China has said it found melamine in nearly 10 percent of milk and drinking yoghurt samples from three major dairy companies—Mengniu Dairy Co., the Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group and the Bright Dairy group.

Sun singled out local “milk stations,” which collect fresh milk from farmers and sell it on. Their operators have been blamed for adding nitrogen-rich melamine to substandard or watered-down milk, fooling quality checks measuring protein. Many operators are unregistered and unregulated.

“The intermediate link in purchasing raw milk is basically out of control,” he said. “These grave problems and this state of disorder have reached the stage where a clean-up is unavoidable.”

Strict inspectionsThe milk scare has had an “adverse effect on the reputation of our products,” the Ministry of Commerce said in a directive.

“There will be strict inspections of businesses producing and exporting dairy products, food, pharmaceuticals, toys, furniture and other things concerning physical safety.”

US coffee giant Starbucks has stopped serving drinks with milk in many Chinese outlets.

Markets that have banned or recalled Chinese milk products include Japan, Brunei, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Cambodia and Indonesia.

Leading Japanese manufacturer Marudai Food Co. is recalling thousands of products, while authorities have ordered importers and quarantine stations to scrutinize Chinese dairy products.

Canada has expanded checks for possibly tainted Chinese dairy products. The European Union is expected to issue this week an expert opinion on whether processed goods with Chinese milk ingredients pose a health threat.

Taiwan plans to send experts to China to examine the milk powder contamination after the self-governed island banned all mainland dairy products. Malaysia extended its ban on Chinese dairy products to chocolates, sweets and other foods containing milk.Vietnam directive

Vietnam ordered its market and health inspectors nationwide to step up tests on milk after preliminary tests found in imported dairy products.

Vietnam, a southern neighbor of China with 86.5 million people, has not found any child made ill by Chinese milk products, but health officials warned such products may have been sold in remote areas in the impoverished central region.

The health ministry sent an urgent notice to provincial health authorities, urging them to withdraw milk without proper labeling or of unclear origin and to take samples for melamine testing.

The alert was issued after inspectors in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s largest city, seized more than 16,700 liters of milk produced by the Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group.

Late reportingA senior health official in Burma (Myanmar) said plans were afoot to seize and destroy all imported Chinese baby formula as a precaution. Chinese products are widely used in military-ruled Burma, which is under trade embargoes from numerous Western countries demanding democratic reform.

China’s quality chief, Li Changjiang, resigned on Monday, joining a growing line of executives and officials accused of hiding the milk poisonings or not doing enough.

The official Xinhua news agency reported that the Sanlu Group, the dairy firm at the heart of the scandal, knew as early as June that its infant milk powder had problems.

But Sanlu officially reported the melamine poisonings to Shijiazhuang, the north Chinese city where it is based, only on Aug. 2. Shijiazhuang reported the poisoning only in Sept. 8, after the Beijing Olympics Games.Deeper reforms

The WHO representative in Beijing, Hans Troedsson, said China needed deeper reforms to ensure safety controls were enforced, not just announced.

The country is likely to speed up the approval of a food safety law, possibly by early next year, Troedsson added.

“What is really needed if they have a good food safety law is that it really needs to be enforced,” he said. “What needs to be stepped up is supervision, inspection and regulation at the local level.”Shares plunge

Shares in Mengniu Dairy plunged nearly two-thirds to a 33-month low on Tuesday after brokers downgraded the stock on concerns the scandal will dent industry growth.

Shares in Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group were down 10 percent at lunch break in Shanghai and Bright Dairy group was down 7.8 percent.

Reports from Reuters and AFP

This article is from The Star Online (http://thestar.com.my) URL: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/24/nation/20080924183015&sec=nation

“Kita tidak boleh menumpukan pada pasaran domestik sahaja kerana ia semakin kecil dan mengecil. Itu sebab mengapa kita mengambil pendekatan untuk mengeksport,” kata pengarah urusannya Datuk Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir.

“Hari ini, Proton tidak menikmati ekonomi mengikut bidangan,” katanya dan menambah, syarikat itu mahu mengeksport bagi mendapatkan kos pengeluaran yang lebih rendah serta margin yang lebih baik.

“Kami masih boleh bekerja bersendirian dan mendapat untung, namun kami mahu membesar dengan cara yang lebih pesat,” katanya kepada pemberita baru-baru ini selepas uji pandu Pesona baru.

Ditanya mengenai jangkaan terhadap eksport, Syed Zainal berkata walaupun ia masih terlalu awal, beliau menjangkakan permintaan adalah baik.”Persona” bermaksud “wawasan untuk kecantikan”, dan model baru ini direka bentuk untuk menggantikan Proton Wira yang sudah berusia 14 tahun. Ia dijangka meningkatkan jualan Proton, meletakkan syarikat itu dalam persaingan dengan model-model dalam kategori segmen sub-B dan B.

“Kami yakin menjual lebih daripada 4,000 unit sebulan memandangkan keseluruhan pakej kereta itu sangat menarik,” kata Syed Zainal.Strategi harga yang menarik dan pengeluaran pada masa yang tepat, dapat membantu Proton memenuhi sasaran jualan bulanannya, katanya.

Tersedia dalam versi manual dan automotik, Persona dianggap kereta paling kompetitif bagi kereta 1,600cc memandangkan harganya dari RM44,999 hingga RM55,000. Kereta itu direka bentuk untuk memenuhi kriteria seperti gaya, keselamatan, ruang yang luas, praktikal, berkualiti, selesa dan berprestasi.Ia didatangkan dalam warna putih, kelabu, hitam, putih, merah, emas serta “blueberry tea”.Pesona yang menjadi kebangaan dan kegembiraan Proton, dilancarkan oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin hari ini.Syed Zainal berkata sedan baru itu sudah mendapat tempahan 2,000 unit dan 350 kereta akan diserahkan kepada pelanggan selepas pelancaran itu.Mengenai kilang Proton di Tanjung Malim, Perak, beliau berkata syarikat itu sedang menjalankan banyak latihan, melatih semula kakitangan serta menyemak semula proses pembuatan dan aktiviti lain.”Kesemuanya diasaskan berdasarkan pengajaran lepas dan cara meningkatkannya dan kami mahu mengoptimumkan pelaburan kami,” katanya.

Ditanya sama ada Persona baru akan menjejaskan jualan Proton Waja, Syed Zainal berkata Waja sudah berusia tujuh hingga lapan tahun dan sudah sampai masanya ditukar.” Peminat kereta baru, bolehlah kunjungi ejen-ejen berdekatan dengan kawasan anda untuk mendapatkan maklumat terperinci.