The Purge (2013)

• IMDb page: The Purge (2013)
• Genre: Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
• Release Date: 31 May 2013 (USA)
• Filming Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
• Director: James DeMonaco
• Stars: Lena Headey, Ethan Hawke, Tony Oller | See full cast and crew
• Original Music By: Nathan Whitehead   
• Plot Keyword: Home Invasion | Written By Director | Masked Man | Murder | Dystopia

Writing Credits By:

(in alphabetical order)

James DeMonaco  screenplay

Known Trivia

Plot: If on one night every year, you could commit any crime without facing consequences, what would you do? Over the course of a single night, a family will be tested to see how far they will go to protect themselves when the vicious outside world breaks into their home. Full summary »  »

Story: In an America wracked by crime and overcrowded prisons, the government has sanctioned an annual 12-hour period in which any and all criminal activity-including murder-becomes legal. The police can't be called. Hospitals suspend help. It's one night when the citizenry regulates itself without thought of punishment. On this night plagued by violence and an epidemic of crime, one family wrestles with the decision of who they will become when a stranger comes knocking. When an intruder breaks into James Sandin's (Ethan Hawke) gated community during the yearly lockdown, he begins a sequence of events that threatens to tear a family apart. Now, it is up to James, his wife, Mary (Lena Headey), and their kids to make it through the night without turning into the monsters from whom they hide. Written byUniversal Pictures

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Synopsis: In the not-too-distant future, a new political regime, called the New Founding Fathers of America, attempts to control an epidemic of violence and crime by imposing strict martial law, and by trying out a new experiment called The Purge, where three times a year, for 12 hours, murder is completely legal.

Produced By:

Michael Bay known as producer

Jason Blum known as producer

Jeanette Brill known as co-producer

Gerard DiNardi known as line producer

Andrew Form known as producer

Bradley Fuller known as producer

Sebastien Lemercier known as producer

FullCast & Crew:

• Lena Headey known as Mary
• Ethan Hawke known as James Sandin
• Tony Oller known as Henry
• Max Burkholder
• Adelaide Kane known as Zoey
• Edwin Hodge
• Rhys Wakefield
• Alicia Vela-Bailey known as Female Freak
• Tyler Jaye known as Freak
• Tom Yi known as Mr. Cali
• Nathan Clarkson known as Freak
• John Weselcouch known as Freak Interrupting
• Dana Bunch known as Ferrin
• Tisha French known as Mrs. Halverson
• Peter Gvozdas known as Dr. Peter Buynak
• Chester Lockhart known as Freak
• David Basila known as George
• Boima Blake known as Freak #1

Makeup Department:

Steve Costanza known as makeup department head

Jennifer Gerber known as additional makeup artist

David Larson known as department head hair

Nacoma Whobrey known as key makeup artist

Art Department:

Hunter Brown known as leadman: reshoots

Catherine Devaney known as art consultant

Tim Dodge known as set dresser

Anthony B. Egan known as lead painter

Zak Faust known as art department coordinator

Gary Jones known as construction foreman

David Lordan known as art p.a.

Scott MacDonald known as leadman

Robert 'Cass' McEntee known as construction coordinator (re-shoot)

Augy Plotquin known as construction coordinator

Mark Rielly known as prop maker

John Sadler known as property master: reshoots

Hillel Chaim Smith known as property master

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Production Companies:

• Blumhouse Productions
• Platinum Dunes
• Universal International Pictures (UI)
• Universal Pictures
• Why Not Productions

Other Companies:

• 424 Post  special thanks
• De Lane Lea  ADR recording
• G. Creative Inc.  sound editorial service
• Pivotal Post  Avid HD Editing Equipment Provided By
• Post Haste Sound  post-production sound services

Distributors:

• Universal Pictures (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
• Universal Pictures (2013) (USA) (all media)

Visual Effects by:

Chad E. Collier known as data technician: Method Studios

Janice Barlow Collier known as technical administrator: Method Studios

Greg Emerson known as digital effects artist

Sean Andrew Faden known as visual effects supervisor

Mathias Frodin known as digital compositor

Eva Snyder known as digital compositor: Method Studios

Release Date:

USA 2 May 2013 (Stanley Film Festival)

USA 31 May 2013

Italy 1 August 2013

MPAA: Rated R for strong disturbing violence and some language

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