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Cast
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Björk | As: Self |
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Lydia Koniordou | As: Self |
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Jacques Rogge | As: Self - IOC President |
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Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki | As: Self - ATHOC President |
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Costas Karamanlis | As: Self - Prime Minister of Greece |
Storyline
With the Olympics returning to Greece, the opening ceremony of Athens 2004 sought to show the entire development of the Olympics over the centuries, until arriving at the modern Olympics.
| Tagline: | Welcome Home |
| Certification: | PG |
Cast
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Björk |
Self |
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Lydia Koniordou |
Self |
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Jacques Rogge |
Self - IOC President |
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Gianna Angelopoulos-Daskalaki |
Self - ATHOC President |
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Costas Karamanlis |
Self - Prime Minister of Greece |
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Maria Callas |
Self (archive footage) |
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Constantinos Stephanopoulos |
Self - President of the Hellenic Republic |
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Georgios Dritsakos |
Self - Adjutant to HE the President of the Hellenic Republic |
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Thomas Bach |
Self - IOC Vice President |
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Tony Blair |
Self - British Prime Minister |
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Anne, Princess Royal |
Self - IOC Member (Great Britain) |
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George H. W. Bush |
Self - Former U.S. President |
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Juan Antonio Samaranch |
Self - IOC Honorary President for Life |
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Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
Self - Italian President |
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Barbara Bush |
Self - Former U.S. First Lady |
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Claudia Bach |
Self - Wife of IOC Vice President Thomas Bach |
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Natasa Pazaiti |
Self - Wife of Greek Prime Minister |
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James L. Easton |
Self - IOC Vice President |
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Eleni Tsaligopoulou |
(voice) |
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Ion Iliescu |
Self - President of Romania |
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Lambis Nikolaou |
Self - ATHOC Vice President |
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Jan Peter Balkenende |
Self - Prime Minister of the Netherlands |
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King Frederik X of Denmark |
Self - Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark |
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Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark |
Self |
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Jacques Chirac |
Self - President of the French Republic |
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João Havelange |
Self - Honorary FIFA President |
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |
Self - President of Brazil |
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Horst Köhler |
Self - President of Germany |
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Eva Luise Köhler |
Self - First Lady of Germany |
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Ilham Aliyev |
Self - President of Alzerbaijan |
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Mehriban Aliyeva |
Self - First Lady of Alzerbaijan |
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Sofía of Spain |
Self - Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain |
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Jenna Bush Hager |
Self |
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Cherie Blair |
Wife |
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Vitaly Smirnov |
Self - IOC Vice President |
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Costas Simitis |
Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Greece |
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Konstantinos Mitsotakis |
Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Greece |
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George Papandreou |
Self - President of the Hellenic Socialist Movement |
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Jean-Claude Killy |
Self - IOC Member (France) |
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Anna Benaki-Psarouda |
Self - Speaker of Hellenic Parliament |
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Julian Hunte |
Self - President of the United Nations General Assembly |
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Romano Prodi |
Self - President of the European Commission |
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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer |
Self - Secretary General of NATO |
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Dora Bakoyannis |
Self - Mayor of Athens |
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Georgios Voulgarakis |
Self - Minister of Public Order and Citizen Protection of Greece |
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Christodoulos of Athens |
Self - Archbishop of Athens |
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John Howard |
Self - Prime Minister of Australia |
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King Albert II of Belgium |
Self |
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Barbara Pierce Bush |
Self |
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Chris Evert |
Self - Former U.S. Tennis Champion |
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Demetrios of America |
Self - Archbishop of America |
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Sofía of Spain |
Self - Queen of Spain |
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Shimon Peres |
Self - Ex-Prime Minister of Israel |
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He Zhenliang |
Self - IOC Member (China) |
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Anders Fogh Rasmussen |
Self - Prime Minister of Denmark |
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Wolfgang Schüssel |
Self - Chancellor of Austria |
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Patrice Leclerc |
Self - French Ambassador to Greece |
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King Haakon VIII of Norway |
Self - Crown Prince of Norway |
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Kjell Magne Bondevik |
Self - Prime Minister of Norway |
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King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands |
Self - Crown Prince and IOC Member (Netherlands) |
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Aleksander Kwaśniewski |
Self - President of the Republic of Poland |
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Jolanta Kwaśniewska |
Self - First Lady of Poland |
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Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos |
Self - Prime Minister of Angola |
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Queen Paola of Belgium |
Self |
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Prince Hitatchi |
Self |
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Yasuo Fukuda |
Self - Deputy Prime Minister of Japan |
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Mikhail Saakashvili |
Self - President of Georgia |
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Abdullah II of Jordan |
Self - King of Jordan |
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Rania Al Abdullah |
Self - Queen Consort of Jordan |
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Li Zhaoxing |
Self - Foreign Minister of China |
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Roh Moo-hyun |
Self - President of the Republic of Korea |
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Tassos Papadopoulos |
Self - President of the Republic of Cyprus |
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Otmar Hasler |
Self - Prime Minister of Liechtenstein |
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Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg |
Self |
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Eddie Fenech Adami |
Self - President of Malta |
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Lloyd Axworthy |
Self - Foreign Minister of Canada |
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Saad Hariri |
Self - Deputy Prime Minister of Lebanon |
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Prince Albert II of Monaco |
Self |
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Victor Yanukovich |
Self - Prime Minister of Ukraine |
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Megawati Sukarnoputri |
Self - President of the Republic of Indonesia |
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Vladimir Putin |
Self - President of the Russian Federation |
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Viacheslav Fetisov |
Self - Head of Federal Sport Agency |
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Leonid Tyagachyov |
Self - President of the Russian Olympic Committee |
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King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden |
Self |
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Queen Silvia of Sweden |
Self |
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Recep Tayyip Erdoğan |
Self - Prime Minister of Turkey |
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Algirdas Brazauskas |
Self - Prime Minister of Lithuania |
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Alex G. Spanos |
Self - Owner ans Chairman of A.G. Spanos Companies |
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Brent Scowcroft |
Self - Chair of the President's Intelligence Advisory Board |
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Václav Klaus |
Self - President of the Czech Republic |
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Tarja Halonen |
Self - President of the Republic of Finland |
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Paul Kagame |
Self - President of the Republic of Rwanda |
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Gloria Macapagal Arroyo |
Self - President of the Philippines |
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Vladimir Rushailo |
Self - CIS General Secretary |
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Adnan Terzić |
Self - Chairman of the Council of the Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Omar Bongo |
Self - President of the Gabonese Republic |
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Phyllis Easton |
Self - Wife of the IOC Vice President James Easton |
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Marc Forné Molné |
Self - Prime Minister of Andorra |
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Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson |
Self - President of Iceland |
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Stipe Mesić |
Self - President of the Republic of Croatia |
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Hosni Mubarak |
Self - President of the Arab Republic of Egypt |
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Theodore Angelopoulos |
Self - Husband of ATHOC President |
Directed By
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Dimitris Papaioannou |
Director |
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Lynne Parker |
Director |
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Bucky Gunts |
Director |
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Dimitris Birbilis |
First Assistant Director |
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Manos Gasteratos |
Second Assistant Director |
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Yannis Zafeiriou |
Third Assistant Director |
Writing Credits
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Dimitris Papaioannou |
Writer |
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Greg Jennings |
Writer |
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Brian T. Brown |
Head of Story |
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Brian T. Brown |
Writer |
Production Crew
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Yiannis Iakovidis |
Production Manager |
Edited By
Costume and Makeup
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Rhonda Barrymore |
Makeup & Hair |
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Kris Evans |
Makeup & Hair |
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Stella Karapouliou |
Makeup & Hair |
Sound
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Konstantinos Vita |
Music |
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Tiësto |
Music |
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Jason Atwell |
Sound |
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Marcus Dillistone |
Music |
Visual Effects
Camera
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Dave Adkins |
Camera Operator |
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Cody Alexander |
Camera Operator |
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Andy Allman |
Camera Operator |
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Dean Andersen |
Camera Operator |
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Bob Basile |
Camera Operator |
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Joe Carzoli |
Camera Operator |
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Steve Cozokas |
Camera Operator |
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Graeme Daisley |
Camera Operator |
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Joe De Bonis |
Camera Operator |
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Richard B. Fox |
Camera Operator |
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Mike Harvath |
Camera Operator |
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Terry Hester |
Camera Operator |
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Andy Italiano |
Camera Operator |
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Robert Jaeger |
Camera Operator |
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Richie Leible Jr. |
Camera Operator |
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James Mansfield |
Camera Operator |
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David Manton |
Camera Operator |
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Brian Phraner |
Camera Operator |
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John Pinto |
Camera Operator |
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Ricky Rice |
Camera Operator |
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Pat Rondou |
Camera Operator |
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David Taylor |
Camera Operator |
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Marc Tippy |
Camera Operator |
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Michael Tsimperopoulos |
Steadicam Operator |
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Michael Tsimperopoulos |
Camera Operator |
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Nick Utley |
Camera Operator |
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James Wachter |
Camera Operator |
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Harry Weisman |
Camera Operator |
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David Whitlock |
Camera Operator |
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Mike Wimberly |
Camera Operator |
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Ken Woo |
Camera Operator |
Lighting
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Eleftheria Deko |
Lighting Artist |
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Robert A. Dickinson |
Lighting Artist |
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Andi O'Reilly |
Lighting Artist |
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Theodore Tsevas |
Lighting Artist |
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Ted Wells |
Lighting Artist |
Art Department
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Jeremy Conway |
Production Design |
Other Crew
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Matthew Johnson |
Digital Effects Producer |
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