"Iron Road" (2008)TV mini-series

Director:

David Wu

Writers:

Barry Pearson (writer)
Raymond Storey (writer)

Release Date:

2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A poor but feisty Chinese woman, disguised as a boy, joins the railroad crew in the Rocky Mountains to search for her long-lost father, and falls in love with the son of the railroad tycoon.

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series

Cast

Peter O'Toole	...	Relic
Sam Neill	...	Alfred Nichol
Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Book Man
Luke Macfarlane	...	James Nichol
Kenneth Mitchell	...	Edgar
Ian Tracey
Serge Houde	...	George Grant
Charlotte Sullivan	...	Melanie Grant
Rob Hayter	...	Fighting Irish #1
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Karl Dominik	...	Sailor
Justin Sain	...	Fighting irish #2
Betty Sun	...	Little Tiger

Directed by
David Wu

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Barry Pearson		writer
Raymond Storey		writer

Produced by
Peter Bien	....	co-producer
Christopher Chen	....	co-producer
Sanping Han	....	executive producer
Tiger Hu	....	executive producer
Junfang Lee	....	line producer: China
Raymond Massey	....	executive producer
Raymond Massey	....	producer
Binky Mendez	....	associate producer
Barry Pearson	....	producer
Barbara Ann Schoemaker	....	line producer
Anne Tait	....	producer
Hai Cheng Zhao	....	producer
Arnie Zipursky	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Lawrence Shragge

Cinematography by
Attila Szalay

Film Editing by
David Wu

Casting by
Susan Taylor Brouse
Lynne Carrow

Production Design by
Linda Del Rosario

Costume Design by
Maya Mani

Makeup Department
Ceilidh Dunn	....	assistant makeup artist
Joanne Kinchella	....	makeup department head

Production Management
He Dagang	....	unit production manager: China
Zhang Dong	....	unit production manager: China
Rongguo Fang	....	post-production manager
Junfang Lee	....	unit production manager: China
Ada Shen	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Dashkewytch	....	co-first assistant director
Lemon Liu	....	second assistant director
Sylvia Liu	....	first assistant director
Gordon Piper	....	on-set third assistant director

Art Department
Peter Bien	....	art department coordinator
Kevin Brown	....	property buyer
John Chaschowy	....	on-set greensman
Martina Javorova	....	art director: Canada
Margo Kaczynska McKenzie	....	key scenic artist
Vicky Peters	....	set designer: Canada
Christopher Rodgers	....	lead constructor
Xian Ruinqing	....	art director: China
Elizabeth Shelton	....	assistant art director: Canada
Kevin Tomecek	....	construction foreman: Canada

Sound Department
Steve Baine	....	foley artist
Todd Beckett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tom Bjelic	....	sound editor
Mark Gingras	....	sound effects editor
Jason Perreira	....	re-recording assistant
Sebastian Salm	....	sound mixer
Paul A. Sharpe	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dale Sheldrake	....	dialogue editor (2008)
John Douglas Smith	....	supervising sound editor
Brad Thornton	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Jak Osmond	....	special effects coordinator
Dale Shippam	....	special effects assistant
Adrian Stansfield	....	miniature effects supervisor
Attila Vaski	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
Elaine Fung	....	visual effects
Sean Gilhooly	....	visual effects coordinator
Jianquan Guo	....	visual effects supervisor
Jeremy Hampton	....	effects artist
Milton Muller	....	digital compositor
Vasho Pekar	....	digital compositor
Kenton Rannie	....	digital compositor
Adam Stern	....	visual effects supervisor: Artifex Studios
Kevin Struckman	....	CG supervisor

Stunts
Raymond Chan	....	stunt double
Rob Hayter	....	stunt double: Luke MacFarlane
Paul Rapovski	....	stunt coordinator
Justin Sain	....	stunt performer
Rorelee Tio	....	stunt double: Sun Li
Jacky Yeung	....	action coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Mark Berlet	....	gaffer
Jeff Cassidy	....	second assistant camera
Shem Ellis	....	best boy electric
Lane Koch	....	first assistant camera
Steve Sherlock	....	key grip
Jason Sullivan	....	dolly grip
Rick Tullis	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Matthew Wakai	....	second assistant camera
Richard Wilson	....	camera operator

Casting Department
Graham Wickstrom	....	casting assistant
Yanjia Zhang	....	casting: China

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lise Hache	....	costume assistant
Jana MacDonald	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Michael G. England	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Richard Bronskill	....	orchestrator
Michael J. Fraumeni	....	music assistant
Sonia Wisgo	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Mike Arnason	....	driver: cast
James Stewart	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Alison Low	....	assistant accountant
Gina Marks	....	assistant location manager
Deng Meng	....	administrative manager
Janet D. Munro	....	script supervisor
Melissa Ruffle	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (in association with)
• Iron Road Productions
• Mainland Productions
• Shaw Rocket Fund (funding)
• Telefilm Canada COGECO Program Development Fund (funding)

Distributors

• Alchemy Television (2008) (UK) (TV)
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) (2008) (Canada) (TV)
• Equinoxe Films (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Warner China Film HG Corporation (2008) (China) (all media)

Other Companies

• Hualong Digital Film Production Company  post-production facilities
• Thompson-Nicola Film Commission  production services

Country:

Canada | China

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)