Urban Legends: Final Cut (2000)

September 22, 2000 (US) • Horror, Mystery • 98m

Overview

The making of a horror movie takes on a terrifying reality for students at the most prestigious film school in the country. At Alpine University, someone is determined to win the best film award at any cost - even if it means eliminating the competition. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect.

Director

John Ottman

Writers

Paul Harris Boardman, Scott Derrickson

Top Billed

Jennifer Morrison

Keywords

movie business college snuff sequel murder urban legend serial killer slasher killer aftercreditsstinger film school

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Top Billed Cast

Jennifer Morrison

Amy Mayfield

Matthew Davis

Travis / Trevor

Hart Bochner

Professor Solomon

Joey Lawrence

Graham

Anson Mount

Toby

Anthony Anderson

Stan

Eva Mendes

Vanessa

Michael Bacall

Dirk

Jessica Cauffiel

Sandra

Marco Hofschneider

Simon

Loretta Devine

Reese

Derek Aasland

P.A. Kevin

Jacinda Barrett

Lisa

Peter Millard

Dr. Fain

Chas Lawther

Dean Patterson

Chuck Campbell

Geek in Plane

Yani Gellman

Rob

Jeannette Sousa

Libby

Rory Feore

Killer Flight Attendant

Shauna Black

Blonde Girlfriend

Leland Tilden

Jock on Plane

Joel Gordon

Jock on Plane

David Cook

Student Screamer

Bianca Muller

Student Screamer

Jenny Kim

Student Screamer

Nicole Crozier

Student Screamer

Pat Kelly

Crony in Screening Room

Stephanie Moore

Girl in 16mm Film

Kevin Hare

Police Officer

David Sparrow

Police Officer

Clare Preuss

Clapper Girl

Rebecca Gayheart

Brenda Bates (uncredited)

John Ottman

Mental Patient (uncredited)

Crew

Neal H. Moritz

Producer

Damon Intrabartolo

Original Music Composer

Brian Pearson

Director of Photography

François Dagenais

Prosthetic Designer

John Ottman

Director

Mickey Giacomazzi

Stunts

Silvio Horta

Characters

Alison Reid

Stunts

Amanda Goodpaster

Associate Producer

Michael McDonnell

Co-Producer

Brad Luff

Executive Producer

Nick Osborne

Executive Producer

Richard Luke Rothschild

Producer

Gina Matthews

Producer

John Ottman

Original Music Composer

Rob Kobrin

Editor

John Ottman

Editor

Randi Hiller

Casting

Mark Zuelzke

Production Design

Nancey Pankiw

Art Direction

Carol Lavoie

Set Decoration

Trysha Bakker

Costume Design

Marie-Sylvie Deveau

Costume Design

Karola Dirnberger

Key Hair Stylist

Irene Kent

Key Makeup Artist

Christopher J. Danton

Production Manager

Richard Luke Rothschild

Unit Production Manager

Michael Zenon

First Assistant Director

Patricia Joyes

Script Supervisor

Harry Kassardjian

Carpenter

Henry Ilola

Construction Coordinator

Hans-Heinrich Piersig

Leadman

Ane Christensen

Property Master

Chris Fix

Propmaker

Brian Wade

Props

Charles L. Dunlop

Set Designer

Ralph Stuart

Assistant Sound Editor

Colin Jones

Boom Operator

Rick Mitchell

Foley Editor

James Christopher

Sound Effects Editor

David E. Fluhr

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Andrea Lakin

Sound Recordist

Richard L. Anderson

Supervising Sound Editor

Larz Anderson

Special Effects

Sarah Norton

Compositor

Tavia Charlton

Visual Effects Coordinator

Mark Savela

Visual Effects Supervisor

Pat Banta

Stunt Coordinator

Leigh Bianco

Stunts

Susan A. Cabral

Additional Photography

Roddy Kosub

Best Boy Electric

Tony Guerin

Camera Operator

Kirk Chiswell

First Assistant Camera

John 'Fest' Sandau

Gaffer

Jim Holmes

Grip

Robert DaPrato

Key Grip

Lux

Lighting Technician

Brad Hruboska

Steadicam Operator

Michael Gibson

Still Photographer

Courtney Gross

Casting Associate

Gillian Steinhardt

Assistant Costume Designer

Donna Butt

Set Costumer

Mike Milliken

Color Timer

Anne Richardson

Location Manager

Amanda Goodpaster

Music Editor

John Ottman

Orchestrator

Jeff Bell

Transportation Captain

Jason Leeking

Transportation Co-Captain

Wilfred Bell

Transportation Coordinator

Missy Eustermann

Post Production Accountant

Michael Goosen

Production Accountant

Kristine M. Gilbert

Production Coordinator

Stephanie Keating

Unit Publicist

Tim Singh

Second Assistant Director

Tyler Delben

Third Assistant Director

Elizabeth Kenton

ADR Editor

Greg Steele

ADR Mixer

Dan Lucas

ADR Recordist

Catherine Harper

Foley Artist

Don Givens

Foley Mixer

Robert Zubia

Foley Recordist

Mark Rice

Special Effects Assistant

Brad Larkin

Special Effects Technician

Heather Callow

Stunt Double

Pete Daprato

Best Boy Grip

Patrick King

Dolly Grip

Anthony Ellis

Second Assistant Camera

Terri Douglas

ADR Voice Casting

Andrea Kool

Casting Assistant

Helen Hand

Assistant Editor

Chris Lamie

Colorist

Jen Leonard

Assistant Location Manager

Carl Bainbridge

Location Production Assistant

Damon Intrabartolo

Conductor

Redd Knight

Assistant Production Coordinator

Richard Allen

Chief Lighting Technician

Chris Crowell

Digital Compositor

Sue Sparling

First Assistant Accountant

Reet Puhm

Key Scenic Artist

Joseph Diaz

Production Assistant

Vicki Dee Rock

Production Executive

Janet Ellis

Production Secretary

Clinton Wayne

Special Effects Key Makeup Artist

Paul Harris Boardman

Writer

Scott Derrickson

Writer

Collection

Urban Legend Collection

Urban Legend

Urban Legends: Final Cut

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Reviews

slayrrr666

⭐ 8/10

March 18, 2017

Attempting to finish film school, a director doing her film about a serial killer killing his victims on urban legends starts to realize that a serial killer is running around behind the scenes killing off the crew, and must stop the madman before killing off everyone on the film.

This here was a pretty surprising entry. One of the things it does well is that it really features a lot of suspenseful work at times as this makes a hard time of determining if what's being seen is real or just being shot for the movie. It plays the movie-within-a-movie trick to nice effect, since it features enough to make hard to distinguish one from the other including it's wonderful opening sequence that takes a while before realizing after the fact it's been faked, a sequence where the assembled cast watch the dailies only for a strange cut-shot to play where one of the cast is viciously stalked and killed is screened where all but one thinking it to be shot for the film but the other positive that it's real and a later scene where a murder done during the recording of a scream-test loud enough to drown out the victim's own being great scenes. Even going away from that formula, there’s some rather fun stalking here from the bathroom chase featuring the woman trying to escape from the killer out into the alleyway or a thrilling chase through the recording studio and out into the surrounding countryside and pool while an attack at a carnival ride hidden by the darkness and fog comes off rather nice as well. The final confrontation in the movie-set graveyard setting is just fun, being creepy, exciting and all-around a blast with the true revelation and the different twists featured throughout make for a nice time here. The last big feature here is a really nice and healthy mix amongst the kills, which along with the mask worn are the film's rather good parts. This one here only has a few flaws to it. The main one here is that the main explanation for the killing has a lot of ways for how to interpret it, and it feels just too clumsy and unrealistic to be considered as believable. The fact that the violence is toned down from anything that it should have, since, for all the creativity displayed in the kills, it isn't very bloody and with a couple of kills that could've been in here. These are the same thing that really should've fixed by taking more of those and making them more bloody. It would've taken out a mild flaw in the film rather simply. The last flaw in here is the film's maddening ability to switch between the film shoot and the real world. It's fun at times, but there's also the fact that the film tries to be clever with changing around the two and it gets a little harder to defend the longer they go on. These here are the film's flaws.

Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language, Brief Nudity and a sex scene.

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