Evolution (2001)

June 8, 2001 (US) • Comedy, Science Fiction, Action • 102m

Overview

A comedy that follows the chaos that ensues when a meteor hits the Earth carrying alien life forms that give new meaning to the term "survival of the fittest." David Duchovny, Orlando Jones, Seann William Scott, and Julianne Moore are the only people standing between the aliens and world domination... which could be bad news for the Earth.

Director

Ivan Reitman

Writers

Don Jakoby, David Weissman, David Diamond

Top Billed

David Duchovny

Keywords

governor fire engine giant monster grand canyon alien life-form shampoo evolution high school teacher government scientist napalm primate advertisement

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Top Billed Cast

David Duchovny

Dr. Ira Kane

Julianne Moore

Dr. Allison Reed, CDC

Orlando Jones

Prof. Harry Phineas Block

Seann William Scott

Wayne Grey

Ted Levine

General Russell Woodman

Ty Burrell

Colonel Flemming

Ethan Suplee

Deke

Michael Bower

Danny

Dan Aykroyd

Governor Lewis

Gregory Itzin

Cartwright

Pat Kilbane

Officer Johnson

Sarah Silverman

Denise

Michelle Wolff

Carla

Katharine Towne

Nadine

Stephanie Hodge

Jill Mason

John Cho

Student

Steven Gilborn

Judge Guilder

Wayne Duvall

Dr. Paulson

Kyle Gass

Officer Drake

Jerry Trainor

Tommy

Jennifer Savidge

Clare

Wendy Braun

Nurse Tate

Michael Chapman

Sheriff Long

Mary Pat Gleason

Customer

Andrew Bowen

Road Worker

Chris Wylde

Student

Tom Woodruff Jr.

Lead Primate Creature (uncredited)

Ashley Clark

Lt. Cryer

Crew

Don Jakoby

Screenplay

Sheldon Kahn

Editor

Ivan Reitman

Director

David Weissman

Screenplay

Michael Chapman

Director of Photography

Wendy Greene Bricmont

Editor

Jeff Apple

Executive Producer

David Diamond

Screenplay

Joe Medjuck

Producer

David Rodgers

Executive Producer

Daniel Goldberg

Producer

Ivan Reitman

Producer

Tom Pollock

Executive Producer

John Powell

Original Music Composer

Christopher Allen Nelson

Special Effects Makeup Artist

Janet Brady

Utility Stunts

Mic Rodgers

Utility Stunts

Erik Rondell

Stunt Double

Joanna Shelmidine

Stunt Double

Edward St. George

Hairstylist

Margery Simkin

Casting

Richard F. Mays

Art Direction

Aggie Guerard Rodgers

Costume Design

Eric Reynolds

Animation Supervisor

Masako Masuda

Set Designer

Scott Sanders

Sound Effects Editor

Colette Slattery

Hairstylist

Ken Wensevic

Makeup Artist

Ben Woolverton

Leadman

Mark Wendell

CG Supervisor

John-Paul Riva

Art Department Coordinator

Don Howe

Animation Manager

Matthew Bekoff

Set Designer

Karen Baker Landers

Supervising Sound Editor

Yuri Bartoli

Creature Design

Noelle King

Set Designer

Dan Hegeman

Sound Effects Editor

Randy Kelley

Sound Effects Editor

Dennis Sands

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Per Hallberg

Supervising Sound Editor

Des Carey

Visual Effects Editor

Bob Beemer

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Scott Millan

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Burt Dalton

Special Effects Coordinator

Walt Hadfield

Construction Coordinator

Eric Leven

CG Supervisor

Laini Thompson

Makeup Artist

Christopher Assells

Sound Effects Editor

Eric Armstrong

Animation Supervisor

Eric Bruneau

CG Supervisor

Elaine L. Offers

Makeup Artist

Yuri Bartoli

Visual Effects Art Director

Lauri Gaffin

Set Decoration

Eric Sundahl

Set Designer

Scott Martin Gershin

Sound Effects Editor

Tony Lamberti

Sound Effects Editor

Peter G. Travers

CG Supervisor

Jeffrey Wilhoit

Foley

Dino DiMuro

Sound Effects Editor

Jim Berney

Visual Effects Supervisor

Thomas Robinson Harper

Stunt Coordinator

Phil Tippett

Visual Effects Supervisor

Winnie D. Brown

Costume Supervisor

David Luckenbach

Steadicam Operator

Crys Forsyth-Smith

Visual Effects Producer

Murray Close

Still Photographer

Ian Fox

Additional Camera

Peter J. Silbermann

Unit Publicist

Ron Goodman

Helicopter Camera

Mike Chambers

Visual Effects Producer

Jennifer Leo Russ

Visual Effects Editor

Daniel C. Gold

Camera Operator

Barbara Tuss

Script Supervisor

Nancy St. John

Visual Effects Producer

Dana E. Glauberman

First Assistant Editor

Kokayi Ampah

Location Manager

Ken Kokka

Visual Effects Producer

Kevin Rose-Williams

Visual Effects Editor

Bunny Andrews

Music Editor

Dave Robling

Transportation Coordinator

Lorenzo Hearns Jr.

Set Costumer

Saul Saladow

First Assistant Editor

Chanthou Kozberg

Set Costumer

Joe Bucaro III

Stunts

Keith Campbell

Utility Stunts

Tom Elliott

Utility Stunts

Tim Rigby

Utility Stunts

Cinda-Lin James

Stunt Double

Tommy J. Huff

Utility Stunts

Steven Jetton

Layout

Jay Galbo

Electrician

Prentice Randolph

Carpenter

Susan Deal

Craft Service

John Barnette

Set Medic

Thomas Meikle

Sculptor

Kevin Du Toit

Post Production Assistant

Jacob Chambers

Stunts

Curt Sobel

Temp Music Editor

David Dunbar

Rigging Grip

Ken Schwenker

Associate Producer

Paul Deason

Co-Producer

Jim Turner

Production Controller

Steve Knisely

Location Scout

Marc Baird

Production Illustrator

Trevor Loomis

First Assistant Camera

Karyn Huston

Key Hair Stylist

Charles Rose

Lighting Supervisor

Jeff Porrello

Boom Operator

John Clinton

Digital Producer

Phred Lender

Systems Administrators & Support

Mauriece Jacks Jr.

Video Assist Operator

Michele Short

Casting Associate

Leslie Valentino

Production Coordinator

Todd Homme

Music Supervisor

Frank Roughan

Transportation Captain

Larry Pausback

Best Boy Electric

Donald A. Spadoni

Rigging Gaffer

Clint Colver

Digital Compositors

David J. Negron Sr.

Storyboard

Jim Alfonso

Driver

Jon Crush

Stand In

William B. Kaplan

Production Sound Mixer

Janet Lonsdale

Production Accountant

David Rosenthal

I/O Supervisor

Ronell Venter

Associate Producer

Michael Denering

Scenic Artist

Tim de Pala

Visual Effects Coordinator

Sheldon Kahn

Associate Producer

Helen Kozora

Set Decoration Buyer

Paul Deason

Unit Production Manager

Betsy McClung

Sequence Leads

Brian Bennett

Utility Stunts

Angela Heald

Production Supervisor

Elizabeth Finch

Orchestrator

Dennis Butterworth

Greensman

Judith A. Cory

Hair Department Head

Brandon Crummett

Editorial Production Assistant

J. Michael Riva

Production Design

Leslie Ross

Painter

Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt

Standby Painter

Gavin Greenaway

Additional Music

Alessandra Cave

Production Manager

Jude Jensen

Researcher

Mark Irvin

Special Effects Supervisor

David F. Klassen

Supervising Art Director

Rick Colosimo

Grip

Michael Neumann

First Assistant Director

Gary Burritt

Negative Cutter

Diana Goodwin

Set Decorating Coordinator

Bryan Fletchall

Techno Crane Operator

Steve Wolfe

Camera Loader

Bruce Benson

Pilot

Alan Shultz

Dolly Grip

Carlos Rosario

Costume Illustrator

Ken Chase

Key Makeup Artist

Bryan D. Garofalo

Assistant Property Master

Dieter Busch

Second Assistant Director

Carol Demarti

Ager/Dyer

Cliff Fleming

Aerial Coordinator

Terry Doherty

Set Dresser

Sandy Williams

Key Grip

Tony Negrete

First Assistant Sound Editor

Laura Graham

ADR Editor

George Doering

Musician

Melton C. Maxwell

Chief Lighting Technician

Alexi Saldamando

Casting Assistant

Renan Galindo

Lighting Technician

David Schneider

Utility Sound

Chris Jargo

Supervising ADR Editor

Ray Felipe

Script Researcher

Paul Jyrälä

Foley Editor

Philip D. Morrill

Assistant Sound Editor

Anthony Scott

CG Animator

Steven Olds

Visual Effects Designer

Debbie Evans

Utility Stunts

Troy Gilbert

Utility Stunts

Eurlyne Epper

Utility Stunts

Erik Winquist

Compositing Artist

Annie Ellis

Utility Stunts

Troy Brown

Utility Stunts

Freddie Hice

Utility Stunts

Kimaree Long

Dialogue Editor

Fred Peck III

Sound Recordist

Hope M. Parrish

Property Master

Chris Hogan

Dialogue Editor

Michelle Pazer

ADR Editor

Laura Harris Atkinson

Dialogue Editor

Lauren Stephens

Dialogue Editor

Donna Evans

Utility Stunts

Oakley Lehman

Stunts

Deborah Thomas

Data Wrangler

Daniel Myers Boone

Payroll Accountant

Chuck Sharp

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician

Alonzo Ruvalcaba

Head of Production

Kofi Elam

Stunt Double

Michael Strong

Key Rigging Grip

Nina Saxon

Title Designer

Greg Zimmerman

Foley Recordist

Lance Gilmer

Special Effects Technician

Jim McVay

Compositing Supervisor

Tony Hobbs

Extras Casting

Claudia Bonfe

Art Department Production Assistant

Eric Ramsey

Storyboard Artist

Primrose Fukuchi

Assistant Accountant

Candice Dobkousky

Costumer

Howard Berger

Effects Supervisor

Karen Jine

Visual Effects Production Assistant

Francis Meade Warner

Assistant Production Coordinator

Greg Steele

ADR Mixer

Thomas Krebs

Visual Effects Assistant Editor

Lonnie Leslie

Best Boy Grip

Andy Hill

Music Consultant

Kenneth Roth

Additional Second Assistant Director

Daniel Kuehn

Visual Effects Production Manager

David Luckenbach

First Assistant "B" Camera

Rodney Sandoval

Second Assistant Camera

Dana McCall

On Set Dresser

Sonia Bhalla

Second Second Assistant Director

James Moriana

Foley Artist

Anthony Harris

Digital Color Timer

Rhonda Baer

Assistant Location Manager

Nerses Gezalyan

Foley Mixer

Anna Solorio-Catalano

Assistant Editor

Liz Borges-Herzog

Production Assistant

Steven R. Molen

Production Executive

Jorge Agraz

Production Secretary

Angie Ryan

Second Assistant Accountant

Debbie Lynn Ross

Stunt Double

Reviews

John Chard

⭐ 7/10

October 1, 2019

Lubricant and the giant product placement.

A meteorite falls to Earth and lands right in the desert at Glen Canyon, Arizona. Two college professors, Dr. Ira Kane and Prof. Harry Phineas Block, take it upon themselves to investigate and mooch around. At the site, they discover worm like insects that are not of this world. Thinking they are on to Nobel Prize type history, they are dismayed when the government takes over the site and shunts them … read the rest.

CinemaSerf

⭐ 6/10

June 6, 2024

"Ira" (David Duchovny) and "Harry" (Orlando Jones) are local college professors who go to investigate a meteor landing near their American town. When they get there, though, they discover it's riddled with strange looking creepy-crawlies that don't look at all indigenous. It's not long before the army shows up and these two are kicked off the project by an wholly incompetent "Gen. Woodman" (Ted Levine) and proper scientist "Allison" (Julianne Moo… read the rest.