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Brief Synopsis
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Sometime in the future, a scientist searching for a way to regain a lost ozone layer is turned into a new life-form and his house transformed into a primordial swamp. His embarrassed teenage son tries to ignore the situation and to focus instead on a budding relationship with the coach's daughter. B
Cast & Crew
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Rene Daalder
Director
Balthazar Getty
Andreas Symes
Tchéky Karyo
Hank Symes
Alice Krige
Clarissa Symes
Kenneth Welsh
Coach Marlowe
Laura Harris
Deborah Marlowe
Film Details
Also Known As
Ecophoria, Ecotopia, Fifth Season, The, Hothouse
MPAA Rating
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Hybride Technologies; Motion Picture Guarantors; Syfy
Distribution Company
Guild Films Distribution; Italian International Film Srl Production
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Synopsis
Sometime in the future, a scientist searching for a way to regain a lost ozone layer is turned into a new life-form and his house transformed into a primordial swamp. His embarrassed teenage son tries to ignore the situation and to focus instead on a budding relationship with the coach's daughter. But when a jealous old boyfriend enters the picture, the increasingly animated house becomes his protector, taking a decidedly sinister turn.
Director
Rene Daalder
Director
Cast
Balthazar Getty
Andreas Symes
Tchéky Karyo
Hank Symes
Alice Krige
Clarissa Symes
Kenneth Welsh
Coach Marlowe
Laura Harris
Deborah Marlowe
Christopher Heyerdahl
Eric Thornton
Daniel Pilon
Strickland
Brad Austin
Blaine
Kris Holden-ried
Daryl
Amanda Blitz
Chris
Gouchy Boy
Soldier No 2
Daniel Gauthier
Soldier No 3
Terri Hanauer
Myra Johnson
Robert Higden
Soldier No 1
Byron Johnson
Will
Sean Lynch
Jaco
Mathew Mackay
Joe Jr
Bruce Mackay
Mr Johnson
Frank Schorpion
Lieutenant
Aldo Tirelli
Nandino
Katherine Trowell
Eunice Marlowe
Suzie Almgren
Ellen Bark
Lynne Adams
Tara Fisher
Richard Zeman
Jones
Christian Tessier
Herb
Susie Almgren
Sean Lynch
Crew
Claire Alary
Props Buyer
Julie Allan
Executive In Charge Of Production
Klay Arsenault
Dresser
Robert Auclair
Best Boy
Guy Aumont
Production Accountant
Adrienne Ball
Dresser
Nathalie Bedard
Production Coordinator
Francois Beland
Other
Sheri Bennett
Dresser
Louise Bertrand
Other
Richard Betanzos
Sound Designer
Jean-pierre Bissonnette
Adr
Pierre Blain
Boom Operator
Murielle Blouin
Wardrobe
Marina Bodbijl
Visual Effects
Andre Boisvert
Other
Nick Boisvert
Storyboard Artist
Guy Bonnier
Production Assistant
Jerome Bouchard
Electrician
Sylvie Boucher
Dresser
Fernand Boudrias
Other
Helene Boulay
Production Manager
Eve Boulonne
On-Set Dresser
Yvan Bourdages
Steadicam Operator
Joelle Bourjolly
Assistant
Tom Brigham
Animator
Tom Brigham
Other
Tom Brigham
Digital Effects Supervisor
Michel Brochu
Carpenter
Rejean Brochu
Construction
Don Buchsbaum
Other
Don Buchsbaum
Production
Remi Caron
Mechanical Special Effects
Robert Carpenter
Swing Gang
Tim J Carroll
Consultant
Russell Cate
Makeup
Andre Chamberland
Art Director
Annick Chartier
Makeup Assistant
Eric Chatelain
Technical Advisor
Julia Chew
Assistant
Annie Cossette
Assistant Editor
Robert Pierre Cote
Swing Gang
Serge Cote
Dresser
Andre Coulombe
Driver
Jean Courteau
Gaffer
Louis Craig
Digital Effects Supervisor
Marcos Da Silva
Animator
Rene Daalder
Co-Producer
Rene Daalder
Screenwriter
Jean-maurice Deernsted
Key Grip
Stephane Deernsted
Dolly Grip
Benoit Descary
Production Assistant
Chantal Desgagne
Craft Service
Luc Desmarais
Other
Jacques Diamond
Makeup Assistant
Yves Dubreuil
Special Effects
Daniel Duceppe
Assistant Sound Editor
Mario Dumont
Mechanical Special Effects
Julie Durocher
Other
Francois Dussault
Visual Effects
Francois Dussault
Other
Charles Even
Legal Services
Stephane Falardeau
Unit Manager
James Fox
Set Designer
Jacques Franchi
Driver
Guy Francoeur
Foley Artist
John Fraser
Visual Effects
Jean Frenette
Stunt Coordinator
Serge Gagne
Carpenter
Martine Gagnon
Dresser
Michel Gagnon
Dresser
John Galt
Technical Advisor
Serge Gaudet
Foley
Alain Gaultier
Cgi Artist
Gerald Germain
Other
Michel Gervais
Rendering Artist
Alain Giguere
Scenic Artist
Manon Gingras
Dresser
Suzanne Gingras
Wardrobe
Ralph Grierson
Music
Robert Guertin
Other
Steven Gurman
Sound Designer
Denis Hamel
Property Master
Coleen Harding
Dresser
Jean Harkala
Production Assistant
Peter T Harper
Rerecording
Mario Hervieux
Set Decorator
Raymond Hetu
Animator
Raymond Hetu
Other
Stephane Hubert
Assistant Editor
Serge Hughes
Production Assistant
Gaetan Huot
Editor
Patrice Jacques
Dresser
Georges Jardon
Executive In Charge Of Post-Production
Pierre Jasmin
Other
Pierre Jasmin
Rendering Artist
Nathalie Jolicoeur
Effects Assistant
Alexandre Joset
Animator
Paul Jutras
Assistant Editor
Marie-france Koch
Other
Maarten Kroonenberg
Assistant Camera Operator
Pieter Kroonenburg
Producer
Normand Labelle
Assistant Director
France Lachapelle
Continuity
Eric Lagace
Assistant Sound Editor
Traver Lalonde
Post-Production Supervisor
Jacques Langlois
Mechanical Special Effects
Yves Langlois
Stunts
Jean Larose
Other
Daniel Leduc
Digital Effects Supervisor
Daniel Leduc
Visual Effects
Claude Leger
Producer
Marc Legris
Location Manager
Brigitte Lemieux
Other
Mike Leonard
Location Manager
Jean Lepine
Director Of Photography
Carl Lessard
Graphic Designer
Mario Lord
Animator
Leslie Macaulay
Set Decorator
Arun Majumdar
Sound Designer
Arun Majumdar
Sound Effects
Monique Mallette
Publicity
Rene Malo
Executive Producer
Pierre Marchand
Music
Louis Marion
Sound Recordist
Chantal Martion
Craft Service
Benoit Mathieu
Location Manager
Yvick Miossec
Music
Eric Mises-rosenfeld
Visual Effects Supervisor
Thomas Monahan
Dresser
Sonia Morris
Accounting Assistant
Michel Murdock
Other
Guillaume Murray
Mechanical Special Effects
Vidar Neuhof
Assistant Property Master
Tom Nickson
Other
Michel Notaro
Production
Danny Ouellet
Adr
Veronique Pagnoux
Other
Yves Paquette
Generator Operator
Claude Part
Production Designer
Real Pare
Other
Robert Parle
Swing Gang
Claire Pegorier
Animator
Claire Pegorier
Other
Marthe Pelletter
Accounting Assistant
Sylvie Perron
Assistant Director
Stephane Pilon
Grip
Francis Polve
Visual Effects
Claude Pothier
Electrician
Sylvain Proulx
Other
Jacques Prud'homme
Other
Sylvain Racine
Art Director
Pierre Raymond
Visual Effects
Pierre Raymond
Other
Paola Ridolfi
Art Director
Pierre Rivard
Mechanical Special Effects
Jean-francois Roberge
Other
Michel Robichaud
Other
Benjamin Robin
Hairdresser
David Robin
Hair Assistant
Louis-philippe Rochon
Assistant Director
Normand Rodrigue
Foley
Micheline Rouillard
Wardrobe Assistant
Eric Rousseau
Mechanical Special Effects
Sandrine Rousseau
Props Assistant
Helene Russell
Other
Pierre Saindon
Makeup Artist
Jose Sanchez
Driver
Frederique Sarrazin
Dresser
Jean-francois Sauvageau
Grip
Mathieu Savard
Assistant Director
Doris Simard
Art Department Coordinator
Ann Smeltzer
Post-Production Supervisor
Gordon Smith
Makeup
Bruno Sorel
Swing Gang
Denis Sperdouklis
Costume Designer
Dominic St Jean
Unit Manager Assistant
Jacques St Pierre
Swing Gang
Donna Stevenson
Product Placement
Peter Stratford
Set Designer
Hans Peter Strobl
Adr/Dialogue Editor
Martin Talbot
Other
Eric Taliercio
Other
Louis Tanguay
Dresser
Patrick Tenascon
Dresser
Donald Tetreault
Production Assistant
Alain Theriault
Production Assistant
Dominique Theriault
Wardrobe Assistant
Philippe Theroux
Rendering Artist
Philippe Theroux
Animator
Dandy Thibaudeau
Assistant Director
Jerome Thiberghien
Stunts
Jan Thijs
Photography
Jerome Tiberghien
Stunts
Louise Tremblay
Other
Renee Tremblay
Wardrobe
Glen Tussman
Sound Editor
Viviane Valee
Dresser
Vivianne Vallee
Dresser
Paul Viau
Electrician
Film Details
Also Known As
Ecophoria, Ecotopia, Fifth Season, The, Hothouse
MPAA Rating
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Hybride Technologies; Motion Picture Guarantors; Syfy
Distribution Company
Guild Films Distribution; Italian International Film Srl Production
Location
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Technical Specs
Duration
2h
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States on Video December 23, 1997
Aired in United States April 19, 1997
Aired in United States December 23, 1997
Aired in United States 1997
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival January 29 - February 9, 1997.
Recorded on High Definition Video.
Movie directorial debut for special effects designer Rene Daalder.
Budget source: August 02/00/1996
Estimated budget: $13,000,000
Completed shooting March 18, 1995.
Began shooting December 29, 1994.
