Defendor


1h 41m 2010

Brief Synopsis

Arthur Poppington, is a regular man who adopts a superhero persona known as "Defendor" and combs the city streets at night in search of his arch enemy, Captain Industry. In his attempts to combat crime and bring down this drug and weapons dealer, whom he mistakenly blames for the death of his mother

Film Details

Also Known As
Defendor: héros ou zéro
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2010
Production Company
Alliance Films; Alliance Films; Artifex Studios, Inc.; Buck Productions; Cinetic Media; Darius Films, Inc.; Entertainment Partners; Multimedia Risk Consultants & Insurance Brokers; National Bank Of Canada; Panavision, Ltd.; Prorom; Rancho Relaxo; Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions; Star Grazing; Stargrazing; Technicolor Toronto; William F. White International, Inc.
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 41m

Synopsis

Arthur Poppington, is a regular man who adopts a superhero persona known as "Defendor" and combs the city streets at night in search of his arch enemy, Captain Industry. In his attempts to combat crime and bring down this drug and weapons dealer, whom he mistakenly blames for the death of his mother, Defendor ends up befriending a young prostitute.Armed with unconventional weapons like marbles and paper clips, and with his new friend by his side, Defendor proves that everyone is capable of making a difference as he puts his life on the line and foils the entire crime operation.

Crew

Chris Abbas

Titles

Chris Abbas

Compositor

Cynthia Amsden

Unit Publicist

Peter Antal

Craft Service

Warren Appleby

Special Effects Coordinator

Geoff Ashenhurst

Film Editor

Timothy Ashley

Production

Andres Asperin

3-D Animator

Rudy Baccuchi

Driver

Tim Barraball

Special Effects

Daniel Baruela

Production

Daniel Bekerman

Production Manager

Jim Benson

Security

Rita Bertucci

Extras Agent/Coordinator

John Billings

Grip

Toby Bjarnason

Foley Recordist

Tom Bjelic

Sound Effects Editor

Nadine Blackler

Compositor

Samuel Bojin

Best Boy Electric

Kyle Botha

3-D Artist

Dave Bouskill

Electric

Luke Boyd

Song

Carly Brenner

Camera Trainee

James Douglas Brown

Hair Assistant

Tim J Brown

Executive Producer

Jeff Brush

Craft Service

Sean Buckley

Unit Director

Sean Buckley

Executive Producer

Joel Burch

Associate Producer

Brynn Byrne

Production

Sarah Campbell

Assistant Director

Louis Casado

Color Timer

Pat Cassin

Boom Operator

Aaron Champion

Assistant

Greg Chapman

Sound Mixer

Adam Chuckryk

Stand-In

Bernie Cisternas

Music Engineer

Angela Clarke

Accounting Assistant

Jayson Clute

Camera Assistant

Jorge Antonio Contreras

Location Assistant

Chris Cooke

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Claran Copelin

Camera Assistant

Heather Dahlstrom

Assistant Production Coordinator

J P Dame

On-Set Dresser

Mike Dobroski

Dailies

Sarah Dodd

Story Editor

Ricky Dogon

Production

Cheryl Dorsey

Set Decorator

Linda Dowds

Makeup

Pat Duchesne

Film Lab

Stanislav Enilenis

3-D Artist

Tom Farr

Stunts

Charlie Finlay

Music Editor

Ron Forward

Dolly Grip

Elaine Fung

3-D Artist

Sean Gilhooly

Visual Effects Coordinator

Doug Gillespie

Production Accountant

Ashleigh Gillian

Stand-In

Mark Gingras

Supervising Sound Editor

Peter Gmehling

Video Playback

David Greene

Director Of Photography

Ryan Greig

Production

Elizabeth Gruszka

Makeup Assistant

Tony Guerin

Camera Operator

Rob Gyorgy

Film Lab

Greg Haddow

Electric

Emily Haines

Song

Katie Halliday

Sound Effects Editor

Dave Hill

Special Effects Technician

Louie Hinayo

3-D Animator

Graham Hoselton

Film Lab

Colin Hoult

Director Of Photography

Ryan Hupponen

Assistant Production Coordinator

Mauro Iacobelli

Painter

Anthony A. Ianni

Art Director

Diana Jackson

Assistant

Marcel D Janisse

Camera Assistant

Leah Jaunzems

Associate Producer

Leah Jaunzems

Development Executive

Gregory P Jones

Special Effects Technician

Kelly Jones

Stunts

Susan R Jones

Production Coordinator

Pat Joyes

Script Supervisor

Joel Katz

Adr

Jeremy Kay

Film Lab

Sara Kay

Casting

Jane Kim

Assistant

Dave Kinnear

Driver

Nancy Klopper

Casting

Lainie Knox

Camera Operator

John Kozman

Executive Producer

Mark Kueper

Colorist

Diana Ladyshewsky

Hair Stylist

Bernie Lalonde

Electric

Doug Latislaw

Adr

Dina Leal

Finance Manager

Dale Lennon

Adr/Dialogue Editor

Jason Lenoury

Best Boy Grip

Alan Letts

Construction Coordinator

Jenny Lewis

Casting

Jason Logue

Trumpet

Jim Lovisek

Animal Wrangler

Jeremy Lyall

Camera Assistant

Michael Mabbott

Song

John Macgillivary

Special Effects Assistant

Margaret Mansell

Visual Effects

Kira Mccord

Assistant Director

Mike Mcdonald

Gaffer

Dwyane Mead

Transportation Co-Captain

Trelawnie Mead

Wardrobe Supervisor

Tim Merkel

Executive Producer

Steve Moore

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Mario Moreira

Assistant Property Master

Sonia Morris

Other

Milton Muller

Compositor

Sheena Munroe

Loader

Matt Murphy

Song Performer

Matt Murphy

Song

James R Murray

Property Master

Gord Myers

Music

Stephen Myers

Best Boy Electric

Boramey Ngem

Production

Tim O'connell

Foley Artist

Kyle O'connor

Location Manager

Brian O'kane

Trumpet

Billy Oliver

Stunt Double

Gordon Oscar

3-D Artist

Daphne Park

Business Affairs

Andy Pascoe

Film Lab

Richard Patterson

Cg Supervisor

Vasho Pekar

Compositor

Rebecca Pellett

Music

Gersha Phillips

Costume Designer

Michael Pivar

Office Production Assistant

Joel Plaskett

Song Performer

Joel Plaskett

Song

Andrew Pritchard

Set Production Assistant

Terry Promane

Music

John Rankin

On-Set Dresser

Kenton Rannie

Compositor

Bruce Raymer

Transportation Coordinator

Brian Reid

Visual Effects

Douglas Reid

Best Boy Grip

Kurt Reid

Dailies

Bryan Renfro

Stunt Coordinator

Reg Reynolds

Driver

Jim Robb

Assistant Sound Editor

Lucas Roveda

Rerecording

John Rowley

Music Supervisor

John Rowley

Original Music

John Rowley

Song

John Rowley

Song Performer

Dana Rutledge

Camera Assistant

Steven Sacrob

Transportation Captain

Katrina Saville

Assistant

Oleg Savytski

Production Designer

Sean Scoffield

Graphic Artist

Tauqir Shah

Camera Operator

James Shaw

Song

Andrew Shea

Assistant Director

Raj Singh

Assistant Director

Nicole Sison

Editing

Sean Skarupa

Generator Operator

Mark Slone

Executive Producer

Chris Smets

Production

Duff Smith

Editing

John Douglas Smith

Supervising Sound Editor

Lindsay Somers

Medic

Peter Stebbings

Screenplay

David Steinberg

Legal Services

Adam Stern

Visual Effects Producer

Bonnie L. Sutherland

Assistant Costume Designer

Jeremy Tabarrok

Camera Assistant

Nicholas D. Tabarrok

Producer

Chris Trebilcock

Assistant Director

Brent Veal

Compositor

Nick Veziris

Armourer

Reggie Waddell

Generator Operator

Dawna Weeks

On-Set Dresser

Eardley Wilmot

Location Manager

Jennifer Wood

Set Decorator

Robert Woolfson

Sound Mixer

Ken Woroner

Still Photographer

Matt Wygodny

Office Production Assistant

Jimmy Ye

Production Auditor

Igor Zambeli

Location Assistant

Film Details

Also Known As
Defendor: héros ou zéro
MPAA Rating
Genre
Comedy
Drama
Foreign
Release Date
2010
Production Company
Alliance Films; Alliance Films; Artifex Studios, Inc.; Buck Productions; Cinetic Media; Darius Films, Inc.; Entertainment Partners; Multimedia Risk Consultants & Insurance Brokers; National Bank Of Canada; Panavision, Ltd.; Prorom; Rancho Relaxo; Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions; Star Grazing; Stargrazing; Technicolor Toronto; William F. White International, Inc.
Distribution Company
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Location
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 41m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States Winter February 26, 2010

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group acquired worldwide distribution rights (excluding Canada) at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival.

Released in United States February 19, 2010

Released in United States on Video April 13, 2010

Released in United States February 19, 2010

Released in United States on Video April 13, 2010

Released in United States Winter February 26, 2010 (Los Angeles)