The Secret of Skeleton Island is a 2007 German mystery adventure family film starring Chancellor Miller, Nick Price, and Cameron Monaghan.[1][2] It is the first movie in the The Three Investigators film series and is loosely based on the novel of the same name.
A second movie titled The Secret of Terror Castle (film) was released on March 19, 2009.
Synopsis[]
“ | Three kid detectives go on an epic journey to eerie Skeleton Island. Once home to pirates, it's now plagued by a mysterious beast. | ” |
—Official Amazon Description[2] |
Plot[]
Cast[]
- Chancellor Miller as Jupiter Jones
- Nick Price as Peter Crenshaw
- Cameron Monaghan as Bob Andrews
- Naima Sebe as Chris
- Nigel Whitmey as Al Crenshaw
- Akin Omotoso as Gamba
- Fiona Ramsay as Miss Wilbur
- Langley Kirkwood as Tom Farraday
- James Faulkner as Bill
- Andreas Fröhlich as the man at the junkyard
- Oliver Rohrbeck as the man at the hotel
- Nicola Barbour as an auction assistant (uncredited)
Soundtrack[]
Production[]
Awards and nominations[]
The Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden certified the film as "particularly valuable".[4]
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Goldener Spatz | Best Cinema or Television Movie | The Three Investigators - The Secret of Skeleton Island | Won |
Credits[]
All credits from IMDB.
- Producer: Malte Grunert, Sytze Van Der Laan
- Co-Producer: David Groenewold
- Co-Producer (South Africa): Giselher Venzke
- Executive Producer: Stuart Pollok
- Creative Producer: Ronald Kruschak
- Line Producer: Michael Schwarz, Dieter Stempnierwsky
- Unit Production Manager: Jayson de Rosner
- Post-production Supervisor: Gabriele Niemeyer
- Location Manager: Cape Town: Chris de Villiers
- Camerawork
- Cinematography by: Peter Krause
- Director of Photography: Second Unit: Udo Ravenstein
- Additional Photography: Sven Vosloo
- First Assistant Camera / First Assistant Camera: Second Unit: Zane Harrison
- First Assistant Camera: Splinter Unit: Adrian Boerlage
- Camera Operator: Sebastian Meuschel
- A Camera Focus Puller: Second Unit: Benji Fischer (credited as Benjamin Fischer)
- A Camera: First Assistant Camera: Adi Visser
- B Camera Operator: Mannie Ferreira
- Gaffer: Kevin Gibb
- Rigging Gaffer: Shaun Campbell
- Key Grip: Ken Hodgson
- Editing
- Film Editing by: Ueli Christen
- Assistant Editor: Sebastian Lipp, Nana Novosad, Angela Tippel
- Editor: Making Of: Arne Herrmann
- Special Effects
- Special Effects Supervisor: Max Poolman
- Special Effects Technician: Mick 'Stuntie' Milligan, Donavin Waters
- Special Effects Foreman: Kevin Bitters
- Pyrotechnician: Ivan Janse Van Rensburg
- Visual Effects
- Titles: Thomas Diesselhorst
- Lead Digital Compositor: Florian Schroeder
- Digital Compositor: Joerg Bruemmer, Markus Degen, Benjamin Krebs, Michael Lankes, Claudia Lechen, Dirk Matzkuhn, Natalie Meffert, Christian Pundschus, Bastian Schreitling, Tim Stern, Jonathan Weber, Florian Schuck, Gregory Schuchmann
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Robert Pinnow
- Visual Effects Producer: Christel Brunn, Manfred Büttner
- Digital Effects Artist: Dirk Frischmuth, Markus 'Maggi' Selchow
- Matte Painter: Andreas Adamek
- Colorist: Ronney Afortu
- CG Artist: Florian Gellinger, Simon Ohler
- DI Supervisor: Frank Hellmann
- Digital Rotoscoper: Mareike Hilgenfeldt, Michael Wagner
- Technical Director: Mohsen Mousavi
- Tools Developer: Alexander Nietzold
- Stunts
- Stunt Rigger: George Bailey, Adam Horton
- Stunt Double: Pierre Marais, John Smith
Trivia[]
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Filmstarts — DIE DREI ??? - DAS GEHEIMNIS DER GEISTERINSEL
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Amazon — The Three Investigators And The Secret Of Skeleton Island
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 IMDB Pro — The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung (FBW) — DIE DREI ??? - DAS GEHEIMNIS DER GEISTERINSEL
- ↑ IMDB — The Three Investigators and the Secret of Skeleton Island (2007)