Principal cast
Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow, John Cassini and Peter Crombie
Film 390 of 498 on the Screen Path
Se7en
Gluttony. Greed. Sloth. Envy. Wrath. Pride. Lust.
About the film
Se7en at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1995 film at stop 390 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
Key craft credits
Darius Khondji (director of photography), Richard Francis-Bruce (editor), Howard Shore (original music composer), Arthur Max (production design) and Gary Wissner (art direction)
- Director
- David Fincher
- Release
- 1995-09-22
- Runtime
- 127 minutes
- Genres
- Crime, Mystery and Thriller
- Country
- United States
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
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50 questions in this journeyCitizen Kane is the complete public example: both learning videos and a five-question sample quiz are available below.
Start the example โFull cast
Full cast
- Morgan FreemanCharacter: Somerset
- Brad PittCharacter: Mills
- Gwyneth PaltrowCharacter: Tracy
- John CassiniCharacter: Officer Davis
- Peter CrombieCharacter: Dr. O'Neill
- Reg E. CatheyCharacter: Dr. Santiago
- R. Lee ErmeyCharacter: Police Captain
- Daniel ZacapaCharacter: Detective Taylor at First Murder
- Andrew Kevin WalkerCharacter: Dead Man at 1st Crime Scene
- George ChristyCharacter: Workman at Door of Somerset's Office
- Endre HulesCharacter: Cab Driver
- Hawthorne JamesCharacter: George the Night Guard at the Library
Full crew
Full crew
- David FincherCredits: Director
- Phyllis CarlyleCredits: Producer
- Arnold KopelsonCredits: Producer
- Anne KopelsonCredits: Executive Producer
- Howard ShoreCredits: Original Music Composer
- Darius KhondjiCredits: Director of Photography
- Richard Francis-BruceCredits: Editor
- Kerry BardenCredits: Casting
- Billy HopkinsCredits: Casting
- Suzanne Smith CrowleyCredits: Casting
- Arthur MaxCredits: Production Design
- Gary WissnerCredits: Art Direction
- Clay A. GriffithCredits: Set Decoration
- Michael KaplanCredits: Costume Design
- Dan KolsrudCredits: Executive Producer
- Janet BradyCredits: Stunts
- Michael Alan KahnCredits: First Assistant Director
- Gary ArcherCredits: Prosthetics
- Andrew Kevin WalkerCredits: Writer
- Rob BottinCredits: Makeup Effects Designer
- Kenny EndosoCredits: Stunts
- Sandy BerumenCredits: Stunts
- Elinor BardachCredits: Costume Supervisor
- Armen KsajikianCredits: Musician
- Robert S. MendelsohnCredits: Unit Production Manager
- Allan WertheimCredits: Unit Production Manager
- Ted ZacharyCredits: Executive In Charge Of Production
- Joe FinemanCredits: Executive In Charge Of Post Production
- Michele PlattCredits: Associate Producer
- Ric KeeleyCredits: Post Production Supervisor
- Barry ChusidCredits: Assistant Art Director
- Elizabeth LappCredits: Set Designer
- Lori RowbothamCredits: Set Designer
- Hugo SantiagoCredits: Set Designer
- Jan O'ConnellCredits: Art Department Coordinator
- Chris GibbinCredits: Leadman
- Wendy CoxCredits: Production Coordinator
- Paul HargraveCredits: Location Manager
- Conrad W. HallCredits: Camera Operator
- Michael A. ChavezCredits: Camera Operator
- Brad EdmistonCredits: First Assistant Camera
- David EmmerichsCredits: Steadicam Operator
- Dale MyrandCredits: Steadicam Operator
- Peter SorelCredits: Still Photographer
- Willie D. BurtonCredits: Production Sound Mixer
- Marvin E. LewisCredits: Boom Operator
- Danny CangemiCredits: Special Effects Supervisor
- Peter AlbiezCredits: Special Effects Coordinator
- Greg KimbleCredits: Visual Effects Supervisor
- Aisha ColeyCredits: Casting Associate
- Angie RubinCredits: Music Editor
- Ellen SegalCredits: Music Editor
- Robert C. LustedCredits: First Assistant Editor
- William HoyCredits: Additional Editing
- Ren KlyceCredits: Sound Designer, Sound Effects Editor
- Patrick DoddCredits: Supervising Sound Editor, ADR Supervisor
- Kim B. ChristensenCredits: Sound Effects Editor
- Jennifer L. WareCredits: Sound Effects Editor
- Robert J. LittCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Elliot TysonCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Rick HartCredits: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Bert DovoCredits: Orchestrator
- John LissauerCredits: Orchestrator
- Russell McEntyreCredits: Transportation Coordinator
- Wayne StoneCredits: Transportation Captain
- Chuck Picerni Jr.Credits: Stunt Coordinator
- Sanford PanitchCredits: Co-Producer
- Nana GreenwaldCredits: Co-Producer
- Stephen Joel BrownCredits: Co-Producer
- Richard SapersteinCredits: Co-Executive Producer
- Lynn HarrisCredits: Co-Executive Producer
- Gianni NunnariCredits: Executive Producer
- William DavidsonCredits: Construction Foreman
- William C. GerrityCredits: Line Producer
- Monty WestmoreCredits: Makeup Artist
- Becky OchoaCredits: Hair Designer
- Mark GrazianoCredits: Post Production Supervisor
- Larry VelascoCredits: Set Costumer
- Ceรกn ChaffinCredits: Thanks
- Vincent LandayCredits: Thanks
- Michael HancockCredits: Makeup Artist
- Andrea GarganoCredits: Color Timer
- Yvan LucasCredits: Color Timer
- George AldenCredits: Driver
- Kim Taylor-ColemanCredits: Casting Assistant
- Jennifer McNamaraCredits: Casting Assistant
- Kane HodderCredits: Stunts
- Charlie PicerniCredits: Stunts
- Henry KingiCredits: Stunts
- David BehleCredits: Sound Recordist
- Philip RogersCredits: Sound Recordist
- Jack KellerCredits: Sound Recordist
- Bob BrownCredits: Stunts
- John NuttCredits: Dialogue Editor
- Francesca DoddCredits: Dialogue Editor
- Joan E. ChapmanCredits: ADR Editor
- Jeff WattsCredits: ADR Editor
- Mark LevinsonCredits: ADR Editor
- Marnie MooreCredits: Foley Artist
- Margie O'MalleyCredits: Foley Artist
- Cori GlazerCredits: Script Supervisor
- Roy 'Bucky' MooreCredits: Property Master
- Jeremy MolodCredits: Foley Mixer
- Richard DuarteCredits: Foley Mixer
- Tim A. DavisonCredits: Stunts
- Maria NormanCredits: Executive Assistant
- Robert BoninoCredits: Construction Coordinator
- Daren DochtermanCredits: Production Illustrator
- Shawn AlbroCredits: Painter
- Alan AlvaradoCredits: Propmaker
- Moto HataCredits: Sculptor
- Elizabeth RagaliCredits: Set Decoration Buyer
- Christopher CaseyCredits: Set Dressing Artist
- Nicholas C. JohnCredits: Standby Painter
- Steve BoeddekerCredits: Assistant Sound Designer
- Malcolm FifeCredits: Foley Editor
- William B. DoaneCredits: Special Effects
- Tim ThompsonCredits: Visual Effects Coordinator
- J.W. KompareCredits: Visual Effects Editor
- Peter FrankfurtCredits: Visual Effects Producer
- LaFaye BakerCredits: Stunts
- Harris SavidesCredits: Additional Photography
- Donald M. MorganCredits: Aerial Camera
- Michael CharbonnetCredits: Camera Technician
- Michael S. AdlerCredits: Electrician
- Claudio MirandaCredits: Gaffer
- Nico BallyCredits: Grip
- Michael J. CooCredits: Key Grip
- Thomas P. PowellCredits: Lighting Technician
- Joseph GrahamCredits: Rigging Grip
- Melodie McDanielCredits: Still Photographer
- Dale CaldwellCredits: Color Timer
- Ian CrockettCredits: Post Production Assistant
- Fred JoveCredits: Location Scout
- Tom BoydCredits: Musician
- Bonnie AldenCredits: Driver
- Jose MajicaCredits: Chef
- Ronald E. HairstonCredits: Craft Service
- Robert GrindrodCredits: Production Accountant
- Paul ProkopCredits: Production Controller
- Franรงois FreyCredits: Publicist
- Kenneth H. Frith Jr.Credits: Set Production Assistant
- Thomas BraderCredits: Stand In
- Jacques ReyCredits: Storyboard Artist
- Susan Steinlauf-PascalCredits: Unit Publicist
- John S. DorseyCredits: Art Department Assistant
- Marsha BozemanCredits: Costumer
- Jean Ann BlackCredits: Makeup Supervisor
- Leonard BramCredits: Additional Second Assistant Director
- Frank DavisCredits: Second Assistant Director
- Craig A. PinckesCredits: Second Second Assistant Director
- Jim FeldmanCredits: Concept Artist
- Bruce BellamyCredits: Swing
- Kyle CooperCredits: Title Designer
- Thomas J. O'ConnellCredits: ADR Mixer
- Rick CanelliCredits: ADR Recordist
- Erik R. KraberCredits: Assistant Dialogue Editor
- Robert W. HarrisCredits: Utility Sound
- Scott WilderCredits: Stunt Double
- William E. FitchCredits: Best Boy Grip
- David SanchezCredits: Camera Loader
- Michael BrennanCredits: Dolly Grip
- Brent BealCredits: Second Assistant Camera
- Tom BarrettCredits: Assistant Editor
- Gary BurrittCredits: Negative Cutter
- Flint MaloneyCredits: Assistant Location Manager
- Joe JohnstonCredits: Location Assistant
- Lucas RichmanCredits: Conductor
- Rachel FlanaganCredits: Music Consultant
- Mark KaufmanCredits: Music Coordinator
- Charles A. TamburroCredits: Aerial Coordinator
- Craig AlbrechtCredits: Art Department Production Assistant
- John L. AndersonCredits: Assistant Production Coordinator
- Jerri WhitemanCredits: First Assistant Accountant
- Larry J. AubeCredits: Key Rigging Grip
- Robert M. ReyCredits: Medical Consultant
- Brad DavisCredits: Payroll Accountant
- Gary A. MartinCredits: Production Assistant
- Janet IngramCredits: Production Secretary
- Patrick TatopoulosCredits: Conceptual Illustrator
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