MARK HOFELING DESIGN
Production Design for Film & Television
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Con Express

Cinetel Films (2002) / Director: Terry Cunningham 

Con Express is an action thriller that involves a terrorist moving some ill-gotten, Russian nerve agent on a train. Overhead shot of the Customs Enforcement office.

Con Express is an action thriller that involves a terrorist moving some ill-gotten, Russian nerve agent on a train. Overhead shot of the Customs Enforcement office.

Another area in the Customs Enforcement office.

Another area in the Customs Enforcement office.

Build-out for a warehouse gunfight.

Build-out for a warehouse gunfight.

More warehouse dress/build-out for a gunfight.

More warehouse dress/build-out for a gunfight.

FBI's Alaskan field office.

FBI's Alaskan field office.

Anton Simeonov (Arnold Vosloo) awaits interrogation in the FBI’s Alaska field office.

Anton Simeonov (Arnold Vosloo) awaits interrogation in the FBI’s Alaska field office.

Practical train car modified for "hazardous material" transport.

Practical train car modified for "hazardous material" transport.

Interior of practical train car modified for "hazardous materials" and built-out with wall panels for squibs.

Interior of practical train car modified for "hazardous materials" and built-out with wall panels for squibs.

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A scene in Con Express called for the hi-jacking of a diesel locomotive. Actual cabs of diesel locomotives are tiny and cramped, so we built this one on an inner-tube gimbal, large enough to accommodate a driver and three hijackers.

A scene in Con Express called for the hi-jacking of a diesel locomotive. Actual cabs of diesel locomotives are tiny and cramped, so we built this one on an inner-tube gimbal, large enough to accommodate a driver and three hijackers.

Another view of the gimbaled locomotive cab stage set.

Another view of the gimbaled locomotive cab stage set.

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Con Express is an action thriller that involves a terrorist moving some ill-gotten, Russian nerve agent on a train. Overhead shot of the Customs Enforcement office.
Another area in the Customs Enforcement office.
Build-out for a warehouse gunfight.
More warehouse dress/build-out for a gunfight.
FBI's Alaskan field office.
Anton Simeonov (Arnold Vosloo) awaits interrogation in the FBI’s Alaska field office.
Practical train car modified for "hazardous material" transport.
Interior of practical train car modified for "hazardous materials" and built-out with wall panels for squibs.
Screenshot 2023-12-23 at 3.59.45 PM-Enhanced-SRz-1.jpg
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Screenshot 2023-12-23 at 3.51.05 PM-Enhanced-SRz-1.jpg
Screenshot 2023-12-23 at 3.59.19 PM-Enhanced-SRz-1.jpg
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Screenshot 2023-12-23 at 3.58.49 PM-Enhanced-SRz-1.jpg
A scene in Con Express called for the hi-jacking of a diesel locomotive. Actual cabs of diesel locomotives are tiny and cramped, so we built this one on an inner-tube gimbal, large enough to accommodate a driver and three hijackers.
Another view of the gimbaled locomotive cab stage set.