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Appalachian Forest served as the eerie backdrop for Sawyer's struggle in Rust Creek, contrasting her college life at Centre College in Kentucky. Sawyer drives from Louisville to the Appalachian Forest, filmed in surrounding areas like Fern Creek, showing her descent into isolation. Roadside altercation in Parklands of Floyds Fork was a critical filming location in Rust Creek, adding suspense to the survival thriller.

Rust Creek is a survival thriller set in the forests of Appalachia, and the 2018 movie used this real-world filming location to tell its story. The movie's scenery is like a character all its own since the isolation of this wild forest contributes to the desperation of the main character, Sawyer Scott. The film's director had to meticulously choose different locations within the woods surrounding Louisville, Kentucky, to serve as the character's battleground. Of course, these weren't the only filming locations of Rust Creek, as real-world cities...

Filmed in Kentucky, Rust Creek follows a girl hunted down in the woods by criminals after they think she witnesses them burying a body. Rust Creek is not entirely based on a true story, but it is partly inspired by real events. The survival story in Rust Creek is similar to other recent thrillers.

At first glance, Rust Creek tells a pretty simple story, but its sly complexity leaves some viewers wondering if the movie is inspired by true events or entirely fictional. The tense crime thriller, directed by Jen McGowan and written by Julie Lipson, premiered at the Bentonville Film Festival on May 3, 2018, before its theatrical run began on January 4, 2019. Shortly following its release, Rust Creek earned high praise from critics, with many commending the film for its ability to subvert expectations and the star's performance.

The cast of Rust Creek includes Hermione Corfield as Sawyer, Micah Hauptman as Hollister,...

Rust Creek is an indie thriller that captivates with its talented cast and unique Appalachian setting. Hermione Corfield shines in her role as Sawyer Scott, delivering a compelling and intense performance. Jay Paulson as Lowell Pritchert and the rest of the cast contribute to the film's chilling atmosphere and thrilling narrative.

The 2018 movie Rust Creek is full of nail-biting suspense and thrill, and it owes this to its talented cast of actors. The film, which made its way to Netflix's US Top 10 in April 2024, is an intriguing survival thriller following an ambitious young woman who winds up on the wrong road (literally and figuratively) entirely because of chance. This leads her through a series of horrible luck and terror, and her will to survive and an unlikely connection with a shadowy figure is left as her only hope.

Rust Creek, an indie film directed by Jen McGowan and written...

Exclusive: Last year’s Tribeca Film Festival winning-title The Short History of the Long Road will be hitting VOD on June 16 via FilmRise. Written and directed by Ani Simon-Kennedy, the film tells the story of Nola (Sabrina Carpenter), a teenager who grew up living out of a van with her beloved father Clint (Steven Ogg), two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola is confronted by the reality that life as an outsider may not be her only choice.

The movie is also hoping to open in theaters on June 12 ahead of its digital release. The Short History of the Long Road won a Special Jury Mention for Best Screenplay at last year’s Tribeca.

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Radiant Films International has come on board Tribeca Film Festival narrative audience award winner Plus One and will screen and launch sales in Cannes.

Radiant Films International has come on board Tribeca Film Festival narrative audience award winner Plus One and will screen and launch sales in Cannes.

Ben Stiller is among the executive producers on the comedy starring Maya Erskine and Jack Quaid as best friends who, faced with a summer of friends’ weddings, agree the only way they can get through the season is by accompanying each other to every nuptial.

The directing debut from Jeff Chan and...

Rlje Films has scooped up rights to Plus One, Jeff Chan and Andrew Rhymer’s romantic comedy that will have its world premiere next month at the Tribeca Film Festival. The distributor, which recently released the Sundance revenge pic Mandy starring Nicolas Cage, acquired Plus One preemptively in a low-seven-figure deal, and is eyeing a summer 2019 release.

Starring Maya Erskine (Hulu’s Pen15) and Jack Quaid (Rampage), the pic revolves around longtime friends Alice and Ben, who find themselves in that inevitable year that all late twentysomethings experience — when seemingly every person they know gets married. They agree to be one another’s plus ones as they power through an endless parade of weddings. Ed Begley Jr, SNL‘s Beck Bennett, Rosalind Chao, Brianne Howey, Jon Bass and Finn Wittrock co-star.

Ross Putman produced with Jeremy Reitz, Deborah Liebling, Greg Beauchamp), and Chan and Rhymer. Ben Stiller executive produces through...

Maya Erskine from Hulu’s PEN15 stars.

Rlje Films has paid low seven figures for Us rights to the rom-com Plus One on which Ben Stiller served as executive producer ahead of its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next month.

Jeff Chan (Adam Ruins Everything) and Andrew Rhymer (Pregame) wrote and directed the film starring Maya Erskine from Hulu’s PEN15, alongside Jack Quaid (Amazon’s The Boys), Ed Begley, Jr. (Arrested Development), Beck Bennett (SNL), Rosalind Chao (Mulan), Brianne Howey (The Passage), Jon Bass (Miracle Workers) and Finn Wittrock (American Horror Story).

Plus One will get a...

Stars: Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson, Micah Hauptman, Daniel R. Hill, Sean O’Bryan, Jeremy Glazer | Written by Julie Lipson, Stu Pollard | Directed by Jen McGowan

Rising British star Hermione Corfield takes the lead in Rust Creek, an engaging low budget survival thriller that starts out like a Wrong Turn knock-off but becomes something more substantial instead.

Directed by Jen McGowan, Rust Creek centres on Kentucky college student Sawyer Scott (Corfield), who impulsively decides to skip Thanksgiving with her family and drive to Washington D.C. for a job interview. However, her Gps strands her in the frozen backwoods, where she has an encounter with scuzzy meth-dealers Hollister (Micah Hauptman) and Buck (Daniel R. Hill) that leaves her injured and fleeing for her life.

After collapsing, Sawyer is rescued by meth cook Lowell (Jay Paulson) and hides out in his trailer, though she’s not entirely sure she can trust him.

It’s hard to choose a single moment that best exemplifies the hard-edged feminist lens at work in director Jen McGowan’s chilling “Rust Creek,” but the image of the teenage Sawyer (Hermione Corfield) gruffly ripping off her acrylic nails to scale a ditch is a top contender. It’s a move that might be perceived as funny in a more commercial genre film, but is entirely believable in McGowan’s understated and plausible nightmare — making it all the more chilling.

Intimate in scope to its great advantage, “Rust Creek” begins and ends with Sawyer’s journey, with a stable of male friends and foes providing color and intrigue. When she receives word of a job interview in Washington D.C., the soon-to-be college graduate hops in her red SUV and hits the road. Following her navigation app, Sawyer turns off the highway to avoid traffic, and quickly finds herself...

Typical to the start of a new year, specialty newcomers are rather few this weekend. Holiday and awards holdovers are still at center stage, while the Sundance Film Festival looms toward the end of the month. This weekend, Katherine Waterston, Michiel Huisman, Michael Shannon and Luke Evans star in Tribeca premiere State Like Sleep, opening Friday day-and-date via the Orchard. The film is the second narrative feature by Meredith Danluck. Hermione Corfield, Jay Paulson and Micah Hauptman star in IFC Midnight’s thriller Rust Creek by Jen McGowan, which also will roll out day-and-date. And Well Go USA is releasing Chinese action title Mojin: The Worm Valley, the follow-up to Mojin: The Lost Legend, which the company released stateside in 2015.

State Like Sleep

Director-writer: Meredith Danluck

Cast: Katherine Waterston, Michiel Huisman, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans

Distributor: The Orchard

State Like Sleep debuted at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival, where...

Too often, filmmakers forget that less can be more. Luckily, the creative forces behind Rust Creek, a new thriller hitting theaters, they know this. Within the first ten minutes, the action and story are already set into motion. Independent cinema like this is always preferable to overly pretentious fare. This flick just wants to tell a lean, mean, and razor sharp story. Without question, they do. This is a really solid film that only pauses to breathe once a breath needs to be taken. It suggests a real strong future for the filmmakers and especially for its star, who is a real find. As mentioned above, the movie gets down to it rather quickly. Sawyer Scott (Hermione Corfield) is a college student with a plum job interview scheduled in Washington D.C. in a few days. En route, she winds up getting horribly lost in the maze-like Kentucky forest. One...

When Sawyer Scott (Hermoine Corfield) receives the call she’s been waiting for, she can’t help but smile. It’s the first step towards a post-collegiate future with a job in Washington DC all but secured — the tiniest bit of uncertainty preventing her from telling her folks why she won’t be home for Thanksgiving despite high spirits. She packs her SUV, activates her phone’s Gps, and sets off east with an impromptu detour through the backwoods of Kentucky courtesy of a traffic jam on the highway. The computerized voice sends her to a dead-end that barely looks like it ever was a road and then to a bridge she’s unsure will support the weight of her car. Maybe switching to analog (a paper map) will get her back on track.

Unfortunately for Sawyer, Rust Creek isn’t the type of place to help unsuspecting travelers escape.

Initial slate includes thriller Silencio, comedy Lady-Like.

Los Angeles-based Octane Entertainment has launched female-driven sales and acquisitions division Fab, executives said on Wednesday (31).

Fab, an acronym for films which are For women, About women, and By women, aims to address the void in female representation and create a home for content powered by female, and those who identify as female, filmmakers.

Fab has kicked off talks with buyers in Santa Monica on an inaugural slate that includes: comedy Lady-Like starring Stephanie Simbari of Funny Girls; 1980s-set crime drama Mdma; nature survival drama Rust Creek; thriller Silencio; horror title The Ranger; and mother-daughter comedy Beautiful Darkness.

IFC Midnight has acquired U.S. rights to Rust Creek, a thriller directed by Jen McGowan, penned by Julie Lipson and starring Hermione Corfield. The label plans for a January theatrical release.

Corfield, in her first leading role, plays Sawyer, an ambitious, overachieving college senior with a seemingly bright future. While on her way to a job interview, a wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the frozen Kentucky woods, where she’s punished by the elements and pursued by a band of ruthless outlaws. She is forced into an uneasy alliance with an enigmatic loner (Jay Paulson) with shadowy intentions to escape alive. Sean O’Bryan, John Marshall Jones, Micah Hauptman, Daniel R. Hill and Jeremy Glazer co-star.

The story comes from Lunacy Productions’ Stu Pollard, who also produced. McGowan’s debut feature, 2014’s Kelly & Cal, was also released by IFC.

IFC Midnight has acquired the U.S. rights to the thriller “Rust Creek,” starring British actress Hermione Corfield in her first leading role.

Jen McGowan directed from a script by Julie Lipson, based on a story by Lunacy Productions’ Stu Pollard, who also produced the thriller.

“Rust Creek” stars Jay Paulson, Sean O’Bryan, John Marshall Jones, Micah Hauptman, Daniel R. Hill, and Jeremy Glazer. IFC Midnight is planning a January theatrical release.

Corfield, whose credits include “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” plays an ambitious, overachieving college senior with a seemingly bright future. While on her way to a job interview, a wrong turn leaves her stranded deep in the frozen Kentucky woods, where she’s punished by the elements and pursued by a band of ruthless outlaws. With nowhere left to run, she is forced into an uneasy alliance with Paulson’s enigmatic loner.

In accordance with Lunacy Productions’ mandate to support female filmmakers,...

Cinema Lounge Roundtable: An Interview with the Filmmakers - September 2010

With shorts ranging from the tale of a young boy making his way home and a lounge-singing darts champion, to 30 days of boozing on Bluegrass, a Jewish mother's justified anxiety, and a blocked writer picking up drunks on a mo-ped with budgets ranging from under $5000 up to $75000, this month's Cinema lounge is not to be missed.  For this month's roundtable, filmmakers Rahul Gandotra, Luke Matheny, Stu Pollard, Barton Landsman, and Kristen Cavendish shared their experiences making their film.   By Folayo Lasaki 

 

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Who are we talking to? Lets start with introduction of names and projects...

 

Rg: Rahul Gandotra - The Road Home

Lm: Luke Matheny - God of Love

Sp: Stu Pollard - The BBC Challenge

Bl: Barton Landsman - Banana Bread

Kc: Kristen Cavendish - Scooterman

 

 

 

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Would each...

Ally McBeal star Gil Bellows is teaming with Kissing Jessica Stein star Jennifer Westfeldt to star in writer-director Stu Pollard's indie dramedy Keep Your Distance. Christian Kane, Kim Raver, Elizabeth Pena, Stacy Keach, Jamie Harrold, Rick Overton and Cynthia Martells round out the cast. Shooting is under way in Kentucky. Distance is described as a character-driven project centering on a radio talk-show host (Bellows) and what happens when he meets a pharmaceutical sales rep from out of town (Westfeldt). They accidentally form a bond based on something lacking in all of their other relationships: trust. Pollard is producing the $1.2 million-budgeted feature along with producer Christina Varotsis. A native of Kentucky, Pollard is repped by Innovative Artists Agency and Chris Ridenhour at Tavel Entertainment. He made his directorial debut in 1999's Nice Guys Sleep Alone. Westfeldt is repped by UTA and Tammy Rosen at the Personal Management Co. She recently wrapped another indie, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. Bellows is repped by ICM and Brookside Artists Management. He next stars in Blind Horizon.