Wayward Son (1999)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Randall Harris

Writer (WGA):

Randall Harris (written by)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A Southern man in the Depression tries to pick up the pieces of his life after being wrongly imprisoned for eleven years...

Plot Keywords:

Farmer | Murder | Lynch Mob | Race Relations | Drunkenness

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Harry Connick Jr.	...	Jesse Banks Rhodes
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Ben Alexander
Patricia Clarkson	...	Wesley
Vinessa Shaw	...	Cordelia
Walton Goggins		(as Walt Goggins)
Afemo Omilami	...	Horace
David Pickens	...	Warden
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Bennes	...	Lawyer
Stacie Richards Dail	...	Young crying woman
David de Vries
Michael Gaston	...	Edgar
Rodney L. James	...	George
Chris Jenkins	...	Cephus
Laura Sametz	...	Mrs. Blessing
Ron Clinton Smith	...	Vernon
Haviland Stillwell	...	Lila
Judson Vaughn	...	Station Manager
Tim Ware	...	Foreman
Earl Maddox	...	Convict (uncredited)

Directed by
Randall Harris

Writing credits (WGA)
Randall Harris		(written by)

Produced by
Cary Brokaw	....	producer
Michael Hammer	....	executive producer
Harmon Kaslow	....	co-executive producer
Tom Luse	....	co-producer
Rachel Rothman	....	co-executive producer
Steve Tisch	....	executive producer

Original Music by
James Newton Howard
Steve Porcaro

Cinematography by
David Hennings

Film Editing by
Louise Rubacky

Casting by
Eve Battaglia
Andrea Stone-Brokaw

Production Design by
David Crank

Set Decoration by
Frank Galline

Costume Design by
Helen P. Butler

Makeup Department
Rachel Kick	....	key makeup artist
Sarah Mays	....	makeup department head

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joe Burns	....	first assistant director
Stephanie P. O'Brien	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Dwight Benjamin-Creel	....	property master
James Brothers	....	on-set dresser
Ellen L. Kerr	....	buyer
Greg Waddle	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Craig Berkey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Freddy Chancellor	....	boom operator
Mick Davies	....	utility sound
Jim Hawkins	....	sound mixer
Stanley Kastner	....	sound re-recording mixer

Special Effects by
Lisa Reynolds	....	special effects

Stunts
Cal Johnson	....	stunt double: Walton Coggins
Cal Johnson	....	stunts
Lonnie R. Smith	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Stephan Collins	....	camera operator
Guy D'Alema	....	still photographer
Riko Schatke	....	best boy grip
John E. Stephens	....	grip
Fred Thomas	....	camera loader

Casting Department
Cynthia Stillwell	....	casting
Tara Thomson	....	casting associate

Editorial Department
Rick Finney	....	assistant editor
Mikon A. Haaksman	....	apprentice editor

Music Department
Chuck Choi	....	score technical consultant
Jim Weidman	....	music editor

Transportation Department
Hank Van Apeldoorn	....	transportation

Other crew
Gloria Winship Ayon	....	animal wrangler
Gloria Winship Ayon	....	head animal trainer
Steve Cainas	....	production coordinator
Julie Cummings	....	production assistant
Judy Geletko	....	supervising accountant
Heidi Gilbert	....	set production assistant
Michael Hubert	....	production coordinator
Gail Hunter	....	script supervisor
Tatiana Komlos	....	assistant production coordinator
Day Permuy	....	set production assistant
Gary Sewell	....	first assistant accountant
Jerrell Skinner	....	production secretary
Ray Sterling	....	production accountant
Tara Tovarek	....	assistant to director
Amy Denning Winfrey	....	payroll accountant

Production Companies

• Avenue Pictures Productions
• Maccabee Productions

Distributors

• Arthur Kananack & Associates (non-USA)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes

Runtime:

Canada:96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Company:

Avenue Pictures Productions