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| Catherine Lloyd Burns | ... | Sandra | |
| Sam Breslin Wright | ... | Ted | |
| Jake M. Smith | ... | Young Hunter | |
| J.K. Simmons | ... | Older Hunter | |
| Marvin W. Schwartz | ... | Homeless Man (as Marvin Schwartz) | |
| Mark Indelicato | ... | Kid on Bike |
Directed by | |||
| Alex Turner | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Josh Stoneman | (written by) & | |
| Alex Turner | (written by) | |
Produced by | |||
| Rene Bastian | .... | supervising line producer | |
| Lamia Guellati | .... | producer | |
| Linda Moran | .... | supervising line producer | |
| Alex Turner | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Peter Lopez | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Tim Ives | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Dillon de Give | |||
Casting by | |||
| Jessica Daniels | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Matt MacDonald | (as Matthew MacDonald) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Antonia Xereas | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Stephanie Pasicov | .... | hair stylist | |
| Stephanie Pasicov | .... | makeup artist | |
| Kamila Zmrzla | .... | assistant hair stylist (as Kamila Otcasek) | |
| Kamila Zmrzla | .... | assistant makeup artist (as Kamila Otcasek) | |
Production Management | |||
| Andreas Frisch | .... | unit production manager | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Rachael Jonas | .... | second assistant director | |
| Cecily Kaston | .... | assistant director | |
Sound Department | |||
| Neil Cedar | .... | sound editor | |
| Seth Granger | .... | boom operator | |
| John Hassler | .... | foley artist | |
| Peter Lopez | .... | sound designer | |
| Bill Marino | .... | sound supervisor | |
| Grant Maxwell | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Theresa Radka | .... | production sound mixer | |
| James David Redding III | .... | sound technician (uncredited) | |
Visual Effects by | |||
| Alex Frowein | .... | design & effects conception: opening titles | |
| David Sullivan | .... | digital artist | |
Stunts | |||
| Nicholas Diamond | .... | stunt driver: second unit | |
| Roy Ferell | .... | stunt driver | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Ethan Borsuk | .... | second assistant camera | |
| Jay Feather | .... | assistant camera | |
| Sergei Franklin | .... | Steadicam operator | |
| John McCabe | .... | gaffer | |
| Alan Stetson | .... | key grip | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Joseph Borges | .... | assistant on-line editor | |
| Joe Gawler | .... | colorist | |
| Jay Tilin | .... | on-line editor | |
| Franklin Vargas | .... | assistant colorist | |
Other crew | |||
| Lucy Cooper | .... | production coordinator | |
| Heather Daniels | .... | production assistant | |
| Roy Ferell | .... | safety consultant | |
| Ryan W. Gates | .... | production assistant | |
| Peter Goldberg | .... | production assistant | |
| Lauren Guilmartin | .... | production assistant | |
| James Hallquist | .... | production assistant (as James 'DB' Hallquist) | |
| Jerry Melichar | .... | production assistant | |
| Shane O'Dell | .... | location permits | |
| Daniel C. Paolucci | .... | production assistant (as Daniel Paolucci) | |
| Gloria Pichhadze | .... | script supervisor | |
| Craig Wales | .... | production assistant | |
| Ryder Washburn | .... | weapons coordinator | |
| Nicola Westermann | .... | office coordinator | |
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I've watched this short film on IFC several times, and it's quickly become one of my all time favorite short films.
The short starts with a well dressed city couple dragging a sleeping bag through the woods, and even though it quickly becomes obvious that the bag contains a dead body, they are discussing the husband's upcoming business trip. However, once the conversation turns back to their little problem, the mean-spirited bickering reveals an obviously neurotic couple with serious pre-existing issues. In stark contrast, there's two other people in the woods, a kind and wise middle-aged man and his inept teenage son, who's struggling with his gun safety and marksmanship during their turkey hunting trip. There's a flashback to reveal how the city couple got into their unusual predicament, and there's some long transition shots of the beautiful woods accompanied by eerie music which leads us to believe that these two pairs may be on an unfortunate collision course.
I find the scenes between the bickering city couple absolutely hilarious. The well written barbs are very mean-spirited, but very easy to laugh at because both of them are so darn unlikeable. Classic case of a couple who are their own living hell, even before the highly unusual problem they now face.
The filmmakers made a very wise decision to shoot this short film while the leaves were in full autumn color. It makes the photography of this short film amazingly colorful and gorgeous. And they took the effort to add some aerial and time elapse photography as well. None of these beautiful shots would have looked anywhere nearly as good if all the leaves had been green.
The darkly comic ending is genius... perfectly fitting the short film's theme.
Go out of your way to see this one.