September Dawn (2007)

Director:

Christopher Cain

Writers:

Christopher Cain (written by) and
Carole Whang Schutter (written by)

Release Date:

24 August 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Western

Tagline:

The untold story of an American tragedy.

Plot:

A love story set during a tense encounter between a wagon train of settlers and a renegade Mormon group.

Plot Keywords:

Mormon | Settler | Love | Utah | Massacre

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Terence Stamp	...	Brigham Young
Trent Ford	...	Jonathan Samuelson
Krisinda Cain	...	Young Woman
Shaun Johnston	...	Captain Fancher
Franklin E. Levinson	...	Captain Baker
Jon Gries	...	John D. Lee
Lolita Davidovich	...	Nancy Dunlap
Jon Voight	...	Jacob Samuelson
Taylor Handley	...	Micah Samuelson
Daniel Libman	...	Reverend Grant Hudson
Tamara Hope	...	Emily Hudson
Barbara Gates Wilson	...	Martha Hudson
Huntley Ritter	...	Robert Humphries
Dean Cain	...	Joseph Smith
Ron Webber	...	Hyrum Smith
David Trimble	...	Dr. Willard Richards
Gary Lauder	...	John Taylor
Peter Skagen	...	Guard #1
Chad Nobert	...	Guard #2
Geoff Erwin	...	Guard #3
Marty Antonini	...	Apostle
Tracey Woolsey	...	Jonathan's Mother
Jack Alma	...	Young Jonathan
Sage Woolsey	...	Jonathan's Sister
Morris Birdyellowhead	...	Chief Kanosh (as Morris Bird)
Carter Burns	...	Little Boy
Tom Carey	...	Mormon Fighter
Hal Kerbes	...	Major Higbee
David Cowley	...	William Cameron
Lyle W. Edge	...	Charles (as Lyle Edge)
Patrick Richards	...	Settler
Lindsay Burns	...	Woman
Stacey Zurburg	...	Another Woman
Pete Seadon	...	Father
Gillian Carfra	...	Mother
Christy Greene	...	Wounded Woman
Sean Anthony Olsen	...	Mormon Rifleman
Lloyd Jacobson	...	Driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tyson Wiebe	...	Settler (uncredited)

Directed by
Christopher Cain

Writing credits
Christopher Cain		(written by) and
Carole Whang Schutter		(written by)

Produced by
Christopher Cain	....	producer
Scott Duthie	....	producer
Michael Feinberg	....	executive producer
Wendy Hill-Tout	....	executive producer
Patrick Imeson	....	executive producer
Kevin Matossian	....	producer

Original Music by
William Ross

Cinematography by
Juan Ruiz Anchía		(director of photography) (as Juan Ruiz-Anchia)

Film Editing by
Jack Hofstra

Casting by
Lynn Kressel
Jackie Lind

Production Design by
Rick Roberts

Art Direction by
Janet Lakeman

Set Decoration by
Celine Godberson

Costume Design by
Carol Case

Makeup Department
Brenda Boutet	....	second assistant hair stylist
Caroline Dehner	....	hair designer
Donna Fuller	....	assistant makeup artist
Rose Gurevitch	....	first assistant makeup artist
Linda Nelson	....	first assistant hair stylist
Samantha Rumball	....	special makeup effects artist
Gunther Schetterer	....	assistant makeup artist
Sharon Toohey	....	second assistant makeup artist
Barbara Zaseybida	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Linda Rogers-Ambury	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Colin Allen	....	trainee assistant director
Joanna Krupicz	....	third assistant director
Martin Pedersen	....	second assistant director
Andrew Price	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Dawn-Anne Coulson	....	construction buyer
Jack Crowells	....	greensman
Coral Dambrauskas	....	greens buyer
John Dambrauskas	....	greens coordinator
Loyola Lewis	....	paint foreman
Albert Seibert	....	props
John Sherrington	....	props
Cindy Swensen	....	set decoration trainee
Jordy Wihak	....	property master

Sound Department
David Barbee	....	sound effects editor
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Eddie Bydalek	....	sound mix technician
Julio Carmona	....	adr recordist
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	digital assistant editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Nerses Gezalyan	....	sound mixer
Craig S. Jaeger	....	foley editor
Mike Markiw	....	boom operator
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Glenn T. Morgan	....	supervising sound editor
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Myron Nettinga	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Sordello	....	sound
Peter Staubli	....	sound editor
Peter Staubli	....	sound effects editor
George Tarrant	....	production sound mixer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Kelly Coe	....	special effects best boy
Marc Lord	....	special effects technician
Jason Paradis	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Alastor Arnold	....	digital intermediate editor
Scott Duthie	....	second unit director: visual effects sequences
David Rosenthal	....	digital film I/O supervisor

Stunts
Jim Finkbeiner	....	stunts
Corry Glass	....	stunt performer
Kristy Glass	....	stunts
Ron Webber	....	stunt actor

Camera and Electrical Department
Brigette Bennett	....	second assistant camera
Tim Dutchak	....	gaffer
Donovan Fraser	....	first assistant camera: B-Camera
Schane Godon	....	first assistant camera
Charles Koetke	....	grip
Damon Moreau	....	Steadicam operator
Dan Power	....	still photographer
Clint Silzer	....	dolly grip
Alison J. Stewart	....	best boy grip (as Alison Rigby)
Landin Walsh	....	lamp operator

Casting Department
Marcy Dichter	....	extras casting
Kimberly Hope	....	casting associate
Tony LaHaye	....	extras casting assistant
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Ruth Salen	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jeffrey Fayle	....	costume set supervisor
Katie Klingvall	....	extras costumer
André Ricard	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
John Daro	....	digital intermediate editor
Scott Duthie	....	digital intermediate producer
Mato	....	color timer
John Nicolard	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Mark Sadusky	....	first assistant editor
Walter Volpatto	....	digital intermediate colorist
Leroy Wolf	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
George Doering	....	musician
Bruce Dukov	....	musician: violin
Steve Erdody	....	musician: cello
Matt Franko	....	music preparation
Mark Graham	....	music preparation
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring cue mixer
Peter Myles	....	music editor
Dean Parks	....	musician: guitars
Robert ToTeras	....	score coordinator
Windy Wagner	....	vocalist
James Walker	....	musician: flutes (as Jim Walker)

Other crew
David Benning	....	production assistant
Joy Bond	....	production coordinator
Cameron Chapman	....	assistant production coordinator
Shannon Corrie	....	production assistant
Leroy Dixon	....	translator: Paiute
Jesse Dodds	....	wrangler
Brian Dunne	....	assistant location manager
Lyle W. Edge	....	head wrangler (as Lyle Edge)
Buck Hamilton	....	wrangler
Steven Hanulik	....	trainee coordinator
Aaron Henry	....	publicity manager
Jay Hoffman	....	producer advisor
Lloyd Jacobson	....	wrangler
John Lacroix	....	production accountant
Rick Martine	....	wrangler
Wayne McCormack	....	wrangler
Kathleen McInnis	....	unit publicist
Sabrina Paradis	....	script supervisor: second unit (as Sabrina Birrell)
Kathy Ringer	....	trainee coordinator
Heather Roscorla	....	payroll accountant
Robert Roscorla	....	second assistant accountant
Donna Serafinus	....	legal affairs: Voice Pictures
Clayton Smith	....	wrangler
Darryl Solly	....	location manager
Cathy Sutherland	....	wrangler captain
Barbara Unrau	....	first assistant accountant
Jenn Vincent	....	production assistant
Lynnanne Zager	....	adr revoicing

Thanks
Clint Bymak	....	special thanks
Steve Duthie	....	special thanks
Josef Schweighofer	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Black Diamond Pictures (presents)
• September Dawn (co-production)
• Voice Pictures (co-production)
• Alberta Film Development Program of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, The (with the participation of)

Distributors

• Black Diamond Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Slow Hand Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• CCV (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Eagle Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2006) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• Movie Bank (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Canada) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Angry Monkey Entertainment  production services
• FotoKem Film and Video  digital intermediate
• L.A. Mad Dogs  ADR/Loop Group
• National Bank of Canada TV and Motion Picture Group  financing
• William F. White International  grip and lighting equipment

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated R for violence

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

CL Western Studio & Backlot, Cochrane, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Black Diamond Pictures

Trivia:

In reality, Joseph Smith, Jr. had 24 wives. He and his first wife, Emma, had nine children: Alvin, who died shortly after birth, premature twins Thaddeus and Louisa, who only lived a few hours, Joseph and Julia, who were given to them to adopt after their own twins died, Joseph Smith III, Frederick Granger Williams Smith, Alexander Hale Smith, and David Hyrum Smith, born after Joseph's death. There is no evidence that he had children with any of his other wives.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Emily Hudson is a main character in this film. In reality, the Hudsons left the wagon train before it reached Utah.

Soundtrack:

Love Will Still Be There

An AMAZING film! You don't want to miss this one!

Don't be fooled by the low ratings. I am sure they are all biased by people who are ashamed of their past and do not want the truth to be known. After doing some research on the internet, it appears that the movie is historically accurate. There is absolutely no doubt that this tragic incident took place. There is doubt as to who exactly was involved, but the movie does a very good job of presenting the historical facts as they are known today. The acting was superb! Amazing scenery, brilliant cast, beautiful horses, and one of the most tragic love stories displayed on film. (The love story was probably fictional, but heart-wrenching nonetheless.) The movie deserves an Oscar for sure! This is not a Mormon bashing movie. This is a tragic, true life story brought to life on film, and it's simply amazing! A film about the Crusades and murders committed by Christians in the name of God would be equally tragic. Anyway, don't let all the severely biased low ratings influence you. You do not want to miss this movie!