Seraphim Falls (2006)

At the end of the Civil War, a colonel hunts down a man with whom he has a grudge.

Director:

David Von Ancken

Writers:

David Von Ancken, Abby Everett Jaques

Stars:

Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Michael Wincott

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Liam Neeson	...	Carver
Pierce Brosnan	...	Gideon
Michael Wincott	...	Hayes
Xander Berkeley	...	Railroad Foreman
Ed Lauter	...	Parsons
Tom Noonan	...	Minister Abraham
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Henry
John Robinson	...	Kid
Anjelica Huston	...	Madame Louise
Angie Harmon	...	Rose
Robert Baker	...	Pope
Wes Studi	...	Charon (as Wes Studie)
Jimmi Simpson	...	Big Brother
James Jordan	...	Little Brother
Nate Mooney	...	Cousin Bill

Storyline

In the 1860s, five men have been tracking a sixth across Nevada for more than two weeks. They shoot and wound him, but he gets away. They pursue, led by the dour Carver, who will pay them each $1 a day once he's captured. The hunted is Gideon, resourceful, skilled with a knife. Gideon's flight and Carver's hunt require horses, water, and bullets. The course takes them past lone settlers, a wagon train, a rail crew, settlements, and an Indian philosopher. What is the reason for the hunt; what connects Gideon and Carver? What happened at Seraphim Falls?

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Plot Keywords:

horse | bullet | colonel | 1860s | wound | 

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Taglines:

Vengeance never rests.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | Thriller | War | Western

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence and brief language

Details

Official Sites:

Icon Entertainment International Sony Pictures [us]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 April 2007 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

Caccia spietata

Filming Locations:

Death Valley National Park, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$18,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$155,560 (USA) (26 January 2007)

Gross:

$413,877 (USA) (2 March 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Icon Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

115 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Colonel Carver's rifle in the film is an iron-framed Henry 1860, which indicates that it was one of the first 400 built before the more familiar brass was added in late 1862.

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Goofs

Several scenes show contrails in the sky.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Hayes: Well, we definitely got I'm. I wouldn't say gut shot, but got 'im pretty good.
Pope: He didn't even take his rifle. Horse run off though.
Hayes: It's cleared up some. Why don't we get a move on.
Carver: Let him bleed...

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Connections

Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: Seraphim Falls (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Stacked Them Up in Piles"
Arrangement by Jim Taylor

User Reviews

Revenge and the Wilderness Struggle for Survival

SERAPHIM FALLS is an odd film, one that on the surface appears to be an homage to the old Westerns, but proves to be a psychological battle for survival between two men engulfed in revenge. There is very little story to relate: Carver (Liam Neeson) with a small posse of bounty hunters (Michael Wincott, Ed Lauter, John Robinson and Robert Baker) treks Gideon (Pierce Brosnan) through snow, forests, mountains, rough water, and desert over a Civil Ear seed of hate. The 'story' fades to a philosophical stance (somewhat clumsily) by the intervention of some ghostly creatures (Anjelica Huston, et al) and ends without much more than a whisper of a memory about the futility of revenge.

Bronson and Neeson do well with their scant dialogue, revealing more of their character's minds with physical action and the power of facial expressions. The mood of the film is in the superior hands of cinematographer John Toll and Harry Gregson-Williams' musical score. Director David Von Ancken keeps the tension at peak level even though the film is desperately in need of editing (just under tow long hours in length). But for a diversion and an appreciation for the wilderness of America in the mid-nineteenth century, SERAPHIM FALLS is a visually satisfying experience. Grady Harp