20 Years After (2008)

Director:

Jim Torres

Writers:

Ron Harris (writer)
Jim Torres (writer)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

After the Bombs. After the Plagues. Before the Unknown.

Plot:

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong: War, Terrorism, Natural Disasters. Evacuees were ushered...

Plot Keywords:

Post Apocalypse | Huntsville Alabama | Mother Daughter Relationship | Ventriloquist's Dummy | Time In Title

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Joshua Leonard	...	Michael
Azura Skye	...	Sarah
Diane Salinger	...	Margaret (as Diane Louise Salinger)
Aaron Hendry	...	Pierre
Nathan Baesel	...	David
Reg E. Cathey	...	Samuel
Charlie Talbert	...	Janus
Malika	...	Dilcy (as Malika Haqq)
Khadijah	...	Delinda (as Khadijah Haqq)
Shannon Eubanks	...	Ms. Mynard
Dan Beene	...	Quincy
Deborah Duke	...	Ms. Coday
Philip Neil Parker	...	Harvey
Graham Roden	...	Allen
Skylar Howie	...	Liam
Michael Wood	...	Cliff Gaurd
Caroline Prince	...	Concertina Player
Anna Sue Courtney	...	Ballerina Puppeteer
Billy McDaniel	...	Masked Reaver
Jon Noles	...	Lead Reaver
Jeff Holloway	...	Reaver #1
Jake Miller	...	Reaver #2
Detray Wade	...	Reaver #3
Jacob Bartol	...	Reaver #4
Chuck Borden	...	Reaver #5
Evan McManus	...	Young David
Olivia George	...	Young Sarah
Amelia Onuszkanycz	...	Baby Sarah
Sydney Deaton	...	Baby Samantha
Shelby Booker	...	Young Samantha

Directed by
Jim Torres

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ron Harris		writer
Jim Torres		writer

Produced by
Anthony Balch	....	producer
Donna Brower	....	producer
D. Scott Lumpkin	....	producer
Holly Murray	....	line producer
Derek Thornton	....	executive producer
Derek Thornton	....	producer
Susannah Torres	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Heitzenrater
Chris Johnson

Cinematography by
William Schweikert

Film Editing by
Jim Torres

Casting by
Donna Brower

Art Direction by
David Harwell

Costume Design by
Ron Harris

Makeup Department
Garnett Burk	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Holly Murray	....	unit production manager
Scott Ross	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nick Ameln	....	second assistant director
Chuck Borden	....	second unit director
Aaron Steele	....	first assistant director
Samantha Wear	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Shannon Graham	....	construction coordinator
Matt Markow	....	swing
Bryan Misfeldt	....	scenic artist
Olivia Motley	....	art department production assistant
David Nicholson	....	assistant property master
Michael Reynolds	....	leadman

Sound Department
Mary Florian	....	sound utility
Aron Siegel	....	sound mixer
Alex Steele	....	sound utility
Thomas Ward	....	additional sound mixer: second unit
Thomas Ward	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Douglas Cook	....	special effects assistant
Daniel Mazikowski	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Daniel Broadway	....	visual effects supervisor
Kristian Andi Lemmik	....	digital matte artist
Tom Miller	....	effects technical director

Stunts
Chuck Borden	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
William Boxx	....	videographer
Brent Copeland	....	videographer
Colby Damazio	....	grip
Robert Duke	....	gaffer
Eric Fullerton	....	videographer
Gary Griner	....	electrician
Luther Hicks III	....	electrician (as Howard Hicks)
Jeremy Hudson	....	electrician
David Jerkins	....	best boy electric
Chris Lumpkin	....	key grip
Bryan Misfeldt	....	grip
Tim Pierce	....	cinematographer: second unit
Steve Richerson	....	assistant camera
Darrell Tibbs	....	electrician
Ernie Wann	....	dolly grip

Casting Department
Mindy Knapp	....	casting assistant
Darin Windham	....	extras casting
Marianne Windham	....	extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Titus Newby	....	wardrobe supervisor
Maria Wilkie	....	on-set seamstress

Editorial Department
Scott Ross	....	assembly editor

Transportation Department
Ricky Damazio	....	transportation coordinator
Mindy Knapp	....	driver

Other crew
Jacob Bartol	....	location manager
Douglas Cook	....	key production assistant
Douglas Matthew Cook	....	key set production assistant
Julie Engle Hatton	....	production assistant
Kelly Lee Lamb	....	assistant location manager
Kayla Schoen	....	production coordinator
Jacob D. Tober	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Kooroc Films

Distributors

• CN Entertainment (2010) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2008) (non-USA) (all media) (Middle East)
• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• MTI Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment

Also Known As:

"Armageddon 20XX" - Japan (English title) (DVD title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Fayetteville, Tennessee, USA

Company:

Kooroc Films

Trivia:

The movie was primarily shot at Three Caves, an abandoned quarry, in Huntsville, Alabama. Also in North Alabama, is Cathedral Caverns, where the 1984 Timothy Bottoms movie "What Waits Below" was filmed. Bill Schweikert was a grip on "What Waits Below" and was back as cinematographer for "Moles".

Quotes:

[first lines]
Michael:It is not enough to know that the world has ended. For there is more to the story. And soon it begins. Chaos drove us from the cities. Fear kept us away. Long after the bombs had fallen, after plagues and famine had run their course, we few that remain line in fear, and without hope. But this is a new place. A new time. Lost. Soon a time will come when we no longer live in caves. Like moles. Like rats.
Title Card:20 YEAR AFTER

This is going nowhere really slow …

One can't help but wonder how on earth anybody could read the script of this dross and then participate. Because, the actors are not half bad (for a movie of this category) and, while still in the land of zero budget, the overall look was okay too.

This flick's biggest problem is the storyline, or to be frank, the absence of one. Things just happen here, then there, the characters move from point A to B – its all very random and I really could not grasp the idea behind this whole sorry effort. It just makes no sense.

Watching this movie left me kinda blank in the head, like having tried to read a book in a language I don't understand.

Had the makers of 20 Years After bothered with a coherent story, this could have been okay – so it is just a way to waste 1.5 h of your life (in a very boring fashion).