The Man Who Came Back (2008)

Director:

Glen Pitre

Writers:

Chuck Walker (screenplay) and
Glen Pitre (writer)
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Genre:

Action | Drama | Western

Tagline:

Revenge was his only answer.

Plot:

A dozen years after the Civil War, former slaves go on strike at a powerful judge's plantation. |

Plot Keywords:

Warden | Greed | Discrimination | Murder | Rape

Cast

Eric Braeden	...	Reese Paxton
Billy Zane	...	Ezra
Carol Alt	...	Angelique Paxton
James Patrick Stuart	...	Billy Duke
Sean Young	...	Kate
Ken Norton	...	Grandpa
Jennifer O'Dell	...	Elena
Peter Jason	...	The Warden
George Kennedy	...	Judge Duke
Armand Assante	...	Amos
Al Hayter	...	Preacher
Richard Jackson	...	Caleb
Kate Clarke	...	Amos' Maid
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Rickey Atkins Jr.	...	Cotton Field Worker
Johnny Beall	...	Plantation Owner
Alvin Bellow	...	Young Man In Love
Tajh Bellow	...	Boy Who Kills Mean Guard
Barrett Kyle Blackmon	...	Richmond
Brandie Briley	...	Kate's Maid
Jackson Burns	...	Big Guard
Sheila Eatmon	...	Cotton Field Worker
Heather Fife	...	Saloon Girl
Jon-Michael Foshee	...	Lyle
Leigh M. Harris	...	Cotton Field Worker
J.D. Hawkins	...	Winton
Brady Hender	...	Gabe Paxton
Buddy Howard	...	Prisoner
C. Anthony Jackson	...	Prison Blacksmith
Katina Latrell	...	Judge's Maid
Terry Mann	...	Leading Citizen
Stefanos Miltsakakis	...	Mean Guard
Brenda Mireles	...	Saloon girl
Amy Morris	...	Emelia, Telegraph Op.
Edwin Neal	...	Ugly Guard
Fredric L. Norris Jr.	...	Bow Boy (as Fredric L. Norris)
Kresh Novakovic	...	Prisoner
Jerry Orton	...	Ill prisoner
Jimmy Phillips	...	Undertaker
Gianna Redeemer	...	Child Field Worker
Russell Reynolds	...	Delbert
Werner Richmond	...	Judge Duke's Butler
Kathleen Rottweiler	...	Screaming Lady
Roland Rottweiler	...	Jurist / Saloon Patron
John Rouse	...	Prisoner
Cynthia Elaine Shaw	...	Cotton Field Worker
Belinda Simmons	...	Grandma
Elie Taylor	...	Cotton Field Worker
Leonard L. Thomas	...	Junebug
Teddy Valdes	...	Saloon Bartender
James Wark	...	Prison Guard
Patience Watt	...	Junebug's niece
Joe Williams	...	Extra - slave
Nicholas Wayne Williams	...	Teenage Boy
Dominique Wilson	...	Bugle Boy

Directed by
Glen Pitre

Writing credits
Chuck Walker		(screenplay)
Glen Pitre		writer
Chuck Walker		writer

Produced by
Michelle Benoit	....	co-producer
Stephen Bowen	....	executive producer
Eric Braeden	....	executive producer
Gudegast Braeden	....	executive producer
Sam Cable	....	producer
John Castellanos	....	producer
Ra-Ana Gilani	....	associate producer
Yankie Grant	....	associate producer
Duke Meek	....	assistant producer
Chuck Walker	....	producer
Chuck Walker	....	producer

Original Music by
Phil Marshall

Cinematography by
Stoeps Langensteiner

Film Editing by
Matthew Booth
Simon Carmody

Casting by
Donald Paul Pemrick

Production Design by
Karl Meek

Art Direction by
James Wiley Fowler		(as James Fowler)
Karl Meek

Set Decoration by
James Wiley Fowler		(as James Fowler)

Costume Design by
Rona Lamont

Makeup Department
Annie Cole	....	assistant makeup artist
Abiiba S. Howell	....	co-key makeup artist: Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Alt, Ms. O'Dell, Ms. Young
Abiiba S. Howell	....	special makeup effects artist: Ms. Young
Linda Kunkle	....	key hair stylist
Linda Kunkle	....	key makeup artist
Cindy Turpin	....	assistant makeup artist: Brackettville

Production Management
Kim Barnard	....	assistant production manager
Christopher Gosch	....	post-production supervisor
Rogina	....	post-production supervisor
Bea Rouse	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kim Barnard	....	key second assistant director
Mike Barnard	....	second second assistant director
Simon Carmody	....	second unit director
Ra-Ana Gilani	....	first assistant director
Failey Griffin	....	second assistant director
Crystal Martinez	....	second second assistant director: Fernland

Art Department
Toby Lister	....	property manager
Cookie Mann	....	property manager
Cookie Mann	....	set designer
Roland Rottweiler	....	construction supervisor

Sound Department
Mark Allen	....	sound editor
John-Thomas Graves	....	sound effects editor
John-Thomas Graves	....	sound re-recording mixer
Trevor Jolly	....	sound supervisor
Stanley Kastner	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donald Lyles	....	adr mixer
Donald Lyles	....	sound re-recording mixer
Joey McKeel	....	boom operator
Peter Nubile	....	sound mixer
Jeffrey A. Pitts	....	sound editor
Jeffrey A. Pitts	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Bonnie McFerrin	....	special effects makeup
Carlos Savant	....	special effects: Fernland

Visual Effects by
Robert S. Douglas	....	digital intermediate colorist
Thom Obarski	....	title animation
Thom Obarski	....	visual effects

Stunts
Mike Barnard	....	stunt double
Thomas E. Bentley	....	stunt player
Jackson Burns	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jackson Burns	....	stunt double: George Kennedy
Larry Hinsley	....	stunt performer
Michael Ortiz	....	stunts (as Mike Ortiz)
Roland Rottweiler	....	stunt performer
Jody Stelzig	....	stunt double: Mr. Braeden
Dick Ziker	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Simon Carmody	....	camera operator: second unit
Christopher Ciborowski	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Greg Corner	....	camera utility
Raul A. Erivez	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, Texas
Grant 'Gator' Fratt	....	grip
Heather Leigh Jackson	....	still photographer
Janet Jensen	....	gaffer
Travis Kerschen	....	electrician
Matthias Koenigswieser	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Gerard Martin	....	additional second assistant camera
Jeremy McLaughlin	....	grip
Ian Quigley	....	best boy electric
Andrew Redd	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Chase Rees	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera
Andre Rivera	....	second assistant camera
Keith Smith	....	grip
Elizabeth Ann Stein	....	grip
Pat Waugh	....	key grip

Casting Department
Dean E. Fronk	....	casting: California
Yankie Grant	....	casting: Texas
Eddie Jaszek	....	casting assistant
Rose Jenkins	....	extras casting assistant: Brackettville
Linda K. Nelson	....	extras casting assistant: Brackettville, TX
Keenan Urnick	....	extras casting assistant: Montgomery

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Karen Beall	....	costumer
Robyn Daniels	....	costumer
Claudia Hollern	....	set costumer
Barbara Kocurek	....	costumer
Keely Kuykendall	....	costumer
Taylor Rierden	....	key costumer
Kathleen Rottweiler	....	assistant costume designer
Kathleen Rottweiller	....	assistant costume designer
Jennifer Schossow	....	costume supervisor
Cheryl G. Smith	....	set costumer
Mirin Soliz	....	costumer
Mirin Soliz	....	wardrobe supervisor (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Najmah Brown	....	post-production coordinator
Zack Cohen	....	assistant editor
Thom Obarski	....	assistant colorist
Thom Obarski	....	on-line editor
Drew Stubbs	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Daniel James Chan	....	composer: additional music
Erik Janson	....	composer: end title
Erik Janson	....	composer: main title
Erik Janson	....	music coordinator
Erik Janson	....	original songs
Roger Julià	....	composer: additional music
Mor Mezrich	....	engineer
Bill Pearson	....	score engineer

Transportation Department
Marty D. Evensvold	....	driver
Mark Hayter	....	driver
Tim Holt	....	wardrobe driver: Brackettville
Buddy Howard	....	driver
Buddy Howard	....	transportation
Jerry Orton	....	driver
Colby Pacey	....	driver
James Wark	....	driver

Other crew
Serai Abraham	....	craft service
Justin Alexander	....	production assistant
Tracy Allen	....	production assistant
Johnny Beall	....	assistant armorer
Karen Beall	....	accommodation coordinator
Alvin Bellow	....	production assistant
Taylor Drackett	....	second production assistant
Lawrence Ervin	....	medic
Ken Franklin	....	set construction assistant
Ra-Ana Gilani	....	assistant to director
Cynthia Hamblin	....	accommodation liaison
Maxine Haynes	....	production assistant
Ronn Head	....	production coordinator
Buddy Howard	....	production assistant
Melissa Sue Lopez	....	set production assistant
Cookie Mann	....	accommodation coordinator
Terry Mann	....	key armorer
Crystal Martinez	....	pre-production office assistant
Keith Martinez	....	production assistant
Melody Moss	....	script supervisor
Jerry Orton	....	key set production assistant
Sanjay N. Patel	....	key artist
Roland Rottweiler	....	set construction coordinator
Bea Rouse	....	location manager
Marilyn Rumfield	....	craft service: Montgomery, TX
Karissa Shorter	....	production assistant
Elaine Siebe	....	accommodation coordinator
Sandra Stokes	....	production supervisor
Lorie White	....	office production coordinator

Production Companies

• Company Pictures,The
• Gudegast Braeden Productions
• Scott Hamilton Public Relations
• Stephen Bowen Productions

Distributors

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2009) (Australia) (DVD)
• Eagle Films (2008) (Non-USA) (all media) (middle east)
• Grindstone Entertainment Group

Special Effects

• editSM

Other Companies

• ABS Payroll & Production Accounting Services  payroll services
• Border Barbecue  catering: Brackettville
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes
• Granny's Goodies  catering: Fernland
• Mimi's Cafe'  catering: Brackettville
• SoundWorks Houston  additional adr
• Texcam  camera equipment provided by
• Wow & Flutter  sound post-production

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MPAA:

Rated R for violence and sexual content

Runtime:

Canada:112 min (DVD)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA (2009) | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16

Filming Locations:

Brackettville, Texas, USA

Company:

Company Pictures,The

Soundtrack:

This Ol' Bordello

This beats out Plan 9 From Outer Space as the worst film in history

I'm embarrassed to admit that I even rented this film, though I could not bear to watch it. As the crappy after effects title revealed itself at about 5 frames per second over the first shot of the film I said to the girl next to me, "Uh oh. That's not a good sign." I am torn with whether or not to dignify this movie with the designation "film," as it appears to have been shot with a 1998 prosumer video camera.

Poor, poor Billy Zane. I feel bad for everyone in this film actually. The acting, from the few scenes that I watched, looked as though it might have been okay. It's hard to tell when the only mic used seemed to be the one that came mounted on the camera.

I really wonder what it cost to produce this movie. I was fooled because the cover art of the DVD looked pretty good. Why does Hollywood video even stock this thing? There should be a warning next to it. "This movie was shot with a video camera!"