The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy (2011)

Director:

Tanner Beard

Writer:

Tanner Beard

Genre:

Action | Adventure | History | Western

Plot:

The story of how 'Hell's Gate' at Possum Kingdom Lake, Texas came to have it's name. Relive the story of how three outlaws expeditions and encounters through historical 1870s Texas were remembered for a lifetime.

Plot Keywords:

Texas | American Indian | Native American | Gunfight | Sheriff

Cast

Eric Balfour	...	Will Edwards
Lou Taylor Pucci	...	Kid Called Kelly
Henry Thomas	...	John St. Helens
Jenna Dewan-Tatum	...	Katherine Prescott (as Jenna Dewan)
Summer Glau	...	Maggie Moon
Kevin Alejandro	...	August Edwards
Jamie Thomas King	...	John Henry 'Doc' Holliday
Tanner Beard	...	James McKinnon
Jim Beaver	...	J. Wright Mooar
Robert Buckley	...	Bacas Mitchell
James Lafferty	...	Eigson Howard
Glenn Morshower	...	J.H. Gordon
Buck Taylor	...	W.H. 'Pete' Snyder
Stephen Taylor	...	Tower Mitchell
William McNamara	...	Jones Moon
Michael Spears	...	Kutseena
Eddie Spears	...	Wakaree
Barry Tubb	...	Sheriff Michaels
Drew Waters	...	'Champagne' Charlie Austin
Russell Quinn Cummings	...	John Davis Howard (as Russell Quinn)
Brendan Wayne	...	J.W. Barkley
Corey Knipe	...	The Russian
Zahn McClarnon	...	Quanah Parker
Lukas Behnken	...	Jesse James / J. Frank Dalton
Chris Kinkade	...	Doctor Bates
Patrick Malone	...	The Harpist
Meredith Giangrande	...	Madeleine Shea
Wally Welch	...	The Bartender
Ken Luckey	...	Tyler Thompson
Janice Beard	...	Fannie Rhea
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joe Ables	...	Bowler
Marcos Akiaten	...	Moghey
Cathy Baron	...	Rose Abbot
Rick Beard	...	Deputy Lohman
Thomas E. Bentley	...	Dallas Lawman #2
Bart Brown	...	Bowling Referee
Gilbert Gomez	...	Native American
John Hagemann	...	Bowler
Jim Henry	...	Dallas Lawman #3
David H. Hickey	...	Robert 'Bill' Benson
Shane Hunter	...	Native American
Ryan Lee	...	Jeral Floyd
Evan Martin	...	Frank Floyd
King Orba	...	Tucker 'Tuck' Cornelius (as Mark Wallace)
Jay Pennington	...	Bowling gambler
Steve Schmidt	...	Jameson Benson
Jeff Schwan	...	Dallas Deputy
Christopher Stull	...	The Photographer
Michael Taber	...	Johnny Moon
Savannah Welch	...	The Priest Daughter
Farah White	...	Madam Whitney
Matthew Lee Willis	...	Fiddle Player
Scott Challgren	...	Dallas Townsman (uncredited)
Lance Eakright	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Tamara Frewen	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Martina Griffin	...	Native American (uncredited)
Matthan Harris	...	Young Townsman (uncredited)
Brenda Kuciemba	...	Maid (uncredited)
Jamie Lowry	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Craig Mooneyham	...	Townsperson (uncredited)
Brandon Rex Sanders	...	Townperson (uncredited)
Bruce Stewart	...	St. Charles Patron (uncredited)
Gary Teague	...	Saloon Patron (uncredited)
Laura L. Watson	...	Townfolk (uncredited)

Directed by
Tanner Beard

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tanner Beard

Produced by
Tanner Beard	....	associate producer
Meg Beatty	....	associate producer
Summer Finley	....	line producer
Jay Michaelson	....	producer
Suzanne Weinert	....	producer

Original Music by
Lexie Beard		(music composer)

Cinematography by
Nathanael Vorce

Film Editing by
Steven Garcia

Casting by
Sig De Miguel
Stephen Vincent

Production Design by
Christopher Stull

Art Direction by
Yvonne Boudreaux

Set Decoration by
Bart Brown

Costume Design by
Kari Perkins

Makeup Department
Jacenda Burkett	....	key makeup artist
Terri Ewton	....	department head makeup
Leola Perez	....	hair stylist
Janet Tallent-Dickson	....	makeup artist
Marlene D. Whiton	....	hair stylist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Meg Beatty	....	first assistant director
Travis Carr	....	additional second assistant director
Mary Beth Chambers	....	additional second assistant director
Angie Meyer	....	second assistant director
Glen Moorman	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Tom Christopher	....	leadman
Chris Clayton	....	set dresser
Chris Combs	....	set dresser
Debbie Cortez Haber	....	art department coordinator
Justin Cox	....	on-set dresser
Tim Dingle	....	lead scenic
Forest Fagan	....	assistant property master
Brittany Fletcher	....	art department intern
Rick Moore	....	construction coordinator
King Orba	....	property master (as Mark Wallace)
Gary Strube	....	carpenter
Desirae Wallace	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Sean McCormick	....	boom operator
Sabi Tulok	....	sound mixer

Special Effects by
Regina Chapman	....	special effects buyer
Ken Speed	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Sabour Amirazodi	....	visual effects
Steven Garcia	....	visual effects producer
Christopher Scollard	....	visual effects supervisor

Stunts
Jim Henry	....	stunts
Nick X. Henry	....	stunt double (as Nick Henry)
Mark Norby	....	stunt double
Jason Owen	....	stunts
Jeff Schwan	....	stunt coordinator
Joe Self	....	utility stunts
Matthew Lee Willis	....	utility stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Matt Blake	....	video assist operator
Tony J. Brummer	....	gaffer
Raul A. Erivez	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Robert Gilpin	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Jason Keene	....	key grip
Chris Lovely	....	grip
Kyle Osburn	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Spencer Pharr	....	best boy electric
Chad Lear Plunkett	....	grip
Erik Untersee	....	grip
Iskra Valtcheva	....	dimmer operator
Farah White	....	still photographer
Patrick M. Williams	....	first assistant camera
Eric Young	....	jib operator

Casting Department
Harley Kaplan	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brenda J. Chambers	....	set costumer
M. Caroline Pruet	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Sabour Amirazodi	....	colorist
Sabour Amirazodi	....	data management
William Thomas Andrew Davies	....	post-production facilities manager
Steven Garcia	....	colorist
Zared Shai	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Lexie Beard	....	composer: additional music
Lexie Beard	....	music supervisor
Lexie Beard	....	musician
Lexie Beard	....	orchestrator
Tanner Beard	....	composer: theme music
Tanner Beard	....	music supervisor
Joshua Burney	....	composer: additional music
Joshua Burney	....	composer: theme music
Joshua Burney	....	musician
Mark Ford	....	composer: additional music
Mark Ford	....	musician
Michael Gibson	....	composer: additional music
Michael Gibson	....	musician
Ron Knuth	....	musician
Jeremy Logeot	....	musician
Reuel Meditz	....	composer: additional music
Reuel Meditz	....	musician

Transportation Department
Greg Faucett	....	transportation coordinator
David Holt	....	driver
Jesus F. Tellez	....	driver

Other crew
Debbie Bilski	....	key craft service
Randy Bilski	....	on set e.m.t.
Carlos Boillat	....	intern
Anne Carr	....	script supervisor
Travis Carr	....	set production assistant
Ashlee Cohen	....	production coordinator
April Crump	....	payroll accountant
Dustin Daniels	....	key assistant location manager
Sarah Dowling	....	talent liaison
Adam Garrett	....	intern
Jenny Goddard	....	key set production assistant
Wes Green	....	intern
Jose Angel Hernandez	....	location manager
Samantha Hollingsworth	....	key set production assistant
Meredith Honig	....	assistant production coordinator
Erin Malloy	....	production executive
Nikki McCoy	....	production assistant
Jason Owen	....	wrangler
Thell Reed	....	armorer
Michael Saleman	....	production attorney
Vernon Smith	....	locations production assistant
Danny Sutedja	....	locations production assistant
Jenni Wieland	....	production accountant
Robert C. Yu	....	acquisitions executive
Caitlin Costello	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Zane Taylor	....	assistant wrangler (uncredited)
Zane Taylor	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Zoja Ulesoo	....	production intern (uncredited)

Production Companies

• 4Go West Productions
• Flatiron Pictures
• Silver Sail Entertainment (in association with)

Distributors

• ACE Entertainment (2011) (France) (all media)
• Lionsgate (2012) (USA) (DVD)
• Phase 4 Films (2012) (USA) (all media)

Special Effects

• Projektor Creative
• i.e. Effects (additional visual effects)

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Projektor Creative  post-production

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence, brief language and partial nudity

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Enchanted Springs Ranch - 242 Highway 46 W., Boerne, Texas, USA

Company:

4Go West Productions

Ever feel embarrassed for someone else?

This film was comical, embarrassing to watch, and thoroughly steeped in the laughable tea bags of ego-maniacal behavior which forces some (non)individuals, despite nearly all historic evidence pointing to the obvious consequences, to act/write/direct within the same film.

Then, flavor this putrid brew with an advanced-students level of skill/talent, BUT, stir in a full dozen heaping tablespoonfuls of extreme drive and motivation, and you get a film like this arse-gravy on celluloid. (Cept, it's shot with a glorified video camera, so no celluloid) Is it ready to drink? Not yet. Also make sure to embrace everything which is lovely about the lowest cost "digital cinema" production value outside of shooting it with consumer handy-cams, throw in some shockingly dreadful attempts at emulating the "big boys" (which is all this "film" really is, a student-level hyper-driven no-talent attempting to play grown-up) ....and enjoy the delicious cocktail you've just bent over backwards to consume.

Add an Irish accent straight out of a Lucky Charms commercial, if the brew needs additional flavor.

How on earth could someone be proud of this? Delusion is the strongest force of nature. And those behind this wretched project will, of course, find endless and inventive reasons behind its lack of success.

Sadly, they wont touch upon any of the relevant ones though, will they?