Mud (2012)

Director:

Jeff Nichols

Writer (WGA):

Jeff Nichols (written by)

Release Date:

10 May 2013 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Two teenage boys encounter a fugitive and form a pact to help him evade the bounty hunters on his trail and to reunite him with his true love.

Plot Keywords:

Fugitive | Teenage Boy | Boy | Bounty Hunter | Pact

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Matthew McConaughey	...	Mud
Reese Witherspoon	...	Juniper
Tye Sheridan	...	Ellis
Jacob Lofland	...	Neckbone
Sarah Paulson	...	Mary Lee
Ray McKinnon	...	Senior
Sam Shepard	...	Tom Blankenship
Michael Shannon	...	Galen
Paul Sparks	...	Carver
Joe Don Baker	...	King
Johnny Cheek	...	Kyle
Bonnie Sturdivant	...	May Pearl
Stuart Greer	...	Miller
Clayton Carson	...	Pryor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Abbott Jr.	...	James
Kristy Barrington	...	Princess (uncredited)
Lauren Lee	...	Additional Dialogue (uncredited)
Douglas Ligon	...	Motel Clerk (uncredited)
Matt Newcomb	...	Male Nurse (uncredited)

Directed by
Jeff Nichols

Writing credits (WGA)
Jeff Nichols		(written by)

Produced by
Glen Basner	....	executive producer
Lisa Maria Falcone	....	producer
Michael Flynn	....	executive producer
Sarah Green	....	producer
Tom Heller	....	executive producer
Morgan Pollitt	....	associate producer
Aaron Ryder	....	producer
Gareth Smith	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Wingo

Cinematography by
Adam Stone

Film Editing by
Julie Monroe

Casting by
Francine Maisler

Production Design by
Richard A. Wright

Art Direction by
Elliott Glick

Set Decoration by
Fontaine Beauchamp Hebb

Costume Design by
Kari Perkins

Makeup Department
Carla Brenholtz	....	key makeup artist
Robin Fredriksz	....	makeup artist: Reese WItherspoon
Jamie Hess	....	special makeup designs lab work
Alexis LaCentra	....	special makeup designs lab work
Lloyd Matthews	....	special makeup designs lab work
Mike McCracken	....	special makeup designs lab work
Matthew W. Mungle	....	special makeup effects designer
Kelly Nelson	....	department head hair
Tina Roesler Kerwin	....	makeup department head
Tina Roesler Kerwin	....	makeup designer
Alissa Shores	....	key hairstylist
Lona Vigi	....	hair stylist: Reese Witherspoon
Clinton Wayne	....	special makeup effects designer

Production Management
Michael Flynn	....	unit production manager
Sarah Green	....	unit production manager
Nancy Kirhoffer	....	post-production supervisor
John K. Patterson	....	production supervisor: underwater sequence (as John Patterson)
Christopher H. Warner	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Cas Donovan	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Jason Babin	....	prop maker
Rick Bernos	....	painter
Mike Boswell	....	greensman
Adrian Bozeman	....	prop maker
Leo Brown	....	prop maker
Mike Caldwell	....	prop maker
Lizzy Faulkner Chandler	....	art department coordinator/clearances
Daniel Coe	....	construction coordinator
Mitchell Crisp	....	on set dresser
Larry L. Dean Jr.	....	lead greensman
Gavin Deloach	....	construction utility technician
Henson Flye	....	set dresser
Doug Green	....	prop maker
Colleen Haley	....	art production assistant
Thaddys Hearington	....	prop maker
William Johnson Jr.	....	painter
Jerod Johnson	....	painter
Peggy Johnson	....	paint foreman
Thomas V. Johnson	....	lead scenic
Tom Johnson	....	lead scenic painter
Kristin Mann	....	props
Matthew Martin	....	set dresser
Mark Moore	....	storyboard artist
Scott A. Reeder	....	props
Hannah May Roark	....	assistant property master
Joey Santoro	....	set dresser
John Eric Seay	....	construction foreman
David Sessum III	....	prop maker
David Sessum Jr.	....	prop maker
Jonathan Shaffer	....	property master
Miranda Sink	....	set dec pa
Debbie Smith	....	painter
James Smith	....	set dresser
William Vestal	....	greensman
Richard Blake Wester	....	leadman
Dorsey Williamson	....	picture cars
Jason Wilson	....	prop maker
Russell Wilson	....	prop maker
Karen Young	....	on set dresser

Sound Department
Marco Alicea	....	digital audio transfer
Ethan Andrus	....	sound mixer
Jeremy Bowker	....	sound effects editor
Shayna Brown	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jo Caron	....	foley mixer
Jo Caron	....	sound recordist
Dwight Chalmers	....	field recordings
Dwight Chalmers	....	sound utility
Jenna Dalla Riva	....	foley recordist
Sarah Dowling	....	adr voice casting
Coya Elliott	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Brad Engleking	....	sound mix engineer
Will Files	....	sound designer
Will Files	....	sound re-recording mixer
Sandra Fox	....	foley assistant
Lyman Hardy	....	sound effects editor
Kaspar Hugentobler	....	sound recordist
Marie-Christine Hébert	....	foley assistant
Goro Koyama	....	foley artist
Michael Levine	....	digital audio transfer
Andy Malcolm	....	foley artist
Simon Meilleur	....	foley artist
Charlotte Moore	....	post-production sound accountant
Stephen Muir	....	foley recordist
Brandon Proctor	....	sound re-recording mixer
Clint Smith	....	dialogue editor
Tom Sturgis	....	boom operator
Tony Villaflor	....	assistant re-recording mixer
Don White	....	foley mixer

Special Effects by
Everett Byrom III	....	special effects supervisor
Craig Byrom	....	special effects technician
Steve Frusher	....	special effects technician
Russell Hardy	....	special effects technician
James W. McCormick	....	special effects technician
Bob Trevino	....	special effects foreman

Visual Effects by
Antony Allen	....	compositor
Brett Angelillis	....	animator
Lersak Bunupuradah	....	cg artist
Zach Christian	....	matte painter
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals
Chad E. Collier	....	data technician: Method Studios
Janice Barlow Collier	....	technical administrator: Method Studios
Juan Colon	....	3D tracking
Loraine Cooper	....	compositor
Sean Danischevsky	....	2D supervisor: London
Tom Daws	....	flame artist
Gus Duron	....	digital optical editor
Amy Garback	....	I/O coordinator
Rachel Faith Hanson	....	visual effects producer
Zafar Janjua	....	visual effects coordinator
Jake King	....	colorist assistant
David Lo	....	cg artist
Benjamin Mattern	....	animator
Julia Neighly	....	visual effects producer
Paula Olszowska	....	compositor
Mitch Paulson	....	supervising digital colorist
Rob Phillips	....	digital intermediate producer
Martha Pike	....	digital intermediate editor
Andrew Pinson	....	compositor
Giorgia Pulvirenti	....	compositor
Jason Schugardt	....	visual effects supervisor
Doug Spilatro	....	visual effects artist
Rosalie A. Staley	....	digital intermediate associate producer
Lauren van Houten	....	3D tracking
Anastasia Von Rahl	....	visual effects coordinator
Jenny Wan	....	roto/prep artist
Matt Wilson	....	compositor
Fabio Zapata	....	3D tracking supervisor

Stunts
Richard L. Blackwell	....	stunts
Jeff Chumas	....	assistant stunt coordinator
Jeff Chumas	....	utility stunts
Mickey Giacomazzi	....	stunt coordinator
Randy Hall	....	stunts
James M. Halty	....	stunts
Alex Krimm	....	stunts
Matthew H. O'Connor	....	stunts (as Matt O'Connor)
Balint Pinczehelyi	....	safety diver
David Reinhart	....	stunts
Daniel Stevens	....	stunt double
Danny Wynands	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Tom Alexander	....	grip
Tom Alexander	....	rigging key grip
Paul Atkins	....	underwater director of photography
Brent Bailey	....	electrician
Jim Bridges	....	still photographer
Dave Calhoun	....	rigging gaffer
Dylan Conrad	....	first assistant camera: "b" camera
Dylan Conrad	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Joe Datri	....	stabilized head technician
John David Devergiliis	....	camera loader
John David Devirgiliis	....	film loader
James Domkus	....	balloon technician
Mike Foodman	....	electrician
Rocky Ford	....	key grip
Austin Fulcher	....	electrician
James Garner	....	electrician
Don Hager	....	grip
Jordan Hager	....	grip
Phil Hardage	....	underwater 1st ad
Gary Harvill	....	grip
Scott Howell	....	klaus camera tech
Linda Kallerus	....	first assistant camera: "c" camera (as Linda Slater)
Jason Keene	....	best boy electric: underwater scenes
Freddie W. Kelly	....	electrician
Steve Koster	....	aerial director of photography
Chris Kovalski	....	best boy grip
Maurice Langford	....	electrician
Matt Manning	....	grip
James Marks	....	hydroscope operator
Stephen McBride	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
Kenneth Neil Moore	....	camera operator: "b" camera
Kenneth Neil Moore	....	director of photography: second unit
Kevin Mucha	....	best boy electric
Matthew A. Petrosky	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Matthew A. Petrosky	....	steadicam operator
David Regan	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Lindsay Rodriguez	....	klaus camera tech
Thomas Rogers	....	electrician
Michael Roy	....	gaffer
Mike Sabga	....	video assist/playback
Will Scott	....	camera intern
Darius Shahmir	....	epk camera
Chris 'Smitty' Smith	....	dolly grip
Chris Smith	....	dolly grip
Nathan Trucks	....	camera utility
Thomas Wostak	....	electrician

Casting Department
Caleb Bishop	....	casting assistant: Arkansas
Byron Burch	....	casting assistant: Arkansas
Sarah Dowling	....	casting: Texas
Diana Guthrie	....	casting: Texas
Ashley Hallford	....	casting assistant
Yancey Prosser	....	casting: Arkansas
Sarah Tackett	....	casting: Arkansas

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Shirley Carlisle	....	costumer
Brenda J. Chambers	....	set costumer
Patricia Gorman	....	costume supervisor
S. Aimee Helms	....	key set costumer
Stephanie Hummel	....	costume assistant
Stephanie Hummel	....	wardrobe assistant

Editorial Department
Federico Brusilovsky	....	post production intern
George Chavez	....	color timer
Richard Chavez	....	post production intern
Michael Davenport	....	post production intern
Bruce Goodman	....	colorist
May Kuckro	....	first assistant editor
T.J. Larson	....	post production intern
Mitch Paulson	....	supervising digital colorist
Perri Pivovar	....	first assistant editor
David Rosenblatt	....	first assistant editor
Wilson Smith	....	post production intern
Rosalie A. Staley	....	digital intermediate associate producer
David Townsend	....	post-production coordinator
Anthony Motta	....	dailies operator (uncredited)

Music Department
Bill Bernstein	....	music editor
Alexis Buffum	....	violin
Travis Chapman	....	bass
Kate Craig	....	associate music supervisor
Steve Lindsey	....	music supervisor
Louie Lino	....	strings engineered by
Tony Martin	....	cello
Tim Rakoczy	....	music editor
Nick Smith	....	musician: trombone
Thomas Vicari	....	score mixed by
Michael Zainer	....	assistant music editor

Transportation Department
Lagenea Bailey	....	driver
Dennis Binns	....	driver
Merton Binns	....	driver
Mike Borreson	....	driver
Eddie Briggs	....	driver
John C. Chaney	....	driver: Matthew McConaughey
Sam Craytor	....	driver: honeywagon
Monte Emery	....	driver
Troy Esquibel	....	driver
Antonio Fletcher	....	driver
Guy Graves	....	driver
Gerald Hardy	....	camara truck driver
Rodney Jackson	....	driver
James Marder	....	driver
Pete Meda	....	driver
Steve Peden	....	driver
Jack Prince	....	camera car driver
John Proctor	....	transportation captain
Eugene Purcell	....	special effects driver
Ronnie Reeves	....	production van driver
Jerry Spencer	....	driver
Judy Stuckey	....	driver
Dave Tucker	....	driver
Gerge Veneble	....	driver
Dan O. Wiseman	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Spencer Audet	....	assistant: Aaron Ryder
Richard Baker	....	evp of marketing & distribution: FilmNation Entertainment
Carrie Berg	....	office production assistant
Debbie Bilski	....	key craft service
Randy Bilski	....	craft service assistant
Randy Bilski	....	set medic
Whitney Bishop	....	assistant: Jeff Nichols
Cara Blome	....	art production assistant
Ray Braemer	....	security: Reese Witherspoon
Andrew Bridewell	....	boat captain
William Bridewell	....	boat captain
Laura Brown	....	production secretary
Jason Bryant	....	medic
Colin Buchanan	....	location assistant
Collin Buchanan	....	location assistant
Matthew Burding	....	boat captain
Daniel Campbell	....	set production assistant
Jessica Cervantes	....	animal trainer
Aaron S. Chassells	....	medic
Jean-Paul Chreky	....	script supervisor
Alison S. Cohen	....	head: business affairs
Joe Conway	....	studio teacher
Chris Cooper	....	office production assistant
John Countryman	....	video service
Helen Daniels	....	office production assistant
Maddie Detloff	....	office production assistant
Derek Di Biagio	....	assistant: Matthew McConaughey
Michael Dittmar	....	location scout
Michael Donigan	....	security
Bill Elliott	....	boat captain
Ryan Elliott	....	boat captain
Andrew Epstein	....	epk producer
Paul Fowler	....	medic
David Fowlkes	....	assistant location manager
Megan Fraiser	....	animal trainer
Rosie Frihart	....	production office intern
Tammy Glass	....	production coordinator
Tate Har	....	water safety
Michael Haro	....	location manager
Craig Hosking	....	aerial coordinator/pilot
David Jennis	....	set production assistant
Andrew Grey Johnson	....	first assistant accountant
James Jones	....	boat captain
Vicki Jones	....	boat captain
Ashley Kravitz	....	legal clearance coordinator
Alex Krimm	....	marine tech
Mike Lane	....	client service
T.J. Larson	....	production assistant: Additional Photography
T.J. Larson	....	production assistant: second unit
Sid Law	....	boat captain
Jenny Lawhorn	....	publicist
Jeb A. Lemos	....	caterer
Audrey Lewis	....	location production assistant
Will Livingsston	....	boat captain
Melissa Loseby	....	vp: publicity
Gabriella Ludlow	....	production and legal affairs
John Lusby	....	office production assistant
Mike MacDonald	....	caterer
Earl Sean Mahang	....	medic
Kathryn Malm	....	set production assistant
Richard K. Matthews	....	medic
Drew McCord	....	boat captain
Max McNamara	....	set production assistant
David Melito	....	key production accountant
Pat Meyerhoff	....	caterer
Jean-François Montminy	....	caterer
Matt O'Connor	....	assistant marine coordinator
Kristen Otto	....	animal trainer
John Patterson	....	underwater supervisor
Pauline Piechota	....	VP of marketing & distribution: FilmNation Entertainment
Milan Popelka	....	chief operating officer: FilmNation Entertainment
Eva Porter	....	client service
Robert Pugh	....	boat captain
Josh Richmond	....	water safety
Tom Roach	....	animal trainer
Jerry L. Robinson	....	medic
Christian Rodriguez	....	client services
Matt Salazar	....	payroll accountant
Weiman Seid	....	publicist
Katherine Silva	....	accounting clerk
Franie Taylor	....	water safety
Michael Tomassetti	....	armorer
John Torrijos	....	video service
Justin Trimm	....	set production assistant
Chang Tseng	....	travel coordinator
Zach Turner	....	set production assistant
John Wagner	....	payroll clerk
Mark Walford	....	medic
Noreen Ward	....	VP of finance & accounting: FilmNation Entertainment
Aimee Weaver	....	location production assistant
J. Wilfrid White	....	marine coordinator
Glen Yrigoyen	....	marine tech
Matthew R. Zboyovski	....	office production assistant
John Zois	....	assistant: Glen Basner

Thanks
Elizabeth Avellan	....	special thanks
Governor Mike Beebe	....	special thanks: State of Arkansas
James Berry	....	special thanks: City of Dumas (as Mayor James Berry)
Fred Black Jr.	....	special thanks
Fred Black	....	special thanks
Gary Boyd	....	special thanks
Wayne Caldwell	....	special thanks
Everett Cox	....	special thanks: Dumas Police Department
Sonny Cox	....	special thanks: Arkansas County Judge
Christopher Crane	....	special thanks: film commissioner
Dan Dillard	....	special thanks (as Dr. Dan Dillard)
George Dunklin	....	special thanks
Kim Fontaine	....	special thanks: Arkansas state troopers (as Sgt. Kim Fontaine)
David Gordon Green	....	special thanks
Parke Gregg	....	special thanks
Gary Hawkins	....	special thanks
Leonard Hogg	....	special thanks: Arkansas state troopers (as Lt. Leonard Hogg)
Alec Jhangiani	....	special thanks
Kelly Jones	....	special thanks
Roger Land	....	special thanks
Debra & Billy Lofland	....	special thanks
Mark McElroy	....	special thanks: Desha County Judge
Gary Morris	....	special thanks
Thomas Newman	....	special thanks
John & Joan Nichols	....	special thanks
Missy Nichols	....	special thanks
Sammye Owen	....	special thanks: Dumas Chamber of Commerce
Harlan Patterson	....	special thanks
Rodney Raines	....	special thanks
Donald Lee Ruffin	....	special thanks
Cread Rush	....	special thanks
Rusty Rush	....	special thanks
James Shelton	....	special thanks: Casscoe Constable
Stephanie & Joe Sheridan	....	special thanks
Charles & Linda Stark	....	special thanks
Jeffrey Taylor	....	special thanks: Walker Cottonwood Farm

Production Companies

• Everest Entertainment
• Brace Cove Productions
• FilmNation Entertainment

Distributors

• Ad Vitam Distribution (2013) (France) (theatrical)
• Lionsgate (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
• Roadside Attractions (2013) (USA) (theatrical)
• Mongkol Major (2013) (Thailand) (all media)
• Pinema (2013) (Turkey) (all media)
• Vértigo Films (2013) (Spain) (all media)

Special Effects

• Method Studios

Other Companies

• All Celebrity Travel  travel agency
• Arkansas County Sheriff's Department  special thanks
• Arkansas Custom Tours/Travel  travel agency
• Arkansas State Game and Fish Commission  special thanks
• Arkansas State Police  special thanks
• B.A. Department, The  production and legal affairs
• Big Banjo's, Dumas Arkansas  special thanks
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera dollies
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  hydrascope telescoping crane arm
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  stabilized remote camera systems
• Cleared By Ashley  clearance coordinator
• Community of Crocketts Bluff, Arkansas  special thanks
• Crocketts Bluff Lodge  special thanks
• DeWitt Stern Insurance Services  insurance provided by
• EFilm  digital intermediate services provided by
• Fat Dot  publicity
• Intelligent Media  international monitoring agency
• LAFX  score mixed at
• Lakeshore Records  soundtrack
• Music+Arts Studio  scoring
• Norm Marshall and Associates  product placement
• Office Space  special thanks
• Piggly Wiggly, Dumas Arkansas  special thanks
• Pivotal Post  Avid HD Editing Equipment Provided By
• Ready to Serve  catering
• Red Footed Booby Company  post production accounting
• Resonate Studio, Austin  strings recorded at
• Scarlet Letters  title design by
• Skywalker Sound  sound services provided by
• Stuck On On  adr recorded at
• Stuttgart Fire Department  special thanks
• Stuttgart School District  special thanks
• Tequila Mockingbird  adr recorded at
• Troublemaker Studios  re-recorded at
• Worldwide Movie Animals  animals provided by

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some violence, sexual references, language, thematic elements and smoking

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #47633) | Ireland:12A | UK:12A | India:U/A

Filming Locations:

Mississippi River, Eudora, Arkansas, USA

Company:

Everest Entertainment

Trivia:

During the first few scenes of the movie, Neckbone is wearing a t-shirt from the band Washington D.C. band Fugazi. This was either a bootleg t-shirt or made specifically for the movie as Fugazi has a very strict anti merchandise policy - they have never made shirts for sale.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Ellis falls into the creek and gets bitten by the black snakes, Neckbone runs back to the boat to tell Mud what happened. Mud, who is shirtless at the moment, grabs his shirt from the bush where it was hanging and we see Mud and Neckbone start running up the sand to the creek to help Ellis. As they run away from the camera Mud is throwing his shirt on loosely over his shoulders. In the next shot we see Mud and Neckbone running towards the camera and Mud's shirt is fully buttoned up.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Cleveland Show: California Dreamin' (All the Cleves Are Brown) (#4.15)" (2013)

Soundtrack:

May Pearl

Director Jeff Nichols' Third Film is an Embodiment of the Classic Americana Spirit Delivered Through Heartfelt Storytelling and Pristine Cinematic Technicality

Engaging an audience in a truly captivating sense of wonder is a lost art form in the realm of cinema, or at least it has become so rare that we begin to forget how magical the silver screen experience can be. One of those rare filmmakers is writer and director Jeff Nichols who made great strides in inventive filmmaking with his second feature Take Shelter, a deeply unsettling and atmospheric thriller that reminded us that the potential for original storytelling can have equally creative follow through. Writer/director Jeff Nichols' latest atmospheric drama Mud continues his notable prestige for dramatic filmmaking by creating a pure slice of Americana; an evocative and poignant coming of age tale that borrows the lyricism of Tennessee Williams works and mixes them with the harmonious sensitivity of a Sam Shepard play, who is ironically enough in a supporting role in the film, creating a witty and insightful modern day Mark Twain influenced adventure. Keeping his respectful gaze on rural America, Nichols creates an intimate reflection on friendship, unrequited love, and youthful discovery with a rhythmic, sensitive approach towards life's realizations during childhood. Mud is one of those films where all of the creative outlets from the ethereal cinematography to the haunting cinematic score come together in perfect unison to highlight the depth within the story being told. The film unveils its inner soul with a purposefully meditative pace that might deter some from experiencing a thoughtful approach but that would be a drastic mistake because it's one of the more authentically creative and emotionally opulent movies to grace the theaters in a long while. In Mud we're not only witnessing the artistic stamp of a director who has found his distinct voice but also the final stages of resurrection in the acting career of Matthew McConaughey who has never been more focused or impassioned on the screen. While Mud might not be as finely woven as his sophomore effort Take Shelter there is no denying his latest drama's penchant for compelling drama enhanced by the heartfelt nature of the writing, the clarity in the visuals, and the honesty in all of the acting performances.

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