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Lost Forever Everett Ruess

  • 2000
  • Unrated
  • 1h 3m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
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Lost Forever Everett Ruess (2000)

In January 1931, Everett Ruess, a young Los Angeles artist, left his comfortable home, hitchhiked to Arizona and walked into the wild desert canyons alone. Ruess planned to paint a collectio... Read allIn January 1931, Everett Ruess, a young Los Angeles artist, left his comfortable home, hitchhiked to Arizona and walked into the wild desert canyons alone. Ruess planned to paint a collection of pictures for exhibition. Three years later, he no longer cared about fame. In a final... Read allIn January 1931, Everett Ruess, a young Los Angeles artist, left his comfortable home, hitchhiked to Arizona and walked into the wild desert canyons alone. Ruess planned to paint a collection of pictures for exhibition. Three years later, he no longer cared about fame. In a final letter home Ruess wrote: "As to when I will revisit civilization, it will not be soon, I ... Read all

  • Director
    • Diane Orr
  • Writers
    • Diane Orr
    • Everett Ruess
    • W.L. Rusho
  • Stars
    • Mark Larson
    • Mary Bishop
    • Chris Persky
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    11
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Diane Orr
    • Writers
      • Diane Orr
      • Everett Ruess
      • W.L. Rusho
    • Stars
      • Mark Larson
      • Mary Bishop
      • Chris Persky
    • 1User review
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    Mark Larson
    • Everett Ruess…
    Mary Bishop
    • Stella Ruess
    Chris Persky
    Chris Persky
    • Chris Ruess
    Karl Huddleston
    Karl Huddleston
    • Waldo Ruess
    • (as Carl Huddleston)
    Jack Johnson
    Jack Johnson
    • Medicine Man
    Garnett Johnson
    • Natani
    Lisamarie Costabile
    Lisamarie Costabile
    • Francesca
    Pat Donahue
    Pat Donahue
    • Farmer
    Sherry Hanson
    • Wife
    Matt Barker
    • Boy
    Ann Hayward Sparks
    Ann Hayward Sparks
    • UCLA Teacher
    Roy J. Cohoe
    • Tour Guide
    Gibbs M. Smith
    • Tourist
    Missy Birdsong
    • Tourist
    Bill Adams
    • Self
    Arnold Alvey
    • Self
    Melvin Alvey
    • Self
    Gail Bailey
    • Self
    • Director
      • Diane Orr
    • Writers
      • Diane Orr
      • Everett Ruess
      • W.L. Rusho
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    7davisgulch

    I saw it. I loved it. I made it.

    We took 15 years from optioning the rights to complete the film, so obviously we thought the story of this literate, young, vanished writer and poet was worth telling. The fact the film was a commercial failure in no way detracts from Ruess' story. You can read more about him in Into The Wild, by Jon Krakauer. Director Diane Orr, a native of Utah and longtime visitor to the desert in and around Capital Reef National Park, spent time in the small town of Escalante, UT., interviewing anyone she could find who was alive in 1934, to discover Ruess' fate. What she found has caused a major revision in the theories "Ruess buffs" propose as to what happened to him after he made his last camp.

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    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Monument Valley, Arizona, USA
    • Production companies
      • Beecher Films
      • Philosopher Grip Productions
      • PictureDisc Productions
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      1 hour 3 minutes
    • Color
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