‘Rust', Western With A Tragic Past, Honors Work Of Slain Cinematographer, Proceeds Will Go To Her Family

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02-05-2025

, the indie western with a tragic backstory, is now out at at some 115 theaters through Falling Forward Films, as well as on PVOD. The release comes well over three years since the film's cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed by a bullet from Alec Baldwin's gun on the New Mexico film set.
An on-again-off-again involuntary manslaughter criminal case against the producer and star was put to rest last December. Multiple civil suits related to the shooting remain in the courts in California and New Mexico. A jury found Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer for the production, guilty of involuntary manslaughter for the October, 2021 incident and she was sentenced to 16 months in prison.
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Amid all that, the movie itself has taken a back seat, until now. Deadline's review calls the release 'bittersweet' but notes 'the exceptional cinematography of Hutchins, as well as Bianca Cline, who came in to film the remaining scenes.'
Honoring Hutchins work is a key reason the film is being released, says Falling Forward Films CEO and founder Scott Kennedy. 'I just loved it,' he said. 'We were able to get some theaters to go along with us because so much of the money is being given to Halyna's family, and her work is so amazing.' The family supported the release. Funds will go mainly to Hutchins' young son.
Kennedy said there have been some early screenings, including one for cast and crew last night at the Laemmle Town Center in Encino.
A director's statement added at the end of Rust offers a message about the film, and about Hutchins' work.
Nicolas Cage-starrring thriller by Lorcan Finnegan opens on 879 screens. Premiered out of competition at Cannes (Deadline review here) to a big ovation and played SXSW. Distributor Roadside Attractions held a Q&A with the actor at the AMC Grove in LA on Wednesday that was beamed live to participating theaters after an advance screening. Roadside is said to be looking at an $1-$2 million opening weekend in a crowded market.
Cage, as per the synopsis, plays a man who returns to the idyllic beach of his childhood to surf with his son. But his desire to hit the waves is thwarted by a group of locals whose mantra is 'don't live here, don't surf here.' Humiliated and angry, is drawn into a conflict that keeps rising in concert with the punishing heat of the summer and pushes him to his breaking point.
from Greenwich Entertainment, written and directed by Durga Chew-Bose, opens on 200+ screens. This new adaptation of Françoise Sagan's coming-of-age novella by the same title stars Chloe Sevigny, Claes Bang, Lily McInerny, Nailia Harzoune, Aliocha Schneider. Premiered at TIFF, see Deadline review.
At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile (McInerny) is languishing by the French seaside with her handsome father, Raymond (Bang), and his girlfriend, Elsa (Harzoune), when the arrival of her late mother's friend, Anne (Sevigny), changes everything. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Cécile's world is threatened and, desperate to regain control, she sets in motion a plan to drive Anne away with tragic consequences. Weekend Q&As with the director and Lily McInerny at IFC Center.
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Two friends trudge through a Michigan forest with the intention of following through on a disturbing pact. Once their plan goes shockingly awry, the surreal and haunting consequences of their failure can't stay hidden for long.
Premiered at Tribeca Festival last year with a Special Jury Mention for Performance in a U.S. Feature for Joshua Burge. Also stars, Joel Potrykus. Bill Vincent, Solo Potrykus, Melissa Blanchard. This is the fourth collaboration by the indie director with Oscilloscope, whose website features The Potrykus Collection –posters, t-shirts, a DVD pack and limited edition VHS.
(Los domingos mueren más personas) from Big World Pictures, written, directed by and starring Iair Said, opens at the Quad Cinema in NYC, adding Laemmle LA next weekend and expanding thereafter.
World premiered at the Cannes Film Festival parallel ACID section.
The queer Argentine dark comedy loosely based on Said's real-life experiences follows David, a young middle class Jewish man –corpulent, homosexual and afraid of flying – as he returns to Buenos Aires from Europe. He learns that his mother has decided to disconnect his father's respirator, the only thing that has kept him alive for years. David will oscillate between living in close quarters with his mother, alienated by the pain of the imminent loss of her husband, and a voracity to fill his existential anguish, occupying his hours learning to drive, seeking low-cost medical treatments, and trying to have sex with any man who shows him a little attention.
Said is joined by Latin American stage and screen actor Rita Cortese (Wild Tales, Herencia), Argentine singer Juliana Gattas and Pablo Larrain favorite Antonia Zegers (The Club, The Punishment).
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