A Lonely Place for Dying

Last updated
A Lonely Place for Dying
Lonely place for dying.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJustin Eugene Evans
Screenplay byJustin Eugene Evans
Produced byJustin Eugene Evans
Brent Daniels
Starring Ross Marquand
Michael Wincott
Michael Scovotti
James Cromwell
Brad Culver
Mike Peebler
Luis Robledo
Jason R. Moore
Cinematography Nick Bongianni
Edited by Brad Stoddard
Music byBrent Daniels
Production
company
Distributed byHumble Magi
LPD, LLC
Release dates
  • December 3, 2008 (2008-12-03)(Santa Fe Film Festival [1] )
  • September 7, 2012 (2012-09-07)(United States)
[2]
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$200,000 USD [3]

A Lonely Place for Dying is a 2012 [4] American independent drama-thriller film directed by Justin Eugene Evans and produced by James Cromwell. Starring Ross Marquand, Michael Wincott, Michael Scovotti and James Cromwell, the film is set in 1972 during the Cold War. The film's score was composed by Brent Daniels.

Contents

Plot

In 1972, an abandoned Mexican prison sits alone in the dusty Chihuahua desert. KGB mole Nikolai Dzerzhinsky waits for his contact from The Washington Post . Dzerzhinsky holds explosive evidence against the CIA; information he will trade for asylum in the United States. Special Agent Robert Harper must obtain this evidence and kill Dzerzhinsky or risk the end of his CIA career. As the two men hunt each other, they discover that the sins from their past destined them for this deadly confrontation.

Cast

Release

"A Lonely Place For Dying" held an unannounced sneak preview at the 2008 Santa Fe Film Festival. Despite being an out-of-competition rough-cut screening with no visual effects, music, sound mix or color grade, it was nominated for three awards and won the Heineken Red Star Award. [5]

The first 22 minutes of the motion picture was released on VODO in July 2011. It was downloaded over one million times and became the best-seeded movie Torrent in the world for several weeks. [6] "A Lonely Place For Dying" screened at its final three festivals and concluded its two-and-a-half-year-long festival run, while "part one" of the film dominated Bittorrent. [6]

After nearly three years on the festival circuit, "A Lonely Place For Dying" received a limited theatrical release on approximately 19 screens throughout the United States. It debuted on September 7, 2012 at the Al Ringling Theatre in Baraboo, Wisconsin [4] and concluded its run on November 4 of the same year in several theaters in Portland, Oregon. The film played in theaters across Wisconsin, Idaho, Montana, Ohio, Oregon and Washington. [7]

In February, 2013, it was released on iTunes and Amazon. [8] On May 31, 2013, the filmmakers held a charity screening of "A Lonely Place for Dying" at Justin Eugene Evans' high school in Clackamas, Oregon. All proceeds went to Clackamas High School's speech and drama departments. [9]

Accolades

"A Lonely Place for Dying" was an official selection of 46 film festivals where it was nominated for 53 awards and won 29 including 18 as best picture. [8] [10] The film began its festival run at the 2008 Santa Fe Film Festival and concluded its run as the Opening Night film for the 2011 Oaxaca Film. Fest [11] Below is a partial list of the film's awards.

AwardDate of CeremonyCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)ResultRef
Santa Fe Film Festival December 7, 2008Heineken Red Star AwardJustin Eugene EvansWon [1]
Eugene International Film Festival October 10, 2010Best Action NarrativeJustin Eugene EvansWon [12]
Somewhat North of Boston (S.N.O.B.) Film FestivalNovember 10, 2010Best Action FilmJustin Eugene EvansWon [13]
Park City Film Music Festival June 10, 2010Silver Medal for Excellence In Original MusicBrent DanielsWon [14]
Wild Rose Independent Film Festival November 6, 2010Best Visual EffectsMarc Leonard & Daniel BroadwayWon [15]
Best Cinematography (Certificate of Distinctive Achievement)Justin Eugene EvansWon [15]
Best Makeup and HairCatherine DoughtyNominated [15]
Best MusicBrent DanielsNominated [16]
Best EditingBrad StoddardNominated [16]
Best Lighting DesignJustin Eugene EvansNominated [16]
Best EnsembleThe Cast of ALPFDNominated [16]
Best ActorRoss MarquandNominated [16]
Best Director - Feature FilmJustin Eugene EvansNominated [16]
Best Feature FilmJustin Eugene EvansNominated [16]
Maverick Movie Awards 2010Best CinematographyJustin Eugene EvansNominated [17]
Best ActorRoss MarquandNominated [17]
Best Supporting ActorMichael WincottNominated [17]
Best Production DesignJustin Eugene Evans, Jan Shane & Catherine DoughtyNominated [17]
Best Special EffectsDaniel Broadway, Marc Leonard & Mystic ArtsNominated [17]
Best Special Effects Make-UpCatherine DoughtyNominated [17]
Best StuntsRick Kingi & Kurly TlapayawaWon [17]
The PreciousJames CromwellNominated [17]
Beloit International Film Festival February 19, 2011Best ScreenplayJustin Eugene EvansWon [18]
Best FeatureJustin Eugene EvansWon [19]
Indie Spirit Film Festival April 17, 2011Director's Choice AwardJustin Eugene EvansWon [20]
Van Wert International Film Festival July 10, 2011Grand PrixJustin Eugene EvansWon [21]
Outstanding DirectionJustin Eugene EvansWon [21]
Outstanding ActorRoss MarquandWon [21]
Outstanding Film EditingBrad StoddardWon [21]
Burbank International Film Festival September 21, 2011Best Feature FilmJustin Eugene EvansWon
Best PictureJustin Eugene EvansWon [22]
Oaxaca FilmFest November 12, 2011Opening Night FilmJustin Eugene EvansWon [23]

Reception

A Lonely Place for Dying was met with almost universal praise. Justine Browning of Huffington Post said "A Lonely Place for Dying (currently available on iTunes) is a powerful independent thriller from a promising new director Justin Eugene Evans." [24] Andrew L. Urban of Urban Cinefile said "Executed with skill, the film uses its primary element - the abandoned Mexican prison - to terrific effect...excellent design and music, with terrific camerawork, complete what is arguably a better movie than many which get a theatrical release." [25] Jesse Veverka of the Clyde Fitch Report refers to the film's director as an "independent narrative film prodigy." [26] Charles Monroe Kane of WPT's "Director's Cut" said "A Lonely Place For Dying is an absolutely fantastic film!" [27]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Baraboo, Wisconsin</span> City in Wisconsin, United States

Baraboo is a city in the Midwest and the county seat of Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. The largest city in the county, Baraboo is the principal city of the Baraboo Micropolitan Statistical Area which comprises a portion of the Madison Combined Statistical area. Its 2020 population was 12,556. It is situated on the Baraboo River.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Reedsburg, Wisconsin</span> City in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States

Reedsburg is a city in Sauk County, Wisconsin, United States. Located along the Baraboo River, it was founded in 1868, and was named for early settler David C. Reed. The city is surrounded by the Town of Reedsburg. It is part of the Baraboo Micropolitan Statistical Area.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adelaide Film Festival</span> Film festival in Adelaide, South Australia

The Adelaide Film Festival is film festival usually held for two weeks in mid-October in cinemas in Adelaide, South Australia. Originally presented biennially in March from 2003, since 2013 AFF has been held in October. Subject to funding, the festival has staged full or briefer events in alternating years; some form of event has taken place every year since 2015. From 2022 it takes place annually. It has a strong focus on local South Australian and Australian produced content, with the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund (AFFIF) established to fund investment in Australian films.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saul Landau</span> American journalist (1936–2013)

Saul Landau was an American journalist, filmmaker and commentator. He was also a professor emeritus at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where he taught history and digital media.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sheffield DocFest</span> Documentary festival in Sheffield, England

Sheffield DocFest, short for Sheffield International Documentary Festival (SIDF), is an international documentary festival and Marketplace held annually in Sheffield, England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ivy Film Festival</span>

Ivy Film Festival (IFF) is the world's largest student-run film festival, hosted annually on the campus of Brown University. The Festival was started in 2001 by then-Brown juniors David Peck and Justin Slosky in collaboration with students of the other seven Ivy League schools including vice chairman Doug Imbruce from Columbia University. The founders' goal was to create a venue to showcase and honor the work of talented student filmmakers. The Ivy Film Festival currently accepts submissions from around the world for both its short film and screenplay competitions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">BFI London Film Festival</span> Annual film festival held in London, England

The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival held in London, England in collaboration with the British Film Institute. The festival runs for two weeks in October every year. In 2016, the BFI estimated that around 240 feature films and 150 short films from more than 70 countries are screened at the festival each year.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Tala Hadid</span> American film director

Tala Hadid is a film director and producer. She is also a photographer. Her work has been shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, The Walker Arts Center in Minneapolis, The Smithsonian National Museum, The National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C., L'Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and other locations.

Young Man Kang is a Korean filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California, United States. Kang directed and produced The Last Eve (2005), Soap Girl (2002), Cupid's Mistake (2001) and Kimchi Warrior (2009). He is the director and founder of Seoul Webfest.

The Santa Fe Film Festival is a non-profit organization which presents important world cinema that represents aesthetic, critical, and entertainment standards highlighting New Mexican film. The organization partners with educational groups, schools, and other non-profits to provide a forum for filmmakers, critics, educators, and historians. The award is in the form of a mounted original sculpture. The festival has been listed as one of the top independent film festivals in the United States.

Mary Sweeney is an American director, writer, film editor and film producer. She was briefly married to American film director David Lynch, whom she collaborated with for 20 years. Sweeney worked with Lynch on several films and television series, most notably the original Twin Peaks series (1990), Lost Highway (1997), The Straight Story (1999), and Mulholland Drive (2001). Sweeney is the Dino and Martha De Laurentiis Endowed Professor in the Writing Division of the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California. She was formerly the chair of the Film Independent board of directors.

Andrew Swant is an American filmmaker best known for William Shatner's Gonzo Ballet, The Jeffrey Dahmer Files, and What What in the Butt.

<i>American Drug War: The Last White Hope</i> 2007 documentary film

American Drug War: The Last White Hope is a 2007 documentary film by writer and director Kevin Booth about the war on drugs in the United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Justin Chon</span> American actor and director

Justin Jitae Chon is an American actor and filmmaker. He has directed three films, Gook (2017), Ms. Purple (2019), and Blue Bayou (2021). He is also known for portraying Eric Yorkie in The Twilight Saga film series. He is a member of the K-pop parody group Boys Generally Asian.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Adam Wingard</span> American director, screenwriter, editor, and composer

Adam Wingard is an American filmmaker. He has served as a director, producer, screenwriter, editor, cinematographer, actor, and composer on numerous projects.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Iko Uwais</span> Indonesian actor and martial artist (born 1983)

Uwais Qorny, known professionally as Iko Uwais, is an Indonesian actor, stuntman, fight choreographer, and martial artist. He is best known for acting in the action films Merantau (2009), The Raid (2011), The Raid 2 (2014), Headshot (2016), Mile 22 (2018), The Night Comes for Us (2018), Stuber (2019) and the Netflix series Wu Assassins (2019–present).

The DC Independent Film Festival (DCIFF) is a film festival in Washington, D.C. Launched in 1999, DCIFF exhibits features, animation, shorts and documentaries from around the world, focusing on cutting-edge ideas, new visions and advances in the craft of filmmaking. The festival hosts world premieres, seminars, and workshops, and also sponsors discussions on topics that impact independent filmmakers, in particular the annual "On the Hill" hearing hosted by the Congressional Entertainment Caucus. The festival includes a dedicated POLIDOCS section for documentary films that shed light on human rights, politics and social justice and an international high school film competition started in 2013. The festival also has an oral history collection program Going to the Movies documenting the role of movie-watching in US cultural history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">PHOX</span> American indie pop/alternative folk band

PHOX was an American six-piece alternative folk / indie pop band from Baraboo, Wisconsin. Active from 2011 until 2017, they released their self-titled debut LP on June 24, 2014.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vijay Bedi</span>

Vijay Bedi is the third generation of wildlife film maker and photographer in a family that has a long history of expertise in this highly specialized field.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cinema of Manipur</span> Indian filmmaking in Manipur

The Cinema of Manipur is the film industry based in Manipur, India. It includes not only Meitei language movies but all the films made in different languages of the different communities in Manipur. The Manipuri film industry was born when Matamgi Manipur was released on 9 April 1972. Before this, there were many attempts to make a film in the state, the most significant being Mainu Pemcha in 1948 which was left incomplete due to various problems.

References

  1. 1 2 "Santa Fe Film Festival". www.imdb.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ Spychalla, Craig. "SPY GAMES: A Wisconsin filmmaker has created a Cold War spy drama that's making a theatrical debut in Baraboo". www.maverwiscnews.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ Thomas, Rob (12 February 2013). "Wisconsin director's action thriller "A Lonely Place for Dying" banned in Russia". madisonmovie.org. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Spychalla, Craig. "SPY GAMES: A Wisconsin filmmaker has created a Cold War spy drama that's making a theatrical debut in Baraboo". www.wiscnews.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Heineken Red Star Award 2008 Santa Fe Film Festival". www.ifc.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Maxwell, Andy "Enigmax". "A Lonely Place For Dying A Smash-Hit On Bittorrent". www.torrentfreak.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  7. ↑ Week, Willamette. "A Lonely Place For Dying". www.wweek.com. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 1, 2015.
  8. 1 2 Veverka, Jesse. "Focus on Filmmakers: Justin Eugene Evans". www.clydefitchreport.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ Kavanagh, Vickie (27 May 2013). "Clackamas County and Southwest Portland events". www.oregonlive.com. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  10. ↑ Kreul, James (5 September 2012). "Secret of success: An Interview with Wisconsin filmmaker Justin Eugene Evans". www.isthmus.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Oaxaca FilmFest Updates 2011 Schedule". 1888pressrelease.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Eugene Film Fest" . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  13. ↑ "Halfway to SNOB presents a festival encore". Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  14. ↑ "2011 Award Winners" . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  15. 1 2 3 "Winners Announced for 2010 Wild Rose Independent Film Festival as Iowa Film Showcase Continues" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 24, 2011. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "2010 WRIFF NOMINEES" (PDF). Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "2010 Maverick Movie Awards". Archived from the original on March 24, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  18. ↑ "A Lonely Place for Dying - Best Screenplay - BIFFY Award Winner 2011". YouTube . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  19. ↑ "A Lonely Place for Dying - Best Feature - BIFFY Award Winner 2011". YouTube . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Past Festivals". Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  21. 1 2 3 4 "VWIFF hands out filmmaking awards" . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Nominations for the 2011 Burbank International Film Festival". Facebook . Retrieved February 20, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Oaxaca FilmFest Updates 2011 Schedule". 1888pressrelease.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  24. ↑ Browning, Justine (15 February 2013). "Interview With A Lonely Place for Dying Director Justin Eugene Evans". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  25. ↑ Urban, Andrew. "A Lonely Place For Dying: Digital". urbancinefile.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  26. ↑ Veverka, Jesse. "Focus on Filmmakers: Justin Eugene Evans". clydefitchreport.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
  27. ↑ Kane, Charles Monroe. "Justin Eugene Evans, "A Lonely Place for Dying"". www.video.wpt.org. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.