Red Dirt (2000)
So zart wie die weißen Blätter der Seerosen in der Anfangssequenz zeichnet 'Red Dirt' ein bedrückend-schönes Bild des alten Südens der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Die Frage 'Why are you still here?' wird zum zentralen Moment für den jungen Griffith (Dan Montgomery), der bei seiner Tante Summer wohnt (Karen Black in ihrer letzten Rolle) und zu seiner Cousine Emily ein inzestuöses Verhältnis pflegt. Der Drang, aus dem alten Geflecht auszubrechen, frei zu atmen, gewinnt mehr und mehr an Gewicht. Eines Tages durchdringt ein Fremder die lastende Schwüle des Sommers. Eine zarte Romanze zwischen ihm und dem unwiderstehlichen Griffith beginnt.
Der Regisseur: Tag Purvis
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Dan Montgomery Jr. as Griffith Joseph Burns |
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Karen Black as Aunt Summer |
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Aleksa Palladino as Emily Whaley |
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Walton Goggins as Lee Todd |
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Peg O'Keef as Lynn Whaley |
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Glenn Shadix as Virgil Cunningham |
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John Mese as Bill Thomas |
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Jo-Ann Robinson as Customer in shop |
| Directing | Tag Purvis | Director |
| Writing | Tag Purvis | Writer |
| Production | Cyril Bijaoui | Producer |
| Production | Sean Gibbons | Associate Producer |
| Editing | Nicholas 'Nikko' Tsiotsias | Editor |
| Production | Adrienne Stern | Casting |
| Art | Pablo Antonio Mirabal | Production Design |
| Art | Gina Scagnelli | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carlos Talavera | Costume Design |
| Production | Dee Evans | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | David Ashby | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Sam Reed | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Jeff K. Brunello | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Thadd Day | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Alex Herrera | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Marti D. Humphrey | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Shawn Kennelly | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Chris Navarro | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Nancy Nugent Title | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Eric Thompson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Lighting | Jesse Cecchini | Best Boy Electric |
| Camera | Ana Foy | Grip |
| Lighting | Scott Zuckerberg | Electrician |
| Editing | Julie Garcés | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Alicia Davis Johnson | Location Scout |
| Production | Ed James | Publicist |
| Camera | Ted Cohen | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Nathan Barr | Original Music Composer |