«The Last Survivors» is a 2014 American post-apocalyptic film directed by Thomas Hammock and written by Hammock and Jacob Forman.
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- The Last Survivors is a 2014 American post-apocalyptic film.
- Its original title was The Well.
- It was directed by Thomas Hammock and written by Hammock and Jacob Forman.
- It stars Haley Lu Richardson, Booboo Stewart, Nicole Fox, Jacqueline Emerson, Max Charles, Michael Welch, and Rena Owen.
- It is set in Oregon.
- The film revolves around a dystopian world with a shortage of water.
- A trained dancer, Richardson performed most of her own stunts in the film.
- She said the producers were “half-impressed and half-worried” by her enthusiasm for the stuntwork.
- The shooting took place in California City, California, over the course of a month in 2012.
- The Last Survivors premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival.
- It was released on DVD in the UK on May 4, 2015, and in the US on August 4.
- Rotten Tomatoes reports that 75% of 12 surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating is 6.33/10.
- Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, “Tom Hammock’s conscientiously crafted feature gets great mileage from a unique setting and some strong screen performances.”
- Bob Strauss of the Los Angeles Daily News called the film unoriginal but praised both Hammock’s direction and Richardson’s acting.
- James Rocchi of Indiewire rated it A− and wrote that it “has a stunningly well-designed sense of place”.
- The idea for the film came from Tom Hammock and Jacob Forman as they were driving cross-country to Texas to film the movie All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (2006) which also stars Michael Welch.
- Filming took approximately three weeks to film. 18 days were spent filming the desert scenes and just a few days were spent on the indoor attic scenes.
- The Wallace Farm’s main location was a former meth house.
- Michael Welch and Booboo Stewart both appeared in the Twilight Saga
- The first half of this movie was shot with only a six-person crew.
- Haley Lu Richardson did the bulk of her own stunts
- Director Tom Hammock’s parents appear as farmers in this movie
- Kendal’s raid on Carson’s compound took place at night in the original script.
- This isn’t the only time that Haley Lu Richardson and Booboo Stewart will work together. They also star in the TV Series Mortal Kombat X: Generations (2015)
- Booboo Stewart lost twenty-five to thirty pounds for his role as Dean.
- The scenes with Jacqueline Emerson were added in a reshoot.
- This film was originally going to start at night.
- Jon Gries was the first person who signed on to act in this film
- The bulk of the scenes for this film was done in two takes.
- The climax with Kendal raiding Carson’s compound and killing various people was filmed over the course of three days.
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