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About

Synopsis

Annie is a bar owner on the brink of bankruptcy when her delinquent brother shows up with a lucrative offer in hand; a gold heist worth half a million dollars. She agrees despite their turbulent family history - and the fact that she's dating a cop. After several colossal missteps, Ben, Annie, and a few of their cohorts must dodge bullets and blades from the gold-mining backwoods brothers they rooked.

Our Story - from the Director

The entire film was shot in Teller County, Colorado. We received overwhelming support from locals, business owners, City Hall, City Council and local Law Enforcement.  As the cast and crew showed up, nature showed her support/wrath by dumping several feet of snow all over the town! We spent 12 VERY cold, long days shooting this movie. We did shootouts in the middle of downtown, trudged through the deep snow-filled woods, and bunked each night in our 120 year-old high school building.

We broke nearly every rule of indie filmmaking by shooting 12+ speaking roles, 19 locations, -9 degree winter winds, 10,000ft elevation (very little oxygen), and several consecutive night shoots. And I loved every hectic minute of it. I’m proud of what we have created together and the friendship forged with the town of Victor and Cripple Creek.

-Stephen Morgan

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER, Stephen Morgan

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 Stephen Morgan was born in January of 1987 and raised in Orlando, Florida. By age thirteen he knew film was his calling. Starting with his parents’ VHS camcorder he began writing and directing short films with his friends, eventually leading him to a New York film festival by age fifteen. Not being able to afford film school, Stephen ignored the degree track in community college and just took all the film classes offered. In 2015, Stephen directed Don’t Look Away, a short film about human trafficking in America that premiered at the Enzian Theater, home of the Florida Film Festival. Stephen and his family moved from Florida to Colorado to begin work on his first feature film, Rook, that he had the opportunity to co-write, produce, direct, edit, and market through his production company, Studiotown.

CREW

PRODUCER, Steve Kitzman

EXEC. PRODUCER, Garrett Zinke

EXEC. PRODUCER, Garrett Zinke

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EXEC. PRODUCER, Garrett Zinke

EXEC. PRODUCER, Garrett Zinke

EXEC. PRODUCER, Garrett Zinke

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SCREENWRITER, Isaac Walsh

EXEC. PRODUCER, Garrett Zinke

SCREENWRITER, Isaac Walsh

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Screenplay - Isaac Walsh & Stephen Morgan

Line Producer - Isaac Walsh

First Assistant Director - Isaac Walsh

Associate Producers

Keith Zinke

Kat & Ted Droppa

Robby Dollard

Co-Producers

Marvin Couch

Lew Temple

Zach Rush

Sarah Johanna Jewell

Mauricio Vega

Hair/Makeup Design - Corinne Romero

Costume Designer - Bee Morgan

Special Effects Makeup - Jay Woodley

Production Sound - David Griesinger

Editor - Stephen Morgan

Cinematographer - Mauricio Vega

Script Supervisor - Jen Karras Burns

Key Grip - Seth Yeager

Boom Operator - Ryan Moore

First Assistant Camera - Osvaldo "Ozzy" Fregoso

Gaffer - Ace Patel

Additional Cinematography - Stephen Morgan & Zachary Andrews

Casting

Radical Artists Agency, Kathey True

Big Fish Talent, Elisa Piesman

Sound Design & Mixing - Sound Space, Colorado, Matthew Polis

Additional Sound Design - David Griesinger

Post Supervisor / Colorist - Frame Linear, Peder Morgenthaler

Behind the Scenes Photography - Kelly Branyik & Zachary Andrews

Cover / Poster Art - James M. Friedman

Production Assistants

Jon Jon Morgan

Kelly Branyik

Ashia Sonnenberg

Dagmara Ziniewicz

Clayton Pierce

Music

Mumpsy

Band Marino

Hal Aqua and the Lost Tribe

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