Purgatory Flats (2002)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Harris Done

Writers:

Harris Done (writer)
Diane Fine (writer)

Genre:

Thriller

Plot:

A temptress leads a man toward intrigue and murder. |

Cast

Amanda Foreman	...	Natalie Reed
Vincent Ventresca	...	Thomas Reed
Jason Brooks	...	Martin Reed
John Jabaley	...	Trucker
Alexandra Holden	...	Sunny Burkhardt
Pat Corley	...	Roy
Ford Rainey	...	Phil (as Ford Raney)
Kevin Alejandro	...	Owen Mecklin
Gregg Henry	...	Dean Mecklin
Nicholas Turturro	...	Johnny Ramos
Brian Austin Green	...	Randy Mecklin
Robert Wu	...	Store Owner (as Robert C. Wu)
David Markey	...	Security Guard
Royce D. Applegate	...	Det. Travis McGill

Directed by
Harris Done

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Harris Done		writer
Diane Fine		writer

Produced by
Craig Ayers	....	line producer
Raymond Chao	....	executive producer
John J. Kelly	....	producer
Paul McMinn	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Sean Murray

Cinematography by
Pedro Castro

Film Editing by
Michael Mayhew

Production Design by
Jacqueline Masson

Makeup Department
Linda Vallejo	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Craig Ayers	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frank Pinnock	....	assistant director
Eduardo Ricketts Jr.	....	second assistant director
Matthew Thomas	....	second second assistant director
Roy Unger	....	second unit director

Art Department
Aaron Ponciano	....	swing gang

Sound Department
Paul Drenning	....	adr mixer
Stephen Fitzmaurice	....	sound re-recording mixer
Stephen M. Galvin	....	adr editor
Stephen M. Galvin	....	dialog editor
Stephen M. Galvin	....	sound editor
Patrick M. Griffith	....	supervising sound editor
Mike Hall	....	sound mixer
Peter Hansen	....	boom operator
Steve McCarty	....	sound editor
Chris Ostler	....	sound recordist
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist
Noel Vought	....	foley artist
John Peccatiello	....	foley coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts
Jeff Danoff	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Ayesa Adams	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Chris Buchakjian	....	electrician
Andreas Burgess	....	electrician
Mark J. Coyne	....	Steadicam operator
Brian Hamblin	....	camera loader
Leo Ibanez	....	electrician
Paul Janossy	....	first assistant camera
Michael Lambert	....	gaffer
Gen Max	....	still photographer
Jeff Saldin	....	first assistant camera: second unit
Joseph M. Setele	....	camera operator: second unit
Danny Vincent	....	best boy electric
Chad Wilson	....	Steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jeanine Castle	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Chuck Winston	....	color timer

Music Department
Gregg Henry	....	composer: song "Wide Streth of the Road" (as Henry Lee Gregg)

Transportation Department
Harry Zabounian	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Tim Shuler	....	set medic
Karen Toronjo	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Editbay Productions
• July Street Entertainment
• Purgatory Productions

Distributors

• American Cinema International (non-USA)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Jeff Colbert SPFX
• Movie Arms Management

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, pervasive language, sexuality and drug use.

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Finland:K-15 | Germany:16 | USA:R

Company:

Editbay Productions

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the beginning of the film, Thomas is convicted of, among other things, involuntary manslaughter. Later he tells Sunny it was vehicular manslaughter..

One Horse Town Lights

I am so happy not to live in an American small town. Because whenever I'm shown some small town in the States it is populated with all kinds of monsters among whom flesh hungry zombies, evil aliens and sinister ghosts are most harmless. In this movie a former doctor, who's just done time for an accidental killing of his wife in a car crash, directs his steps to the nearest small town - he must have never in his life seen a flick about any small towns - which happens to be the Purgatory Flats. And, of course, as soon as he arrives there all the hell breaks loose. He meets a blond chick who out of all creatures most resembles a cow both in facial expressions and in brain functioning and at once falls in love with her. But there is a tiny handicap, she is already married to a very small-time drug dealer who in a minute gets himself shot pitifully not dead. To know what has come out of all this you should watch the movie for yourself. I'll just tell you that it's slightly reminiscent of U Turn by Oliver Stone but is a way down in all artistic properties.