Broken Trail (2006) (TV)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Walter Hill

Writer (WGA):

Alan Geoffrion (written by)

Release Date:

25 June 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

Set in 1898, Print Ritter and his estranged nephew Tom Harte become the reluctant guardians of five abused and abandoned Chinese girls...

Plot Keywords:

Chinese Girl | Nephew | Ex Prostitute | Violin Player | What Happened To Epilogue

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. Another 9 wins & 19 nominations

Cast

Robert Duvall	...	Prentice Ritter
Thomas Haden Church	...	Tom Harte
Greta Scacchi	...	Nola Johns
Gwendoline Yeo	...	Sun Foy 'aka' #3
Chris Mulkey	...	Big Ears
Rusty Schwimmer	...	Big Rump Kate
Scott Cooper	...	Gilpin
Valerie Tian	...	Ging Wa 'aka' #5
Caroline Chan	...	Mai Ling 'aka' #2
Olivia Cheng	...	Ye Fung 'aka' #4
Jadyn Wong	...	Ghee Moon 'aka' #1
Donald Fong	...	Lung Hay
James Russo	...	Captain Billy Fender
Todd Allen	...	Marshall Bill Miller
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Baksa	...	Store Clerk
Dusty Bews	...	Fly Fisherman
Morris Birdyellowhead	...	Fox-Hide Brine
Duncan Fraser	...	Moncrieffe
Philip Granger	...	Chuck Hyde
Shaun Johnston	...	Small Pox Bob
Sandy Kellerman	...	(voice)
Greg Lawson	...	Bartender
Scarlett Li	...	Additional Voices (voice)
William Marquez	...	Valentín Ugalde
Stephen E. Miller	...	Cariboo Clerk
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Stagecoach Driver
Pat Richards	...	Cowboy Vick
Peter Skagen	...	Dink Yeatman
Patricia Stutz	...	English Rose
Xuefeng Tan	...	Makeup girl in opening scene (red clothing)

Directed by
Walter Hill

Writing credits (WGA)
Alan Geoffrion		(written by)

Produced by
Stanley M. Brooks	....	executive producer
Rob Carliner	....	executive producer
Robert Duvall	....	executive producer
Michael Frislev	....	producer
Damian Ganczewski	....	producer
Alan Geoffrion	....	producer
Walter Hill	....	producer
Chad Oakes	....	producer
Ronald Parker	....	producer
Christina Wayne	....	executive producer

Original Music by
David Mansfield
Van Dyke Parks

Cinematography by
Lloyd Ahern II

Film Editing by
Freeman A. Davies
Phil Norden

Casting by
Heike Brandstatter
Barbara Fiorentino
Jackie Lind
Rebecca Mangieri
Coreen Mayrs
Wendy Weidman

Production Design by
Ken Rempel

Art Direction by
Bill Ives

Set Decoration by
Paul Healy

Costume Design by
Wendy Partridge

Makeup Department
Tania El Zahr	....	first assistant makeup artist
Penny Thompson	....	department head hair stylist (as Penny-Lea Thompson)
Debbie Vandelaar	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Chris Danton	....	production manager
Ian R. Smith	....	production manager
Cynthia Stegner	....	post-production executive (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jamie D. Allen	....	second assistant director: second unit
Kenny Chaplin	....	second assistant director: second unit
Phil Chipera	....	first assistant director
Phil Chipera	....	second unit director
Shannon Corrie	....	assistant director
Lorie Gibson	....	third assistant director
Allan Graf	....	second unit director
Minh Luh	....	on-set third assistant director
Craig Wallace	....	first assistant director: second unit
Michele Williams	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Ron Darby	....	scenic carpenter
Darcy Healy	....	lead dresser
Charmaine Husum	....	on-set scenic
Brad Kaughman	....	head paint coordinator
Chris MacRae	....	set dresser
Alan McCullagh	....	assistant set decorator
Erin Olinger	....	assistant art director (as Erin Garson)
Justin Onofriechuk	....	assistant property master
Trevor Smith	....	assistant art director
Susan Turner	....	set designer
Cory Wills	....	prop assistant
Ken Wills	....	property master
Sherrie Wills	....	props buyer

Sound Department
Dicken Berglund	....	adr mixer
Richard Calistan	....	adr editor
Richard Calistan	....	adr mixer
Steve Copley	....	foley recordist
James Doser	....	adr recordist
Rob Hegedus	....	dialogue editor
Rob Hegedus	....	supervising sound editor
Kevin Howard	....	supervising sound editor
Jason MacNeill	....	first assistant sound editor
Cory Mandel	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Playfair	....	location sound mixer
James Porteous	....	sound re-recording mixer
Danny Reisch	....	assistant adr engineer
Justan Ross	....	sound assistant
John Sievert	....	foley artist
Virginia Storey	....	foley artist
Clive Turner	....	sound effects editor
Randy Wilson	....	foley recordist

Special Effects by
Bob David	....	special effects technician
Mike Friesen	....	special effects technician
Neil Krause	....	second unit effects
Wade Maurer	....	main unit key
Leo Wieser	....	special effects supervisor

Visual Effects by
David Alexander	....	digital artist: Switch VFX
Jon Campfens	....	visual effects supervisor: Switch VFX
Chris DeCristo	....	compositing supervisor: CBS Digital
Mark Fordham	....	lead matte painter: Switch VFX
Ray Giarratana	....	visual effects supervisor
Glen Guenette	....	digital compositor: Switch VFX
Gudrun Heinze	....	lead digital artist: Switch VFX

Stunts
Guy Bews	....	stunt coordinator
Corry Glass	....	stunt double
Chyanne Hodgson	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Bang	....	second assistant camera
Roch Daigle	....	key grip
Casey Harrison	....	assistant camera
Dennis Head	....	generator operator
Larry R.J. Jones	....	rigging gaffer
Chris Large	....	still photographer
Doug Lavender	....	head focus puller
Keith Marion	....	electrician
Terry McNeill	....	electrician
Tim Milligan	....	key dolly grip
Curtis Otte	....	electrician
Sean K. Smith	....	lighting rigger
Christopher G. Sprague	....	gaffer
Daryl Strilchuk	....	best boy grip
Carey Toner	....	Steadicam operator
Carey Toner	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Rob Turko	....	best boy electric
Roger Vernon	....	director of photography: second unit

Casting Department
Kristi Daniels	....	casting intern
Samantha Finkler	....	casting associate
Alyson Lockwood	....	extras casting
Lindsey Samilian	....	casting intern

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Kathleen Morley	....	assistant costume designer
Silvana Sacco	....	key costume breakdown artist

Editorial Department
Rob Evans	....	colorist
Aram Nigoghossian	....	additional editor
Trevor Risbridger	....	conforming editor

Music Department
Matt Cartsonis	....	music producer
Michael Lloyd	....	music supervisor
Carl Sealove	....	music editor
Craig Eastman	....	musician: fiddle, viola, tenor violin, erhu and hurdy gurdy (uncredited)

Other crew
Fernando Alessandri	....	assistant: Mr. Brooks
Bonni Baynton	....	script supervisor: second unit
Jay Daniel Beechinor	....	assistant to producers
Dusty Bews	....	head wrangler
Chris Cinnamon	....	office production assistant
Hudson Cooley	....	production coordinator
Christopher Lawrence Evans	....	production assistant
Ed Heury	....	assistant location manager
Patricia Johnson	....	unit publicist
Nimo Mathenge	....	assistant: Mr. Ganczewski
Leslie Maynes	....	production accountant
Samantha Nottingham-Carew	....	first assistant accountant payroll
Anna Rane	....	script supervisor
Daniel Rauth	....	assistant: Mr. Ganczewski
Chris Scheuerman	....	directing intern
Chantal Teasdale	....	key craft service
Bradford Walker	....	stand-in
Edward Zachara	....	assistant location manager: second unit

Production Companies

• Butcher's Run Films
• Once Upon a Time Films

Distributors

• American Movie Classics (AMC) (2006) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)

Special Effects

• Switch VFX (visual effects)
• Bleeding Art Industries

Other Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  cranes and dollies
• Cinema Sound Design  sound post-production
• Cohen & Gardner  production legal
• Complex Studio, The  sound post-production
• Intrada  score album released by (limited edition) (Signature Collection)
• Technicolor Creative Services  post-production facilities (Toronto)

Also Known As:

Daughters of Joy (Canada: English title) (working title)

Runtime:

184 min (2 parts)

Country:

Canada | USA

Language:

English | Mandarin | Crow

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:NC-16 | Germany:12 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company:

Butcher's Run Films

Goofs:

Continuity: Towards the end of the movie, when Ed "Big Ears" Bywater is threatening to nail Prent's "credentials" to the log, the horse shoe nail in his mouth disappears and reappears depending on the camera angle.

Quotes:

Prentice Ritter: We're all travelers in this world. From the sweet grass to the packing house. Birth 'til death. We travel between the eternities.

Movie Connections:

Featured in 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007) (TV)

great

Just finished watching part two. Great story. I can not wait to read the book. Both Duvall and Church brought so much to their characters and the story. I really hope that the "great west " was settled by men like these. Men who were not afraid to do the right thing. Men who showed courage, morals, kindness, and stood up to those who would bring harm and injustice to the innocent. . The kind of men that I would consider it an honor to "ride" with. I could not help sharing in the pain and confusion that the girls felt. I feel ashamed as a man to know that we treated innocent women that way and still do. I am glad the story ended as it did. Duvall's character showed that he could be tough as nails but still have a heart when it came to the girls. Church's character showed true grit and also had a soft side that he could not hide. Overall it was a truly great story brought to life by two men who did an excellent job portraying their characters.