20 Years After (2008)

Director:

Jim Torres

Writers:

Ron Harris (writer)
Jim Torres (writer)

Release Date:

2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

After the Bombs. After the Plagues. Before the Unknown.

Plot:

Everything that could go wrong did go wrong: War, Terrorism, Natural Disasters. Evacuees were ushered...

Plot Keywords:

Post Apocalyptic | Time In Title | Huntsville Alabama | Mother Daughter Relationship | Ventriloquist's Dummy

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Azura Skye	...	Sara
Joshua Leonard	...	Michael
Nathan Baesel	...	David
Reg E. Cathey	...	Samuel
Diane Salinger	...	Margaret
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dan Beene	...	Quincy
Deborah Duke	...	Mrs. Coday
Shannon Eubanks	...	Ms. Mynard
Aaron Hendry	...	Pierre
Khadijah	...	Delinda
Malika	...	Dilcy
Amelia Rose Onuszkanycz	...	Baby sara
Phil Parker	...	Harvey
Graham Roden	...	Allen
Charlie Talbert	...	Janus

Directed by
Jim Torres

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ron Harris		writer
Jim Torres		writer

Produced by
Anthony Balch	....	producer
Donna Brower	....	producer
D. Scott Lumpkin	....	producer
Holly Murray	....	line producer
Derek Thornton	....	executive producer
Derek Thornton	....	producer
Susannah Torres	....	associate producer

Original Music by
John Heitzenrater
Chris Johnson

Cinematography by
William 'Bill' Sweikart

Film Editing by
Jim Torres

Casting by
Donna Brower

Art Direction by
David Harwell

Costume Design by
Ron Harris

Makeup Department
Garnet Burke	....	makeup department head

Production Management
Holly Murray	....	unit production manager
Scott Ross	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Nick Ameln	....	second assistant director
Chuck Borden	....	second unit director
Aaron Steele	....	first assistant director
Samantha Wear	....	second second assistant director

Art Department
Shannon Graham	....	construction coordinator
Matt Markow	....	swing
Bryan Misfeldt	....	scenic artist
Olivia Motley	....	art department production assistant
David Nicholson	....	assistant property master
Michael Reynolds	....	leadman

Sound Department
Mary Florian	....	sound utility
Aron Siegel	....	sound recordist
Alex Steele	....	sound utility
Thomas Ward	....	additional sound mixer: second unit
Thomas Ward	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Douglas Cook	....	special effects assistant
Daniel Mazikowski	....	special effects makeup

Visual Effects by
Daniel Broadway	....	visual effects supervisor
Kristian Andi Lemmik	....	digital matte artist
Tom Miller	....	effects technical director

Stunts
Chuck Borden	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
William Boxx	....	videographer
Brent Copeland	....	videographer
Colby Damazio	....	grip
Robert Duke	....	gaffer
Eric Fullerton	....	videographer
Gary Griner	....	electrician
Howard Hicks	....	electrician
Jeremy Hudson	....	electrician
David Jerkins	....	best boy electric
Chris Lumpkin	....	key grip
Bryan Misfeldt	....	grip
Tim Pierce	....	cinematographer: second unit
Steve Richerson	....	assistant camera
Darrell Tibbs	....	electrician
Ernie Wann	....	dolly grip

Casting Department
Mindy Knapp	....	casting assistant
Darin Windham	....	extras casting
Marianne Windham	....	extras casting

Editorial Department
Scott Ross	....	assembly editor

Transportation Department
Rick Damazio	....	transportation coordinator
Mindy Knapp	....	driver

Other crew
Jacob Bartol	....	location manager
Douglas Cook	....	key production assistant
Douglas Matthew Cook	....	key set production assistant
Julie Engle Hatton	....	production assistant
Kelly Lee Lamb	....	assistant location manager
Kayla Schoen	....	production coordinator
Jacob D. Tober	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Kooroc Films

Distributors

• IPA Asia Pacific (2009) (Taiwan) (all media)
• Mti Home Video
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2009) (Germany) (DVD)

Also Known As:

20 Years After (USA) (DVD title)
Like Moles, Like Rats (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

Fayetteville, Tennessee, USA

Company:

Kooroc Films

Trivia:

The original/working title of the film ("Like Moles, Like Rats") comes from a line in the Thornton Wilder play, The Skin of Our Teeth.

Quotes:

Sara: How long do you want to stay here?
Margaret: I don't know. Until your baby's born.
Sara: I'm not going back to the basement.
Margaret: That's our home.
Sara: No it's not. We're refugees, remember? Internally displaced persons.
Margaret: Sara, the world is not like your books and magazines. It's not like the stories I tell you, or Samuel's stories. You have to think about your safefy.
Sara: If you're right then we're just waiting to die.

Pretty good movie - interesting story - good character dev.

I got this out of redbox - not knowing what to expect, go to redbox's site and look up the movie. The cover is totally different than what the movie ends up being about. There are no wolves or half naked, fully loaded women.

However I was caught and couldn't look away from the story and the characters that came into view. Yes there were some sci-fi bits that didn't make sense but in a setting of such, why not. Plus unexplained mysticism is as it should be.

I guess what it comes down to, I liked the story and the characters in it. I have seen plenty of high budget movies that were downright boring and had no meaning other then flash bang boom. I like movies that bring some good storytelling and allow one to think about some of the unknowns. Its like when you read a good book and the ideal and the story stays with your for a while. In a way it reminds me of how evil dead started. Low budget by just a few ppl.

Each to there own. I suggest you give it a try !!