Title: Slow West
Original Title: Slow West
Year: 2015
Info
- Country: UK New Zealand
- Language: English French
- Length: 84 Minutes (1 hour 24 min)
- Budget: $2,000,000
- Genre: Action Thriller Western
- Studios: Film4
- Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)
Release Dates
- UK: June 26 2015
- United States: May 15 2015
Plot
Set at the end of the 19th Century, the story centers on 17 year old Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who has traveled from Scotland to Colorado to be reunited with the woman with whom he is infatuated. He is quickly confronted by the dangers of the frontier and so teams up with a mysterious traveler named Silas (Michael Fassbender), who agrees to protect him for cash. Jay's journey is fraught with danger, double-crossing and violence as he comes to realize that America is not easy on the innocent.
'Slow West' is John Maclean's debut on the big screen after writing and directing several short films such as 'Pitch Black Heist' or 'Man on a Motorcycle'.
In 'Slow West' also stars Ben Mendelsohn and Caren Pistorius.
Cast
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Videos
March 25 2015
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Trivia
Shot on digital, when originally planned to be shot on 35mm.
This is John Maclean's first feature film.
Filmed in Twizel in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
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