| Seraphim Falls | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | David Von Ancken |
| Written by | David Von Ancken Abby Everett Jaques |
| Produced by | Bruce Davey David Flynn John Limotte Stan Wlodkowski |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | John Toll |
| Edited by | Conrad Buff |
| Music by | Harry Gregson-Williams |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Films Destination Films Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
Release dates |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $18 million |
| Box office | $1.2 million[1] |
Seraphim Falls is a 2006 American revisionist Western film directed by television producer and director David Von Ancken in his only feature film. The storyline was conceived from a screenplay written by Von Ancken and Abby Everett Jaques. The fictional story focuses on a bounty hunt for a Union soldier by a Confederate colonel following the American Civil War in the late 1860s. Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Michael Wincott, Tom Noonan, and Ed Lauter star in principal roles. Seraphim Falls explores civil topics, such as violence, human survival and war.[2]
The film was produced by the motion picture studio of Icon Productions. It was commercially distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films and Destination Films theatrically, and by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment for home media. The film score was composed by musician Harry Gregson-Williams, although a soundtrack version for the motion picture was not released to the public.
Seraphim Falls premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival and was released to theatres in limited release in the United States on January 26, 2007, grossing $418,296 in domestic ticket sales. It earned an additional $801,762 in box office business overseas for a combined worldwide total of $1,220,058 in revenue. The film generally received positive critical reviews before its initial screening in cinemas.
Notable similarities have been found between the film and the 1976 revisionist western, The Outlaw Josey Wales directed by Clint Eastwood.[3][4]
- ^ "Seraphim Falls". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved April 18, 2011.
- ^ David Von Ancken. (2007). Seraphim Falls [Motion picture]. United States: Icon Productions.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (January 26, 2007). "Once Upon a Time in a Very Familiar West". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 6, 2022.
- ^ Schager, Nick (January 18, 2007). Seraphim Falls. Slant Magazine. Retrieved April 21, 2011.