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Tremors 4: The Legend Begins ()


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A prequel to Tremors (1990), this movie tells us about how the town of Perfection, Nevada became founded and how they defended it against the Graboids with the help of Burt Gummer's ancestor, Hiram.

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Hiram Gummer
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Christine Lord
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Black Hand Kelly
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Juan Pedilla
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Tecopa
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Old Fred
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Pyong Lien Chang
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Lu Wan Chang
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Fu Yien Chang
Neal Kopit ...
Victor
Sean Moran ...
Western Union Clerk
Matthew Seth Wilson ...
Brick Walters
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Big Horse Johnson
Dan Lemieux ...
Stony Walters
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Soggy
Lou Carlucci ...
Mine Foreman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kai Taschner ...
Chinaman (uncredited)
Andrew Van Hise ...
Luke (uncredited)

Directed by

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S.S. Wilson

Written by

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S.S. Wilson ... (characters) &
Brent Maddock ... (characters) &
Ron Underwood ... (characters)
 
S.S. Wilson ... (story) &
Brent Maddock ... (story) &
Nancy Roberts ... (story)
 
Scott Buck ... (teleplay)

Produced by

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Linda Drake ... associate producer
Jon Kuyper ... line producer
Brent Maddock ... executive producer
Nancy Roberts ... producer
S.S. Wilson ... executive producer

Music by

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Jay Ferguson

Cinematography by

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Virgil L. Harper

Editing by

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Harry B. Miller III

Editorial Department

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Carmelo Casalenuovo ... assistant editor
Brian Hutchings ... colorist: final video
Sam Tirado ... dailies colorist
John D. Van Wye ... on-line editor (as Jon Van Wye)

Casting By

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Teri Fiddleman
Shana Landsburg

Production Design by

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Simon Dobbin

Art Direction by

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Bruton Jones

Set Decoration by

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Amanda Moss Serino

Costume Design by

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Jennifer L. Parsons

Makeup Department

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Adam Brandy ... assistant makeup department head
Frank Fontaine ... assistant hair stylist
Carolyn Matini ... assistant makeup artist
Deborah McNulty ... assistant makeup artist (as Debra McNulty)
Scott Patton ... sculptor: KNB EFX Group
John Rizzo ... makeup department head
Brooks Stenstrom ... key hair stylist

Production Management

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Jon Kuyper ... unit production manager
Scott Putman ... production supervisor
Lori Slomka ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Jeffrey F. January ... first assistant director
Carlos Reza ... second assistant director: additional photography
David Rimer ... second assistant director (as David Vincent Rimer)
Courtney Rowe ... second second assistant director
Aaron Walters ... first assistant director: additional photography

Art Department

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Bryce Armstrong ... carpenter
Tarin Barragn ... construction foreman
Cresecio Barrientos ... carpenter
Yaniv Bashan ... set dresser
Wesley Bickel ... carpenter
Michael Buha ... set dresser
Manuel Chavez ... painter
Sheena Crothers ... art department production assistant
Bill Davis ... property master
Alfred de la Garza ... painter
Chris Dechert ... assistant property master
Rick DiGiuseppe ... carpenter
David Dean Ebert ... carpenter (as Dave Ebert)
Kevin Ellis ... carpenter
Sharry England ... painter
Andrew Ensley ... on-set dresser
Connie Gage ... sign painter
Mark Gebhardt ... carpenter
Kurt Hartman ... painter
Jeff Ingalls ... carpenter
Christopher Jimenez ... carpenter
John Kirsch ... carpenter
Christopher Kukuncman ... carpenter
David Lazan ... assistant art director
Vincent Lujan ... carpenter
Steve Paxton ... carpenter
Paul Prischman ... storyboard artist
Thaddeus Quesada ... carpenter
Jeff Reyes ... props (as Jeffrey Reyes)
Satoko Rummage ... sign painter
Nithya Shrinivasan ... assistant art director
Joy Taylor ... set dresser
Joey Travers ... carpenter
Mike Vanderhorst ... construction coordinator (as Michael Vanderhorst)
Amy Wadsworth ... painter
Jonna Walsh ... art department coordinator
Greg Wilkinson ... leadman
Joe Winsky ... construction foreman

Sound Department

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Jeremy Balko ... foley recordist
Evan T. Chen ... sound editor
Jake Eberle ... sound effects editor
Steve Evans ... boom operator
John Fors ... boom operator
Alan Freedman ... adr mixer
Jacqueline Marie McLaughlin ... utility sound (as Jackie McLaughlin)
Jonathan Miller ... supervising sound editor
Benjamin Patrick ... sound mixer (as Ben Patrick)
David Schneider ... boom operator
Angie Stanghetti ... adr editor / adr mixer
Jonathan Wales ... supervising re-recording mixer

Special Effects by

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Chad Atkinson ... art department: KNB EFX Group
Howard Berger ... special effects supervisor: KNB EFX Group
Kamar Bitar ... production supervisor: KNB EFX Group
Christopher Carlucci ... special effects concepts team
Diane Carlucci ... special effects administrator
John C. Carlucci ... special effects supervisor
Lou Carlucci ... special effects coordinator
Gino Crognale ... sculptor: KNB EFX Group
William Dawson ... special effects concepts team
Michael Deak ... shop foreman: KNB EFX Group (as Mike Deak)
Rob Derry ... special effects puppeteer
William Englehart ... special effects concepts team
Alec Gillis ... creature designer
Josh Hakian ... special effects
Chiz Hasegawa ... coordinator: KNB EFX Group
Beth Hathaway ... fabrication: KNB EFX Group
Russ Herpich ... special effects concepts team
Grady Holder ... mold/technical department: K.N.B. EFX Group
Carey Jones ... art department: KNB EFX Group
Brian Kinney ... lab department: KNB EFX Group Inc.
Robert Kurtzman ... special effects supervisor
Edward Lozano ... special effects concepts team (as Eduardo Lozano)
Nick Marra ... sculptor: KNB EFX Group
Mike McCarty ... art department: KNB EFX Group
Kelly Meenen ... special effects concepts team
Anthony Montenegro ... special effects concepts team (as Tony Montenegro)
Joe Montenegro ... special effects technician
Clare Mulroy ... fabrication: KNB EFX Group
Greg Nicotero ... supervisor: KNB EFX Group
James Ochoa ... special effects concepts team
José Páramo ... special effects concepts team (as Jose Paramo)
Ben Rittenhouse ... art department: KNB EFX Group
Wendy L. White ... special effects concepts team
Tom Woodruff Jr. ... creature designer
Ben Rittenhouse ... foam department supervisor: KNB Effects Group Inc. (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

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Wendy Allen ... visual effects production assistant
Bill Black ... visual effects editor
Phil Carbonaro ... compositor
Robin L. D'Arcy ... visual effects producer (as Robin D'Arcy)
Jim Davidson ... model maker
Patrick Denver ... puppeteer
Linda Drake ... visual effects producer / visual effects supervisor
John Gibbons ... digital compositor
Kevin Kutchaver ... visual effects: HimAnI Productions
Harry A. Limauro IV ... visual effects crew
Carlyle O. Livingston II ... model maker (as Carlyle O. Livingston)
David Zen Mansley ... model maker (as David Mansley)
Mark A. Shelton ... visual effects coordinator
Dennis Skotak ... miniature visual effects cinematographer
Robert Skotak ... visual effects supervisor
Joel Steiner ... mechanical effects supervisor
Paul Taglianetti ... visual effects crew: 4 Ward Productions
Dale Tanguay ... miniature effects technician
Jon Terada ... digital compositor
Jim Towler ... miniature supervisor
Tony Magaletta ... first assistant cameraman: miniatures, 4-Ward Productions (uncredited)

Stunts

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Tamara Brock ... stunts (as Tamara Reynolds)
Todd Forsberg ... stunts
Dale Gibson ... stunts
David Hugghins ... stunts (as David Huggins)
Brian Machleit ... stunts
Noon Orsatti ... stunt coordinator
Don Ruffin ... stunts
Todd Schneider ... stunts
Cody Smith ... stunts (as Cody D. Smith)
Eddie Yansick ... stunt coordinator
John Dixon ... stunts (uncredited)
Dan Lemieux ... stunts (uncredited)
Todd Schneider ... stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Curtis A. Andrews Jr. ... electrician (as Curtis Andrews)
John Archibald ... key grip
Nick Arnds ... best boy grip
Norman Cattell ... first assistant camera
Jeff Chassler ... electrician
Eric M. Davis ... electrician (as Eric Davis)
Michelle Deal ... second assistant camera
Greg Dellerson ... camera loader / camera operator: "b" camera, second unit
Christopher Franey ... electrician (as Chris Franey)
Greg Gayne ... camera loader
Cory Geryak ... gaffer
Paul Guthrie ... camera operator: "b" camera
Bryan Hayes ... grip
Gaylan Andrew Hussain ... grip
Erik Kasson ... grip
David Leite ... grip
Anthony T. Mazzola ... first assistant camera: "b" camera (as Anthony Mazzola)
Greg McEachen ... best boy electric
Manny Mendez ... dolly grip
Keith Morgan ... gaffer
Todd England Nicodemus ... grip (as Todd Nicodemus)
Angelo Pacifici ... camera operator: "b" camera
Mick Pacifici ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Kosta Rigopoulos ... grip
Joseph M. Setele ... camera operator: "a" camera / cinematographer: second unit
Don Spiro ... electrician
Larry Sushinski ... assistant chief lighting technician
Chuck Zlotnick ... still photographer

Casting Department

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Jennifer Halpern ... casting associate (as Sarah Halpern)
Debe Waisman ... extras casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Kathleen Brodbeck ... costume supervisor
Ivan Marquez ... set costumer
Janice Zeller Ryan ... costumer (as Janice Zeller)

Location Management

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Chris Baugh ... location manager
Naomi Motohashi ... key assistant location manager
Michael Soleau ... key assistant location manager
Daniel Veluzat ... location liaison (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Jennifer Farmer ... script supervisor
Harri James ... script supervisor: second unit
Tracy L. Moody ... additional script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Griff Ruggles ... transportation coordinator
Robbie Stinton ... transportation captain

Additional Crew

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Susan Becton ... production coordinator
Max Berryhill ... set production assistant (as M.C. 'Max' Berryhill)
Carly Brown ... assistant production office coordinator
Gino Crognale ... puppeteer
Michael Deak ... puppeteer
Rob Derry ... puppeteer (as Robert Derry)
Jeff Edwards ... puppeteer
Jon Fedele ... puppeteer
A.J. Firewalker ... weapons technical advisor
Todd Forsberg ... animal wrangler
Jeff Fuller ... key set production assistant
Jeff Gardner ... set medic
Whitney Guss ... stand-in
James Hirahara ... puppeteer (as Jimmy Hirahara)
Carey Jones ... puppeteer
Ryan Keating ... photo double: Michael Gross / stand-in: Michael Gross
Jennifer Antoinette Kennedy ... set production assistant (as Jennifer Kennedy)
Pedro Kos ... assistant to director
Robert Kurtzman ... puppeteer
Nick Marra ... puppeteer
Nathan Maruccio ... craft service
Greg Nicotero ... puppeteer
Carlos Reza ... set production assistant
Aaron Richmond ... stand-in
Sharon B. Taksel ... production accountant (as Sharon Taksel)
Mark Tavares ... puppeteer
Jill Stapley Tolle ... first assistant accountant (as Jill Stapley)
Aaron Walters ... key set production assistant

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

In 1889, the town of Rejection, Nevada, depends on a nearby silver mine for its income. Rejection has a few residents. Christine Lord runs the local inn, which doesn't get a lot of business because Carson City is the busiest settlement in the area. Pyong Lien Chang, his wife Lu Wan Chang, and his son Fu Yien Chang are immigrants from China, and they own Chang's Market. Other residents include Old Fred, Brick Walters, Stony Walters, Big Horse Johnson, Soggy, miner Juan Pedilla, and Christine's friend Tecopa. When a hot spring causes four eggs to hatch, several men who work in the silver mine are killed by whatever hatched from the eggs. Everyone is too terrified to enter the mine. No one wants to risk their lives, even if shutting down the mine would mean the death of the town. With the mine shut down, the mine's owner, Hiram Gummer, arrives in the area from Philadelphia to investigate. Juan acts as Hiram's guide. As it turns out, each egg hatched a Graboid, but 1889 was about 100 years before they were called Graboids, so Hiram calls them Dirt Dragons. When the Dirt Dragons prove to be too much for the residents of Rejection to handle, Hiram calls upon Black Hand Kelly, the fastest gunslinger in the west. Kelly brings in the heavy artillery, which proves to be absolutely useless when the baby Dirt Dragons grow to enormous size, and one of them kills Kelly. As a result, Hiram decides to leave town, while everyone else refuses to leave the place that they call home. While Hiram is in Carson City, he intercepts a wired message that the Dirt Dragons are no longer in the area where the mine is -- they're heading right for Rejection. Hiram goes to a local firearms store, and he returns to Rejection, very heavily armed. With those weapons, which include a huge punt gun, Hiram and the townspeople prepare to defend the town against the Dirt Dragons. Written by Todd Baldridge

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Also Known As
  • Tremors 4 (United States)
  • Tremors: Original Showdown (United States)
  • Tremors 4 - La légende commence (France)
  • Tremors 4 - Wie alles begann (Germany)
  • Temblores 4: Comienza la leyenda (Spain)
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Runtime
  • 101 min
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Budget $5,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia As silly as it looks, the 2 inch bore giant shot gun was a real thing. It was used to shoot entire flocks of ducks at once. You would mount the gun on a flat bottomed boat (a punt) aim at the side of the lake where a flock was feeding and fire. See more »
Goofs The movie is set in 1889, but the steam engine seen is a 1912 Case 60hp Traction Engine. While Case had been making steam tractors for 10 years by the setting of this movie, the steam engine seen wouldn't be built for another 23 years. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Robot Monster (2010). See more »
Quotes Hiram Gummer: We will make Rejection our last bastion, our last line of defense.
Juan Padilla: Our Alamo.
Hiram Gummer: Juan, we were the losers at the Alamo.
Juan Padilla: Speak for yourself, Gringo.
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