The Garden (2006)

Note Générale:

4,4/10   

Réalisateur:

Don Michael Paul

Scénariste (WGA):

Sam Bozzo (written by)

Genre:

Drame | Horreur | Thriller

Intrigue:

A troubled young boy and his father on a road trip stumble upon a rural farm where the elderly owner has sinister plans for the both of them involving witchcraft and evil. |

Plot Keywords:

Road Trip | Farm | Young Boy | Apocalypse | Heavy Rain

Avis des utilisateurs:

For those looking for highly symbolic good vs evil

Ensemble

Lance Henriksen	...	Ben Zachary
Brian Wimmer	...	David
Adam Taylor Gordon	...	Sam
Claudia Christian	...	Dr. Cairns
Sean Young	...	Miss Grace Chapman
Victoria Justice	...	Holly
Erik Walker	...	Jesse
Ariana Richmond	...	Trashy Girl #1
Jennifer Lutheran	...	Trashy Girl #2
Rick Barker	...	Faceless Person
Shawn Howell	...	Conquest (White Horseman)
Dale Gibson	...	War (Red Horseman)
Mike Watson	...	Famine (Black Horseman) (as Michael George Watson)
Tad Griffith	...	Death (Pale Horseman)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Danielle McKee	...	Deceased Dr. Cairns (uncredited)
P. David Miller	...	Chapman Apparition (uncredited)
Lonnie Partridge	...	Sarah (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Don Michael Paul

Scénaristes (WGA)
Sam Bozzo		(written by) (as Samuel Bozzo)

Produit par
Morris Berger	....	executive producer
Stephen R. Brown	....	executive producer (as Steve Brown)
Stephen J. Cannell	....	producer
Michael Dubelko	....	producer (as Michael J. Dubelko)
John Duffy	....	line producer
John W. Hyde	....	executive producer
Scott Levitta	....	co-producer
Daisy Marco	....	co-producer

Musique originale
Jon Lee

Image
Thomas L. Callaway		(director of photography)

Montage
Vanick Moradian

Distribution des rôles
Dean E. Fronk
Donald Paul Pemrick

Création des décors
Paul Luther Jackson

Direction artistique
Chet Maxwell

Décorateur de plateau
Kristie Thompson

Création des costumes
Jayme Bohn

Maquillage
J.D. Bowers	....	special makeup effects artist
Ken Niederbaumer	....	makeup department head
Ken Niederbaumer	....	special makeup effects artist
Kelly O'Leary	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Lawreen E. Kayl	....	unit production manager (as Lawreen Yakkel)
Stacey Jade Smart	....	executive in charge of production

Assistant réalisateur
Dennis Burrell	....	second assistant director
Nicholas Fitzgerald	....	second second assistant director (as Nick Fitzgerald)
Eric Glasser	....	second second assistant director
Chase Newhart	....	first assistant director
Steven E. Simon	....	second second assistant director

Département Art
David Forline	....	blacksmith
Dick Fritz	....	lead man
Haley M. Goosey	....	shopper
Haley M. Goosey	....	swing
Eric Hull	....	prop master
Xylon Jones	....	swing
Iain Stasukevich	....	storyboard artist
Jedediah Voltz	....	on-set dresser
Jedediah Voltz	....	production art

Technicien du son
Brad Bryan	....	boom operator
Craig Clark	....	sound re-recording mixer
Susan Fitz-Simon	....	foley artist
Danny Kim	....	sound effects editor
Marcus Ricaud	....	sound mixer
Colin Rogers	....	adr editor
Colin Rogers	....	adr foley mixer
Craig Schafer	....	sound designer
Allan Schultz	....	dialogue supervisor

Effets spéciaux
Jeff Khachadoorian	....	special effects foreman
P. David Miller	....	pyrotechnician
P. David Miller	....	special effects crew (as Paul D. Miller)
Jeff Ogg	....	special effects foreman
Jeff Ogg	....	special effects technician
Charles H. Powell	....	pyrotechnician
Andy Weder	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects
Tyler Foell	....	digital effects supervisor
Devin Uzan	....	digital compositor
Jeff Varga	....	digital artist

Cascadeur
Tad Griffith	....	utility stunts
Chris Howell	....	stunt coordinator

Caméra et Département Electrique
Jason C. Brown	....	grip
Steven 'Jeeda' Bryant	....	best boy electric
David Gamble	....	grip
Ryan Hill	....	grip
Thomas Hurn	....	electrician
Denisse Kindl	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Jay Pope	....	grip
Cass Rasmussen	....	electrician
Roberto Schein	....	gaffer
Aaron Schuh	....	second assistant camera
James Lawrence Spencer	....	director of photography: second unit
Gregg Thompson	....	dolly grip
Dale Tibor	....	electrician
Mira Velasco	....	grip
Carla Wennermark	....	second assistant camera

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Kevin Ian Ackerman	....	set costumer
Robin Fitzgerald	....	set costumer

Département Musique
Michael Lloyd	....	music supervisor

Département Transport
Matthew Ballard	....	transportation coordinator
Shay Morgan Brook	....	transportation captain

Divers
Matthew Fortino	....	production assistant
Steve Gurklys	....	script supervisor
Isaac Mejía	....	key set production assistant
Theresa Peoples	....	creative executive
Cody Smith	....	animal trainer
Amy Soto	....	production assistant

Merci
Clint Culpepper	....	special thanks
Irene Janetzke	....	special thanks
Mick Partridge	....	special thanks
Aaron Ponce de León	....	special thanks
Stephanie Romanov	....	special thanks (as Stephanie Romanov-Wechsler)
Nick Wechsler	....	special thanks

Companies de production

• Havilah Production

Distributeurs

• Anchor Bay Entertainment (2006) (USA) (theatrical)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• One Movie (2007-2008) (Italy) (all media)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Special Effects Unlimited

Autres Companies

• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Keslow Cameras  camera equipment provided by
• Reaper's Forge  weapon house
• Roundabout Entertainment  sound re-recording

Autre(s) titre(s):

River to Havilah (USA) (working title)

Durée:

92 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Lieux de tournage:

Golden Oak Ranch - 19802 Placerita Canyon Road, Newhall, California, USA

Société:

Havilah Production

Goofs:

Continuité: After the automobile accident, Sam climbs out of bed in his bare feet. Sam walks out of the bedroom and the camera zooms in on Sam's bare feet as he continues down the hall. We see another shot of Sam's bare feet as he ambles down the stairs to the kitchen. Sam's dad, who is on the front porch, sees Sam through the kitchen door and calls out to him. As Sam instantly runs to meet his dad, we clearly hear the sound of Sam's bare feet slapping on the hardwood floor as he races across it. But as he barrels through the kitchen door onto the porch, Sam suddenly and miraculously has his boots on.

Connexions:

Références Spider-Man (2002)

For those looking for highly symbolic good vs evil

A Blockbuster rental, I chose it mainly because of the seasoned character actors in it.

It was basically as I expected and the actors definitely made the movie better than the ancient story line would allow.

A 'very special' boy named Sam (Adam Taylor Gordon) is struggling with his parents divorce due to his father's alcoholism and other issues not apparent. This pushes Sam to self mutilate, but it seemed that there was more to Sam's self mutilation than just the divorce.

Sam's father David (Brian Wimmer) takes Sam traveling during his summer with the boy and they have a car accident caused by Sam's hallucinations, seemingly brought about by the will of Ben (Lance Henrikson) close to Ben's remote country home. Ben nurses them both back to health, but David is taken in by Ben's logical approach to life's problems and agrees to stay with Ben as a handy man until they can afford to leave. Sam and Ben never hit it off as Sam detects something odd in Ben's outlook on life and the continued hallucinations make life with Ben uncomfortable.

As the weak father turns to self indulgence with the urging of Ben, Sam gains strength from the other key mother figures to forgive and protect his father from whatever Ben has planned for them.

The plot is very simple. The struggle of good and evil people constantly battle within themselves and how blind faith can simplify life's decisions when people are guided through life's choices by logical (but evil) arguments they are ill equipped to refute.

If you don't have a very good background in Christianity/Judaism you will not understand the high degree of symbolism, and the movie will seem very heavily edited. I can see it being a cultural classic for the evangelical crowd.