September Dawn (2006)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Christopher Cain

Writers:

Christopher Cain (written by) and
Carole Whang Schutter (written by)

Release Date:

24 August 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | Romance | Western

Tagline:

The untold story of an American tragedy.

Plot:

A love story set during a tense encounter between a wagon train of settlers and a renegade Mormon group.

Plot Keywords:

Mormon | Massacre | Love | Utah | Wagon Train

Awards:

2 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 12	6:00 PM	TMC
Wed. Nov. 18	8:00 PM	TMC

Cast

Terence Stamp	...	Brigham Young
Trent Ford	...	Jonathan Samuelson
Krisinda Cain	...	Young Woman
Shaun Johnston	...	Captain Fancher
Franklin E. Levinson	...	Captain Baker
Jon Gries	...	John D. Lee
Lolita Davidovich	...	Nancy Dunlap
Jon Voight	...	Jacob Samuelson
Taylor Handley	...	Micah Samuelson
Daniel Libman	...	Reverend Grant Hudson
Tamara Hope	...	Emily Hudson
Barbara Gates Wilson	...	Martha Hudson
Huntley Ritter	...	Robert Humphries
Dean Cain	...	Joseph Smith
Ron Webber	...	Hyrum Smith
David Trimble	...	Dr. Willard Richards
Gary Lauder	...	John Taylor
Peter Skagen	...	Guard #1
Chad Nobert	...	Guard #2
Geoff Erwin	...	Guard #3
Marty Antonini	...	Apostle
Tracey Woolsey	...	Jonathan's Mother
Jack Alma	...	Young Jonathan
Sage Woolsey	...	Jonathan's Sister
Morris Birdyellowhead	...	Chief Kanosh (as Morris Bird)
Carter Burns	...	Little Boy
Tom Carey	...	Mormon Fighter
Hal Kerbes	...	Major Higbee
David Cowley	...	William Cameron
Lyle Edge	...	Charles
Patrick Richards	...	Settler
Lindsay Burns	...	Woman
Stacey Zurburg	...	Another Woman
Pete Seadon	...	Father
Gillian Carfra	...	Mother
Christy Greene	...	Wounded Woman
Sean Anthony Olsen	...	Mormon Rifleman
Lloyd Jacobson	...	Driver
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tyson Wiebe	...	Settler (uncredited)

Directed by
Christopher Cain

Writing credits
Christopher Cain		(written by) and
Carole Whang Schutter		(written by)

Produced by
Christopher Cain	....	producer
Scott Duthie	....	producer
Michael Feinberg	....	executive producer
Wendy Hill-Tout	....	executive producer
Patrick Imeson	....	executive producer
Kevin Matossian	....	producer

Original Music by
William Ross

Cinematography by
Juan Ruiz Anchía		(director of photography) (as Juan Ruiz.Anchia)

Film Editing by
Jack Hofstra

Casting by
Lynn Kressel
Jackie Lind

Production Design by
Rick Roberts

Art Direction by
Janet Lakeman

Set Decoration by
Celine Godberson

Costume Design by
Carol Case

Makeup Department
Brenda Boutet	....	second assistant hair stylist
Caroline Dehner	....	hair designer
Donna Fuller	....	assistant makeup artist
Rose Gurevitch	....	first assistant makeup artist
Linda Nelson	....	first assistant hair stylist
Samantha Rumball	....	special makeup effects artist
Gunther Schetterer	....	assistant makeup artist
Sharon Toohey	....	second assistant makeup artist
Barbara Zaseybida	....	assistant makeup artist

Production Management
Linda Rogers-Ambury	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Colin Allen	....	trainee assistant director
Joanna Krupicz	....	third assistant director
Martin Pedersen	....	second assistant director
Andrew Price	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Dawn-Anne Coulson	....	construction buyer
Jack Crowells	....	greensman
Coral Dambrauskas	....	greens buyer
John Dambrauskas	....	greens coordinator
Loyola Lewis	....	paint foreman
John Sherrington	....	props
Cindy Swensen	....	set decoration trainee
Jordy Wihak	....	property master

Sound Department
David Barbee	....	sound effects editor
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Eddie Bydalek	....	sound mix technician
Julio Carmona	....	adr recordist
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	digital assistant editor
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Craig S. Jaeger	....	foley editor
Mike Markiw	....	boom operator
Michael Minkler	....	sound re-recording mixer
Glenn T. Morgan	....	supervising sound editor
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Myron Nettinga	....	sound re-recording mixer
Matthew Sordello	....	sound
Peter Staubli	....	sound editor
Peter Staubli	....	sound effects editor
George Tarrant	....	production sound mixer
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist

Special Effects by
Kelly Coe	....	special effects best boy
Marc Lord	....	special effects technician
Jason Paradis	....	special effects coordinator

Visual Effects by
Alastor Arnold	....	digital intermediate editor
David Rosenthal	....	digital film I/O supervisor

Stunts
Jim Finkbeiner	....	stunts
Corry Glass	....	stunt performer
Kristy Glass	....	stunts
Ron Webber	....	stunt actor

Camera and Electrical Department
Brigette Bennett	....	second assistant camera
Donovan Fraser	....	first assistant camera: B-Camera
Schane Godon	....	first assistant camera
Charles Koetke	....	grip
Damon Moreau	....	Steadicam operator
Dan Power	....	still photographer
Clint Silzer	....	dolly grip
Alison J. Stewart	....	best boy grip (as Alison Rigby)
Landin Walsh	....	lamp operator

Casting Department
Kimberly Hope	....	casting associate
Tony LaHaye	....	extras casting assistant
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson	....	adr voice casting
Ruth Salen	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jeffrey Fayle	....	costume set supervisor
Katie Klingvall	....	extras costumer
André Ricard	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
John Daro	....	digital intermediate editor
Scott Duthie	....	digital intermediate producer
Mato	....	color timer
John Nicolard	....	digital intermediate supervisor
Mark Sadusky	....	first assistant editor
Walter Volpatto	....	digital intermediate colorist
Leroy Wolf	....	color timer (uncredited)

Music Department
Bruce Dukov	....	musician: violin
Steve Erdody	....	musician: cello
Mark Graham	....	music preparation
Jason Lloyd	....	scoring cue mixer
Peter Myles	....	music editor
Dean Parks	....	musician: guitars
Robert ToTeras	....	score coordinator
Windy Wagner	....	vocalist
James Walker	....	musician: flutes (as Jim Walker)

Other crew
David Benning	....	production assistant
Joy Bond	....	production coordinator
Cameron Chapman	....	assistant production coordinator
Shannon Corrie	....	production assistant
Leroy Dixon	....	translator: Paiute
Jesse Dodds	....	wrangler
Brian Dunne	....	assistant location manager
Lyle Edge	....	head wrangler
Buck Hamilton	....	wrangler
Steven Hanulik	....	trainee coordinator
Aaron Henry	....	publicity manager
Jay Hoffman	....	producer advisor
Lloyd Jacobson	....	wrangler
John Lacroix	....	production accountant
Rick Martine	....	wrangler
Wayne McCormack	....	wrangler
Kathleen McInnis	....	unit publicist
Kathy Ringer	....	trainee coordinator
Heather Roscorla	....	payroll accountant
Robert Roscorla	....	second assistant accountant
Donna Serafinus	....	legal affairs: Voice Pictures
Clayton Smith	....	wrangler
Darryl Solly	....	location manager
Cathy Sutherland	....	wrangler captain
Barbara Unrau	....	first assistant accountant
Jenn Vincent	....	production assistant
Lynnanne Zager	....	adr revoicing

Thanks
Clint Bymak	....	special thanks
Steve Duthie	....	special thanks
Josef Schweighofer	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• September Dawn
• Voice Pictures

Distributors

• Black Diamond Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Slow Hand Releasing (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• CCV (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Eagle Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Movie Bank (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (rental)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Angry Monkey Entertainment  production services
• FotoKem Film and Video  digital intermediate
• L.A. Mad Dogs  ADR/Loop Group

MPAA:

Rated R for violence.

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Australia:MA | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Augustina Farms, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Company:

September Dawn

Trivia:

There is a memorial dedicated to those who died in the massacre. It is in Washington County, Utah.

Goofs:

Factual errors: Emily Hudson is a main character in this film. In reality, the Hudsons left the wagon train before it reached Utah.

Soundtrack:

Love Will Still Be There

Getting your whole community to uniformly bash a movie is as good as telling people to watch it.

I was about to disregard this movie and thought that maybe I'd check out what people have written about it on IMDb. Frankly, to any one that is not Mormon, the thorough and complete disgust I see on this site from people who are very obviously from the Mormon community doesn't dissuade me from watching this movie, it actually encourages me. When people take so much effort to convince you not to watch something, I for one, think it's probably worth watching. I have watched it now and I must say, it wasn't the awful movie we are made to believe it was by the people posting on this site. To the contrary, I found it a very powerful and compelling movie and I'm glad to have watched it. I will certainly do some historical research to see where the alleged biases come in, but I have a feeling the movie will certainly not be quite the fiction that some of the posters have made it out to be.

My actual rating would have been a 6 or a 7 at best, but since there are people (I would assume those in the Mormon community) trying to bring the rating down simply because it shows a group of their people in an unfavourable light, I gave it a 10 to balance it out.