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A Lonely Place for Dying
A Lonely Place for Dying
	Theatrical release poster
Starring	Ross Marquand; Michael Wincott; Michael Scovotti; James Cromwell
Cinematography	Justin Eugene Evans
Release dates	December 3, 2008 (Santa Fe Film Festival); September 7, 2012 (United States);
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$200,000 USD

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A Lonely Place for Dying is a 2012^[4] American independent drama-thriller film directed by Justin Eugene Evans and produced by James Cromwell. Starring Ross Marquand, Michael Wincott, Michael Scovotti and James Cromwell, the film is set in 1972 during the Cold War. The film's score was composed by Brent Daniels.

Plot

It is 1972. An abandoned Mexican prison sits alone in the dusty Chihuahua desert. KGB mole Nikolai Dzerzhinsky waits for his contact from the Washington Post. Dzerzhinsky holds explosive evidence against the CIA; information he will trade for asylum in the United States. Special Agent Robert Harper must obtain this evidence and kill Dzerzhinsky or risk the end of his CIA career. As the two men hunt each other they discover that the sins from their past destined them for this deadly confrontation.

Cast

Ross Marquand as KGB Officer Nikolai Dzerzhinsky
Michael Scovotti as CIA Agent Robert Harper
Michael Wincott as CIA Project Manager Anthony Greenglass
James Cromwell as Washington Post Editor-In-Chief Howard Simons
Brad Culver as Special Forces Captain Robert "Bob" Altman
Mike Peebler as Special Forces First Lieutenant George Roy Hill
Luis Robledo as Special Forces Staff Sergeant Solares
Jason R. Moore as Special Forces Staff Sergeant William "Bill" Friedkin
Stephen Jules Rubin as Special Forces Buck Sergeant Konigsberg

Release

"A Lonely Place For Dying" held an unannounced sneak preview at the 2008 Santa Fe Film Festival. Despite being an out-of-competition rough-cut screening with no visual effects, music, sound mix or color grade, it was nominated for three awards and won the Heineken Red Star Award.^[5]

The first 22 minutes of the motion picture was released on VODO in July of 2011. It was downloaded over one million times and became the best-seeded movie Torrent in the world for several weeks.^[6] "A Lonely Place For Dying" screened at its final three festivals and concluded its two-and-a-half-year-long festival run while "part one" of the film dominated Bittorrent.^[7]

After nearly three years on the festival circuit, "A Lonely Place For Dying" received a limited theatrical release on approximately 19 screens throughout the United States. It debuted on September 7,2012 at the Al Ringling Theatre in Baraboo, Wisconsin.^[8]

In 2013, it was released on iTunes and Amazon.^[9]

Accolades

A Lonely Place for Dying was an official selection of 46 film festivals where it was nominated for 53 awards and won 29 including 18 as best picture.^[10]^[11]

Reception

"A Lonely Place for Dying" was met with almost universal praise. Justine Browning of Huffington Post said "A Lonely Place for Dying (currently available on iTunes) is a powerful independent thriller from a promising new director Justin Eugene Evans." ^[12]Andrew L. Urban of Urban Cinefile said "Executed with skill, the film uses its primary element - the abandoned Mexican prison - to terrific effect...excellent design and music, with terrific camerawork, complete what is arguably a better movie than many which get a theatrical release."^[13] Jesse Veverka of the Clyde Fitch Report refers to the film's director as an "independent narrative film prodigy."^[14] Charles Monroe Kane of WPT's "Director's Cut" said "A Lonely Place For Dying is an absolutely fantastic film!" ^[15]

References

^ "Santa Fe Film Festival". www.imdb.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ Spychalla, Craig. "SPY GAMES: A Wisconsin filmmaker has created a Cold War spy drama that's making a theatrical debut in Baraboo". www.wiscnews.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ Thomas, Rob. "Wisconsin director's action thriller "A Lonely Place for Dying" banned in Russia". madisonmovie.org. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ Spychalla, Craig. "SPY GAMES: A Wisconsin filmmaker has created a Cold War spy drama that's making a theatrical debut in Baraboo". www.wiscnews.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ "Heineken Red Star Award 2008 Santa Fe Film Festival". www.ifc.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ "A Lonely Place For Dying A Smash-Hit On Bittorrent". www.torrentfreak.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
^ "A Lonely Place For Dying A Smash-Hit On Bittorrent". www.torrentfreak.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
^ Spychalla, Craig. "SPY GAMES: A Wisconsin filmmaker has created a Cold War spy drama that's making a theatrical debut in Baraboo". www.wiscnews.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ Veverka, Jesse. "Focus on Filmmakers: Justin Eugene Evans". www.clydefitchreport.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ Veverka, Jesse. "Focus on Filmmakers: Justin Eugene Evans". www.clydefitchreport.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ Kreul, James. "Secret of success: An Interview with Wisconsin filmmaker Justin Eugene Evans". www.isthmus.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ Browning, Justine. "Interview With A Lonely Place for Dying Director Justin Eugene Evans". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ Urban, Andrew. "A Lonely Place For Dying: Digital". www.urbancinefile.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ Veverka, Jesse. "Focus on Filmmakers: Justin Eugene Evans". www.clydefitchreport.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
^ Kane, Charles Monroe. "Justin Eugene Evans, "A Lonely Place for Dying"". www.video.wpt.org. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

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[1] "Santa Fe Film Festival". www.imdb.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[2] Spychalla, Craig. "SPY GAMES: A Wisconsin filmmaker has created a Cold War spy drama that's making a theatrical debut in Baraboo". www.wiscnews.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[3] Thomas, Rob. "Wisconsin director's action thriller "A Lonely Place for Dying" banned in Russia". madisonmovie.org. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[4] Spychalla, Craig. "SPY GAMES: A Wisconsin filmmaker has created a Cold War spy drama that's making a theatrical debut in Baraboo". www.wiscnews.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[5] "Heineken Red Star Award 2008 Santa Fe Film Festival". www.ifc.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[6] "A Lonely Place For Dying A Smash-Hit On Bittorrent". www.torrentfreak.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)

[7] "A Lonely Place For Dying A Smash-Hit On Bittorrent". www.torrentfreak.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)

[8] Spychalla, Craig. "SPY GAMES: A Wisconsin filmmaker has created a Cold War spy drama that's making a theatrical debut in Baraboo". www.wiscnews.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[9] Veverka, Jesse. "Focus on Filmmakers: Justin Eugene Evans". www.clydefitchreport.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[10] Veverka, Jesse. "Focus on Filmmakers: Justin Eugene Evans". www.clydefitchreport.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[11] Kreul, James. "Secret of success: An Interview with Wisconsin filmmaker Justin Eugene Evans". www.isthmus.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[12] Browning, Justine. "Interview With A Lonely Place for Dying Director Justin Eugene Evans". www.huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[13] Urban, Andrew. "A Lonely Place For Dying: Digital". www.urbancinefile.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[14] Veverka, Jesse. "Focus on Filmmakers: Justin Eugene Evans". www.clydefitchreport.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

[15] Kane, Charles Monroe. "Justin Eugene Evans, "A Lonely Place for Dying"". www.video.wpt.org. Retrieved February 19, 2015.

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-'''''A Lonely Place for Dying''''' is a 2009 American independent drama-thriller film directed by Justin Eugene Evans and produced by [[James Cromwell]]. Starring [[Ross Marquand]], [[Michael Wincott]], [[Michael Scovotti]] and [[James Cromwell]], the film is set in 1972 during the [[Cold War]]. The film's score was composed by [[Brent Daniels]].
+'''''A Lonely Place for Dying''''' is a 2012<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wiscnews.com/news/local/article_4300d8b6-f928-11e1-854e-0019bb2963f4.html | title=SPY GAMES: A Wisconsin filmmaker has created a Cold War spy drama that's making a theatrical debut in Baraboo |first=Craig|last=Spychalla |website=www.wiscnews.com |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref> American independent drama-thriller film directed by Justin Eugene Evans and produced by [[James Cromwell]]. Starring [[Ross Marquand]], [[Michael Wincott]], [[Michael Scovotti]] and [[James Cromwell]], the film is set in 1972 during the [[Cold War]]. The film's score was composed by [[Brent Daniels]].
 ==Plot==
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 * [[Luis Robledo]] as Special Forces Staff Sergeant Solares
 * [[Jason R. Moore]] as Special Forces Staff Sergeant William "Bill" Friedkin
+*[[Stephen Jules Rubin]] as Special Forces Buck Sergeant Konigsberg
-==Production==
-===Development===
+==Release==
+"A Lonely Place For Dying" held an unannounced sneak preview at the 2008 Santa Fe Film Festival. Despite being an out-of-competition rough-cut screening with no visual effects, music, sound mix or color grade, it was nominated for three awards and won the Heineken Red Star Award.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ifc.com/videos/heineken-red-star-award-2008-santa-fe-film-festival | title=Heineken Red Star Award 2008 Santa Fe Film Festival |website=www.ifc.com |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref>
+The first 22 minutes of the motion picture was released on VODO in July of 2011. It was downloaded over one million times and became the best-seeded movie Torrent in the world for several weeks.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://torrentfreak.com/a-lonely-place-for-dying-a-smash-hit-on-bittorrent-110805 | title=A Lonely Place For Dying A Smash-Hit On Bittorrent |first=Enigmax |website=www.torrentfreak.com |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref> "A Lonely Place For Dying" screened at its final three festivals and concluded its two-and-a-half-year-long festival run while "part one" of the film dominated Bittorrent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://torrentfreak.com/a-lonely-place-for-dying-a-smash-hit-on-bittorrent-110805 | title=A Lonely Place For Dying A Smash-Hit On Bittorrent |first=Enigmax |website=www.torrentfreak.com |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref>
+After nearly three years on the festival circuit, "A Lonely Place For Dying" received a limited theatrical release on approximately 19 screens throughout the United States. It debuted on September 7,2012 at the Al Ringling Theatre in Baraboo, Wisconsin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wiscnews.com/news/local/article_4300d8b6-f928-11e1-854e-0019bb2963f4.html | title=SPY GAMES: A Wisconsin filmmaker has created a Cold War spy drama that's making a theatrical debut in Baraboo |first=Craig|last=Spychalla |website=www.wiscnews.com |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref>
+In 2013, it was released on iTunes and Amazon.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2012/11/justin-eugene-evans | title=Focus on Filmmakers: Justin Eugene Evans |first=Jesse |last=Veverka |website=www.clydefitchreport.com |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref>
 ==Accolades==
+''A Lonely Place for Dying'' was an official selection of 46 film festivals where it was nominated for 53 awards and won 29 including 18 as best picture.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2012/11/justin-eugene-evans | title=Focus on Filmmakers: Justin Eugene Evans |first=Jesse |last=Veverka |website=www.clydefitchreport.com |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.isthmus.com/daily/article.php?article=37691 | title=Secret of success: An Interview with Wisconsin filmmaker Justin Eugene Evans |first=James |last=Kreul |website=www.isthmus.com |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref>
-''A Lonely Place for Dying'' has been nominated at [[Oaxaca Film Fest]].
+==Reception==
+"A Lonely Place for Dying" was met with almost universal praise. Justine Browning of Huffington Post said "A Lonely Place for Dying (currently available on iTunes) is a powerful independent thriller from a promising new director Justin Eugene Evans." <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/justine-browning/justin-eugene-evans-director_b_2673925.html | title=Interview With A Lonely Place for Dying Director Justin Eugene Evans |first=Justine |last=Browning |website=www.huffingtonpost.com |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref>Andrew L. Urban of Urban Cinefile said "Executed with skill, the film uses its primary element - the abandoned Mexican prison - to terrific effect...excellent design and music, with terrific camerawork, complete what is arguably a better movie than many which get a theatrical release."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=19352&s=DVD | title=A Lonely Place For Dying: Digital |first=Andrew |last=Urban |website=www.urbancinefile.com |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref> Jesse Veverka of the Clyde Fitch Report refers to the film's director as an "independent narrative film prodigy."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2012/11/justin-eugene-evans | title=Focus on Filmmakers: Justin Eugene Evans |first=Jesse |last=Veverka |website=www.clydefitchreport.com |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref> Charles Monroe Kane of WPT's "Director's Cut" said "A Lonely Place For Dying is an absolutely fantastic film!" <ref>{{cite web |url=http://video.wpt.org/video/1869620088 | title=Justin Eugene Evans, "A Lonely Place for Dying" |first=Charles Monroe |last=Kane |website=www.video.wpt.org |accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref>
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+* {{Official website|http://www.alonelyplacefordying.com/}}
-* [http://www.humblemagi.com/motionpictures/alpfd/home.html Website]
+*{{IMDb title|1161861|A Lonely Place for Dying}}
-* [http://www.humblemagi.com/motionpictures/alpfd/blog.php Filmmaker's Blog]
-* [http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lonelyplacefordying.htm Box Office Mojo page]
+* {{Mojo title|http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=lonelyplacefordying.htm}}
+* {{rotten-tomatoes|http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/a_lonely_place_for_dying}}
 * [http://madisonmovie.org/2013/02/12/wisconsin-directors-action-thriller-banned-in-russia/]
+* [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/justine-browning/justin-eugene-evans-director_b_2673925.html]
-* {{IMDb title|1161861|A Lonely Place for Dying}}
+*[http://www.isthmus.com/daily/article.php?article=37691]
+*[http://video.wpt.org/video/1869620088/]
+*[http://www.clydefitchreport.com/2012/11/justin-eugene-evans/]
+*[http://www.ifc.com/videos/heineken-red-star-award-2008-santa-fe-film-festival]
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+[[Category:American crime drama films]]
+[[Category:English-language films]]
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