Bone Tomahawk

Death comes for all men.
Bone Tomahawk (2015)
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Budget
$1 800 000
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$475 846
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Actors
Photo Kurt Russell
Kurt Russell
Sheriff Franklin Hunt
Photo Patrick Wilson
Patrick Wilson
Arthur O'Dwyer
Photo Matthew Fox
Matthew Fox
John Brooder
Photo Lili Simmons
Lili Simmons
Samantha O'Dwyer
Photo Fred Melamed
Fred Melamed
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Short description

When a suspicious stranger is shot and captured in the frontier town of Bright Hope, Sheriff Franklin Hunt has him locked up. A local doctor's assistant tends to the wounded man in his cell. That night the town is attacked, several people vanish, and the only trace left behind is an arrow belonging to a tribe of cave-dwelling cannibals. Hunt assembles a small group and sets out across dangerous country to bring the missing townspeople back.

Kurt Russell leads the cast as Sheriff Hunt, with Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, Matthew Fox, Lili Simmons and David Arquette among the principal players. The film is the feature directing debut of S. Craig Zahler, who also wrote the screenplay; he went on to direct Brawl in Cell Block 99 and Dragged Across Concrete. It blends western and horror elements and runs 133 minutes.

Produced for about 2 million dollars, the film drew a modest but steady audience. On IMDb it holds a 7.1 rating from roughly 139,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.9 from a much smaller sample of around 2,600 users. A critics' rating of 7.3 from 102 reviews places it slightly above both audience scores, suggesting a somewhat more favorable press response than general viewer reaction.

What's left behind the scenes

  • Jim Broadbent temporarily replaced Richard Jenkins for several months, but Jenkins eventually returned to the cast.
  • Initially, Peter Sarsgaard and Jennifer Carpenter were to play the O'Dayers, and Timothy Olyphant was considered for the role of John Bruder.
  • The final version of the film was shot based on the first draft of the script.
  • Before settling on California, producers considered filming in New Mexico and Utah.
  • Michael Winckott was originally considered for the role of Buddy.
  • Zaler wrote the screenplay for the film in 2007.
  • In the very first shots showing Pervis and Buddy, Pervis has perfect white teeth. As Pervis and Buddy track their prey, his teeth are shown as white, then rotten and yellow, and then white again.
  • When one of the cannibals tries to shoot Hunt with Bruder's rifle, a clicking sound is heard with each trigger pull, which is impossible. In lever-action rifles, reloading is done manually by moving the lever around the trigger, which the cannibal eventually discovers. Without this movement, pressing the trigger does nothing.
  • This is the second cannibal western starring David Arquette. The first film was “Ravenous” (1999).
  • The film was shot in 21 days.

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