Open Five 2

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kentucker Audley directs. Rob Leitzell behind the camera. Kentucker Audley cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 2Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
• 3Released 14 years ago.
• 4Part of the "Open Five Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 5Directed by Kentucker Audley, shot by Rob Leitzell. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 6Editor Kentucker Audley shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 7Kentucker Audley and Caroline White and Elizabeth Behl carry the top of the cast.
• 8IMDB entry: tt2015457 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 9Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Rob Leitzell

Editing

Kentucker Audley

Runtime

72 min · 1h 12m

Status

Released

Budget

$12,000

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

NR

IMDB

Open Five 2 (2012) ↗

Part of

Open Five Collection

Films in Kentucker Audley's Open Five series.

• 
  Open Five

  2010
• 
  Open Five 2

  2012 · this one

Also by

Kentucker Audley

• 
  Strawberry Mansion

  2021 · ★ 6.8
• 
  Sylvio

  2017 · ★ 6.4
• 
  Holy Land

  2010 · ★ 5.4
• 
  Ginger Sand

  2008 · ★ 5.0
• 
  Open Five

  2010 · ★ 4.7
• 
  Team Picture

  2007 · ★ 4.2

Key crew

• ProducerKentucker Audley
• EditorKentucker Audley
• Co-ProducerCaroline White
• Camera OperatorRay Tintori
• Sound RecordistTravis Hale
• Camera OperatorRob Leitzell
• Additional PhotographyTim Morton

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• road trip
• memphis, tennessee
• relationship

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2012-12-13NR