Wrong Turn at Tahoe

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Franck Khalfoun directs. Christopher LaVasseur behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 17 years ago.
• 2Directed by Franck Khalfoun, shot by Christopher LaVasseur. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Cuba Gooding Jr. and Harvey Keitel and Alex Meneses carry the top of the cast.
• 4IMDB entry: tt1393000 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography

Christopher LaVasseur

Production design

Joe Lemmon

Runtime

91 min · 1h 31m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

R

IMDB

Wrong Turn at Tahoe (2009) ↗

IMDB rating

6/10 · 4,841 votes

MPAA

R

Also by

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Trailers & featurettes

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Production companies

Who made it

• MA

  Martini Films

  US

• PA

  Paramount Famous Productions

  US

• PU

  Pure Pictures Entertainment

• NO

  North by Northwest Entertainment

Key crew

• CastingDanny Roth
• Production DesignJoe Lemmon
• ProducerFreddy Braidy
• ProducerRich Cowan
• ProducerJohnny Martin
• ProducerRichard Salvatore
• Executive ProducerPeter Abrams
• Executive ProducerSam Bernard
• Executive ProducerDarin Spillman
• Executive ProducerRobert L. Levy
• Line ProducerMischa Jakupcak

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• bodyguard
• revenge
• gunfight
• drug lord

Release history · US

When it landed

• Digital2009-11-16R
• Physical2010-01-12

Also known as

International titles

• Wrong Turn at Tahoe - Ingaggio mortaleIT
• Engrenage mortelFR
• Engrenage fatalFR