Echoes of War

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The take

Kane Senes directs. Wes Cardino behind the camera. Arndt-Wulf Peemöller cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, French.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 11 years ago.
• 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, French.
• 3Directed by Kane Senes, shot by Wes Cardino. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4Editor Arndt-Wulf Peemöller shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5James Badge Dale and Ethan Embry and William Forsythe carry the top of the cast.
• 6IMDB entry: tt3094252 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 41 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Wes Cardino

Editing

Arndt-Wulf Peemöller

Production design

Anne Costa

Costume design

Colin Wilkes

Makeup / hair

Sheila Trujillo

Sound

Andy Hay

Stunt coordinator

Charlie Parrish

Runtime

100 min · 1h 40m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

Echoes of War (2015) ↗

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Community reviews

What people are saying

• Wuchak2018-09-22
  ★ 8/10

  Civil War flick about what happens when you bring the war back home with you An ex-Confederate soldier (James Badge Dale) shows up at his dead sister’s rural abode in central Texas where he butts heads with his peaceable brother-in-law (Ethan Embry) and stands up to the corruption of a neighboring patriarch (William Forsythe) and his retarded son. Meanwhile the niece (Maika Monroe) is having secret meetings with the cowardly boy of the other family (Rhys Wakefield). “Echoes of War” (2015) is a realistic post-Civil War Western that shows what happens when an ex-soldier brings the war back with him. It’s cut from the same cloth as “Pharaoh's Army” (1995) and “Sommersby” (1993). “Ride with the Devil” (1999) and “Cold Mountain” also come to mind. It’s a slow-build rural drama with feud-ish Hatfield & McCoy elements, but you can bank on blazing confrontations in the final act. James Badge Dale is captivating in the central figure, pretty much on the level of Brando (seriously). Meanwhile Maika is entrancingly fair. Like “Pharaoh’s Army” everything smacks of real life. While the movie’s no doubt low-budget, it doesn’t seem like it at all. The filmmaking is thoroughly professional with a pleasing sense of aesthetics. The negative 1-Star shill reviews are absurd; pay no mind to them (the producers must’ve ticked off the catering service). There’s a brief sex scene, but it goes with the realism of the picture; it’s not raunchy or sleazy at all, just realistic and mature. It’s life… and death. The film runs 1 hour, 44 minutes and was probably shot in Austin & Bastrop, Texas. GRADE: A-/B+

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Production companies

Who made it

• CO

  Country Club

• AM

  American Film Productions

• PR

  Provenance Pictures

Key crew

• Special Effects CoordinatorBrandon Noack
• ProducerSteven J. Berger
• MusicHanan Townshend
• HairstylistSheila Trujillo
• Production DesignAnne Costa
• ProducerJohn Chriss
• ProducerJ.M.R. Luna
• ProducerKane Senes
• ProducerDave Szamet
• ProducerKyle Fischer
• FoleyTara Blume
• Costume DesignColin Wilkes
• First Assistant CameraBenjamin Tubb
• CastingEmily Schweber
• ArmorerByron Scott Thomas
• Art DirectionJames Wiley Fowler
• Set CostumerJillian Talley
• Special Effects CoordinatorSteve Krieger
• Script SupervisorT.J. Larson
• Dialogue EditorKelly Vandever
• Digital IntermediateVahe Giragol
• HairstylistCatherine Conrad
• Sound Effects EditorDan Kenyon
• EditorArndt-Wulf Peemöller

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2015-05-15

Also known as

International titles

• War on the RangeGB
• Эхо войны [Echoes of War]RU