Lost in the Sun

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Trey Nelson directs. Robert Barocci behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Shot for just $0.0M — micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
• 2Released 11 years ago.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Directed by Trey Nelson, shot by Robert Barocci. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 5Josh Duhamel and Josh Wiggins and Lynn Collins carry the top of the cast.
• 6Marketing tagline: "How far can one man go?".
• 7IMDB entry: tt3593046 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 8Classified under 11 themes, including "robbery", "gas station", "bag of money", "church".

The technical file

Cinematography

Robert Barocci

Runtime

95 min · 1h 35m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Budget

$25,000

Box office

$25,000

Return

100% of budget

Original language

EN

IMDB

Lost in the Sun (2015) ↗

Also by

Trey Nelson

• 
  14 Minutes from Earth

  2016 · ★ 5.9
• 
  My Sordid Affair

  2017 · ★ 1.0
• 
  The 5th Man

  2022
• 
  Jefferson

  2010

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Trailers & featurettes

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  Lost in the Sun Official Trailer 1 (2015) - Josh Duhamel, Lynn Collins Movie HD

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Community reviews

What people are saying

• Reno2016-06-14
  ★ 6/10

  A road movie that extended to a different level of bonding between two. I was not overwhelmed by the overall film yet a very enjoyable film for the wonderful direction and the beautiful character displays. The first thing I remembered was 'Paper Moon', but it was when 'Last Ride' meets 'Natural Born Killers'. Clearly, it dealt with its own concept, but I won't deny the influence of those titles this film has. So I believe the writer has been inspired by them. If you like the road films, then you might enjoy it as well, even though you're not desiring to give high marks. It begins when a 13 year old boy who lost his mother embarks a journey with a stranger to go and live with his grandparents who are on the other end of the country. On their way, the two struggles with their differences, especially in the conflict of interest to take such a trip. But they end up developing a close bond which is at one point comes to tear them apart. It did not live up to my expectation. Actually, I was not having any expectation because I came to know about it a while ago before finished watching it. Without the character development how much a story going to impress its audience, but this film did by letting them to figure it out by themselves. There is a twist and other turns in the tale, but everything's very easy. So the film kind of interested me, just for keeping everything simple and telling a tale with a good speed, but obviously not an original or anything extraordinary. Josh Duhamel was amazing, his role along with the kid's make you watch it. Especially after the 'Spotlisght', every a film with priests in it freaks me out like the one from this. Anyway, this is not a must see, but not bad to ignore completely. 6/10

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Key crew

• Foley ArtistEric Milano

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• robbery
• gas station
• bag of money
• church
• teenage boy
• ex-con
• bus station
• estranged son
• accomplice
• traveling
• on the lam

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical (limited)2015-11-06
• Physical2015-12-01