The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant

"Families. Friends. Lives on the line."

2009 0h 40m EN

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★5.9TMDB · 12

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The inside story of the last days of a General Motors plant in Moraine, Ohio, as lived by the people who worked the line.

“Families. Friends. Lives on the line.”

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Cast

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Kim Clay
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Kate Geiger
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Kathe Day
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Joyce Gilbert
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Louis Carter
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Darlene Henson
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Rick Stacy
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Steven Bognar
Writers: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 40-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Steven Bognar, shot by Steven Bognar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tim Berger. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Steven Bognar shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Popeye Hurst and Kim Clay and Kate Geiger carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Families. Friends. Lives on the line.".

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The take

Steven Bognar directs. Steven Bognar behind the camera. Tim Berger scores. Steven Bognar cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Tight 40-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 17 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Steven Bognar, shot by Steven Bognar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Tim Berger. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Steven Bognar shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Popeye Hurst and Kim Clay and Kate Geiger carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Families. Friends. Lives on the line.".
9IMDB entry: tt1487120 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Steven Bognar
Original score: Tim Berger
Editing: Steven Bognar
Runtime: 40 min · 0h 40m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009)

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CinemaSerf2026-07-01
★ 6/10
I think what is most striking about this short feature is the stoicism of the workforce as they accept the inevitable when their assembly plant in Moraine, Ohio, USA is slated for closure. With demand for many of the 280,000 trucks that they produce slumped to it's lowest level for fifteen years this huge source of employment for the town is deemed no longer viable. This isn't so much a documentary - there are no contributions from the corporate powers that be, nor is there any structured narration - this is much more a compendium of ordinary working people reacting to the news and attempting to come to terms with it's consequences. For many, this has been their only job since it opened to much fanfare in 1981. Now in their fifties, many are being presented with challenges that some embrace more willingly than others, but still they all appear to have a dignified resignation to their predicament. Interestingly, and unlike with many of their European counterparts, there are no strikes or protests nor angry union activists picketing the place with placards and blockades. Instead we see a group of people who still turn up on these chilly winter mornings for some fairly strenuous work knowing that with Christmas just days away, their futures are distinctly uncertain. This is a very human story that brings home quite poignantly the effects of automation and lower consumer confidence on real workers who have committed themselves proudly to a process and to a family that isn't their's and that they are now going to have to leave.

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