Nightmares in Red, White and Blue

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Andrew Monument directs. Michael Bratkowski behind the camera. Andrew Monument cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 17 years ago.
• 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 3Directed by Andrew Monument, shot by Michael Bratkowski. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 4Editor Andrew Monument shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Lance Henriksen and Larry Cohen and Joe Dante carry the top of the cast.
• 6IMDB entry: tt1337117 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 70 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Michael Bratkowski

Editing

Andrew Monument

Runtime

96 min · 1h 36m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

Nightmares in Red, White and Blue (2009) ↗

Rotten Tomatoes

100% 🍅 Fresh

IMDB rating

7.1/10 · 2,989 votes

MPAA

Unrated

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Production companies

Who made it

• LU

  Lux Digital Pictures

  US

Key crew

• MusicPaul Casper
• EditorAndrew Monument
• ProducerJoseph Maddrey
• Executive ProducerIngo Jucht
• Associate ProducerRobert Valding
• Sound EngineerRuss Montgomery

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• movie business
• interview
• filmmaking
• horror filmmaking

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical2009-08-06

Also known as

International titles

• Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror FilmUS