''Deep Dark Canyon'' is a 2012

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dramatic

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by husband and wife writer/director team Abe Levy and

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. The film stars

Ted Levine Frank Theodore Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Jame Gumb (Buffalo Bill) in the film '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991) and Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series ''Monk'' (2002–2009 ...

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and

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. The film was originally called ''Lawless'' and was shot on location in the rural town of

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Synopsis

Nate and Skylar, sons of sheriff Bloom Towne, are involved in the accidental death of Mayor Cavanaugh's son Dick in a hunting accident. Older brother Nate fired the deadly shot, but to protect him, younger Skylar, still a minor, takes the blame. Owning most of the town's businesses, the Cavanaugh family itself is wealthy and influential. In retaliation, the family uses their influence to have Skylar set to be tried as an adult, rather than as a minor. Desperate and filled with guilt, Nate breaks Skylar out of the county lock-up and, handcuffed together, the two escape into the local woods. Two deputies are killed in the escape and the Cavanaugh clan, deciding that the sheriff will be unable to act impartially, organize themselves into a search team with orders to shoot on sight. Sheriff Towne joins the search efforts in order to reach his sons before they are shot by others. He is forced to measure the major political debt he owes to the Mayor and the Cavanaugh family, against his oath to uphold the law and the love he has for his two sons.

Cast

as Sheriff Bloom Towne *

as Nate Towne *

as Skylar Towne * Martin Starr as Lloyd Cavanaugh * Michael Bowen as Randy Cavanaugh *

Matthew Lillard Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor. His film work includes Chip Sutphin in '' Serial Mom'' (1994), Emmanuel "Cereal Killer" Goldstein in '' Hackers'' (1995), Stu Macher in '' Scream'' (1996), Stevo in '' SLC Punk!'' ...

as Jack Cavanaugh *

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as Cheryl Cavanaugh *

Greg Cipes Gregory Michael Cipes (born January 4, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for his voice roles as Beast Boy in ''Teen Titans'', ''Teen Titans Go!,'' '' Young Justice'', and ''Beast Boy: Lone Wolf''; Michelangelo in ''Teenage Mutant Nin ...

as Guthrie Cavanaugh *

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as Michael Spencer * Nicolas Christenson as Tony Cavanaugh * Brandon Barrera as Eric Cavanaugh * Micha Borodaev as Larry Cavanaugh * Amaryllis Borrego as Roberta

Production

Originally titled ''Lawless'', the project was shot in

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, primarily in locations in

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and along the Russian River. The film was renamed to avoid confusions with other films of the same title and to better reflect " the atmospheric, rural setting in which it takes place, namely Guerneville".

Reception

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'' gave an overall positive review for the film, stating that all of the actors "turn in solid performances that keep the movie grounded in reality". The ''

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'' gave a mixed review, criticizing that the film "depletes itself with inter-location crosscutting" but that "Levine commands every scene he's in with great support from a subtle and soulful Martin Starr as his conflicted deputy".

References

External links

''Deep Dark Canyon''
at the

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