''Long Lost Son'' is a 2006 American

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directed by

Brian Trenchard-Smith Brian Medwin Trenchard-Smith (born 1946) is an English-Australian filmmaker and author, known for his idiosyncratic and satirical low-budget genre films. His filmography covers action, science fiction, martial arts, dystopian fiction, comedy, ...

. It premiered on Lifetime on July 24, 2006.

Production

Trenchard-Smith and producer Andreas Haas had previously made '' The Paradise Virus'' together, which had been successful and they reunited for this follow-up. The film was shot in 14 days on

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. Trenchard-Smith says

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rewrote much of her dialogue, which he thought improved the script. The director later said the film was "not perfect":

A few things make me wince a little. Critics will probably mock it. It's my venture into
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emotional melodrama territory with a Caribbean flavor on a shoestring budget, but aided by a savvy music score from David Reynolds, his fourth for me. The music really helps a lot. But I am proud of the film; it delivers just what a particular audience wants. That's my job, genre by genre.

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