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1922

A simple yet proud rancher in the year 1922 conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.

Feature Film Scripted
Length
1 x 101 mins
Release Year
2017
Genre
,
Production companies

Campfire Films & TV LLC

Photo credit Jeff Topham, © Campfire Films & TV LLC

Synopsis

1922 is based on Stephen King’s 131-page story telling of a man’s confession of his wife’s murder. The tale is told from the perspective of Wilfred James, the story’s unreliable narrator who admits to killing his wife, Arlette, with his son in Nebraska. But after he buries her body, he finds himself terrorized by rats and, as his life begins to unravel, becomes convinced his wife is haunting him.

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Production Information

Writer & Director

Zac Hilditch

Producers

Ross Dinerstein

Co-Producer

Josh Kesselman

Associate Producer

Sammie Astaneh

Executive Producers

Shawn Williamson

Kevin Leeson

Jamie Goehring

Liz Kearney

Key Cast

Thomas Jane

Molly Parker

Dylan Schmid

Kaitlyn Bernard

Neal McDonough

Tanya Champoux

Brian D’Arcy James

Bob Frazer

Eric Keenleyside

Patrick Keating

Danielle Klaudt

Peter New

Distributor

Netflix (INT)

Key Locations

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Key WA Crew

Director of Photography

Ben Richardson

Editor

Merlin Cornish

Production Designer

Page Buckner

Costume Designer

Claudia Da Ponte

Production Coordinator

Joey Setter

Production Manager

Rob Lycar

1st Assistant Director

Kevin Speckmaier

2nd Assistant Director

Cheyenne Byng

3rd Assistant Director

Natalie Fiteni

Assistant Art Director

Courtney Stockstad

Catering

Critics Choice Catering

Bluenote Catering

Gaffer

Corrin Hodgson

Key Grip

Jeff Smith

Location Manager

Rico Mielnicki

Hair & Make Up Designer

Julie McHaffie

Post Production Facility

Siamese

Post Producer

Jennifer Bowman-Gallagher

VFX Supervisor

Daniel Barone

Post Sound Facility

Formosa Features

Sound Recordist

Ben McDonald

The Director on Casting

“I met with Thomas Jane, and we just clicked from the get go.”

“He really connected with the material and that’s all you want in a leading man. Someone who totally gets the character, and he just made Wilfred his own from that point forward. Thomas is just mesmerizing in the role. He committed to the film 100%”

– Zak Hilditch, Director

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Photo credit Jeff Topham, © Campfire Films & TV LLC
Director Zak Hilditch with Lead Actor Thomas Jane
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