Bone Tomahawk

2015 American Western film

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October 2017 Director S. Craig Zahler reflected on the film's production, noting his dissatisfaction with the RED Dragon camera and decision to switch to the RED Weapon camera for his next film.
December 18 2016 S. Craig Zahler's screenplay placed 5th in the Best Screenplay category at the Dublin Film Critics' Circle.
October 9 2016 Freddy Waff won Best Technical-Artistic Western at the Almería Western Film Festival.
June 22 2016 The film was nominated for Best Independent Film at the Saturn Awards.
April 23 2016 The film won Best Avant-Garde & Genre at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema.
April 23 2016 S. Craig Zahler won Best Avant-Garde & Genre at the Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema.
March 13 2016 Kurt Russell won Best Actor and Richard Jenkins was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Fangoria Chainsaw Awards.
February 27 2016 S. Craig Zahler was nominated for Best Screenplay at the Independent Spirit Awards, and Richard Jenkins was nominated for Best Supporting Actor.
January 31 2016 S. Craig Zahler won the Jury Prize at the Festival International du Film Fantastique de Gérardmer for 'Bone Tomahawk'.
2015 Principal photography for 'Bone Tomahawk' took place over 21 days at Paramount Ranch in California, with prior location scouting in New Mexico, Utah, and Romania.
December 29 2015 Bone Tomahawk was released on Blu-ray and DVD.
December 16 2015 The film was nominated for Best First Film by the Austin Film Critics Association and for Best Horror Film and Best Supporting Actor (Richard Jenkins) by the Phoenix Critics Circle.
December 16 2015 Kurt Russell and Richard Jenkins were nominated for Best Supporting Actor by the Austin Film Critics Association and Phoenix Critics Circle.
December 14 2015 Richard Jenkins was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards.
October 23 2015 Bone Tomahawk was given a limited release in the United States.
October 23 2015 Lakeshore Records released the film's soundtrack in digital and vinyl formats, composed by Jeff Herriott, who created music to accompany long shots and set mood transitions in the film.
October 23 2015 RLJ Entertainment releases Bone Tomahawk in a limited theatrical release, which goes on to gross over $480,000 in theater sales and $4.32 million in home media sales.
October 17 2015 Zahler also won the José Luis Guarner Prize at the Sitges Film Festival.
October 17 2015 S. Craig Zahler won the Best Direction Award at the Sitges Film Festival for 'Bone Tomahawk'.
October 10 2015 Bone Tomahawk was screened at the London Film Festival.
October 3 2015 The film screened at the Charlotte Film Festival.
October 2 2015 The first trailer for Bone Tomahawk was released.
October 1 2015 Bone Tomahawk premieres at Fantastic Fest.
August 2015 RLJ Entertainment acquired distribution rights for Bone Tomahawk.
October 2014 Casting for Bone Tomahawk begins, with initial actors Peter Sarsgaard, Timothy Olyphant, and Jennifer Carpenter being replaced by Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, and Lili Simmons due to scheduling conflicts.
October 2014 Principal photography for the film takes place in California, lasting 21 days.
September 29 2014 Additional cast members Lili Simmons, David Arquette, Sid Haig, Kathryn Morris, and Evan Jonigkeit were added to the film, with Simmons replacing Jennifer Carpenter.
September 24 2014 Patrick Wilson and Matthew Fox joined the cast of Bone Tomahawk.
October 31 2012 Kurt Russell, Peter Sarsgaard, Richard Jenkins, and Jennifer Carpenter signed on to the cast of Bone Tomahawk, with roles including a sheriff, a cowboy, an oldster, and one of the captives of troglodyte cannibals.
October 30 2012 Production of Bone Tomahawk was officially made public, with funding from Caliber Media Company and international sales handled by Celluloid Dreams.
2011 Zahler wrote the script for Bone Tomahawk and produced the low-budget horror film Asylum Blackout.
2011 Zahler wrote the script for Bone Tomahawk, marking his fifth Western screenplay.

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