A Town Has Turned to Dust
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A Town Has Turned to Dust is a made for TV movie created in 1998 that was originally shown on the Syfy
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Syfy
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Cast
- Stephen LangStephen LangStephen Lang may refer to:* Stephen Lang * Stephen Lang , a fictional character in Marvel Comics* Steven Lang...
(Sheriff Harvey Denton) - Ron PerlmanRon PerlmanRonald N. "Ron" Perlman is an American television, film and voice over actor. He is known for having played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast , a Deathstroke figure known as Slade in the animated series Teen Titans, Clarence "Clay" Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, the comic book character...
(Jerry Paul) - Gabriel OldsGabriel OldsGabriel Emerson Olds is an American actor and freelance writer. He is the son of poet Sharon Olds.-Acting career:Olds began acting at age 15 at The Public Theater in New York, in a performance of Measure for Measure in 1987. Soon after, he was cast in 14 Going on 30 , a two-part Disney Sunday...
(Hannify) - Barbara Jane ReamsBarbara Jane ReamsBarbara Jane Reams , born 7 April 1976 in Burley, Idaho, is an American actress.-Filmography:*2000 - Beyond the Prairie: The True Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder ....... as Mary Ingalls...
(Maya Paul) - Frankie Avina (Tooth)
- Zaha McLarnon (Tommy Tall Bear)
- Judy CollinsJudy CollinsJudith Marjorie "Judy" Collins is an American singer and songwriter, known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records ; and for her social activism. She is an alumna of the University of Colorado.-Musical career:Collins was born and raised in Seattle, Washington...
(Ree) - M. Scott Wilkinson (Wavy Flagg)
Credits
- Director: Rob NilssonRob NilssonRob Nilsson is an American independent film director, writer, and sometimes actor. He has won the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Sundance Grand Jury Prize.-Early life and education:...
- Producer: Nelle NugentNelle NugentNelle Nugent is an independent Broadway producer of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. She has won numerous awards including the Tony Award. She has overseen productions such as Amadeus, Morning's at Seven, The Elephant Man, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, and Dracula...
- Screenplay: Rod SerlingRod SerlingRodman Edward "Rod" Serling was an American screenwriter, novelist, television producer, and narrator best known for his live television dramas of the 1950s and his science fiction anthology TV series, The Twilight Zone. Serling was active in politics, both on and off the screen and helped form...
(Futuristic remake of his 1958 'Playhouse 90' teleplay Western with Jerry played by William ShatnerWilliam ShatnerWilliam Alan Shatner is a Canadian actor, musician, recording artist, and author. He gained worldwide fame and became a cultural icon for his portrayal of James T...
) - Photography: Mickey FreemanMickey FreemanMickey Freeman was an American character actor who appeared as a regular on The Phil Silvers Show as Pvt. Fielding Zimmerman....
- Music: Tim AlexanderTim AlexanderTim "Herb" Alexander is an American musician, best known as the former drummer for the rock band Primus. Tim played on the Primus recordings Suck on This to Tales from the Punchbowl, before leaving the band in 1996, only to rejoin in 2003 for the EP Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People...
- Visual Effects: Pride’s Crossing Productions
- Special Effects Supervisor: Marc Arcolio
- Production Design: Jim Sherman
- Production Company: Golden Fox Pictures
Plot
The setting is in 2215, several years after an apocalypse and Earth is divided into two camps. One camp is 'the Drivers', who scavenge the Earth for scrap metal to sell to the other camp, 'the Dwellers', who are descendents of American Indians. Jerry Paul is a successful, racist dweller-merchant whose wife is overly attentive to their driver-servant Tommy. Jerry has Tommy arrested on false charges of rape and theft. The town's Sheriff Denton is unable to stop a vigilante mob led by Jerry from lynching Tommy but the incident is recorded by a TV reporter named Hannify who is visiting Earth from New Angeles. The rest of the story revolves around how the report is used, revelations of a past crime, and a 'show down' in the style of High NoonHigh Noon
High Noon is a 1952 American Western film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly. The film tells in real time the story of a town marshal forced to face a gang of killers by himself...
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