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Was the budget that low

posted 18 years ago by theatre12345678
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I liked this movie overall. It had good cinematrogphy and establised actors.

How cou2ld it cost the reports on IMDB 62,000 dollars. That seems impossible unless everyone worked for free. Even then they had many locations and while there wasn't huge stunts and exteriors in the woods during the daytime I imagine cast less It's hard to see a movie like this costing so little. Plus they used Stunt men which cost money as well. I had a big crew and cast plus a second unit crew and many producers and executive producers.

Does anyone have info about what it really cost or if that 62,000 was correct and how they managed to pull it off. I couldn't find any info on the commentary.

[–] metabolic_raged 18 years ago

on the dvd they said it was $72,000

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[–] leahmaria7981 18 years ago

There are alot of movies that the cast works for free. If they read the script and like it, they will do it. But once the movie is released and it makes money, after the expenses of the movie are paid for, the director will usually pay the cast then, but they go into it knowing they will not be paid.

[–] macs23 18 years ago

+ shooting a film like this dosen't take more than 1-2 days.

[–] forkwill 18 years ago

There are too many different locations and set-ups within them for it to have only taken a couple of days of shooting. But I can see how they might've pulled it off in a couple of weeks!