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THE OFFERING
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When a small town sheriff and single mother learns that her daughter has been kidnapped by a serial killer that has just moved to town, she is forced to make a bargain to save her daughter's life. But, as people start to die, she realizes that in order to protect the good people in her town, she must pick the killer's victims, and bring them to him. She begins to choose victim after victim for him, and is drawn deeper into trouble when the FBI and the widow of one of the victims begin to investigate what is going on. As she worries more for her and her daughter's lives, the sheriff tries to plan an escape for her and those closest to her. But with the killer always close at hand, her plans to flee are destroyed and she is forced to fight for those that she loves. But as she fights, she discovers that she might have learned the killer's lessons too well.
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SHERIFF KATHERINE SUMMERS..............................SHAWN BROGAN-DIDDY(Miss Iowa) NEIL..............................................................................LONNIE SCHUYLER(Melrose Place, Models Inc.) DEBBIE.........................................................................KERRY SKRAM(Haunting Villisca, On Dasher, On Dancer) JESS............................................................................ LAUREN BARTUSEK(Blind Weekend, No Leaf Clover) AGENT BURROUGHS.................................................ETHAN HENRY(Heaven is Hell, Smitty, Watchtower) SARAH.........................................................................ASHLYNN DALE(Introduced in The Offering)
F I L M - M A K E R S DIRECTOR...........................................................................................................................BRUCE ELGIN PRODUCER..........................................................................................................................BRUCE ELGIN WRITER ...............................................................................................................................BRUCE ELGIN EDITOR ...............................................................................................................................STEPHEN JENNINGS CINEMATOGRAPHER ........................................................................................................ERIC FREEZE DESIGNER...........................................................................................................................CHRISTINE YOUNGSTROM MUSIC..................................................................................................................................VINCENT GILLIOZ 1ST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR ..............................................................................................PAT ATKINSON
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CAST
SHAWN BROGAN-DIDDY
2012 – Shop NBC 2001 – Operation Dalmation 1997 – Miss Iowa
LONNIE SCHUYLER 2008 – Beneath the Mississippi 1996 – Melrose Place 1995 – Models Inc. 1994 – Texas 1992 – Honeymoon in Vegas
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FILMMAKERS
Shot over 18 days on some of the warmest winter days and coldest nights the midwest could throw at us, The Offering combined seasoned professionals who had worked in key positions in major Hollywood productions and crew members who had never seen a C-stand before. Throughout the cold weather and late nights, the crew kept up their spirits with the knowledge that they were working together to make a top-notch indie thriller.
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DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
Inspired by the turbulent, Patriot Act politics of the end of the Bush Era, I took the question of what we might give up for our security and paired it with the legend of Saint George and the dragon. With no dragons on hand and a desire to examine the issue on a personal level instead of political, I took the modern, popular culture friendly threat of the serial killer and crafted a script and film with twists, revelations and unexpected spots of black humor for audiences to not only enjoy, but to talk about afterward.
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PRODUCER’S STATEMENT
The challenge of producing and directing my second feature was at times acute, but with the aid of all-star production designer Christine Youngstrom and unresting Director of Photography Eric Freeze, I was able to capture a noir aesthetic that supports the dark storyline. Just finished, The Offering is set to enter the festival circuit.
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LINKS
IMDB: http://pro.imdb.com/title/tt1959578/ Official Site: http://www.theofferingmovie.com/