Two best friends mourning the devastating death of their husbands and another focusing on a budding career as an adventure influencer decided to climb the “fourth tallest” structure in the United States. No fragile ladders, no 50-foot rope, no backpacks, no snacks or emergency kits, just each other.
on the surface, autumn (2022) will be exactly what you would expect survival thriller Go, or at least in the first act. By act two, you’ll be haunted by scandalous drama, and by act three, you’ll be horrified by orchestrated plot twists. Director and screenwriter Scott Mann Co-writer Jonathan Frank.
But it wasn’t the only autumn’s The narrative beat that stunned audiences with last summer’s sleeper hit. in an interview with reverse for her role in Shazam!wrath of the godsGrace Caroline Curry said she had her share of freakouts autumn’s setting.
autumn’s The filmmakers chose to build the top of the tower atop Shadow Mountain so that the actors would appear to be thousands of feet in the air. Even though they were only a few hundred feet off the ground, they were often hit by erratic weather and dangerous winds. autumn’s (Curry and Virginia Gardner) to the extremes of reality. In one climatic sequence, Curry was asked to jump onto a slanted satellite dish smeared with puddles of fake blood. Curry sensed something was wrong with his harness as a gale blew past the stage.
“I called Scott and told him I felt unsafe. I wasn’t going to achieve what they wanted me to do,” Curry said. reverse. Although she was nervous about being labeled a “difficult woman” on set, Curry made a smart choice. The next day the wind dried her blood, which pulled her to land.
of Shazam! 2, Curry plays Mary Bromfield, a college student superhero who can soar above the Philadelphia skyline without breaking a sweat.Curry’s character autumn Can you also keep her cool because she’s hanging on to the life she loves?I’d better check There’s a sequel on the way.
Grace Caroline Curry’s professional dance training may have helped during filming autumn.
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Best friends Becky (Callie) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner) are climbing what appears to be the perilous El Capitan Monolith in Yosemite National Park with Becky’s husband Dan (Mason Gooding). However, Dan gets distracted and loses her footing, falls and dies. A year later, her heartbroken Becky turns to alcohol to escape her pain, despite her father James (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) bluntly telling her daughter that she needs to get off alcohol. is abusing.
To encourage her friends, Hunter encourages Becky to climb an abandoned 2,000-foot radio tower in the desert, scatter Dan’s ashes, and overcome the tragedy. Hunter also has an ulterior and slightly selfish motive, as he wants to record his climbs with a drone in order to increase his YouTube following.
After taking a cool selfie on a small platform, things start going south. A corroded ladder breaks and supplies fall hundreds of feet to the bottom of the tower, stranded Becky and Hunter. Now they must find a way to call for help before they die…or before they start divulging deep and dirty secrets.
Virginia Gardner is marvel runaway.
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Anyone who’s seen the telenovela should have guessed what secret Hunter is hiding from Becky. Stuck in the stratosphere while your best friend confesses to an act that completely changes the way you think about her. imagine that and your dead spouse. Mann and Frank captured the air horror of brutal betrayal, layering that turmoil on top of growing anxiety over the protagonist’s chances of surviving a silly social media stunt.
And Mann and Frank add yet another twist autumn’s A story of tension. We won’t spoil it, but it’s so clever and unpredictable that the narrative, figuratively and literally, can’t help but descend from its towering peak. We are doing a sensational job of pitching our Suspension of Disbelief. autumn’s The breathtaking cinematography and sophisticated special effects make even the most bombastic film drool.
autumn Scary, but beautiful.
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autumn Most of the time, it’s one epic shot after another that gets your adrenaline pumping. Shot in his IMAX on a budget of just $3 million, the film deftly uses angles and depth to distort our perception of reality. It doesn’t always look real, but autumn’s The cinematography does a good job of capturing the horror of falling.
In one scene, the tower’s sheer ladder bends and breaks, leaving Becky hanging from a ledge and a rung hitting the blacksmith below her, instantly putting you on the edge of your seat. autumn It elicits a scream, but its ending provides a calming sense that justice has been done.
autumn is streaming on prime video.