SWORD OF TRUST
SWORD OF TRUST
feature film | Drama | 88min
Mel (Marc Maron) is a cantankerous pawnshop owner in Alabama who spends most of his time swindling customers while trying and failing to get his man-child employee Nathaniel (Jon Bass) to do any work. When Cynthia (Jillian Bell) and her wife Mary (Michaela Watkins) try to hawk a Civil War-era sword inherited from Cynthia’s recently deceased grandfather, he tries to get the better of them. The sword, however, comes with a convoluted report from Cynthia’s grandfather claiming the relic to be proof the South actually won the war. It isn’t long before the coveted “”prover item”” draws the attention of overzealous conspiracy theorists and the two duos have to join forces in order to sell the sword to the highest bidder. The journey that ensues takes the ragtag bunch on a tour through the deep South and the minds of the local fanatics who inhabit it. Created from the raw talent of its cast and infused with a lot of heart and laughs, Sword of Trust takes a stab at uncovering emotional truths through moments of hilarity and hits right on the mark.
Produced by Forager Films & Distributed by IFC Films
Starring Marc Maron, Michaela Watkins, Jillian Bell & Jon Bass
Director: Lynn Shelton
Written by: Lynn Shelton and Michael Patrick O’Brien
Produced by: Ted Speaker, Molly M. Mayeux and Lynn Shelton
Executive Producers: Peter Gilbert, Edwin Linker, Stacey Davis,
Associate Producer: Virginia Newcomb & Tasha McCrory
Cinematographer: Jason Oldak
Editor: Tyler L. Cook
Production Designer: John Lavin
Costume Designer: Tora Eff
1st & 2nd Assistant Directors: Drew Langer & Emily Neumann
Gaffer: Armando Ballesteros
Key Grip: Patrick Durkin
Camera Operators: Jason Oldak (A cam) & Chris Hilleke (B cam)
1st Assistant Camera: June Zandona (A cam) & Haley Watson (B cam)
2nd Assistant Camera: Jay Galloway
Camera Utility: Joshua Choran
DIT: Benjamin M. Bailey
Senior Colorist: Aaron Peak (NEON DIESEL FINISHING)
Camera Support: KESLOW CAMERA | ATLANTA
Photographed on the ARRI ALEXA MINIS WITH COOKE SPEED PANCHRO LENSES
Shot in and around the Birmingham, AL area.
In theaters July 12th and VOD July 19th.