PRODUCTION NOTES

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Rating: Rated R for strong violence, language throughout and brief drug use.Run time: 88 minutesU.S. Release Date: August 12, 2016

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SYNOPSIS

Blood Father stars Mel Gibson as John Link, an ex-convict who fights to protect his estranged daughter from the drug cartel that is hunting her down. In this thrilling action film, John must use his connections from his past life and his skills as an ex-criminal to keep him and his daughter alive. Blood Father also stars Erin Moriarty, Diego Luna, Michael Parks, and William H. Macy. Blood Father will be released by Lionsgate Premiere in theaters August 12, 2016.

Lionsgate Premiere presents in association with Why Not Productions and Wild Bunch, a Wild Bunch and Why Not Productions film.

ABOUT THE STORYLINE

John Link (Mel Gibson) hasn't seen his daughter Lydia in years. He keeps her "MISSING" poster on the wall of his shabby RV, part memento and part talisman. The broken down RV is his home; it’s also his tattoo parlor, where he uses one of his more legal skills to try and make a living. He's two years sober, one year out of prison and, as he tells his AA group and AA Sponsor Kirby (William H. Macy), all he can do about his regrets is not drink. John’s daughter, Lydia (Erin Moriarty), has been living off-the-radar and off-the-map ever since she ran away from home years ago. These days, she’s girlfriend to cartel member Jonah (Diego Luna), and her life is a blur of feel-good drugs and bad behavior. Jonah operates stash houses where straight-seeming people rent homes and store cash and product in the walls.

While visiting one of his stash houses, Jonah tries to force Lydia to go from accomplice to accessory by making her hold the stash house's occupants at gunpoint and telling her that murdering the residents on his order will prove her obedience. A slip of the trigger finger means that a bad situation becomes worse, forcing Lydia to run from Jonah's lieutenants and employers both.

When Lydia calls John from a pay phone in Santa Monica with fear in her voice and asking for help after years of unexplained absence, he's scared – and desperate to help. Once John picks up Lydia, takes her in, and ransacks her things to find her pack loaded with guns and bullets and drugs, he's even more scared for Lydia – and himself. However, the chance to reunite with his daughter, even in the current circumstances of danger that could destroy them both, is too important for John to not take the risk.

Soon, it becomes apparent that Lydia is in more than just trouble, as Jonah’s underlings find her and riddle John's trailer with bullets. Running for their lives, Lydia and John realize that there's also a Cartel hitman with fearsome skills and dark intent on their tail.

John reaches out to old criminal confederates Arturo Rios (Miguel Sandoval), a Mexican ganglord he knew in jail, as well as a Preacher (Michael Parks) who moonlit as a biker gang leader with a lucrative sideline in selling Nazi memorabilia, for help and guidance against the Cartel. John and Lydia grow closer in the high-stakes context of their flight from danger even as their long-hoped-for reunion seems more and more like a gauntlet of violence with no escape. When Lydia is finally captured by the Cartel chasing her, John will need every bit of the man he is, both past and present, to try and rescue the daughter he barely knows from death. Blood Father stars Mel Gibson (Braveheart, Signs), Erin Moriarty (Kings of Summer, Captain Fantastic), Diego Luna (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Book of Life), Michael Parks (Kill Bill, Tusk) and William H. Macy (Fargo, Boogie Nights, Shameless). The film is directed by Jean-François Richet (Assault on Precinct 13 (2005), Mesrine Part I: Killer Instinct, Mesrine Part II: Public Enemy #1) and written for the screen by Peter Craig (The Town, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Parts 1 & 2) and Andrea Berloff (World Trade Center, Straight Outta Compton) from Craig's novel. The producers are Chris Briggs (Poseidon, Shark Night 3D), Peter Craig, Pascal Caucheteux (A Prophet, Assault on Precinct 13 (2005)), and Sébastien K. Lemercier (The Purge, White Bird in a Blizzard), with Jennifer Roth (Black Swan, The Wrestler) as executive producer. The director of photography is Robert Gantz, ASC (Mindhunters, Assault on Precinct 13). Production design is by Robb Wilson King (MacGruber, Rush Hour). Editing is by Steven Rosenblum, ACE (Braveheart, Get the Gringo). Costume design is by Terry Anderson (Inception, A Million Ways to Die in the West). The original music is composed by Sven Faulconer (The Huntsman: Winter's War, Nightcrawler), with music supervision by Bruce Gilbert. Casting by Carmen Cuba, CSA (The Martian, Stranger Things). Lionsgate Premiere presents in association with Why Not Productions and Wild Bunch, a Wild Bunch and Why Not Productions film, Blood Father.

ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

CRIME AND FAMILY

For director Jean-François Richet, Blood Father isn't just another crime film. Adapted from Peter Craig's novel, screenwriters Craig and Andrea Berloff write a thriller that takes on deeper meaning and more desperate stakes. Ex-con-in-recovery John Link (Mel Gibson) gets an unexpected reunion with his long-lost daughter Lydia (Erin Moriarty) as she runs for her life from the cross-border drug runners and cartel killers her dealer boyfriend works with. Can the father Lydia barely knows protect her? And can John trust a daughter in danger who he hasn’t seen in years?

According to director Richet, the dynamic between John and Lydia – a repentant father trying to atone for his sins and a daughter whose committed crimes she can't conceive of how to put right – is the core of the film: "The dramatic conflict between father

and daughter was already in place, because of the different backgrounds to which they belong."

Actress Erin Moriarty, explains the plot as a re-connection between two people who don't really know each other at all but still feel a fierce need to try and protect each other. "Blood Father is about a young woman, Lydia, and her estranged father, Link, coming together under disastrous circumstances. Upon meeting her, Lydia is a strung out, trouble-seeking teenager who is a witness to a brutal murder. Link, an ex-con and former Hell's Angel, is just gaining stability in his life with his newfound sobriety and tattoo parlor business when Lydia enters to shake things up. Lydia's tumultuous relationship with her mother causes her to initially see her father as her only hope – however, I think subconsciously she also knows that her father is the only person who she can connect with, and vice versa. She's whip-smart and extremely curious – both attributes that she gets from her dad. The circumstances of the movie force the two to develop a fierce bond, one that may have otherwise gone unfound."

The gulf between John Link and his daughter – a man who has forsaken drugs and a young woman inescapably tangled up in selling them – is incredibly stark in the film; Richet, for his part, saw it as an important part of accurately filming the novel. "I read the novel before I read the script. I'd found it amazing as it portrayed a shaken America, wealthy kids indulging in drugs and orgies, and the glamorization of gangster rule – as opposed to working-class America, to people who work hard to feed their kids, to immigrant workers picking oranges, to the Link character who finds redemption through work."

WORKING WITH MEL GIBSON

Mel Gibson plays John Link and for Richet, working with Gibson turned out to be a revelation, with hard work in the present moment erasing even Gibson's impressive prior work. As Richet observes, despite Gibson's iconic past playing hard-bitten loners in desert settings fighting to survive, "Mad Max never, ever, crossed my mind during the making of the film. I agree that there must in fact be similarities – the film takes place in the desert, you can see bikes and cars – but had it not been for Mel, no one would have linked the two. What makes you think about it is the fact that most of us have grown up watching Mad Max and Lethal Weapon. I've rarely worked with someone so humble and self-composed."

Richet explains that even though he admires Gibson’s directorial work, that didn’t get in the way of a good working relationship: "To me, Mel is one of the greatest living filmmakers – he's up there on my list of top directors along with Michael Mann. And yet he never interfered with my work. As far as I'm concerned, I always try to be on talking terms with cast members. I would be stupid not to embrace what actors have to say – whenever

it's relevant. I hate the idea that a director only has to press a button or that he’s directing traffic."

Richet may have hired Gibson as an actor, but over time he gained a very real sense of appreciation for Gibson's working process in the moment – and the filmmaking insights his star suggested and worked to find. "Mel is only interested in one thing, and in the end it’s the most important thing – what drives the character in each and every scene. That's why he is a great actor and that's why he is a great director. He can't be bothered with trifles – all he thinks about is the character's deep motivations. Mel has such an acute sense of drama. We changed the whole ending an hour before we shot it when Mel got the impression it didn't feel right. We then sat down with Mel and Peter Craig. Mel churned out a hundred ideas a minute; he's like Vincent Cassel (the star of Richet's Mesrine Parts 1 & 2) – he's the same kind of animal. They bring everything down to the character's motivations: That's the key to good drama."

Newcomer Erin Moriarty, for her part, also notes that when Mel Gibson was on-set her own intimidation factor disappeared in the face of her co-star's openness and the desire to play the best possible version of the scene: "One of the most common questions I'm asked regarding my experience with Mel was the level of intimidation I felt throughout the process. The only intimidation I felt was during the time between booking the role and meeting him in New Mexico. As soon as we started working on set together, the intimidation dissipated a lot quicker than I had expected. Mel's combination of having decades of experience as an actor and his tremendous talent for directing lends itself to his ability to sense what an actor needs from him, scene by scene. For example, there were scenes in which he would intentionally surprise me with a new choice in his own performance to garner a more organic response in mine. He would adjust himself according to what I needed without sacrificing his own performance. I felt such a major sense of gratitude for him coming out of the film."

THE DIRECTOR AND HIS CAST

Richet may have had praise for his actors, but his actors have similar praise for him: Erin Moriarty, who plays Lydia, says that "When Jean-François is on set, it's like he's operated by a propeller. It was so fun to be a witness to it, because it comes from such an earnest place of excitement to be making a movie. That type of enthusiasm is contagious and it only added to mine. Another great thing about him was that while he had a very clear idea of what he wanted to accomplish both overall and scene by scene, he was open to collaboration. As a young woman who had little experience relative to the other people involved in this film, my fear was that I wouldn't be taken so seriously. To my pleasant surprise, I always felt that my opinion held weight next to Mel's, writer Peter Craig's, or the fellow producers. Jean-François made the set a safe place for me to express myself, which

was ideal as I progressively grew more and more attached to the character of Lydia. By the end of the shoot I felt like I knew her inside out – which was largely the result of Jean-François' trust in me. There is an immense amount of mutual trust and respect there."

While Richet's made other crime films, a focus on family and feeling over crime and punishment is what, to him, makes Blood Father different. "Blood Father is still about a power struggle, but with a different approach. When he's released from prison, John Link decides to redeem himself and to work for a living. He lives in a trailer park where he interacts with other working-class people. It's a city in itself, exclusively made up of blue-collar workers who became dropouts because of the economic downturn. All the positive characters of the film are working-class people, including John, his AA sponsor, the trailer park community, minimum-wage teen motel clerks, and the Mexican illegal immigrants who don't speak any English but earn their bread by the sweat of their brow."

Richet also notes how the film’s sense of justice is, at best, a rough one – and that Gibson was the perfect actor to play that mix of futility and principle. "The character portrayed by Mel is iconic. He actually has values and his life is actually all about sacrifice. All his life he's been taking blows – he even goes to jail to protect his 'adoptive father.' What does he get from it? Nothing! To save his daughter, to make up for his absence, to give her the joy of living, he frees himself through violence. So violence becomes liberating … even though history shows that it comes at a price."

LOCATIONS AND LANDSCAPES

In order to have New Mexico and other locales stand in for the film’s version of a roadside motel and trailer park in California, Richet found his thoughts turning to the classic Westerns of the past – and how they put human characters in the center of natural spectacle to show their themes and ideas in the spotlight: "While I wasn’t aware of the look of Mad Max on the shoot, I was aware of (famed Western director) John Ford. And yet we were not shooting in Monument Valley but around Albuquerque, New Mexico. Still, on more than one occasion, as I was holding the camera, I kept in mind the principle that my shooting compositions should include 'one-third land, two-thirds sky, (both) man and God almighty.'"

For actress Moriarty, the locations were imperative: "The atmosphere and overall aesthetic of New Mexico played a huge role in the film (we shot in California for only a few days). New Mexico's dry, barren stretches of land were conducive to the isolation that our characters experience for most of the film. There's also an interesting juxtaposition in the film, in which some violent, terrible things happen in the middle of this beautiful environment. New Mexico is specific in the sense that it's both beautiful and desolate at the same time, making it an appropriate backdrop for the film."

Richet, as well, found inspiration in the vast and empty West. "Ever since Assault on Precinct 13, I've worked with the same director of photography, Robert Gantz, whose work I really like. In all those years we've come to know each other and we're on the same page in no time. I could already envision the visual atmosphere of the movie when I read the script, and the scouting process only bore out my intuition – you shouldn't fight what the topography has to offer. You need to adapt locations, pick the right timing based on the lighting and try to control all this as best you can."

The interior shots and sets also incorporated these choices, and very much by design; after all, as Richet notes, when you're shooting interiors, "you’re working in a controlled environment. I went for the same dominant colors nature came up with (for the exterior shots) – black, copper-colored, wooden hues. I wanted the actors' skin to bear traces – I wanted their creases on their faces to relate to the earth's furrows, since it's a movie where earth and dust are dominant."

ACTION

There’s murder and car chases and mayhem and explosions in Blood Father, but the film's action scenes, to Moriarty, always speak to the themes of the story and the connection between the characters, no matter how exciting. Of course, as she notes, the process of shooting those action scenes is very different from the fast-paced, adrenaline-fueled way they play out on-screen. "Our perception of these scenes as an audience is really different from the actual process of filming them. The director essentially choreographs a routine that the actors follow. After watching the Mesrine series, I got so excited to be introduced to this world by a man who orchestrates it so well. The process is as equally grueling as it is fun. You have to keep in mind that these characters are going through things that most of us won't go through in our lifetime, so it was up to us to relay the stakes of the situation in our performances. You drop the energy for one moment and the scene falls flat. This is a real challenge when you've been filming a physically and emotionally demanding scene for hours. The thing was, Mel and Jean-François were so invested in it that the entire time we were filming there was such an excitement in the air. I've never felt it to that extent on a set. The fun of it trumped any fatigue – even when we were on week two of a grueling night-shoot schedule."

But for all of the sun-soaked shootouts and dim-of-dusk hushed conversations in Blood Father, ultimately it's a movie about a man who wants to do one good thing in his life to protect his daughter regardless of cost. For director Richet, Blood Father isn't about drugs or death or parole or prison: "The film is all about transmission from a father to a daughter – the transmission of survival, of emancipation, of love and self-sacrifice."

ABOUT THE CAST

MEL GIBSON (John Link) was born in upstate New York, but at age twelve, moved to Australia with his family. After high school, Mel attended the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Arts, where he was trained in classical British theatre tradition and appeared in a number of plays, including Death of a Salesman and Waiting for Godot.

In 1979, Gibson caught the attention of director George Miller and was cast in Mad Max, the first film to bring him worldwide recognition. He then appeared in the title role of Tim, where Gibson’s portrayal of a handicapped young man earned him an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Best Actor Award.

Gibson’s international fame grew with the two hit sequels to Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome as well as with Peter Weir's Gallipoli, which brought Gibson a second AFI Best Actor Award. In 1982, Weir and Gibson collaborated again on The Year of Living Dangerously.

In 1984, Gibson made his American film debut in The River, opposite Sissy Spacek. He followed this with The Bounty where he starred with Anthony Hopkins and Laurence Olivier. He appeared in other films such as Mrs. Soffel, Tequila Sunrise, Bird on a Wire, Air America, but it was the record breaking and genre defining Lethal Weapon (1, 2, 3, and 4) franchise that would cement his status in Hollywood. Following this success, Gibson founded Icon Productions, whose first film was Hamlet, directed by Franco Zeffirelli. The titular role brought Gibson the William Shakespeare Award from the Folger Theatre in Washington, DC. Gibson made his directorial debut in 1993 in The Man without a Face, another Icon production in which he also starred. The company has produced Immortal Beloved and Airborne, among others.

In 1995, Gibson produced, directed and starred in the critical and box office success Braveheart, which was the recipient of five Academy Awards® including Best Picture and Best Director, after receiving a leading 10 nominations. The movie also garnered Gibson a Golden Globe® Award for Best Director, a Special Achievement in Filmmaking from the National Board of Review, the 1996 NATO/ShoWest Director of the Year and the Broadcast Film Critics Association award for Best Director.

In 1996, Gibson starred in Ransom, directed by Ron Howard for Disney’s Touchstone Pictures. He received a Golden Globe® nomination for Best Actor in a Motion Picture (Drama), as well as winning the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Motion Picture Actor. In August of 1997, Gibson starred in the romantic-thriller Conspiracy Theory, co-starring Julia Roberts and directed by Richard Donner for Warner Bros. Gibson starred in Lethal Weapon 4 which premiered in 1998, grossing close to $300 million worldwide and then in 1999, produced and starred in the hard-edge thriller Payback.

In 2000, Gibson became the first actor in history to star in three $100 million films (domestic gross) during the same year. In the summer, Gibson starred in the emotionally charged adventure The Patriot as Benjamin Martin, a film written by Robert Rodat (Saving

Private Ryan) and directed by Roland Emmerich. In the fall, Mel lent his voice to the critically acclaimed DreamWorks SKG animated adventure comedy, Chicken Run.

Finally in December, he starred as Nick Marshall, the chauvinistic advertising executive who gets in touch with his feminine side in the Paramount Pictures/Icon Productions, smash hit What Women Want. The romantic comedy, directed by Nancy Meyers and co-starring Helen Hunt. For his portrayal, he was nominated for a Golden Globe® as “Best Actor, Motion Picture Comedy.”

In 2002, Gibson starred in We Were Soldiers, a film based on the book We Were Soldiers Once...And Young, telling the story of the first battle between U.S. and Viet Cong troops, in which 400 soldiers were helicoptered in and surrounded by 2000 enemy troops. It was directed and written by Randall Wallace, who was nominated for an Academy Award®

for writing Braveheart.Later that year, he starred in M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller, Signs, for Disney, setting

Gibson’s opening weekend box office record of $60 million and grossed an all-time individual record of over $400 million.

In 2004, Gibson produced, co-wrote and directed The Passion of The Christ starring Jim Caviezel, Maia Morgenstern and Monica Bellucci. The Ash Wednesday release on February 25 had the best five-day opening ever, at that time, for a film with a Wednesday opening. The Passion of The Christ had a worldwide box-office gross of $610 million, making it the highest-grossing R-rated film and highest grossing independent film in film history. The film was nominated for three Academy Awards®.

In 2006, Gibson brought to life his latest epic, visceral action thriller, Apocalypto. Gibson produced, co-wrote and directed the thriller that follows one man's heart-pounding race through primeval jungles to rescue his family. Apocalypto opened at number one in its opening weekend grossing $15.2 million and garnered three Academy Award® nominations.

Gibson returned to acting in 2009 with GK Films’ Edge of Darkness, where he starred as Thomas Craven, a Boston detective who uncovers sinister government conspiracies when he investigates the brutal shooting death of his only daughter.  Gibson also starred in The Beaver, directed by Jodie Foster, about a man who finds unusual solace in his beaver hand-puppet.

Gibson produced, co-wrote and starred in the Icon Production Get the Gringo in 2012, which centers on a career criminal who gets caught by Mexican authorities and is sent to a drug and crime filled prison where he learns how to survive with the help of a 9-year-old boy.

In 2013, Gibson starred in Open Roads Film Machete Kills, directed by Robert Rodriguez, and The Expendables 3, directed by Patrick Hughes.

His current directorial endeavor is the Icon produced and highly anticipated film, Hacksaw Ridge which is set for release in the fall of 2016.

ERIN MORIARTY (Lydia), native to New York City, is quickly becoming one of Hollywood’s most promising young talents.

Moriarty gained critical acclaim recurring as Woody Harrelson’s troubled teenage daughter on the award-winning HBO drama “True Detective.” Prior to that Moriarty landed a coveted role opposite Vince Vaughn in 20th Century Fox's comedy The Watch. She then starred in the Sundance Film Festival indie feature The Kings Of Summer, directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, opposite an up and coming cast including Gabriel Basso, Moises Arias and Nick Robinson, and comedy veterans Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally.

Moriarty was seen in this year’s new hit show “Jessica Jones” for Netflix and Marvel Studios. Next up, Moriarty is in the Cannes/Sundance film Captain Fantastic alongside Viggo Mortensen, released in theatres July 8th.

Moriarty next shoots feature Live Like Line opposite Helen Hunt this summer in Vancouver.

DIEGO LUNA (Jonah) was introduced to worldwide audiences with his starring role in the award-winning Y Tu Mama Tambien, alongside Gael Garcia Bernal for director Alfonso Cuarón. 

Beginning his professional acting career on stage at the age of seven and making his television debut at age twelve in “El Abuelo Y Yo,” Luna has appeared on stage in such theater productions as De Pelicula, La Tarea (based on Jame Hurnberto Hermosillo’s movie of the same name), Comedia Clandtina and El Cantaro Roto, for which he accepted the 1996-1997 “Masculine Revelation Award” from the Association of Theatre Reviewers. Under the direction of Antonio Serrano (Sexo, Pudor y Lagrimas), he performed Sabina Berman’s Moliere.  He produced The Complete Works of William Shakespeare in Mexico for which he won the 2001-2002 “Best Comic Actor” award from the Association of Theatre Reviewers.  Luna also enjoyed a successful run on stage as an actor and producer in John Malkovich’s The Good Canary.

Cesar Chavez, Luna’s English language directorial debut, was released in the United States in 2014. The film starred Michael Peña, America Ferrera, Rosario Dawson and John Malkovich. His recent directorial effort Mr. Pig premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and stars Danny Glover and Maya Rudolf. These films were produced by Canana—the production company that Luna founded with partners Gael García Bernal and Pablo Cruz in 2005. The company has established itself as a leading film and television producer in Latin America and expanded operations into the United States, further extending its reach and

vision to create content that touches on Latin American stories with an international appeal. Canana opens doors to new talent: actors, writers and directors who have captured international audiences with films that offer a fresh perspective into Latin America. Luna also co-owns the branded content company Gloria, based in Los Angeles.

Luna executive produced The Well and Paraiso in Mexico. He previously directed, wrote, and produced the feature film Abel, a heart-warming story about a peculiar young boy who returns home to assume the role of the family man, but soon learns that his actions start to have a positive impact on the family and their unity. Additionally, Luna directed one of ten short films that composed the anthology feature Revolución. In 2007, Luna directed the documentary J.C. Chavez which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film explores the life of legendary boxer Julio Cesar Chavez, whose rise from humble circumstances to thirty-seven world title fights mirrored the struggle of his people and allowed him to win the hearts of the world.  

Luna will next star in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story alongside Felicity Jones and Ben Mendelsohn. He recently starred in Amazon’s Casanova. His previous additional feature films include the animated movie The Book of Life alongside Channing Tatum and Zoe Saldana, Elysium alongside Matt Damon, the award-winning Milk opposite Sean Penn for director Gus Van Sant, Contraband with Mark Wahlberg, Casa de mi Padre with Will Ferrell, Carlos Cuaron’s Rudo y Cursi., Harmony Korine’s Mister Lonely, Before Night Falls for director Julian Schnabel, Luis Estrada’s Ambar, Erwin Neumaier’s Un Hilito De Sangre, Gabriel Retes’ Un Dulce Olor A Meute, Marisa Sistach’s El Cometa, Fernando Sarinana’s Todo El Poder, Criminal for Stephen Soderbergh and George Clooney’s Section Eight Productions, The Terminal for director Steven Spielberg, Solo Dios Sabe (What God Knows), Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, Open Range alongside director and star Kevin Costner, Frida opposite Salma Hayek for director Julie Taymor, Carambola, Fidel for Showtime, Ciudades Oscuras, and Soldados de Salamina for director David Trueba.  Additionally, Luna has starred in a number of short films made by students at CUEC and CCC, including Javier Bourges’ “El Ultimo Fin Del Ano,” the Oscar®-winning short film.Luna resides in Mexico.

WILLIAM H. MACY (Kirby) is an Oscar® and Golden Globe® nominee, an Emmy®

and SAG Award® winning actor, and a writer in theater, film, and television. He currently stars in the Showtime series “Shameless,” for which he was nominated twice for a Best Actor Emmy® Award. Macy's film credits include Seabiscuit, The Cooler, Magnolia, Boogie Nights, Jurassic Park III, Fargo, TNT'S “Door To Door,” Wild Hogs and Room. Macy made his feature directorial debut with Rudderless, the closing film at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival. The Layover, his second film, is set for release in 2016 followed by his third film,

Krystal is set to release in 2016/2017. In addition, Macy is a founding member of the Atlantic Theater Company.

ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS

JEAN-FRANÇOIS RICHET (Director) is an award--winning French writer/director. He recently wrapped a remake of the 1977 film Un Moment D'ergarement (One Wild Moment), starring Vincent Cassel and produced by La Petite Reine. Richet's previous work includes Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine Public Enemy #1, based on the famous French gangster, both of which were awarded "Best Director" at the 2009 Cesar awards. Other past projects include Assault on Precinct 13 starring Ethan Hawke, Ma 6-T and De L'Amour. Additionally, Richet wrote, directed, edited and camera operated his first film Inner City which won the Cesar award for "Best First Film" in 1996.

PETER CRAIG (Screenwriter/Novelist) is a screenwriter and novelist whose credits include The Town (directed by Ben Affleck), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (directed by Francis Lawrence) His other novels include Hot Plastic and The Martini Shot.

ANDREA BERLOFF (Screenwriter) is the co-writer of Universal's Straight Outta Compton, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award®. In addition, she is the writer of World Trade Center, directed by Oliver Stone and released in 2006 by Paramount, as well as Sleepless, which will be released in 2017 by Open Road. She has written and developed screenplays and pilots at all of the major studios and is currently developing Dangerous Odds for Margot Robbie and Warner Bros. She is honored to be a member of the Board of Directors of the Franco American Cultural Fund as well as the Writers Guild of America, West.

Credits

LIONSGATE PRESENTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS AND WILD BUNCH

A WHY NOT PRODUCTIONS AND WILD BUNCH FILM

BLOOD FATHER

DIRECTED BYJEAN-FRANÇOIS RICHET

SCREENPLAY BYPETER CRAIG AND ANDREA BERLOFF

BASED UPON THE NOVEL BYPETER CRAIG

PRODUCED BYCHRIS BRIGGSPETER CRAIG

PRODUCED BYPASCAL CAUCHETEUX

SÉBASTIEN K. LEMERCIER

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERJENNIFER ROTH

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHYROBERT GANTZ, ASC

PRODUCTION DESIGNERROBB WILSON KING

EDITED BYSTEVEN ROSENBLUM, ACE

COSTUME DESIGNERTERRY ANDERSON

MUSIC SUPERVISORBRUCE GILBERT

MUSIC BYSVEN FAULCONER

CASTING BYCARMEN CUBA, CSA

MEL GIBSON

BLOOD FATHER

ERIN MORIARTY

DIEGO LUNA

MICHAEL PARKS

DALE DICKEY

THOMAS MANN

MIGUEL SANDOVAL

RYAN DORSEYRICHARD CABRAL

DANIEL MONCADARAOUL TRUJILLO

AND WILLIAM H. MACY

New Mexico CastingANGELIQUE MIDTHUNDER

Unit Production ManagerJENNIFER ROTH

Unit Production ManagerWILL GREENFIELD

First Assistant DirectorRICHARD GRAVES

Second Assistant DirectorJAI JAMES

End Credits

Cast

Link MEL GIBSONLydia ERIN MORIARTY Jonah DIEGO LUNA

Preacher MICHAEL PARKSKirby WILLIAM H. MACY

Arturo Rios MIGUEL SANDOVALCherise DALE DICKEY

Joker RICHARD CABRAL Choop DANIEL MONCADA

Shamrock RYAN DORSEY The Cleaner RAOUL TRUJILLO

Lydia's Mother BRANDI COCHRANLink's Client KATALINA PARRISH

Freckles CAMERON CIPTABlonde Boy LUCIEN DALE

Cashier JOANNE CAMP

Jason Motel Clerk THOMAS MANNBartender TAIT FLETCHER

Count VIC BROWDERMcCoy Chris Livingston

Gray Hair TONY WHITECROW GULLI Sheila LORI DILLEN

Woman Topango

GENIA MICHAELA

Trucker LUCE RAINSC.O. Imperial Valley CHRISTOPHER ATWOOD

News Anchor # 1 NICOLE BRADYNews Anchor # 2 TOM JOLES

Sunburned Boy CHRISTOPHER GARCIA

Stund Coordinator JIMMY ROMANO"Link" Stunt Double JOSH KEMBLE

"Lydia" Stunt Double ANGELIQUE MIDTHUNDER

StuntsAL GOTO J. MARK DONALDSON

RUBEN RIVERA ED DURAN DANNY CHAVEZ KEITH JARDINE

LAURENCE CHAVEZ JOHN TREJOJERMAINE WASHINGTON

Crew"A" Camera Operator DAVID LUCKENBACH

1st Assistant "A" Camera NICK SHUSTER2nd Assistant "A" Camera XANDER PAUL

"B" Camera Operator NICHOLAS DEEG1st Assistant "B" Camera RYAN EUSTIS

"C" Camera Operator BEAU CHAPUT1st Assistant - "C" Camera STEVE BANISTER2nd Assistant "C" Camera NOLAN RUDI

DIT KEVIN BRITTON Digital Loader RYAN BUSHMAN

Digital Utility

DORIAN BLANCO

Stills Photographers

URSULA COYOTE

LEWIS JACOBS

Video Assistants SCOTT WETZEL

Key Grip

CURT GRIEBEL

Best Boy Grip

DWIGHT DOLLINS

“A” Dolly EVAN NELSON

Grip “B” Dolly

GripELI SCHNEIDER

Grips JIM MEROPABLO ROMEROPAUL CROW WILLIS

Key Rigging Grip

AMY SNELL

Second 2nd Assistant Director KEVIN BLACK Key Set Production Set

AssistantCOLIN GARZA

Set Production AssistantsSHANE MCLOUGHLIN NATE GALESIC

ANTHONY PELOT AMBER EARLSJESTER SMITH ALI MCKENNA

AMBER POHL

Production Interns CHANI GATTO-BRADSHAWANASTASIA GENDELMAN

Script Supervisor JENNY JOSEPHSON

Location Managers PUCK STAIRAssistant Location Managers JENNIFER JOYCE

ASHLEY VALDEZLocation Scouts DENNIS MUSCARI

CYNDY MCCROSSENLocation Production Assistants CLAY DEVELVIS

MICKEY BROWNE

Art Director BILLY W. RAY Art Department

CoordinatorsBETH HANSEN

Art Department Production Assistant ANGELA CHAVEZ-BROCK

Set Designer

BROOKE PETERS

Set Decorator

SUSAN MAGESTRO

Shoppers/Buyers

JANINE FLETCHER On-Set

DressersGEORGE ESTILL RIP

ANTHONY HARKERGang Bosses MIKE LOVATO

LOUIE MARTINEZSwing Gang DYLAN KELLING

CHUCK SANDOVALGraphic Designer JOEL WALDREP

Property Master

JOE ARNOLD

Assistant Property Master

MARK CORMACK

Prop Assistant

ALLISON JANDREAU-HEIL

Armorer

SCOTT RASMUSSEN

Prop MakersSHAWN CAFFREY DAVID O’GRADYTROY ESQUIBEL NATHANIEL SANDOVALMARK GADBURY LANCE TITOR

CHRIS J. GALLEGOS ROBERT VIGILMARC LEIB CHARLIE YARDMAN

Prop Maker / Greens RAY MARTINEZWelders LOUIS BOGGS

MICKEY L. HARRISONJAMES CHRISTOPHER SAUL

Utility Technicians DAVID COATSJOSEPH TRUJILLOERNIE VIGIL

Lead Scenic RANDY E. ORTEGA

Costume supervisor SHAUN GARCIAFirst Set Costumer CLAIRE SANDRIN

Set Costumer RACHEL BRISAdditional Set Costumer BRENDA YANEZ

Head Make-Up SCOTT EDDOMake-Up Artists PEPPER GALLEGOS

SARA ROYBAL

Head Hair Stylist YVETTE MEELYHair Stylist COPPER PERRY

GUNNAR SWANSON

Special Effects Make-Up DC CASILLASTattoo Design ANTHONY HARKER

Special Effects Coordinator DAVID GREENESpecial Effects General Foreman DANIEL HOLT

Special Effects Set Foreman MIKE PRAWITZSpecial Effects Shop Foreman JEFF MILLER

Special Effects Welder SCOTT HASTINGSSpecial Effects Rigging Foreman SCOTT ROARK

Special Effects Technicians JESUS ORNELAS JRJOE PAZ

TIM PRAWITZ

Production Coordinator CHANCE ROMERO Assistant Productions Coordinators BRIAN AUSTIN WENRICH

JOSH MASONProduction Secretary HANNAH PECENY

Key Office Production Assistant ALEXANDER E. HOFFMANOffice Production Assistants RYAN SPALDING

GIOVANNA ANDERSONAssistant to Mel Gibson NICK GUERRA

Production Accountant

AMY ELDRIDGE

Payroll Accountant CHRISTOPHER GRAHAMFirst Assistant Accountant AUTUMN BROOKS

Second Assistant Accountant ANDY OCHOAAccounting Clerk CARLOS VILLAREAL

Legal Counsel SURPIN & MAYERSOHN, LLPSHELLEY SURPINJAMIE COGHILL

Link Stand In DANNY J. CHAVEZLydia Stand In BRYTNEE RATLEDGE

Gaffers GREG EICHMANNJOHN "FEST" SANDAU

Best Boy Set Lighting Technicians JEREMY ANTONIO OLIVERERIK HERNANDEZ

Set Lighting TechniciansMATEO BRANCH MACKENZIE ONEIL

CHRIS GRIFFIN NEIL SOLBERGROBERT LOFSTROM ANTHONY SUAREZ

Sound Mixer STEVE NELSONBoom Operator BRETT BECKER

Sound Utility MATTHEW "KABBY" KABAKOFFDANIEL CARLTON

Construction Coordinator CARL ZELLERGeneral Foremen ERIC ARELLANES

PaintersJEFF BOLEN RANDY PAUL ORTEGA

JASON CRITCHFIELD ROBERT ORTEGAERIC GALLEGOS TOM RUTLEDGE

LELAND GUTHRIE LENNY SANCHEZTRAVIS LATHROP ANDREW TERRY

RICK MOBBS

Casting Associate (LA) CHARLEY MEDIGOVICHLocal Casting Associates (NM) JENNIFER SCHWALENBERG

AMBER MIDTHUNDERCasting Assistant JASON STRYKOWSKI

Extras Casting ELIZABETH GABELLORRIE LATHAM

Medic DEREK ARANA Craft

ServiceVICTORIA THOMPSON

Craft Service AssistantsMICHAEL PADILLA BRANDY ROMERO

ANTHONY BACA JAMES BEISER

Transportation Coordinator JADE PETERSONLocal Transportation Captain MITCH NERI

DOT / Dispatcher JESSI SMART

DriversMIKE MCKENNY OFISA ISAIAGARY GREGOS ANDREW KAPUSCINSKIDAVE SEVERIN BRANDON NERI

JASON KAPUSCINSKI WALT RUSSELLDART HARDIMAN JONATHAN SCORZA

CASEY ODELL RENA T. STALCUPAMBER DAWN CUMMINGS R. MATT URIOSTE

DORAIFAY ESTRADA BETTY WEAVERPAUL HACKETT CURTIS WILLIAMS

TAMMY HAVILANDCaterer REEL CHEF'S CATERING

Chefs STEVE WATSONROBERT BRUAL

Assistant Chefs ROBERTO CARDENOSARTURO SUAREZHORACIO VASQUEZ

VFX

PIVOT VFX

On-Set Visual Effetcs

RON THORNTON

Post-Production

Associate Editor CYNTHIA E. THORNTON

Post Production Supervisor DEAN COCHRAN

Editorial Assistant Editor DAVID ROGROW

Post Production Coordinator BRIAN MARTIN

Post Sound Services Provided By SONY PICTURES STUDIOSCULVER CITY, CA

Re-Recording Mixer TONY LAMBERTISupervising Sound Editor VICTOR RAY ENNIS

Supervising Dialogue Editor BERNARD WEISBERGSound Designers TONY LAMBERTI

VICTOR RAY ENNIS

ADR Mixers HOWARD LONDONDAVID A. WEISBERGBRIAN SMITH

Sound Assistant KEVIN NANAUMIFoley Artists JOSEPH SABELLA

JOAN ROWEFoley Mixer JAMES HOWE

Voice Casting and Group ADR Coordination JOE CAPPELLETTI

Voice ActorsBRANDI COCHRAN ROBIN ATKINS DOWNES

KIRK THORNTON CINDY ROBINSONKATE HIGGINS JAKE EBERLE

MIKE GOMEZ PAUL PAPENAN MCNAMARA JOE CAPPELLETTI

AVID Editorial Services Provided by EPS-CINEWORKS

Digital Intermediate Services Provided by COMPANY 3Colorist SIGGY FERSTL

DI producer MORNING STAR SHOTTDigital Conform BENJAMIN SUTOR

DI Technologist MATT TOMLINSONColor Assistants CAT FARQUHARSON

GWILI WILSONHead of Production SADIE JOHNSONAccount Executive JACKIE LEE

CO3 Executive Producer STEFAN SONNEFELD

Music Editor ALICE NICHOLAS WOODConducted and Contracted by VLADIMIR MARTINKA

Orchestrations and Music Preparation by JORDAN COXScore Recorded by MARTIN ROLLER

Score Mixed by MATT WARD

Additional Synth Programming KLAYTON (CELLDWELLER)Ambient Synth Design CHRISTOPHER WRAY

Processed Flute ANNIE ROSEVEARAmbient Cello ISAIAH GAGEScore Prelays XANDER RODZINSKI

Score Recorded with the BRATISLAVA STUDIO ORCHESTRAScore Mixed at JAMES NEWTON HOWARD STUDIOS

SANTA MONICA, CA

Visual Effects by MOVING TARGETVisual Effects Supervisor ALAN MUNRO

Visual Effects Producer BRIAN JOCHUM

Digital ArtistsPHIL CARBONARO JEREMY NELSON

DAREN DOCHTERMAN OSAMU TERADAPETER KURAN

Main and End Titles MOVING TARGET

Additional PhotographyDirector of Photography TOBY OLIVER

Production Designer EVE MCCARNEYCostume Designer LISA NORCIA

Unit Production Manager JASON SAVILLEFirst Assistant Director GERARD DINARDI

Second Assistan Director RAM PAUL SIBLEYSecond 2nd Assistant Director MARK BALLOU

Stunt Coordinator MIC RODGERS

"A" Camera Operator KEN WIATRAK1st Assistant "A" Camera DAMIAN CHURCH

2nd Assistant "A" Camera YEN NGUYEN"B" Camera Operator CHRIS TAYLOR

1st Assistant "B" Camera BRIAN UDOFF2nd Assistant "B" Camera MATTHEW FREEDMAN

DIT (Shoot) RYAN PROUTYDIT (Prep Only) RYAN KUNKLEMAN

Until Still Photographer PETER IOVINO

Video Assist Operator JORDAN KADOVITZ

Key Grip TIM MERRILLBest Boy Grip JAMES "JAY"POPE

Dolly Grip CHRIS BROW

GripsNATE CHILDE MELISSA MENDEZ

TOMMY GARCIA SHEA O'BARR

ERICH WEINER

Rigging Grips JONAS LAGUNOFFJERRY MASSA

Script Supervisor ELIZABETH MARIGHETTO

Location Manager BROOKS BONSTINKey Assistant Location Manager GAVIN FEEK

Art Department Coordinator MARK WALBAUMArt Department Production Assistant DESTINIY GRANT

Set Decorator PENELOPE STAMESLeadman MITCH LAMOUREUX

Set Decorator Consult ANTHONY HARKEROn-Set Dresser ZANDERS FIESCHKO

Set DressersANDY KISLAK KEVIN "CHEVY" MARTINEZ

CHRIS MAKUTA KRISTIN RASMUSSENAUSTIN RUDOLPH JERAMEY RUND

Property Master RANDY GUNTERAssistant Property Master STERLING RUSH

Additional Props ERNIE LAUTERIO

Costume Supervisor JOYCE GOODWINCostumers MEGAN KLIMKOS

PHILLIP MALDONADO

Key Make Up Artist SCOTT EDDOAssistant Make Up Artist STEVE ANDERSON

Additional Hair SILVINA KNIGHT

Key Hair Stylist MICHELLE RENE ELAMAssistant Hair Stylist TENA PARKER

Additional Hair RICHARD EVANSSpecial Effects Make-Up DC CASILLAS

Special Effects Coordinator ELIA POPOVSpecial Effects Foreman JOE PANCAKE

Special Effects Technicians JOHN CAZINKORY SIKICH

Special Effects Office Coordinator JAMIE LYN KACKERT

Production Supervisor RAM PAUL SIBLEYProduction Coordinator MIKE HUBERT

Assistant Production Coordinator BRENDA ARSON

LAUREN BAKER

Set Productions AssistantsKATHIA SANCHEZ-ALDANA NICK CLARK

NICK BARRAGAN KIT CONNERSKYLE BEHLING KATIE MAGILL

Production Accountant GINA AMADOR1st Assistant Accountant MELISSA "MJ" JENSEN

Payroll Accountant JEAN-MARC MADELONPost Production Accountant MORGAN HOWARD

Gaffer WILLIE DAWKINSBest Boy Electric LANCE DICKINSON

Electricians YUJI NAKAZAJOSHUA HUBERMORGAN "CRIKEY" SMITH

Sound Mixer RAYMOND MOOREBoom operator SABI TULOK

Sound Utility LISA GILLESPIE

Casting CARMEN CUBAExtras Casting DIXIE CASTING

Extras Casting Associate DIXIE WEBSTER-DAVIS

Set Medic LINDSAY HUDSONCraft Service LAURI LOOSEMORE

Transportation Coordinator DUSTY SAUNDERSTransportation Captain PAUL SAUNDERS

Caterer ALEX IN THE KITCHEN

Songs

"NATIVE BLOOD" MANU CHAO "LA PRIMAVERA"Performed by Ronald Jean Quartet (Manu Chao)

featuring Jerry Donato Published by Radio BembaWritten by Ronald Edwin Jean (p) & © 2001 Radio Bemba

Courtesy of Crucial Music Corporation under exclusive license to Because Music

"BUZZ" "DIRECT FROM THE STREET"Performed By Kresado Interpreted by White & Spirit

Written By Eric Goldaman, Lauren Vogel, Composed by Mike KourtzerDanny Olson, and Brice Fox (p) 2015 Cercle Rouge ProductionsCourtesy of The LA Outfit © Mike Kourtzer, all right reserved

Under Licence by Format Entertainment

"BLOODY CORNER" "CONCESSION"Interpreted by White & Spirit Interpreted by White & SpiritComposed by Mike Kourtzer Composed by Mike Kourtzer

(p) 2015 Cercle Rouge Productions (p) 2015 Cercle Rouge Productions© Mike Kourtzer, all right reserved © Mike Kourtzer, all right reserved

"ALONG THE AVENUE" "TOO COOL CAT"Written by Roger Roger Written by Pat Coil

Courtesy of FirstCom Music Courtesy of FirstCom Music

"DARK GANGSTER" "EVENING NEWS"Interpreted by White & Spirit Written and Performed by Armen HambarComposed by Mike Kourtzer Published by RFT Music Publishing Corp, ASCAP

(p) 2015 Cercle Rouge Productions Courtesy of www.Sounddogs.com© Mike Kourtzer, all right reserved

"WHAT WE WANT""TURN THA AMP UP" Performed By Dirty Dirty

Performed By AD Written By James Wesley Roach IVWritten By Ali Theodore, Joseph Katsaros, and Ronald Bradley Hooks

Alex Rubin? And Zach Danziger Courtesy of Kung Fu CultureCourtesy of Dee Town Entertainment Under Licence by Format Entertainment

Under License by Format Entertainment

"BOB ZAMBINI"Performed by Bob Zambini

Written By Ali Theodore, Vincent Alfieri, and Michael KleinCourtesy of DeeTown Entertainment

Under License by Format Entertainment

ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 Courtesy of Universal Studios Licensing LLC

Jean-François Richet Special ThanksGINETTE HÉRIOTLAURENT RICHETVALÉRIE JÉROME

Why Not Productions Special ThanksJIMINY CRICKET

ETIENNE DE RICAUDVINCENT MARAVAL

BRAHIM CHIOUACAROL BARATONPAULINE BÉNARD

LAURENT BERTHOUFANNY LAMOTHE

BENJAMIN TOUSSAINTISABELLE TERRELSHELLEY SURPIN

Filmed on Location at the VILLAGE OF LAGUNA, PUEBLO OF LAGUNA, NEW MEXICO

by special permission of the PUEBLO OF LAGUNA

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