Rust (2024) on Netflix
In 1882 Wyoming, thirteen-year-old Lucas Hollister looks after his brother Jacob after their parents die. Jailed for an accidental killing, he is freed by his outlaw grandfather, Harland Rust.
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- Netflix2.9/5
- IMDb5.8/105,587 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes57%
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Plot summary
In 1882 Wyoming Territory, thirteen-year-old Lucas Hollister looks after his younger brother Jacob after illness takes their parents. Chasing a wolf, Lucas causes the accidental death of a man whose son has been bullying Jacob, and a court sentences him to hang. Before the execution, a stranger breaks him out of jail and reveals himself as his estranged grandfather, Harland Rust, an infamous outlaw. The two set out south, toward the Mexican border. U.S. Marshal Wood Helm, sent to find Lucas, leads a posse in pursuit, and bounty hunters join the hunt, among them Fenton "Preacher" Lang, an unstable man who wants Harland.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Rust (2024)
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- In October 2021, production on Rust was suspended after a gun used as a prop, fired by Alec Baldwin during preparation for a scene, fatally wounded cinematographer Halyna Hutchins; director Joel Souza was injured by the same round.
- Joel Souza, who wrote and directed Rust, has said he regrets having begun production on the film at all, saying: "I wish I never wrote the damn movie".
- Weeks after the on-set shooting, lamp operator and pipe rigger Jason Miller was bitten on the arm by a brown recluse spider while closing the set, suffering necrosis and sepsis and needing multiple surgeries to avoid amputation of his arm.
- Halyna Hutchins's family settled their lawsuit over the shooting in October 2022, and her husband Matthew Hutchins became an executive producer as filming was set to resume in January 2023 in California.
- When Rust resumed shooting at the Yellowstone Film Ranch in Livingston, Montana, producers stated that the use of working weapons or ammunition would be prohibited.
- Brady Noon was originally cast as Lucas, but because production was delayed by more than a year, his other commitments made him unable to re-commit to the role.
