Vanishing on 7th Street
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| Directed by | Brad Anderson |
| Written by | Anthony Jaswinski |
| Produced by | Norton Herrick Tove Christensen Celine Rattray |
| Starring | Hayden Christensen Thandie Newton John Leguizamo |
| Cinematography | Uta Briesewitz |
| Edited by | Jeffrey Wolf |
| Music by | Lucas Vidal |
Production companies | Herrick Entertainment Mandalay Vision |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
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| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
Vanishing on 7th Street is a post-apocalyptic horror-thriller film directed by Brad Anderson[1] and starring Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo.[2]
Plot
Paul (John Leguizamo) is a theater projectionist who is reading about the history of Roanoke when the lights suddenly go out in the theater he is working in. As he leaves to investigate, he finds that all the staff and patrons have mysteriously vanished, leaving only their clothes and non-biological parts behind. He comes across a security guard who is holding a flashlight, as Paul has a headlamp on for his reading it can be assumed that people holding sources of light are protected against whatever dwells in the darkness. The guard's flashlight goes out, and when Paul takes it to try and fix it, the guard vanishes as well. As Paul investigates, his head lamp goes out as well.
The following morning, a news reporter Luke (Hayden Christensen) wakes to find that none of his electronics work and there is no power to the building he lives in. After descending from his apartment, he notices that the doorman is missing and the paper is still the previous day's edition. He heads off to the news station to find his girlfriend, and it is later revealed that he discovered a recording which shows his girlfriend vanishing on air when the lights go out. The only thing he is able to recover is her ring. Three days pass, and he is found alone trying to scavenge for any batteries or other sources of light, he briefly encounters a man who is taken by the darkness while he ignores him before coming across a bar being powered by a backup generator. A young boy, James (Jacob Latimore) the son of the bar's owner allows Luke to enter the bar and soon thereafter another survivor, a physician Rosemary (Thandie Newton) arrives. Rosemary proves distant due to the trauma of her baby going missing during the blackout, while James is convinced that his mother is at a church down the street and would soon return. Soon, they hear a man outside, and see Paul, who had mysteriously ended up under the lit sign of a bus stop across the road, Luke leaves the safety of the bar to recover him and Paul reveals that he had been taken, but the headlight that he had on had activated and he found himself in the street. Due to a massive concussion, Rosemary says that they need to find a hospital, and Luke suggests going to Chicago, where he saw a recording of a man just before the power went out at the news station three days prior. Paul tells them about the tragedy of Roanoke island where over a hundred settlers disappeared overnight, and they seem to be experiencing the same sort of occurrence. With the generator running down due to extended use, they realize it is only a matter of time before the power goes out on them. Luke comes up with a plan to take one of the nearly dead trucks on the street and feed power to it with the generator, he and Rosemary leave to obtain one, nearly getting caught in the darkness when the vehicle breaks down and they lose the light, only to be saved at the last second, momentarily by a young girl with a flash light who quickly leaves.
James goes to get Paul some water, and the drain on the power causes the lights to flash out. Wearing a luminescent ring, James is safe, but Paul vanishes from the pool table on which he is lying. Meanwhile, Rosemary hears a baby crying in the dark, ignoring Luke's warnings that it's the darkness trying to trick her, she is lured under a solitary street light without a source of light, and the lamp goes out taking her with it. Luke manages to get back to James and they escape in the truck. They go to the church, and against Luke's warnings, James gets out to go find his mother. Luke leaves, but after a conflict of conscience he returns, using the high beams from the truck to fend off the darkness. Luke gets out of the truck to get James when he refuses to leave without his mother, the battery on the car dies and Luke too disappears. As James cowers under the glow of candles, which begin to go out. He pleads with the darkness "I exist." and all but one candle goes out.
The following morning, James wakes to find that its daylight and the last candle had been burning all night. The little girl, Briana (Taylor Groothuis) who had saved Luke and Rosemary the night before insists that James is sleeping on her bed, but urges him to stay with her. She shows him her flashlight, which is solar powered, allowing it to stay on all night, as long as there is daylight. As they leave the church, they encounter a police horse eating spilled apples on the ground and decide to take it to Chicago. As the sun sets on the children leaving the city, the camera pans to James' mother's bar, casting the shadows of Luke, Paul and Rosemary watching the two leave as the darkness falls. As it gets dark, Briana's light comes on, insuring their protection against the darkness as they begin their journey.
Cast
- Hayden Christensen as Luke Ryder, a television reporter who becomes the leader of the group while trying to escape.
- Thandie Newton as Rosemary, a distraught woman searching for her missing baby.
- John Leguizamo as Paul, a cinema projectionist.
- Jacob Latimore as James Leary, an armed 12½ year old whose mother was a bartender at the tavern before she disappeared.
- Taylor Groothuis as Briana
- Jordan Trovillion as Concession girl
- Arthur Cartwright as Security Guard
Production
It is based on a screenplay by Anthony Jaswinski[3] and is produced from Herrick Entertainment.[4] The film is the eighth from director Brad Anderson[5] and features Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton and John Leguizamo in the lead roles.[6] The shooting began on October 12, 2009 in Detroit.[7]
Soundtrack
The score is composed by Spanish song writer and composer Lucas Vidal and is his first theatrical feature film soundtrack.[8]
Release
The movie was initially released for the Zune and Xbox Live members prior to its theatrical release. The US theatrical release is set for spring 2011.[9]
References
- ^ "Brad Anderson goes postapocalyptic".
- ^ "New stills from Vanishing On 7th Street".
- ^ "Images From Brad Anderson's 'Vanishing on 7th Street'".
- ^ "5 Images from Brad Anderson's Vanishing on 7th Street".
- ^ "New 'Vanishing on 7th Street' Details, Logo".
- ^ "Latest Casting for Brad Anderson's 'Vanishing on 7th Street'".
- ^ "Latest Casting for Brad Anderson's "Vanishing On 7th Street"".
- ^ "Super Small Promo Art for 'Vanishing on 7th Street'".
- ^ "First Look: New Apocalyptic Thriller 'Vanishing on 7th Street".