US EditionAlec Baldwin’s ‘Rust’ Quietly Opens In Theaters Tomorrow—Years After Fatal Shooting On Set
- Alec Baldwin's Western film Rust quietly opens in limited theaters on May 9, 2025, years after the fatal 2021 on-set shooting in New Mexico.
- The film's delayed release follows the accidental discharge of a prop gun on October 21, 2021, that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza.
- Production resumed about 18 months later in Montana with a new director of photography, Bianca Cline, and Hutchins' husband Matthew as executive producer to honor her final work.
- Baldwin was charged with involuntary manslaughter but cleared in July 2024 after a judge dismissed charges citing prosecutorial misconduct, while armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted and serving prison time.
- The film’s profits will go to Hutchins' family, reflecting a cautious rollout amid controversy and mixed critical reception highlighting Hutchins' cinematography as a tribute.
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Overlayed by the fatal accident on set: Alec Baldwin's Western "Rust" came to the cinemas after three and a half years. There he colossally flopped. There are other reasons besides the tragedy of shooting.
The Western Rust, completed at the request of the family of the late director of photography, Halyna Hutchins, is being viewed with considerable unease by American critics. "It's hard to forget about the shooting when you're watching so much shooting," one critic points out.
"Für Halyna" is in the credits of "Rust". She died during the shooting of a shot. Alec Baldwin held the gun. How the film, which now runs in the cinema, shapes him.
American director and screenwriter Souza wishes he had never written the film, which opened in American cinemas yesterday.
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