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Dusters

Thibodeaux, a man with a bounty on his head joins a game of high stakes poker against three strangers who bet with more than money and have plenty of time to kill.

  • Noel Vinson
    Director
    The Malicious, I'm Sorry Mommy
  • Noel Vinson
    Writer
    The Malicious, I'm Sorry Mommy
  • T.C. De Witt
    Writer
    Screen: Righter, Meatball Assassino
  • Sam White
    Producer
    The Malicious
  • Noel Vinson
    Producer
    The Malicious, I'm Sorry Mommy
  • T.C. De Witt
    Producer
    Screen: Righter, Meatball Assassino
  • T.C. De Witt
    Key Cast
    "Thibodeaux"
    Screen: Righter, Meatball Assassino
  • Roger Ward
    Key Cast
    "Welles"
    Mad Max, The Man From Hong Kong, Turkey Shoot
  • Mal Kennard
    Key Cast
    "Marshal"
    Catching Milat, The Matrix Reloaded, Pawno
  • Luke Bovino
    Key Cast
    "Loans"
    MDMazing
  • Rene Michelle Aranda
    Key Cast
    "The Retriever"
    A View from the Mountain, Boris and the Bomb
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Western, Thriller, Sci-Fi
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 30 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 30, 2020
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Noel Vinson

Noel Vinson is a Producer, Director and Screenwriter. He is best known for the hip-hop album: "The Secret of the Invisible Man" (2006), released under the alias of VITAL Emcee, as well as the award winning Short horror films "I'm Sorry Mommy" (2017), "The Malicious" (2019) and "Jane" (2021).

Hailing from the USA, Noel has honed his talents in all aspects of Entertainment from Los Angeles and Shanghai to Sydney, Australia where he resides and heads up Dissenter Stage Entertainment and Axmo Deus. He also hosts the popular True Crime Podcast: The Evidence Locker.

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Director Statement

Dusters resets the time on the classical Western genre as we follow a talented Ensemble into Hell.

At first, the film is a Proof of Concept for a larger vision, but one that can also stand-alone inside of its own microcosmic world. My goal is to subvert the classic American Western and paint it with a few horror and sci-fi tropes in a way that has not been explored before. I think the Score alone is wonderful evidence of that.

As an American who permanently resides in Australia, I was excited to film in Australia with a predominantly Australian Cast and Crew and tell a story that had been teasing at my American convictions for quite some time. The project really came into its own when I successfully casted Mal Kennard and Roger Ward, veterans of Aussie cinema, whose presences breathed life into the dark concept and gave me some staggering performances.

I am a big fan of genre films and Dusters is a recognition of those (sometimes perverse) tastes. It’s an exercise in tension and dialogue, as well as an experiment in world building and I am very proud of the team for pulling it off! In viewing this film, I hope both my audience and my critics will see the potential it holds and get excited for a feature adaptation which really digs into the story's bloody roots.