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Released
2003 · FILM

The Big Empty

Cowboys. Aliens. Blue suitcases and bowling balls. Strange things are happening out in the middle of nowhere.

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Written by
Runtime
95 min
ComedyDramaMystery

Synopsis

John Person, a struggling actor, agrees to transport a blue suitcase from Los Angeles to the small town of Baker, California, and deliver it to an unidentified cowboy in exchange for payment of his $27,000 credit‑card debt. When he arrives, John is unable to locate the cowboy but receives a head‑shaped package that he is instructed to keep. While waiting, he becomes close to Ruthie, whose boyfriend Randy threatens to kill him.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 21

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Scot ScaliseShot by Chris ManleyScored by Brian TylerDesigned by Aaron Osborne

Also known as

  • Big Empty - Tradimento fataleit

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