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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

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A Southern civilian escapes his execution at the hands of Union soldiers when the hanging rope breaks.

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 03/18/2010
B+
The intriguing short captured my attention. Go to Full Review
Phil Hall Film Threat 11/06/2009
5/5
One of the greatest short films of all time. Go to Full Review
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Genesis 1 03/23/2024 Well done cinematography....but I have to admit it's quite disappointing and disturbing in..the end of do I mean the beginning? See more 06/29/2014 (Sorry for my bad english) Maybe the only flaw of this short film was the unneeded deceleration of the escaping scene, where the shots were obviously too long and incentiveless. Anyways, the central idea of the entire story gets executed scarily in its plot twist, when the entire escape sequence is revealed to have been a dream or seeing a glimpse of his now latest lifetime that he experienced in the seconds before his physical death. See more 10/01/2012 A tragic and insightful look at the nature of death, and of life and of something in between. Features beautiful b/w cinematography with a minimalist soundtrack of only a few lines of dialogue, instead focusing on the sounds of life. Has a real sucker punch ending that's both brilliant and devastating, and has influenced the twist endings of a couple major Hollywood films. See more 12/23/2011 Endlessly intriguing See more 12/21/2011 A well made short film. See more 07/31/2011 Beautifully powerful See more Read all reviews
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

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Movie Info

Synopsis A Southern civilian escapes his execution at the hands of Union soldiers when the hanging rope breaks.
Director
Robert Enrico
Producer
Marcel Ichac, Paul de Roubaix
Screenwriter
Robert Enrico
Production Co
Les Films du Centaure, Filmartic
Genre
Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery & Thriller, War
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 10, 2017
Runtime
28m