The first footage of the film 'Rust' starring Alec Baldwin has been revealed. The trailer for the indie western was shared on Wednesday, following the film's on-set tragedy in 2021 that claimed the life of director of photography Halyna Hutchins.
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00:00The only order that exists in this world is the order we impose.
00:07The first footage of the film Rust starring Alec Baldwin has been revealed.
00:13Haven't they blamed on neither one of us?
00:16The trailer for the indie western was shared on Wednesday, following the film's on-set tragedy
00:21in 2021 that claimed the life of director of photography Helena Hutchins. The movie sees
00:26Baldwin play notorious outlaw Harland Rust and is set in the 1880s in Kansas.
00:38Patrick Scott McDermott plays Lucas McAllister, a recently orphaned 13-year-old boy who accidentally
00:44kills a rancher and is sentenced to hang. In a twist of fate, Rust breaks him out of jail and
00:48they head towards Mexico, as they try to outrun a determined U.S. marshal and a ruthless bounty
00:53hunter. The trailer comes as the film continues to seek distribution in the U.S. after selling
01:03in some international territories. Rust is best known for an on-set tragedy on October 21, 2021,
01:09in New Mexico, where Baldwin discharged a prop firearm that had a live round in it. The weapon
01:14killed the film's director of photography, Hutchins, and wounded director Joel Souza.
01:18The sprawling investigation into Hutchins' accidental shooting death and the high-profile
01:23trials of Baldwin and armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed made major headlines. Baldwin maintained he didn't
01:28pull the trigger on the gun when it fired. In April 2023, Baldwin's charges of involuntary
01:33manslaughter were dropped. For much more on this story, go to THR.com. This is The Hollywood
01:39Reporter News.