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YOUNG ONES is set in a near future when water has become the most precious and dwindling resource on the planet, one that dictates everything from the macro of political policy to the detailed micro of interpersonal family and romantic relationships. The land has withered into something wretched. The dust has settled on a lonely, barren planet. The hardened survivors of the loss of Earth’s precious resources scrape and struggle. Ernest Holm (Michael Shannon) lives on this harsh frontier with his children, Jerome (Kodi Smit McPhee)and Mary (Elle Fanning). He defends his farm from bandits, works the supply routes, and hopes to rejuvenate the soil. But Mary's boyfriend, Flem Lever (Nicholas Hoult), has grander designs. He wants Ernest's land for himself, and will go to any length to get it.
From writer/director Jake Paltrow comes a futuristic western, told in three chapters, which inventively layers Greek tragedy over an ethereal narrative that’s steeped deeply in the values of the American West.
Original Release
01/30/2014
US Release
01/30/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Michael Shannon | Ernest Holm |
Nicholas Hoult | Flem Lever |
Elle Fanning | Mary Holm |
Kodi Smit-McPhee | Jerome Holm |
Robert Hobbs | Caleb Moore / Caleb |
David Butler | Sam Lever |
Aimee Mullins | Katherine Holm |
Christy Pankhurst | Robbie |
Alex McGregor | Sooz |
David Clatworthy | Calvin Hooyman |
Directors
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Michael Shannon | Ernest Holm |
Nicholas Hoult | Flem Lever |
Elle Fanning | Mary Holm |
Kodi Smit-McPhee | Jerome Holm |
Robert Hobbs | Caleb Moore / Caleb |
David Butler | Sam Lever |
Aimee Mullins | Katherine Holm |
Christy Pankhurst | Robbie |
Alex McGregor | Sooz |
David Clatworthy | Calvin Hooyman |
Liah O'Prey | Anna / Anne |
Carel Nel | Bandit |
Andy McPhee | Foreman / Foreman Jay |
Barry Armitage | Well-dressed man / Well Dressed Man |
Ben Horowitz | Water Guard |
Rachel Wood | Orderly |
Charles Tertiens | Border Inspector |
Gideon van Schoor | Bandit Brother |
Karen Snyman | Well-dressed woman / Well Dressed Woman |
Vlam Beukes | Mailman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Marina Fuentes Arredonda | Executive Producer |
James Atherton | Executive Producer |
Robert Ogden Barnum | Executive Producer |
Daniel R. Chavez | Executive Producer |
Tara Finegan | Executive Producer |
Peter Garde | Executive Producer |
Nathan Johnson | Executive Producer |
Brian O'Shea | Executive Producer |
Jan Pace | Executive Producer |
Clinton Smith | Executive Producer |
Daniel Wagner | Executive Producer |
Jake Paltrow | Producer |
Michael Auret | Producer |
Tristan Lynch | Producer |
Nora Mullally | Producer |
Aoife O'Sullivan | Producer |
Brigid Olen | Producer |
Carole Prentice | Producer |