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T
he film opens on the wide
plains of the West, a family
tending to its prairie farm.
Safe, happy. Until it's disrupt-
ed by a group of wild Comanche on
a war path of massacre and thievery.
The father, mother and two daughters
have little chance. One after another,
they fall to the ground, breath leaving
their body. Clutching her wounded
baby girl, Rosalie Quaid (Rosamund
Pike) hides herself until the calamity
calms—a reminder of life in Southwest
1890s America.
Director Scott Cooper (Black Mass) wanted to honor the
legacy of the Western genre in Hostiles, but blend modern
themes of reconciliation, healing and equality into the nar-
rative. Set in 1892, Army Capt. Joseph Blocker (Christian
Bale) is exhausted from decades of battle and sees retirement
H O S T I L E S
Production sound travels the desolate countryside
for Director Scott Cooper's genre film.
Clockwise from top left: Rosalie (Rosamund Pike) clutches her newborn
as Capt. Blocker (Christian Bale) tries to help;
José Antonio García finds a moment to rest on the location-heavy shoot;
Jonathan Fuh capturing sounds of a moving train
