Director Padraic McKinley's The Weight is set in 1933 Oregon, where Samuel Murphy is torn from his daughter and sent to a work camp. Taking place at the height of The Great Depression, the desperate veteran is hired to help smuggle a fortune in gold across 100 miles of impenetrable wilderness.
The film stars Ethan Hawke, Russell Crowe, Julia Jones, Austin Amelio, Avi Nash and Sam Hazeldine. It was shot by director of photography Matteo Cocco and features an original score by Latham and Shelby Gaines.
McKinley cut the project with Matthew Woolley, and Martyn Zub served as the film's re-recording mixer.
"This was Padraic McKinley’s first feature as a director," shares Zub. "I’ve worked with him on multiple films in the past (Home Front, Pride Prejudice and Zombies) when he worked as a picture editor, so when I heard he was given the green light to shoot and direct The Weight, I knew I couldn’t miss this mix."
The film was shot in Munich, Germany, and mixed in Berlin.
"I wasn’t familiar with the mix stage, had never worked with the sound editorial crew, and had never been to Berlin," notes Zub. "What could go wrong? No pre-dubs, minimal sound editorial review time and a single-person mix. It was a crazy three-week mix where everybody worked their arse off to get it done!"