Mining for Ruby

Directed by Zoe Quist for Film Reel Alaska Mentoring Experience (FRAME) 2013. Starring Misha Barton, Billy Zane, Daniel Ponickly, Antoinette Kalaj, Carrie Baker. Executive Producers Maya Salganek and William St. Pierre.

Produced as a part of the Film Reel Alaska Mentoring Experience (FRAME) film training program with UAF students on set under Keys as mentors.  As an effort to grow and establish a competitive film industry for Alaska, FRAME developed to pair a public/private partnership between the University as a training facility and the film industry as producing partners.

Mining for Ruby is available through iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play.

 

Jack (Daniel Ponickly) is a widowed “end-of-the-roader” struggling with his continued depression as he falls for Ruby (Antoinette Kalaj), a passionate environmental engineering grad student who is embroiled in a poisonous waste controversy that threatens to shut down the biggest industry in her state.

 

 

Movie poster for Mining for Ruby.

 

Daniel Ponickly, Antoinette Kalaj, and Carrie Baker filming Mining For Ruby. Video Still
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Daniel Ponickly, Antoinette Kalaj, and Carrie Baker star in "Mining for Ruby."
Billy Zane and Antoinette Kalaj on set of Mining for Ruby. Video Still
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Billy Zane stars as a mentor to a young environmental-engineering student (Antoinette Kalaj) in "Mining for Ruby"
Antoinette Kalaj, Carrie Baker, and Daniel Ponickly star in the indie drama "Mining for Ruby." Video Still
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Antoinette Kalaj, Carrie Baker, and Daniel Ponickly star in the indie drama "Mining for Ruby."
Antoinette Kalaj and Daniel Ponickly on set in Mining for Ruby. Video Still
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Antoinette Kalaj and Daniel Ponickly in "Mining for Ruby."

 

Cast

JESSICA KING ...

Mischa Barton

ANDREW ...

 Jonathan Bennett

PROFESSOR SAM GOODWELL ...

 Billy Zane

RUBY ...

Antoinette Kalaj

CARLA ...

Syd Wilder

ALEX ...

 Jessie Cohen

MARY ...

Carrie Baker

JACK ...

Daniel Ponickly

DOREEN ...

 Daniels Calvin

GUN STORE CLERK ...

 Thom Van Dorp

ALEX'S FRIEND ...

 Jessica Rothert

NEWS ANCHOR ...

 Darrel L. Clark

BILL ...

 Cree Quist

THEO ...

 Sambit Misra

RESEARCH ASSISTANT ...

Nicole Cowans

POLICE OFFICER ...

 Antonio Adlesperger

BABY ...

 Maxwell Frommer

ALEX'S LOVER ...

 Jeffery Jack

HENRY ...

 Levi Ben-Israel

WAITER ...

 Miguel Iglesias

NEWS ANCHOR ...

 Amy Chausse

BOUNCER ...

 Alex Bates

Production Crew

Producer ...

Daniel Lawrence Abrams

Co-Producer ...

Annie Jeeves

Producer ...

Daniel Ponickly

Producer ...

Zoe Quist (as Laura Zoe Quist)

Executive Producer ...

Maya Salganek

Executive Producer ...

William St. Pierre

Music ...

Toly Ramirez

Cinematography ...

 Stephen Parr

Editing ...

 Danya Joseph

Casting ...

Billy DaMota

Production Design ...

Grubb Graebner

Set Decoration ...

 Victoria Fredenhagen and Stephanie Rivet (as Stephanie Sandberg)

Makeup artist ...

Michelle Lee

Makeup to Mr. Billy Zane ...

Michelle Lee

Key Makeup Artist ...

 Cara Liedlich

Makeup Assistant Artist ...

 Jordan Moen

Second Assistant Director ...

 Nicki Karl

First Assistant Director ...

 Kavelina Torres

Supervising Sound Editor ...

Alfonso Calvo

Sound Mixer ...

Paul Andrew Lawrence

Boom Operator ...

 Isaac Paris and Nannette Pierson

Visual Effects ...

 Sarah Brooke Grossmann

Best Boy Grip ...

 Makenzie Demmert

Grip/Electric ...

 Hayden Fisk

Grip/Key Grip ...

 Jonathan Huff

Chief Lighting Technician/Gaffer ...

Greg Kern

Second Unit Cinematographer ...

Richard Krall

Grip/Electric ...

 Tyler McClendon and Caden Wassmann

First Assistant Camera ...

 Molly Wilson

Casting Assistant ...

 Stacy Boles

Casting: Alaska ...

 Deborah Schildt

Casting Associate ...

 Dea Vise

Costume Assistant ...

Amanda Casterline

Costume Supervisor ...

Jerene Moiser

Key Costumer ...

 Rebecca Morse

Assistant Editor ...

 Karen Adams and Robert Gonzales (as Gonzo Gonzales)

Colorist ...

 Jon Mendenhall

Motion Graphics and Titles ...

 Luis Freddy Morales and Marcela Perdomo

Location Manager ...

 Marcus Hartman Mooers

Script Supervisor ...

Fiona Fadum

Transportation Coordinator ...

Colleen J. Wood

Publicist ...

 Annie Jeeves

End Titles ...

Tobias Steiner

Production Assistant ...

 Anna Stitt

Press

"Love isn't the only hazard in 'Mining for Ruby'"

"Watch ‘Titanic’ Bad Guy Get All Science-y and Stuff in ‘Mining for Ruby’ – Oh, Mischa Barton Co-Stars Too (Exclusive Video)"

"Film 'Mining for Ruby' shot in vlog gave UAF residents, students hands-on experience"

 

Brian Truitt | USA TODAY

Travis Reilly | TheWrap

Gary Black | vlog Daily NewsMiner

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