Emmett Adcock is the director and co-writer of the new low budget Australian western
Outnumbered, starring Ian Sanderson, Christopher Mauch, Mathew Mauch, and George McVeigh. In this interview, Adcock talks with this writer about making
Outnumbered, working with the cast and crew, how difficult it was to make a low budget period western, and more.
Outnumbered?
Emmett Adcock: Chris and I met over 10 years ago. I was early into my career in the film industry and a mutual friend had passed my contact information along. Chris was getting married at the time and looking for someone to shoot some video of his wedding. I wasn’t interested in shooting wedding videos, but we met up for a coffee and spoke about the job. Chris told me all about how he was having a western themed wedding, complete with spurs, holsters and pistols etc. and told me how he wanted the video to reflect that theme. He was obviously passionate about the idea and clearly had a love for the western genre,
Outnumbered, directed by Emmett Adcock, is a new mega low budget western from Australia. While its story meanders way too much and the movie itself is far too long,
Outnumbered is infused with an obvious passion for its story and subject matter, not to mention some decent action sequences, weird humor, a shocking nastiness when it comes to the movie’s villains, and an oddly compelling hero. The movie also has some of the best looking cinematography in recent mega low budget movie history. There really are some truly beautiful shots in
Outnumbered.
Now, as far as I can tell,