Once Guilty, Now Innocent, Still Dead

{{Infobox film

| director = Mark Vizcarra

| writer = Mark Vizcarra

| producer = Mark Vizcarra

| starring = {{Plainlist|

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| cinematography = Matt Triplow

| editing = Mark Vizcarra

| released = {{Film date|2017|10|21|GI Film Festival San Diego}}

| runtime = 15 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $23,000

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Once Guilty, Now Innocent, Still Dead is a 2017 western short film written, directed, produced and edited by Mark Vizcarra. The film centers around the retrial of Tom Horn in Wyoming nearly a century after his sentencing and execution. It stars Peter Sherayko, John Marrs, Larry Poole, Jor-el Vaasborg, and Shane P. Allen.

Cast

  • Carl Harrison as Sherrif
  • Sam Neely as Townsman
  • Bink Picard as Lone Rider

Production

Vizcarra wrote the script and titled the film after reading a New York Times article on the mock trial of Tom Horn 90 years after his execution in Wyoming.{{Cite web |last=Deaderick |first=Lisa |date=2017-10-19 |title=His military past informs his filmmaking present |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2017/10/19/his-military-past-informs-his-filmmaking-present/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250323230745/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2017/10/19/his-military-past-informs-his-filmmaking-present/ |archive-date=2025-03-23 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |date=1993-09-20 |title=Once Guilty, Now Innocent but Still Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/20/us/once-guilty-now-innocent-but-still-dead.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007194105/https://www.nytimes.com/1993/09/20/us/once-guilty-now-innocent-but-still-dead.html |archive-date=2015-10-07 |access-date=2025-03-30 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Principal photography was in Ramona, California.

Release

The film premiered on October 21, 2017 at GI Film Festival San Diego.{{Cite AV media |url=https://gifilmfestivalsd.org/2017/films/once-guilty-now-innocent-still-dead/ |title=Once Guilty, Now Innocent, Still Dead |language=en-US |access-date=2025-03-30 |via=GI Film Festival San Diego}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2017-11-01 |title=GI Film Festival San Diego Honors Filmmakers at Third Annual Awards Celebration |url=https://eccalifornian.com/gi-film-festival-san-diego-honors-filmmakers-at-third-annual-awards-celebration/ |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=The East County Californian |language=en-US}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/on-air/as-seen-on/gi-film-festival-san-diego_san-diego/150116/ |title=GI Film Festival San Diego |date=2018-05-11 |language=en-US |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=NBC 7 San Diego}}

Reception

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rowspan="5" |GI Film Festival San Diego

| rowspan="5" |2017

|Best Narrative Short

| rowspan="3" |Mark Vizcarra

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| rowspan="2" |{{Cite web |last=Himchak |first=Elizabeth Marie |date=2023-05-03 |title=4S Ranch, Rancho Bernardo filmmakers to debut works at GI Film Festival San Diego |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2023/05/03/4s-ranch-rancho-bernardo-filmmakers-to-debut-works-at-gi-film-festival-san-diego/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250330184351/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2023/05/03/4s-ranch-rancho-bernardo-filmmakers-to-debut-works-at-gi-film-festival-san-diego/ |archive-date=2025-03-30 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Himchak |first=Elizabeth Marie |date=2017-11-08 |title=4S Ranch filmmaker is winning awards during his second career |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/pomerado-news/news/local-news/4s/sd-cm-pow-news-veteran-filmmaker-20171108-story.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171109030018/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/pomerado-news/news/local-news/4s/sd-cm-pow-news-veteran-filmmaker-20171108-story.html |archive-date=2017-11-09 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=Pomerado News |language=en-US}}

Best Film Made by a Veteran or Servicemember

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Local Choice Award

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rowspan="2" |Best Actor

|Larry Poole

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Shane P. Allen

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References

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