Most is a 2003

2003 in film

The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,...

 Czech

Czechoslovakia

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 film directed by Bobby Garabedian and written and produced by American actor William Zabka

William Zabka

William Michael "Billy" Zabka is an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is an Academy Award Nominee for Co-Writing and Producing the film, "MOST." Zabka is best known for his villain roles in several iconic 80s films, such as his role of Johnny Lawrence in 1984's The Karate...

. The music score was created by John Debney

John Debney

John C. Debney is an American film composer. He received an Academy Award nomination for his score for Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ...

 (Passion of the Christ). It introduces three new characters, starring Vladimir Javorsky, Linda Rybova, and introducing Lada Ondrej.

Plot

Most is the story of a single father who takes his eight year-old son to work with him at the railroad drawbridge where he is the bridge tender. A day before, the boy meets a woman boarding a train, a drug abuser. At the bridge, the father goes into the engine room, and tells his son to stay at the edge of the nearby lake. A ship comes, and the bridge is lifted. Though it is supposed to arrive an hour later, the train happens to arrive. The son sees this, and tries to warn his father, who is not able to see this. Just as the oncoming train approaches, his son falls into the drawbridge gear works while attempting to lower the bridge, leaving the father with a horrific choice. The father then lowers the bridge, the gears crushing the boy. The people in the train are completely oblivious to the fact a boy died trying to save them, other than the drug addict woman, who happened to look out her train window. The movie ends, with the man wandering a new city, and meets the woman, no longer a drug addict, holding a small baby. The film draws Christian parallels with the sacrifice a young boy and his father make to that of God and Jesus. Other relevant narratives run in parallel, namely one of the female drug-addict, and they all meet at the climax of this tumultuous film. Critics gave rave reviews for this unique, subtle, and brilliantly produced work. Many reviewers had deep and moving reactions to the film. Christianity Today

Christianity Today

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magazine called it “life changing.”

Main cast

• Bridge operator, father- Vladimir Javorsky
  Vladimír Javorský
  Vladimír Javorský is a Czech actor. He appeared in more than forty films between 1986 and 2011.-Selected filmography:-External links:...
  
  
• His young son, named Lado- Lada Ondrej
• Young woman- Linda Rybova

Awards

• Sundance Film Festival 2004: Official Selection
• Palm Springs International 2003: Winner ~ Best of Festival
• Maui Film Festival 2003: Winner - Best Short Film; Audience Award - Best Newcomers
• Heartland Film Festival 2003: Winner ~ Crystal Heart Award
• Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film.