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A Riverton veterinarian helped create a recently released Civil War movie releasestarring Will Smith.
Equine practitioner Carl Rutin, who has provided historically accurate carriages for movies and television shows across the United States, said: release His latest attempt.
Will Smith plays a enslaved man who became known as “Peter the Whipped.” harper’s A magazine during the Civil War. This image became a rallying point for abolitionists.
Whipped Peter, whose slave name was Gordon, was separated from his family when he was sold to the Confederate government to build a railroad in Louisiana. He deserted and joined the Union Army, where he was promoted to sergeant and fought for the end of slavery.
The Civil War production is where Ruthin got his start.
He first got involved in film production in 1978, when he was part of a Civil War reenactment troupe that was hired to act in various films.
“Oh, we’ve done 130 or 140 productions. We’ve been doing this for 45 years,” he said. It will be a good side income.”
Ruthin said he started the Civil War cavalry and had a unit that lasted 25 years until it closed in 1999.
Pawnee farmer Dan Boston was one of the first Civil War reenactors to continue working for Ruthin.
“We closed the cavalry because we were too old and not enough young people wanted to join,” said Boston.
It was during this period that he realized the need for historically accurate replicas of wagons for westerns and war films.
Today, Ruthin maintains one of the largest inventories of wagons, caissons and other period-accurate carriage equipment available in the film industry, says the Utah-based company that works with a variety of production companies. “Wagon Master,” Fenton Quinn said.
The device was built and maintained on the Riverton site in Routine.
Ruthin began his career in Civil War films, but has provided carriage equipment not only for Westerns, but also for films about the Texas Revolution, World War I, World War II, and other conflicts. Mr Quinn said.
The wagons are built in Ruthin’s Riverton Workshop and are based on historical photographs and drawings. They are then rented by the producer and trucked to the movie set by Ruthin’s business.
During production, Routine or his employees will be present to move the wagon and assist with the scene. releaseRuthin made four trips to the Louisiana set, always with an employee present.
It wasn’t like that when I took the picture. release, He often serves as an on-site veterinarian who cares for the horses used in production.
“I am first and foremost a horse veterinarian,” he said.
Scott Reader, Staff Writer Illinois Times, can be reached by sreader@illinoistimes.com.
