In this edition of Meet Me at the Movies: Open Dialogue, Thomas Manning sits down for a second time with writer and director Francis Galluppi to chat about The Last Stop in Yuma County.

Francis Galluppi: writer/director of THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY. Photo courtesy of Prodigy PR.

Galluppi digs into some of the nitty-gritty of the filmmaking and the personal easter eggs and references he dropped into this passion project.

Official Synopsis:

While awaiting the next fuel truck at a middle-of-nowhere Arizona rest stop, a traveling young knife salesman is thrust into a high-stakes hostage situation by the arrival of two similarly stranded bank robbers with no qualms about using cruelty—or cold, hard steel—to protect their bloodstained, ill-begotten fortune.

In theaters and on digital May 10th, 2024.

For more information, head to the official Well Go USA The Last Stop in Yuma County webpage.

Thomas Manning is a member of the NCFCA, SEFCA, and CCA, and also the co-host of the television show and radio program Meet Me at the Movies. He has served as a production assistant and voting member on the Film Selection Committee for the Real to Reel Film Festival. Additionally, he manages his own film review and interview site, The Run-Down on Movies. Manning is a graduate of Gardner-Webb University with a double-major in Communications and English. His passion for cinema and storytelling is rivaled only by his love for the music of Taylor Swift.

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