Rick Balentine discusses the JOHNSTON film, historical research, crew families, Paralight, and composing the score in an interview with Maya Bennett.

Explore the JOHNSTON film through sailors’ firsthand stories, family photographs, and the research, coding, and careful revisions behind Temple Gate Films’ work.

Discover the people behind JOHNSTON through historical photographs, crew recollections, and a behind-the-scenes look at bringing their stories to film.

Meet Harold Rhodes, Archie Parks, and Charles Bruce as the JOHNSTON research journey explores the people behind a ship’s daily work.

Explore the JOHNSTON film through shipyard photographs and crew memories of sea legs, haircuts, and daily work that helped strangers become shipmates.

Inside the partnership between Temple Gate Films and Paralight to produce JOHNSTON and bring its human story into focus.

There are thousands of stories from World War II. Some became famous. Others slowly disappeared into history. The story of JOHNSTON should never be one of them. We are currently developing JOHNSTON, a feature film about the men of USS Johnston (DD-557), her commanding officer Commander Ernest E. Evans, and one of the most extraordinary naval actions of World War II—the Battle off Samar on October 25, 1944. But our goal is bigger than simply making a war movie. We want to tell