‘Rust’ Is Now Streaming—How To Watch Alec Baldwin’s Troubled Western Film At Home

Rust, the controversial Western film starring Alec Baldwin, is now available to stream on digital sites like Prime Video and Apple TV+ after having a limited theatrical release last month. Here’s everything you need to know about watching Rust from home.

The digital release comes more than three years after an accidental on-set tragedy that resulted in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Baldwin was practicing a quickdraw with a prop gun, and when the gun was discharged, a live round struck the cinematographer in the chest and director Joel Souza in the shoulder.

Prop armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and was sentenced to the maximum penalty of 18 months in April 2024. Meanwhile, a judge eventually dropped Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charges in July 2024.

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Hutchins’ widower, Matthew Hutchins, settled with Baldwin and other Rust producers and was named executive producer. The film was allowed to be completed, and the Hutchinses son, Andros, who was nine at the time Halyna died, will benefit financially from the film’s sale, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

How To Watch Rust At Home

Rust is currently available to stream on video-on-demand platforms, including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, and Fandango At Home. You can purchase the film for $14.99 or rent it for $6.99 For rentals, you have 30 days to start watching the video and 48 hours to finish once started.

What Is Rust About?

Set in 1880s Wyoming, Rust stars Baldwin as the notorious outlaw Harland Rust. When his 13-year-old orphaned grandson Lucas Hollister (Patrick Scott McDermott) accidentally kills a rancher and is sentenced to death, Rust breaks him out of jail, and they embark on a journey together to old Mexico to evade capture.

“A 13-year-old boy, left to fend for himself and his brother after their parents’ death, is taken on a journey to old Mexico by his grandfather after being sentenced to hang for an accidental killing,” the official synopsis reads.

What Has Alec Baldwin Recently Said About Rust?

Baldwin recently opened up about the tragedy during the first episode of his family’s 2025 TLC reality series, The Baldwins.

“This has been just surreal,” he told his wife, Hilaria Baldwin. “I mean, I can’t even believe that we’re going through this, and I always feel more in pain about you than me, because I think to myself, well, you know, I’m going to try to my best to just get through it, and I think what it’s done to you and how much it’s hurt you and everything.”

In regards to how her husband’s mood changed after he was charged with involuntary manslaughter, Hilaria said, “Everyone who is close to Alec has seen his mental health decline.”

In another confessional interview, Baldwin admitted that “this past year was just terrible.” He continued, “There were times I’d lay in bed. I’d go, ‘Wow, my kids. I can’t get up.’ That’s not like me. I’m not like that at all, not in any way am I like that. Never.”

Watch the official trailer for Rust below.