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Just
yesterday, I received my airline tickets
for Croatia. I leave on October 16th
for a week to shoot the film "White
Lightnin': The Jesco White Murders".
I play a psycho hillbilly.
Headlining
the slate is the debut feature of commercials
whiz Dominic Murphy, White Lightnin':
The Jesco White Murders , which
has begun pre-production and is set to start
shooting in North Carolina on July 30th.
Supported
by the UK Film Council and picked up for
UK distribution by Momentum, the film is
being sold worldwide by Lumina Films and
is set to star newcomer Ed Hogg in the role
of legendary Appalachian mountain dancer
Jesco White.
Written
by Vice Magazine founders Shane
Smith and Eddy Moretti and co-produced in
association with Vice Films, White Lightnin':
The Jesco White Murders tells the story
of mountain dancer Jesco White and his uphill
battle against abject poverty, drug abuse,
petty crime and mental instability. In his
struggle to live up to his father's legacy
as the finest mountain dancer in Appalachia
and beyond, he leans on memories of his
father (D. Ray White), Elvis Presley, Jesus,
and Norma Jean (his wife).
"Despite
the brutality of his experience," says F&ME
managing director and producer Mike Downey,
"Jesco's humour survives and his charisma
pervades the film. In a surreal world where
life is cheap, the insanity of Jesco's behaviour
makes total sense. Dominic Murphy is one
of the leading contemporary British directors
of commercials and his take on the life
of Jesco is not only visually thrilling
but also narratively compelling."
Casting
is continuing in Los Angeles via Baddely/Davis
casting the people responsible for Being
John Malkovich, Little Miss Sunshine, and
gary the Tennis Coach.
Budgetted
at $2 million the film has already selected
locations in and around Ashe ville, North
Carolina and will shoot with a mixed British/American
crew.
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