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Movies and Documentary Films With Kentucky Ties
Altered States
RELEASE
DATE: 1980; Distributed by Warner Brothers
CREDITS:
Directed by Ken Russell; Produced by Howard Gottfried; Written by Paddy
Chayefsky, as Sidney Aaron; Starring William Hurt, Blair Brown, Charles Haid,
Bob Balaban. This was the film debut of both William Hurt and Drew
Barrymore.
FILMING LOCATIONS INCLUDE: Boston, Massachusetts; Burbank,
California; McCracken County,
Kentucky; the country of Mexico; New York, New York; Los Angeles,
California; Roxbury, Massachusetts.
AWARDS: The film score was nominated for
an Academy Award.
DESCRIPTION: (From Wikipedia) A science
fiction adaptation of a novel....based on John C. Lilly's sensory deprivation
research conducted in isolation tanks under the influence of drugs like LSD.
Read the Wikipedia
article and visit the Internet Movie Database for more
information on this film.
Another Perfect Stranger
RELEASE DATE: September 15, 2007; Distributed by Kelly's Filmworks.
CREDITS: Directed by Jefferson Moore and Shane Sooter; Written by David
Gregory (book) and Jefferson Moore (screenplay); starring Jefferson Moore and
Ruby Marie Lewis.
FILMING LOCATIONS: (Partial List) Jeffersonville, Indiana
and Louisville.
DESCRIPTION:
The sequel to the 2005 underground hit, The Perfect Stranger. (See
Below)
April Love
RELEASE DATE:
February 18, 1958; Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
CREDITS: Directed by Henry Levin; written by George Agnew Chamberlain
(novel) and Winston Miller; starring Pat Boone, Shirley Jones, Dolores Michaels,
Arthur O'Connell, Matt Crowley, Jeanette Nolan and Bradford Jackson.
AWARDS:
This film was nominated for an Oscar.
FILMING LOCATIONS: Lexington,
Kentucky.
DESCRIPTION: (From Wikipedia) In the film, the Pat Boone character,
Nick Conover, leaves Chicago after being put on probation for stealing a car.
Living and working on the Kentucky farm of his uncle Jed Bruce and his aunt
Henrietta, he falls in love with a neighbor's daughter, played by Shirley Jones.
[See Below: This a remake of Home in Indiana.]
Before I Say Goodbye
RELEASE DATE: 2007
CREDITS: Directed by David Flores and Kevin Flores;
written by Kevin Flores. Cast includes Nani Anderson, Jon Armada, Bruce
Campbell, Karla Carter, Phillip Cherry, Kiera Duffy, Denise Hourigan, Tim Kelty,
Adam King, Aaron Kraig, Evan Lee, Rick Long, Timothy McLaughlin, Mandi Moreno,
Jennifer Trow, Aura Vaught, Amber Wessel, Trudy Wheeler, Corey White.
FILMING
LOCATIONS: Arizona and Kentucky.
DESCRIPTION: A soldier tries to adjust to
life at home after a tour in the Middle East.
Beneath the Mask: Portrait of an American
Ninja
RELEASE DATE: 2005
CREDITS: Directed
by Ben Sledge and Matt Wheeler; written by Brian Reed, Ben Sledge and others;
cast includes Brian Reed, Matt Wheeler, Gary Fleck, Linda Fleck, Karla Duerson,
Sheridan Flannery, Ryan Flanery, Gavin Duerson, Nate Brown, Sarah Wheeler, Barry
Frazier, Mark Stratton.
FILMING LOCATIONS: Lexington,
Kentucky.
DESCRIPTION: A comedy about a documentary filmmaker that goes
to Nebraska to investigate the huge increase of night school ninja classes.
Beowulf: Prince of the Geats
RELEASE DATE: 2007
CREDITS: Directed by Scott Wegener; cast
includes Joe Thomas, Burt McCollom, Eric Feliciano, and Lisa Baldwin, among
others.
FILMING LOCATIONS: Include Cincinnati and Kentucky.
DESCRIPTION:
An adventurer travels to Denmark to fight a monster before becoming a Viking
king.
Coal Miner's Daughter
RELEASE DATE:
March 7, 1980 by Universal Pictures.
CREDITS: Directed by Michael Apted;
produced by Bernard Schwartz; starring Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Beverly
D'Angelo and Levon Helm.
AWARDS: Sissy Spacek won an Academy Award for "Best
Actress".
FILMING LOCATIONS: Bee, Virginia; Haysi, Virginia; Jenkins,
Kentucky; Nashville, Tennessee, (Ryman Auditorium); Van Lear,
Kentucky; Whitesburg,
Kentucky; and Wise, Virginia.
DESCRIPTION: A biographical depiction of
the life of Kentuckian, Loretta Lynn; this film was adapted from the
autobiography she wrote with George Vecsey. Lynn is a famous singer known as the
"First Lady of Country Music". She was born into poverty and married as a child
of 13. She had four children by the time she was 20, but began singing at local
honky tonks on weekends and earned a record deal several years later which lead
to a spot on the Grand Ole Opry. Her career from that point is well documented.
For further information on the movie visit Internet Movie Database and read
the Wikipedia
article.
Dead Moon Rising
RELEASE DATE:
2007
CREDITS: Directed and Written by Mark E. Poole; cast includes Jason
Crowe, Erica Goldsmith, Mike Seely, Tucky Williams, Gary Williams, Derek Miller,
Kiki Wallace, Jennifer Shank, Chris Albro, Jeff Mitchell, Gracie Maddox, Warren
Maddox.
FILMING LOCATIONS: Louisville,
Kentucky.
DESCRIPTION: This is a horror film about a mysterious disease
in which the victims become cannibalistic
Dreamer: Inspired by a True
Story
RELEASE DATE: October 21, 2005 by
DreamWorks.
CREDITS: Directed and Written by John Gatins. Produced by Brian
Robbins, Hunt Lowry, and Michael Tollin. Starring Kurt Russell, Dakota Fanning,
Kris Kristofferson, Freddy Rodriguez, Luis Guzmán, Elisabeth Shue, and David
Morse.
FILMING LOCATIONS: Frankfort,
Kentucky, (school and diner); Keeneland Racetrack - Lexington,
Kentucky; Lexington,
Kentucky, (exteriors); and St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana.
DESCRIPTION:
This movie is based on a true story of an injured Thoroughbred racehorse and his
rehabilitation. The scenery features numerous shots of the beautiful horse farms
around Lexington. For
further information, visit the Internet Movie Database and
read the Wikipedia article "Dreamer (2005)
film".
Eight Men Out
RELEASE DATE: September
2, 1988
CREDITS: Directed by John Sayles; Written by Eliot Asinof (book) and
John Sayles (screenplay); Cast includes John Cusack, Clifton James, Michael
Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, John Mahoney, Charlie Sheen, David Strathairn, D.B.
Sweenye, Michael Rooker, Don Harvey, James Read, Perry Lang, Gordon Clapp, Jace
Alexander, Bill Irwin.
FILMING LOCATIONS: Indiana and
Kentucky.
DESCRIPTION: A film based on the Black Sox scandal surrounding the
Chicago White and the 1919 World Series.
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