Geekscape listeners might remember the March 1st podcast, where Jonathan interviewed stars Steve J. Palmer and K. Harrison Sweeney about their “RED DEAD REDEMPTION” experiences, as well as details about “FROM THE TRAILER TO THE GRAVE’s” pre-production. As a refresher for those who may have missed, or have yet to listen to the episode, the most frequently asked question to BIG HORN SAMURAI SINEMA has been, “Why Wyoming??”. Many films that are set in Wyoming’s great wide open (“Brokeback Mountain,” “An Unfinished Life,” “Did You Hear about the Morgans?”) end up being shot in Wyoming stand-ins, like New Mexico, or even Vancouver. As a Wyoming native who grew up in Worland, K. Harrison Sweeney and his production company want to change that. Wyoming offers unique geographical locations, like Devil’s Tower (which was used in “Close Encounters of the Third Kind”), or Hell’s Half Acre (used in “Starship Troopers”), which would fit with this particular genre of film. Mr. Sweeney’s mission: greatly boost the film industry in the Cowboy State… and here’s how YOU can take part:
Starting back on Thursday, April 5th, 2012, voting began for The Wyoming Short Film Contest! Register at the contest site and vote for UNDEAD LOVERS!
From Actor/Writer/Producer K. Harrison Sweeney comes “FROM THE TRAILER TO THE GRAVE”, a film that will birth the new genre of RedZomRomCom (Redneck Zombie Romantic Comedy). Currently in pre-production, filming of this Magnum opus of camp-n-blood begins in Wyoming in August of 2012, and will star five lead alumni of 2010’s Game of the Year, “RED DEAD REDEMPTION”, as well as FANGORIA magazine’s frequently featured “Scream Queen” Lindsay Goranson, Mark Fite of “Mr. Show with Bob & David” notoriety, Jim Turner from HBO’s “Arli$$” and Ken Campbell from FOX’s 90’s sitcom cult hit, “Herman’s Head”. Also on board is comic/graphic novel artist Guy LeMay (Image Comics’ “Dead@17”, Viper Comics’ “The Rabid”), who will be providing storyboard/end credit art, as well as Los Angeles-based band The Peculiar Pretzelmen, who will be using their early 20th Century blues/rag-rock sound to score the film.
BIG HORN SAMURAI SINEMA has entered “Undead Lovers”, a short film (which also serves as a music video to Jalan Crossland’s song of the same name) that is based off the brothel dream sequence from “FROM THE TRAILER TO THE GRAVE”. With a grand prize of $25,000 to possibly add atop their budget, BIG HORN SAMURAI SINEMA could have that much more to assist in their efforts to bring future productions to such a unique, magnificent state and overall filming landscape. Simply follow the above link to the voting page, and follow the instructions. It will require you to open a voting account, which is quick, easy, confidential and literally takes 2 minutes, tops. Cast your vote for “Undead Lovers”; you’ll have until Thursday, April 26th!
You can follow all the latest casting news, production pics, interviews and general “Zombie-ness” by visiting www.fromthetrailertothegrave.com!