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THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN
STARRING WES STUDI
TO SCREEN AT,
TO OPEN KANSAS CITY FILMFEST ON APRIL 22,
SCREEN AT THE NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL ON APRIL 26, AND
THE INDIE SPIRIT FILM FESTIVAL ON APRIL 26 IN COLORADO SPRINGS
REVISIONIST WESTERN PREMIERED AT THE 2009 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
DIRECTED BY KEVIN WILLMOTT AND WRITTEN BY THOMAS L. CARMODY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS – THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN, a new feature film directed
by Kevin Willmott (CSA: Confederate States of America) and starring
Wes Studi (Last of the Mohicans, Avatar), is the opening night film at
The Kansas City Filmmaker’s Jubilee on April 22, and will screen at
the Newport Beach Film Festival on April 26 and The Indie Spirit Film
Festival in Colorado Springs on April 26. THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN
premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival in January and screened
at The Berlinale European Film Market in Berlin in February.
PorchLight Home Entertainment (PHE) has acquired foreign sales rights
to the film. The producers are represented by Steven C. Beer of
Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN also stars J. Kenneth Campbell (Bulworth, Yulee’s
Gold) and newcomer Winter Fox Frank. In the film, Wes Studi portrays
an early 1900’s Cherokee bounty hunter hired to return an escapee from
an Indian boarding school. Winter Fox Frank plays the teenaged
student who is trying to get back to his family on the Kickapoo of
Kansas reservation and J. Kenneth Campbell plays a legendary “Indian
fighter”-turned-sheriff who is after both of them.
The cast also features Paul Butler (Reign Over Me), Thirza Defoe (Pow
Wow Dreams), Laura Kirk (Lisa Picard is Famous, The Battle for Bunker
Hill), Blake Robbins (Oz, The Office), Kevin Geer (American Gangster),
Christopher Wheatley (Raising Jeffrey Dahmer), Scott Allegrucci (The
Feud), Kip Niven (Magnum Force), Delanna Studi (Edge of America),
Queen Bey (Ninth Street) and David Midthunder (Hidalgo).
THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN was shot in various Kansas locations. Thomas L.
Carmody wrote the screenplay. Matthew Jacobson (CSA: Confederate
States of America, Bukowski: Born Into This) and Jeremy Osbern (Air: A
Musical) are the directors of photography. Thomas L. Carmody, Kevin
Willmott, Matt Cullen, Greg Hurd, Rick Cowan and Scott Richardson are
the producers. Wes Studi is executive producer. Hanay Geiogamah, J.
T. O’Neal and Dan Wildcat are co-executive producers and Stan Herd is
the co-producer.
“We were delighted at the positive response THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN
received at Sundance,” said Kevin Willmott. “We look forward to
giving audiences around the world an opportunity to enjoy the film.”
Ken DuBow, President of Worldwide Distribution for PorchLight
Entertainment commented, "THE ONLY GOOD INDIAN is both a great western
and a movie that blasts away with all guns blazing at the traditional
'good guys and bad guys' stereotypes. We are proud to be selling
Kevin Willmott's film."
Kevin Willmott wrote and directed the highly acclaimed independent
feature CSA: Confederate States of America, which premiered at The
Sundance Film Festival, and Ninth Street, which starred Martin Sheen
and Isaac Hayes. He has written scripts for Oliver Stone, NBC, 20th
Century Fox and Columbia Tri-Star. Willmott recently completed The
Battle for Bunker Hill, a feature film starring James McDaniel (NYPD
Blue), Saeed Jaffrey (Gandhi) and Laura Kirk
( www.bunkerhillthemovie.com ).
Wes Studi’s celebrated acting career includes lead roles in Geronimo:
An American Legend, Dances With Wolves, Last of the Mohicans, Bury My
Heart at Wounded Knee, Into the West, Seraphim Falls, The New World,
Edge of America and Mystery Men. Studi starred as Lt. Joe Leaphorn in
a PBS television series based on novels by Tony Hillerman. His
upcoming films include James Cameron’s Avatar.
www.TheOnlyGoodIndian.com
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CONTACT: Scott Richardson 785-865-3439
ScottRichardson at (no spam) sunflower.com
Greg Hurd 785-331-8509
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