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Ghost Town: The Movie (2007)
Over 500,000 rentals! Thank you for the support!
We would like to humbly thank all the great fans of the film that have emailed, myspace, facebook, smoke signals and ESP:) We have been touched by the outpour of interest and we are happy to announce that this month foreign sales will begin with Industry Works. Thank you so much to Barnholtz Entertainment, Lionsgate and all the fine people of Maggie Valley, N.C. who made this film possible. One last big thank you to GHOST TOWN IN THE SKY theme park. For those of you who got a free ticket with your DVD buy from Walmart and other stores please do travel there and see this western town set high in the clouds. It is a magic place to visit and to shoot a film at. Beauty is everywhere in the Great Smoky's!
See you again soon in the movies!
CDI
In the Woods (1999)
I like the Commentary on the Journey on the Special Edition
This movie is not without flaws, actually many of them but it was interesting to hear the journey to getting this film made. To me sometimes the story behind the story is even more interesting. I would not want to be locked into one of those monster suit! The quality of the production was good and I can see where the script and dialog hampered much of the acting. That being said the film is an enjoyable B film. I would one day like to see Lynn Drzick do a 2nd feature and see what the experience of the first film has taught him. In the Behind The Scenes Extras you can see how difficult the monster work can be. This was definitely before the days of CGI and computer generated creatures and effects. While monster horror films are not my thing I think that this film has stood a test of time and now it has a re-release. I think Brain Damage Films did a nice job but again that box quote...
Deliverance (1972)
New Movie Starring the Mountain Men from Deliverance
October 16th, 2007 - The new movie "Ghost Town" will star Herbert Cowboy Coward and Bill McKinney. This film brings Deliverance mountain men back to screen for the first time since Deliverance in 1972. 33 years after their performance, Maxin Magazine voted them the number one movie villains of all time and AFI has voted Deliverance to be number 15 in all time favorite Thrillers. Ghost Town story was written by Dean Teaster and DJ Perry as an Appalachain tale of folklore character Harmon Teaster from the late 1800's, Dean's great,great, grandfather. It weaves a tale of part of his life with the theme park Ghost Town in the Sky, where Dean's father and Hebert "Cowboy" Coward acted with the group called "The Internationaly Famous Ghost Town Gunfighters". This group of eleven men were RB Coburn's gunfighter crew around 1961 through 1966. During this time they acted along side Hollywood greats such as Clu Gulager, Paul Fix, Frank McGrath, Burt Reynolds, Craig Hill, Donald May, Peter Brown, Veronica Cartwright, Dan Blocker, Tony Dow, John Broomfield, Jon Provost, Ken Weatherwax, Clint walker, Darby Hinton, Grant Sullivan, Larry Matthews, etc. Since Dean's father created the real character of "Digger the Undertaker" in the theme parks gunfights, he will also play the character "Digger" in the movie as a tribute to his late father Robert Doyle Teaster. Herbert Coward portrayed "Old Zeke" and "Grandpappy" in the gunfights as well, was discovered by Burt Reynolds on his visit to Ghost Town in 1963 when he played Quint Asper for the TV series "Gunsmoke". Burt Reynolds later called him for the part of the "Toothless Man" in Deliverance. Herbert "Cowboy" Coward lost his two front teeth in a gunfight at Ghost Town in 1962, when "Digger" was being played by a fill in person in Robert Teaster's absence. The replacement "Digger" accidentally hit Herbert "Cowboy" Coward in the mouth with a Colt 45, knocking his front teeth out in front of an estimated 5000 people watching the gunfight.
DJ Perry, who wrote this screenplay was able to weave parts of the gunfighter history in with the Harmon Teaster Appalachian's folklore tale. This movie will also be released at the same time of the Theme park re-opening scheduled May 2007, where the "Ghost Town Partners" (new owners) headed up by Hank Woodburn will return the park back to the "Golden Years" vision of original builder, Mr. RB Coburn, the mastermind behind "Ghost Town in the Sky", "Frontierland", and "Six Gun Territory" in Ocala Florida.
Alaska Presley, and her late husband Hugh Presley were instrumental in the opening and operation of Ghost Town in the Sky with RB Coburn, and Russ Pearson, and Uncle Dan Carpenter. Today, she is one of the executive producers of the movie Ghost Town.
Robert Bradley, the original character "The Apache Kid", from the original crew of gunfighters is also an executive producer of the film.
Harry Valentine, the "Golden Voice of Ghost Town", is an associate producer of the film and is responsible for making erecting a large polished granite memorial at Ghost Town along with the new owners of the theme park, to created a memorial to the original crew of gunfighters and the Hollywood greats who visited the park in the early years. The memorial will be dedicated to Robert Doyle Teaster, for his portrayal of the character "Digger the Undertaker", It will be placed in a waiting lounge area at the foot of the mountain where visitors wait to load the famous mile high chairlift and incline to the top of the mountain at Ghost Mountain Park.
The movie will also Starr Stella Parton, Rance Howard, Charlie Mattheau, and a host of others.
The movie was originally started by Dean Teaster as a documentary of the original gunfighters and the theme park "Ghost Town in the Sky". When DJ Perry was brought on board, the project was turned over to CDI and they teamed up and turned it into this movie.
Miracle at Sage Creek (2005)
A Great Western!
I loved the fact that this was a gritty western wrapped in a family friendly blanket that all ages can enjoy. The cowboys and the Indians blending nicely into a melting pot that was more accurate to the old west then some showings. The script was well crafted and the cast brought it all to life. I loved Wes Studi's calm turn as a kind grandfather in sharp contrast to his powerful roles as violent aggressive characters in "Dancing With Wolves" or "Last of the Mohicans." I'm excited for the two upcoming western's "The Hard Ride" and "Wild Michigan" and I think Thadd Turner deserves all the attention for making these westerns come to the screen. Tim Abell is also worth noting as a gentle yet strong "bridge" between the two worlds of the white man and the Native Americans. Carradine is on target as Ike the "Scrooge" of this Christmas Western. I think this will be a classic when looked back upon many years from now.