Dead Letters (film)

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  • Dead Letters
  • Cold Ones
Dead Letters FilmPoster.jpeg
Poster bearing the film's original title Cold Ones
Directed by Garrett Clancy
Written byGarrett Clancy
Produced byGarrett Clancy
Josephina Sykes
Patricia Anne Isgate
Starring C. Thomas Howell
Duane Whitaker
Adam Nelson
Geoffrey Lewis
Kim Darby
Joe Unger
Cinematography Scott Spears
Edited by Richard Casey
David H. Lloyd
Music by David Baerwald
Production
company
Brightway Productions Inc.
Distributed byLeo Films
Release date
  • 2007 (2007)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

Dead Letters is a 2007 independent feature film written and directed by Garrett Clancy, executive produced by Paul Hellweg, [1] produced by Josephina Sykes, and co-produced by Brad Sykes. It stars C. Thomas Howell, Geoffrey Lewis, Kim Darby, Joe Unger and Duane Whitaker. It was originally entitled Cold Ones, and was retitled by Distributor, Leo Films, for its 2009 DVD release. It won Honorable Mention in the feature film category at the 2007 Buffalo Niagara Film Festival. [2] The film's score was composed by David Baerwald who also has several songs on the soundtrack, including "Hi Ho" with vocals by Terra Naomi. Dead Letters (as Cold Ones) also played at the 2007 Real to Reel Film Festival [3] in North Carolina, and both The California Independent [4] and the Kern Projections Film Festivals. This film was retitled as Lake of the Woods in 2021 and released by All-Channel Films.

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References

  1. Welcome to Paul Hellweg.com
  2. "Buffalo Niagara Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  3. Real to Reel Film Festival
  4. California Independent Film Festival | Moraga, CA