Heads or Tails (2005 film)

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Heads or Tails
Directed byClark Kline
Joey McAdams
Written byClark Kline
Joey McAdams
Produced by Ryan Keller
Jared Freedom Leonard
Starring Jeff Keilholtz
Jon Liddiard
Douglas Cathro
Amber Davila
Mike Hotovy
Madalyn Loughlin
CinematographyBrian Mackey
Edited byJake Ruthven
Music byWill Saxton
Distributed byFool Martyr Productions
Release date
  • February 19, 2005 (2005-02-19)
CountryUnited States
Language English
Budget $12,000

Heads or Tails is a 2005 film written and directed by Joey McAdams and Clark Kline. Produced by Fool Martyr Productions, the film stars Jeff Keilholtz, Douglas Cathro and Jon Liddiard. [1] [2] [3]

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The screenplay was adapted from a short story Kline wrote in 1994. Shooting began in September 2003 with a script that was shrouded in secrecy even from cast and crew, as each were given the day's lines on the day a scene was to be shot. [1] [2] [3] Its premiere gala acreening was at The Weinberg Center for the Arts in February 2005. [1] [4] A review by Courtney Oates of The Flow magazine describes Heads or Tails as an "incredibly unique story of murder, myths and mania." It was released to DVD in the spring of 2008.

Synopsis

Heads or Tails is a dark drama: the story of a Native American myth and how it has been twisted throughout the years into something much darker. Every thirteen cycles of the moon, two people stand on a cliff and throw a coin off to compete for a wish. Only those that partake in the ritual see that the wish is only the beginning. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine Frederick News Post, By Dickson Mercer (February 10, 2005), "'Heads or Tails' -- local moviegoers win", accessed 01-03-2009
  2. 1 2 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine Maryland Gazette, September 30, 2004, "Frederick filmmakers ready debut movie", accessed 01-03-2009
  3. 1 2 Archived 2008-12-04 at the Wayback Machine Maryland Gazette, by Nathan Oravec (February 16, 2005), "Moviemakers fulfill a wish with 'heads or tails'", accessed 01-03-2009
  4. ↑ Frederick Magazine [ permanent dead link ], accessed 01-03-2009
  5. ↑ Frederick Maryland Online Archived 2008-03-07 at the Wayback Machine , story synopsis, accessed 01-03-2009
  6. ↑ Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine Maryland Gazette, by Robert Schroeder (Aug. 7, 2003), "Frederick filmmaker to premiere feature on Saturday", accessed 01-03-2009
  7. ↑ Film Fodder, by Pete Mesling, "Fool Martyr Q&A", accessed 01-03-2009
  8. ↑ tunecore.com, accessed 01-03-2009
  9. ↑ huntingdragonflies.com Archived 2008-11-20 at the Wayback Machine , cast bios, accessed 01-03-2009
  10. ↑ cinemarts.org Archived 2008-07-05 at the Wayback Machine , "Bringing the Arts to Light", accessed 01-03-2009
  11. ↑ Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine Frederick News Post, By Dickson Mercer and Katy Brandenburg (September 22, 2005), "72-Hour filmmakers: Write, edit, produce a film from scratch", accessed 01-03-2009
  12. ↑ moviebytes.com [ permanent dead link ], "CWA Announces Final Contest Results", accessed 01-03-2009
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