Mint Julep (film)

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Mint Julep
Directed byIan Teal
Kathy Fehl
Written byIan Teal
Kathy Fehl
Produced byIan Teal
Kathy Fehl
Starring
Music byTommy James
Release date
  • May 22, 2010 (2010-05-22)(Premiere)
Running time
99 minutes
Country United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$150,000

Mint Julep is a 2010 romance film written, directed, and produced by Ian Teal and Kathy Fehl, starring David Morse, Angelica Torn, and James Gandolfini. It is set in small-town North Carolina and follows the struggling marriage of Deirdre, a diner waitress played by Torn, and Leighton, an insurance salesman played by Teal. Morse plays an odd groundskeeper at a golf course who witnesses a murder, and Gandolfini plays a landlord in New York City.

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The film's surreal aspects reflect influences from Federico Fellini, Luis Buñuel and Michelangelo Antonioni.[ citation needed ]

The independent film took more than a decade to produce due to budget restraints. Teal and Fehl spent an estimated $150,000 on the film, much of which came from their personal finances. [1] The filmmakers received some financial backing from Marilyn Perry, an art historian, painter, and former chairwoman of the World Monuments Fund. Perry studied under Fehl's father at the University of North Carolina, where he taught art history. [1]

The film premiered on May 22, 2010, at the Gerold Opera House in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, where Teal and Fehl run a non-profit organization called Wega Arts. [1]

Cast

Soundtrack

The film features an original jazz score composed by Tommy James.

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