The Legend of Lucy Keyes

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The Legend of Lucy Keyes
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Directed byJohn Stimpson [1]
Written byJohn Stimpson
Produced byTim Disney
Marc Toberoff
Bill Haney
John MacNeil
Mark Donadio
J. Todd Harris
Miriam Marcus
Starring Julie Delpy
Justin Theroux
Brooke Adams
Mark Boone Jr.
Edited byJoel Plotch
John Stimpson
Music byEd Grenga
Release date
  • February 2006 (2006-02)(Santa Barbara)

The Legend of Lucy Keyes is a 2006 suspense mystery film directed and written by John Stimpson, and starring Julie Delpy, Justin Theroux and Brooke Adams. The film premiered at the 2006 Santa Barbara Film Festival. [2] [3]

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Summary

After losing their youngest daughter Anna (Madeline O'Brian), Guy Cooley (Justin Theroux) moves to an old farm in Princeton with his wife Jeanne Cooley (Julie Delpy) and their two daughters, Molly and Lucy, to build eight windmills to generate clean power to the city. He was hired by a local named Samantha Porter (Brooke Adams), who, with her relative Jonas Dodd (Mark Boone Junior), owns the lands in the woods where the facility will be built. The Cooley family experiences a cold reception in town, and while voting for the approval of the project, an old woman named Gretchen Caswell (Jamie Donnelly) votes against the construction (along with several other people) and mentions the historic importance of the spot and the name of Martha. Jeanne researches and discovers that two hundred and fifty years ago, a girl called Lucy Keyes got lost in the woods and in spite of the efforts of her mother Martha Keyes and the locals, she was never found. When the ghost of Martha comes to the fields around their property calling for Lucy, Jeanne realizes that the legend is true and that there are many hidden secrets in that location. The mom found out that Lucy died and her body was in the woods. Now that they're all dead, people say that they can still hear the mom calling for Lucy. Jeanne's Lucy snoops around the neighborhood because she sees Lucy Keyes and wants to help her. She almost ends up like Lucy Keyes when she helps Jeanne discover the true story of how Lucy Keyes disappeared.

Cast

Production

Writer/Director John Stimpson moved to Princeton, Massachusetts and learned about the legend of Lucy Keyes. [4] Lucy Keyes disappeared from the Wachusett woods on April 14, 1755. [5] To this day nobody knows what happened to her. [5] The legend spurred Stimpson to write and direct a film based on the events. [4]

Reception

Variety said of the film "Mild scares rustle the autumnal mood of 'The Legend of Lucy Keyes,' a modest New England psychological horror tale that could easily be dubbed 'Amityville Jr.'" [6]

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