Author: Alton Williams

Director Adam Stovall: Interview

Ahead of the World premiere of A GHOST WAITS at Arrow Video FrightFest Glasgow 2020, director Adam Stovall reflects on getting through depression, creating paranormal romance and the influence of Tom Waits…

You have an interesting CV – from comedy theatre and film journalism to writing for The Hollywood Reporter and second assistant directing. Was all this a game plan to becoming a fully-fledged director?

I’ve known since I was a little kid sitting in the basement watching the network TV premiere of Back To The Futurewhile holding my Back To The Future storybook and waiting for them to premiere the first footage from Back To The Future 2 during a commercial break that movies meant more to me than they did to those around me. And that’s not a low bar – my Dad worked as a projectionist all through his college years, and my Mom takes my Aunt to see at least one movie a week. I remember seeing Pulp Fiction in the autumn of 1994 and suddenly realizing that a) cinema is far more elastic than I had previously thought, and b) it helped the world make sense in a way nothing else could. That was when I knew this was my path.

But I grew up in Northern Kentucky, which felt like the furthest you could possibly get from Hollywood. I spent my 20s trying to do anything else and be happy, to no avail. Towards the end of my 20s, I was mired in a severe depression, getting wine drunk and writing scripts on the weekends. Then, my dog died, and it put into stark relief just how alone I was. So I sold as much of my stuff as I could and moved the rest to L.A. so I could pursue film.

Quickly I had the thought that I’d feel pretty stupid if I moved 2000 miles and just sat in my room, so I started volunteering in the Creative Screenwriting screening series. After eight months of that, I wrote for a magazine, which closed down, then a friend asked me to work on his movie. I was not supposed to be the 2nd AD, but they ended up with a budget far smaller than they thought they’d get, so as people left the production for higher-paying gigs, I kept getting promoted. It was an incredible experience, though, and the best education I could have asked for in terms of no-budget filmmaking. It clarified for me where money needed to go, and where money went out of habit.

So yeah, that’s a game plan…

Did the story of A GHOST WAITS come as a sudden flash; were you inspired by the likes of GHOST and BEETLEJUICE?

The idea for A Ghost Waits came from a video game and a web comic. I am not a gamer, but I was visiting some friends and they told me I needed to play a game called P.T. which was designed by Guillermo Del Toro and Hideo Kojima. It’s a first person puzzle game where you have to walk through an L-shaped hallway in a haunted house, doing specific things in time in order to open the door at the end of the hallway, which then puts you back at the beginning of the hallway.

At some point, it occurred to me that there might be a movie in someone like me having to deal with a haunted house. While I was working on that, I saw a Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic where a man asks a woman what she thinks is the most American film. She answers, “Ghostbusters,” and he asks why. She explains that people get demonstrable proof of an afterlife, but the whole thing is about growing a small business and navigating government bureaucracy. I thought, “That’s hilarious, and also I want to see that movie.” So I wrote it!

How long was the development process and where did you obtain financing?

Development on A Ghost Waits moved irresponsibly fast, haha. I had the idea in November 2015, and we shot in August 2016. Normally I have all the time in the world to write, since nobody cares about a spec script being written by a no-name, so the process of writing with so many eyes on me was equally exciting and daunting. Fun fact: I usually name characters and title the piece late in the process, but I wasn’t able to do that here since we needed to create documents for casting and whatnot. So I went home, opened up my Tom Waits discography, and named every character after a Tom Waits song. And then named the movie after him, because he is one of my creative north stars…

MacLeod and I had spent the previous year trying to get another movie made, but just weren’t able to raise enough money. One of the investors we met in that time remained very excited to make something, so when I had the idea for A Ghost Waits he immediately said he’d invest half the production budget. My Mom had told me to let her know when we had a firm budget number, so once we had half the budget, she invested the other half. That covered principal photography, and then MacLeod and I put in our own money to cover pickups and post-production.

How do you describe the movie, a supernatural comedy, a paranormal romance, what?

I’ve been referring to it as a haunted house love story, but paranormal romance is good – maybe I’ll start using that!

MacLeod Andrews & Natalie Walker in A GHOST WAITS

Was the choice to shoot in black-and-white more an artistic or budgetary consideration?

A bit of both, to be honest. I love the B&W aesthetic, so it was always a possibility in my mind, I mentioned my idea to my UPM during prep while we were on a location scout, and she told me not to do that. We shot in color with the intention of staying that way, but we also shot with two different cameras, the Blackmagic Ursa Mini and the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema, which yielded slightly different looks. I drove myself crazy trying to match the images in color-correction, and one day MacLeod said, “Have you thought about just making it B&W?” Because MacLeod is the best person ever. Once we put a B&W LUT on it, it felt right, tonally and aesthetically. Would we have gone with B&W even if we had more money? Who knows! Just another possibility for the pile…

When did you first meet MacLeod Andrews? He says you’ve wanted to make something together for years? So did you write the part of Jack with him in mind?

MacLeod and I met on the set of a film called Split, a bowling rom-com, which filmed in Louisville, KY. I met the filmmaker on a panel, and he asked if I’d be down to come work on his movie. MacLeod is a native of Louisville, and had worked with one of the producers on the film before. We instantly hit it off, and I was struck by his obvious talent and charisma so I sent him a script I’d recently written. He dug it, and we decided we wanted to work together.

I absolutely wrote the part of Jack for MacLeod. To the extent that if he’d said no, the movie would not exist. Fortunately our brains function on similarly weird frequencies, so we’re usually intrigued and excited by similar ideas.

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What about Natalie Walker? How did you come to cast her as Muriel?

I’d been following Natalie on Twitter for a while, and was impressed by her humor and brilliance. I had a feeling that casting her in a role that demanded she sublimate her energy would yield a similar result as when Robin Williams was asked to do the same for dramatic roles. I emailed and told her about the project, and offered to send over the script so she could check it out and see if it interested her. She responded that she was very interested, so we talked and she did a self-tape, which was perfect. We hopped on FaceTime and I offered her the role.

The chemistry between MacLeod and Natalie is wonderful. Was that instant or did it need nurturing?

Instant! We never even had a table read, much less any rehearsals, so the first time they met was on set. Since we had such a small crew, I was always doing a multitude of jobs, which limited how much time I was able to spend with them. A lot of their dynamic is due to the work they did on their own. It is my profound hope that the three of us are able to work together again.

Where did you film and for how long?

We filmed in Cincinnati, OH, and Lakeside Park, KY. Principle photography was 12 days in August 2016, and then we did the first set of pickups over four days in April 2017 and the last set over a week in February 2018.

What does having the World Premiere at FrightFest Glasgow mean to you?

Cesar A. Cruz once said, “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” At my lowest, movies have made me feel less alone, and I wanted to make something that could do that for someone else. We made a small, personal, weird film, and it means the absolute world to know it means something to others and is finding its place in the world. Absolutely thrilled FrightFest get to show it first”.

Finally, what’s next for you?

We’re working with a couple producers on two films, which we’re obviously hoping to make soon. One is an existential horror drama, and the other is a coming-of-age comedy-drama. In the meantime, just writing a few things and hoping for the best.

A GHOST WAITS is showing at the Glasgow Film Theatre on Friday 6 March, 8.40pm, as part of Arrow Video FrightFest Glasgow 2020

Tickets: https://glasgowfilm.org/glasgow-film-festival/shows/frightfest

5th February 2020

Downton Abbey: The Movie Beats Joker To Number 1

Downton Abbey: The Movie has a right royal knees-up on the Official Film Chart this week as it jumps to Number 1 with the biggest sales of 2020 so far.

Outselling the rest of the Top 5 combined with over 240,000 sales – 96% of which are on physical formats, and the largest physical sales in one week since Avengers: Endgame in September 2019 – Downton Abbey denies Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker a Number 1 debut.

In a week of great performances, Joker enjoys a monumental week on digital formats, racking up 140,500 downloads – the third-largest opening week on digital since records began in 2017.

In Joker, which is nominated for eleven Academy Awards this year, we meet troubled comedian Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), who falls into a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime amid the streets of Gotham – bringing him into the world of his alter-ego The Joker.

Meanwhile, Ad Astra rockets nine places to Number 3 following its release on DVD and Blu-ray, while last week’s chart topper Rambo: Last Blood drops to Number 4 and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood falls to 5.

Rocketman holds on at Number 6, and It: Chapter Two tumbles three places to Number 7.

Judy Garland bio-pic, Judy starring Renée Zellweger makes its Top 10 debut, zooming 15 spots to Number 8, just ahead of Hustlers (9) and Angel Has Fallen, re-entering at Number 10.

This week’s Official Film Chart features an exclusive clip of A Shaun The Sheep Move: Farmageddon, available to Download & Keep from February 10.

The Official Film Chart Top 10 – 22^nd January 2020

LW	Pos	Title	Label
3	1	DOWNTON ABBEY – THE MOVIE	UNIVERSAL PICTURES
NEW	2	JOKER	WARNER HOME VIDEO
12	3	AD ASTRA	20TH CENTURY FOX HE
1	4	RAMBO – LAST BLOOD	LIONSGATE
2	5	ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD	SONY PICTURES HE
6	6	ROCKETMAN	PARAMOUNT
4	7	IT – CHAPTER TWO	WARNER HOME VIDEO
23	8	JUDY	PATHE
7	9	HUSTLERS	SONY PICTURES HE
14	10	ANGEL HAS FALLEN	LIONSGATE

VIEW THE FULL TOP 40 – https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/film-chart/

5th February 2020

Judy Garland’s London: Then And Now

Judy Garland’s London: Then And Now. Judy Garland’s star has been lit up again, thanks to Renée Zellwegger’s mesmerising performance as the legendary singer in the hit film Judy. Zellwegger is a favourite to win the Best Actress Oscar and a BAFTA, having already scooped up a coveted Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and a Critics Choice award.

While she storms the awards, here’s a look at how Garland blazed a trail through London in the winter of 1968. The city, at the end of the Swinging Sixties, was a glamorous, fabulous place – a hedonistic playground for celebrities, and a stylish music and fashion capital.

“I love this whole town!” says Garland in film, which perfectly captures the razzle dazzle and excitement of the city, as the down on her luck star performs a series of sold out shows, and sees her star rise again, albeit with a few wobbles.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

The Brits were mad about Judy Garland’s life – at the end of the Sixties, when she could barely get any bookings in the US, she was offered big money to perform at the Talk of the Town in London. Called The Hippodrome when it opened in 1900, on Charing Cross Road in the heart of the city, this beautiful building held spectacular circus and variety shows, including aquatic spectaculars in a 100,000 gallon water tank.

In 1958, as the popularity of variety shows waned, the venue was remodelled as a nightclub, and renamed The Talk of the Town, attracting singers of the calibre of Frank Sinatra, The Jacksons, Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross. It was here that Garland performed in 1968 – there is a plaque commemorating her as ‘the greatest entertainer who ever lived’, at the venue.

“This building is still special,” says Rosayln Wilder, Garland’s PA during her shows in 1968. Wilder (played by Jessie Buckley in the film), often had to coax the nervous superstar onto the stage to perform. “Talk of the Town was an incredible venue,” Wilder says, “it was a lifestyle”. In 1983 it became the Hippodrome again, a fantastically popular nightclub throughout that decade and the 1990s. More recently it has been rebranded as a casino.

The Hippodrome

THE GORE HOTEL

In Judy, on arriving in London, Garland receives a warm welcome at her hotel, and declares ‘I just adore London, my home away from home’. She says how comforting it is that the hotel, and London, didn’t seem to change. Garland often stayed at The Gore Hotel in Kensington, an elegant, ornate residence that opened in 1892. The hotel now has a Judy Garland suite, which contains her own bed, donated to the hotel in gratitude for a long stay she spent there. It also contains the red slippers from The Wizard of Oz.

The Gore Hotel

THE PALLADIUM

In 1969, it was Judy Garland’s show (from The Beatles, among others), at a charity concert at The Palladium, the famous London venue located off Oxford Street. According to the New York Times, she brought the house down with her rendition of ‘Over the Rainbow’.

The Palladium

The audience reaction was so rapturous that the final act – Shirley Bassey – had to be cancelled! Appropriately, another iconic singer, Madonna, will soon be performing at the venue.

THE DOMINION

The Dominion

The Dominion Theatre, on Tottenham Court Road, was the venue Garland performed at the most in London, often doing four week engagements in the near 3000 seat auditorium. The Dominion is still going strong, currently home to the box office smash musical Prince of Egypt.

SOHO

Soho

In one of the film’s most moving scenes, Judy walks through the streets of Soho, near to the Talk of the Town – while she is lonely and distraught, the sound of rowdy and jubilant drinkers can be heard in the background. In the Sixties, Soho was the epicentre of London’s offbeat, artistic, outsider nightlife, packed with jazz bars, private clubs and crammed pubs – Judy would have fitted right in there. Although a lot of places that made Soho famous have gone, the area still feels apart from the rest of the city, retaining the spirit of the unconventional and unpredictable.

QUAGLINO’S

In 1969, Garland got married for the fifth time, to American musician Mickey Deans (played in the film by Finn Wittrock). They celebrated at Quaglino’s, in St James’s. The restaurant, opened in 1929 by Giovanni Quaglino, fast became a favourite hangout for the rich and famous, royalty and politicians – over the years, The Queen and Prince Philip, Barbara Cartland, Angelina Jolie, and Princess Diana have eaten there. Still running – and still a place to spot a star – it is a big, lavish location with live music, cocktails, champers and oysters.

Quaglino’s

HARRODS

The world famous London department store, Harrods, in Knightsbridge, sells just about anything and everything in its 330 departments, and was a favourite haunt of the singer (a letter from the shop requests payment of an outstanding bill in 1963). In 2003, the ruby red slippers, covered in over 600 rubies, that she wore in The Wizard of Oz, valued at £1million, went on display in a bulletproof case in the shop.

Harrods

CADOGAN LANE

After her triumphant shows in London, Garland decided to move to London with her new husband, and lived at a pretty mews house, 4 Cadogan Lane, in swish Belgravia. Sadly she died there in the summer of 1969. The house is currently being demolished and replaced with a luxury home, complete with an underground swimming pool, fit, ironically, for a Hollywood star. Sadly this means that a blue plaque won’t be erected on the site, to commemorate Garland living on the street, as English Heritage regulations stipulate the plaques must be on the original building. Fans have erected a small memorial on the building site instead.

Cadogan Lane

JUDY is available now on digital download, Blu-ray, and DVD from Pathe Productions.

2nd February 2020
Palindrome Edition: Bits & Pieces

Palindrome Edition: Bits & Pieces – From writer/director Harley Wallen, and featuring genre icons Laurene Landon (Maniac Cop) and Yan Birch (The People Under The Stairs), Agramon’s Gate premieres On Demand February 11. A psychic reader and Medium is invited to a party. Something goes very wrong and something comes over from the other side to haunt the people from the party. They must solve the mystery before it’s too late. Agramon will not be easy to stop.

Martin Gooch’s award-winning sci-fi epic Atomic Apocalypse premieres On Demand and Disc this February from High Octane Pictures. Described by critics as both an “absolute joy” (CNN) and “eccentric & effervescent” (Projected Figures), the electrifying film is set a post-apocalyptic world where a woman fights to survive and be reunited with her family.

In 1938, Philippine President Manuel Quezon, future U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower, and several other notable figures set out to rescue Jewish refugees from the ghettos of Germany and Austria. What seems within their power at first, turns out to be fraught with astronomical obstacles. On top of this, Quezon must battle a relapse of tuberculosis. In his final days, Quezon asks the question “Could I have done more?” before recollecting one of the least known, but most uplifting stories in Philippine history.

Arrow Films is thrilled to announce that it will release critically acclaimed feature DANIEL ISN’T REAL, directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer (Some Kind of Hate) and starring Patrick Schwarzenegger (Midnight Sun, Stuck in Love), Miles Robbins (Let It Snow, The Day Shall Come), Sasha Lane (American Honey, Hearts Beat Loud, Hellboy: Rise Of The Blood Queen), Hannah Marks (After Everything, Banana Split) and Mary Stuart Masterson (Skin, Fried Green Tomatoes, Some Kind of Wonderful), in UK cinemas from 7th February 2020.

UNDERWATER is directed by William Eubank (The Signal) and stars Kristen Stewart (Charlie’s Angels, The Twilight Series) alongside T.J. Miller (HBO’s Silicon Valley), Vincent Cassel (Black Swan, La Haine), John Gallagher Jr. (10 Cloverfield Lane), Jessica Henwick (Netflix’s Iron First), Mamoudou Athie (Netflix’s The Get Down) and Gunner Wright (J. Edgar). The film is produced by Peter Chernin (War For the Planet of The Apes), Tonia Davis (The Greatest Showman), Kevin Halloran (Le Mans ’66) and Jenno Topping (Red Sparrow) with a screenplay by Brian Duffield (Insurgent) and Adam Cozad (The Legend of Tarzan).

The life of a professional hockey player was not always a glamorous one. For legendary goaltender Terry Sawchuk, each save means one more gash to his unmasked face and one more drink to numb the pain. Even with a wife and seven children at home, he is haunted by the void left from his childhood which he tried to fill with cheering crowds. Sawchuk traveled across the country racking up 103 shutouts and 400 stitches to his face, proving that this is a man who lives, breathes, and dies a goalie.

In a single, fully-stocked hotel room on the night of the 2016 general election, two Trump supporters celebrate the unexpected results, in the latest from indie provocateur Onur Tukel. As the night rages on, an ensemble of characters venture in and out of the room. Some match the two’s enthusiasm while others voice their terror at the prospect of the incoming President, but most struggle to find reasons to care less about the results causing the debauched celebration around them. Led by Dylan Baker’s gleefully deranged performance, Tukel’s tongue-in-cheek exploration of a divided America digs deep into the night’s mass existential crisis and uncovers some disquieting truths.

In the Line of Duty finds disgraced cop Frank Penny (Aaron Eckhart) on a rogue mission of redemption to find the Chief of Police’s abducted daughter. Trapped in a box that’s slowly filling with water, time is running out for the innocent captive, and Frank’s chances of rescuing her is quickly ebbing away… With the girl’s chances of survival already slim, Penny makes a fatal mistake and kills the twisted abductor, eliminating their only lead as to the girl’s whereabouts. Now joined by ambitious reporter Ava (Courtney Eaton) who is live streaming the search, all hell breaks loose when the dead abductor’s brother (Ben McKenzie) arrives on the scene with a bloody thirst for revenge…

Carly and Rina, a lesbian couple on the verge of breaking up, are down on their luck and forced to move in to a motel. But mending their relationship is put on hold when a pandemic disease that causes insatiable hunger ravages the world around them. Battling depression and a ravenous horde of flesh-eating zombies, they try to survive the apocalypse armed with only a video camera and a quickly dwindling supply of weapons. Love is never an easy road, and when they are forced to band together like never before, will it be enough to save them?

Primetime Emmy nominee Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story) and legendary action stars Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop, Black Hawk Down), Vernon Wells (Weird Science, The Road Warrior), Mel Novak (Bruce Lee’s Game of Death, An Eye for An Eye opposite Chuck Norris) and rising star Harley Wallen (Eternal Code, Abstruse) star in ThunderKnight Entertainment LTD and AEC Studios’ indie horror drama film, The Initiation as profiled in Deadline Hollywood.

Boasting some of his most disturbing images, Jodorowsky’s stunning feature-length debut, FANDO Y LIS, is an extraordinarily ambitious and intense adaptation of a controversial play by Fernando Arrabal. A bizarre tale of corrupted innocence and tortured love rendered in searing, high-contrast black and white, FANDO Y LIS incited a full-scale riot when it was first screened at the 1968 Acapulco film festival. Film4 said the film ‘leaves Fellini and Buñuel spluttering in its dust’.

Summer 2020 is the time for F9, the ninth chapter in the saga that has endured for almost two decades and has earned more than $5 billion around the world. Vin Diesel’s Dom Toretto is leading a quiet life off the grid with Letty and his son, little Brian, but they know that danger always lurks just over their peaceful horizon. This time, that threat will force Dom to confront the sins of his past if he’s going to save those he loves most. His crew joins together to stop a world-shattering plot led by the most skilled assassin and high-performance driver they’ve ever encountered: a man who also happens to be Dom’s forsaken brother, Jakob (John Cena, next year’s The Suicide Squad).

2nd February 2020
Multi Talented Celebs

Judy, starring multi-talented award winner Renée Zellweger, is released on digital download 25th January and DVD and Blu-ray 3rd February. Renée’s performance as the iconic Judy Garland has already garnered countless awards including her recent Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and the Critics Choice Award wins for ‘Best Actress’, as well as BAFTA and Academy Award® nominations at this year’s ceremonies.

As an Multi Talented actress, she isn’t afraid to do homework when it comes to developing a character such as working with vocal coaches in the case of Judy, showing her singing and dancing skills in Chicago, and even working for a month in a London Publishing Company’s office to help her become Bridget Jones.

She is indeed multi-talented and to celebrate the home entertainment release, this feature will take a look at other celebs who have hidden talents.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Renée Zellweger’s Chicago co-star Catherine Zeta-Jones began her career as a 14-year-old winning a local talent show in Wales, leading to the actress starring role in a London production of The Pyjama Game and then countless roles in hit TV Shows & Movies working with the likes of Sean Connery, Antonio Bandaras plus her husband of twenty years Michael Douglas. She really wowed audiences with her singing and dancing talents portraying ‘Velma Kelly’ in the hit film Chicago where she won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

Catherine Zeta-Jones

When she isn’t working, she supports various charities and causes, and in 2010, she was appointed ‘Commander of the Order of the British Empire’ (CBE) for her film and humanitarian endeavours.

Jennifer Hudson

The path to stardom for fellow Hollywood actress Jennifer Hudson began after auditioning for talent show American Idol in 2004 which she ultimately won. This lead to a Best Supporting Actress Oscar as Effie White in 2006’s Dreamgirls. In her movie debut, she beat 782 other performers to the role in the film, which she co-stars alongside, Beyonce, Jamie Foxx and Eddie Murphy and is based on the Tom Eyan written Broadway production.

Jennifer Hudson

Dreamgirls was a springboard for Ms Hudson who’s next role is Respect where she plays the legendary Aretha Franklin. She can also add New York Times best-selling author for her 2012 memoir “I Got This: How I Changed My Ways, Found Myself And Lost Everything That Weighed Me Down”.

Jennifer Lopez

Jennifer Lopez recently gained critical attention for her performance in the 2019 film Hustlers. Inspired by a New York Magazine article Jennifer Lopez began her career as a backing dancer for Janet Jackson in her music videos and concert tours before becoming not only a singer (selling 80 million records worldwide) but as a multi-award-winning actress, producer and businesswoman.

Geena Davis

American actress and activist. Davis has received numerous accolades for her acting work in both film and television and is noted for her portrayals of strong and authentic female characters as well as her involvement in advocacy for women in the industry.

Geena Davis

In July 1999, Davis was one of 300 women who vied for a semifinals berth in the U.S. Olympic archery team to participate in the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. She placed 24th and did not qualify for the team, but participated as a wild-card entry in the Sydney International Golden Arrow competition. In August 1999 Davis stated that she was not an athlete growing up and that her introduction to archery was in 1997, two years before her tryouts.

Jamie Foxx

Foxx does it all – an actor, singer, comedian, presenter, and producer. He became widely known for his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film Ray, for which he won the Academy Award, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics’ Choice Movie Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

Jamie Foxx

That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film Collateral. Foxx also starred in the sketch comedy show In Living Color and his own television sitcom The Jamie Foxx Show (1996–2001). In addition, Foxx is also a Grammy Award-winning musician, producing four albums, which have charted in the top ten of the U.S. Billboard 200.

Harrison Ford

American actor, aviator, and environmental activist. Ford gained worldwide fame for his starring role as Han Solo in the Star Wars Trilogy (1977–1983), reprising the role in the sequel trilogy. Ford is also widely known for his portrayal of Indiana Jones in the Indiana Jones franchise.

Before his career took flight, he found other ways to spend his time – as a licensed pilot, and owns an 800-acre (320-hectare) ranch in Jackson, Wyoming, approximately half of which he has donated as a nature reserve. On several occasions, Ford has personally provided emergency helicopter services at the request of local authorities, in one instance rescuing a hiker overcome by dehydration.

JUDY is available now on digital download, Blu-ray, and DVD from Pathe Productions.

1st February 2020