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From:
Dr. Herb Williams -- Writer, Director,
Producer
FULL MOON OVER HICKORY
Logline: When three sisters, Rachel,
Lu and Sarah, connected by love and
their profession as nurturing nurses
are held captive by thugs, whose interstate
drug deal has gone bad, they must
learn new ways of dealing with death
and mayhem to save themselves and
Lu's children. It is a painful story
of lessons learned the hard way.
“FULL MOON OVER HICKORY”
is my first feature production. I
started writing about 3 years ago.
I have several screenplays in various
stages of development. “Full
Moon Over Hickory” is the first
I have completed. I tried to sell
it to Hollywood, but they are inundated
with over 4000 offers a year and produce
only 400 films. The odds are not good.
So, after 6 months, 100 letters and
only one request for the script to
be sent and no follow-up from that
one request, I decided I'm too old
to spend 10 years building a writing
career, so why bother when I can build
a directing and producing career in
one or two years (with a little luck).
So I called Janie at Images. She was
interested in reading the script and
after she read it, she agreed to cast
it. And I'm so glad she did.
We have a great cast, and I think
we'll have a meaningful movie. Several
scenes have brought tears to more
than a few eyes, there's also a few
laughs, not many but a few, and lots
of tension. Movie making and acting
are about emotions and story. You
have to tell an interesting story
and it must connect on a personal
level. People watch movies for many
reasons, from simple escape from a
humdrum week, to an adrenaline rush,
to the deeper exploration of the human
psyche. “Full Moon Over Hickory”
does not portend to be everything
to everybody, but we do have a little
something for most adults. This movie
is not intended for young viewers.
This has been a learning experience.
It’s been fun at times and hell
at times. From a sore back, to a sore
leg from a fall on a stomp, to frayed
nerves from trying to coordinate the
schedules of 53 people to special
effects gone haywire to interpersonal
conflicts, we’ve run the full
gamut. It’s been worth it, and
I will do it again. Not sure all the
cast feel the same but next time I’ll
write fewer roles, one of those important
lessons.
You can learn more about this project
and see pix of the cast by visiting
our website www.fullmoonoverhickory.com |
