Redwood Highway (film) explained

Redwood Highway
Director:Gary Lundgren
Producer:James Twyman
Starring:Shirley Knight
James LeGros
Zena Grey
Michelle Lombardo
Sam Daly
Tom Skerritt
Cinematography:Patrick Neary
Editing:Gary Lundgren
Studio:Redwood Highway
Distributor:Monterey Media
Country:United States
Language:English
Gross:$131,698[1]

Redwood Highway is a 2013 American independent drama film directed by Gary Lundgren, produced by James Twyman, and written by Lundgren and Twyman. The film stars Shirley Knight and Tom Skerritt.

Plot

Living in a comfortable retirement community in southern Oregon, estranged from her family, unsatisfied with her surroundings, and generally not happy about life, Marie (Shirley Knight) decides to journey 60 miles on foot to the coast of Oregon to see the ocean for the first time in 45 years and attend her granddaughter's wedding as an unexpected guest. Along the way, she meets an extraordinary cast of characters and discovers that you're never too old to learn something about life and about yourself.[2]

Cast

Production

Redwood Highway was filmed in numerous locations throughout southern Oregon, including Ashland, Talent, Phoenix, Grants Pass, Cave Junction, and Brookings. The filmmakers and most of the crew members involved are from southern Oregon.[3]

Release

In October 2013, Monterey Media bought the United States distribution rights and will release the film in the United States and Canada.[4] The film will be released in theaters in the United States and Canada in April 2014.[4]

Festivals

Redwood Highway was selected to screen at the following film festivals:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Box Office Mojo. Redwood Highway.
  2. Web site: Redwood Highway. The Numbers. 8 January 2014.
  3. Web site: Movie Filming In Rogue Valley. kdrv.com. 2 November 2012. 6 November 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131021214440/http://www.kdrv.com/redwood-highway-filming-in-rogue-valley/. 21 October 2013.
  4. Web site: Monterey Media Acquires Three Films, Including Works Starring Gerard Depardieu and Harvey Keitel. indiewire.com. 17 October 2013. 6 November 2013.
  5. Web site: Redwood Highway Feature. Ashland Independent Film Festival. ashlandfilm.org. 6 November 2013.
  6. Web site: 7th RAINIER INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL LINE-UP. Mt Rainier Film Festival. rainierfilmfest.com. 6 November 2013.
  7. Web site: Local Sightings Film Festival 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130911233448/http://www.nwfilmforum.org/live/page/series/2842 . 11 September 2013 . Northwest Film Forum . Local Sightings Film Festival . 7 November 2013 . live .
  8. Web site: Tacoma Film Festival Drama. Tacoma Film Festival. tacomafilmfestival.com. 7 November 2013. dead. https://archive.today/20131107161802/http://www.tacomafilmfestival.com/tag/drama/page/2/. 7 November 2013.
  9. Web site: Interactive Schedule. sedonafilmfestival.org. sedonafilmfestival.org. 13 Feb 2014.