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River's End
Hoboken Hollow
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For Immediate Release
Feb. 1, 2007
PUMPJACK ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES
TEXAS-MADE HORROR/THRILLER & FAMILY/ADVENTURE FILMS
2 Movies Showcase Talents of Texas Storyteller Glen Stephens
Austin, TX — Texas-based Pumpjack Entertainment will release in theaters in February two feature films, the horror/thriller “Hoboken Hollow” and the family/adventure “River’s End.” Both star newcomer and veteran actors of the large and small screens; both were shot in remote parts of Central and West Texas; and both stories came from the heart and mind of storyteller Glen Stephens.
The delightfully gore-filled “Hoboken Hollow” is set for theatrical release February 2 in Austin at the Galaxy Theatres Highland 10 (Hwy. 1-35 & Middle Fiskville Road). Daily show times are 11:15 a.m. and 1:15, 3:15, 5:25, 7:25, 9:30 and 11:30 p.m.
For tickets: http://www.ticketmakers.com/tmSched2.dll/zipsearch
The DVD of “Hoboken Hollow will be available in April at one of the nation’s largest retailers.
In the horror/thriller — loosely based on real news accounts — a recently returned veteran struggling with war’s emotional shrapnel and drifting through Texas must fight for his life when he accepts a ride and a job at a West Texas ranch where workers are held captive by the vicious family who runs it.
Written and directed by Stephens, the cast includes C. Thomas Howell (“E.T.,” “Red Dawn,” “Gods and Generals”), Mark Holton (“A League of Their Own,” “Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure,” “Leprechaun”), Michael Madsen (“Thelma & Louise,” “Reservoir Dogs”) and Dedee Pfeiffer (“Falling Down,” TV’s “CSI”) as well as actor-director Jason Connery (“U.K. TV’s “Robin Hood of Sherwood,” “Hotel Paradiso”), actor-director Dennis Hopper and actor-producer-director Robert Carradine. The film was shot entirely in and around the tiny Texas town of Menard, the hometown of Molding Clay Productions.
“River’s End,” the heartfelt family action-drama, is set for theatrical release in Fort Worth in February; the DVD will be available for nationwide retail February 20. The movie is the classic story of an angry teenager who is put back on the right path by his grandfather and a quest through the beauty of the humbling wilderness. The film won a Gold Remi at the 2005 WorldFest International Film Festival in Houston.
Sam Huntington, the star of the recent “Superman Returns” and the upcoming “Fanboys,” plays the bitter young man haunted by the death of his father who can’t stay out of trouble, and Barry Corbin, star of TV’s “One Tree Hill” and “Northern Exposure,” plays the local sheriff dealing with crooks on the border who forces his grandson to choose between going to jail or successfully navigating by canoe 60 miles of the rugged and perilous Pecos River.
Written by Stephens and co-directed by Stephens and actor-director-writer William Katt (“Carrie”), the film also stars Caroline Goodall (“Schindler’s List”), Charles Durning (“The Sting,” “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas”), Clint Howard (“Cinderella Man,” “My Dog Skip”), Charlie Robinson, Amanda Brooks, Greg Evigan, Rudolf Martin and Greg Siff.
Menard, Texas-based Molding Clay Productions was formed in 2004 to produce “River’s End” by screenwriter and Menard resident Glen Stephens with key investments from executive producers Gerald Bertling, Menard-based Texas CJ Investments and Stephens. The young production company then pulled together the money to make “Hoboken Hollow.” Pumpjack Entertainment was formed last year to distribute the films.
For Stephens, who was raised on a small country farm in Southeast Texas, it was the combination of imagination, a knack for storytelling and a rich variety of experiences that led him to screenwriting. Work as a master electrician, soldier, missionary pastor, rancher, farmer and real estate developer — as well as experience as a brother, husband and father — provided abundant writing material and a solid foundation on which to build stories. So does his love of athletics, hunting and fishing.
Stephens has written 18 widely varied screenplays and four motion pictures (including “Hoboken Hollow” and “River’s End”). He knew early on that for control, he would have to enter the rough-and-tumble world of independent film production, so he also has produced and directed. He has been a free-lance writer for 20 years and recently published his first novel, “Amarillo by Morning.”
For more information, www.moldingclayproductions.com, www.hobokenhollow.com and
www.riversendmovie.com
Interview times are available as well as press kits and screeners for both feature films.
Contact:
McGuckin Entertainment PR
Jill McGuckin, 512.217.9404; jill@mcguckinpr.com
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