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White Lightnin'

United Kingdom

2009

92 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
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DIR Dominic Murphy

PROD Mike Downey, Sam Taylor

SCR Eddy Moretti, Shane Smith

DP Tim Maurice-Jones

CAST Edward Hogg, Carrie Fisher, Stephanie Astalos-Jones, Kirk Bovill, Owen Campbell

ED Sam Sneade

Sundance, Berlinale, Edinburgh

Synopsis

Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, “the dancing outlaw”. As a boy Jesco was in and out of reform school and the insane asylum. To keep him out of trouble, his daddy D-Ray taught him the art of mountain dancing, a frenzied version of tap dancing to wild country banjo music. After his father’s death, crazy Jesco dons his father’s tap shoes and takes his show on the road. —IMDb

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Westley

8Mar12

Sort of reminded me of the film Bronson --except with hillbillies! This is a crazy, crazy movie. The finale is nightmarishly good.

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ΞRIC B∆D TASTΞ

9Sep11

a very crazy, violent & emotional movie about a lonely & depraved kid/young man..! this film is very weird & also totally thrilling the whole time - great acting work !!! and the chili blow-job was pretty funny..!

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Karmacoma

18Apr11

a moving, thrilling, artful, violent, rude, poetical, stunning film

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Over the Top: 'White Lightnin''

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
From the Over the Top Fest website Written by Vice Magazine co-founders, Shane Smith and Eddy Moretti, White Lightnin’ tells the story of Jesco White, ‘The Dancing Outlaw’. Jesco (Edward Hogg) is the last
→ read on Twitchfilm.com

Sitges 09: WHITE LIGHTNIN' Review

By Twitchfilm.com on May 17, 2011
[Our thanks to Olivier D’Amour who submitted this review when the film screened at the 2009 Fantasia Festival in Montreal.] The festival has only just started and we’ve already been treated to many fine
→ read on Twitchfilm.com

Over the Top: 'White Lightnin''

By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
From the Over the Top Fest website Written by Vice Magazine co-founders, Shane Smith and Eddy Moretti, White Lightnin’ tells the story of Jesco White, ‘The Dancing Outlaw’. Jesco (Edward Hogg) is the last
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

Sitges 09: WHITE LIGHTNIN' Review

By Twitchfilm.net on July 17, 2010
[Our thanks to Olivier D’Amour who submitted this review when the film screened at the 2009 Fantasia Festival in Montreal.] The festival has only just started and we’ve already been treated to many fine
→ read on Twitchfilm.net

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Incandescente dérive

By hubertg​uillaud on February 19, 2012

Le film de Dominic Murphy est impitoyablement dur. Dans cette Amérique pauvre des Appalaches, les couleurs pâles du film avivent la crasse, la misère et la détresse psychologique d’un modèle américain…  read review

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