Tuesday February 9, 2010 5:37 AM MST

Park City, Utah:

White Lightnin

Director(s):
Dominic Murphy
Screenwriter(s):
Shane Smith, Eddy Moretti
Producers:
Mike Downey, Sam Taylor
Coproducers:
Eddy Moretti, Shane Smith, Suza Horvat, Igor A. Nola, Robert Bevan, Samantha Horley
Cinematographer:
Tim Maurice-Jones
Editor:
Sam Sneade
Production Designer:
Ivo Hušnjak
Costume Designer:
Blanka Budak

White Lightnin'

International Narrative Feature Films
United Kingdom,  2008, 84 mins., color

Some people spend their whole lives running from who they really are, but Jesco White (Edward Hogg) uses tap dancing to keep his demons at bay. At the tender age of six, he started getting high by huffing gasoline and stolen lighter fluid. Growing up, Jesco often found himself shuffling between reform schools, work camps, and his home in West Virginia—until his father, famous mountain dancer D. Ray White, taught him how to tap. After his father's murder, Jesco begins to dance to control his increasingly wicked ways. Wearing his late father's tap shoes, he takes his show on the road, where he meets Cilla (Carrie Fisher), the love of his life. Sadly, Jesco's troubled past doesn't stay gone for long, and we are forced to bear witness to the dual powers of revenge and redemption, and the bone-chilling lengths that he will go to have both. White Lightnin' is a phantasmagoric tumble into the dark corners of artistic genius, addiction, and insanity that is set to an aptly kinky soundtrack. Inspired by the life of Jesco White, ""the dancing outlaw,"" director Dominic Murphy creates a cleverly stylized portrait that is nothing short of sensational.
CAST
Edward Hogg, Carrie Fisher, Muse Watson, Owen Campbell
Dominic Murphy - Dominic Murphy went to work immediately after film school, and spent eight years directing a wide range of material for television, including documentaries, arts programs, and short dramas, developing a signature style in performance-driven filmmaking. In 1997 Murphy moved into commercials. His early campaigns won multiple awards, and his more recent work, including his latest "Jackknife" spot for Land Rover's Freelander, is notable for combining cinematic visuals with characterization and performance rarely seen in commercials. White Lightnin' is his first feature film.
Screenings:

Mon. Jan 19 11:59 p.m. - WHITE19EL Egyptian Theatre, Park City
Wed. Jan 21 5:30 p.m. - WHITE213E Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City
Fri. Jan 23 9:30 p.m. - WHITE23DN Redstone Cinemas, Kimball Junction
Sat. Jan 24 11:59 p.m. - WHITE24BL Broadway Centre Cinemas VI, SLC