So we just caught word of a promising new Alaskan set thriller called GODSPEED, from director Robert Saitzyk. Since the project isn’t as high profile as some (where each new cast member warrants its own story), we’ve got everything you need to know about the movie in one neat little package below. We’ve got the plot, poster, trailer…even theatrical and DVD release dates. Let’s get this party started!
Co-written with Saitzyk by Cory Knauf and Joseph McKelheer, GODSPEED is an intense, dramatic thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun. Charlie Shepard (Joseph McKelheer, THE HAMILTONS) is a modern day faith healer, a man who claims that if you let go and believe, then his power to heal is very real indeed. Living hand-to-mouth with his young son and wife Rebecca (Jessie Ward, REST STOP: DON’T LOOK BACK), Charlie ekes out a meager living from his “healing” sessions in a small Alaskan town. With his marriage failing, and an old drinking habit coming back to haunt him, his family is brutally murdered by unknown assailants for seemingly no reason whatsoever.
Six months later, Charlie has abandoned his former life and the house his family lived in, moving through the days’ slow existence more like a ghost than a man. Even local fish and game man Mitch (veteran actor Ed Lauter, THE LONGEST YARD, SEABISCUIT) can’t seem to break through Charlie’s intense desolation, further arousing his own curiosity with this broken man’s plight.
Then, a young, mysterious girl named Sarah (Courtney Halverson) appears in town, and seeks out Charlie, pleading for help with her own grief-stricken father after her mother’s death. It’s here on Charlie’s journey to Sarah’s remote home, buried deep in the Alaskan wilderness, where he must eventually confront Sarah’s troubled brother Luke (Cory Knauf, THE HAMILTONS) — a dark journey that will ultimately reveal the truth of his family’s killings and lead to tragic, violent consequences for all.
Like I said, promising right? Not feeling it? Maybe the trailer will change your mind. Not only is it expertly crafted, the shite boasts more laudatory quotes than an end of year awards contender. Oh wait, this actually won Special Jury Award the 2009 CineVegas Film Festival? Well there ya go!
Before the flick lands on DVD and VOD on April 20th (big up to all you blazers!), GODSPEED will screen theatrically in three select cities:
March 26th, at the Cinema Village in New York
April 9th, at the Laemmle’s 5 in Los Angeles
April 16th, at the Bear Tooth Theater in Anchorage, Alaska.
To plumb all things GODSPEED, head on over to the Official Site for the film, as well as the official Facebook and Twitter pages.
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