A while ago I wrote about Robert Redford’s upcoming film about Mary Surratt, one of the more controversial players in the Lincoln assassination. Robin Wright Penn is cast as Surratt and James McAvoy will play her attorney. Film director Chris King contacted me after reading my short piece about Redford’s planned film. King had just finished his own film about Mrs. Surratt. When he told me about his film I was intrigued, even more so after seeing a clip on his Watermark films website. Chris King is an award winning, Emmy nominated writer/producer/director. His independent feature, Touching Down, did very well on the festival circuit winning awards and receiving a great deal of praise. He’s also directed four short films. The Killing of Mary Surratt is his latest, written with his wife Heather and directed for his own Watermark Films. After King contacted me about his film, I...
- 10/18/2009
- by Robin Ruinsky
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
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