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Twilight's Gil Birmingham Joins Crooked Arrows Cast
By StudentFilmmakers.com Staff
posted Jul 22, 2011, 10:18
Gil Birmingham, known for his role as Billy Black in the Twilight Saga films, will join Superman Returns' Brandon Routh in the film Crooked Arrows,...
(Los Angeles, CA) Gil Birmingham, known for his role as Billy Black in the
Twilight Saga films, will join Superman Returns' Brandon Routh in the film Crooked
Arrows, a story about a Native American high School Lacrosse team forced to
compete against a better equipped and trained local prep school team. Birmingham
will play the tribal chairman and father of the entrepreneurial son played by
Routh.
The film centers on Joe Logan (Routh), a 30-year-old mixed-blood Native American,
who wants to modernize the reservation but must first prove himself to his father
(Birmingham), a traditionalist tribal chairman, by rediscovering his spirit.
Joe postpones his casino-building dreams to coach the fledging Native American
lacrosse team against the prep school in which he used to star. As a result,
Joe inspires the Native American youth and teaches them the true meaning of
tribal pride. The sport of Lacrosse dates back to the northeastern Native American
tribes in the 1100s.
“The intense relationship between the father and son and the conflict
between modern ways and tradition is what appealed to me most in Crooked Arrows,”
said Birmingham, who is part Comanche. “Wrapped in a movie about a sports
competition is the human element of a man and his son trying to find their way
in a sometimes confusing world.”
Producers on Crooked Arrows are J. Todd Harris and Mitchell Peck. Steve Rash,
known for The Buddy Holly Story and Can’t Buy Me Love, will direct. Reebok
is the film’s athletic corporate sponsor. Crooked Arrows is scheduled
to start filming in Boston, MA in August.
Birmingham recently wrapped up filming Breaking Dawn, the fourth movie in the
blockbuster hit Twilight Saga, and Shouting Secrets, a film with Twilight co-star
Chaske Spenser. In theaters, Birmingham starred in the animated film Rango with
Johnny Depp and The Love Ranch with Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci that opened in
theaters earlier this year.
Resources:
www.gilbirmingham.com
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