The major movie debut country star Lee Ann Womack feared she'd never see has just wrapped after surviving three hurricanes.
Production on drama Noble Things, which stars the glamorous I Hope You Dance singer as an almost unrecognisable dowdy police deputy, was shut down twice in 2005 - by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - and first-time filmmaker Brett Moses had to rush to complete shooting before Hurricane Gustav hit last week (ends05Sep08).
A movie spokeswoman says, "The production offices were just evacuated again for Hurricane Gustav."
But the labour of love, which stars Moses as a washed-up country star going home to fix problems from his past, was wrapped and sent off to America's film festivals just before the storm hit the film's base in the director's native Southeast Texas.
Moses and the crew are celebrating because they came close to shutting the film down after the devastation of Rita.
The spokeswoman adds, "Rita really did wreck plans - everyone was sent home and there was this thinking that we'd never be able to get the film off the ground again. We thought the financing and everything would stop.
"Over 80 per cent of the locations for filming were damaged by Rita. We had to cancel the entire shoot of the film. We lost picture cars and sets. Part of our crew housing was destroyed. Overall, we lost over 10 per cent of the production budget due to the storm and its after effects."
But they turned tragedy into a great idea. Before evacuating as Rita hit, filmmakers captured the storm on camera - the footage of the devastation will feature on the film's DVD.
Production on drama Noble Things, which stars the glamorous I Hope You Dance singer as an almost unrecognisable dowdy police deputy, was shut down twice in 2005 - by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita - and first-time filmmaker Brett Moses had to rush to complete shooting before Hurricane Gustav hit last week (ends05Sep08).
A movie spokeswoman says, "The production offices were just evacuated again for Hurricane Gustav."
But the labour of love, which stars Moses as a washed-up country star going home to fix problems from his past, was wrapped and sent off to America's film festivals just before the storm hit the film's base in the director's native Southeast Texas.
Moses and the crew are celebrating because they came close to shutting the film down after the devastation of Rita.
The spokeswoman adds, "Rita really did wreck plans - everyone was sent home and there was this thinking that we'd never be able to get the film off the ground again. We thought the financing and everything would stop.
"Over 80 per cent of the locations for filming were damaged by Rita. We had to cancel the entire shoot of the film. We lost picture cars and sets. Part of our crew housing was destroyed. Overall, we lost over 10 per cent of the production budget due to the storm and its after effects."
But they turned tragedy into a great idea. Before evacuating as Rita hit, filmmakers captured the storm on camera - the footage of the devastation will feature on the film's DVD.
- 9/9/2008
- WENN
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