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''Western Religion'' is 2015 wild west feature film by writer/director James O'Brien. It features performances by Claude Duhamel ''(Supernatural)'', Peter Shinkoda of Spielberg's ''Falling Skies'' and ''Marvel's Daredevil'' and Australia's Miles Santos of ''The Elephant Princess'' among many others in a large international cast. ''Western Religion'' is set in 1879 in Religion, Arizona, where gunfighters from the far reaches of the globe come to compete in a poker tournament where their very souls are on the line.〔Lealos, Shawn S. Renegade Cinema (2015) http://renegadecinema.com/35986/wild-west-movie-western-religion-poster-and-trailer-unveiled〕 The story of the production was first picked up by ''Variety'' in 2013 as the filmmakers looked to overcome the government shutdown of all national parks just weeks before their scheduled shoot at Paramount Ranch.〔Johnson, Ted. Variety Magazine (2013) http://variety.com/2013/biz/news/government-shutdown-derails-film-shoots-at-paramount-ranch-1200689657/〕 To remedy the situation, O’Brien and his producing partner Louie Sabatasso of 3rd Partner Productions enlisted the aid of Peter Sherayko, known for delivering the historical detail in ''Tombstone''. Together they built their own ''Hell on Wheels'' style wild west tent city from scratch in the mountains of Agua Dulce, California. Sherayko, who played Texas Jack Vermillion in ''Tombstone'', is featured in the film as Southern Bill, along with Louie Sabatasso (''Wish You Were Here'') as the colorful Salt Peter, joining an ensemble cast which includes Merik Tadros (Munich), Holiday Hadley (Gone in 60 Seconds) James Anthony Cotton (Phenomenon) and Ireland's Tony Herbert (Speed Dating). Western historian Henry Parke made a special visit to the ''Western Religion'' set and wrote an article on the making of the film.〔Parke, Henry. Henry's Western World. http://henryswesternroundup.blogspot.com/2013/11/on-set-of-western-religion-plus-help.html Henry's Western World/〕 The independent film was completed on schedule and within budget, despite hurricane winds destroying the sets and the coordination of a massive international cast in the remote territory of Agua Dulce.〔Rodriguez, Liz. New York Life Magazine (2015) http://newyork.lifediverse.com/wild-west-movie-western-religion-poster-hd-trailer-unveiled/〕 O’Brien engaged London-based composer Ram Khatabakhsh (''Capsule'') to create the original score.〔Kilday, Gregg. The Hollywood Reporter (2014) http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ram-khatabakhsh-score-hotel-33-711148/〕 ''Western Religion'' had its world premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.〔Parke, Henry. Henry's Western World. http://henryswesternroundup.blogspot.com/2015/05/western-religion-premieres-at-cannes.html〕 Automatic Entertainment signed with the film for worldwide sales, beginning at the Cannes Film Festival. 〔Tseng, Nadia. Screen International. http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/automatic-brings-western-religion-to-cannes/5087562.article/〕 ''Western Religion'' was bought by Screen Media Films for North America following its world premiere at the 2015 Cannes Film festival. It is scheduled for theatrical release in the fall of 2015 and home entertainment release in the early second quarter of 2016. 〔McNary, Dave. Variety Magazine. http://variety.com/2015/film/news/western-religion-screen-media-1201558808/〕 ''Western Religion'' was one of 15 films in competition at the 2015 San Diego Film Festival.〔 San Diego News. http://www.sdnews.com/view/full_story/26835847/article-San-Diego-Film-Festival-announces-festival-lineup-?instance=home_mainpbn〕 ''Western Religion'' kicked off its US theatrical release at the Arena Cinema in Hollywood Oct. 9-15, 2015.〔Kay, Jeremy. Screen International. http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/screen-media-sets-western-religion-national-tour/5094722.article〕 ''Western Religion'' was compared very favorably in reviews to both John Ford and Sergio Leone in its use of a mythical narrative, while staying true to western archetypes.〔Siino, Denise Marie. Life in LA Magazine. http://www.lifeinla.com/entertainment/streams/movies/123-movies/19089/western-religion-pits-gold-seekers-against-the-devil.html〕 The film embarked on a 'wagon trail' national tour, with it's first stop after Los Angeles taking place at the historic New Strand Theatre in West Liberty, Iowa, an old opera house from 1908, later converted into a state of the art movie theatre by owner Todd Veach. ''Western Religion'' had its Midwest premiere at the New Strand on Nov. 20th, 2015, during the first snowfall of the season. There were horses, cowboys and Indians on hand for the premiere, with TV coverage by NBC Universal, ENT1 Las Vegas and PATV18 out of Iowa City. The film ran theatrically at the New Strand until Nov. 25.〔Lane, Jacob. West Liberty Index. http://www.westlibertyindex.com/article.php?viewID=6453〕 The next stop on the wagon trail national tour is the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas at Slaughter Lane. Wired Magazine called the cinema "the coolest theatre in the world." ''Western Religion'' will have its Austin premiere at the celebrated movie house on December 3rd, 2015. 〔Baumgarten, Marjorie. Austin Chronicle. http://www.austinchronicle.com/calendar/film/special-screenings/1693060/〕 ==External links== * (Western Religion ) at The Internet Database 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western Religion (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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