Reduced to catching frogs for food, Confederate soldiers returning from the war are treated as second-class citizens and hunted down by a gang of bounty hunters (in a similar premise to The Great Silence), operating under the protection of local law enforcement agencies.
Guiliano Gemma (The Day of Anger, A Pistol For Ringo) plays Michael 'California' Random, one such soldier who takes the naive Willy Preston (Miguel Bose) under his wing. When his companion is shot in the back and strung up for stealing a horse, California travels to his parents' Georgia ranch to break the bad news. In typical style he falls for Helen, his dead comrade's sister, and following the senseless killing of three Confederates by bounty killer Rope Whitaker (Raimund Harmstorf) and his men, he gets caught up in the ensuing crossfire as federal agents arrive to take Whitaker down. The sister is taken hostage as the gang make their escape,...
Guiliano Gemma (The Day of Anger, A Pistol For Ringo) plays Michael 'California' Random, one such soldier who takes the naive Willy Preston (Miguel Bose) under his wing. When his companion is shot in the back and strung up for stealing a horse, California travels to his parents' Georgia ranch to break the bad news. In typical style he falls for Helen, his dead comrade's sister, and following the senseless killing of three Confederates by bounty killer Rope Whitaker (Raimund Harmstorf) and his men, he gets caught up in the ensuing crossfire as federal agents arrive to take Whitaker down. The sister is taken hostage as the gang make their escape,...
- 12/14/2009
- by Nick
- Latemag.com/film
Koch finds sea legs for miniseries
COLOGNE, Germany -- Sebastian Koch, the German star of "The Lives of Others" and "Blackbook", has signed on as the lead in the $17 million TV miniseries "The Seawolf".
Koch will play psychotic schooner captain Wolf Larson in the remake of the Jack London adventure classic, which Germany's Tele Munchen Group, U.K. production company Power and German public broadcaster ZDF are co-producing.
Mike Barker ("A Good Woman", "Best Laid Plans") will direct the mini, which is set to begin shooting in April 2008.
"The Seawolf" tells the story of a gentlemen scholar who is rescued by Wolf's crew after a ferryboat accident in San Francisco Bay. What follows is a struggle to survive both against Wolf and his lackeys and against the forces of nature.
TMG's 1971 adaptation of "The Seawolf", starring Raimund Harmstorf as Wolf Larson, helped put the Munich-based company on the map
U.K. screenwriter Nigel Williams will pen the script for the new version. Delivery of the two-parter is set for October, with Power handling international sales.
Koch will play psychotic schooner captain Wolf Larson in the remake of the Jack London adventure classic, which Germany's Tele Munchen Group, U.K. production company Power and German public broadcaster ZDF are co-producing.
Mike Barker ("A Good Woman", "Best Laid Plans") will direct the mini, which is set to begin shooting in April 2008.
"The Seawolf" tells the story of a gentlemen scholar who is rescued by Wolf's crew after a ferryboat accident in San Francisco Bay. What follows is a struggle to survive both against Wolf and his lackeys and against the forces of nature.
TMG's 1971 adaptation of "The Seawolf", starring Raimund Harmstorf as Wolf Larson, helped put the Munich-based company on the map
U.K. screenwriter Nigel Williams will pen the script for the new version. Delivery of the two-parter is set for October, with Power handling international sales.
- 11/16/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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