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Fort McCoy (film)

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Fort McCoy
Directed byKate Connor, Michael Worth
Written byKate Connor
Produced byKate Connor, Eric Stoltz
StarringEric Stoltz
Kate Connor
Lyndsy Fonseca
Any Hirsch
Camryn Manheim
Seymour Cassel
Brendan Fehr
Rene Heger
CinematographyNeil Lisk
Edited byRobert Brakey
Music byDana Niu
Production
company
Marzipan Entertainment
Distributed byMonterey Media
Release date
  • May 5, 2011 (2011-05-05) (Newport Beach International Film Festival)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$12,303[1]

Fort McCoy is a 2011 American drama written by Kate Connor, produced by Kate Connor and Eric Stoltz, directed by Kate Connor and Michael Worth that stars Eric Stoltz, Kate Connor, Lyndsy Fonseca, Any Hirsch, Camryn Manheim, Seymour Cassel, and Brendan Fehr.[2]

Plot

In 1944 Frank Stirn moves his family to Wisconsin to become a barber for the US Army and a prisoner-of-war camp it oversees at Fort McCoy. Bitter that he is unable to fight because he is 4F, Frank takes a stand when a Nazi officer threatens his wife.

Production

The movie was filmed in California, and La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Release

The film was first shown at Boston, Cannes Independent, Rhode Island, Savannah film festivals. The U.S. and Canadian rights were acquired by Monterey Media in March 2014. [3]

Festivals

Fort McCoy was shown at the following festivals:

  • Rhode Island International Film Festival[4]
  • Savannah Film Festival[5]
  • Hollywood Film Festival[6]
  • Cannes Independent Film Festival
  • TriMedia Film Festival[7]
  • Worldfest Houston[8]
  • Milan Intl Film Festival
  • Boston Film Festival
  • Ft Lauderdale Intl Film Festival
  • Stony Brook Film Festival
  • Tacoma Film Festival[9]
  • St. Louis Film Festival [10]
  • Dublin Film Festival[11]

References