Click Clack Jack: A Rail Legend is a 2008 Christian family film directed by Ryan Bodie. The film has received several film festival awards, including Best Short Film at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival. It was produced in California on an estimated budget of $1,000,000.
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| Directed by | Ryan Bodie |
| Written by | Chris Easterly |
| Starring | Keith Peyton Thomas James Burns Robert Pierce |
| Music by | John Doryk |
Production companies | Studio 26 Productions Sunday Rising Films |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editClick Clack Jack is a family film about an 1870s rail engineer, "Click Clack" Jack, who uses principles from the Bible to try and save Potters Gap from the evil Baron Snodgrass. Snodgrass is seeking to destroy the town to further his own ambition and look for gold beneath it.
Cast
edit- Keith Peyton Thomas as Click Clack Jack
- James Burns as Hobo
- Robert Pierce as Baron Snodgrass
- Mike Muscat as Museum Guide
Production
editThe production of Click Clack Jack spanned several months of character development, casting in Bradenton and on the West Coast and filming in California. The idea for the film was originally conceived in 2000. The filmmakers have said they found technical crew members whose resumes include work with shows such as Heroes, Scrubs, Without a Trace and the Christian-based football film Facing the Giants.[1] Studio 26 Productions was involved in producing the film.[2]
Director Ryan Bodie said, "One of the biggest reasons for starting Studio 26 was to help with ministry videos and Christian entertainment. There is a real need for both. My dream is to use profit from Studio 26 to produce high-end productions for ministries around the world and to produce clean entertainment for all ages."[3]
Awards
edit- 2008 Christian WYSIWYG Film Festival
Best Feature Film (Won)
Best Production Value (Won)
- 2008 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival
Best Short Film (Won)
- 2009 Texandance International Film Festival
Best Family Film (Won)[4]
References
edit- ^ Holmes, January (March 4, 2007). "On a mission: Bradenton filmmaker produces Christian movies". The Bradenton Herald. AccessMyLibrary. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
- ^ Hansen, BJ (December 27, 2006). "Independent TV Pilot To Be Shot In Tuolumne County". MML News. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
- ^ Welsh, Elizabeth (May 1, 2008). "26th hour". EventDV. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2009.
- ^ Taylor, Betty (June 9, 2009). "Texandance Film Festival a resounding success". The Herald-Zeitung. HighBeam Research. Retrieved November 11, 2009.