Kat: Don't Fade Away (2008)

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RELEASING DATE:
Currently in post-production. Legalities holding up release.

TRAILERS:
coming soon (hopefully)...

PICS GALLERY:
coming soon (hopefully)...

CAST:
Director:
Luke Kasdan

Ryan Kwanten ... Jackson White
Beau Bridges ... Chris White
Ja Rule ... Foster
Kat ... Mischa Barton

PLOT OUTLINE:
Life was easy for Jackson White. With looks, brains, and athletic ability,the world's possibilities seemed limitless. But, when he came to New York City to pursue a career in the music industry, he was so seduced by money and status that he lost track of who he was. Now, with both his personal and professional lives on the edge of ruin, he's been called home to care for his dying father. While in North Carolina, he'll have to confront the friends he lost track of and the girl he never met.

IMDB movie page

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This title was removed from Mischa's IMDB listing. *bangs head on the desk*

Then why is she in the cover....?? >_________<
(and btw she isnt listed for Homecoming either!! IMDB sucks, lol)

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The set of the movie was in Asheville, North Carolina.
Movie filmed back in November, 2006.

A news blurb:

"Could it be that low-budget indie-flick Don’t Fade Away will be the first film to truly capture the cultural essence of downtown Asheville? The $1.7 million cinematic vehicle for The O.C. star Mischa Barton has booked a surprising number of local haunts for the shoot. According to sources within the production company, locations such as Barley’s, the Orange Peel, Haywood Park Hotel and The Mountaineer Inn — not to mention the local Hooters — will be used for shooting. But the reflection of local culture doesn’t appear to end there, as an outdoor music event bearing a striking similarity to the Lake Eden Arts Festival will also appear in the film. Strangely, the film appears to have practically no online presence — typically considered to be a key buzz-building tool for indie productions — and even the film’s title doesn’t appear on search engines such as the Internet Movie Database. This makes confirming some rumors, such as the cameo appearance of rapper Ja Rule in the film, difficult at best. The film is set to wrap local production at the end of November."
_{Source: Mountain X}

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Times-News sets scene for indie film:

Film crews and cast, along with trucks, lighting and sound equipment, filled the parking lots and building Saturday at the Times-News for the filming of a scene in an upcoming film, "Don't Fade Away."

The independent film is the fictionalized account of the life and death of Chris Codd, the father of the screenwriter and director, Luke Kasdan of Brooklyn, N.Y.

Actor Beau Bridges portrays newspaperman Codd in the film.

"Last year my father got sick and I brought him up here to spend his last months with his family in Fairview," Kasdan, 26, said.

During those months, Kasdan experienced life in a more meaningful way.

"I wanted to do a film of value, that has meaning," Kasdan said.

Too many films today are skewed toward a value system of materialism and celebrity, he said.

"A lot of people looked at the script," Kasdan said. "Beau Bridges read it and responded. Some really talented people are passionate about the film and care about it."

Kasdan's father grew up in Miami, working most of his life in Tallahassee, Fla. Many of his family members moved to the Fairview area in the 1990s.

"My father was a journalist by trade," Kasdan said.

The scene filmed Saturday at the Times-News depicts the newspaperman's son clearing out his father's office after the father becomes too sick to work.

The son is portrayed by actor Ryan Kwanten, who played the lead in the film "Flicka" and soon-to-be-released Universal film "Dead Silence."

"The son is emotionally distant," Kasdan said of the character. "He left his Southern roots behind and found a successful career, but a shell of a life."

Mischa Barton, model and actress in the Fox show "The O.C.," portrays the "soulmate" of the son.

"She's a troubled young woman who interned at the local newspaper," Kasdan said.

Private investors financed the film, he said.

The photography shoots for the film will end after the first week in December in New York. The film will then enter the editing process.

"We will take it to film festivals," Kasdan said. "The festivals are film markets for distributors. If lucky, one will buy it and put it out in the world."

www.blueridgenow.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061119/NEWS/611190364/1042/NEWS

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From the production company site:

TITLE: Don't Fade Away
PRODUCERS: Nicole Peluso, Arik Ruchim, Irina Ginzburg, Christopher Livingstone
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Luke Kasdan
STARRING: Ryan Kwanten, Mischa Barton, Beau Bridges, and Ja Rule.


Three months ago, Jackson White was Manhattan's man of the moment – an ambitious music manager riding a tidal wave of personal success. With a beautiful fiancée, a career on the rise, and good looks to spare, the world seemed to offer Jackson whatever he wanted.

…but a lot can change in 90 days.

When his fiancée leaves him holding the mortgage to their brownstone and his professional life is threatened, it's only a call from home that puts the world in perspective: Jackson's father is diagnosed with terminal cancer. Heading back to North Carolina on an unpredictable journey, Jackson will travel a road that wasn't part of the plan. Caring for his dying father and confronting the friends he left behind, along the way, he will open his heart to a unique young woman.

A spiritual fable that offers a powerful message of redemption, Don't Fade Away reaches beyond religious boundaries and strikes at the very core of our humanity.

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That's what is listed at the production company site. IMDB is also now listing the budget for the film as $2.4 million.

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Ryan didn't fade away

REMEMBER Ryan Kwanten? This Aussie bloke was a massive soap star in the late 1990s, snazzying up Summer Bay alongside his Home and Away co-star Kate Ritchie.

Now, the V-Man has finally hit the big time in the US after years of hard work - landing the lead role opposite "It" girl Mischa Barton in a film called Don't Fade Away.

Also starring Beau Bridges and Ja Rule, the flick is due for release in the US this year.

Meanwhile, Kwanten can currently be seen on the big screen in Oz, playing the role of Howard McLaughlin in the horsey film Flicka.

www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,10221,21026779-7485,00.html?from=public_rss

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Variety.com - Barton to 'Fade' in on indie

Barton to 'Fade' in on indie
Drama budgeted under $10 million

Mischa Barton will topline coming-of-age drama "Don't Fade Away" for newly minted production shingle Origin Entertainment Group.
Beau Bridges, Ja Rule and Ryan Kwanten also star.

Project, about an engaged Manhattan couple forced to deal with a father's unexpected illness, is written and directed by Luke Kasdan, nephew of Lawrence Kasdan.

Nicole Peluso, founder of Origin, is producing with Arik Ruchim; Kasdan and Irina Ginzburg exec produce. Pic's been shooting in North Carolina and is prepping for lensing in Gotham.

Origin, funded by private equity, focuses on films budgeted under $10 million and sporting strong female characters.

[xsweetnightmare]

Looks pretty interesting.

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We next spoke with Lawson. Into every generation, one slayer is chosen—or so we thought, until Kendra showed up in Season Two. Although the Jamaican slayer died early on in the series, Lawson has remained firm in the heart of Buffy fans around the world. We caught up with Lawson to ask about her upcoming role in “Don’t Fade Away,” starring Mischa Barton, as well as how it feels to still be famous for her “Buffy” role.

What are some of your upcoming projects?

LAWSON: I have a film called “Don’t Fade Away” with Mischa Barton and Beau Bridges in the star role, and a thriller that was called “Primeval,” but now they’ve changed the title, and I don’t know what it’s called now.

..._ BiancaLawson.net [an unofficial fan resouce] _...
Wizard Entertainment

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Actor Tessa Martin on set with Mischa Barton

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I remember Ryan Kwanten...

^_^

[coop62293]

This movie sounds sounds so cool!!! Mischa's character sounds really different as well! I'm really excited for this movie to come out!

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POSTERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR finally dude!!

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It's good to see who gets the biggest picture!!

[beatrice]

Feb 10, 2009 14:16:58 GMT Jo Pearson said:

It's good to see who gets the biggest picture!!

Movie looks interesting