An in-depth conversation with writer/director POTSY PONCIROLI in this exclusive interview talking about his riveting western OLD HENRY.
Set in 1906, OLD HENRY is the story of an old farmer who has seen better days, days long buried. But what happens when Henry gives aid to an injured man and a gun-toting posse shows up at his door?
Starring Tim Blake Nelson in an award-worthy turn as Henry, he is joined by Gavin Lewis as Henry’s son Wyatt, Trace Adkins as Al, Scott Haze as the injured stranger Curry, and then Stephen Dorff, in one of the best performances of his career, as Ketchum leads a gun-toting, trigger-finger-happy posse descending upon Henry’s farm in search of someone and something.
Patient and pot-boiling, this is a film you should see and interview you should hear as Potsy talks about the story, casting, the importance of location and how it influenced the script and story, production design including build-out to the 100-year old house used as Henry’s farm and accompanying period set-dress, cinematography and working with John Matysiak, Jamie Kirkpatrick’s editing and finding the right build of tension, working with pigs and horses and altering the script to accommodate the equine moods, Jordan Lehning’s score, and more.
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by debbie elias, exclusive interview September 23, 2021
