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BACKROAD

About Me

Jasper Hawkins has all the privileges that come with a prominent family living in a small southern town and its secrets too. The son of Backroad’s recently deceased judge, Jasper walks on the other side of his father’s ideals. He lives in a world with only one set of rules … his own. When Jasper hitches a ride with the Devil, he will be forced to face his darkest demons and discover that evil can sometimes take a different route.
AUGUST 2009
CAST
Jasper Hawkins MATTHEW CARTER
Joseph Iblis GREG DEAN
Jane Doe ELIZABETH McCAIN
Reverend Jeremiah Bell NORRIS T. THOMPSON II
Judge Henry Hawkins MICHAEL MARLOWE
Abigail Hawkins JULIE P. OLIVER-TOUCHSTONE
Irma Mae Vesper DANIELLE JONES
Quincy Spiers THOMAS SAUZEK
Corinna Rodriguez MARISSA VISO
Kelly Lin DONNA CALLEJA
Young Abigail Hawkins ELYSE FREEMAN
Jenny Hawkins COURTNEY ROSE
Store Clerk JENNIFER DECKER
Anonymous Woman JULIA LARSON
Young Jasper Hawkins RICKY TREVINO
CREDITS
Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor WAYNE SLATEN
Producer JAMES T. DENTON
Unit Production Manager MARISOL TREVINO
Assistant Director MIKE JAMES
Special Make-up Effects KRISTI BOUL
Special Make-up Effects MICHAEL DARLING
Music Score By JEFF WALTON
Additional Songs Written and Performed By WHISKEY RIVER REVIVAL

My Blog

Rebel Lens web interview 08/06/09

Interview with Backroad director Wayne Slaten on Rebel Lens website:http://www.rebellens.com/general/rebel-of-the-month- wayne-slaten
Posted by on Thu, 06 Aug 2009 21:25:00 GMT

07-20-09 UPDATE: Backroad editing is completed.

07-20-09 UPDATE: Backroad editing is completed. The film has been edited, color corrected and is in the sound design phase at this point, which should wrap up in the next 7-10 days. End credits are be...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:13:00 GMT

Extras, Ike and great talent ...

Over the past few weeks we have been able to knock out the larger scenes in the film requiring extras. On September 9th we shot several flashback scenes at the Swinging Door in Richmond, TX. The owner...
Posted by on Mon, 29 Sep 2008 20:16:00 GMT

Strained ligaments, 5,000 flies and waterboarding actors &

Three weekends ago we filmed a scene for BACKROAD between Jasper Hawkins (Matthew Carter) and Corinna Rodriguez (Marissa Viso). The shoot went smoothly thanks to our awesome and efficient small cast a...
Posted by on Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:16:00 GMT

Community Service, Ft. Bend Sheriffs Dept. and HMF Radio

On Saturday we shot scenes 12 and 14 at the historic courthouse in Richmond, TX. Matthew Carter and I had been out the week before to scout the location. The courthouse is closed on Saturdays and to t...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:42:00 GMT

Room 152, rough sex and a very fortunate accident.

Last Friday my wife Marisol and I set spent time staging the first set for BACKROAD in a small hotel room off 59 South. We finally decided that stripping the room down to its barest elements was the b...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:56:00 GMT

BACKROAD interview will be on HorrorMovieFans.com Indie Radio

BACKROAD Writer/Producer/Director Wayne Slaten will be a guest on HorrorMovieFans.com Indie Radio hosted by Director/Actor Parrish Randall. This show focuses on independent horror films. DATE: Sunday ...
Posted by on Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:34:00 GMT

Finding Backroad, TX

Marisol, Winston (our English bulldog) and I headed out yesterday in search of Backroad, TX. We are setting up the opening scenes establishing the "feel" of the town. We shot footage of several church...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:39:00 GMT

BACKROAD: First Script Rehearsal

Tonight we had the first read-through for BACKROAD. It was really fun to listen to the actors breath life into the words of the characters. We worked through a few kinks and added some interesting dyn...
Posted by on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:11:00 GMT