Heads or Tails (2005)

Directors:

Clark Kline
Joey McAdams

Writers:

Clark Kline (writer)
Joey McAdams (writer)

Release Date:

19 February 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Tagline:

Within every fear, there lies a wish...

Plot:

Four interlinking stories about a benign native american legend that has been distorted throughout the years into something much darker. |

Plot Keywords:

Native American | Legend | Maryland | Suspense | Murder

Cast

  (Credited cast)

Jeff Keilholtz	...	Blaze
Jon Liddiard	...	Typhoon
Douglas Cathro	...	Miller
Amber Davila	...	Kari
Mike Hotovy	...	John
Madalyn Loughlin	...	Anise
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mary Hotovy	...	Julianna
Wendy Loughlin	...	Miller's Wife
Christine Maisano	...	Samantha
Marsha O'Connor	...	News Reporter
Stewart Walker	...	Greg

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R

Company:

Fool Martyr Productions

Trivia:

Due to budgetary constraints, over fifty percent of the screenplay was scheduled to be filmed on top of a secluded cliff in West Virginia in only four days. The first day it rained, leaving only three days and two nights to film over 45 pages of script.

Quotes:

Miller: Can you come with me? It's only for a day. One sun... and one moon.

Soundtrack:

Denial

a thumbs up for "heads or tails"

Kudos to McAdams and Cline for getting an absolute 10 concept to the screen. While I feel there is some fleshing out of the story line to be done here and there and a few audio and transition issues to be dealt with, this is a very good, intelligent psychological thriller. You don't often get serious and thoughtful dialogue regarding belief, myth, religion and science in this genre, but they've done quite a job incorporating these themes and story lines into the flow of the film. Nice pacing, good tone, good performances. Perhaps "Frailty" might be a fair movie to compare it to. Hopefully "heads or tails" will earn McAdams and Cline some notice. They have produced an impressive feature-length debut on a shoestring budget. In a word...excellent!