Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, "the dancing outlaw". As a boy Jesco was...
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Title: White Lightnin' (2009)
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Cast
| Credited cast: | |||
| Muse Watson | ... | D. Ray White | |
| Carrie Fisher | ... | Cilla | |
| Wallace Merck | ... | Edgar Hudd | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Stephanie Astalos-Jones | ... | Birty Mae | |
| Kirk Bovill | ... | Long | |
| Owen Campbell | ... | Young Jesco | |
| Edward Hogg | ... | Jesco White | |
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Stephen Lester | ... | Doctor |
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Steve Nicolson | ... | Vernon |
| Damian Samuels | ... | MC | |
| Clay Steakley | ... | Reilly | |
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Allison Varnes | ... | Teenage Clerk |
| Raymond Waring | ... | Davey | |
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Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, "the dancing outlaw". As a boy Jesco was in and out of reform school and the insane asylum. To keep him out of trouble, his daddy D-Ray taught him the art of mountain dancing, a frenzied version of tap dancing to wild country banjo music. After his father's death, crazy Jesco dons his father's tap shoes and takes his show on the road. Written by Warsaw Film Festival
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reform school | appalachian | tap dancing | huffing | older woman younger man relationship |Parents Guide:
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UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
25 September 2009 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
Sa-eghe e Sefid See more »Company Credits
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Performed by The Carter Family
Written by A.P. Carter
©1935 by Peer International Corporation (BMI)
(P)1961 SONY BMG Music Entertainment Inc.
Licensed courtesy of SONY BMG Commercial Sales (UK)
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Wildwood FlowerPerformed by The Carter Family
Written by A.P. Carter
©1935 by Peer International Corporation (BMI)
(P)1961 SONY BMG Music Entertainment Inc.
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White lightnin' is a work which exudes originality. That first and foremost must be said from this reviewer who is personally tired of the vapid humdrum which is usually churned out by Hollywood on a regular basis. Watching this film, I felt contented that there are still filmmakers out there who display boundary pushing ingenuity in there craft and who are not afraid to disturb the living hell out of you. Dominic Murphy has showed that he is one such director capable of telling you gut wrenching stories without descending into the usual path of incoherence in which so many of these types of films do. White Lightnin' is a film in which the plot never once lost focus of telling the story of the mountain dancing, gas huffing Jesco White. And while the violence, as my previous reviewer noted, is gratuitous and revolting, I never once felt it was incongruous or irrelevant with the story trying to be told. It is also of importance to note that viewing WL is like peering through a window into the destitute "white trash" culture of the poverty-stricken Appalachia. A way of life not assiduously examined through the medium of film. This in part presents the film with a particular boldness that was exhilarating to view.