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Trial of Midnight Rider: Railroaded in the Deep South (2018)
I watched it so you don't have to.
The director of this film, david rollins has said that he optioned his book to Randall Miller and was friends of his which is a conflict of interest. This is a bias portrait of what happened. It's so disgusting that it's hard to watch. It includes clips of depositions but they are cherry picked. I can say this because I watched the depositions in their entirety. It includes interviews with Randall Miller and other crew of the film. They have the behind the scenes video and images of Scene 14. As well as the video of the part of the scene itself that was filmed that day. Before the train hit the crew.
The fact that they have interviews with Randall and the footage he owned is another clue that this film was made with a bias toward Randall Miller and with his help. The interview with Randal miller is not a deposition, it's not under oath. If you look up midnight rider on conveniently this is the movie you find. Which makes it seem like the only evidence this film existed was from the view point of Randall Miller's friends. Very manipulative. He acts like he was just a director he had no knowledge of anything but the main actor. But he was also an Executive producer. He was the one that found the money for this project. You think he didn't communicate with Hillary Schwarts about if they could or couldn't be at a location? He would have first hand knowledge the tracks are live as he was there when the trains passed. He is the main person who could say we can't do this it seems dangerous.
It's clear Charley Baxter didn't get permission. It's clear Hillary Schwarts knew she didn't have permission. Hillary didn't have a legit safety meeting. There was no Medic. No safety bulletin was on the call sheet per the UPM Jay Sedrish.
They made a big deal in this film that the train operator didn't stop. The train couldn't have stopped in time.
Poor Randall Miller. That is what this should be called. Poor Randall Miller who did nothing wrong. But he plead guilty. And he is guilty. Does that mean there aren't other guilty members of the crew or from Rayonier. No. They are also guilty. That doesn't absolve Randall Miller.
Cleopatra's Second Husband (1998)
Great film
Watching this film was a delight. I felt like I too have been in a situation where my roommate wouldn't leave and I was a pushover and let it happen. My place was destroyed and in the end I had to repair a lot of the house. This is exactly what Robert goes through. He has this house sitter that just kind of stays and ruins Roberts already ruined life. But the twist in this film is that he takes his house back in a very dramatic fashion. I don't want to get into the details, you should really see the film. It is nice to see a small budget film not feel like a small budget film. I have seen a lot of the director Jon Reiss's work and I think this one might be his most personal film. It's worth renting!