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Terry
Gatch & Jennifer Dyches are both actor/actress in the new
Firetrail Movie. Jennifer wrote and composed some
of the music for the Firetrail Movie. See Jennifer
below, with her banjo!
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FIRETRAIL
PHOTOS! |
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Firetrail Ladies!
Jim
Hilton firing his gun!
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Rivers
Bridge Civil War Family Day
2007 |
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Coleman
B. Loadholt (Reenactor & Legendary Lemonade Maker)
with Michaelle & John Campbell.
A
Civil War Lady Reenacting the dyeing of clothes with
INDIGO!
Civil War
Reenactor Lin Price, with Little John Campbell of Bamberg,
SC.
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FEATURES
You will greatly enjoy the movie
"FIRETRAIL", by Director Christopher
Forbes.
The movie is based on author Lydia
Hawke's book entitled "Firetrail," a novel based on a South
Carolina Confederate Calvary Captain during the
Civil War.
Author Lydia Hawke is the lady in the
white t shirt (middle) in the picture below. You can read
more about Lydia on her website, as well as order the Firetrail
DVD online at :
www.lydiahawke.us
Partial cast of the new movie,
"FIRETRAIL"
L to R: Director Christopher Forbes, Lin
Lafitte, Charles Kizer, Taylor Hilton, Terry Gatch, Lydia Hawke,
Jennifer Dyches, Jerry Chesser, Jim
Hilton
MOVIE "FIRETRAIL" SHOT ALL OVER SOUTH
CAROLINA’S LOW COUNTRY
The Civil War epic "Firetrail", now
in regional theatrical release, was produced using locations all
over South Carolina’s low country. Associate Producer Lin Laffitte,
an Estill resident, was instrumental in securing area locations for
the production.
Several large homes were needed for
"Firetrail". Robwood Plantation in Appleton was used extensively,
both for exterior and interior scenes. The production was centered
at this location for two long weekends in June
2006.
The King Maner house in Garrett was
also used for two weekends. Interior and exterior scenes were also
filmed at this location.
The city of Gifford was also home for
a weekend of shooting. A large house in town doubled as a hospital
in Columbia, circa 1865.
Branchville was the site of several
scenes using both the newly-constructed train station and the old
depot directly across the tracks. A major scene was accomplished at
the new station, and many area residents showed up in period attire
to provide background extras for the shooting.
During the train station shooting,
Ms. Laffitte met Debra and Anthony Perugini, who operate the
Pineapple House on Freedom Road in Branchville. This beautiful
restored house was subsequently used for several scenes near the end
of the film.
In Jackson, SC, the "Firetrail"
production also used Granville Plantation, the site of many Beech
Island Heritage Festivals.
REVIEWS:
The War Between the States epic
“Firetrail” has had successful screenings across South Carolina
and Florida since it’s world premiere last summer in Augusta.
This is the the film based on Lydia Hawke’s book that was shot
on location in South Carolina in 2006 and 2007, including
photography at The Battle for Columbia events, the Broxton
Bridge events, the Boone Hall events and of course the bridge
burning at The Battle of Aiken this past February.
Here is
what reviewers have been saying….
“Crisply photographed and
ably acted, the movie unflinchingly covers atrocities on both
sides of the front lines of the American strife…It's a
three-hour moving picture that will appeal not only to Civil War
buffs and others interested generally in history, but to many
fans of cinematic adventure as well.”
-Jeff Farance, Daytona
Beach News-Journal
“…genuine and authentic…”
- Tim
Manning, Southern Partisan
“…superbly
directed movie…”
-Marty Clayton Banfield, Light of the Low
Country
The two-disc “Firetrail” DVD is in stock for
immediate shipment and may be ordered right now through the
author’s web site: www.lydiahawke.us
We
will also have the “Firetrail” DVD available at the upcoming
Battle of Aiken event on Feb. 23rd and
24th,. During this event we will be burning another
set as part of the shooting of “Perfect Disguise”, also based on
a novel by Lydia Hawke.
Other DVDs that will be available
at the upcoming events include:
“The
Battle of Aiken” feature film
“The
Carolina Campaign” -documentaries on three reenactments
(Aiken, Columbia and Broxton Bridge)
“1865” -A new documentary that answers the
question, “Why do reenactors in the South do what they
do?”
Fire Trail: A Movie that shows the Heart of the
Carolinians
A review: by James Banfield, Contributing
Writer
Light of the Lowcountry
Magazine
"Firetrail" was filmed in Aiken, Hampton, and
Columbia, South Carolina by a dedicated crew of film lovers.
They were so dedicated that the cast and crew got together and
in 18 months, they built all the sets and filmed
the shots in the movie. This movie can be seen by the whole family, something
that is rare these days. The depiction of the
characters and their steadfast fight to stand and be who they were,
South Carolinians, was great. I
caught up with Christopher Forbes (The Director) and mentioned
to him, "You did what you wanted to do, you grabbed our hearts and
brought us through the story". Jim Hilton (Blake
Winberry) and Lin Lafitte (Judith Rogers) as well as
the rest of the cast were all superb in their characters and again,
The Hearts of the South Carolinians was visable throughout the
movie.
Congratulations
to the cast and crew of "FireTrail". Because of your
dedication and unity and singleness of purpose, you have
my vote for one of the best family movies of
2007. Your depiction of history in the Civil War
times of South Carolina causes one to want to examine the
real annals of history even
more.
James
Banfield
Contributing Writer
The Light of
the Low Country Magazine
A Review:
by Marty Clayton Banfield, Publisher
The Light of the Lowcountry
Magazine
"Firetrail" is a superbly
directed movie, with a cast and crew who have put their very hearts
into the filming of this Civil War based novel by Lydia Hawke.
An excellent plot of love, suspense, survival, and the ravages of
war are brought home to the viewer in a very real way.
This is a movie that any history buff will want to see,
and any moviegoer will be left in anticipation, waiting for
the next scene.
Marty Clayton Banfield ,
Publisher
Light of the Lowcountry
Magazine
{photos taken at movie premier in Hampton,
SC. Movie was sponsored by the Hampton Arts
Council}
Actor Charles
Kizer, Actor Jim Hilton, & Columnist James
Banfield
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Thank you for visiting our
website! We will be adding a new feature article
every 2
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SIGNING
AUTOGRAPHS |
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Jerry Chesser, Jennifer Dyches, & Lydia
Hawke signing autographs and selling books at the Hampton, SC
movie premier of Firetrail.
Lin
Lafitte, actress, & family at the Fire Trail movie premiere.
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| Seeing History Come
Alive! |
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James
Banfield
SEEING
HISTORY COME ALIVE!
Be sure to read
James Banfield's history
column! The Sept/Oct issue's interview was with Randy
Burbage, of the Hunley Commission.
Read the story of how he was led in
helping to bring together in one burial spot, the
bodies of the last crew of the Confederate Submarine
"The Hunley", with the previous two Hunley crews. It, is
an awe inspiring story. ( Click on link
above) |
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