With stark simplicity, this eerie fable draws us into the potent imagination of Miles as he struggles to make sense of a wicked and arbitrary tragedy. Writer/director/editor Fessenden (HABIT NO TELLING) crafts a kaleidoscope of sounds and images, puppetry and cinema tricks to make a visceral analogue film-poem about existential angst, the power of myth, the relativity of revenge, and the perpetuation of aggression through time.

 

 
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THE CAST
JAKE WEBER (George) Co-stars in the thriller THE CELL, and the submarine actioner U-751. He stars with Brad Pitt in MEET JOE BLACK, and with John Cusak in PUSHING TIN. Extensive film credits include, Dangerous Beauty, THE PELICAN BRIEF, and Oliver Stone's BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. He has appeared on Law & Order and NYPD BLUE, and extensively on and off Broadway.
PATRICIA CLARKSON (Kim McClaren) most recently appeared with Jack Nicholson in Sean Penn's THE PLEDGE, and with Tom Hanks in last year's THE GREEN MILE. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for her role as the heroin addicted Greta, in Lisa Cholodenko's Award winning independent film, HIGH ART. Other film roles include Clint Eastwod's THE DROWNING POOL, Taylor Hackford's EVERYBODY'S ALL AMERICAN, and Brian DePalma's THE UNTOUCHABLES. Clarkson has appeared in numerous TV shows and theatrical productions.
ERIK PER SULLIVAN (Miles) Made his film debut in ARMAGEDDON, and went on to play Fuzzy, the dying orphan in the bubble in Lasse Hallstrom's THE CIDERHOUSE RULES. Erik is currently starring as Dewey on the hit TV show MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE.
CHRISTOPHER WYNKOOP (Sheriff) has been a regular player in Spike Lee films including BAMBOOZLED, SUMMER OF SAM, HE GOT GAME, CROOKLYN and CLOCKERS. He has been working in film since the 80's when he appeared in MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON, GHOSTBUSTERS, and GOING IN STYLE.
LLOYD E. OXENDINE (Elder) is a New York based artist. This is Lloyd's first film role.
JOHN SPEREDAKOS (Otis) worked for director William Friedkin in the courtroom drama RULES OF ENGAGEMENT and can be seen in the 1992 film SCHOOL TIES. Speredakos has appeared in numerous television episodes including LAW & ORDER and NEW YORK UNDER COVER, and in the series, SIRENS and RETURN TO LONESOME DOVE.
THE CREW
Larry Fessenden, writer, director, editor - winner 1997 IFP "Someone to Watch Award"—is the writer, director and editor of the art-horror movies HABIT (1998 Spirit Award nominations for best director and best Cinematographer) and NO TELLING, OR THE FRANKENSTEIN COMPLEX. As an actor, Fessenden stars in HABIT, co-stars in Ilya Chaiken’s debut feature MARGARITA HAPPY HOUR (Sundance 2001) and appears in Martin Scorsese's BRINGING OUT THE DEAD, Steve Buscemi's ANIMAL FACTORY, and Brad Anderson's SESSION 9. He was actor, editor and associate producer of Kelly Reichardt's critically acclaimed debut film RIVER OF GRASS. Fessenden has created numerous video and film features and shorts since 1979, and he has played and recorded with the band JUST DESSERTS since 1987.
JEFF LEVY-HINTE, producer - is a film editor, producer, and post-production facility operator. As an Editor he has worked on a wide range of video and film projects, including When We Were Kings, which won the 1996 Academy Award for best documentary. He served as the Executive Producer of Jesse Peretz’s First Love, Last Rites. He was a Producer of High Art, a feature film by Lisa Cholodenko that premiered in the competition section of the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, and was released in the United States by October Films. Under the Antidote Films Banner, in partnership with Michael Hausman’s production company Cinehaus, he has recently completed American Saint. He is the proprietor of Post 391, Inc., a post-production facility; and is the co-owner of Dig It Audio Productions, an audio post house providing complete sound services for video and feature film.
TERRY STACEY, director of photography - shot Tom Gilroy’s feature debut, SPRING FORWARD, and Brad Anderson’s HAPPY ACCIDENTS. He was cinematographer on the indie hit TRICK, the Good Machine cult classic, LOVE GOD, and the road movie, THE DREAM CATCHER. Stacy was principle cinematographer on the TV series WONDERLAND.
JAY SILVER , effects cinematography - was the camera assistant on Fessenden’s HABIT and on Ed Burns’s SHE’S THE ONE. Before moving to New York he worked on big pictures like With Honors and Natural Born Killers, and on the television series THE UNTOUCHEABLES. Transitioning to director of Photography, Silver has shot numerous short films, commercials and 2nd Unit on features. His dv experience includes a documentary on an expedition up Mt. Kilimanjaro on New Year’s Eve 1999.
MICHELLE DIBUCCI, composer - is an internationally recognized composer working in film, concert performance and theatre. Her film credits include the music for Twins, directed by Andrucha Waddington; Stephen King's Creepshow directed by George Romero, and the docudrama Journey, directed by Indian filmmaker Chitra Neogy and released on Mystic Fire Video. DiBucci has composed music for over 30 theatrical productions and has collaborated with some of the leading figures in avant garde theater including Leon Katz, Radu Penciliescu and the late John Michael Tebelak, best known as writer/director of "Godspell". More recently she has collaborated with director Gerald Thomas on a variety of international projects including her opera, "Grail: Portrait of Faust as a Young Man" which received its premiere in 1997 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ms DiBucci's concert compositions have been performed at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. She has received commissions from Kronos Quartet, Lincoln Center Institute, Manhattan Wind Quintet and The Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble. For the past 8 years, DiBucci has been on the faculty at The Juilliard School teaching in both the music and drama departments.
 
CONTENT FILMS presents a MAGNOLIA PICTURES release of a
GLASS EYE PIX / ANTIDOTE FILMS production "WENDIGO"
PATRICIA CLARKSON JAKE WEBER JOHN SPEREDAKOS and ERIK PER SULLIVAN
casting SHEILA JAFFE GEORGIANNE WALKEN MARY-CLAY BOLAND
production design STEPHEN BEATRICE
original song TOM LAVERACK music MICHELLE DiBUCCI
effects photography JAY STEPHEN SILVER
director of photography TERRY STACEY
producer JEFF LEVY-HINTE
writer, director, editor LARRY FESSENDEN
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