This one is for Ron Parritt (aka Bass Adkins). When the original cut of our first feature film clocked in at well over two hours, it became apparent that some major trims had to happen. One of the larger chunks that fell by the wayside is this scene that really served little purpose other than to further establish the creepiness of Adkins.
- It's amazing to me how long ago we shot this. Before the days of HD. And I'm not at all pleased at how much aging I've done since then.
- Check out Allen sacrificing his body at the 3:38 mark. Our reactions to that are genuine. Al goes stuntman-style and of course the scene gets cut.
- Ron's "What do you think it is?" line was one of our favorites to quote, so it hurt us to cut it.
- We shot this on Ron's uncle's property in Frankfort. He has a sort of 19th century ghost town that he built himself.
- The training montage was originally supposed to be a little more carefully constructed and shot in Wes Anderson style.
- Probably one of the biggest regrets was that the elimination of this scene removed Aaron Ratiere's incredible Bigfoot song from the body of the movie and moved it to the credits. I think we can all agree on the song's unadulterated awesomeness.
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