- Pretty Bird
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name = Pretty Bird
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director = Paul Schneider
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writer = Paul Schneider
starring =Billy Crudup Paul Giamatti Kristen Wiig
David HornsbyGarret Dillahunt Denis O'Hare
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distributor =The Weinstein Company
released = 20 January 2008
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country = flagicon|USA U.S.A.
budget = $3.75 million
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imdb_id = 1058743"Pretty Bird" is an upcoming (2008) film directed by Paul Schneider, adapted from the
2006 book "" byPaul Brown . The film recounts a story directly inspired by the main story of "The Rocketbelt Caper" concerning Bradley Wayne Barker, Joe Wright and Larry Stanley, their construction of the Rocketbelt-2000 (dubbed "Pretty Bird" by rocketbelt pilot Bill Suitor) and their resulting extensive conflicts.The following is from
New Scientist October 2005 (number 2519):In 1992, one-time insurance salesman and entrepreneur Brad Barker formed a company to build a rockeltbelt with two partners: Joe Wright, a businessman based in Houston, and Larry Stanley, an engineer who owned an oil well in Texas. By 1994, they had a working prototype they called the Rocketbelt-2000, or RB-2000. They even asked [Bill] Suitor to fly it for them.But the partnership soon broke down. First Stanley accused Barker of defrauding the company. Then Barker attacked Stanley and went into hiding, taking the RB-2000 with him. Police investigators questioned Barker but released him after three days. The following year Stanley took Barker to court to recover lost earnings. The judge awarded Stanley sole ownership of the RB-2000 and over $10m in costs and damages. When Barker refused to pay up, Stanley kidnapped him, tied him up and held him captive in a box disguised as a SCUBA-tank container. After eight days Barker managed to escape. Police arrested Stanley and in 2002 he was sentenced to life in prison, since reduced to eight years. The rocketbelt has never been found.
The film is scheduled to compete in the Dramatic Competition at the
2008 Sundance Film Festival .cite web|url=http://www.sundance.org/festival/press_industry/releases/pdf/2008_SFF_Announces_Films_In_Competition.pdf |title=2008 Sundance Film Festival Announces Films in Competition |date=2007-11-28|accessdate=2008-01-03|format=PDF]Plot
A sweet-natured guy enlists his pals to help him create and market his idea for a rocket-powered belt. But can their friendship withstand unexpected success? [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1058743/ Pretty Bird (2008) ] ]
Cast
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Paul Giamatti - Curt
*Billy Crudup - TBA
*Kristen Wiig - TBA
*Garret Dillahunt - Carson Thrash
*Denis O'Hare - Chuck
*James Wetzel - Dennis
*David Hornsby - KennyReferences
External links
*imdb title|1058743|Pretty Bird
* "The Rocketbelt Caper" website http://www.rocketbeltcaper.co.uk/
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