Ended on 4/8/2010
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GODSPEED -
(unrated)
2010 - USA - English - 98 minutes
Directed by: Robert Saitzyk
Featuring: Joseph McKelheer, Cory Knauf, Ed Lauter
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 Charlie Shepard (Joseph McKelheer) is a modern day faith healer, a man who claims that if you let go and believe, then his power to heal is very real indeed. Living with his young son and wife, Charlie ekes out a meager living from his "healing" sessions in a small Alaskan town. With his marriage failing, and an old drinking habit coming back to haunt him, his family is brutally murdered by unknown assailants. Six months later, Charlie has abandoned his former life and the house his family lived in. Even local fish and game man Mitch (veteran actor Ed Lauter, Seabiscuit) can’t seem to break through Charlie’s desolation. Then, a young, mysterious girl named Sarah (Courtney Halverson) appears in town, and seeks out Charlie. It’s here on Charlie’s journey to Sarah’s remote home, buried deep in the Alaskan wilderness, where he must eventually confront Sarah’s troubled brother Luke (Cory Knauf) — a dark journey that will ultimately reveal the truth of his family’s killings and lead to tragic, violent consequences for all.
With Godspeed, Saitzyk says that he was “most inspired by the challenge to make a film shot entirely on location in Alaska.” Working with both Joseph McKelheer and Cory Knauf who starred in the Butcher Brothers’ 2010 Sundance film The Violent Kind and The Hamiltons, Saitzyk crafted a film that he describes as “both an intense, dramatic thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun and also a film that questions the nature of healing, compassion and retribution.”
“…intense, brutal, intriguing and expertly executed…easily one of the best indie films of the year.”
–Don Lewis, Film Threat
“A mix of religious exposition and grisly horror, “Godspeed” is visually striking and well-made.”
–Jonathan Hickman, EInsider
"Godspeed plays like Arctic circle Faulkner, all Old Testament style sin and retribution."
-Todd Brown, TwitchFilm.net
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