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Redford and Duvall?

posted 18 years ago by ragreen259
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I noticed at the end that Robert Redford and Robert Duvall are thanked in the credits. Anyone know what part they played in the development?

[–] ragreen259 17 years ago

OK, well, I'll take that as a no.

[–] ragreen259 16 years ago

Holy crap people, two years later and no response? OK I'll check back again next year.

[–] ragreen259 15 years ago

lol... just thought I'd make an appearance again before the year ended...

[–] HunterSVonnegut 15 years ago

Thanks. Your question got me curious enough to look up the answer.

[–] gfcentral-stern 12 years ago

classic

[–] dawntreader 14 years ago

I found Belizaire the Cajun book on books.google.com. In the preview, you can read the making of the film.

http://tinyurl.com/2bp6nkd

Very interesting read: basic synopsis is the script was sent to the Sundance Institute (Redford founded it) which gives out a helping hand to writers and directors. They provided a cast and crew to film about half of the script as a trial and Gail Youngs was cast in the lead female role - they loved her so much they cast her then and there. At the time (not sure if they still are?) Robert Duvall was her husband and he came aboard as a creative consultant.

So it looks like they were fundamental in getting the film made.

Also interesting to learn - all the financing was raised in Louisiana by locals along with a $50k grant from the national endowment for the arts.

Definitely read that part in the preview. I didn't know any of this before.