2005 Great  Independent Film Festival

Strike the Tent

Category: Narrative Feature 01 hr: 36 min: 26 sec

Director: Julian Adams and Blaine Miller

A True Story...of one True Love...divided by a brutal Civil War. Based on a true story: This is a journey through the psyche of a southern captain in the waning days of the Civil War. I often go to the graveyard near my uncle's house to look upon the graves of Robert Adams and Eveline McCord Adams. His epitaph reads 'After life's fitful fever, he sleeps well.' Her epitaph reads 'To know her was to love her.' My great-great grandparents left a legacy for all of my family to remember ñ no matter what adversity you face, there is a way to overcome it. Robert was a South Carolina cotton planter, and soon to be captain, who fell in love with Eveline, an intelligent, kind and strong willed school teacher from Pennsylvania. Just as they met, The Civil War was upon them. All he knew was tied into the bloody conflict and the one thing that he held to was his love for this northern woman. He knew his struggle to protect his lands, and the life he had built, would be great. Robert saw that he might sacrifice all he had to this conflict but his commitment ran deep. His quest for survival grew as the war worsened. As the tables turned, he was ultimately captured and sent to prison; he lost his best friend; his town was burned and the war was all but lost. Robert's connection to Eveline weakened as he lost the path he believed he was on. Her love for him would be the one thing that could carry him through. Produced, written and directed by the descendents of Robert and Eveline, this is an explosive, richly detailed saga of fierce combat, honor and the will to risk all that's precious for love or country.

Principle Cast:

Julian Adams
Gwendolyn Edwards
Tippi Hedren ('Citizen Ruth', 'The Birds')
Amy Redford ('Cry Funny Happy', 'Maid in Manhattan')
Mickey Rooney ('Babe: Pig in the City', 'The Black Stallion', 'Breakfast at Tiffany's')
Eric Holloway
Joshua Lindsey
Edwin McCain

CINEMATOGRAPHER
Shawn Lewallen

ORIGINAL MUSIC/COMPOSER
Atli Orvarsson ('Law and Order - CI','Jacob's Sound', 'NYPD Blue')

PICTURE EDITOR
Steve Purcell
Billy Fox ('Band of Brothers', 'Law and Order', 'Hustle and Flow')

SOUND EDITOR
Perry Robertson ('Open Range', 'Happy Endings', '3000 Miles to Graceland')
Barney Cabral ('Open Range', 'Happy Endings', '3000 Miles to Graceland')

COPRODUCER
Robert Filion
Steve Purcell