Movie Star

Michel Piccoli, Jean Seberg's Co-Star in "L'attentat" ("French Conspiracy") Dies

French actor Michel Piccoli renowned for performances for directors  Alfred Hitchcock, Luis Bunuel, Jean-Luc Godard, Louis Malle, has died at age 94. 

Piccoli began acting in the 1940s, and starred in films until as late as 2014, among them Jean Renoir’s French Cancan (1955), as Brigitte Bardot's husband in Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt (1963), Luis Buñuel's  Belle de Jour (1967), Alfred Hitchcock's Topaz (1969) and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972).

 

Piccoli starred in director Yves Boisset's political thriller L'attentat (also known as Assassination, French Conspiracy-1972) with Jean Seberg and Roy Scheider.

 

Piccoli won the Best Actor Award at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival for A Leap in the Dark. In 1982, he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival for his role in Strange Affair. In 2001 he was the recipient of the Europe Theatre Prize.

The award-winning documentary Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg tells the true story of Hollywood and heartbreak, beginning when an unknown 17-year-old Iowa girl who beat out 18,000 actresses to play Saint Joan in Otto Preminger's 1957 film. The documentary goes behind the scenes of her rocky life in the international film spotlight, her civil rights activism that drew FBI attention, and her mysterious death in Paris in 1979 - deemed a "probable suicide." Produced by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Garry McGee (McMarr Ltd.), and Kelly Rundle and Tammy Rundle (Fourth Wall Films).

Visit JeanSebergMovie for updates on the documentary's news, glimpses behind-the-scenes, and FINALLY the film's release via broadcast, screenings and DVD.

If you would like to make a contribution to the Movie Star: the Secret Lives of Jean Seberg documentary project and add your name to the credits, there is still time and every bit helps! Donations of $100 or more can be tax-deductible.  Visit HOW TO CONTRIBUTE by clicking HERE.  And are we ever grateful!

Jean Seberg's "Moment to Moment" co-star Honor Blackman dies

Honor Blackman and Jean Seberg in Mervyn LeRoy's Moment to Moment (1966).

Honor Blackman, Jean Seberg's co-star in the movie Moment to Moment, has died at age 94 of natural causes. 

Blackman, who became a household name in the 1960s as Cathy Gale in The Avengers and had a career spanning eight decades, is best known for playing the Bond girl Pussy Galore in the James Bond film Goldfinger.

Honor Blackman & Jean Seberg on the Moment to Moment set.

In a statement to the Guardian, Blackman's family said: “It’s with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Honor Blackman, aged 94. She died peacefully of natural causes at her home in Lewes, Sussex, surrounded by her family. She was much loved and will be greatly missed by her two children Barnaby and Lottie, and grandchildren Daisy, Oscar, Olive and Toby... she was an adored mother and grandmother who possessed an extraordinary combination of beauty, brains and physical prowess..."

Blackman starred in Mervyn LeRoy's 75th and final film Moment to Moment. The 1966 American Technicolor psychological thriller starred Jean Seberg as a married woman who has an affair with Naval ensign (Sean Garrison). The affair leads to murder, and a neighbor (Honor Blackman) helping to get rid of the body.

Blackman was married twice, the first time to Bill Sankey from 1948 to 1956. Five years after their divorce, Blackman married British actor Maurice Kaufmann, with whom she adopted two children, Lottie and Barnaby.

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The award-winning documentary Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg tells the true story of Hollywood and heartbreak, beginning when an unknown 17-year-old Iowa girl who beat out 18,000 actresses to play Saint Joan in Otto Preminger's 1957 film. The documentary goes behind the scenes of her rocky life in the international film spotlight, her civil rights activism that drew FBI attention, and her mysterious death in Paris in 1979 - deemed a "probable suicide." Produced by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Garry McGee (McMarr Ltd.), and Kelly Rundle and Tammy Rundle (Fourth Wall Films).

Visit JeanSebergMovie for updates on the documentary's news, glimpses behind-the-scenes, and FINALLY the film's release via broadcast, screenings and DVD.

If you would like to make a contribution to the Movie Star: the Secret Lives of Jean Seberg documentary project and add your name to the credits, there is still time and every bit helps! Donations of $100 or more can be tax-deductible.  Visit HOW TO CONTRIBUTE by clicking HERE.  And are we ever grateful!

 

Talking "Seberg" on Iowa Public Radio March 4

Jean Seberg and husband Romain Garry (Birds in Peru, 1968).

Tune in Wednesday, March 4 at 10:40AM when we join Charity Nebbe on Iowa Public Radio to talk about actress, activist, icon Jean Seberg, the new fictional film "Seberg" starring Kristen Stewart, and our documentary with Garry McGee,Movie Star: The Secret LIves of Jean Seberg.

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The award-winning documentary Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg tells the true story of Hollywood and heartbreak, beginning when an unknown 17-year-old Iowa girl who beat out 18,000 actresses to play Saint Joan in Otto Preminger's 1957 film. The documentary goes behind the scenes of her rocky life in the international film spotlight, her civil rights activism that drew FBI attention, and her mysterious death in Paris in 1979 - deemed a "probable suicide." Produced by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Garry McGee (McMarr Ltd.), and Kelly Rundle and Tammy Rundle (Fourth Wall Films).

Visit JeanSebergMovie for updates on the documentary's news, glimpses behind-the-scenes, and FINALLY the film's release via broadcast, screenings and DVD.

If you would like to make a contribution to the Movie Star: the Secret Lives of Jean Seberg documentary project and add your name to the credits, there is still time and every bit helps! Donations of $100 or more can be tax-deductible.  Visit HOW TO CONTRIBUTE by clicking HERE.  And are we ever grateful!

Times-Republican: ‘Seberg’ puts Marshalltown star in spotlight again

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Kristin Stewart stars in the “Seberg” movie which is a fictionalized version of a period of Jean Seberg’s life when she was involved with the Black Panther Party.

Nancy Adams, curator of the Jean Seberg Collection at the Orpheum Theater Center, and one of the founding organizers of the Jean Seberg Festival of the Arts in Marshalltown, Iowa, did an interview with reporter Lana Bradstream at the Marshalltown Times-Republican about actress, activist and icon Jean Seberg and the refreshed interest in her life now that a new Amazon Studio's film, Seberg, has been released in select theaters in the U.S. 

Marshalltown Times-Republican
By Lana Bradstream
March 2, 2020

Marshalltown native Jean Seberg is back in the spotlight — this time because of a movie about her private life.

The movie, “Seberg,” stars Kristen Stewart in the title role. The movie, released Feb. 21 in select theaters, focuses on Seberg’s activism and involvement with the Black Panther Party rather than her movie career.

The movie is directed by Benedict Andrews and also stars Anthony Mackie, Zazie Beetz, Vince Vaughn, Colm Meaney and more.

The Marshalltown expert on the deceased movie star is Nancy Adams, who keeps abreast of all of the latest news and information. She said the “Seberg” movie bears noting that it is highly fictionalized and that it targets a period in Seberg’s life that needed no embellishments.

“While most unfortunate that, by the filmmakers own admission, they did very little research — not contacting her family, not visiting her hometown nor the extensive archives held there — the hope is that viewers of the film will be compelled to learn the actual truth of her life, and in so doing, be inspired,” Adams said.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Seberg graced many magazines covers during her career. (Jean Seberg Collection, Marshalltown, IA)

A more comprehensive film about that aspect of Seberg, Adams said, is a documentary entitled “Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg.”

Seberg is not someone Adams knew, but the curiosity she felt about the movie star morphed into admiration and a determination to keep Seberg’s name alive and works known.

“The deep relationships formed with her family, close friends, biographer, documentarians and musicians all intent on telling her true story have enriched my life beyond measure,” Adams said.

Some of the information Adams has gathered regarding Seberg’s activism is rooted right here in Central Iowa.

Read the rest of the Marshalltown Times-Republican story HERE!

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The award-winning documentary Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg tells the true story of Hollywood and heartbreak, beginning when an unknown 17-year-old Iowa girl who beat out 18,000 actresses to play Saint Joan in Otto Preminger's 1957 film. The documentary goes behind the scenes of her rocky life in the international film spotlight, her civil rights activism that drew FBI attention, and her mysterious death in Paris in 1979 - deemed a "probable suicide." Produced by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Garry McGee (McMarr Ltd.), and Kelly Rundle and Tammy Rundle (Fourth Wall Films).

Visit JeanSebergMovie for updates on the documentary's news, glimpses behind-the-scenes, and FINALLY the film's release via broadcast, screenings and DVD.

If you would like to make a contribution to the Movie Star: the Secret Lives of Jean Seberg documentary project and add your name to the credits, there is still time and every bit helps! Donations of $100 or more can be tax-deductible.  Visit HOW TO CONTRIBUTE by clicking HERE.  And are we ever grateful!

 

Jean Seberg's "Mousey" Co-Star Kirk Douglas Dies at 103

Actor Kirk Douglas died on Wednesday, February 5th according to his son, actor Michael Douglas. He was 103.

“It is with tremendous sadness that my brothers and I announce that Kirk Douglas left us today at the age of 103,” son Michael Douglas said in a statement obtained by People magazine. “To the world, he was a legend, an actor from the Golden Age of movies who lived well into his golden years, a humanitarian whose commitment to justice and the causes he believed in set a standard for all of us to aspire to.”

It took several months, many years ago, of letter writing and faxing back and forth, but Jean Seberg's biographer Garry McGee was able to have a telephone conversation with Mousey director Dan Petrie, Sr. for the book biography he was working on, Jean Seberg -- Breathless. In the meantime, the movie Petrie made with Kirk Douglas and Jean Seberg (Mousey) had played on cable and McGee sent him a copy as an early thank you for his time. "I wondered who sent that," he said when we finally spoke. "I haven't seen it in years, and didn't have a copy in my collection. Thank you for doing that." 

 

Mousey is the nickname of a timid and introverted biology teacher whose wife divorces him and remarries, taking their son with her. The son of whom he is so proud, however, is not his child: Mousey had married his wife after she became pregnant by another man. The loss of his wife and beloved stepson turns the humiliated man into psychotic stalker bent on revenge.

 

In the United States, Mousey aired on ABC-TV as part of a weekly series of thrillers in 1974. Outside the U.S. it received a theatrical release under the title Cat and Mouse. "It wasn't very good," Petrie said to McGee. "We did our very best and made it as scary as it could possibly be, but I don't think the script was too solid."

 

Petrie enjoyed working with the cast. Douglas delivered as always, and Seberg acceptable. "It really wasn't a demanding role (for her). She had to show 'fear' and she could handle that quite easily. She came ready with her lines memorized and didn't put any demands on me at all," he said. Douglas, however, wished to explore the role more, and Petrie allowed him to expand upon what was written resulting in a memorable performance that they both felt was right for the work. Seberg and Douglas got along during the filming as both were professionals and understood what was expected of them.

 

Petrie directed such theatrical and television films as A Raisin in the Sun, Sybil, Eleanor and Franklin, and Resurrection. He died in 2004. Douglas made more than 90 movies from the 1940s through 2000s including Spartacus, Paths of Glory, The Bad and the Beautiful, Lonely are the Brave, Champion, and Lust for Life among other classics spreading throughout several genres and extraordinary performances.

The Hollywood Reporter noted: "Nominated three times for best actor by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences — for Champion (1949), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952) and Lust for Life (1956) — Douglas was the recipient of an honorary Oscar in 1996. Arguably the top male star of the post-World War II era, he acted in more than 80 movies before retiring from films in 2004."

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The award-winning documentary Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg tells the true story of Hollywood and heartbreak, beginning when an unknown 17-year-old Iowa girl who beat out 18,000 actresses to play Saint Joan in Otto Preminger's 1957 film. The documentary goes behind the scenes of her rocky life in the international film spotlight, her civil rights activism that drew FBI attention, and her mysterious death in Paris in 1979 - deemed a "probable suicide." Produced by Emmy-nominated filmmakers Garry McGee (McMarr Ltd.), and Kelly Rundle and Tammy Rundle (Fourth Wall Films).

Visit JeanSebergMovie for updates on the documentary's news, glimpses behind-the-scenes, and FINALLY the film's release via broadcast, screenings and DVD.

If you would like to make a contribution to the Movie Star: the Secret Lives of Jean Seberg documentary project and add your name to the credits, there is still time and every bit helps! Donations of $100 or more can be tax-deductible.  Visit HOW TO CONTRIBUTE by clicking HERE.  And are we ever grateful!

 

Jean Seberg's "Lilith" Co-star Peter Fonda Dies

Peter Fonda and Jean Seberg in Lilith.

By Garry McGee
Emmy-nominated filmmaker & author

Peter Fonda, who became a counterculture icon when he co-wrote, produced and starred in the seminal 1969 road movie Easy Rider, then three decades later received an Oscar-nomination in Ulee’s Gold, died on August 16 from lung cancer. He was 79.

Peter was considered part of Hollywood "royalty", with his father being the legendary Academy Award-winning actor Henry Fonda, his sister the Oscar-winning actor Jane Fonda, and his daughter Bridget Fonda, the 'it girl' of 80s and 90s movies and television.

In one of his early films, Fonda played a supporting role in Robert Rossen's last work, Lilith, co-starring Warren Beatty, and Jean Seberg in the title role. The film also starred Kim Hunter and Gene Hackman.

During a break in filming in the summer of 1963, Fonda met with his father and sister in New York. The topic of Jean Seberg came up, including her successful film career abroad (by this time Jean was one of France's top actresses). Jane Fonda became fascinated, and shortly after, she moved to France in search of success.

Peter Fonda was quite fond of Jean, but not so much Warren Beatty. In a physical scene involving Seberg and Beatty, Jean was to slap her co-star, but Beatty kept resisting by grabbing Jean's arm, causing bruising.

"It was really hurting her," Fonda said. He allegedly threatened Beatty that if he continued, he'd "beat the shit out of him." Shortly after, Columbia Pictures sent a representative to the east coast set and informed Fonda if he even touched Beatty, "they'd sue my ass", Fonda noted.

To get his point across to Beatty, Fonda showed up shortly afterwards with several friends who had their black belts in karate and positioned themselves on the sidelines on the set. When Lilith wrapped production, a party was held. Beatty left the production and did not attend the party, as he felt Fonda and his group were going to retaliate. They ended up trashing Beatty's dressing room trailer instead.

Although Jean never worked with Peter Fonda or Warren Beatty again, she remained friendly with them, and encouraged Beatty to make his own films.

While Lilith was not a commercial success, critics unanimously praised Jean's performance, and several noted Fonda's sensitive, complicated portrayal of a resident who falls in love with and becomes tangled in the web of deceit orchestrated by Lilith.

"Movie Star is a tale of Hollywood and heartbreak, beginning when an unknown 17-year-old Iowa girl beat out 18,000 actresses to play Saint Joan in Otto Preminger's 1957 film. The documentary goes behind the scenes of her rocky life in the international film spotlight, her civil rights activism that drew FBI attention, and her mysterious death in Paris in 1979 - deemed a "probable suicide." That leaves room for doubt," said Kelly Rundle.  "And you will have to see the film to understand why."

Keep up on all of the Jean Seberg news on the award-winning documentary Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg by Garry McGee (McMarr Ltd.) and Kelly Rundle and Tammy Rundle (Fourth Wall Films) at JeanSebergMovie.com.

Notre Dame Fire Stirs Memories of Jean Seberg, Saint Joan, Love of France

"Jean Seberg at Notre Dame circa 1967. It has been several years since I've been in Paris, but I have never forgotten the kindness of the French people to me, the beauty of the country, and the amazing historical preservation that was on-going in Paris during my visits while researching Seberg's life. It was easy to see why she was, as she said, "Paris-struck". Like many things there, Notre Dame was amazing and I'm so fortunate to have visited and experienced it during my visits. The fire is a huge loss in so many unspeakable ways..."

~Garry McGee, producer/director/writer Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg

State of Joan of Arc in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris France.

Jean Seberg as Joan of Arc in SAINT JOAN (1957).

"So much history. So much sorrow. We stand with the rest of the world in silence and shock over the tragic fire that is raging inside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France. The Cathedral was built from 1163 to 1250 and the statue and monument of Saint Jeanne d'Arc is located inside the Cathedral. Jean Seberg starred as Joan of Arc in Otto Preminger's SAINT JOAN (1957)."

~Kelly Rundle (proder/director/writer: Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg) & Tammy Rundle (producer/writer)

APNews Photo of Notre Dame Catheral in flames. Copyright AP News.

Fire ravages soaring Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris left aghast

PARIS (AP) — A fire swept across the top of the Notre Dame Cathedral while the soaring Paris landmark was under renovations Monday, collapsing its spire and threatening one of the world’s greatest architectural treasures as locals and tourists watched aghast from the streets.

The French president pledged to rebuild a cathedral that he called “a part of us” and appealed for help to do so. The 12th-century church is home to relics, stained glass and other incalculable works of art and is a leading tourist attraction, immortalized by Victor Hugo’s 1831 novel “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.”

The Paris prosecutor’s office said it was treating the fire as an accident, ruling out arson and possible terror-related motives, at least for now. French media quoted the Paris fire brigade as saying the fire was “potentially linked” to a 6 million euro ($6.8 million) renovation project on the spire and its 500 tons of wood and 250 tons of lead.

Despite the dramatic image of the flaming cathedral, no one was killed. One firefighter was injured, among some 400 who battled the flames for hours before finally extinguishing them. Firefighters continued working through the night to cool the building and secure the monument, as residual sparks sprinkled down from the gaping hole where the spire used to be.

Read the rest of the AP Story HERE.

 

A Visual Tribute to Jean's hometown of Marshalltown, Iowa

 

On Thursday, July 19th Jean Seberg's hometown of Marshalltown, Iowa was devastated by a F4 tornado which destroyed and damaged its Main Street business district, homes, historic buildings, many old trees and vehicles.  Fortunately, there was no loss of life and few injuries.

Among the damaged historic buildings were the town's courthouse and the Orpheum Theater Center where Jean watched movies as a teen, and a number of her own films, including her first, Saint Joan, played to packed audiences.

We the producers of Movie Star: the Secret Lives of Jean Seberg decided to create a visual tribute to Marshalltown, Iowa using footage gathered downtown in 2012 for the documentary, and accoustic guitar music by Marshalltown native Mark Adams of Amy & Adams.  The song "Going Home" was the perfect fit for the video piece. Amy & Adams' music is featured in Movie Star.

We wish the residents of Marshalltown all the very best as you rebuild your beautiful city.

Producers Kelly & Tammy Rundle and Garry McGee
Fourth Wall Film & McMarr, LTD

#marshalltownstrong

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Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg producers Garry McGee, Tammy Rundle and Kelly Rundle in front of the Orpheum Theater Center in Marshalltown, Iowa.

Keep up on all of the Jean Seberg news and the December release of the award-winning documentary Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg by Garry McGee (McMarr Ltd.) and Kelly Rundle and Tammy Rundle (Fourth Wall Films) on DVD at JeanSebergMovie.com.

Jean Seberg's hometown of Marshalltown struck by massive tornado

Photo from the Jean Seberg Collection, the IVCCD Orpheum Theater Center, Marshalltown, Iowa (All rights reserved.)

This historic image was taken in 1956 in downtown Marshalltown, Iowa during the big parade that welcomed a young Jean Seberg home to celebrate being selected from 18,000 hopefuls and cast in Otto Preminger's SAINT JOAN.

Yesterday, July 19, 2018, a massive tornado devastated the town, residences, buildings, cars, the charming Main Street businesses, and the historic Orpheum Theater Center--where Seberg's SAINT JOAN screened in 1957. It is currently home to the Jean Seberg Festival of the Arts, and the Orpheum's Seberg Collection.

Twenty seven tornadoes ripped through Iowa Thursday leaving destruction in several towns, including Bondurant and Pella. A number of people were injured, but thankfully no deaths have been reported.

Photo Marshalltown Times-Republican, downtown tornado devastation.

We share here a story from the Marshalltown Times Republican:

Four emergency alerts pinged through on cell phones. Sirens rang through downtown twice. At first, it seemed like nothing. Then it hit.

Devastating.

In a word, that is how small businesses and their owners, residents and anyone who witnessed the tornado that struck Marshalltown Thursday afternoon describe it.

As it happened

Local resident David Powers said he witnessed the destructive tornado on Church Street as it turned from black to an unnerving deep purple. At that point, he sought immediate shelter.

Places like the Marshalltown Public Library, the Animal Rescue League, the YMCA-YWCA and other local organizations began harboring passersbys and the patrons already at the facilities.

Sheila Just, of Kingdom Trucking, had no choice but to take cover in the bed of her semi with her dogs in the truck with her. Bricks, glass and other debris fell around her, even cracking the windows of her truck. But somehow, she made it out alive — she credits the work of a higher power.

Josh Gummert, an employee at Sub City, took the four customers in the restaurant down to basement as they heard the sirens going off. They heard loud cracking while they were in shelter. Now, they believe the noise was the glass shattering on the store front windows.

“We were looking toward the (Marshall County) Courthouse and it was dark, and all the sudden it swooped up … when we looked over between the trees, we could see the funnel — it was moving really quick,” said resident Selena Weitzell.

The steeple on the Marshall County Courthouse was gone. Bricks, glass, branches, flanks of wood and random debris scattered the streets. Residents took in the damage throughout town in the post-storm heat and humidity, moving branches and pieces of houses off their lawn and out of the street.

Parked cars were slightly damaged or totaled with entire trees on top of them. Some were in entirely different spots than they were originally parked. As people descended on the devastation, one woman shouted across the parking lot, “at least I still got a driver’s window.”

 
Video footage of the tornado captured by Mark Varnum (posted on Youtube 7/19/2018).  He noted where he was located when he filmed: "Northwest from 18th st. and HWY 30. Funnel touched down just west of the Soldier's home and went down Main St., Marshalltown, Iowa.

Downtown hit hard

In the aftermath it appeared that Main Street was hit especially hard, as if the tornado had a designated plan to head that route. Typical to other storms that have hit Marshalltown in recent years, the tornado seemed to pick up strength as it traveled west to east, but prominent evidence of the event can be seen largely throughout the northeast and northwest quadrants of Marshalltown.

Read the FULL STORY HERE!

Photo by Nancy Adams (curator of the Jean Seberg Colllection) - Orpheum Theater Center tornado damage.

CNN reported that ten people suffered injuries after a tornado struck the town of 27,000 people (located about an hour northeast of Des Moines). None of the patients are in critical condition, hospital spokeswoman Laura Rainey said.

Read the CNN coverage and view tornado video HERE.

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Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg producers Garry McGee, Tammy Rundle and Kelly Rundle in front of the Orpheum Theater Center in Marshalltown, Iowa.

Keep up on all of the Jean Seberg news and the December release of the award-winning documentary Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg by Garry McGee (McMarr Ltd.) and Kelly Rundle and Tammy Rundle (Fourth Wall Films) on DVD at JeanSebergMovie.com!

Vince Vaughn joins Kristen Stewart in cast of Jean Seberg movie project

Actor Vince Vaughn (Deadline.com)

It was announced on Deadline.com today that actor Vince Vaughn (Wedding Crashers, Hacksaw Ridge, Couples Retreat) has joined the cast of the new political thrillerAgainst All Enemies,  directed by director Benedict Andrews (Una) and starring Kristen Stewart (Personal Shopper, On the Road, Twilight) as Jean Seberg.  Vaughn will play Carl Kowalski, the FBI agent in charge of the investigation of Seberg involvement with supporting the Black Power movement.  Seberg was considered the darling of the French New Wave after starring in Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless.

Jean Seberg and Kristen Stewart (Ecran Noir).

Deadline.com reports: Fred Berger (La La Land) and Brian Kavanaugh-Jones of Automatik are producing alongside Kate Garwood and Stephen Hopkins. Phreaker Films, led by Alan Ritchson and Marina Acton, has come on board to produce and finance. Bradley Pilz of Bradley Pilz Productions is also producing. Sales kick off in Cannes this week via Memento Films International. UTA is repping U.S. rights.  The film is set to begin filming in Los Angeles in June.

To read more on the update click HERE. 

*The producers of Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg are not affiliated with Against All Enemies, nor is this project based on Garry McGee's book Jean Seberg: Breathless or Neutralized: the FBI vs Jean Seberg by Jean Russell Larson and Garry McGee.  

The award-winning documentary Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg by Emmy-nominated documentary film writer Garry McGee, McMarr LTD (author of Jean Seberg: Breathless) and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmakers Kelly Rundle and Tammy Rundle (Fourth Wall Films) will be released internationally on DVD near Christmas 2018.

Join the journey! To add your name to the film credits (before August 1, 2018) and make a tax-deductible contribution of $100 or more to Movie Star: The Secret Lives of Jean Seberg, contact us at fourthwallfilms@aol.com for details!