Film: Run

Run is the debut feature from writer/director Timothy English. Production lasted from August of 2001 through March of 2002. A premiere was held on June 29th, 2002 at the Rio Theatre in Overland Park, KS. I worked with Tim English on Stuck on Star Wars. When he lost his lead actor playing the mysterious Victor Corso, he asked me to fill the role. I really liked this film because of it's black and white film noir appearance. Corso was a great character to play, and if Tim ever makes the sequel, Oracle, I hope I can reprise the role.


What It's About: "They're coming Mr. Reeves." is Victor Corso's proclamation to Jaxon Reeves during their first encounter. RUN is the story of a man, Jax, whose wife is abducted by aliens after he steals a disk containing the mysterious "Tesla Files" from a radical group known as E.T.R.A. (Extra Terrestrial Research Associates). Jax soon meets Victor Corso, a member of the ETRA group, who warns him that he is being hunted by the sinister Men in Black and they will stop at nothing to prevent the Tesla files from being translated. Run sets up the detailing of an alien invasion and colonization of earth.


Who's In It: The Cast and Crew include D.H. Rottering,Meghan Dickinson, Nick Casarona, Ed McLinn, Ryan Singer, Rick Seifert, Timothy English and Sarah Walker. See the sheet below.

Interesting Tidbits: In his Director's Journal, Tim writes:

• "With Run I wanted to put the viewers in the mind of a character as he is recalling the final days of his life. I wanted them to see it as he remembered these things happening to him."
• "The decision to do the entire movie in black and white was actually made by my wife after she acted as my test audience for early cuts of the film and trailers."
• "When I originally wrote the 'Victor Corso' character, he was a much older, weary man...late 50's early 60's... but then I ended up casting James Kellogg, who I thought would give the character a stronger presence."
• "The 'Abduction' sequence we filmed in Topeka and Eudora, Ks. in 2 nights. We had a crew of maybe a dozen or so. I wanted to give the scene the 'what you don't see is scarier' intensity."
• " I brought in Doug Rottering to do the music after I met him while working on 'Stuck on Star Wars'. I wanted to give the whole movie that creepy old science fiction movie feel and I think Doug delivered."

CAST AND CREW
Jaxon Reeves............................................Timothy English
Victor Corso...................................................James Kellogg
Agent Nine...................................................................Ed Mclinn
The Blonde Woman...................Meghan Dickinson
Agent Zero...............................................................Rick Seifert
Julie Reeves......................................................Sarah Walker
Detective Carter................................................Ryan Singer
Detective Myles...........................................Nick Casarona
Daniel Logan......................................Jason Schonberg
Music byD.H. Rottering
Executive ProducerTimothy English
Produced byAnita Nickel
Assistant DirectorEd Mclinn
Written and Directed byTimothy English