It’s been a year since I first saw details emerge of Lance Edmands’ BLUEBIRD and I’m delighted to share with you the first full trailer today, and details of how to help get it into US cinemas with Kickstarter – and then hopefully the UK as well!
BLUEBIRD has put together an intelligent cast for this indie debut from Edmands, who writes and directs, and it’s all set in a small logging town in northern Maine. This first trailer shows the reality and gritty nature of the film but also a hopeful side in a beautifully put together teaser, it stars John Slattery, Amy Morton, Louisa Krause, Emily Meade, Adam Driver, and Margo Martindale. Here’s a little official synopsis and scroll down for the trailer.
When Lesley, the local school bus driver (Amy Morton) becomes distracted during her end-of-day inspection, she fails to notice a sleeping boy in the back of the bus. What happens next shatters the tranquility of the secluded industrial town, proving that even the slightest actions have enormous consequences. Stricken by an overwhelming sense of guilt, Lesley’s fragility is further tested by her husband (John Slattery, Mad Men), a local logger preoccupied by the imminent closing of the town paper mill, and the boy’s mother Marla (Louisa Krause), a disaffected young woman looking to take advantage of a delicate situation.
We definitely back this film – and encourage THN readers to as well – so, head over to their Kickstarter page to help fund US distribution for this great project, Find out more by clicking here and now here’s your trailer:
BLUEBIRD did the film festival circuit last year and has opened in a few placed but head over to their official Facebook page for more updates.
