Hey folks, Harry here. You all saw that rather completely different look that Wes Bentley... the amazing actor from AMERICAN BEAUTY... was wearing at the Academy Awards. Well... There's a reason behind it. Well... that's because he's filming a period piece Gold Rush film. And... if you CHECK OUT THEIR WEBSITE you will find more information than you can believe. They have the entire film broke down. They've digitized rushes and dailies from the film. They have plot synopsis, interviews with the writer, experiences from people on set... Everything, the way a good film website SHOULD be during the course of filmmaking. Hell... even Milla Jovovich has filed two reports from set. This is really really a cool set up, so definately go check this out. It's nice to see a film getting it right in concerns to how to use the web. The below is the plot synopsis taken from their site, to tease ya into going... Who knows how the film will be, but they certainly seem open with it. It's from Michael Winterbottom , the director of JUDE and WELCOME TO SARAJEVO... which does speak well of his talent. Here ya go...
KINGDOM COME is written by Frank Cottrell Boyce and is based loosely on Thomas Hardy's 1886 novel 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'. It focuses on Dillon, a man whose spiritual and material ambitions are in conflict with each other.
It is 1849 and Dillon has made the gold rush trek to the snow-covered mountains of California seeking his fortune, with his wife Elena and child Hope. In a moment of drunken impulse, Dillon trades his wife and child for a bag of gold.
Twenty years later, and Dillon runs Kingdom Come, a thriving mining town in the mountains. Its survival rests on the railroad coming their way, and the arrival of the surveying team raises concern. Dillon's worries are just beginning though, as Elena and Hope arrive too, seeking him out.
It is a time of fading prosperity. The gold rush is drying up along with the hopes of thousands who travelled across the country to find their fortune. Towns appear and disappear in months and many are left on the streets with no idea what to do next.
