Angels in Stardust

Angels in Stardust
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Robert Carey
Screenplay byWilliam Robert Carey
Based onJesus in Cowboy Boots
by William Robert Carey
Produced byScott Dolezal
Starring
CinematographyAlexandre Lehmann
Edited by
Music byJohn Hunter
Production
companies
  • HIP Films
  • Inception Film Partners
Distributed byHigh-Motor Productions
Release date
  • February 21, 2014 (2014-02-21)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Angels in Stardust is a 2014 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by William Robert Carey and starring Alicia Silverstone, AJ Michalka and Billy Burke.[1] The film is Carey's directorial debut, and is based on his own novel Jesus in Cowboy Boots, released in 2013.[2]

It was released in theaters and on video on demand on February 21, 2014. The film was re-released in 2016 under its original title, Jesus in Cowboy Boots. The "Angels in Stardust" title, invented by the first distributor, was designed to put the film at the beginning of the alphabetical pay-per-view lists.[3] Unfortunately, the title was antithetical to the film's story and themes. In 2021, Carey wrote a memoir, How Not to Make a Movie: An Independent Filmmaker in Hollywood Hell, about his trials and tribulations of making the film.[4]

Plot

Vallie Sue Russell, an imaginative small-town girl, living in a dusty Texas community built on an abandoned drive-in movie lot turns to an imaginary friend, The Cowboy, for solace from her self-absorbed mother and the dangerous world around her. A mysterious Native American, Tenkill, and two local lowlifes turn Vallie Sue's world upside down, changing her life forever.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Eisenberg, Eric (July 10, 2012). "Alicia Silverstone and Billy Burke Join Jesus In Cowboy Boots". CinemaBlend.com. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
  2. ^ Carey, William Robert (13 September 2013). Jesus In Cowboy Boots Paperback by William Robert Carey. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-4912-4275-9.
  3. ^ Carey, William Robert. "How not to make a movie : an independent filmmaker in Hollywood hell - Missouri University of Science & Technology Library". link.library.mst.edu.
  4. ^ Carey, William Robert (January 25, 2021). How Not to Make a Movie: An Independent Filmmaker in Hollywood Hell. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8321-8.


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