Falcon Song
{{short description|2014 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Falcon Song
| image = File:FalconSong TheatricalPoster Wiki.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical Release Poster
| director = Jason Corgan Brown
| producer = {{Plain list |
- Jason Corgan Brown, p.g.a.
- Greg Townsend
- Michael Green
- Jeter Rhodes
- Toby Guidry
- Jennifer A. Haire
- Kristen Taylor}}
| screenplay = Jason Corgan Brown and Michelle Poteet Lisanti
| story = Jason Corgan Brown
| starring = {{Plain list |
| music = {{Plain list |
- Jason Corgan Brown
- The Moody Blues
- Kate Bush
- Dum Dum Girls
- Lucy Langlas
- The Secret Language
- Light House
- Nightfur}}
| cinematography = Bruce Francis Cole
| editing = Jason Corgan Brown and Aria Russo
| studio = Corgan Pictures
| distributor = Gravitas Ventures and Laser Beam Releasing
| released = {{Film date|2014|01|31|Santa Barbara International Film Festival|2014|03|21|United States}}
| runtime = 109 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Falcon Song is a 2014 Contemporary Western film written and directed by Jason Corgan Brown. It stars Rainey Qualley, Gabriel Sunday, and Martin Kove. The 1980s style film explores themes of land conservation and soul searching through a storybook world of quirky characters with touches of magical realism.
Plot
A guitar playing drifter (Gabriel Sunday) helps a rancher's granddaughter (Rainey Qualley) find her true calling. They soon find themselves in the middle of a land war instigated by Cap Davenport (Martin Kove).
Cast
- Rainey Qualley as Sarah Lou
- Gabriel Sunday as Syd
- Martin Kove as Caspian
- James Storm as Jabez
- Hart Turner as Randy
- Michael Yebba as "Monster"
- Jeter Rhodes as Frank
Release
Falcon Song premiered at the 2014 Santa Barbara International Film Festival on 31 January.{{cite news |title='Mission Blue' To Open Santa Barbara International Film Fest; Full Lineup Unveiled|url=https://deadline.com/2014/01/santa-barbara-international-film-festival-mission-blue-open-full-lineup-list-659839/|date=January 7, 2014}} The film's US theatrical release began in Los Angeles on March 21, 2014.{{cite news |title='Falcon Song' spins a retro tale in ranch country|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-falcon-song-review-20140321,0,5188655.story#axzz30VYZrIS4|date=March 20, 2014}} It subsequently screened across America at classic movie houses{{cite news |title='Western fantasy' indie drama gets sneak peek in Missoula|url=http://missoulian.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/western-fantasy-drama-gets-sneak-peek-in-missoula/article_653bbbb8-b622-11e3-8287-001a4bcf887a.html|date=March 27, 2014}}{{cite news |title='Falcon Song' screenings at the Ellen Theatre|url=http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/go/film/article_4ece608e-c6b1-11e3-82a9-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm|date=April 19, 2014}} as well as Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas.{{cite news |title='Falcon Song' screenings at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas|url=http://drafthouse.com/movies/falcon-song/northern_virginia/|date=March 23, 2014}}
On May 23, 2014 Falcon Song was released in North America on major Cable On Demand and Internet VOD platforms including AT&T U-Verse, Verizon, Comcast, Cox, Charter, iTunes, Vudu, Xbox Live, and PlayStation Network.
Reception
Falcon Song received mostly positive reviews when it was initially released in 2014. Ernest Hardy of LA Weekly wrote that Falcon Song is "modest, charming, and relatively subversive in the context of contemporary American film."{{cite news |title='Falcon Song' Review|url=http://www.laweekly.com/los-angeles/falcon-song/Film?oid=4519634/|date=March 20, 2014}} and that the movie is "mercifully free of easy irony".
Sheri Linden of the Los Angeles Times stated that "The Director achieves a desired retro aesthetic" and that "The story's wholesomeness could have tipped into bizarro David Lynch dreamland, but it remains grounded, more or less."
Ethan Stewart of The Santa Barbara Independent wrote that the film is "A tongue-in-cheek celebration of 1980s' cinema, Jason Brown's Falcon Song legitimately makes you feel like you have travelled through time. The film goes retro with everything from production techniques and the soundtrack to its storyline…".{{cite news |title=Falcon Song: An American Folktale |url=http://www.independent.com/news/2014/jan/29/falcon-song-american-folktale/}}
In Film Threat's review by Mark Bell, the film is highlighted as "a throwback to a less cynical age of cinema".{{cite news |title=Falcon Song Film Threat Review|url= https://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/78571/}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.falconsong.com}}
- {{IMDb title|2325880|Falcon Song}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|falcon_song}}
Category:American Western (genre) films
Category:Films set in the 1980s
Category:Films shot in Montana
Category:Western United States in fiction
Category:2014 Western (genre) films
Category:Contemporary Western films