Waco - the movie

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It's a go for "Waco"

By Charles Ealy | Thursday, May 13, 2010, 06:36 AM
http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/austinmovies/entries/2010/05/13/its_a_go_for_waco.html?cxntfid=blogs_austin_movie_blog

The controversial movie "Waco" will begin production in two months in Louisiana, Emilio Ferrari of Entertainment 7 said Thursday at the Cannes Film Festival.

The news comes a year after a dispute erupted in Cannes over whether the movie would qualify for state incentives. At the time, Bob Hudgins of the Texas Film Commission said that Entertainment 7, the production company, need not apply for incentives because they would not be approved, citing what he called inaccuracies in the script about the government raid on the David Koresh compound near Waco.

Ferrari received the news about the Texas incentives during the festival last year and strongly rejected the contention of script inaccuracies.

On Thursday, Ferrari said that Kurt Russell has been cast to play Byron Sage, the key FBI agent at the siege of the Branch Davidian compound, which left 54 adults and 21 children dead.

Sage was one of the key sources for the Texas Film Commission's determination that the script was inaccurate.

Other cast members include Adrien Brody as Koresh's right-hand man, Steve Schneider, and Sharon Stone as Judy Schneider, his wife. The role of Koresh has not been cast yet, Ferrari said.

Exact locations in Louisiana for the filming have not been determined, Ferrari said. He added that the movie still faced "an uphill battle." But he insisted that it would be made and would begin shooting this summer.

Entertainment 7 has declined to release the script for the movie. But the dispute about its inaccuracies centers, in part, on whether the government caused the deadly fire at the compound.

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This sounds interesting. The doc that came out a 13 years ago on waco (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120472/) is pretty fascinating.

[Fernando]

^^ I haven't seen that doc but someone that I trust highly recommended it, plan to see it shortly.

it's on youtube.

[New Feeling]

Waco: The Rules of Engagement is one of the most engrossing things I have ever watched.  Amazing doc that everyone should see.