Garrett DeHart and New Lexicon Productions Presents “An Untitled Edgar Allen Poe Project”.
Produced and Directed by Garrett DeHart,
Shoot: April / May 2010
Location: Georgia (Atlanta)
Audition date: 3/27/2010 *
Genre: Period / Psychological / Thriller
B]Submission Address:[/b] garrett@garrettdehart.com

Synopsis: Edgar Allen Poe’s macbre tales of insanity, horror and revenge told through the lens of a precise artistic style Dark Romantic painting in the way that he might have imagined it in his time.

The film will be set on a foggy night in a Richmond, Virginia jail cell in the middle of 19th century--the time and location where Poe did most of his best work. Jailed in the cell, the viewer will find five of Poe’s characters from five of my favorite stories; the narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart, the narrator of The Black Cat, the narrator of The Imp of the Perverse, the narrator of The Raven, and ‘Montresor’, the narrator of The Cask of Amontillado, all of whom await their deaths by hanging at dawn. The gallows from which they will hang wait in a courtyard just outside the jail, visible through the jail cell window. In the initial scene of the film, Edgar Allen Poe himself is led into the cell, having been arrested for public drunkenness. It’s during his time in the shared, dingy cell, that he hears each of the characters tell their tales. The narrators’ monologs will be directly derived from Poe’s texts insomuch as they will set the tone for the story.

We are set to begin production on a short film of Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart” that will function as a stand alone short film and fund raising tool for the feature length project that will depict 5 of Poe’s stories. The film will be shot in HDV (F 900) and run through an intensive post production process to create a final product that looks like a Dark Romantic painting that has come to life. We are working with a realist depiction of the story as it might have evolved in Poe’s imagination. We’re working towards the dark introspective character development of Poe’s characters.

BREAKDOWNS:
The Tell-Tale Heart Narrator
Male (25 – 50 yrs. ) Caucasian
4 days of shooting

The Tale-Tell Heart Old Man
Male (50 – older yrs. ) Caucasian
3 days of shooting

Edgar Allen Poe
Male (25 – 40 yrs ) Caucasian
1 day of shooting

The Black Cat Narrator
Male (30 – 60 yrs. ) Any Ethnicity
1 day of shooting

The Raven Narrator
Male (30 – 70 yrs. ) Any Ethnicity
1 day of shooting

The Imp of the Perverse Narrator
Male (30 – 70 yrs. ) Any Ethnicity
1 day of shooting

If you are interested, please submit the following:
- website with reel (if you have)
- headshot
- phone
- resume
- e-mail

Audition is at a closed location by appt. only.
Please contact Garrett DeHart by email to schedule an appt.
*If you are not able to make the audition we will accept an audio audition and head shot for consideration.
The film is an independent/non-union/low pay production with screen credit and DVD.

PROJECT: “THE TELL-TALE HEART”
CASTING CALL CATEGORY: INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM
LOCATION: ATLANTA, GA
CONTACT: garrett@garrettdehart.com

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