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Calvin Marshall Crimes of the Past
93 minutes ■ 2009 ■ USA ■ In Competition 90 minutes ■ 2009 ■ USA ■ In Competition
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Director/Screenwriter/Editor: Gary Lundgren ■ Producers: Mark Cunningham, Anne Director: Garrett Bennett ■ Producers: Steve Edmiston, Victor Kepler, Lenville O’Donnell ■
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Lundgren, Michael Matondi ■ Executive Producer: Mark Cunningham ■ Cinematographer: Executive Producer: Shaun McCarthey ■ Screenwriter: Steve Edmiston ■ Cinematographer:
Patrick Neary ■ Principal Cast: Jane Adams, Catherine Coulson, Alex Frost, Brad Henke, Julio Ribeyro ■ Editors: Bryan Cole, Liza McDonald ■ Music/Composer: Kyle Porter ■
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Michelle Lombardo, Terri McMahon, Steve Zahn ■ calvinmarshall.com Principal Cast: John Alyward, Cynthia Geary, Grant Goodeve, Chad Lindberg, David Rasche,
Eric Roberts, Elisabeth Röhm ■ thespyandthesparrow.com
Filmed in Ashland and Medford, the story follows a sophomore
at Bayford City College who wants to make the baseball team. After Tommy Sparrow is severely wounded in a covert CIA
The problem? He is long on determination but short on skills. operation, he comes home to discover his wife with another
Calvin Marshall (Alex Frost, Gus Van Sant’s Elephant) had a man. His rage and wounds frighten his seven-year-old daughter
childhood dream of being a major leaguer but he can’t even make Josephine. When Tommy’s wife tells him to leave, he
the junior college team. Doug Little (Steve Zahn, Rescue Dawn), disappears back into the CIA, employing his skills as a spy to
the hard-nosed coach, has had his own failures and doesn’t have covertly watch his only daughter grow up.
the heart to tell Calvin to abandon his dream. Calvin manages to
stay on the team and also charm the college volleyball star—but
Twenty-five years later, Tommy finally comes in from the cold—
it all may be fleeting.
to retirement. Josephine is battling her own destructive nature
and the damage done by the disappearance of her father. He
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This Rogue Valley production is a poignant comedy about carries his scars both inside and out—and while his cold war
overcoming disappointment, cultivating defeat and becoming operations never seem far behind, his journey home will
the kind of person who dares to dream again. The film features surpass any mission with the Agency—because reuniting with
Oregon Shakespeare Festival company members in addition to Josephine and becoming her father may cost him his life. The
dozens of other local actors and extras. [adult content, film uncovers mysteries of the past in a thrilling and rare love
language] story about the power of forgiveness. [language, violence]
Gary Lundgren Garrett Bennett
Director’s Statement Director’s Statement
For so long it’s been my hope that this film Years ago Shaun McCarthey approached
would turn the sports genre on its ear. There Vic Kepler with a concept and funding to
are conventional aspects at work but this make a film. The concept was about a
idea of deferred dreams is so prevalent in family brought together through a death.
the hierarchy of sports that paying tribute to The subject was important to Shaun, as
it was very satisfying. There’s a disarming power to Calvin’s he’d just lost his mother to cancer. Steve
journey of letting go and moving on. I’m still inspired by it. Edmiston wrote the script. I joined the team as Director, and the
four of us, and many others took part in an amazing process
Overcoming disappointment might be the most underrated
that lead to the film A Relative Thing (2005 AIFF).
achievement in life. It’s so easy to stay on the ground after being
knocked down. Bitterness takes root so easily—as it did with Before we’d signed a distribution deal on the film, Shaun came
Coach Little—the kind that festers and slowly kills a person over forward with a concept and funding for this film. This time
a lifetime. Failure and grudges are easy to hold onto. And around, the process was the polar opposite, yet we succeeded in
damned if we don’t feel entitled when we want something we creating a film that honored Shaun’s passion to tell a story about
think we deserve. relationships and family. Shaun passed away last November. I
know that Vic and Steve would agree with me, that both films
Filmography: Lithium, Wow and Flutter (2005 AIFF) have been monumental in our lives and many others. This came
about from Shaun taking a chance.
Filmography: Farewell to Harry, A Relative Thing (2005 AIFF)
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