Santa Fe International Film Festival will screen Night of the CootersGeorge R.R. directed the short film “The Message”, Martin and directed by Vincent D’Onofrio. Martin and D’Onofrio will attend the event for a Q&A scheduled for Wednesday, October 19 at the Jean Cocteau Cinema.
“We wrapped principal photography on Night of the Cooters back in August, you may recall,”He said this in a statement. “That’s our adaptation of the classic short story by the one and only Howard Waldrop. Shot entirely in greenscreen in Santa Fe, from a screenplay by Joe Lansdale. Directed by Vincent d’Onofrio, who also starred. After that, we turned it over to the wizards at Trioscope, who have been busily working on it ever since with their groundbreaking animation process.”
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The cast will also attend the screening and discussion of the short movie. Night of the Cooters‘ cast also includes Harrison Page, Luce Rains, Shannon Hayes, Martin Sensmeier, Hopper Penn, Cristin McCleary, Elias Gallegos, Darius Eteeyan and Jazzy Kim O’Brien, among other things.
Night of the CootersThe story is based upon the Waldrop 1987 scifi novel. The story focuses on the period when Martians invaded Pachico in Texas in 1800.
Tickets can be purchased on this website for those who are interested in attending.