"LIVING & DYING"
35mm Feature Film
New Films International / Highland Myst Cinema Group

UNION – Low Budget SAG


Producer: Jon Keeyes, Brandon Baker and Ron Gell
Director / Writer: Jon Keeyes
Casting Director (Texas): Eddie Holland
Casting Director (Los Angeles): Rosemary Welden, CSA
Start Date: o/a 10/01/2005
Location: Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas

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STORY LINE: Two killers turn the tables on a trio of
robbers when they find themselves in a hostage situation.
Surrounded by the police, the robbers must become the
heroes and save the hostages before they are executed.

MARY JANE (25-30): A young waitress working in the Desert
Wind Cafe, she is a smart, quick-thinking woman. Formerly
in nursing school, she tends to a wounded Nadia. Later,
she comes up with a ploy to get her hands on a gun...LEAD
(6)
KARL (30-40): A gruff ruffian in jeans, boots, a shirt and
jacket, he is a cold-stone creep, a vicious, soul-less
man. Karl and his equally notorious partner, Max, are
known as the "Blood Brothers." Both have done it all --
drugs, human trafficking, and murder. He seizes the
opportunity when a trio of robbers show up at the cafe
where he's hanging out, quickly divesting Sam and his
cohorts of their stolen money and taking everyone in the
place hostage...LEAD (6)

MAX (30-40): Although they are called the Blood Brothers,
Max is more of Karl's sidekick than partner. Not the most
intelligent monkey on the block, Max needs a leader and
has found it in Karl. Max is high-strung and makes himself
appear more dangerous by his genuinely crazed personality.
He follows Karl's lead on everything until Karl turns on
his friend…SUPPORTING (6)

DETECTIVE CATHERINE PULLIAM (30-40): Catherine is a
Robbery & Homicide Detective and Rick Devlin's partner.
She is a good compliment to Rick's abrasiveness as they
play the good cop/bad cop game well. Her distain of Lind
brings great support in a deadly showdown on the
street…SUPPORTING (9)

MIRIAM (45-55): Gruff, independent and confident, Miriam
believes herself greater than any man. She doesn't like
being pushed around and says so. Unfortunately, her bark
is worse than her bite and she often tries to help out
strays. She pushes Karl's buttons one too many times,
which leads her to support Sam and Nadia's plans for
rescue…SUPPORTING (6)

ALICE (30-35): A fairly straight-laced, middle class
mother. She has a clearly defined value system that falls
in line with the rest of the middle class norm that
surrounds her. To Alice, most things are black and white,
good and evil, right and wrong. She becomes the voice that
brings out the sympathetic motivations behind Sam and
Nadia's robbery… SUPPORTING (6)

JENNY (10-12): Alice's daughter, Jenny has a level of
maturity that exceeds her age. One moment she holds the
naivety and wonderment of a child, and the next moment
displays a maturity or intelligence that shocks those
around her. Jenny grows to completely trust Sam and so her
fear is replaced with courage. Her bravery allows the
robbers to contact the world outside the café and let the
police know what is really happening…SUPPORTING (6)

HAROLD (50-60): A simple, friendly and caring man who is a
regular at the Desert Wind Café. With devastating
consequences, Karl uses Harold to show the police how
life-threatening the situation really is… SUPPORTING (6)

SGT. McCREA (35-45): A uniformed officer and veteran of
the force, McCrea has more war stories than most offices
can imagine. Because of this, McCrea is not easily
intimidated which makes him cool and surprisingly jovial
in crisis situations. He tends to be an anchor for those
around him. He is in charge of the uniformed officers
outside the cafe…SUPPORTING (9)

CAPTAIN BURLESON (40-50): Captain Burleson wears nice
suits, attends dinner functions and tries to keep looking
good in front of the press. He is a man determined to
climb into politics and believes that image is everything.
As Rick and Catherine's superior, he is at constant odds
between Rick's need to run this investigation and Duca's
financial power over the local government…FEATURED (26)

BILL (30-40): Bill is Frank James to Sam's Jesse. He
appears a bit more educated than Sam, though he will
always defer to Sam as his position of leadership holds
that honor. Bill is actually a hired gun by Rick to watch
over this little gang so his motivations for assisting at
all costs are to protect Rick's investment. He is one of
the first to die when Karl and Max turn the tables on the
robbers…FEATURED (1)

OFFICER #1: A clean cut, uniformed cop who will run the
command center and handle communications between the
robbers and police…FEATURED (13)

OFFICER #2: An up and coming leader amongst the uniformed
officers, this cop handles a lot of the leg work for the
detectives…FEATURED (16)

DUCA'S MANAGER (40-50): A sweaty, weasel of a man who
drinks alone on Saturday nights and is eaten away by guilt
and fear. He knows about Duca's terrorist dealings but
stays quiet out of fear of Duca and a sizeable payoff…3
SCENES (1)

BUD (35-45): Bud is the meanest of the gang. He is purely
motivated by greed. Though he follows Sam's lead, Bud is
the heavy hand of the group, willing to expend violence
upon innocent bystanders. He dies in a shootout with the
police… 2 SCENES (1)