A Horse with No Name (2010)

Genre

independent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An independent film made on a tiny budget where the script was written as filming went along. The actors did not know this and were given their lines on the day of shooting to keep things fresh.

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What happens

A Horse with No Name is an independently produced feature film by Matthew and Barnaby O'Connor. Its two key distinguishing factors are the budget, which was $10,000 (considered very small by Hollywood standards) and the fact the film was written as it was made - something none of the actors in the film knew was happening. As far as the cast were aware the script had already been written and they would receive dialogue on the day to 'keep it fresh'. This whole process was documented in the feature length behind the scenes documentary '13 States' which was described by one review as 'behind the scenes carnage the likes of which you have never seen before'. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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