Lionsgate to Release 'Dean Teaster's Ghost Town' on DVD this October

Lionsgate to Release 'Dean Teaster's Ghost Town' on DVD this October

HOLLYWOOD, Calif., August 4th /PRNewswire/ -- Lionsgate(R) (NYSE:LGF), the leading next generation filmed entertainment studio, in association with Barnholtz Entertainment, announced today that it will release the western feature "Dean Teaster's Ghost Town" on DVD October 28th in the United States and Canada.

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"Dean Teaster's Ghost Town," the dream project of Dean Teaster and DJ Perry, is an 1800s western set in North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains and was filmed at the "Ghost Town in the Sky" theme park located in Maggie Valley, North Carolina. A brutal story of love, hate, revenge, and family honor, the movie reunites the two mountain men from John Boorman's 1972 classic "Deliverance" -- Herbert "Cowboy" Coward and Bill McKinney. Voted number one movie villains of all-time by "Maxim Magazine" in 2005, McKinney and Coward scared audiences with their mountain man delivery that struck fear in millions of moviegoers.

The movie also features DJ Perry ("GPS," "Miracle at Sage Creek"), Princess Lucaj ("Jericho," "Uncross the Stars"), Rance Howard ("A Beautiful Mind," "Chinatown"), Renee O'Connor ("Xena: Warrior Princess," "Diamonds and Guns"), country music stars Sammy Kershaw ("The Beverly Hillbillies," "Fall Time") and Stella Parton ("A Dance for Bethany," "Rhinestone"), Terence Knox ("Tour of Duty," "St. Elsewhere") and Tony Becker ("The Walton's," "Melrose Place," "Walker, Texas Ranger"). In addition, Robert Bradley, Ghost Town in the Sky's original "Apache Kid," is also featured in the movie.

Filmed entirely in North Carolina with the film's main stage at Ghost Town in the Sky western Theme Park, Great Smoky Mountain tourists saw the limited theatrical engagement between June and October of 2007 at EagleNest Entertainment Center in Maggie Valley, NC. More theatrical showings are planned this summer throughout the southern United States including discussions with Fireshoe Distribution for a west coast theatrical release. International release plans for "Dean Teaster's Ghost Town" are currently underway.

Hank Woodburn, one of the new owners of Ghost Town in the Sky family theme park, said he anticipates a renewed interest in the park as a result of Teaster's movie. People surged to Haywood County to get a glimpse of Cold Mountain after the novel by Charles Frazier was put to the big screen. "I think the same thing will happen with this movie," Woodburn said.

"Dean Teaster's Ghost Town" is a unique "eastern" western with old Hollywood style western story telling produced by DJ Perry and Tony Hornus. Directed by Jeff Kennedy and Dean Teaster, it is Teaster's directorial debut and is based on the legendary character Harmon Teaster, an Appalachan folklore hero from the 1800s who is also his great, great, grandfather.

"With the success of '3:10 to Yuma', it was my main reason to release 'Dean Teaster's Ghost Town' with Lionsgate," says Barry Barnholtz of Barnholtz Entertainment.

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Source: Barnholtz Entertainment

CONTACT: Barry Barnholtz of Barnholtz Entertainment, +1-818-591-1900

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