genre midnight madness/cult
director dominic murphy
writer shane smith, eddy moretti
producers mike downey, sam taylor
co-producers shane smith, eddy moretti
cast edward hogg, carrie fisher, muse watson
country uk
running time 90min
year 2008
awards edward hogg best actor at monterrey film festival, best film at dinard film festival, best international film and best actor at Mumbai film festival
us distribution IFC
“A rollicking terrifying trip”
LA Times
“A demented slice of genius…see it if you can”
The Guardian
“A white-trash psychobilly nightmare with midnight movie appeal”
Vanity Fair
White Lightnin’
From International cult magazine Vice, the tale of Jesco ‘the dancing outlaw’ White – part angel, part devil, part elvis
synopsis
Jesco White’s drugs of choice are gasoline and lighter fluid, plus the high he gets from performing the wild mountain dancing steps taught him by his daddy. But it’s reform school and a lunatic asylum that teach Jesco how to fight, and fight he does. Redneck exploitation is gorgeously reinvented as Jesco explodes from one burst of trailertrashing rage to the next. Dingy trailers, guns and moonshine – the trademarks of West Virginia life – are celebrated, alongside a psychobilly soundtrack, as savage exotica in this brutal and demented hillbilly saga.
