Firecracker

Firecracker

Movie

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  • Genre(s): Mystery, Thriller
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Steve Balderson
  • Cast(s): Karen Black, Mike Patton, Susan Traylor, Kathleen Wilhoite, Selene Luna See all Cast & Crew
  • Award(s): Outstanding Achievement 2005 (Won)
    International Fantasy Film 2005 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: HIM, The Lost Bus
  • Story:
    A tale of murder in small-town Kansas. When Jimmy is lured away from his abusive family by a traveling sideshow carnival, he encounters Sandra, one of the main attractions. The happiness they find together causes them to confront the darkness in their lives
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STORY

Story
A tale of murder in small-town Kansas. When Jimmy is lured away from his abusive family by a traveling sideshow carnival, he encounters Sandra, one of the main attractions. The happiness they find together causes them to confront the darkness in their lives

AWARDS

Won
Outstanding Achievement Award

Cinematography | 2005

Production | 2005 | Steve

Acting Female | 2005 | Karen

International Fantasy Film Award

Best Actress | 2005 | Karen

Domani Vision Award

2005 | Steve

Nominations
International Fantasy Film Award

Best Film | 2005 | Steve

Raindance Award

Best International Feature | 2004 | Steve

BOX OFFICE

Budget 350,000 USD

TRIVIA

Trivia

Originally, Mike Patton wasn't going to play the leading role but only the smaller part of The Green Man. However, Patton was chosen to replace Dennis Hopper as Frank and Hopper was let go.

Both Edward Furlong and Paul Sizemore were attached to the project in the role of "Jimmy" before Jak Kendall won it.

Dennis Hopper was originally cast as Frank but dropped out before the film was made. Steve Balderson said this was because Hopper's involvement in the film did not result in financing, so he reverted to his "original vision" of having the same actor play the parts of both Frank and David, and Hopper was "forty years too old" to play David.

The film was based on a real-life murder that occurred in Wamego in the 1950s, three blocks from the house where Steve Balderson grew up. According to Balderson, a traveling carnival visited the town each year on July 4. The murder victim disappeared on the morning of July 5, as the carnival was leaving town, and was later found to have been killed by his brother. Balderson changed the names and some details of the story for his film. He called the finished film "more fiction than fact" and not a historical piece.

The Ottaway carnival, a real carnival that visited Wamego regularly, was used for the carnival scenes, with local residents as extras.