Birth nameEdward Matthew Lauter II Birth information30 October 1940, Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA BioNo information available

Editor’s Note: This is one of a series of interviews with directors whose films are screening at the 2009 CineVegas Film Festival. “Godspeed” (USA, 2009) Director: Robert Saitzyk Cast: Joseph McKelheer, Cory Knauf, Courtney Halverson, Ed Lauter, Jessie Ward, Hallock Beals An intense, dramatic thriller set in the lingering light of the Alaskan midnight sun. What initially attracted you to filmmaking and how has that evolved since starting out? When I …

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[Updated with new and improved version of the trailer.]
Indie horror picture The Hamiltons was a solid sleeper hit on the festival circuit a couple years back and a film that we covered extensively in these pages, so we’re more than a little curious to get a look at what stars Joseph Mckelheer and Cory Knauf have been doing since.  The answer is Godspeed, a film the duo not only star in but also co-wrote and produced with Sundance alum Robert Saitzyk (After The Flood) in the director’s chair.  Here’s the synopsis:
Charlie Shepard (Joseph Mckelheer, The Hamiltons) is a modern day faith healer, a man who claims that if you let go and believe, then his power to heal is very real indeed. Living hand-to-mouth with his young son and wife Rebecca (Jessie Ward, Rest Stop: Don’T Look Back), Charlie ekes out a meager living from his “healing” sessions in a small Alaskan town.
Todd Brown

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We brought you the first trailer for indie thriller Godspeed - featuring Joseph Mckelheer and Cory Knauf from The Hamiltons - a little while back and while that trailer certainly showed some promise it was a fairly early effort cut together for international sales purposes and not the most polished in the world.  Well, the film will soon premiere at the Cinevegas Festival in June and in preparation for that the powers that be have just cut together a brand new trailer for the film.  This one still has a couple edges - the audio doesn’t seem to have been through post yet - but it is much improved on the whole, a very unsettling little piece of work.  Here’s the synopsis:
Charlie Shepard (Joseph Mckelheer, The Hamiltons) is a modern day faith healer, a man who claims that if you let go and believe, then his power
Todd Brown

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