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White Lightnin' (2009)

R · 2009-01-19 · 1h 32m · EN
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Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, "the dancing outlaw". As a boy Jesco was in and out of reform school and the insane asylum. To keep him out of trouble, his daddy D-Ray taught him the art of mountain dancing, a frenzied version of tap dancing to wild country banjo music. After his father's death, crazy Jesco dons his father's tap shoes and takes his show on the road.

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Eddy MorettiWriterShane SmithWriterDominic MurphyDirector

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Edward HoggEdward HoggJesco WhiteCarrie FisherCarrie FisherCillaStephanie Astalos-JonesStephanie Astalos-JonesBirty MaeKirk BovillKirk BovillLongStephen LesterStephen LesterDoctorWallace MerckWallace MerckEdgarSteve NicolsonSteve NicolsonVernonClay SteakleyClay SteakleyReillyAllison VarnesAllison VarnesTeenage ClerkRaymond WaringRaymond WaringDaveyMuse WatsonMuse WatsonD. Ray WhiteOwen CampbellOwen CampbellYoung Cesco

Keywords

Brutal violenceDrugsAlcoholicCopAppalachiaVigilantePsychiatric hospitalAlcoholismRacismIndependent filmTap dancingBible quoteSadistic violence

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Genre affinityThriller · DramaTheme affinityBrutal Violence · Drugs · AlcoholicDialogue densityDramaDirector preference597955Actor preference8086 · 52184 · 95270Country preferenceGb

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Deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, abides living legend Jesco White, "the dancing outlaw". As a boy Jesco was in and out of reform school and the insane asylum. To keep him out of trouble, his daddy D-Ray taught him the art of mountain dancing, a frenzied version of tap dancing to wild country banjo music. After his father's death, crazy Jesco dons his father's tap shoes and takes his show on the road.

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White Lightnin' has a runtime of 92 minutes.

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