'The Mustang,' filmed in Carson City, coming to Galaxy Fandango April 11
Submitted by Kelsey Penrose on Tue, 03/26/2019 - 10:14am
Event Date:
April 11, 2019 - 7:00pm
A new movie that was filmed at the historic state prison in Carson City “The Mustang” starring veteran actor Bruce Dern and Matthias Schoenaerts, known for the Academy Award winning film “The Danish Girl” and Jennifer Lawrence’s “Red Sparrow,” will premiere in Carson City on April 11 at the Galaxy Fandango Theaters with the first showing at 7 p.m.
The movie used Carson City’s historic Nevada State Prison, which closed in 2012, as its set, filming at the location over a six week period in 2017. The movie originally aired at the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 31, receiving positive reviews, and had its world premiere on March 15 in select theaters.
It should stay at the Galaxy Fandango Theaters in Carson City for approximately two weeks, said an employee from Fandango.
It will also be playing in Reno and Sparks theaters as well, with the earliest on April 4 at Galaxy Victorian in Sparks, located at 1250 Victorian Ave.
According to Focus Features, the movie description is as follows:
“Roman Coleman (Matthias Schoenaerts), a convict in a rural Nevada prison who struggles to escape his violent past, is required to participate in an “outdoor maintenance” program as part of his state-mandated social rehabilitation. Spotted by a no-nonsense veteran trainer (Bruce Dern) and helped by an outgoing fellow inmate and trick rider (Jason Mitchell), Roman is accepted into the selective wild horse training section of the program. There, he rediscovers his own humanity in gentling an especially unbreakable mustang.”
Go here to view the movie trailer.
The film also features local actors, including Jack Waggon of Carson City, Dominique Ramone Smith of Reno, and Angel Alvarado of Reno, according to IMDb. Other Northern Nevada residents also participated with the film crew and as extras. There was more than 1,200 volunteer hours associated with the film, Nevada State Prison Preservation Society Chairman Glen Whorton said last year.
The movie parallels the real-life mustang rehabilitation program in Carson City, named The Northern Nevada Correctional Center, Stewart Conservation Camp Saddle Horse and Burro Training Program.
The program is a cooperative partnership between the Bureau of Land Management and the Nevada Department of Corrections-Silver State Industries in which “wild horses and burros are gentled and trained before being adopted. About 60-75 wild horses and burros are trained and adopted at the facility each year. Each wild horse or burro receives approximately 120 days of training, but they are still ‘green-broke,’” according to the program.
To learn more about the Nevada State Prison, you can visit its website at www.nevadastateprison.org.
To watch the trailer, click below or go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2a-KSOCIeY
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