Fort McCoy is a 2011 American drama film written by Kate Connor, produced by Connor and Eric Stoltz, and directed by Connor and Michael Worth that stars Stoltz, Connor, Lyndsy Fonseca, Andy Hirsch, Camryn Manheim, Seymour Cassel, and Brendan Fehr.Fort McCoy (2014)
The film depicts the life of a barber who is hired by the United States Army. His services are needed for a prisoner-of-war camp in Wisconsin.
Plot In 1944 Frank Stirn moves his family to Wisconsin to become a barber for the US Army and a prisoner-of-war camp it oversees at Fort McCoy. Bitter that he is unable to fight because he is 4F, Frank takes a stand when a Nazi officer threatens his wife.
Production The film was shot in California, and La Crosse, Wisconsin.
Release The film was first shown at Boston, Cannes Independent, Rhode Island, Savannah film festivals. The U.S. and Canadian rights were acquired by Monterey Media in March 2014.Taylor Lindsay, IndieWire, 10 March 2014
Festivals Fort McCoy was shown at the following festivals: Rhode Island International Film Festival Savannah Film Festival"Fort McCoy" a joy to watch: Savannah Film Festival Hollywood Film Festival“Inception” Wins Hollywood Movie Awards Cannes Independent Film Festival TriMedia Film FestivalTriMedia Film Festival highlights film, TV and plays Worldfest Houston Milan Intl Film Festival Boston Film Festival Ft Lauderdale Intl Film Festival Stony Brook Film Festival Tacoma Film Festival St. Louis Film Festival Eric Stoltz Unofficial Site Fort McCoy Category Dublin Film FestivalEric Stoltz Unofficial Site Fort McCoy Category
Reception Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 47 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.
See also Independent film Film industry in Wisconsin
References
External links
Fort McCoy at Monterey Media