Little Chenier
Starring:
Johnathon Schaech as Beauxregard "Beaux" Dupuis
Clifton Collins Jr as T-Boy Trahan
Frederick Koehler as Pemon Dupuis
Tamara Braun as Marie Louise LeBauve
Written and Directed by: Bethany Ashton and Jace Johnson
Directed by: Bethany Ashton
Plot Summary:
A story of two brothers, who have no one but each other. Living on a houseboat in the bayou, Beauxregard “Beaux” Dupuis and his mentally handicapped brother Pemon try and make ends meet at their local bait shop. Mixed with the flavor of Cajun Country, Little Chenier takes you on a poetic journey into the hearts and homes of all who live there.
Availability:
October 2006 - Austin Film Festival (Premiere)
November 2006 - AFM Santa Monica
January 2007
"Little Chenier" will be screening in competition at the Park City Film Music Festival in Park City, Utah. All showings will take place at the Film Music Lounge, in the Main Street Mall:
Sunday Jan 21st - 8:30 pm
Wed Jan 24th - 8:20 pm
Friday Jan 26th - 6:30 pm
Best Narrative Feature - Gold Medal Audience Award
Best Impact of Music in a Film Festival - Gold Medal for Excellence
February 2007
Women in Film Actors Group will be screening Little Chenier at Raleigh Studios in the Chaplin Theatre at 1pm on February 24 with some members of the cast and crew for a Q&A afterwards. (Johnathon in attendance)
April 2007
Phoenix Film Festival
Friday April 13 - Arizona Republic Theatre - 2.40pm
Saturday April 14 - Starbucks Theatre - 8.10pm
Sunday April 15 - Starbucks Theatre - 12.25pm
Best Ensemble Acting Award
Special Jury Award ”Acting Achievement" - Fred Koehler
BEST PICTURE award
May 2007
Big Island Film Festival - Waikoloa, Hawaii - May 17-20
Best Feature Film Award
2007 Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival - Lafayette, LA
Wed May 23, 2007 - 7.00pm (5 simultaneous screenings) & 9.30pm - Celebrity Theatres, Broussard 10
Sat May 26, 2007 - 7.30pm - Cite des Arts
Audience Favourite Award for Narrative Feature Film
June 2007
Declaration of Independence Film Festival - London
Fri June 1, 2007 - 4.15pm - The Renoir
Sun June 3, 2007 - 9pm - Horse Hospital
Swansea Bay International Film Festival - Wales
Tues June 5, 2007 - 9.30am - Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea 437
Solstice Film Festival - St Paul, Minnesota
Fri June 22, 2007 - Mid West Premier
Best Cinematography
Best Original Score
Best Director (Bethany Ashton Wolf)
GRAND JURY PRIZE...!!!
Munich Film Festival - Munich Germany
Sun June 24, 2007 - 9.45am - MaxX 1
Mon June 25, 2007 - 10.15pm - MaxX 1
Wed June 27, 2007 - 5.15pm - MaxX 1
Honolulu Film Festival - July 20-27
GRAND JURY PRIZE...!!!
Best Actress - Tamara Braun
August 2007
Ace Film Festival
Sun August 26, 2007 - Broad Street Ballroom, New York
Best Feature Film
September 2007
Salento International Film Festival
Best Picture
Best Actor - Fred Koehler
October 2007
Hollywood Film Festival
Saturday 20th October 2007 - 3pm - Theatre C - ArcLight Cinemas, 6360 Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood.
December 2007
Theatrical premiere (Invited guests only) - New Orleans December 15, 2007
Theatrical premiere (Public release)
January 18th 2008
Celebrity Grand Cinema 8 - Baton Rouge LA
The Grand 14 South - Lafayette LA
Celebrity Theatre Broussard 10 - Broussard LA
The Grand Theatre 10 - New Iberia LA
Regal Boardwalk Stadium 14 - Bossier City LA
The Grand 16 - Slidell LA
Lake Cinema - Morgan City LA
Cinema 4- Crowley LA
Cinemaland – Bogaloosa, LA BogalUsa LA
Cinemark 14 - Lake Charles LA
Regal/UA Lake Charles Cinema 10 - Lake Charles, LA
Hollywood 14 - Covington LA
Hollywood Cinema 9 - Kenner LA
AMC Westbank Palace 16 - Harvey LA
Northpark Stadium 14 - (Ridgeland, MS) Jackson MS
The Grand 18 - D'Iberville MS
The Grand 18 - Hattiesburg MS
January 25th 2008
The Grand 14 - Alexandria LA
February 15th 2008
Regal Metropolitan 14 - Austin TX
February 22nd 2008
AMC Barrett Commons 24 - Kennesaw GA
AMC Southlake 24 - Morrow GA
The Plaza - Atlanta GA
Regal Hollywood 24 - Chamblee GA
Carmike Ten Cinemas - Pensacola FL
February 29th 2008
Angelika - Houston TX
Quad Cinema - Manhattan NY
March 14, 2008
Laemmie Sunset - Los Angeles CA
July 08, 2008
DVD available now
Awards:
See the above related festivals
Press Interviews, Articles and Reviews
bestofneworleans.com - January 2008
New Orleans Living Magazine - January 2008
The Shreveport Times - January 2008
The Daily Advertiser - January 2008
KALB News - TV Interview with Fred Koehler - January 2008
American Press.com - May 2007
MoviePulse.net
2theadvocate.com - December 2007
variety.com - December 2007
LAsThePlace.com - November 2006
Exclusive to JohnathonSchaech.net
Jace Johnson (writer/director) talks about the success of Little Chenier at the Bayou Festival in May 2007:
The response was great. It is such a hard dialect, and a culture people in Louisiana are very protective and particular about. Especially in Lafayette, the epicenter of Cajun Country. That it withstood their scrutiny was wonderful. We weren't in competition there, we were doing it as a tribute to one of our Cajun actors, Mark Krasnoff, who was from the Lafayette area, and passed on in September 2006.
Links:
Official Web Page
Official MySpace Page
New Little Chenier Trailer
acajunstory.com
IMDB
Tamara Braun
YouTube with Gavin Boyd
YouTube with Bethany Ashton Wolf
YouTube with Roddy Macuso and Bethany Ashton Wolf
Photos
All the above photos courtesy of and copyright to littlechenier.com.
Thanks guys.... It's a privilege and honour to have your permission to host these photos
The following photos are courtesy of Tamara-Braun.com. Thank you so much for your generosity Dianne.
The following photos are from ABC Soaps magazine and are courtesy of Tamara-Braun.com. Thanks once again Dianne.
The following photos are courtesy of Catherine Victoria
