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Texas Wildcatter Film “The Iron Orchard” has World Premieres @ 2018 Dallas International Film Festival

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by Kelly Kitchens
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Director Ty Roberts’ Texas Epic THE IRON ORCHARD will premiere on Saturday, May 5 at 5:30 p.m. at the Dallas International Film Festival, which kicks off Thursday, May 3 at the Magnolia Theater, West Village, 3699 McKinney Ave, Dallas, TX 75204. Based on the award-winning novel of the same name, THE IRON ORCHARD is the story of Jim McNeely, a young man thrust into the vibrant and brutal West Texas oilfields in 1939, who works his way through the ranks to ultimately become a formidable oilman.

THE IRON ORCHARD stars Lewisville native, Lane Garrison, known for his previous work on “Prison Break” and “Roots.” Hassie Harrison, with generations of family ties in Dallas, also stars in the film, alongside Austin Nichols (The CW’s “In the Dark”), Ali Cobrin (LightWork’s “Redemption”) and Lew Temple (“Kidnap”).

The film was produced by Houston Hill, George Sledge and Camille S. Chambers.

Dallasite Brint Ryan served as executive producer alongside fellow Texans: Greg McCabe, Peter Atherton, and Gary Newsom.

Tickets can be purchased at https://www.dallasfilm.org/diff2018.
Website – www.theironorchardfilm.com
Facebook – @theironorchardfilm
Instagram –  @theironorchardfilm
Twitter – @theironorchardfilm

The Cast
Lane Garrison is Jim McNeely
Ali Cobrin is Lee Montgomery
Austin Nichols is Dent Paxton
Lew Temple is Ort Cooley
Hassie Harrison is Mazie Wales
Temple Baker is Pluto
Ned Van Zandt is Thomas Van Zandt
Allan McLeod is Barry Wakely
Timothy Lee DePriest is Peaches
Donnie Boaz is Charlie Dupree

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Kelly Kitchens

Kelly J Kitchens (Wickersham), film publicist

As an editor and feature writer, Kelly J. Kitchens found herself engrossed in North Texas’ arts, entertainment, leisure/hospitality and fund-raising events scene in the early and mid-'90s where she was a feature writer, critic and editor for a weekly arts and entertainment magazine in Dallas called The Met. Her love of film, music, art, theater and worthy causes drove her to then pursue the publicity side of the media business in 1995. Kelly has been honored by being named a “master publicist” in the Fort Worth Business Press and an “ace media maven” in The Dallas Morning News.

For more than 25 years, Kelly has had her hand in much of the Dallas film world. For instance, she publicized Angelika Film Centers openings in Dallas and Plano and the revitalization of Houston’s Angelika. She is the director of press and publicity for several area film festivals and independent films playing at other film festivals. And in 2022, she plans to return to be the publicist for Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in DFW.

During the pandemic, Kelly wasn’t sure where her career would take her. Fortunately, she was able to help save Thin Line Film Festival, Dallas VideoFest's DocuFest and AltFiction Fest, Pegasus Film Festival, among other film festivals as they turned to go virtual instead of canceling.

As the world emerges from the pandemic, Kelly is working on publicity for Pegasus Media Project, Who Needs Sleep Telethon, as well as several films making their ways into the festival circuit and an Amazon series nominated for a Daytime Emmy, #WASHED.

One of Kelly’s specialties is her Media Roundtables. RTs are modified press conferences that turn into conversations and virtual film schools with filmmakers, festival directors and anyone else she happens to be working with at the time. Get a feel for these media roundtables at this YouTube playlist: https://tinyurl.com/KJKPRMediaRoundtables

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