After premiering last August at the Crighton Theatre in downtown Conroe, the Conroe-based movie “The Author” now has a streaming release date.
The movie will be available for streaming on Amazon, Apple and Google beginning Nov. 7.
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Here are some things to know about the film:
What is “The Author?”
For more than 25 years, Sam Cable, a Conroe High retired math teacher and Chuck Walker, a former Olympic boxer, have made movies together in Montgomery County.
In spring 2021, the duo teamed up with Ritchey Cable, a pastor in Kansas City to film a movie he wrote, “The Author.”
The film centers on an author who is in a car accident. He is struggling with his faith and is asked to write about his life.
Ritchey Cable called the film a “journey for the soul.”
It questions if this world is just a bunch of chaos or is there some order or orchestrated plan to all this chaos.
Where was the movie filmed?
The movie was filmed at businesses and personal property in the Conroe area. Some locations included the Crighton Theatre, the former Flourish restaurant, Lone Star Family Health Center, Heather’s Glen now The Vale wedding venue, Frank and Bell Jackson’s house and Seth and Betty Gibson’s house.
A cast and crew of approximately 40 gathered for the first time on the evening of April 14, 2021 before filming began on April 15, 2021 around Montgomery County. Filming wrapped on May 8, 2021.
Who is in the movie?
Clint Harp, Ritchey’s college roommate at Baylor, plays Ryan, the lead role’s best friend. Harp is featured in Chip and Joanna Gaine’s “Fixer Upper” show based in the Waco area.
The film also features Ashton Brooke Gill, a Louisiana native, who participated on “American Idol.”
She plays young musician Sara Tolleson in the film.
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In February, the movie’s soundtrack featuring Gill was released. It’s on Spotify, Apple, Pandora and other streaming services.
Other lead actors include Cameron Stout as James Harrison, Corbin Timbrook as Dr. Elliot and Kelli Stuart as Kate Robinson.
The movie’s premiere
In late August 2022, the movie had a Hollywood style premiere at the Crighton Theatre in Conroe. The stars and crew arrived in limos to a red carpet and Main Street full of fans.
Other premieres took place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where Gill lives and in Kansas City where Ritchey Cable lives in fall 2022.
The film also had a run in September 2022 at the Cinemark 17 and XD theater in The Woodlands.
Other films from Walker Cable Productions
Cable and Walker have made more than 30 films together including 2008’s “The Man Who Came Back” starring Eric Braeden, Billy Zane, George Kennedy and Armand Assante; “Border Cross” which came out in 2017 featuring Lorenzo Lamas and Danny Trejo and 2015’s “A Little Christmas Business” with Daniel Baldwin, Tammy Barr, Lorenzo Lamas, Bo Hopkins, Leslie Easterbrook and Gib Gerard.
See their Walker Cable Productions website for more on their films.
See the Facebook page of “The Author” for more.
