Angels in Stardust

2014 film by William Robert Casey

Alicia Silverstone
AJ Michalka
Billy Burke

CinematographyAlexandre LehmannEdited by

Rick Spalla
Dennis Virkler

Music byJohn Hunter

Production
companies

HIP Films
Inception Film Partners

Distributed byHigh-Motor Productions

Release date

February 21, 2014 (2014-02-21)

Running time

96 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Angels in Stardust is a 2014 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by William Robert Carey and starring Alicia Silverstone, AJ Michalka and Billy Burke.^[1] The film is Carey's directorial debut, and is based on his own novel Jesus in Cowboy Boots, released in 2013.^[2]

It was released in theaters and on video on demand on February 21, 2014. The film was re-released in 2016 under its original title, Jesus in Cowboy Boots. The "Angels in Stardust" title, invented by the first distributor, was designed to put the film at the beginning of the alphabetical pay-per-view lists.^[3] Unfortunately, the title was antithetical to the film's story and themes. In 2021, Carey wrote a memoir, How Not to Make a Movie: An Independent Filmmaker in Hollywood Hell, about his trials and tribulations of making the film.^[4]

Plot

Vallie Sue Russell, an imaginative small-town girl, living in a dusty Texas community built on an abandoned drive-in movie lot turns to an imaginary friend, The Cowboy, for solace from her self-absorbed mother and the dangerous world around her. A mysterious Native American, Tenkill, and two local lowlifes turn Vallie Sue's world upside down, changing her life forever.

Cast

Alicia Silverstone as Tammy Russell
AJ Michalka as Vallie Sue Russell
Billy Burke as The Cowboy
Amelia Rose Blaire as Loretta
Michael Spears as Tenkill
Jeannetta Arnette as Jacqueline Windsor
Chandler Massey as Angelo
Sierra Fisk as Principal
Dennis Cockrum as Mr. Sunday
Darin Heams as Old Ray
Tyler Riggs as Mickey
Adam Taylor as Pleasant Russell
Kelly Ramel as Francine

References

^ Eisenberg, Eric (July 10, 2012). "Alicia Silverstone and Billy Burke Join Jesus In Cowboy Boots". CinemaBlend.com. Retrieved August 23, 2012.
^ Carey, William Robert (13 September 2013). Jesus In Cowboy Boots Paperback by William Robert Carey. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-1-4912-4275-9.
^ Carey, William Robert. "How not to make a movie : an independent filmmaker in Hollywood hell - Missouri University of Science & Technology Library". link.library.mst.edu.
^ Carey, William Robert (January 25, 2021). How Not to Make a Movie: An Independent Filmmaker in Hollywood Hell. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8321-8.