Sunland Heat

Sunland Heat
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Directed byHalder Gomes
Written bySílvio Gurjão
Produced byHalder Gomes
StarringJ. J. Perry
CinematographyRoberto Iuri
Edited byGláucia Soares
Music byMarcio Rocha
Release date
  • 2004 (2004)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
BudgetR$127,000[1]

Sunland Heat (Portuguese: Sunland Heat – No Calor da Terra do Sol) is a 2004 American martial arts film directed by Halder Gomes and starring J. J. Perry.

Cast

  • Alex Van Hagen as Jennifer
  • J. J. Perry as Matthews
  • Jay Richardson as Daniel
  • André Lima as John Paul
  • Laura Putney as Jackie
  • Halder Gomes as Carlos
  • Odilon Camargo as Roy
  • Alexandre Picarelli as Mark

Production

Working as stunt in American martial arts films, Gomes came with the idea of producing a martial art film shot in his birth city, Fortaleza, Ceará. However, Gomes prepared no script, then he went to a local film school and announced he was looking for a script writer for a martial arts film. The next step was to raise funds, which was done through gubernamental tax incentives. For the casting Gomes put an ad in the Back Stage West, and received about 3,000 subsmissions. He was worried to cast people who had already travelled to another country because he thought the recentness of September 11 attacks could affect actor's performance.[2] The film was shot both in Ceará and Los Angeles[3] during a period of four weeks.[2]

References

  1. ^ "O Tarantino do Ceará faz filme de artes marciais". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). July 1, 2004. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Fun in the Sun: Halder Gomes and Sunland Heat". Girls with Guns. November 2005. Retrieved October 30, 2014.
  3. ^ Sampaio, Thiago (April 12, 2012). "Confira entrevista com Halder Gomes, produtor de "Área Q"". Tribuna do Ceará (in Portuguese). Universo Online. Retrieved October 30, 2014.


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