RAY MANZAREK WILL PROVIDE SCORE FOR "SUMMERHILL" MOVIE

 


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Director William Tyler Smith ("The Third Mind") is set to go into production in September on "Summerhill," from the script he co-wrote with Julian David Hoxter.

The film will be based on the real-life stories from Summerhill, the alternative school in Suffolk, England.

Jake Weber ("U-571," "Meet Joe Black"), a Summerhill alumnus, is set to star, with former Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek providing the score.

Morris S. Levy of New York-based MEGA Films is executive producing, in association with Social Art Productions. The flick starts shooting in the fall in Suffolk and also in Carmel, California

 

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Jake Weber Returns to Indie 'Summerhill'
Thu June 26, 2003 04:01 AM ET
By Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - English actor Jake Weber is set to star in "Summerhill," an independent drama for which Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek will provide the score.

The project centers on Summerhill, a British alternative school that students and faculty run together as a community of equals. The students are free to go to class -- or not -- and a spirit of free thought, personal responsibility and democratic ideals prevails. In 1999, the British government threatened to shut the school down, and the students and faculty banded together to fight its closing. They ultimately won their battle against the authorities in a dramatic court case.

Weber, who attended Summerhill, has worked in such films as "The Cell " and "U-571." He next stars in Universal's remake of "Dawn of the Dead."

"Summerhill" will shoot in the fall in Suffolk, England, and Carmel, Calif. William Tyler Smith will direct and produce the $12 million film from a script he co-wrote with Julian David Hoxter.

Reuters/Hollywood Reporter

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