Red Dirt Rising

Red Dirt Rising (2014)

Based on a true story, this film shares with us a decade in the lives of Jimmie Lewallen and his wife Carrie as they experience the joys of love and marriage alongside the tragedies of war and poverty (1939-1949).

Date of release
2014-10-31
TMDB
4.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Director
Kathleen 'Bo' Bobak, James Suttles

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: North Carolina

Red Dirt Rising is a 2011 film starring Brad Yoder, Burgess Jenkins and Brett Rice based on the book Red Dirt Tracks: The Forgotten Heroes of Early Stockcar Racing by Gail Cauble Gurley telling the true story of race car driver Jimmie Lewallen. The film dramatizes the birth of NASCAR in the 1930s and 1940s.

Production

Filming began in October 2007 for 24 days and was completed in November, 2007 in Archdale, North Carolina, and High Point, North Carolina, showcasing English Farm. Due to the timing of the production and the release of the Red One Digital Cinema Camera in the United States on August 31, 2007, Red Dirt Rising was one of the first feature-length film shot on the new camera system.

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