The Goree Girls

For the band, see Goree All Girl String Band.

The Goree Girls
Directed by	Michael Sucsy
Produced by	Jennifer Aniston
Written by	Margaret Nagle John Lee Hancock
Starring	Jennifer Aniston Pam Tillis Jennifer Landon Melissa DiMarco Sandra Oh Ellen Pompeo Jimmy Bennett Jennette McCurdy Kelly Rowland
Distributed by	DreamWorks Pictures
Country	United States
Language	English

The Goree Girls is an upcoming musical film set in the 1940s which tells the story of eight Goree Prison inmates who form a country-western band. Filming was set to take place during January 2010,^[1] but was pushed back to accommodate Aniston's filming of Just Go With It. Ellen Pompeo also agreed to put off production in order to spend more time with her daughter, Stella. The film will take place in Lubbock, Texas, Amarillo, Texas, Dallas, Texas, and Harlingen, Texas.

The film is based on a 2003 article in Texas Monthly magazine by Skip Hollandsworth.^[2]

This film is produced by and stars actress Jennifer Aniston, Jennifer Landon, Jennette McCurdy, Kelly Rowland, Melissa DiMarco, Pam Tillis, and Jimmy Bennett.^[3][4]

Plot

The film is based on a true story about eight women who were incarcerated at Texas’ Goree State Farm penitentiary in the 1940s. These women formed the Goree All Girl String Band, one of the first all-female western acts in history, capturing the hearts of millions in the process.

Cast

• Jennifer Aniston as Trisha Durant
• Jennifer Landon as Kathy Roberts
• Kelly Rowland as Jill Vegas
• Melissa DiMarco as Erica Gilligan
• Pam Tillis as Cassidy Sunderson
• Jimmy Bennett as Logan Smith
• Jennette McCurdy as Billie Crow
• Ellen Pompeo as Farrah
• Sandra Oh as Vicki

References

1. ^ http://jenniferaniston-information.com/2010-the-goree-girls
2. ^ http://www.greysgabble.com/?p=36477
3. ^ "Jennifer Aniston ready to reveal her singing voice". CNN. http://edition.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/10/jennifer.aniston.sings/. Retrieved 2009-09-18. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ http://www.popcrunch.com/jennifer-aniston-goree-girls-movie-musical-will-begin-shooting-winter-2010/

External links

	Texas portal
	Film portal
	Music portal
	Criminal justice portal

• The Goree Girls at the Internet Movie Database
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