Furnace (film)

Infobox Film
name = Furnace


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director = William Butler
producer = Scott Aronson Anghus Houvouras Eric Tomosunas
writer = William Butler Aaron Strongoni
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starring = Danny Trejo Michael Pare Tom Sizemore Ja Rule
music = Haavard Christopher Hana Noah Sorota
cinematography = Viorel Sergovici
editing = M. Scott Smith
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released = 2006
runtime = 90 min.
country = United States
language = English
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website = http://www.furnacethemovie.com/
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imdb_id = 0497373

"Furnace" is a 2006 horror film written and directed by William Butler. It stars Danny Trejo, Michael Pare, Tom Sizemore, and Ja Rule.

Premise

A group of prisoners are assigned to assist in the re-opening of an old prison's closed wing. They find that the furnace room in the wing is the location of a murder, and the victim's spirit seeks death of those who enter the room.

Production

The original script for "Furnace" was written by Anghus Houvouras, and the project was brought up to director William Butler, who thought that the story was reminiscent of the 1988 film "Prison". Butler signed to direct, and he and his writing partner Aaron Strongoni collaborated to polish the script to meet Melee Entertainment's budgetary concerns. The rewriting lasted six months and changed the story substantially. Butler said of the change, "This of course was no reflection on Anghus, but instead the team of people at Melee that sort of took the film in another direction."cite news | author=Phil Davies Brown | url=http://www.horror-asylum.com/interview/williambutler/interview.asp | title=William Butler | publisher=Horror Asylum | date=2007-08-09 | accessdate=2007-12-16 ]

Casting for the film lasted six months. Kane Hodder was originally cast, but he dropped out due to a death in the family, and Danny Trejo replaced him in the role. The film was shot in Nashville, Tennessee in the closed Tennessee State Prison. Filmmakers experienced difficulties in filming the prison, which had been closed for ten years, due to the dilapidated structure. The director and the producers differed on aspects of the film throughout production, though the director enjoyed the end product. He said of the relationship, "I sent them an email and said you know despite our disagreements some of your notes raised the bar on the quality of the movie, so you know it's a good thing to have the ability to acknowledge that they have good intentions." [cite news | author=Tim Malcolm | url=http://www.matchflick.com/column/1248 | title=William Butler INTERVIEW | publisher=MatchFlick | date= | accessdate=2007-12-16 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.furnacethemovie.com/ Official site]
*imdb title|id=0497373|title=Pride and Glory