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Terry Haynes Stunt Man
The film was submitted to the Short Film Festival.
B 18 | agairupdate.com
Recently I saw a post on Facebook asking who the pilot was that was featured in the movie “The Grace of Jake”. Terry Haynes answered stating that it was him. I thought this was rather fascinating and of course I Googled it and reviewed the trailer. I thought it was so cool that one of my customers (as well as a friend) had been featured in a movie made in a town about 20 miles from my home. I reached out to him to see if he would let me write about it and of course he was happy to help. Terry owns “Haynes Flying Service” in Palestine, AR. (L-R) Actor Lew Temple and Terry Haynes He was asked by writer/producer Chris Hicky to fly for the actor as an ag pilot in a short film that he wrote. Chris was from Forrest City, AR (very close to Palestine) and used “Kickstarter” to help fund the project released in 2015. The premise of the story is “Ex-inmate and wandering musician Jake travels to a small town in Arkansas intent on exacting revenge from his father but begins to unravel a complicated family history as he befriends the locals.” The film was submitted to the Short Film Festival. Terry said that he recently happened to see the film show up on the “Starz” cable network for about six months. My husband Jerry and I recently watched it on Amazon Prime Video. Two notable stars were Jordin Sparks (American Idol winner) and Jake La Botz (blues singer, songwriter and actor). Terry mentioned that Jordin was continually coming and going because of other projects. Lead actor Jake La Botz did a good job especially with his musical skills. He also noted that actor Dorian Wilson had a security guard due to his status. What I found interesting was that most of the crew stayed at a local hunting club and the people ➤
