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“THE LEGEND OF CRAZY GEORGE”
"An Art House Horror Flick Made Down-Home In Tennessee"
A George Furman Film
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2/. Biographies 

George Furman                    Director, Co- Producer, Co-Writer, DOP        

George Furman‘s father is from New York and his mother is from Tennessee – this puts him in the uncomfortable position of being Yankee.   After graduation from Drew Univ in 1989 George moved to Cookeville Tennessee to get in touch with is mother’s family. George has lived in Tennessee for 12 years.  In that time he has almost erased his Yankee accent and has learned to eat grits without sugar.  He still hides a blue cap in his closet. He has run with some wild characters: bank robbers and boot leggers to actors and scientists.  Ask him where he’s travelled and he’ll tell you from Morocco to LA and from Scotland to New Zealand.  He has slept on trains and in parks, been robbed three times and has a pistol stuck in his face twice.  He has published Fat Platypus a book of photography and he has drunk peach flavoured moonshine.  He has stood in a 1000 degrees furnace as he cast bronze sculptures.
In his studio are cases of photographs in green steel filing cabinets.  Filed away are photos of Gang Unit cops arresting punks in Memphis,  the steel girders of That Confounded Bridge, and a fence covered in shoes along a highway in New Zealand. He has eaten kumara chips, goo goo clusters, ocra, and acid. He has made love to the girl of his dreams and watched her disappear.
George is a photographer, a manic-depressive artist.  The illness defines him.  Many people believe that manic-depressives are artistic geniuses and George has a portfolio to support the belief.  He is prone to wildly entertaining fits of mania – everyone who knows George has a story.

Mike McCaleb                        Co- Producer, Co Writer, Editor  

Mike McCaleb was born and bred in Cookeville Tennessee. A global roamer who has lived in New Zealand establishing new marketing techniques and teaching those down under the tricks of the trade. Mike trained as a civil engineer, however he found that his calling was in marketing, film-making & entertainment. McCaleb now lives in New Zealand with his wife and new baby. McCaleb has other interests in the television and film industry having just recently formed a partnership with a New Zealand producer. Please refer to his interview for further information. 

Debbie Rochon                     “Crazy Bonnie” 

Debbie Rochon is an icon in the horror film industry. Debbie is an adaptable actress who has starred in over 85 cult-horror films.  Donald Farmer of "Erotic Vampire in Paris" introduced McCaleb & Furman to Rochon. Debbie has recently played the lead role of Jane Toppan in  “American Nightmare, also she plays Juliet's girlfriend in the Troma-movie masterpiece “Tromeo & Juliet. Debbie was the M.C. for the NY International Horror Film Festival in 2002.  for more information, visit her website. www.debbierochon.com  

Adam Brookfield                  “Tommy”

In 1994 Adam moved to Wellington to attend Toi Whakaari: The New Zealand Drama School, the country’s premiere training available to professional actors. He graduated in 1996. Feature Films so far include “The (irrefutable) Truth about Demons” and, of course, playing the role of Tommy Nash, the ultimate outsider, in “The Legend of Crazy George”. Adam has also appeared in many television shows and commercials, well beyond the scope of listing here. Tommy Nash scares Adam, because he’s so damn cool.

Adam works as an assistant to Casting Director Rachel Bullock. Together they have cast feature films (Scarfies, Threshold a.k.a. Shearers Breakfast), TV Drama (40 episodes of “The Strip”, the forthcoming “Insiders Guide to Happiness and Prosperity”, the German tele-feature “Blonde Cargo”) and hundreds of television commercials for NZ and International markets.
 

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