Many films, both classic and contemporary, have been shot around the Big Bend area, a place well-known for attracting actors, artists, musicians, and writers. A new film, Marfa Ghost Stories, will be released later this year and will feature both Sul Ross State University theatre students and Hollywood actors. Austin based writer and director Tony Morris, a classical musician with over 20 years of broadcasting experience, is excited to work with the promising students he refers to as “world class talent.” The full-length movie will start shooting May 1. The new film – set on location in Alpine, Marfa, Fort Davis, and Shafter – revolves around people telling ghost stories around a campfire. A young couple driving on Highway 17 run out of gas late at night. They start walking, and stumble upon a campfire where they meet a Native American man and his grandson. The four characters pass the night by telling frightful ghost stories. Morris, who has personally met the legendary actor Clint Eastwood, said, “This movie is a love letter to West Texas, but told in a very scary story. Telling ghost stories around a campfire is one of the oldest traditions of the human experience. It predates the written word.”
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