Today (October 10, 2011), This is an update to let everyone know that is involved in our film that it has been entered in the Sundance Film Festival and has been accepted for 2012. It is now a wait and see period if we can get a distributor. I will probably have copies made for everyone associated with the film, sometime after the first of the year(2012). I hope to have a premier for the film here in Indiana and in Kansas sometime in the spring of 2012. I will need to work on finding a location in each state that can accommodate us. After that it will go on sale. Any questions, please email me.
May 5, 2011...Well..we finally got the last scene of our film shot yesterday in Garnett Kansas. This scene is actually a re-shoot of the same scene because I wasn't satisfied with the first one.
At the bottom right of this page is the gunshot that gets the shootout started. It is where one of the partners shoots the other partner in the head and Bishop shoots him. Hope you don't mind a little blood. In this scene Bishop the owner of the trading post has an altercation with several of his surly patrons and has to end the argument in a very final way. Besides the clip at the bottom of the page, you can see the interior of the set and some of (not all) of the cast that took part in the shootout go to page 5 of the photos. There are some wonderful PC items we used that a lot of us would like to own, including myself. .......Bill
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My name is Bill Proctor. I served in Vietnam as a Combat Motion Picture Photographer in 1966 and 1967. I received my training at the U.S. Army Pictorial Center Studio in 1966 which is located in Queens (Astoria) New York and what is now the Kaufman Astoria Studios. In 1966 I was sent to Vietnam and served as a combat photographer during my tour of duty. After Vietnam, I returned to my home town of Indianapolis and went to work for Uncle Sam for the next thirty years, retiring in 1996. After retirement I picked up my love for the camera again and opened my own production company, Perfect Hat Productions, specializing in historic films and documentaries. I've also worked on several major films as a Native American Advisor, stunt man and actor.
Current Project.
We are a small, independent minority owned company specializing in historic theme video productions. The past six months we have been working on a film shot on location on the vast prairies of Kansas just south of the historic cattle trail head, Ellsworth Kansas. We were fortunate that we were able to film on a private ranch owned by Jim Gray, known as the "Kansas Cowboy" and show the beautiful, wild vast Kansas prairie to good advantage.
Jim is a wealth of knowledge on Kansas history and the author of "Desperate Seed, Ellsworth Kansas on the Violent Frontier". We were able to use Jim as an advisor on our film and tap into his vast knowledge of the pre 1900 west. We return to Kansas in May of 2011 to finish the final few scenes prior to post production.
"Kansas Moon, The Last Hunt", is a film set in the west (Texas and Kansas) in the years 1871, 1872. The title is "Kansas Moon, The Last Hunt". Kansas Moon is based on an actual incident that took place between the grandfather of a Comanche Indian family and a small group of Pawnee. The film shows the conflict between the Native American and buffalo hunters, as well as the grandfather who has set out on a quest to avenge the killing of his family by the Pawnee. "Kansas Moon, The Last Hunt", should be complete sometime in the summer of 2011. The script and screen play was written by me (Bill Proctor), with adaptations and contributions by Historian Mike Tatham. Below, are several clips from Kansas Moon, enjoy.
If you would like to have your event or activity filmed, Please refer to the contact page for instructions on how to contact us.
Me Gwetch....Thank You
Bill Proctor
Below, three scenes from, "Kansas Moon, The Last Hunt", due out the Summer of 2011. These are rough edits and not the finished product. Check out the current projects page for more scenes from Kansas Moon. The new clip posted today (below, top right) introduces the owner of the property where our film was shot, Jim Gray and his son, Michael.