Closed for Storm

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Closed for Storm
Closedforstormposter.jpg
Directed byJake Williams
Written byJake Williams
Produced byDan Bell
Nicholas Novak
John Shaw
Charles Windom
Narrated byJake Williams
Edited byZachary Rezowalli
Derek Russell
Music byMatthew Jordan Leeds
Production
company
Bright Sun Films
Distributed byMPX | Motion Picture Exchange
Gravitas Ventures
Release dates
  • November 7, 2020 (2020-11-07) (NOFF)
  • July 6, 2021 (2021-07-06)
Running time
78 minutes
CountriesUnited States
Canada
LanguageEnglish

Closed for Storm is a 2020 documentary film by YouTube creator Jake Williams of Bright Sun Films. It focuses on Six Flags New Orleans, a Louisiana amusement park that has been abandoned since it was flooded during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Closed for Storm explores the past, present, and future, to find out how this incredible theme park became frozen in time and left in an endless void of uncertainty.[1][2][3]

The film was officially announced on January 17, 2020 in a video posted by Williams called "My Documentary Announcement."[4] In July 2020, Williams showed new clips of Closed for Storm on a podcast called Factual America Podcast.[5] The documentary premiered at the New Orleans Film Festival on November 7, 2020.[6] Jake Williams has stated in a YouTube video that the film will be publicly released in July 2021.[7] The title of the film "Closed for Storm" was based on the last message ever written on the main entrance sign to Six Flags New Orleans, in preparation for Hurricane Katrina in late August 2005.

Cast and Crew[]

Jared Black - Self

Ryan Bordenave - Self

Jason Cambre - Self

Colt Connell - Self

Patricia Franicevich - Self

Kenny G. Guidry Jr. - Self

Troy Henry - Self

Christian Kelly - Self

Roy Mouledous - Self

Tonya Pope - Self

Eric Kottemann - Self (archival footage)

Efrem Towns - Self[8]

George W. Bush - Self (archival footage)

Music[]

Matthew Jordan Leads

Sound Department[]

Eric Kottemann ... sound recordist
Christopher Marino ... sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department[]

Eric Kottemann ... electrician
Darren Mercer ... camera operator
Brian Siskind ... Drone Operator
Katie Siskind ... Drone Assistant

Music Department[]

Nacho Cantalejo ... orchestrator
Michael Griffin ... Scoring Mixer / music editor
Joan Martorell ... orchestrator
Victoria Ruggiero ... music editor
Bálint Sapszon ... session supervisor
Òscar Senén ... orchestrator

Editorial Department[]

Liz Hamer ... colorist

References[]

  1. ^ "Home". Closed For Storm. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  2. ^ writer, DOUG MACCASH | Staff. "Rise and fall of Six Flags New Orleans is topic of documentary by 22-year-old YouTube star". NOLA.com. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  3. ^ "Explore an Abandoned Theme Park in 'Closed For Storm' Documentary | FirstShowing.net". www.firstshowing.net. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  4. ^ My Documentary Announcement, retrieved 2021-04-19
  5. ^ "Closed For Storm: The Abandoned Six Flags Theme Park". Factual America Podcast. 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  6. ^ "Closed for Storm | #NOFF2020". noff2020.eventive.org. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  7. ^ Shaw, Gabbi. "A Six Flags in New Orleans has been abandoned for almost 16 years — see the haunting photos". Insider. Retrieved 2021-07-01.
  8. ^ Closed for Storm (2020) - IMDb, retrieved 2022-03-17

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