Raising Buchanan

Raising Buchanan
Directed by	Bruce Dellis
Written by	Bruce Dellis
Produced by	Joe Gruberman Amanda Melby Chadwick Struck Cathy Shim
Starring	René Auberjonois Amanda Melby Cathy Shim Terence Bernie Hines M. Emmet Walsh Robert Ben Garant Jennifer Pfalzgraff
Cinematography	Bret Kalmbach
Music by	Steve Francois
Production company	Cheese Board Productions
Release date	April 12, 2019 (2019-04-12) (Phoenix Film Festival)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Raising Buchanan is a 2019 American comedy film produced by Amanda Melby, Joe Gruberman, Chadwick Struck and Cathy Shim, written and directed by Bruce Dellis. The film stars René Auberjonois in the role of the title character, James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, and was his final role released in his lifetime. He died in December, 2019. The film was Bruce Dellis' first full-length feature. Raising Buchanan was filmed in and near Phoenix, Arizona.

Plot[]

Ruth Kiesling (Amanda Melby) is a 39-year-old woman with anger issues and a history of making poor decisions. Ruth sees an opportunity to turn her life around by stealing the body of dead president James Buchanan (René Auberjonois) to hold for ransom. However, she quickly learns that no one is particularly interested in getting him back.

Cast[]

Production[]

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Dellis shot the film on location in Phoenix, Scottsdale, Mesa, Tempe, Prescott and Paradise Valley, Arizona. He used an Arizona-based crew and nearly all of the actors were based in Arizona, with the exception of some key talent: Auberjonois, Walsh, Shim, Hines and Garant.

Originally, actor/comedian Andy Dick was slated to play the part of Lancaster Guy, but performance issues and allegations of sexual improprieties caused his firing the day after his scene was shot.^[1] The scene was subsequently re-shot using Robert Ben Garant in the role of Lancaster Guy.

Soundtrack[]

Several songs on the soundtrack concern mining disasters.^[2]

• "All This Could Be Yours" (written and performed by Jennifer Trynin)
• "Game of Pricks" (written by Robert Pollard; performed by Guided By Voices)
• "Timothy" (written by Rupert Holmes; performed by The Buoys)
• "Last Day in the Mine" (written by Jimmy Key; performed by Dave Dudley)
• "Explosion in the Fairmont Mine" (written and performed by Blind Alfred Reed)
• "McBeth Mine Explosion" (performed by Cap, Andy, and Flip)
• "Close the Coalhouse Door" (written and performed by Alex Glasgow)
• "Bow Wow" (written by Benjamin Darvill and J. Hogarth; performed by Son of Dave)
• "Cello Sonata No. 1, Op 38" (written by Johannes Brahms; performed by Amanda Melby)
• "Sonata Amanda, 3. Andante" (written by Douglas Durant; performed by Amanda Melby)

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