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Dec 15, 2023 · He noticed that his character in the movie was from Texas and asked what he’d be doing in Massachusetts. Helgeland had the answer ready and revealed the details that eventually made it into the film. The director later came across a fisherman’s car in New Bedford, which had Texas plates. He made a video of it and sent it to Jones to show ...
Dec 15, 2023 · So I went down to the docks with a seabag and got a site on my first boat, the fishing vessel Mondego II. I was a commercial fisherman for nearly two years until a chance encounter in a...
- Brian Helgeland
Dec 21, 2023 · Director Brian Helgeland drew from his own experiences as a fisherman and the stories of his family to create the film. Despite its long delay in production, Helgeland is proud of Finestkind and considers it his most personal film.
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Dec 25, 2023 · Helgeland’s father became a fisherman. And years later, Helgeland too set out to sea working aboard a scallop boat. “There is a brutal, stark honesty to it all,” Helgeland said in an interview, of his days growing up fishing out of the Port of New Bedford. “Harbor towns have a complexity to them.
Sep 7, 2023 · Helgeland used his personal experience as a former fisherman and a serendipitous encounter with a Texas truck in New Bedford to further sway Jones' decision to take on the role in...
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Dec 7, 2023 · It turns out Helgeland wrote this script about a recent college graduate who just wants to be a fisherman like his brother – which later devolves into heroin smuggling to pay off debts – was...
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May 7, 2024 · Finestkind writer-director Brian Helgeland was working on a fishing boat when he spotted a book, nearly 40 years ago, about film schools. He liked to read between his round-the-clock shifts on the boat, so he scoured bookstore shelves before taking off from New Bedford, Massachusetts, for open waters.
