Carolina Low
| Carolina Low | |
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| Paradise Falls | |
| Directed by | Nick Searcy |
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| Cinematography | Mark Petersen |
| Edited by | Robert F. Landau |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Carolina Low (originally titled Paradise Falls) is a 1997 American independent Southern Gothic crime drama period film directed by Nick Searcy and written by Sean Bridgers and his mother Sue Ellen Bridgers. The film focuses on two young men in the Appalachian countryside of Western North Carolina engaging in bank robberies to give back to their neighbors impacted by the foreclosures of their farms by banks during the Great Depression.
It was filmed on-location in Jackson, Haywood and Macon counties in North Carolina during a 23-day period in 1995. It received the award for Best Feature Film under $1 million at the 1998 Hollywood Film Festival.
Plot
Henry Bancroft and Oshel Hooper are farmers’ sons in rural North Carolina in 1934. Both are poor, and the Great Depression is forcing many of their neighbors out of their farms. In addition, Oshel’s father died in World War I, and he is so disillusioned with what he sees as a chaotic society that he dreams of redistributing wealth through robbery. When the bank forecloses on Henry’s father’s farm, he begins to take Oshel more seriously, and the two embark on a string of bank heists.
Cast
- Henry Bancroft - Sean Bridgers
- Oshel Hooper - Christopher Berry
- Jake Kyler - Nick Searcy
- Bert Kyler - Sonny Shroyer
- Clarice Kyler - Claire Eye
- Mrs. Bancroft - Judy Simpson Cook
- Sissy Bancroft - Chloe Searcy
- Mr. Bancroft - Roger Bright
- Rachel Smithers - Tara Chase Thompson
References
- ↑ Klady, Leonard (August 17, 1998). "Paradise Falls". Variety. Retrieved April 29, 2026.
- ↑ Searcy, Nick. "Paradise Falls". MovieMaker. Retrieved April 29, 2026.
- 1 2 "The Inside Scoop: Movie filmed in Jackson County gets new life, new name". The Southern Scoop. March 5, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2026.
External links
- Carolina Low at IMDb
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