BIGHORN

BIGHORN is a 15-minute, supernatural historical fantasy about General Custer's real-life connection to the New England Patriots' first Super Bowl win.

Nathaniel Philbrick, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of the New York Times Bestseller "The Last Stand," applauded BIGHORN on his blog, calling it "an ingenious and demented intermingling of the Battle of the Little Bighorn with the New England Patriots...you've got to see this movie!"

BIGHORN is based on a true fact: that General Custer's bandmaster, Felix Vinatieri – an Italian immigrant and the great-great-grandfather of Super Bowl-winning kicker Adam Vinatieri – was ordered to stay behind at the 7th Cavalry's Powder River camp and missed the Battle of the Little Bighorn where Custer and his troops were annihilated. The Twilight Zone-ish story takes place in 2002 and 1876. The film is a winner of the Online New England Film Festival.

BIGHORN is from award-winning filmmakers Alfred Thomas Catalfo (writer/director of the Web hits “The Norman Rockwell Code” and "Rocketship," and winner of 40 major screenwriting competitions) and Glenn Gardner (producer of 2006 Cannes Film Festival Palme d’Or winner “Sniffer”). The renowned Steve Alexander, recognized by the U.S. Congress as the world’s foremost Custer living historian, portrays Custer. Native American and adopted Lakota Bill Watkinson portrays the Medicine Man.

New York Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/general-custer-decision-infamous-battle-altered-nfl-history-article-1.469099

Boston Herald: http://www.bostonherald.com/inside_track/inside_track/2010/12/what_if_adam_vinatieri_had_never_been_born

Written and Directed by Alfred Thomas Catalfo

Produced by Glenn Gardner and Alfred Thomas Catalfo

Director of Photography • Jeff Spires

Editor • Michael Bernard

Original Music and Music Supervision • Charles Carpenter

Visual Effects • VFX Direct Co-Op Studio

Visual Effects Supervisor • Jody LaRue

Executive Producer • Chase Bailey / Left Bank Films

Starring Michael Walsh, Fritz Wetherbee, Steve Alexander, Gregory Athans, Greg Kretschmar

Facebook: www.Facebook.com/BighornMovie

Writer/Director's Website: www.catalfo.com

Budget: $5000