Ambush at St. Mary’s
Two outlaws disguise themselves as priests for a robbery at a desert chapel, but their plan is disrupted when Hannah, a parishioner, comes by looking for help.
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Written & Directed by Anthony Parisi
Produced by Anthony Parisi & Sarah Parisi
Starring Jeremy Hoffman, Kate Hackett,
Luke Barnett, and Richard Riehle
Western, Drama
Length: 14:30 min
4K, 5.1 Surround
Language: English
Anthony Parisi
Writer / Director
Anthony Parisi is a writer/director and film editor who has cut award-winning shorts such as The Hour After Westerly (2019), Alone (2020), and Dixieland (2023), which played at festivals such as the Edmonton International Film Festival, Austin Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, HollyShorts, and LA Shorts. Alone garnered over a million views on the sci-fi genre platform DUST.
He is also a visual effects artist who has worked with high-profile clients such as Paramount Pictures, Hulu, Blizzard, and WME. In 2020, he contributed a chapter on film editing and cinematic style for A Critical Companion to Terrence Malick by Lexington Books. He is currently writing and developing a Western feature film.
William Hellmuth
Director of Photography
William Hellmuth is a Los Angeles-based director and cinematographer who has worked on ambitious projects with Anthony in indie film for over a decade and has shot for brands like Blizzard, Sony, Honda, and more. Coupling a strong visual eye with a desire to infuse meaning into every moment of whatever he's filming, William has a deep love for genre filmmaking, from epic period dramas, to high concept sci-fi. But, most of all, William loves telling stories that have something to say.
His Civil War short film Dixieland (2023) stars Tony Todd and screened at LA Shorts International, HollyShorts, and FilmQuest.
Jeremy Hoffman
Wesley
Jeremy Hoffman is an actor and musician who grew up in the Pacific Northwest and lives in Portland, Oregon.
He is best known for his songs, comedy sketches, and no-budget cult movies with Kev Abrams, including If These Legs Could Talk and the satirical Manifest Destiny: The Lewis & Clark Musical Adventure for which he wrote and performed the songs.
He also appeared in The Seventh Spectrum on Hulu.
Kate Hackett
Hannah
Kate Hackett is an actor in Los Angeles, California best known for her award-winning Amazon series Classic Alice, which she also wrote and produced. Kate has been acting since she was four years old, happily joining musicals and straight plays in Washington D.C. until she reached Boston University for college. There and beyond, Kate has worked on many independent films, commercials, television, and has produced, starred in, and written her own productions. Possessing a quick wit and an ability to dig deep emotionally, she is fully trained in the Stanislavski, Adler, and Meisner techniques. She has both studied and performed at The Upright Citizen’s Brigade in Los Angeles.
Luke Barnett
Noah
Luke Barnett is best known for Faith Based, a satire of the Christian film industry he wrote and starred in opposite Jason Alexander, Lance Reddick, Margaret Cho, and Tanner Thomason. He has also spent nearly a decade behind the camera, with writing and producing credits that include the Angus Cloud thriller Your Lucky Day (Netflix), the Abigail Breslin horror-comedy Fear, Inc (Tribeca), Loitering with Intent (Sam Rockwell, Marisa Tomei), and an exhaustive amount of topical comedy content from his time with Will Ferrell's Funny or Die. He also recently directed the viral short film The Crossing Over Express. Barnett can next be seen in Tapawingo opposite Jon Heder, the Critic's Choice nominated List of a Lifetime with Shannen Doherty, Tonic with Lori Petty, and guest starring on shows like For All Mankind and NCIS: Los Angeles.
Richard Riehle
Father Jacob
Distinguished character actor Richard Riehle earned his undergraduate degree from Notre Dame and his master's from the University of Minnesota, then took his first cinematic bow in 1975's Western Rooster Cogburn opposite John Wayne and Katharine Hepburn. After Rooster, Riehle abandoned screen work for over a decade and focused almost exclusively on Broadway and regional theater. Ed Zwick's acclaimed Civil War opus Glory marked Riehle's Hollywood comeback; he subsequently increased his screen time dramatically, and chalked up a lengthy resumé playing everymen in literally dozens of films. Riehle's credits include Casino, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Fugitive, Mercury Rising, and Office Space.
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