Feature Film

NOVEMBER/1963 - MB ONLY

Details

Episode:

WINNIPEG ONLY PLEASE

Union:

Union

Area of media:

Feature Film

Network:

Paid?:

Yes

Rates:

ACTRA + 50% Buyout

Deadline:

Feb 3, 2025

Auditions:

Will be in this week - exact dates TBC

Callbacks:

Beginning of March with Director

Shooting starts:

May 12, 2025

Shooting finishes:

June 20, 2025

Shooting locations:

Winnipeg and environs

Cities for response:

Winnipeg

Comments

Accent is going to be VERY important, please do some research on the period and the region.

PLEASE REFER TO ATTACHED LINK FOR ALL PICTURE REFERENCES.

Storyline

In 1963 The Chicago Outfit killed Kennedy. This is the true story of what took place over those 48 crucial hours.

Roles

Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting Lead	SAM GIANCANA	Male 48 - 58 Years old
Description SAM GIACANA (50s, Italian) is the Mob Boss of the Chicago outfit. A well-managed sociopath, he’s tough, smart, charismatic and takes great pride in his appearance. Sam Giancana is the kind of person that can run a fortune 500 business and be responsible for killing over 100 people. He was the acting boss and oversaw all the Mob activity for the Chicago outfit throughout America, but make no mistake, Tony Accardo was the real boss behind him. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: CHICAGO
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting Lead	LEE HARVEY OSWALD	Male 22 - 28 Years old
Description Oswald (26), served in the US Marine Corps for three years before being discharged to take care of his ailing mother. With his squirrely disposition, he is an uptight, nervous person that would take no issue in double crossing his best friend if it served his interests. These qualities delayed his inevitable end but also put him in the crosshairs to begin with. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting	TURK	Male 33 - 37 Years old
Description Having been used in a failed attempt to kill Fidel Castro, TURK (30’s) was contacted by Johnny Roselli to recruit and train Lee Harvey Oswald. Make no mistake, he’s a killer in his own right and proves his worth by being on the grassy knoll when Roselli takes his fatal shot. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: CHICAGO
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting	TIPPET	Male 38 - 42 Years old
Description J.D. Tippet is a veteran of World War II and a Bronze Star recipient. He is physically capable, strong in a practical way, very well disciplined and strong willed, but extremely paranoid. Although he knows the difference between right and wrong, his morals can be swayed to sell out for the right amount of money. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting	PEPE	Male 40 - 45 Years old
Description Joseph ‘Pepe’ Giancana (43, Italian) works closely with his brother Sam, the acting Boss of the Chicago outfit, running gambling on the west side. Pepe is a very likeable, charismatic guy who does not come across as someone that would ever hurt you. He is a very happy, open type of person that might not always have a lot to say, but with his street smarts, he’s a lot more capable than people might assume. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: CHICAGO
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Supporting	KANDY KANE	Female 20 - 30 Years old
Description A burlesque dancer and extremely street-smart woman, KANDY BARR KANE (20’s) grew up with a lot of personal tragedies. At 14, Kandy ran away from an abusive father and stepmother and at 16 married a criminal who talked her into doing adult films. She was arrested many times for theft and vagrancy but had a big heart. Trying to fill the void her father left her with, Kandy looked for love in all the wrong places, which led her to Jack Ruby. MUST BE COMFORTABLE WITH PARTIAL or FULL NUDITY. Will be required to simulate sexual situations. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Large Principal	BRAD	Male 48 - 55 Years old
Description BRAD (50s) works in the advertising department of Dallas Morning News. Moments after President Kennedy was shot, a very oblivious Jack Ruby comes into his office. With all the chaos happening around the office, Brad is beyond surprised by Jack Ruby’s casual demeanor. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Large Principal	BUTCH BLASI	Male 42 - 48 Years old
Description Originally one of Giancana’s bodyguards, BUTCH BLASI (40-50’s) was a sociopathic killer who took out countless lives on behalf of the Outfit. He was extremely loyal to Giancana, but was always looking to advance his position. BLASI WAS A SHORTER MAN. PLEASE SUBMIT TALENT BETWEEN 5’6 to 5’8. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: CHICAGO
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	LANDLADY	Female 38 - 50 Years old
Description This LANDLADY (40s) is sweeping off her porch when Nicoletti and Officer Tippet pull up. When they ask if Lee was in, she tells them they just missed him. When she learns that Lee might have some information about the terrible events that just unfolded earlier in the day, she is more than willing to help. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	BUS DRIVER	Male 30 - 50 Years old
Description With all the commotion, a bus gets stuck in heavy traffic. A very jumpy rider yanks on the stop request window rope. This BUS DRIVER warns the rider that he won’t get a refund if he chooses to get off the bus. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	REPORTER	Male 33 - 48 Years old
Description This REPORTER waits at the Parkland Emergency Room for any results on the President’s condition. When they spot Jack Ruby waiting there too, they recognize him and are curious why he is there. When seeing how distraught Ruby appears, they offer him the information that they received from their source; that the President is already dead. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	HENRY WADE	Male 50 - 58 Years old
Description The District Attorney of Dallas County, HENRY WADE (50’s) gets some details wrong regarding Lee Harvey Oswald’s communist sympathies during a press conference. Jack Ruby has no problem standing up and correcting the DA in front of all the reporters. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	FRANCINE	Female 11 - 14 Years old
Description The daughter of Sam Giancana, FRANCINE (11-14) sits with her father, watching the parade on television. Francine lost her mother when she was very young, so her father became her world. When President Kennedy is shot, FRANCINE questions her father's reaction. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: CHICAGO
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	POLICEMAN	Male 28 - 48 Years old
Description Moments after President Kennedy was assassinated, this POLICEMAN stops Lee Harvey Oswald as he exits the Texas Schoolbook Depository to ask him where he is going. With Oswald acting particularly suspicious, he was inclined to detain him, but after a coworker vouches for his employment, the officer leaves Oswald and heads towards the chaos. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	SHERIFF BILL DECKER	Male 48 - 59 Years old
Description As the sirens of police cars blare in the seconds after the President was shot, SHERIFF BILL DECKER (50’s) directs other officers on the scene to investigate the grassy area where he heard shots coming from. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Principal	JACKIE CERONE	Male 47 - 59 Years old
Description JACKIE CERONE (Mid 50’s) was a Captain in the mob and a trusted friend of Tony Accardo, so much so that Accardo was grooming Jackie. Acting as the under boss for a while, Jackie ended up being the outfits boss after Giancana was killed. He was very well spoken, but also very quiet and not somebody that would ever let you know what’s on his mind. But make no mistake, Jackie Cerrone was a killer, you would just never see it coming. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: CHICAGO
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	CAB DRIVER	Male 29 - 52 Years old
Description This CAB DRIVER (30-50) working in Dallas can’t stop thinking about what happened to the president, picks up an usual fare who happens to be Lee Harvey Oswald. OPEN ETHNICITY ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	BOB JACKSON	Male 26 - 32 Years old
Description Robert H. Jackson (29) was in the eighth car of Kenndy’s motorcade, photographing the Kennedy family and the crowd that had drawn to see him ride through the streets. After the horrific events that unfolded, Bob was more determined than ever to capture the rest of the story. He went prepared with his camera to the Dallas Police Station to capture the alleged assassin on film. He arrived early and carefully measured out his positioning to the door where Oswald would exit. Once the rest of the crowd followed, his view was obstructed by another man. Just after asking the man to move, Oswald exited the Police Station. When Jack Ruby stepped in to take his shot at Oswald, Bob Jackson took his and managed to capture a Pulitzer award winning photo. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	HAROLD TRULY	Male 39 - 48 Years old
Description Harold Truly (45) watches an interaction between Lee Harvey Oswald and a policeman and steps in to ask how he can help. He vouches for Oswald’s employment with the Texas Schoolbook Depository they both work for. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS
Role type	Role	Gender & Age range
Actor	NELLIE CONNELLY	Female 41 - 48 Years old
Description An excited Nellie Connelly (44), rides in the car with her husband Texas Governor John Connally, and sits next to Jacqueline Kennedy and (late) President John F. Kennedy. CAUCASIAN ACCENT: DALLAS

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