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WPT's Director's Cut Programs to Feature Halloween Special

Oct. 15, 2009

For More Information:
Lynn Brockmeyer, WPT publicist, 608-263-3364, lynn.brockmeyer@wpt.org
Mary Pokorney-Donelan, WPT producer, 608-262-6456, mary.pokorney-donelan@wpt.org

At 10:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, Wisconsin Public Television's (WPT) Director's Cut “Halloween Special” host Charles Monroe Kane will interview William J. Meyer, writer and director of the film “The House That Jack Built,” a fairytale horror romance.

The program also will include clips from a previous interview with “The Medium” filmmaker Ben Wydeven and filmmaker Doug Gordon, director of the mockumentary "The Zombeatles: All You Need Is Brains.”

Immediately following at 11 p.m., Director's Cut Presents will feature four Halloween short films.

In "The House That Jack Built," Jack is building a new life with his wife along the edge of an idyllic forest. When a secret from Jack's past threatens to consume him, he must decide between deceiving his wife and losing her forever.

"The Life and Death of a Pumpkin" by Aaron Yonda and Matt Sloan takes a humorous look at the life of a jack-o-lantern.

In the suspense film "The Medium," a medium tries to discover the hidden secrets in an old rundown movie theatre.

"The Zombeatles: All You Needs Is Brains" recasts the story of The Beatles in an undead world.

WPT is a service of the Educational Communications Board and University of Wisconsin-Extension.

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