At the recent ALI-CLE Eminent Domain and Land Valuation conference in Austin, Texas, I had the opportunity to interview Ted Balaker, Producer of the upcoming feature film about the Kelo v. New London case, Little Pink House, who took time out of his busy schedule to come to Austin and join us.
Based on Jeff Benedict's 2009 book, Little Pink House: A True Story of Defiance and Courage, the film stars Catherine Keener (Capote) as Susette Kelo and Jeanne Tripplehorn (The Firm, Basic Instinct) as the head of the New London Redevelopment agency.
Ted gave us an inside look at the film (which has completed principal filming), brought some photos from the set, and gave us a preview of what the film will cover.
This is not the entire interview -- you'll have to have registered for the ALI-CLE program to get that -- but we do cover questions such as how and why they got interested in making a film about the Kelo case, how they are making a movie about eminent domain interesting to a general audience, how true to the real case will the movie be, and given the outcome of the case (spoiler alert!), how are they making a movie that won't make the audience feel completely down.
For those of you who asked about our firm's law film festival ("The First Thing We Do, Let's Film All The Lawyers"), here's the link to our blog. We're in the process of putting together this year's list of films, and we're hoping to add Little Pink House to the mix.
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