Aug 19, 2013
Location scouting has begun for Empowered Films’ production of One Lousy Angel. The original screenplay was set in Kentucky, where The American Saddlebred was developed as a horse breed from the United States, descended from riding-type horses bred at the time of the American Revolution. The film centers around a young girl who, at age 13, has lost almost everything that matters to her. She knows she can’t get her mother back, who died when Fay was eight, or their family farm that was foreclosed on.
But maybe life will be better if she can find her beloved horse, Cinder. Fay’s father had to sell the American Saddlebred along with the rest of their possessions at auction.
Interestingly, the breed is a part of film history. Many film and television horses of the Golden Age of Hollywood were also Saddlebreds, including the horses used in lead roles in My Friend Flicka, National Velvet, Fury and one version of Black Beauty. A half-Saddlebred played the lead role in the TV series Mr. Ed, and a Saddlebred was used in a prominent role in Giant.
Empowered Films is currently weighing the overall aesthetics of the Kentucky locations against production costs, as well as incentives offered by states competing for film business.