Pictures from the 2008 Bare Bones International Film Festival
Muskogee, Oklahoma





















Ataloa Lodge fireplace at Bacone Indian College with stones from every state in the union / Carrie Underwood sign on I-40


My wife paying her last respects to Elvis / The federal jail and courthouse at Ft. Smith, Arkansas


Cross-section of the jail at Ft. Smith / A typical cell with steel bunks


My wife in "Hanging" Judge Parker's courtroom / Portrait of Judge Parker in his younger days


Plaque about outlaw Cherokee Bill / and a piece of the rope used to hang him, at the Ft. Smith jail


The gallows at Ft. Smith, Arkansas


My wife at the Ft. Smith gallows / The trap door through which 79 men dropped, including Cherokee Bill


"Miss Laura's" Brothel / formerly run by Pearl Starr


"Crazy Snake" (Chitto Harjo) / and his burial site


The McGill Brothers / Judge Parker


Deputy U.S. Marshals / U.S. Marshal George Crump and his Jailers


Prisoners on the steps of the courthouse / Grandpa, Grandma and kids at their Brush Hill house


Grandpa, Grandma and more kids at their Pierce, Oklahoma house / Logo and title of my screenplay

Sam Elliott and producer Oscar Ray