| Poche Pictures |
| e-mail: rich@pochepictures.com |
| Genre: MYSTERY Directed by: RICHARD POCHE Written by; DAVID TAHIR Cast: Willow: ALEXANDRA ACKERMAN Roger: RICHARD POCHE Buckley: CLIFF POCHE Austin: RAY BACHMAN Dionne: KATIE ANDERSON Jordan: AMY FORTH Gina: LUA DRAGNA Shiloh: MISTI BOETTIGER Casey: JESSICA WARREN |
| DIRECTOR'S NOTES: "Conjure" was shot in May of 2003. I had taken almost a year off from filmmaking and obviously had to shed some rust. An interesting shoot. It marked the first time we were caught by the police which is something most indy filmmakers have to fit into the equation. Alexandra Ackerman, Katie Anderson, Ray Bachman, Cliff and I were out waaaayy in the boondocks of the now abandoned Alameda Naval Air Station. It was a little past midnight and we're getting ready to shoot a gun scene when all of a sudden a cop pulls out of nowhere. Turns out he was scoping out the building we were in front of because an arsonist had been striking there. After I nervously explained what we were doing he let us shoot there. The irony is that it helped the scene out a lot as we were a bit on edge after the encounter with the cop. This flick was made before I had access to a Mac. I ended up totally re-editing "Zap" and "A Candle In The Dark" and have been meaning to do the same thing for Conjure. So, eventually, I'll put this through another edit and place it on some video on demand sites. |
| PLOT: Willow (Alexandra Ackerman) has her hands full as she takes on a role as a drug rehab counselor at a halfway house for troubled teens. Shiloh (Misti Boettiger) is hallucinating, Gina (Lua Dragna) won't speak while Dionne (Katie Anderson) and the violent Jordan (Amy Forth) resist Willow's counseling at every opportunity. When one of the girls turns up missing, Willow is dragged in a maze of lies and deception in which her compassion for the girls may work against her...and get her killed. |
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| Roger (Richard Poche) counsels Willow |
| Shiloh (Misti Boettiger) is about to O.D. |
| Willow (Alexandra Ackerman) watches the news broadcast. |
| A ghostly drug hallucination? |
| Austin (Ray Bachman) kidnaps Willow & Dionne. |
| Dionne (Katie Anderson) receives a strange call. |
| Conjure Alumni |
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| "Conjure" marked the last time I worked with Alexandra Ackerman. She journeyed to L.A. and had guest appearances on "Days of our Lives" and "Less Than Perfect." |
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| Katie Anderson who starred as "Dionne" went on to become a fitness pageant contestant. She will be competing in the 2008 Ms. Bikini America Contest in Miami. |
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| Amy Forth who starred as Jordan will be appearing as "Hannah" in our upcoming comedy "Rescuing Rufus"! |