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Role: Henry Becker, Harry Stokes Filming: July 5 - July 31, 2006 (Ulster, New York) Festival Screenings: May 5, 2007 (Woodstock Film Series); July 7, 2007 (Rosendale Theatre, NY); August 3, 2007 (Civil War Encampment Music and Film Festival); September 18, 2007 (Kansas International Film Festival); September 26, 2007 (Pace University); October 22, 2007 (Ursinus College); April 3, 2008 (Fairhope Film Festival); April 4, 2008 (Women's International Film Festival) U.S. Release: 2008 Director: Nicole Quinn "What happens when time collides? Sadie thinks she's going insane. Edmund's sure he's being haunted. And Henry, well, Henry's racing daylight." Synopsis: Told as three short stories, Racing Daylight is the story of Sadie Stokes, who's returned to the family farm to care for her catatonic Grandma. There have always been Stokes in Cedarsville. Sadie and Grandma are the last. Sadie's life has been pretty colorless until a man appears in the mirror, calls her "Anna", and then fades away. As Sadie takes on the characteristics of her ancestor, Anna Stokes, she realizes that they both want the same thing: they both want Henry, the farm's idiosyncratic handyman/civil war junkie. Only Anna thinks Henry is her long lost Harry. This magical love story of hope and forgiveness is set against the backdrop of the Hudson River Valley, with light that glows from the inside out, and specifically the Shawangunk Ridge; home to Revolutionary war battles, the Underground Railroad, Native Americans and Dutch settlers. Racing Daylight is a contemporary love story, ghost story, and murder mystery. Cast: David Strathairn .... Henry/Harry Melissa Leo .... Sadie/Anna Leclanche Durand .... Grandma/Oneida Jason Downs .... Billy/Edmund Denny Dillon .... Gossip/Religious Wife John Seidman .... Busy-body/Troll Man Favorite Quotes: • "There have always been Stokes in Cedarsville." - Sadie Stokes Notes: • Racing Daylight, an independent production, was filmed entirely in upstate Ulster County, New York. • David, as well as co-star Melissa Leo, previously took part in the first official stage reading of Racing Daylight in 2003. It is a project they both remained attached to until it was eventually filmed. • David's character, Henry, is described as follows: "A deep pool trapped in a shallow well. An everyman with that glimmer of magic. A man content to look in the mirror and see himself." • It had its world premiere screening on May 5, 2007 at the Rosendale Theater in Rosendale, NY. In 2008, in anticipation of its DVD release, it was showcased at audience's homes. In 2004, David wrote a small and humorous autobiography about himself on the Official website. Click here to read it! Exclusive: Interview with director/writer/producer Nicole Quinn RELATED PHOTOS: • Film Stills • Screen Captures • Behind the Scenes RELATED MEDIA: • Trailer Posters: Copyright Blue Barn Productions. Critical Praise & Commentary: • "I wanted to make a movie that was about our community, about the Hudson Valley and about film making at its best, which is when people are artists and they all come together." -Nicole Quinn, director/writer/producer (David On His Role:) • "Nicole wrote this over the last two to three years and we've done several readings of it as it's been under development. My character is playing two people--one in 1865 or so and one in the present." -David Strathairn, 2006 • "The story. I love the story; it's a very complicated story, intricate." -David Strathairn, 2006 • [on the story] "The end may precede the beginning of the creature, but it kind of moves like a slinky. Coils upon coils. And then getting down the stairs altogether." -David Strathairn, 2006 • [on the low budget scale] "From the get-go, you're presented with all these limitations so it forces the hand to be creative. Problem solving is really the big thing. If you had all the money in the world and all the time in the world you might not make the creative decisions, artistically, that you are forced to." -David Strathairn, 2006 Related Links: Official U.S. Site (off site) Tanglewood Films - Nicole Quinn and Racing Daylight (off site) Special thanks to Nicole Quinn, director/writer/producer of Racing Daylight, for providing much of the information on this page.

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