Tag Archive: crew

Helicopters For Free


A common thread throughout these post has been how low-budget ‘Billy Jack’ was. Here’s more: when the film was shut down in the Fall of 1969 (almost sounds like it should be a song by Bryan Adams), Tom and Delores scrambled to find a way to a) replace the money they’d lost, and b) get the production back on track. While they were taking meetings back in Los Angeles, showing parts of their completed film, the film commission…

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Thanksgiving on the Road

The cast and crew of 'Billy Jack' invaded Prescott, Arizona in the fall of 1969. (I'm still looking for the camera slates to find the exact starting date.) But one date that is obvious - and memorable - was Thanksgiving Day, which was celebrated en masse by most of the cast and crew in a ...

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