Calvin Marshall

Calvin Marshall is a 2009 coming of agecomedy film written and directed by Gary Lundgren and starring Alex Frost as the title character, a determined but talentless college baseball player, and Steve Zahn as his coach. After two years of raising funds, the film was shot in and around Ashland and Medford, Oregon in NovemberDecember 2007, and was released in 2009.

Production company Broken Sky Films was started by Gary Lundgren, Anne Lundgren, Michael Matondi, and Mark Cunningham in 2000, and its first production was Gary Lundgrens short film Wow and Flutter. Cunningham had planned to fund Calvin Marshall, but did not have the money to create the companys first fulllength feature film. They hired a casting director, Christine Sheaks, who successfully sought out Steve Zahn for the part of Coach Little. Over the two years it took to raise enough money, a number of financiers pulled out but Zahns promised participation attracted further sponsorship.Calvin Marshall began filming on November 11, 2007 in Ashland, Oregon. Line producer Gary Kout said that Ashland was chosen as a filming location because the setting of the film is fictitious and Ashland has a timeless feel to it and creates a beautiful backdrop. The Lady Bisons volleyball scenes were filmed at Southern Oregon Universitys McNeal Pavilion and gymnasium, with around 200 extras standing in as supporters in the stands. North Mountain Parks softball fields were used for several of the scenes in the film. Other locations included city streets and local homes in Ashland, the Whiskey River Cafe and Lounge in Central Point and the Rogue Valley Family Fun Center in Central Point between US400,000 and 500,000 was spent on filming permits for public places. Production moved to Medford, Oregon where locations included the Harry and David Baseball Park. Principal photography concluded on December 15, 2007. ........

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