''Windsor'' is a 2015 American independent drama film written, directed and produced by Porter Farrell and starring Madelyn Deutch,

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, Peyton Clark,

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. The film is Farrell's directorial debut.

Plot

In their last year of high school, six best friends prepare to leave their small, struggling hometown, a place caught in the slow, fine-grinding wheels of American big business that seem to leave no side doors. Maisie, whose father is about to be released from prison, decides she can't leave the town where she has been embraced so lovingly since the dark day when her father nearly killed the man whose company foreclosed on their family farm. The town's patriarch, Gil Denton, a no nonsense, wealthy landowner dying from cancer, loves these six kids, and in his remaining time with them he serves as a sounding board, dependable guide, and sympathetic friend - while providing them a wistful link to a past they will never know. Set in current time, the story shows that small town values are worth saving and that the mouse does indeed occasionally roar.

Cast

* Madelyn Deutch as Maisie *

as Kat *

as Lawton *

as Clint * Peyton Clark as Itchy *

as Jesse *

as Gil Denton *

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as Harry Barnett * Stelio Savante as Pierre Gandy * Emily Warfield as Carolyn Barnett *Sonny Carl Davis as Kline *Richard Jackson as Tommy *

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as Louise *

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as Parole Board Chairman * Greg Williams as Radio DJ

Production

Farrell had written the part of Gil Denton specifically for Corbin to portray. Early in development, Jake T. Austin was attached to the project. The film was shot in

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Awards

The film won Best Narrative Feature at the

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References

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* * {{rotten-tomatoes, windsor American independent films Films set in Texas Films shot in Texas American drama films 2015 directorial debut films 2015 films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films