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Street Survivors: The True Story of The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash

  • Strand Theatre 210 Main Street Hudson Falls, NY, 12839 (map)

Free admission and free popcorn.

On June 23, 2016, it was reported that Cleopatra Entertainment was producing a biopic about the rock band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, whose plane crashed on October 20, 1977, killing three band members Ronnie Van Zant (Lead Vocals), Steve Gaines (Guitar), and Cassie Gaines (Backup Vocals), Dean Kilpatrick (assistant road manager) and the two pilots, when the tour plane ran out of fuel over Mississippi. Jared Cohn was to direct the film from his own and Brian Perera's script, based on the original story about the plane crash written by one of the band members, Artimus Pyle. On April 4, 2017, lead cast was announced, including Ian Shultis as Pyle, Taylor Clift as Ronnie Van Zant, Samuel Kay Forrest as Steve Gaines, Rich Dally III as Allen Collins, and Sean McNabb. On April 23, Neill Byrnes and Anthony Rocco Bovo were cast in the film to play Steven Tyler, and Joe Perry, respectively, while the other cast included Keith Sutliff, Hudson Long as Billy Powell, and Nick Cairo as Leon Wilkeson. Principal photography on the film began on April 24, 2017 in Los Angeles.

On August 28, 2017, a United States District Court judge issued a court injunction, blocking production of the film. On October 10, 2018, a three-judge panel of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan overturned the previous injunction against Street Survivors.