Mickey Reece premieres latest film “Country Singer”

Actor Joey Paz posing as Kenny Wayne. Photo courtesy of Mickey Reece.

This article ran in the Weekend Look section of Friday’s edition of The Oklahoman.

Hang around Mickey Reece long enough, and he will have you acting strangely.

But that’s a filmmaker’s job, and few directors in Oklahoma have been as productive as the Newcastle native.

“People don’t ask to be in my movies,” Reece said in a recent interview. “It’s more like, ‘Hey you, you’re in my movie.’”

With that attitude and a tireless work ethic, Reece has made eight feature-length films in the past two years and has recruited local musicians such as Ali Harter, Chris Harris and even his own grandmother for his latest effort, “Country Singer,” which will be screened Saturday at the Opolis, 113 N Crawford in Norman.

“This is definitely a movie from the guys who watched ‘Crazy Heart‘ and ‘Coal Miner’s Daughter,’” Reece said.

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