Episode 6: A Bruce Willis Production
12/08/21 • 38 min
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Willis announces he’s starring in and producing a major feature film - a Kurt Vonnegut adaptation - that will be shot in the state of Idaho. He even gives some local actors their big screen breaks. But in a bid to retain almost complete creative control, Willis upends both his career and the lives of his Idahoan neighbors.
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Willis announces he’s starring in and producing a major feature film - a Kurt Vonnegut adaptation - that will be shot in the state of Idaho. He even gives some local actors their big screen breaks. But in a bid to retain almost complete creative control, Willis upends both his career and the lives of his Idahoan neighbors.
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Haileywood - Episode 6: A Bruce Willis Production
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This is an I Heart original January. The scene at Magic Valley Mall in Twin Falls, Idaho can only be described as bedlam for one thing. It's a mall in the nineties. The windows are shiny, the floor is polished, the water fountain is erupting. It's busy with shoppers streaming in and out of stores like Hallmark Software, et cetera, and Walden Books. Today at Magic Valley Mall is different. It's not full of customers, at least not strictly customer
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