The Tillamook Treasure (2006)

Director:

Jane Beaumont Hall

Writers:

Richard A. Doyon (writer)
Jane Beaumont Hall (writer)

Genre:

Family

Tagline:

Discover your treasure

Plot:

Julie, a lonely fourteen year old girl, moves to Manzanita, an Oregon seaside town, from Los Angeles after her writer father...

Plot Keywords:

Treasure | Legend | Native American | Oregon | Logger

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Brian McNamara	...	Robert Kimbell
Julia Campbell	...	Kathryn Kimbell
Brian Thompson	...	Jimmy Kimbell
Suzanne Marie Doyon	...	Julie Kimbell
Max Gail	...	Grandpa Kimbell
Floyd 'Red Crow' Westerman	...	Standing Elk
Bradley Stryker	...	Tom
Janine Doyon	...	Susan Kimbell
Richard A. Doyon	...	Clyde (as Richard Doyon)
Mary Stein	...	Billie Stahl
Escher Holloway	...	Eddy
Phillip Huber	...	Puppeteer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Leah Brisbois	...	Indian Girl
Elizabeth Caldart	...	Susan's friend
Kelly Dennis	...	Logging show judge
Bob Doyon	...	Crew Boss
Elizabeth Erickson	...	Nancy
Kathryn J. Hall	...	Artist
Tony Hyde	...	Igmar Spike Johanson
Matthew Jared	...	Fred
Vernon Red Hawk Kennedy	...	Indian singer and drummer
Imie Lane	...	Grammy Ruth
Kelly Laviolette	...	Jetty Owner
Steve Meltzer	...	Sledge
Karara Muhoro	...	Mlinzi (African slave)
Robert Myers	...	Insurance Agent
Zale Parry	...	Hardware Store Owner
Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach	...	Looking Wolf
Maria Rodriguez	...	Indian girl dancer
Jordon Thompson	...	Spike's cornerman
Dan Weitzel	...	Ocean rescuer
David Welborn	...	Doctor
Bill Woolsey	...	Logging show judge

Also Known As:

The Legend of Tillamook's Gold (USA) (wide-release title)

Runtime:

USA:107 min (Starz)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Bright Light Studio

Trivia:

The story begins with a mystical elk on the beach running at Julie and jumping over her. The scene's genesis was in a real event. One summer, when Suzanne Marie and Janine Doyon were just toddlers, they were on the Manzanita beach with their mother, director Jane Beaumont Hall. The children were a hundred feet away playing in the sand. Suddenly, from out of nowhere a huge Roosevelt Elk came running down the beach straight for the girls. "There was nothing I could do," says Hall. "Time stood still as I saw the Elk run towards the girls and then suddenly swerve around them. The elk ran into the ocean and swam out past the breakers. It was an amazing experience. I don't think I had time to be scared for the girls and the elk was such a magnificent creature." Hall remembered that scene when she and Richard Doyon wrote the screenplay. Both the elk on the beach and the elk swimming in the ocean were written into the script.

Soundtrack:

Famous

Treasure hunt in Oregon. Enjoyable and well made. Star is a star.

Suzanne Doyon makes an auspicious debut as the star of this PG movie set in Manzanita and Tillamook, Oregon. She shows an ethereal energy and power with nary a false note. It doesn't hurt that she is drop dead gorgeous - all this at 14! Most all of the actors do a lively job and story moves along swiftly thanks to direction by newcomer, Jane Beaumont Hall. Producer, Richard Doyon has an extended cameo as a dufus treasure hunter - de rigueur role for this genre - but well played. Music by Peter Buffett is very engaging, and amazing marionette puppets make a convincing tie-in. Heartily recommended - especially if you are tired of family fare riddled with violence and explosions.