Indie film being shot in Missouri, Oklahoma

A crew from Sleuth Productions in Brooklyn, N.Y., was in Webb City, Mo., on Thursday to shoot footage for an independent film, titled “Soft Rot.”

Route 66er Rod Harsh wrote in an e-mail:

The first location was a 1915 U.S. Filling Station at Daugherty and Liberty Streets, one block off Old 66 that is owned by Route 66 Advertiser publisher Jim Michalec. Two other locations were used for additional scenes, the old Webb City Roller Rink on Old 66 at Madison St., and the old train depot just one block north.  The crew will be moving on to Miami, Oklahoma to shoot other scenes at a farm.

Producer/Director Amy Glickman stated that “Route 66 locations in southwest Missouri and northeast Oklahoma represented the real ‘Americana’ feel they were seeking for their production, and we will be returning to film the rest of the movie next summer.” […]

The crew completed their shoot in the late afternoon and enjoyed a late lunch at the Bradbury-Bishop Deli, a popular icon along the Route in Webb City.

The Joplin Globe also had a story. Here’s a synopsis of the film plot:

She said the film is about a failed chef and his wife, who finds out that she has a terminal illness. The couple move from New York to Oklahoma, and along the way the husband decides that he wants to die with his wife. The story becomes more complex when a cousin shows up and revives the wife’s will to live.

“It is sort of a Romeo and Juliet-type love story, very tragic, with horror elements,” Glickman said.

Filming began in January and is expected to wrap up next summer, she said. The release date will be roughly four months after filming is completed. Glickman said plans are in the works to screen “Soft Rot” in local theaters once it is completed.

In these photos from Harsh, the film crew sets up in front of the old gas station:

Makeup is applied to an actress for an upcoming fight scene:

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