Bonnington Truce: An Alternative History of Mississippi
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Film Overview

Directed By: Perry Trest View Official Website	Release Date: 2007-11-15 Running Time: 0:52 Content Rating: PG (Parental Guidance)	DVD Region: All Regions Media Format: NTSC-DVD Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Audio Language(s): English
Genres: Music >> Alternative :: Documentary >> Music :: Music >> Rock

Synopsis

In New York, they had the New York Dolls.
In Athens, they had R.E.M.
In Los Angeles they had Black Flag.
In Hattiesburg, Mississippi, they had...Bonnington Truce.

In 1979, Mississippi was getting ready to vote for Ronald Reagan. At the same time, a few guys got together and decided they were going to form a band.

But not a Lynyrd Skynyrd cover band, or a Top 40 band to play the frat houses and bars. Their band. With their music.

"Bonnington Truce: An Alternative History of Mississippi" is a rollercoaster ride through a certain time and place a little sideways from where most people go.

It's a story of how a band came to be (and not to be) in the middle of a small sleepy town in Mississippi, in the most unexpected way possible, making the most unexpected music they could, and the unexpected results. It's also about five friends getting reacquainted, 25 years later.

It's about people being themselves in a place that had trouble allowing that. It's a shaggy dog tale with as many lies as truth. But it all really happened, at least as much as we can remember.

And it's also about how you don't have to be a superstar to rock and roll.

No apologies, no regrets. But there is fried chicken.

Meet the band. See the movie.

Crew

Director: Perry Trest
Executive Producer: B. L. Young

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Festivals

Crossroads Film Festival 2008
Hattiesburg Film Society 2008

Press Reviews

The Student Printz | show/hide snippet
The event will present three music based films, two of which feature local bands.

The first presentation is the premiere of "Bonnington Truce: An Alternative History of Mississippi," a documentary film about the recent reunion of a late '70s band from Hattiesburg, Bonnington Truce.

The documentary includes live and studio performances from the band, interviews from the members and their fans and gives a glimpse into their lives and personalities.

The film was produced and directed by Perry Trest, who was once a member of the road crew for the band. Trest is expected to attend the event and will be available to answer questions afterwards.
Jackson Convention & Visitors Bureau | show/hide snippet
Following Saturdays Screening of Bonnington Truce: An Alternative History of Mississippi, Bonnington Truce will play a one-night only reunion show at the Crossroads after party in the Hal and Mals brew pub
The Meridian Star | show/hide snippet
The Hattiesburg Film Society will host its first premiere, "Bonnington Truce." The film follows the recent reunion of a band that rocked Hattiesburg for four years through the early '80s and — using clutch vintage video — traces some of the band's incendiary live performances. Interviews with the four original members, their friends and still devoted fans offer some serious laughs, homespun truths, and rare insight into the city's (and state's) nightlife in the early '80s.
Jackson Free Press | show/hide snippet
Their music is labeled “pock” or “rock ‘n’ roll pock” or “southern pock” or “Mississippi redneck punk.” It was a hit at college dances and on Mississippi bandstands. The band didn’t set up; they “stormed in,” and “made it up.”

They were a garage band that responded to the audience, and they loved it. Their music had to sound good to them. So, it included lots of original “pretty fast stuff,” a fan said. When Malcolm White of Hal & Mal’s was asked what “pock” was, he said, “Draggin’ the lead singer around by his ankles.”

If you join this not-famous band that was reputedly more talented than some––Patrick Wallace, Ben Young, Earl Lundy, Jeff Bridges and Hugh O’Neil—you’ll laugh a bit, tap your foot, and want to dance to their music.