A full-length feature film, “Johnny Christ,” has just wrapped filming in several locations around the Route 66 town of Kingman, Ariz., reported the Daily Miner.
Much of the film by writer/director Mark Maggiori was shot in the nearby ghost town of Chloride, but other locations as well:
In addition to Chloride proper, Slack said the production crew filmed in several other locations around Kingman and Mohave County, including Heaven’s Scent Florist, Hualapai Mountain Medical Center, Mr. D’z Route 66 Diner, the Canada Mart Gas Station and Rosie’s Den off U.S. 93. “We used a total of 90 extras from Chloride and the Kingman area and shot at several sites,” Slack said. “We had several actors we used from the area, also there was a 15-year-old named Jack Pozenel from Kingman High School who played Joshua Dagger, one of the main characters.”
Joshua Dagger is the youngest in the Dagger clan, the main protagonists of the film, who are struggling through tough economic times at the film’s outset before encountering an even worse-off drifter, the titular Johnny Christ, played by Mark Wystrach. According to Slack, the family attempts to aid Johnny, in spite of their own troubles, but Johnny eventually reveals his true nature – that of a con artist.
The Slack mentioned is Kirk Slack, who’s made documentaries in the desert Southwest, including one about Route 66. Slack was one of the crew members on the 31-day shoot.