Billy Wirth and MacArthur Park

Actor turned director Billy Wirth brought his tale of addiction and despair to the 2002 Pan-African Film & Arts Festival in Baldwin Hills. The first time director is also up for a prize up against ER star Eriq LaSalle for his CRAZY AS HELL film.

MACARTHUR PARK is the story of the homeless and strung out drug addicts that inhabit a once family entertainment recreation park on the outskirts of Downtown Los Angeles on Wilshire Blvd. Dealers and junkies call this place home always just one step ahead of the law. The film focuses on "Cody" played brilliantly by Thomas Jefferson Byrd as the homeless junkie and patriarch of this unstable street family. One day while living life as usual his long distanced son Terry (Brandon Quintin Adams) come looking for him to inform him of his mother's death and forms that need to be signed by Cody to finalize the sale of his old home. With a renowned interest to redeem himself and reestablish his relationship with his son, Cody attempts one last "score" from what he sees as a prize sucker, a television actor (Balthazar Getty) with loads of cash!

MACARTHUR PARK is based on the true story of writer Tyrone Atkins whose script fell into the hands of actor/director Billy Wirth while the fledgling filmmaker was shooting documentary footage on the homeless in MacArthur Park. A friend of Atkins handed the script to Wirth from underneath a mattress in an abandoned building whilst he sat in prison. During his incarceration the auteur contacted Atkins and told him of his desire to film his story. From there the pair developed a relationship which then resulted in this labor of love.

Making the rounds at film festivals nationwide, the film received many nominations including one from the renowned Sundance Film Festival in Park City Utah.

Billy Wirth with Dust N Bones bandmate Chud	Billy with actor Carlton Wilborn who portrays junkie St. Louis
Director Billy Wirth with author Tyrone Atkins	Billy and Tyrone reminisce
Billy discusses how he became involved with Tyrone's life and world	Billy Wirth poised and ready to share his art with the film going public
Honored to be a part of the Pan-African film festival was director Billy Wirth	A smile of confidence from Billy
Feature film director Billy Wirth explains his labor of love	A humble Billy Wirth explains how the filming of this feature changed his life forever
Tyrone Atkins explains the hardships of life on the streets and his "calling" to be an inspiration to his brothers and sisters of the homeless sect	Actor Brandon Quintin Adams poses with his fellow rappers featured in the film's soundtrack
Brandon Quintin Adams and Billy Wirth flank actor Carlton Wilborn	Getting the props from Brandon Quintin Adams, who plays Terry the son of Cody
Carlton Wilborn spent some days with the real St. Louis to prepare for his role	Concluding the Q&A session cast & crew of MACARTHUR PARK got together for a photo op
Comedian Ellen Cleghorne was the hard living junkie, Hoover Blue	THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT's Joshua Leonard getting chummy with director Billy Wirth
In search of the elusive....bathroom was the man on the hunt Joshua Leonard!	Producer Maricel Pagulayan
The man who the film is based upon, Tyrone Atkins recounts the mistakes he has made in life and how he has been given a second chance

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