Hello I'm Mike Hall , a writer/actor here in Texas. the old saying " You never know until you try" really applies here. I started out acting and never thought of myself as a writer.

My wife convinced me to try and I am thankful she did, because I found a new way to be creative and tell stories. "My Dad, Arlo & Me" came to me after a conversation I had with my father in law who was 17 the year Woodstock took place in 1969. He wanted to go so much, but he knew how much it would upset his mother. After hearing this story, I started to wonder, I know there was over half a million people that made it to Woodstock... but what are the stories of those who didn't make it , who were on their way and for what ever reason weren't able to get there. That's where Thomas Walters was born. An old Hippie who didn't quite make it to Woodstock. A man that became famous for his artwork, a man who raised a family, two son's and a daughter.

This story is about Thomas and his oldest son Michael, who grew up a complete 180 from his father...he became a Corporate Lawyer. Both men have been at odds with one another for several years, mainly because of his father’s free wheeling and carefree hippie attitude for everything....Never serious. Thomas just can't understand why his son is so uptight and wants to take him down a notch or two. In celebration of Thomas's 80th birthday his wife get's two ticket's to the museum located at the site of the famous three day concert.... with one catch, Michael has to take his father on this cross country road trip to the mecca of the 60's, Thomas decides on one more surprise for the trip, they will be traveling in his newly renovated ( interior only) 1967 VW micro bus named "Arlo" after his favorite singer from the 60's, Arlo Guthrie.

The trip Takes them from Dallas to Memphis to visit the "King" and onward to Nashville for a "Willie" good time, then emergency bathroom disasters, A weed shop encounter, bar fight and a night in a hospital finally led the two men to their ultimate destination, together, as father and son... understanding and reconciliation.

Why do I choose crowdfund to raise the capital to take this from script to screen? Most obviously, I am unknown in the world of film. I am no rookie in the business. I have worked on multiple films and TV shows, but that was as an actor and even those things aren’t enough to carry any weight for one big individual investor or a studio to take a chance... and that's OK. I am confident in the script, it has shown itself very well in every screenplay competition it has been entered in.

Finalist in the Austin Comedy Film Festival, Georgia Comedy Film Festival, Portland Comedy Film Festival, Austin Under The Stars Film Festival, Houston Comedy Film Festival, The International Cannabis & Hemp Film Festival and was the overall winner at the Lake Charles Film Festival. We will continue to enter the script into competition up until we enter pre-production, to maximize exposure of the story.

To make a movie takes a lot, not just money but effort, time and dedication . It takes faith.... sometimes almost blind faith that you can make it. It takes planning and preparing, casting, filming, editing, sound design, color grading, titles ,promotion.... and TIME! It also takes belief. Belief in the project, belief in yourself, but it also takes the belief of others. That's where YOU come in. Of all the things on that list MONEY and belief are the ones that make it all happen.

Who brings in the money for a film or movie? The Producers. So that's what each and every contributor to this movie will be, a "Producer" on a feature film. With the position of being a producer on this movie, it give you certain perks. Maybe a day on the set with the stars, A signed Movie Poster, Red Carpet tickets for the films premier, or even a walk on role in the film itself... the list can be endless. But it will be you, in partnership with us, who makes this movie.

Our goal is to raise enough funds that we can make an offer to a name actor for the lead part ( either Michael or Thomas). With a name an audience knows in the film, it will make it that much easier to achieve distribution of the movie upon completion. NONE of this will be possible without YOU! Our Producers! So join in the adventure and excitement of movie making with us.

THANK YOU!