White Lightnin' - Based on the life of Jesco White, The Dancing Outlaw

Deep in the heart of the Appalachian mountains in West Virginia, where every man owns a gun and a moonshine still, in a battered trailer, abides living legend Jesco White, "The Dancing Outlaw".
As a boy Jesco was in and out of reform school and the insane asylum for taking drugs, stealing lighter fluid and for his wild behavior. To keep him out of trouble, his daddy D-Ray taught him the art of mountain dancing - a frenzied version of tap dancing to wild country banjo music. After his daddy's murder at the hands of a pair of drunken rednecks, the crazy but charismatic Jesco put on his daddy's shoes and danced his way round the bars of the county where he met the love of his life, Cilla, who happened to be twice his age and half his height. The odd couple tried to settle down but tortured by the thought of his daddy's killers still at large, jesco's demons resurfaced. This is his story."

There was a documentary about him back in 1991, called The Dancing Outlaw, but this is going to be a feature based on his life.

Quiet Earth have some photos of the film. Have a look at Jesco White's Wiki.

Below Jesco talks about sloppy eggs. Don't mess up his eggs!

Here is some footage of the man in action.

What do you reckon? Good? Bad? Cult classic in the making?
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