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Tillamook Treasure 2006 is a family film set in the beautiful coast village of Manzanita, Oregon, USA. Based on an Indian legend about a treasure buried on Neahkahnie Mountain by Spanish sailors in the 1590s, this is the story of a 14 year old girl's discovery of what is important in life.

Cast

Suzanne Marie Doyon
– Julie Kimbell
Brian McNamara
– Robert McNamara
Julia Campbell
– Kathryn Kimbell
Brian Thompson
- Jimmy Kimbell
Bradley Stryker
- Tom
Janine Doyon
- Susan Kimbell
Max Gail
– Grandpa Jack Kimbell
Floyd Red Crow Westerman – Standing Elk
Mary Stein – Billie Stahl
Richard Doyon – Clyde Savage
Imie Lane Camelli
Escher Holloway – Eddie Savage
Zale Parry – Sam, the hardware store
Robert Myers _ Insurance Agent 008
Karara Muhoro _ Milinzi
Matthew Jared - Fred
Kathryn Hall - Artist

and

Phillip Huber and the Huber Marionettes

With

Leah Brisbois _ Indian girl
Imie Lane Camelli - Grammy Ruth
Bob Doyon - Crew Boss
Kelly Laviolette - Jetty Owner
Steve Meltzer _ Sledge
Jan Michael Looking Wolf Reibach - Looking Wolf
David Welborn - Doctor
Tony Hyde - Igmar Spike Johanson
Bill Woolsey - Jamboree Chairman

Plot

The story begins with 16th century Spanish sailors beaching their launch on Manzanita beach. They carry a treasure chest up Neahkahnie Mountain, leading a manacled African slave. The treasure is buried and the slave killed. He is laid on top of the ground to "guard" the treasure and frighten away the local Indians.

Julie (Suzanne Marie Doyon), a lonely fourteen year old girl, and her family move from California to a beautiful Oregon seaside town, as a last resort after her dad loses his job. Her family has trouble adjusting to their new life and Julie is forgotten and ignored. Julie has a dramatic mystical encounter with a large Roosevelt Elk on the beach. The elk's fur has black handprints on its neck. Its hooves uncover an old Spanish gold coin in the sand. The Elk becomes Julie's silent, watchful guide and protector as she becomes drawn to the legend of the Tillamook Treasure.

She seeks the wisdom and guidance of her Grandfather (Max Gail) and his good friend, Standing Elk (Floyd Red Crow Westerman). The men tell Julie the legend of the Spanish treasure and also of an elk, saved from drowning by the slave before his death by the slave who had grasped the exhausted animal as it swam near the Spanish launch. Julie is confused because 400 years later, she is convinced that "her elk" is the same elk.

Julie's desire to solve the treasure mystery becomes a passion that leads to further mystery and self-discovery . When she experiences visions of Indians she's frightened. When she tells Grandpa and Standing Elk, the elders realize that she is having a magical experience. She hears the chains of the African slave, hears his voice calling to her, and sees him in the dark. Grandpa and Standing Elk suspect that Julie has been "chosen" to find the treasure and to release the spirit of the slave. They watch and guide her on her quest.

In the tense climax, Julie’s courage is tested to the maximum as she places herself in great physical danger in order to complete her quest. Tillamook Treasure is a coming of age story that revolves around self-discovery and personal strength. It is a tale of family and of searching for and finding what is really important in life.

Digital cinema

Bright Light Studio used the Sony HDW-F900 (High Definition) technology pioneered by Lucasfilm for its Star Wars series. Tillamook Treasure is digital cinema from front to back. The film will be distributed digitally directly to theaters, by-passing the need to go to film. "Filming in high-definition digital and distributing digitally opens the doors of feature film making to low budget independent films", says Executive Producer Richard Doyon. "Digital reduces the cost so that high production values are within the budget of independent filmmakers. We start with the highest quality digital filming, edit digitally, and release to theaters digitally."

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