Some of “Devotion” director JD Dillard’s earliest memories are of the rumbling of F/A-18 jet engines. “It’s quite abstract,” Dillard tells Variety over Zoom, recounting his sense memories of being …
The flight effectively closed a loop that began when the elder Dillard attended an air show as a kid, just like Jesse Brown had, and said, “I want to fly.” Bruce Dillard’s “relentless pursuit of a dream” heavily influenced his son to do the same, eventually leading Dillard to direct “Devotion,” his third feature, which is, in many ways, a version of his family’s story.
“To be in this place where both Tom and Jesse and my dad had to learn to fly was really special,” he says. “To be back there with a group of people who know my dad, who know Donnie Cochran – the first Black Blue Angel, who was also there and helped get my dad on the team — who know the Hudners, know the Browns, it felt like a homecoming.”Black Label Media
“We started working on the scholarship fund from the time we greenlit the film in the spring of 2020,” Black Label Media’s Molly Smith tellsPictures Entertainment chairman and CEO] and Sony, who agreed to distribute the film and have been amazing supporters if this story. We are all honored to tell this story and honor the sacrifices of these men.”
Dillard describes the box office plan as the “collision of impact and entertainment, in a way that feels organic.”
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