ThinkFilm picks up 'Confederate'

Pic profiles Civil War officer Adams

By DAVE MCNARY

ThinkFilm has acquired North American distribution rights to "The Last Confederate: The True Story of Robert Adams" from Solar Filmworks.

Pic profiles Capt. Robert Adams, a Confederate officer torn between his love of the South and a woman from the North whom he met as the Civil War broke out.

The film was made by Adams' descendants, with Julian Adams produc-ing, directing and starring; it was lensed where many of the events actually took place.

Gwendolyn Edwards, Eric Holloway, Amy Redford, Joshua Lindsey, Tippi Hedren and Mickey Rooney also star.