Matthew Modine & Adam Rackoff Board Michael Caton-Jones Doc

Matthew Modine, Adam Rackoff and their Cinco Dedos Peliculas production company have boarded Partickular Films and Two Rivers Media’s documentary Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy’s Life.

The co-production explores Michael Caton-Jones’ rise from a working-class mining village in Broxburn, near Edinburgh, to the heights of fame as a Hollywood director, with credits for Memphis Belle, Doc Hollywood, This Boy’s Life, Rob Roy, The Jackal and many more.

The film will feature interviews with Caton-Jones and those who worked with him throughout his career, including David Putnam, Tim Roth, Letitia Wright, Ron Perlman, Ewen Bremner and David Hayman. The documentary will also include never-before-seen archive material.

Modine, who played Captain Dennis Dearborn in Caton-Jones’ second feature, Memphis Belle, and Rackoff will serve as executive producers for the project. Modine is an actor and producer, and Rackoff is a former Apple marketing executive. The two have executive produced a number of films, including their recent documentary Downwind.

Also on board are Emmy Award-winning composers Roddy Hart and Tommy Reilly of Hart Reilly Music, whose recent credits include the Roger Moore documentary From Roger With Love.

“Not only is this film the story of how a young, working-class man became one of the most exacting directors in the business, it tells how Hollywood embraced this driven Scot,” said Alan Clements, managing director and executive producer at Two Rivers Media. “We are delighted to have secured so much unique and exclusive material with which to tell this inspiring story. It is also fantastic to be working with Matthew and Adam, whose collective experience will be a huge asset to this project.”

“I’m excited to have this opportunity to introduce Michael Caton-Jones’ body of work to a new audience while also reminding folks what a terrific filmmaker he is,” Modine commented.

“To this day, Rob Roy remains one of my favorite movies of the 1990s,” Rackoff noted. “The end sword fight might be the most realistic ever put to film. Michael Caton-Jones’ life and filmography deserve the documentary treatment, and I’m thrilled to help bring Joseph McLean and Alan Clements’ vision to the screen.”

Joseph McLean, producer at Partickular Films, added, “This Broxburn Boy’s Life is a celebration of the talent and determination that led Michael from his home town to Hollywood. The caliber of talent we have on-screen is testament to Michael’s success story and the relationships he formed over the course of his career. We’re delighted to have Matthew and Adam on board as executive producers, and we’ve already discussed some exciting plans for filming in New York and LA.”