Angels in Stardust

Angels in Stardust is a 2014 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by William Robert Carey and starring Alicia Silverstone, AJ Michalka and Billy Burke.^[1] The film is Carey's directorial debut, and is based on his own novel Jesus in Cowboy Boots, released in 2013.^[2]

Directed byWilliam Robert Carey

Screenplay byWilliam Robert Carey

Based onJesus in Cowboy Boots
by William Robert Carey

Produced byScott Dolezal

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Angels in Stardust
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Directed by	William Robert Carey
Screenplay by	William Robert Carey
Based on	Jesus in Cowboy Boots by William Robert Carey
Produced by	Scott Dolezal
Starring	Alicia Silverstone AJ Michalka Billy Burke
Cinematography	Alexandre Lehmann
Edited by	Rick Spalla Dennis Virkler
Music by	John Hunter
Production companies	HIP Films Inception Film Partners
Distributed by	High-Motor Productions
Release date	February 21, 2014 (2014-02-21)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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It was released in theaters and on video on demand on February 21, 2014. The film was re-released in 2016 under its original title, Jesus in Cowboy Boots. The "Angels in Stardust" title, invented by the first distributor, was designed to put the film at the beginning of the alphabetical pay-per-view lists.^[3] Unfortunately, the title was antithetical to the film's story and themes. In 2021, Carey wrote a memoir, How Not to Make a Movie: An Independent Filmmaker in Hollywood Hell, about his trials and tribulations of making the film.^[4]