Conrad gears up for "Mystery at Wolf Creek" premiere

It’s a wrap: after months of auditions, filming, editing and preparations, “Mystery at Wolf Creek”—a My Town Pictures production that was filmed in Conrad in conjunction with the 25-year anniversary of its Main Street Iowa designation—will be shown to the public for the first time on Saturday afternoon after a red carpet introduction for the stars of the movie. Four of the main stars and Conrad Chamber/Main Street Director Darla Ubben caught up with The Grundy Register last week to discuss the making of the film, the plot and what it’s like to become a movie star.
           
Heath Rhinehart stars in “Mystery at Wolf Creek” as Peter Lansing, a washed up fiction writer from Chicago who embarks on a retreat to his agent Lazlo’s (Eugene Ubben’s) hometown of Conrad in search of motivation and rejuvenation. Joining them are their wives (played by Gina Dinsmore and Amanda West), and when Mr. Lansing fabricates the story of a murder that “allegedly” happened in Conrad long ago to help him with an idea for his new book, chaos and hilarity ensue as the writer attempts to clean up the mess he’s made.
           
“The fun is figuring out the ups and downs and how he gets that turned back on him at the end,” My Town writer and director Scott Thompson said. “If nothing else, he’ll get a great book out of it.”
 
Read more in this week's Grundy Register.