Matthew Modine, Adam Rackoff’s Cinco Dedos Peliculas boards Michael Caton-Jones doc

Actor-producer Matthew Modine and Adam Rackoff have boarded documentary Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy’s Life as exec producers, through their prodco Cinco Dedos Peliculas.

Matthew Modine

Coproduced by Scottish prodcos Partickular Films and Two Rivers Media, the doc explores Caton-Jones’ rise from his humble roots in the working-class mining village of Broxburn, near Edinburgh, to the dizzy heights of Hollywood where he became one of Scotland’s most successful directors.

The film will include interviews with Caton-Jones and those who worked with him, including David Putnam, Tim Roth, Letitia Wright, Ron Perlman, Ewen Bremner and David Hayman, as well as never-before-seen archive material from Caton-Jones’ 40-year career.

Caton-Jones’ film credits include Scandal, Memphis Belle, Doc Hollywood, This Boy’s Life, Rob Roy, The Jackal, Shooting Dogs, Our Ladies and Basic Instinct 2.

Michael Caton-Jones: This Broxburn Boy’s Life is also exec produced by Alan Clements  (Special Forces: Most Daring Missions, Dogs of War, Cassius X: Becoming Ali, Killing Escobar) and directed and produced by Joseph McLean (River City, Cows Cash & Coverups).