VCI AND MVD BLU RAY RELEASE: Apple Seed (2019)

Prince Mccoy (director, writer and star Michael Worth) has lost out on all the dreams he once had as he grew up in the small town of Apple Seed. His childhood bank foreclosed on everything his father owned, which he blames for his father’s death. And now, he has no home, no girlfriend and no hope. So he decides to drive across the country in his 1967 Mustang — which is all he owns — and make that bank pay for what they’ve done.

He picks up an old man named Carl Robbins (Rance Howard), a strange senior who has a bucket list on a napkin and a mission to lead Prince on a journey that will change both their lives, meeting a variety of people, like the love that Prince let get away, as they also confront the errors they’ve made in their own lives.

That’s because just like Prince wants to, Carl also robbed a bank. And despite his advanced age, he’s facing a prison sentence that will last for the rest of his life. Is Carl’s past going to be Prince’s future? And what happens when they make it to Apple Seed?

This is the last film that Rance Howard was in, released two years after his death. It also has a role for his son Clint.

There’s also an appearance by Robby Benson that echoes the movie Ode to Billie Joe, based on the song of the same name.

Worth told Diversions LA, “I did a film with Rance in Flagstaff, Arizona and I knew I had to do a film for him. It was just one of those things I wanted to get made. We completed the project just before Rance passed away.”

As I get older, I’ve been thinking of the journey of my life. This movie made me reflect on things and wonder when I will go from Prince to Carl in my experience.

This VCI Entertainment and MVD release has extras like an audio commentary by director and star Michael Worth, an alternate longer cut, a making-of, a short about the movie’s premiere, deleted and extended scenes, and a Rance Howard memorial video.

You can get it from MVD.

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