In the film Noah Taylor just wrapped in Austin, Texas, a violent small-budget thriller “Red, White and Blue,” the Australian actor plays “a bit of a mystery man and backwoods hick,” Taylor says. “I mean, look at my teeth!” Taylor flashes a rack of crooked, tobacco-stained choppers and issues a self-deprecating laugh.

Although “Red, White and Blue’s” writer-director is British and its leading man is Australian, the film is an Austin affair through and through. It’s the first movie Tim League — the co-founder of the Alamo Drafthouse theaters and co-founder of Fantastic Fest — has had a hand in making. League is the film’s executive producer, and while this sounds like a plunge into feature filmmaking, a natural extension of his free-floating movie love, League is quick to caution that production will not become a habit.

“It will not. And people shouldn’t send me blind e-mails, which I’ve already started to receive, pitching multimillion-dollar film productions. I’m not going to do it,” League says. “I don’t have any plans of getting into the industry. It was fun, but I’ve got the day job and all.”

Finding locations and extras was a cinch for the $1 million movie, which is not applying for Texas film tax incentives. League put out calls on Fantastic Fest’s Twitter and Facebook accounts and fans lined up to offer places and bodies. (10 people even volunteered their homes for shooting and about 100 people volunteered as extras.)

A testament to the filmmaking talent that can be found in Austin, some 30 locations were used for what’s described as a “slacker revenge movie,” including Emo’s, the Broken Spoke and Austin Diner. With 50 to 60 setups a day, the movie was shot with extreme speed.

“They’re an incredibly efficient team,” League says. “Even the local crew was amazed at how many shots they were able to do at so many locations with a three-week shooting schedule.”

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