Street Survivor: The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash, the movie about the fateful Lynyrd Skynyrd accident that killed three of the band’s members, appears headed to a theater near you. Though the lower court initially blocked the film and music company, Cleopatra, from distributing the movie based on a consent decree between members of the band, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the consent decree was “sufficiently inconsistent,” and is letting the film progress to release.
Lynyrd Skynyrd, the preeminent Southern Rock Band. formed in the 1960’s. They were at the height of their career in 1977, when their tour plane crashed in Mississippi. Twenty people survived the crash, but three band members died: lead vocalist and founding member, Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist and vocalist Steve Gaines, and backup singer Cassie Gaines, who was also Steve’s older sister.
Decree Is Gone With the Wind
Flash forward about 30 more years later, and Pyle decides to make a movie about the crash. Well aware of the consent decree and the blood oath, he felt that the crash was his experience, and no consent decree could bar him from speaking about his experiences.
Pyle Free as a Bird Now to Release Film
The court’s unanimous ruling paves the way for Pyle to finish his film, which is in post-production and eyeing a Summer 2019 release. According to the court, “That crash is part of the ‘history’ of the band, but it is also an ’experience’ of Pyle with the band, likely his most important experience.”
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