29/12/2023

Jerome (1998)

Drew Pillsbury plays artist Wade Hampton




Wade picks up an old broken umbrella from the road presumably to use in his scrap metal sculptures.




Wade's friend Lonnie shows the piece titled 'Calamity Jane' that Wade sent him from prison. 


Wade Hampton, an aspiring sculptor (played by Drew Pillsbury), had been stuck in a factory job for 15 years. He decides to pursue his artistic dreams in Jerome, Arizona, where a community of artists awaits him, leaving his California life behind. Wade’s road trip takes a dark turn when he offers a ride to a hitchhiker named Jane (played by Wendie Malick) in the middle of the desert. Wade becomes entangled in a murder that could have serious consequences for his life.

In the movie, we only get to see one of Wade’s sculptures titled “Calamity Jane,” which he created while in prison.