The film's extensive research includes interviews with numerous people who lived in Butte from 1955 to the 1980s, from the reality of the Berkeley Pit to its expansion.

While going to school, he worked a stint underground at the Steward Mine and above ground in the Berkeley Pit. "I was really fascinated with that time underground," he remembers.

BUTTE - Anaconda residents who have accepted offers of $1,000 from Atlantic Richfield Co. in the last few weeks in exchange for relinquishing the right to sue will get a ...