November 29, 2009 in City

Pilot’s story sought for big, small screens

Lindsay-Brown well-known for extreme mountain-biking
Meghann M. Cuniff The Spokesman-Review
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Tags: Blade Runner cocaine drug ring drugs Ecstasy federal agents jim mcdevitt marijuana Murder Samuel Jackson Lindsay-Brown

Samuel Lindsay-Brown’s popularity in the sport of extreme mountain-biking led to wide attention when he committed suicide in Spokane County Jail in February.

Since then, Lindsay-Brown’s story has been told in Rolling Stone and in a documentary on a Canadian television program.

Now, actor and director Jason Priestley is looking to bring the young man’s life to the big screen, according to Variety magazine. Lindsay-Brown was facing drug-smuggling charges that could have led to a prison term as long as 40 years.

Priestley has obtained the rights to the story written by Jesse Hyde for Rolling Stone, …

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