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Hey buddy, there’s going to be a prison break at the Dallas County Jail, keep it under your hat.

Nobody knows if they’re tunneling under or going over the wall but for anyone who’s ever had the itch to bust out, or even act like it, a Japanese production company is giving them that chance.

Office Kei, which specializes in Japanese television shows, will be staging a reenactment of a famous Florida prison break in March and they’ll be using the Dallas County Jail.

For Selmians with the acting bug, it’s a chance to be a star, or at the least

appear on Japanese TV.

Thursday, from 7 to 9 p.m. the company will hold a casting call at the Selma Performing Arts Center. Everyone is invited to try out for a part as an extra, or even a complete role in the movie.

Auditions for some of the major parts will be held Sunday and Monday at the St. James Hotel conference room, 7 and 9 p.m.

Harris Salomon, spokesman for Office Kei, is happy to be in Selma again.

About six years ago, according to Salomon, the company filmed two features, one about Ty Cobb and another about Tallulah Bankhead for Japanese television. The company was so pleased with Selma a file was kept, “with a gold star,” Salomon said.

This trip out, the company is filming the reenactment of a prison break. The true story involved a Florida inmate. His lover, landed a rented helicopter in the prison yard in an attempt to free him. The attempt failed and the woman is now incarcerated as well.

“Obviously it was a failure,” said Salomon.

Salomon said the company chose Selma because of Craig Field and the Dallas County Jail, which has a closed wing which suits the company’s purposes

Edie Jones, former tourism director for the Selma-Dallas County Chamber of Commerce, was hired to help with the shoot.

“It’s just a real positive for Selma,” she said.

This is the sixth film shoot held in Selma, according to

Jones.

Others include: “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” ” Blue Sky,” “Selma, Lord Selma,” the two features about Tallulah Bankhead and Ty Cobb and “If These Walls Could Talk.”

The company is interested in all manner of actors at any age.

Salomon said anyone under the age of 16 must have a parent accompany them

Twenty people will be hired as extras, several more will be hired as production assistants.