Post by -|E|- on Aug 27, 2005 16:49:41 GMT -5
Catherine Dent will play "Ms. Lucille" in the upcoming Lisa France film, "The Unseen," currently in post production, slated to be released this year.
"When Roy Clemens returns to his rural hometown of Haralson, Georgia (population 83) for his father’s funeral, he inherits the family store and a mess of skeletons in the closet. Delivering a package, he discovers Sammy, an old acquaintance who has been locked-up at home by his older brother Harold for twenty years. Imminently trusting and yet naïve of even the difference between baked beans and mashed potatoes (due to Harold’s cruel sense of humor), Sammy spends most of his time alone, listening to soap operas, vocally destroying “Goody Gum Drops” and stuffing envelopes in the dark at Harold’s behest. Meanwhile, Harold has cornered the market for homebrew with his girlfriend Kathleen and his redneck friend Earl, who remain loyal to him in spite of their distaste for his treatment of Sammy. Sammy and Roy form a bond around a desire to leave Harralson for the city lights of Atlanta and the elusive comfort they hope it holds, but to get there they must both come to terms with Harold and the secret he shares"
I found the above pictures and sysnopsis at the Official Site for the Movie. (<--- click there) You can see the trailer and the complete list of cast and crew at the official site as well.
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The trailer is about 4 minutes long, and well worth it; this film looks emotionally intense with plenty of racial and social conflict! I havent' been able to find a release date yet, but I will update you as soon as I do. Here is an article about 'The Unseen' and other films by the same director, Lisa France:
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"The Unseen" and "Love & Suicide"
by Jason Guerrasio
For filmmakers, inspiration can come in unlikely ways. In the case of writer/director Lisa France (known for her debut film, "Anne B. Real," which was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards), it happened through a chance meeting with Hollywood stylist Phillip Bloch. "He had this movie idea," France recalls. "So we talked about a couple of plots and I got along great with him and the film came along through that."
The two came together on an idea loosely based on the racially charged 1965 film "A Patch of Blue" in which Sidney Poitier befriends a blind white girl played by Shelley Winters. Intrigued in telling a story about "someone who's blind and knows about racism but has never seen it," says France, "The Unseen" follows Roy (Steve Harris from TV's "The Practice") and Harold (Gale Harold from TV's "Queer as Folk"), two interracial friends who reconnect after having not spoken for years (Bloch, who's also on board as producer, plays Roy's blind younger brother). Set in Atlanta, Georgia, France knew from the beginning she wanted to place the story in the south. "I think the location is a character as racism is not only born but at least in the south still alive, so doing it in Georgia was important."
Shot in 20 days last June, DP Jim Hunter shot the film on HD and it was cut by editor Noel Dowd. Composer Dean Parker is currently finishing the score. The film also stars Catherine Dent (TV's "The Shield") and Judah Friedlander ("American Splendor"). France plans to submit the film to Sundance.
But that's not all she's submitting. The winter before shooting began on "The Unseen," France, with a crew of six, went to Cuba to shoot "Love & Suicide." How did an American crew shoot a feature in Cuba? Easy, she submitted "Anne B. Real" into the Havana International Film Festival. "We went down there for the festival, totally legal," France recalls. "We walked in with a camera, we couldn't have a boom out because that would be obvious. We shot in hotels and in bars and in the streets. We just couldn't shoot any government officials. We literally had to hide the camera."
The film follows a man's (Kamar De Los Reyes) journey to Cuba to commit suicide. Using a Panasonic 24p camera, France and company, thought by the festival to be the cast and crew of "Anne B. Real," ran around Havana for ten days shooting the film. "The day the festival was over we were gone," she says.
Demian Lichtenstein, who shares producing credit with Luis Moro on both films, shot "Love & Suicide." Duane Wandles executive produced both films.
The link to the above report is here.
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And did you know.......
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Catherine Dent plays ‘Officer Danielle ‘Danny’ Sofer.’ Danny is a smart street cop who fully embraces the new captain’s controversial policing style – the only way to tame the wild Los Angeles streets that Danny patrols with her partner Officer Julien Lowe.
Dent starred in two independent films, “The Unseen” and “Tides of War,” during the most recent hiatus from THE SHIELD, and adds these movies to a resume that includes appearances in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s critically-acclaimed “21 Grams” and Paul Schrader’s sexually-charged “Autofocus.” Dent’s ever-growing film career began just after she graduated form North Carolina School of the Arts when she played Paul Newman’s daughter-in-law in “Nobody’s Fool.” She co-starred as ‘Mabel’ in Frank Darabount’s “The Majestic” with Jim Carrey and as Ashely Judd’s sister in “Someone Like You.” The range of roles she’s able to play, from tough cop to sexy drug dealer to sweet diner owner, make it difficult to define the chameleon and versatile actress.
On television, in addition to her continuing evolution as ‘Danny,’ she starred in and received rave reviews in the Emmy Award winning Sci-Fi Channel’s “Steven Spielberg Presents TAKEN.” Among Dent’s many guest-starring appearances are “The Sopranos,” “Frasier,” “Law & Order: SVU” and most recently, the top rated television show “CSI.”
Dent received brilliant reviews at The La Jolla Playhouse in the American premiere of Martin Crimp’s “The Country.” She loves theatre and has worked on Broadway and off, in addition to regional theatres.
A native of Louisiana, she lives with her husband Peter and their adored pets Stella and Maggie.
Here's the link to Catherine's Bio.
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"When Roy Clemens returns to his rural hometown of Haralson, Georgia (population 83) for his father’s funeral, he inherits the family store and a mess of skeletons in the closet. Delivering a package, he discovers Sammy, an old acquaintance who has been locked-up at home by his older brother Harold for twenty years. Imminently trusting and yet naïve of even the difference between baked beans and mashed potatoes (due to Harold’s cruel sense of humor), Sammy spends most of his time alone, listening to soap operas, vocally destroying “Goody Gum Drops” and stuffing envelopes in the dark at Harold’s behest. Meanwhile, Harold has cornered the market for homebrew with his girlfriend Kathleen and his redneck friend Earl, who remain loyal to him in spite of their distaste for his treatment of Sammy. Sammy and Roy form a bond around a desire to leave Harralson for the city lights of Atlanta and the elusive comfort they hope it holds, but to get there they must both come to terms with Harold and the secret he shares"
I found the above pictures and sysnopsis at the Official Site for the Movie. (<--- click there) You can see the trailer and the complete list of cast and crew at the official site as well.
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The trailer is about 4 minutes long, and well worth it; this film looks emotionally intense with plenty of racial and social conflict! I havent' been able to find a release date yet, but I will update you as soon as I do. Here is an article about 'The Unseen' and other films by the same director, Lisa France:
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"The Unseen" and "Love & Suicide"
by Jason Guerrasio
For filmmakers, inspiration can come in unlikely ways. In the case of writer/director Lisa France (known for her debut film, "Anne B. Real," which was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards), it happened through a chance meeting with Hollywood stylist Phillip Bloch. "He had this movie idea," France recalls. "So we talked about a couple of plots and I got along great with him and the film came along through that."
The two came together on an idea loosely based on the racially charged 1965 film "A Patch of Blue" in which Sidney Poitier befriends a blind white girl played by Shelley Winters. Intrigued in telling a story about "someone who's blind and knows about racism but has never seen it," says France, "The Unseen" follows Roy (Steve Harris from TV's "The Practice") and Harold (Gale Harold from TV's "Queer as Folk"), two interracial friends who reconnect after having not spoken for years (Bloch, who's also on board as producer, plays Roy's blind younger brother). Set in Atlanta, Georgia, France knew from the beginning she wanted to place the story in the south. "I think the location is a character as racism is not only born but at least in the south still alive, so doing it in Georgia was important."
Shot in 20 days last June, DP Jim Hunter shot the film on HD and it was cut by editor Noel Dowd. Composer Dean Parker is currently finishing the score. The film also stars Catherine Dent (TV's "The Shield") and Judah Friedlander ("American Splendor"). France plans to submit the film to Sundance.
But that's not all she's submitting. The winter before shooting began on "The Unseen," France, with a crew of six, went to Cuba to shoot "Love & Suicide." How did an American crew shoot a feature in Cuba? Easy, she submitted "Anne B. Real" into the Havana International Film Festival. "We went down there for the festival, totally legal," France recalls. "We walked in with a camera, we couldn't have a boom out because that would be obvious. We shot in hotels and in bars and in the streets. We just couldn't shoot any government officials. We literally had to hide the camera."
The film follows a man's (Kamar De Los Reyes) journey to Cuba to commit suicide. Using a Panasonic 24p camera, France and company, thought by the festival to be the cast and crew of "Anne B. Real," ran around Havana for ten days shooting the film. "The day the festival was over we were gone," she says.
Demian Lichtenstein, who shares producing credit with Luis Moro on both films, shot "Love & Suicide." Duane Wandles executive produced both films.
The link to the above report is here.
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And did you know.......
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Catherine Dent plays ‘Officer Danielle ‘Danny’ Sofer.’ Danny is a smart street cop who fully embraces the new captain’s controversial policing style – the only way to tame the wild Los Angeles streets that Danny patrols with her partner Officer Julien Lowe.
Dent starred in two independent films, “The Unseen” and “Tides of War,” during the most recent hiatus from THE SHIELD, and adds these movies to a resume that includes appearances in Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu’s critically-acclaimed “21 Grams” and Paul Schrader’s sexually-charged “Autofocus.” Dent’s ever-growing film career began just after she graduated form North Carolina School of the Arts when she played Paul Newman’s daughter-in-law in “Nobody’s Fool.” She co-starred as ‘Mabel’ in Frank Darabount’s “The Majestic” with Jim Carrey and as Ashely Judd’s sister in “Someone Like You.” The range of roles she’s able to play, from tough cop to sexy drug dealer to sweet diner owner, make it difficult to define the chameleon and versatile actress.
On television, in addition to her continuing evolution as ‘Danny,’ she starred in and received rave reviews in the Emmy Award winning Sci-Fi Channel’s “Steven Spielberg Presents TAKEN.” Among Dent’s many guest-starring appearances are “The Sopranos,” “Frasier,” “Law & Order: SVU” and most recently, the top rated television show “CSI.”
Dent received brilliant reviews at The La Jolla Playhouse in the American premiere of Martin Crimp’s “The Country.” She loves theatre and has worked on Broadway and off, in addition to regional theatres.
A native of Louisiana, she lives with her husband Peter and their adored pets Stella and Maggie.
Here's the link to Catherine's Bio.
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I hope you paid attention; there will be a test later.....
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