"When the fire comes, you're gunna burn." Gravitas has debuted an official trailer for an indie film titled Cuck, an intriguing take on an issue in American society today. When a frustrated loner gains popularity as an Alt-Right vlogger, the online echo chamber he finds solace in turns his insecurities into a deadly rage. The term "cuck" (while also a sexual kink term) in this case means a man who is desperate for acceptance, approval, and affection from women. Zachary Ray Sherman stars, with a cast including Sally Kirkland, Timothy V. Murphy, Monique Parent, and David Diaan. It's obvious that this is trying to comment on this online echo chamber / self-righteous rage culture, but seems to be trying a bit too hard to make a point. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Rob Lambert's Cuck, direct from the film's YouTube: When a frustrated loner named Ronnie (Zachary...
- 9/5/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Movies about father-son dynamics tend to transcend language — but what about when the father and son in question don’t speak in the same tongue? That was one of the impressive feats of “Baba Joon,” Israel’s Oscar entry for Best Foreign Language Film, director Yuval Delshad revealed at TheWrap’s Screening Series on Monday. Moderating the affair at Los Angeles’ iPic Theater, TheWrap founder and editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman welcomed Delshad and cast members Navid Negahban (“Homeland”), Viss Elliot Safavi and David Diaan for a panel following the film. Also Read: TheWrap Screening Series: Why Kurt Cobain's Art Mattered...
- 11/4/2015
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
"Baba Joon," winner of five Ophir Awards from the Israeli Academy of Film and Television and Israel's 2016 Oscar submission, stars Navid Negahban ("Homeland") as Yitzhak, an Iranian immigrant in Israel who hopes his teenage son, Moti (Asher Avrahami), will take an interest in the family turkey farm. When Moti refuses, preferring instead to fix up junked cars, the ensuing conflict exposes the generation gap, as a son's demands for independence come up against his father's determination to honor tradition. The film is directed by Yuval Delshad and costars David Diaan ("The Stoning of Soraya M.") as Moti's uncle, Darius. The poster, following the film's appearance in Toronto, offers a glimpse of Ofer Inov's Ophir Award-winning cinematography, with a striking image of Yitzhak and Moti, eyes downcast, amid a sea of turkeys—and the trailer features a similar sense of inter-generational drama. "I want to do what I love," Moti tells his father.
- 10/5/2015
- by Matt Brennan
- Thompson on Hollywood
Baba Joon
Written by Yuval Delshad
Directed by Yuval Delshad
Israel, 2015
This year’s edition of the Haifa International Film Festival has a strong Iranian inflection, highlighting a Mohsen Makhmalbaf retrospective and Yuval Delshad’s Baba Joon, the first Farsi-language Israeli feature film. Baba Joon premiered internationally at this year’s Tiff and is Israel’s submission to the Academy Awards foreign language category. Yuval Delshad’s feature debut stars Homeland’s Navid Naghaban as Yitzhak and British actress Viss Elliot Safavi as Sarah, an Iranian-born turkey farming couple in an early 1980’s agricultural settlement somewhere in the Negev desert of Southern Israel, and newcomer Asher Avrahami as Moti, their only child.
The crux of the drama is a time-worn premise of inter-generational conflict and changing times – thirteen-year-old Moti’s distaste for turkey farming goes against his father’s and grandfather’s ambitions of continuing the family business. In fact,...
Written by Yuval Delshad
Directed by Yuval Delshad
Israel, 2015
This year’s edition of the Haifa International Film Festival has a strong Iranian inflection, highlighting a Mohsen Makhmalbaf retrospective and Yuval Delshad’s Baba Joon, the first Farsi-language Israeli feature film. Baba Joon premiered internationally at this year’s Tiff and is Israel’s submission to the Academy Awards foreign language category. Yuval Delshad’s feature debut stars Homeland’s Navid Naghaban as Yitzhak and British actress Viss Elliot Safavi as Sarah, an Iranian-born turkey farming couple in an early 1980’s agricultural settlement somewhere in the Negev desert of Southern Israel, and newcomer Asher Avrahami as Moti, their only child.
The crux of the drama is a time-worn premise of inter-generational conflict and changing times – thirteen-year-old Moti’s distaste for turkey farming goes against his father’s and grandfather’s ambitions of continuing the family business. In fact,...
- 10/2/2015
- by Zornitsa Staneva
- SoundOnSight
Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "NCIS: Los Angeles" episode 16 of season 6. The episode is entitled, "Fighting Shadows," and it turns out that we're going to see some very intriguing and intense stuff go down as Kensi and Deeks learn that everyone knows about their relationship while trying to investigate an FBI murderer at the same time, and more! In the new, 16th episode press release: The team is going to search for the person behind an explosion that killed three undercover FBI agents. Press release number 2: When three FBI agents are killed in an explosion following a successful undercover sting operation, the team is going to search for the person behind the attack. In the meantime, Deeks and Kensi will realize the team knows about their relationship, as Hetty pairs Kensi with Sam and Deeks with Callen during the investigation. Guest stars feature:...
- 3/9/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
If you thought you were disappointed about Sony yanking the release of The Interview, just imagine being one of the film's actors — and then imagine being one of the movie’s actors who isn't Seth Rogen or James Franco, who have the benefit of 24-hour security. The Interview's main cast seems to have been placed under a cone of silence following Sony's announcement on Wednesday. So we called up three of the supporting players — Tommy Chang, David Diaan, and Thomas Cadrot — to see how they're coping.What were your roles in the movie?Chang: I play one of Kim Jong-un’s bodyguards. In the original script, I’m in it from the get-go — with the president throughout every scene that he’s in. They edited me out in the vast majority of the film, but at the end, I actually get killed by Kim Jong-un for telling him the...
- 12/19/2014
- by Abraham Riesman,Lane Brown,Nate Jones
- Vulture
"Making Friends and Influencing People" - Coulson and his team race against Hydra to get to Donnie Gill--a dangerous gifted with the ability to freeze objects--while Simmons is caught in the crossfire on Tuesday, October 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m.Et) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Nick Blood as Lance Hunter. Guest starring are Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, Reed Diamond as Daniel Whitehall, Dylan Minnette as Donnie Gill, Simon Kassiandes as Sunil Bakshi, Adam Kulbersh, as Kenneth Turgeon, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, David Diaan as Elias, Jarrod Crawford as Lead Hydra Agent, Nicholas Roth as Second Hydra Agent, Mo Darwiche as Ship's Captain,...
- 10/7/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
"Making Friends and Influencing People" - Coulson and his team race against Hydra to get to Donnie Gill--a dangerous gifted with the ability to freeze objects--while Simmons is caught in the crossfire on Tuesday, October 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m.Et) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Nick Blood as Lance Hunter. Guest starring are Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, Reed Diamond as Daniel Whitehall, Dylan Minnette as Donnie Gill, Simon Kassiandes as Sunil Bakshi, Adam Kulbersh, as Kenneth Turgeon, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, David Diaan as Elias, Jarrod Crawford as Lead Hydra Agent, Nicholas Roth as Second Hydra Agent, Mo Darwiche as Ship's Captain,...
- 10/4/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
"Making Friends and Influencing People" - Coulson and his team race against Hydra to get to Donnie Gill--a dangerous gifted with the ability to freeze objects--while Simmons is caught in the crossfire on Tuesday, October 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m.Et) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Nick Blood as Lance Hunter. Guest starring are Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, Reed Diamond as Daniel Whitehall, Dylan Minnette as Donnie Gill, Simon Kassiandes as Sunil Bakshi, Adam Kulbersh, as Kenneth Turgeon, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, David Diaan as Elias, Jarrod Crawford as Lead Hydra Agent, Nicholas Roth as Second Hydra Agent, Mo Darwiche as Ship's Captain,...
- 10/3/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
"Making Friends and Influencing People" - Coulson and his team race against Hydra to get to Donnie Gill--a dangerous gifted with the ability to freeze objects--while Simmons is caught in the crossfire on Tuesday, October 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m.Et) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Nick Blood as Lance Hunter. Guest starring are Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, Reed Diamond as Daniel Whitehall, Dylan Minnette as Donnie Gill, Simon Kassiandes as Sunil Bakshi, Adam Kulbersh, as Kenneth Turgeon, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, David Diaan as Elias, Jarrod Crawford as Lead Hydra Agent, Nicholas Roth as Second Hydra Agent, Mo Darwiche as Ship's Captain,...
- 10/1/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Sneak Peek footage from the third episode of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", titled "Making Friends and Influencing People", written by Monica Owusu-Breen and directed by Bobby Roth, airing October 7, 2014 on ABC:
"...in 'Making Friends and Influencing People', 'Coulson' and his team race against 'Hydra' to get to 'Donnie Gill'--dangerously gifted with the ability to freeze objects--while 'Simmons' is caught in the crossfire..."
Episode guest stars include Henry Simmons as 'Mack Mackenzie', Reed Diamond as 'Daniel Whitehall', Dylan Minnette as 'Donnie Gill', Simon Kassiandes as 'Sunil Bakshi', Adam Kulbersh as 'Kenneth Turgeon', Maya Stojan as 'Agent 33', David Diaan as 'Elias', Jarrod Crawford as 'Lead Hydra Agent', Nicholas Roth as 'Second Hydra Agent', Mo Darwiche as 'Ship's Captain' and Jesse D Goins as 'Theo'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Making Friends and Influencing People"...
"...in 'Making Friends and Influencing People', 'Coulson' and his team race against 'Hydra' to get to 'Donnie Gill'--dangerously gifted with the ability to freeze objects--while 'Simmons' is caught in the crossfire..."
Episode guest stars include Henry Simmons as 'Mack Mackenzie', Reed Diamond as 'Daniel Whitehall', Dylan Minnette as 'Donnie Gill', Simon Kassiandes as 'Sunil Bakshi', Adam Kulbersh as 'Kenneth Turgeon', Maya Stojan as 'Agent 33', David Diaan as 'Elias', Jarrod Crawford as 'Lead Hydra Agent', Nicholas Roth as 'Second Hydra Agent', Mo Darwiche as 'Ship's Captain' and Jesse D Goins as 'Theo'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Making Friends and Influencing People"...
- 10/1/2014
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
"Making Friends and Influencing People" - Coulson and his team race against Hydra to get to Donnie Gill--a dangerous gifted with the ability to freeze objects--while Simmons is caught in the crossfire on Tuesday, October 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m.Et) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Nick Blood as Lance Hunter. Guest starring are Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, Reed Diamond as Daniel Whitehall, Dylan Minnette as Donnie Gill, Simon Kassiandes as Sunil Bakshi, Adam Kulbersh, as Kenneth Turgeon, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, David Diaan as Elias, Jarrod Crawford as Lead Hydra Agent, Nicholas Roth as Second Hydra Agent, Mo Darwiche as Ship's Captain,...
- 10/1/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Recently, ABC released the new, official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Agents Of Shield" episode 3 of season 2. The episode is entitled, "Making Friends and Influencing People," and it sounds like things will get pretty dramatic and suspenseful as the Shield crew races against Hydra to reach Donnie Gill the ice power dude, and more. In the new, 3rd episode press release: "Coulson and his team will race against Hydra to get to Donnie Gill, who is a dangerous gifted with the ability to freeze objects--while Simmons is caught in the crossfire." Guest stars will feature: Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, Reed Diamond as Daniel Whitehall, Dylan Minnette as Donnie Gill, Simon Kassiandes as Sunil Bakshi, Adam Kulbersh, as Kenneth Turgeon, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, David Diaan as Elias, Jarrod Crawford as Lead Hydra Agent, Nicholas Roth as Second Hydra Agent, Mo Darwiche as Ship's Captain, and Jesse D Goins as Theo.
- 9/30/2014
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
"Making Friends and Influencing People" - Coulson and his team race against Hydra to get to Donnie Gill--a dangerous gifted with the ability to freeze objects--while Simmons is caught in the crossfire on Tuesday, October 7 (9:00-10:00 p.m.Et) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Nick Blood as Lance Hunter. Guest starring are Henry Simmons as Alphonso "Mack" Mackenzie, Reed Diamond as Daniel Whitehall, Dylan Minnette as Donnie Gill, Simon Kassiandes as Sunil Bakshi, Adam Kulbersh, as Kenneth Turgeon, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, David Diaan as Elias, Jarrod Crawford as Lead Hydra Agent, Nicholas Roth as Second Hydra Agent, Mo Darwiche as Ship's Captain,...
- 9/24/2014
- ComicBookMovie.com
Navid Negahban [pictured] to star in first Persian-language film shot in Israel.
Production is set to begin later this month on Baba Joon, the first Persian-language film shot in Israel.
Directed by Yuval Delshad, the film stars Navid Negahban, who played Abu Nazir on Emmy-winning series Homeland, alongside the likes of Viss Elliot Safavi and David Diaan. It will also feature Iranian-Israelis acting on the screen for the first time.
Baba Joon tells the story of Moti (Asher Avrahami in his feature debut) who decides to rebel against his father and to object to the tradition and rules that have been handed down from generation to generation.
Delshad wrote the screenplay inspired by his own personal story as the son of Iranian immigrants.
Produced by David Silber of Metro Productions and Moshe & Leon Edri of United King, the film will shoot in the Negev desert for five weeks.
It is funded by the Rabinovich Fund for the Arts...
Production is set to begin later this month on Baba Joon, the first Persian-language film shot in Israel.
Directed by Yuval Delshad, the film stars Navid Negahban, who played Abu Nazir on Emmy-winning series Homeland, alongside the likes of Viss Elliot Safavi and David Diaan. It will also feature Iranian-Israelis acting on the screen for the first time.
Baba Joon tells the story of Moti (Asher Avrahami in his feature debut) who decides to rebel against his father and to object to the tradition and rules that have been handed down from generation to generation.
Delshad wrote the screenplay inspired by his own personal story as the son of Iranian immigrants.
Produced by David Silber of Metro Productions and Moshe & Leon Edri of United King, the film will shoot in the Negev desert for five weeks.
It is funded by the Rabinovich Fund for the Arts...
- 5/14/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
This is the review of the Stoning of Soraya M, starring Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Marnò, James Caviezel, Navid Negahban, Ali Pourtash, David Diaan, Parviz Sayyad, Vida Ghahremani and Vachik Mangassarian. The film is directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. When thinking of a film that shows bravery and heroism, and a battle between the power-hungry, and those that fight for truth, any number of blockbuster movies may spring to mind. Yet the heroism and bravery in this film does not have a CGI background, nor does it have futuristic gadgets or fast cars. But what this film has more than any other I have seen in recent years, if ever before, is a soul. The Stoning of Soraya M tells the story of the true events leading up to the stoning of an innocent woman in Iran in 1986. It is only because of the bravery and heroism of Soraya’s aunt, Zahra,...
- 10/23/2010
- by Gabriella Apicella
- Pure Movies
Chicago – Who in the world would want to see this film? It’s as excruciating and appalling as the title promises, complete with simplistic depictions of good and evil. Like the bestselling novel from which it’s based, the film aims to raise global awareness about the Islamic practice of stoning women to death, a fundamentalist tradition that still occurs today. Yet are the filmmakers harboring deeper intentions?
It’s impossible to see “The Stoning of Soraya M.” without thinking of the film that it resembles down to its very title: “The Passion of the Christ.” Both films were produced by Steve McEveety, whose company Mpower Pictures markets films to a decidedly right-wing Christian audience. His rollicking patriotic comedy “An American Carol” reduced suicide bombers to sight gags, while “Stoning” reduces the vast majority of its Islamic characters to a bloodthirsty mob indiscernible from the Jews in “Passion.” Does McEveety...
It’s impossible to see “The Stoning of Soraya M.” without thinking of the film that it resembles down to its very title: “The Passion of the Christ.” Both films were produced by Steve McEveety, whose company Mpower Pictures markets films to a decidedly right-wing Christian audience. His rollicking patriotic comedy “An American Carol” reduced suicide bombers to sight gags, while “Stoning” reduces the vast majority of its Islamic characters to a bloodthirsty mob indiscernible from the Jews in “Passion.” Does McEveety...
- 3/16/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
By David Diaan
Many people do not know or are not old enough to know that Iran was a modern country before the Islamic revolution of 1979.
Despite the restrictions the Shah put on freedoms of speech and press with the control of his regime over many aspects of the government, my Iran was a colorful, happy and safe Iran. I went to a coed school. Girls were free to expose their hair, wear short skirts and laugh out loud!
After school, I watched my favorite shows on TV such as “I Dream of Jeannie,” “Bewitched,” “Mission Impossible,” “The Six Million Dol...
Many people do not know or are not old enough to know that Iran was a modern country before the Islamic revolution of 1979.
Despite the restrictions the Shah put on freedoms of speech and press with the control of his regime over many aspects of the government, my Iran was a colorful, happy and safe Iran. I went to a coed school. Girls were free to expose their hair, wear short skirts and laugh out loud!
After school, I watched my favorite shows on TV such as “I Dream of Jeannie,” “Bewitched,” “Mission Impossible,” “The Six Million Dol...
- 7/1/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
Iranian-American David Diaan is a multi-hyphenate actor, writer, director, producer, who can be last seen in the feature film “The Stoning of Soraya M.,” which premiered at the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival. In 2003, despite the Islamic Republic of Iran's strict laws and surveillance of public and private life, he traveled to his homeland of Iran and filmed, directed and produced the documentary “Iran Is My Home.” Diaan’s screenplay "The Apology" won first prize in the 2004 Slamdance Screenplay Competition.
- 7/1/2009
- by Lew Harris
- The Wrap
A young woman flees her physically abusive mate, taking the first flight out of Buffalo to Los Angeles, where she lands with a thud and luckily is befriended by a one-of-a-kind handler of pooches that belong to rich folk living in the hills. A promising debut by writer-director Jacques Thelemaque, "The Dogwalker" is one of those rare outsider-comes-to-L.A. films that captures the city's smoggy human atmosphere of promise and abandon -- and isolation -- without being preachy.
Not to be confused with a 1999 indie comedy of the same name directed by Paul Duran, "Dogwalker" benefits greatly from the lead performances by Diane Galdry and Pamela Gordon ("Chuck & Buck"). As bashed and stoned Ellie, Galdry says a lot without actually having much memorable dialogue. Her character's unreliableness, particularly after Gordon's Betsy -- angrily distrustful but physically deteriorating -- gives her a chance to work and live almost normally, is not the stuff saints are made of. But this is a tale of women who don't fit into the mold of model wives and girlfriends.
Indeed, Ellie and Betsy share the unfortunate experience of men who are physically violent. The latter, it is revealed, has a reputation as a wife who killed her husband. While Ellie does not learn kickboxing or train for the big showdown, it does eventually happen, without straining credibility too much, and she gets the satisfaction of giving her rabid nemesis (Alan Gelfant) a righteous pummeling.
Other characters in the canine-centric milieu include a pet "channeler" (Lyn Vaus), a dog psychic Lisa Jane Persky) and a starlet (Kerry Bishop) whose four-legged baby is lost by -- as Betsy calls her -- Ellie the "useless pothead punching bag." But even cynical, fading demigods like Betsy have hearts, and Ellie starts to see the benefits of stability and an improving sense of self-worth.
Founders of the producing Filmmakers Alliance, Thelemaque and Gaidry are married in real life, and she's a bona fide dogwalker. Rather than being self-indulgent or pretentious, however, the film comes up with many believable details and changes in direction that enrich the bittersweet central relationship of the two leads. It doesn't hurt having an irresistible pack of furry supporting characters who try, and manage a few times, to steal their scenes.
THE DOGWALKER
Filmmakers Alliance
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Jacques Thelemaque
Producers: Linda L. Miller, Hilary Six, Jacques Thelemaque
Executive producers: David Diaan, Thoms Gaidry
Director of photography: Marco Fargnoli
Production designers: Joe Warson, Robert Lalibertere
Editor: Jeff Orgill
Costume designer: Claudia Coleman
Music: Joel Diamond
Cast:
Ellie: Diane Galdry
Betsy: Pamela Gordon
Walter: Lyn Vaus
Alyson: Lisa Jane Persky
Glen: Alan Gelfant
Dave: John Nielsen
Amanda Singer: Kerry Bishop
Running time -- 99 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Not to be confused with a 1999 indie comedy of the same name directed by Paul Duran, "Dogwalker" benefits greatly from the lead performances by Diane Galdry and Pamela Gordon ("Chuck & Buck"). As bashed and stoned Ellie, Galdry says a lot without actually having much memorable dialogue. Her character's unreliableness, particularly after Gordon's Betsy -- angrily distrustful but physically deteriorating -- gives her a chance to work and live almost normally, is not the stuff saints are made of. But this is a tale of women who don't fit into the mold of model wives and girlfriends.
Indeed, Ellie and Betsy share the unfortunate experience of men who are physically violent. The latter, it is revealed, has a reputation as a wife who killed her husband. While Ellie does not learn kickboxing or train for the big showdown, it does eventually happen, without straining credibility too much, and she gets the satisfaction of giving her rabid nemesis (Alan Gelfant) a righteous pummeling.
Other characters in the canine-centric milieu include a pet "channeler" (Lyn Vaus), a dog psychic Lisa Jane Persky) and a starlet (Kerry Bishop) whose four-legged baby is lost by -- as Betsy calls her -- Ellie the "useless pothead punching bag." But even cynical, fading demigods like Betsy have hearts, and Ellie starts to see the benefits of stability and an improving sense of self-worth.
Founders of the producing Filmmakers Alliance, Thelemaque and Gaidry are married in real life, and she's a bona fide dogwalker. Rather than being self-indulgent or pretentious, however, the film comes up with many believable details and changes in direction that enrich the bittersweet central relationship of the two leads. It doesn't hurt having an irresistible pack of furry supporting characters who try, and manage a few times, to steal their scenes.
THE DOGWALKER
Filmmakers Alliance
Credits:
Screenwriter-director: Jacques Thelemaque
Producers: Linda L. Miller, Hilary Six, Jacques Thelemaque
Executive producers: David Diaan, Thoms Gaidry
Director of photography: Marco Fargnoli
Production designers: Joe Warson, Robert Lalibertere
Editor: Jeff Orgill
Costume designer: Claudia Coleman
Music: Joel Diamond
Cast:
Ellie: Diane Galdry
Betsy: Pamela Gordon
Walter: Lyn Vaus
Alyson: Lisa Jane Persky
Glen: Alan Gelfant
Dave: John Nielsen
Amanda Singer: Kerry Bishop
Running time -- 99 minutes
No MPAA rating...
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