NDEPENDENT FEATURE SCREENING SERIES: FINDING NEIGHBORS Event Type: LifeRaft Title: Independent Feature Screening Series: FINDING NEIGHBORS Screening and Q&A of the independent feature film FINDING NEIGHBORS Date: Thursday, June 19, 2014 Time: 7:00 PM Location: SAG Foundation Actors Center 5757 Wilshire Blvd, Mezzanine Los Angeles (free validated parking) Check in: 6:30 PM. Please arrive a minimum of 15 minutes early Status: Seats are available Event Rules: Event rules Finding Neighbors, directed by two time Academy Award® winner Ron Judkins (Best Sound for Saving Private Ryan, Jurassic Park), is a comedic drama about three sets of Los Angeles neighbors who are searching for true connection. Six months late on a book delivery, stay-at-home graphic novelist Sam Tucker (Michael OKeefe—The Great Santini, Caddyshack) has succumbed to a full-on mid-life and creative crisis. Between ice cream, television and a severe case of writers block, Sam mourns the loss of his youthful inspiration. After his stellar early success and the subsequent failure of his last project, Sam has become unable to move forward. Sherrie (Julie Mond—House MD, Love Begins), the provocative girl-next-door, offers him an easy and willing distraction. But it is Sams budding friendship with another neighbor Jeff (Blake Bashoff—Spring Awakening, Mad Men), a gay man, which helps him begin to reconnect with his creative thread. After a ridiculous misunderstanding, the men start to spend time together. Their playful and unlikely camaraderie frees each of them from the weight of their pasts. But Sam reveals nothing of this to his wife Mary (Catherine Dent—21 Grams and TVs The Shield). And as he begins to change, she becomes increasingly suspicious about what is actually going on in the neighborhood. While searching for clues, Marys anxieties take an abrupt new turn. Understandably hurt that Sam has become emotionally intimate with someone other than herself, shes doubly confused by the discovery that Sams someone else is a man. As Sam begins to recapture his creative fire, he may be losing the one thing he has never doubted: his marriage. Meet the Panelists: Rod Judkins - Director/Writer Ron wrote and directed The Hi-Line, which premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival. It won Best Feature awards at several international film festivals and was purchased by Showtime Television. He is the director of 24 Peaces, a documentary feature film now in production that includes interviews with Desmond Tutu, Marianne Williamson, and Deepak Chopra. Ron is the winner of two Academy Awards®, Best Sound for both Jurassic Park and Saving Private Ryan. With Mark Stolaroff, Judkins produced Henry Barrials True Love, which was developed in the 2003 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. He has also served as a producer on the films Crashing (with Campbell Scott), and Callers (directed by Gary Walkow). He has worked with notable directors Steven Spielberg, Barry Levinson, Gus Van Sant, Alan Rudolf, Frank Marshall, Richard Donner, Stephen Frears, and Paul Thomas Anderson. Jennifer Day Young - Producer Jennifers film experience began in the physical production end of motion pictures and television as a costumer and a costume supervisor. She has worked with such directors as Wim Wenders, Gary Fleder, Ken Kwapis, Paul Thomas Anderson, Larry Charles, and Brad Silberling. Shes been a personal costumer for actors Diane Keaton and Dustin Hoffman and has also worked with actors Adam Sandler, Gene Hackman, singer/songwriter Bob Dylan and others.As a co-producer Jennifer has worked on commercials, industrial films and short films. She is the producer of 24 Peaces, a documentary feature film currently in production, that includes interviews with Desmond Tutu, Marianne Williamson, and Deepak Chopra. sagfoundation.org/userhome/eventdetails/10946
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