BACKSEAT drives into the ATLANTA FILM FESTIVAL
After winning the Audience Award at the Austin film Festival and playing to rave reviews at film festivals across the country, BACKSEAT will have its Atlanta premiere at this year's 30th Annual Atlanta Film Festival.
Directed by award-winning commercials director, Bruce van Dusen (who wrote and directed the Sundance hit COLD FEET),
BACKSEAT is an off-beat and refreshing comedy about generation x as it struggles through prolonged adolescence and into adulthood. With a cast of truly wonderful up-and-comers (Will Janowitz from The Sopranos, Rob Bogue from Guiding Light, Aubrey Dollar from Fox's Point Pleasant) and featuring a soundtrack with some of the biggest indie acts currently playing the US music scene, BACKSEAT is that rare gem at film festivals - an entertaining, and ultimately moving, comedy about a few regular folks struggling to make sense of their lives and what they want from them.
A truly indie effort, BACKSEAT was shot in 17 days on super 16mm film at over 45 locations throughout New York State. And took over three years to finance - primarily through the generosity of family and friends.
What some of the things critics have said:
".....Toss in a faithless girlfriend, a brick of cocaine, a tightly wound cousin, a stripper, and a guy who communicates only through the Web and you have some of the ingredients that give narrative spice to Backseat. But the heart and the pleasure of this movie reside in the conversations and in the moments in which nothing happens, or in the off-kilter way that things happen when they do happen. Co-star and screenwriter Alexander has delightfully tapped into the realities that lie just this side of absurdity."
- Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
"Sideways: The Extra Funny Version Without the Wine Metaphors.....{and} what's most surprising about this "freshman" effort by Alexander, is how effortless it all appears. Alexander's humor is derived from a very real knack for comedy coupled with an equally acut understanding of his audience, so Backseat ends up a truly memorable, funny...yes...Guy Road Trip Movie."
-Laura Kyle, efilmcritic.com
"...the combination of good acting, a clever soundtrack, sharp dialogue, and unexpected situations make this crew one to watch."
-Rise Keller, moviehabit.com, Denver
BACKSEAT will screen on one night only, June 13th, at 7:15pm at CINEFEST on the Goergia State Campus. See www.atlantafilmfestival.com for tickets and information.
Directed by award-winning commercials director, Bruce van Dusen (who wrote and directed the Sundance hit COLD FEET),
BACKSEAT is an off-beat and refreshing comedy about generation x as it struggles through prolonged adolescence and into adulthood. With a cast of truly wonderful up-and-comers (Will Janowitz from The Sopranos, Rob Bogue from Guiding Light, Aubrey Dollar from Fox's Point Pleasant) and featuring a soundtrack with some of the biggest indie acts currently playing the US music scene, BACKSEAT is that rare gem at film festivals - an entertaining, and ultimately moving, comedy about a few regular folks struggling to make sense of their lives and what they want from them.
A truly indie effort, BACKSEAT was shot in 17 days on super 16mm film at over 45 locations throughout New York State. And took over three years to finance - primarily through the generosity of family and friends.
What some of the things critics have said:
".....Toss in a faithless girlfriend, a brick of cocaine, a tightly wound cousin, a stripper, and a guy who communicates only through the Web and you have some of the ingredients that give narrative spice to Backseat. But the heart and the pleasure of this movie reside in the conversations and in the moments in which nothing happens, or in the off-kilter way that things happen when they do happen. Co-star and screenwriter Alexander has delightfully tapped into the realities that lie just this side of absurdity."
- Marjorie Baumgarten, Austin Chronicle
"Sideways: The Extra Funny Version Without the Wine Metaphors.....{and} what's most surprising about this "freshman" effort by Alexander, is how effortless it all appears. Alexander's humor is derived from a very real knack for comedy coupled with an equally acut understanding of his audience, so Backseat ends up a truly memorable, funny...yes...Guy Road Trip Movie."
-Laura Kyle, efilmcritic.com
"...the combination of good acting, a clever soundtrack, sharp dialogue, and unexpected situations make this crew one to watch."
-Rise Keller, moviehabit.com, Denver
BACKSEAT will screen on one night only, June 13th, at 7:15pm at CINEFEST on the Goergia State Campus. See www.atlantafilmfestival.com for tickets and information.
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