“Big Fan” opens November 27
Advance screening November 10
Video Service Corporation
presents
BIG FAN
Written and Directed by Robert Siegel
The directing debut from the writer of The Wrestler
Opens in Toronto
Friday, November 27, 2009
AMC – Yonge + Dundas
**Advance Media Screening**
November 10, 2009
10:00 a.m.
Technicolor
111 Peter St., Suite 900
Robert Siegel will be in Toronto and available for interviews,
Monday November 23 + Tuesday November 24.
Opens in Ottawa, The Mayfair, November 6
Opens in Charlottetown, City Centre, November 5 – 8
Starring:
Patton Oswalt (Paul Aufiero)
Kevin Corrigan (Sal)
Michael Rapaport (Philadelphia Phil)
Marcia Jean Kurtz (Theresa Aufiero)
Filmmakers:
Writer/Director – Robert D. Siegel
Producers – Jean Kouremetis and Elan Bogarin
Executive Producer – Jen Cohn
DOP – Michael Simmonds
Editor/Co-Producer – Joshua Trank
RT: 86minutes
Following up his first filmed screenplay (The Wrestler) writer and now director Robert Siegel once again demonstrates a unique and potent vision of the human experience in Big Fan, in all of its harsh truths and hopeful humanity.
The film was a critical success when it opened in the US this past summer, with reviewers raving, here’s one example, from LA Times’ film critic Kenneth Turan: http://www.bigfanmovie.com/press_13_575668007.pdf
Paul Aufiero (Patton Oswalt), a 35- year old parking garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self- described “worlds biggest New York Giants fan.” He lives at home with his mother (Marcia Jean Kurtz), spending his off hours calling in to local sports-radio station 760 the Zone, where he rants in support of his beloved team, often against his mysterious on-air rival, Eagles fan Philadelphia Phil (Michael Rapaport). His family berates him for doing nothing with his life, but they don’t understand the depth of his love of the Giants or the responsibility his fandom carries.
One night, Paul and his best friend Sal (Kevin Corrigan) spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell Bishop (Jonathan Hamm) at a gas station in their neighbourhood. They impulsively follow his limo into Manhattan, to a strip club, where they hang in the background, agog at their hero. Paul cautiously decided to approach him, stepping into the rarefied air of football stardom—and things do not go as planned.
The fallout of this chance encounter brings Paul’s world crashing down around him as his family, the ream, the media and the authorities engage in a tug of war over Paul, testing his allegiances and calling into question everything he believes in. Meanwhile the Giants march toward a late-season showdown with the Eagles, unaware that sometimes the most brutal struggles take place far from the field of play.
About Video Service Corp.
Founded in 1993 by former rock critic Jonathan Gross, Video Service Corp. is a leading independent DVD distributor with offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Los Angeles. With a vast catalogue strong in television, sports and comedy, some of VSC’s releases include Corner Gas, Kenny vs Spenny, The WHA Chronicles, Comedy Now! Starring Russell Peters and Spectacle: Elvis Costello With…. VSC also owns the e-commerce websites sportonvideo.com, laffstock.com and jewishflicks.com.
For Immediate Release – November 3, 2009
