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Race (1997)
Status: Seeking Distribution
Taylormade Films
Writer/Director: Brent Lestage
Producer: Brent Lestage, Holly Lestage
Starring: Jay Catelli, David Jenney
Filming Locations: Southeastern Massachusetts & Rhode Island
Plot: An aging runner recalls the painful events of his past and shares with us his introspective journey to find peace after having survived the Holocaust.
Genre: Drama
Contact: Brent Lestage, Taylormade Films, P.O. Box 12, Mattapoisett, MA 02739 
Email: indiefilmmaker@earthlink.net
(Updated 8/3/00)

Radical Jack (2000)
Status: Complete
Directed by: James Allen Bradley       
Starring: Billy Ray Cyrus, Dedee Pfeiffer, Noah Blake, George Buck Flower
Produced by: Peter Beckwith and David Giancola
Behind-the-Scenes: Edgewood Studios has received a ton of e-mails from rabid Billy Ray Cyrus fans demanding to know when his debut as a leading man will be released. The film has completed post-production but as of this time they have no domestic release information. We have never seen such hyperactive buzz surrounding an unreleased film, but promise to post info as soon as they know it on their web site.
Web Site: http://www.edgewoodstudios.com 
(Updated 7/28/00)

Radio City (2000)

Lee Production
Distributor: Real Movies
Status: Complete
Directed by: Lisa Carter
Written by: Jai Lee
Starring: Mike Evans
Produced by: Damon Thompson
Locations: Detroit
Genre: Street Life Drama
Website: www.realmovies2.com 
Contact: Jai Lee 313-541-film
(Updated 4/1/02)

Real Things (2000)
Status: Currently in Post-Production, with plans to be completed in May. Seeking finishing funds, distribution, or producer rep.
Written and Directed by Joshua Hale Fialkov
Starring: Joshua Hale Fialkov, Elsa Neuwald, Edwin Endlich, James Chiros, and Nathaneal Chura
Filming Locations: Boston.
Genre: Feature Length Comedy
Plot: When Sebastian finds out that his two best friends, Paul and Michelle are getting married, he finally starts to crack. His confused feelings for both Michelle and his future, start to impact on him. After a drunken nervous break down, Sebastian sets off on a psychotic journey including a foray with the inventor of Velcro, a foul mouthed mythical creature, a mob of ex-grilfriends, and his roommates imaginary best friend. By far, the best Surrealist Romantic Comedy by a hairy, over-weight jew from Pittsburgh this year so far. 
Contact: Ian Tosh, Producer, Reel Things Productions, 39 Island View Pl. #214, Boston, MA 02125 617-504-9544, or realthings@hotmail.com, for promotional materials, e-mail realthingspr@hotmail.com
(Updated 3/22/00)

Red Business aka: Sickle in the Grass (2004)
Tape 7 Productions
Status: Pre-production
Director, Writer: C. Sawtelle
Locations: NE Mass
Plot: Based lightly on the lives of 4 brothers from Haverhill Ma. in the Civil War. Additional historical information provided by Frank Wilkenson's book "Turned Inside Out". The story follows 2 of the 4 brothers from enlistment and innocence to 3 year veterans, cold and cynical. Based on actual events of the Civil War.
Genre: Historical
(Updated 5/20/04)

The Red Right Hand (2002)
Status: In Production
Director/Producer: Kurt St Thomas and Mike Gioscia
Starring: John Doe, John Kuntz, Abigail Morgan, Edmund Lyndeck, James Murtaugh, Jenna Stern, Megan Rawa, Michael Kevin Walker, Kim Brockington and Marc Ardito 
Genre: Supernatural Drama
Filming Locations: Metropolitan State Hospital, Waltham, as well as Salem, Rockport and Quincy, MA.
Plot: The film is set in Salem, MA, in 1978 and revolves around a 15 year High School reunion and five old friends who share a gruesome secret. 
Behind the Scenes: Boston based production company, Corporate Sucker Films, is the brainchild of two men who made their names in Boston radio. Kurt St. Thomas and Mike Gioscia both worked at WFNX (101.7) as Program and Production Directors during the Alternative Rock Stations heyday in the early to mid 1990’s. This will be the pair’s second feature film together. In 1998, they Produced and Directed “Captive Audience”, a film set in the world of rock radio. “Captive Audience” picked up over 5 International awards at Film festi vals including Best Film at the 1999 Toronto Planet Indie Film Festival. Locally the film has been shown on WGBH (Channel 2) and screened at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. "The Red Right Hand" is slated for general release in 2002. 
Web: www.corporatesucker.com
Contact: Kurt St. Thomas (212) 352-2370 or info@corporatesucker.com 
(Updated 04/1/02)

Repetition Compulsion (1997)
Status: New England Film and Video Festival Winner, Online viewing now as part of the Reel Time Film Festival at http://www.reeltimefilm.com, won entry into Berlin International Fim
Directed by: Ellie Lee
Filming Locations: Boston, Massachusetts
Genre: Animation/Documentary
Plot: This 7-minute animated film documents the plight of homeless women.
Coverage: read an interview with Ellie Lee from a past issue of NewEnglandFilm.com
(updated on 6/18/98)

Robbie the Rabbit (1998)
Emvee Productions
Status: Wrapped January 1998
Budget: $5,000
Directed by: Michelle Vodrazka
Written by:R.J. DeRose
Starring: William Swarts, Sherri Winston, Terry Snyder, Michael DeBineville, Matt Longcore
Genre: Comedy
Filming Locations: Fairfield, Connecticut
(Updated 4/30/98)

Rockola & Mazanotti (2001)
Status: Seeking Distribution
Director:  Davey D
Writer: T. Diallo
Producer: T. Diallo for Pablo Entertainment
Starring: Ski Achen
Genre:  Comedy
Locations: Atlanta
Plot:  Two immigrants from Africa try to avoid trouble while following their dreams.
(updated 4/18/02)

Rod Price, A Passion for the Blues (2000)
Status: In production, post will begin shortly; to be released in late spring 2000 in conjunction with an upcoming CD
Directed by: Dan Lesser & Rod Price
Edited by: Dan Lesser
Produced by: Studio 21M, Inquiries can be made at 978-834-0500
Genre: Feature Length Documentary
Plot: Breaking from the "MTV / VH1" exploitation format, this production is a personalized study of, and by Rod Price, former lead guitarist for the power blues band "Foghat" and his work to record a roots based album with a pre-"Foghat" former band mate and blues vocalist/harp player Graham "Shaky Vic" Vicory. Extensive interviews with the performers and use of Rod's personal collection of pictures and clippings from the 60s and 70s will place the viewer in a better position to understand Rod's attraction and commitment to Chicago blues. Plus, it investigates Rod's personal experience with some of its masters both in the USA and UK, and explores how and why a major musical idiom had to migrate to England to gain wide spread acceptance. Included will be live peformance and in-studio footage shot at various locations around New England and New York State.
Contact: Daniel_Lesser@hotmail.com
(added 2/9/00)

Romeo and Juliet (2001)
Status: In production
Directed by: Richard Griffin
Written  by: William Shakespeare - Adapted by Richard Griffin
Filming Locations: Providence and Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Produced by: Zoya Pierson Kevin Costa and Christopher Pierson; South Main Street Production
Starring:  Jennifer Zigler, Mark Souza, Zoya Pierson, Dan Welch, Barbara McElroy, Chris Perrotti, Robert Lamontagne, Adam Wasserman, Kevin Butler, Marc Pelina, and Ryan Ratelle
Genre: Drama/Romance
Plot: A modern telling of the greatest tragic romance ever told
Contact: rgriffin2@home.com
Contact Website:  www.romeoandjuliet.8m.com
(added 7/23/01)

Rutland, USA (2002)
Status: Seeking Distribution
Company: Ludicrous Productions
Directed by: Chad Meserve
Written  by: Chad Meserve and Jon Artigo
Filming Locations: Rutland, Holden, Worcester, MA
Produced by: Jon Artigo and Andrea Ajemian
Starring:  Bob McCracken
Genre: Comedy
Plot: Nothing ever happens in the small New England town of Rutland. But everything changes one autumn day when two high school students disappear and a dead body is discovered in the woods. This quiet community is turned upside down while inept local authorities attempt to put all the pieces together. Will the struggling cable access reporter crack the case? Can the school janitor's dead father help him find the deerheaded man? Is the crusty detective ever going to get over not being chosen for grand marshal of the parade?
Contact: Andrea Ajemian (818) 752-8408, Chad Meserve (818) 769-3024
Contact Website:  www.RutlandUSAthemovie.com 
Other: This 100 minute digital feature was shot on a budget of only $4,000. It will premiere May 3rd at the Worcester Bijou, where 3 screenings have already been sold out, and a fourth added. We are producing DVD's ourselves and are currently seeking outlets to sell DVD's and have screenings at other theaters around New England.
E-mail: chad@ludicrousproductions.com 
(added 4/25/02)

Same Difference (1999)
AIDS Films Rhode Island
Status: at the 2000 Acapulco Black Film Festival
Written and Directed by: Don Mays
Filming Locations: Newport
Plot: Same Difference is an urban drama about AIDS.  It deals with these issues through an artistic medium, so that large numbers in our cross-cultural and cross-generational community will identify with it in productive ways. This is a community collaboration between Waterspill Junction, directed by Rose Weaver, John Hope Settlement House, and the Providence Film Commission.
(Updated 7/28/00)

The Same Side of Rejection Street aka Dancing in the World (2000)
National Boston Video Center
Status: Post-production completed.  Currently applying to film festivals and planning a screening in the Boston, MA area.
Written and Directed by: S G Collins
Producers: Mark Lanoue & Jennet Cook
Starring: Michael Henderson & Karen Ball
Production Designer: A J Whitten
Director of  Photography: Bernie Karol
Editor: Steve Ball
Contact Website: http://www.sgcollins.com/pages/rejection_street.html has the latest postproduction news, behind the scenes snapshots, a bunch of stills from the actual movie
(Updated 1/19/00)

Sandy 'Spin' Slade: Beyond Basketball (2001)

MasterPeace Productions
Status: Complete. Independent Distribution.
Genre: Documentary (MiniDV)
Plot: Celebrated as one of the best basketball handlers in the world, Sandy 'Spin' Slade's even greater gift is her electrifying connection with people. Using basketball to relate personal stories of doubt, determination and triumph, Slade inspires millions each year at halftimes, assemblies and special events. Beyond Basketball reveals the unique profession and undeniable aura of an individual who stuns with her skill and motivates with her message. 
Filming Locations: Newburyport & Boston MA, Mystic CT, Cumberland RI, Hampstead NH, additional New England & Southern California locales.
Contact: Lorre Fritchy, MasterPeace Productions, PO Box 1195, Andover MA 01810; phone: 508-878-3200; email: lfritchy@aol.com: website: http://www.masterpeaceproductions.com
(Updated 4/01/02)

Saphron & the Hydra (2004)
Studio Neo Korubii Kun
Status: Pre-production
Writer and Director: Colby Peterson
Producer: Lei Xiong
Locations: Massachusetts
Plot: A girl downloads music off the Internet and is pursued by an irate rapper and a fascist corporate executive.
Genre: Satire
Contact: saphronhydra@yahoo.com. 
(Updated 2/2/04)

Seasons (1999)
Status: Complete
Directed and Written by: Tristan Creeley.
Produced by: Socorro Ortega and Winnie Henchey
Starring: Todd Poudrier, Esther Riggin and Christians Wasinger
Genre: Drama
Filming locations: Swampscott and Boston
Plot: This atmospheric drama reminiscent of gothic literature tells the story of two men whose love for the same woman becomes obsessive and even deadly. One is driven by his selfish desires while the other searches for redemption.
Contact: Black Raven Productions, 886 Huntington Ave,. Boston, MA 02115, Phone: (617) 713-0272, email 28orion@midmaine.com
(Updated 4/1/99)

Shadow Glories (2001)
Hamzeh Mystique Films
Status: Released Theatrically by Hamzeh Mystique Films; Distributed by Mainline Releasing
Directed by:: Ziad H. Hamzeh
Produced by: Ziad H. Hamzeh, Bert Brown, Marc Sandler
Written by: Marc Sandler
Starring: Marc Sandler, Sarah Rachel Isenberg, Michael Denney, Linda Amendola, Jason Moscartolo
Plot: "Shadow Glories" is a powerfully dramatic, action-packed story of a down-and-burned-out, middle-aged man who was once contender for the world heavyweight kickboxing title.  Now struggling to rebuild his shattered life, he attempts to make his way back home to his lost love and his one last chance at redeeming his tortured soul.  Along the way, his newfound morals and ethics are put to the ultimate test when he agrees to train a fiery young martial artist to take on his archrival, the blood lusting, up-and-coming heavyweight kickboxing champion of the world.
Genre: Drama/Romance/Action
Filming Locations: Lewiston and Auburn, Maine
Contact: HamzehMystiqueFilms.com, email: HMFILMS@ShadowGlories.com
Website: www.ShadowGlories.com and www.HamzehMystiqueFilms.com
(Updated 04/18/02)

Sharp Dressed Men (2005)
Laurelin Films
Status: Seeking Distribution
Directed by:: Ti Alan Chase
Produced by: Ti Alan Chase
Written by: G. Matthew Gaskell
Starring: G. Matthew Gaskell, Andrew Fling, Carolyn A.C. Turner
Plot: Three brother prepare for the marriage of their parents, who are finally tying the knot after 30 years together.
Genre: Comedy
Filming Locations: Barrington & Portsmouth, NH
Contact: (Updated 02/02/06)

Shellshock (2005)
Rombis Productions
Status: Complete
Directed by:: Mark Laquerre
Produced by: Jim Purchase
Written by: Atom Marotte
Starring: Angie Scarfe
Plot: A wooden turtle form Zimbabwe is sent to a local college town in order to avenge the horrible act of deforestation on its home jungle. This 1920's inspired silent film will shock you!.
Genre: Campy horror/comedy
Filming Locations: Westfield/Springfield
Contact:  rombisproductions@yahoo.com. 
 Website: www.ShadowGlories.com and www.HamzehMystiqueFilms.com
(Updated 05/11/05)

Shoemaker and the Fishpeddler (2000)
Memory Productions
Status: Unknown
Filming Locations: Massachusetts
Plot: Tells the true story of two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti who were arrested on a streetcar in 1920. Charged with no crime, they were questioned for three days about anarchist activities and convicted for the robbery and murder of two payroll guards at a shoe factory in South Braintree, Massachusetts and seven years later were executed. This film portrays the perspective of the two men, limited in their use of English, whose basic rights were imposed on in a highly corrupt manner by the judiciary.
Contact: David Rothauser, Memory Productions, 39 Fuller Street, Brookline, MA,
02146, 617-232-4150
Behind-the-Scenes:  David Rothauser's original stage play of "The Shoemaker And The Fishpeddler," opened at the Raw Space Theatre on West 42nd Street, NY from July 21--August 8, 1999.  Internationally renowned Director, John Berry, former assistant to Orson Welles, is slated to direct the feature.  Berry is currently directing a feature "Boesman and Lena" by South African playwrite, Athol Fugard 
(Updated 4/7/99)

The Silver Tree (2001)
Status: Pre-production
Written and Directed by: Kevin Nicholson
Produced by: Stephanie Bombara
Distributed by: CFD int.
Starring: Dan Merriman
Genre: Fantasy / Social
Filming locations: New England
Plot: Tre-jolie. Princess of  the SilverTree returns to find her family  slain by an old wizard.  He wants  the secret of  life from the great trees. She must shoulder the burden of  leadership, grief , and Tolerance. Asking  for aid from the elf tribes her people have rejected. As she gathers support from each tribe with the help of a human mage.  They try to help defend the SilverTree and all of  Elfkind  From the Old Man and his army. 
Website: www.BlackStripe-Video.com
Contact: Kevin Nicholson, 860-928-3392
(Updated 3/14/01)

Six Ways to Sunday (1999)

Status: Release in March 1999
Scout Productions
Starring: Deborah Harry and Isaac Hayes
Filming Locations: Massachusetts
Plot: A tender-hearted, 17 year-old wishes to support his mother, (Deborah Harry) a homebound former lounge singer who lives on memories. The teen turns to crime and learns to do things he once considered immoral.
Web Site: http://www.sixwaystosunday.com  
Purchase: Buy a copy of it at BuyIndies.com.
(Updated 1/31/99)
 
Sidewalk (2000)
Status: Post-Production
Midnight Magic Films
Writer/Director: J.S.  Markland
Producer: J.S.  Markland, Kim Jackson, Scott Marder
Starring: Jason Kennedy, Brian White, Anthony Garielle, Tommy Blodgett
Filming Locations: Boston and Sommerville
Plot: Four roommates bring home a psychotic bum and laughs violenty turn into screams.
Genre: Dark Comedy
Website: www.midnightmagicfilms.com
Contact: production@midnightmagicfilms.com
(Updated 8/2/00)  

Sojourn (1999)
Mystique Productions
Status: In Development
Directed and Produced by: Ziad H. Hamzeh
Written and Produced by: Marc Sandler
Filming Locations: Various Boston Locations and Rhode Island
Awards: Semi-finalist in both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Nicholl Foundation and the Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema Screenwriting Competitions.
Plot: An over-the-hill fighter finally faces his demons while reluctantly grooming a young warrior for the glories he's left behind in the brutal world of championship kickboxing.
Contact: MBS999@Earthlink.Net
Website: http://home.earthlink.net/~mbs999  
(added 7/20/99)

Somehow Scituate (1997)
Status: Post production
Directed by: Ron Burrus
Starring: Geoffrey Blake, Hedy Burress, Michael Landes, Lane Smith, Dina Spybey
Filming Locations: Scituate, Revere and Boston, Massachusetts
Genre: Romantic Comedy
(Updated 9/14/99)

Southie aka Brass Ring (1999)
Prophecy Pictures / American World Pictures
Status: Available on video
Directed by: John Shea
Starring: Donnie Wahlberg, Anne Meara
Genre: Drama
Produced by: Mark Donadio, Bill McCutchen
Filming Locations: South Boston
Plot: South Boston Irish bad boy Danny Quinn returns back home from New York and gets stuck between his pals, who are supported by one Irish mafia clan, and his family, which are members of another.
Web site: http://www.southiefilm.com
Coverage: Read an interview with director John Shea in a past issue of NewEnglandFilm.
(Updated 9/14/99)

The Spanish Prisoner (1998)

Status: Premiered at Toronto Film Festival on September 9; at Sundance in Jan. '98
Jasmine Productions
Directed by: David Mamet
Starring: Steve Martin, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ben Gazzara, Campbell Scott, Ricky Jay, Felicity Huffman, Ed O'Neill.
Filming Locations: Boston’s Logan Airport; North End; Rowes Wharf; South Boston
(Updated 9/14/99)

Spirit of an Outlaw: Birth of an Entity (1999)
Status: Pre-Production
Genre: Western
Plot: "Spirit of an Outlaw: Birth of an Entity" is the first in the Spirit of an Outlaw Trilogy. It is a film with emphasis on authentic native American spirituality.  "Birth of an Entity" is set in the West in the 1850's
Contact: Apache Pride Independent Film Production, 4371 Ladner Street, Fremont, California, 94538.  Phone: (510) 490-7001
Website: apacheprideinc@yahoo.com  
(updated 6/10/99)

Stigmata aka Toby's Story (1999)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Status: Complete
Directed by: Rupert Wainwright
Starring: Patricia Arquette, Gabriel Byrne
Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) is in her twenties. Things happen to Frankie -- terrible things she can’t understand or explain. And though she has tried everything to make them stop, they’re just getting worse. She goes to doctors and psychologists, but even they can’t answer the most important question: why her?   At the darkest moment of one of her episodes, a chance encounter with a local priest is caught on tape and the frightening implications of the incident drive the Vatican to send their own investigator, Andrew Kiernan (Gabriel Byrne). Confronted with the powerful force that has taken control of Frankie, Kiernan immediately recognizes the true danger she is in and he must search his own soul for the strength to save her life, even if it goes against everything he believes.
Filming Locations: Boston, Massachusetts
Web site: http://www.mgm.com/stigmata/ 
(Updated on 7/28/00)

Stranger in the Kingdom (1997)

Directed by: Jay Craven
Starring: Henry Gibson and Martin Sheen
Filming Locations: Chelsea and Guildhall, Vermont
Plot: "A Stranger in the Kingdom," Jay Craven's latest film, is his second to be based on Howard Frank Mosher's tales of the rugged life in northern Vermont (the first was 1993's "Where the Rivers Flow North"). Here, Craven continues his exploration of his own Northeast Kingdom's character through a story--set in 1952, based on true occurrences, and shot on location--of a brutal murder in rustic surroundings.
Coverage: Read a review by NewEnglandFilm.com and a profile from a screening in VT.
Purchase: Buy a copy at BuyIndies.com
(updated 7/13/98)

Strikingly Single (2004)
Moody Street Pictures
Director, Writer: Lisa P. Hagerty
Starring: Fay Gerbes, A. Paul Sarkis, Nicole DeRosa, Josh Wingate, Nathaniel McIntyre, Joe McEachern
Locations: Newton, Somerville and Braintree, MA
Plot: A young women pursues Mr. Right with the help of the personal ads. As she waits for the right guy to step up to the plate, she applies the rules of baseball to her blind dates- they have 3 chances to stay in the game.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Other: This film is currently being entered into film festivals. Also, the website is under construction- stay tuned for: www.strikinglysingle.com. 
(4/15/04)

Say You'll Be Mine aka Strangers in Transit (1999)
Status: Complete
Directed by: Brad Kane
Produced by: Michael Corrente, Libby Langdon 
Starring: Nicky Katt, Libby Langdon, Daniel LaPointe, Justine Bateman
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Plot: Ben (Nicky Katt) Is secretly fixated on Julia (Libby Langdon), the fiancée of his best friend, Josh (Daniel LaPointe).
Behind-the-Scenes: Even the New York scenes were filmed in Providence.
(Updated 7/28/00)

Skeletons in the Closet (2001)
Artisan Entertainment
Status: Available on Video
Directed by: Wayne Powers
Locations: New Hampshire
Starring: Jonathan Jackson, Treat Williams, Linda Hamilton
Plot: A father (Williams) must decide whether or not his son (Jackson) is a serial killer.
Contact: gandl_twins@yahoo.com 
(Updated 7/5/01)

Somebody to Love (2004)
Oeuvres Films
Status: Complete
Writer: Director, Producer: Ray Groff
Starring: Pierre O'Farrell, Jimena Hoyos, Moogy Klingman
Locations: New York City
Plot: In this cinematic feast, Chef Alexander's exotic dream goes awry and he winds up back in the ghetto with his companions from the dream. - David Lynch meets Federico Fellini –
Genre: Comedy (Love Story)
Contact: Ray Groff 212-243-0048 groff410@aol.com. 
(Updated 6/4/04)

Stolen Good (2002)
Artecia Pictures / RJ Films
Status: Complete
Director: Russ Jaquith
Writer and Producer: Russ Jaquith and Natasha Sarris
Starring: Jason Wordal, Russ Jaquith, Kirk Warner
Locations: Cape Cod, NH, MA, NV, UT, California, New Zealand
Plot: Shot on location amid the gorgeous backdrops of New Zealand's southern Alps, the mighty Sierras of Lake Tahoe, oceanside on Cape Cod and the California coasts, Stolen Good is a spectacularly beautiful movie filled with the non-stop action of screeching stolen cars, helicopter riding at 12,000 feet and amazing stunt work of professional snowboarders performed by the lead actors themselves. The director, Russ Jaquith, has lived the snowboarder lifestyle, photographed six films around the globe and captured the authentic lives of professional snowboarders. This film shares all of it: the danger, the adrenaline, the pursuit of pro rider glory and the consequences.
Genre: Drama / Action
Distributor: RGH / Lionsshare Pictures
(Updated 3/17/04)

Strong at the Broken Places (1998)
Status: on video
Cambridge Documentary Films
Plot: A 38-minute documentary about people, devastated by trauma and loss, who find common ground for their journeys to recovery.
Web site: http://www1.shore.net/~cdf/
Coverage: Read a profile of Cambridge Documentary Films in a past issue of NewEnglandFilm.com.
(Updated 1/31/99)

Styx (2001)
Roffman/Kimball Productions in association with the Filmshack
Status: Pre-production
Directed by: Matthew Lane-Smith
Produced by: Liam Hearne 
Filming Locations: Boston, Massachusetts
Plot: A disgruntled telemarketer finds himself receiving calls for the Suicide Hotline.

The Substance of Hope (2001)
Golden Fleece Productions
Director:  Joshua McDonald
Genre:  Drama
Status:  casting & pre-production
Location:  Portland, Maine
Plot:  Three interwoven plotlines deal with death, divorce, anger, and adultery as individuals deal with questions of morality and faith in their daily lives.
(updated 6/15/00)

Sugar Coat(2001)
All Night Productions
Director:  Chris Loughran & Tyler Finck
Writer: Tyler Finck
Producer: Chris Loughran & Tyler Finck
Starring: Emily Pelletier, Matt Brown
Genre:  Student/Independent
Locations: Portland, ME, Old Orchard, ME, Gorham, ME
Plot:  Emily Pelletier portrays Chloe, an only child on her way through high school but learning more about her looks than her life.
Genre: Independent/Student
Contact: http://allnightproductions.shorturl.com Tyler Finck  607-375-2915
(updated 4/18/02)

The Sun Still Rises (2004)
Aha! Films/ Oversoul Theatre Collective
Status: Production
Director: Mwalim
Producer: Mwalim & Hartman Deetz
Starring: Mashpee Wamapnaog Community
Locations: Mashpee, MA
Plot: A documentary about the contemporary Mashpee Wampanoag community and it's connection to it's past as a tribal territory.
Genre: Documentary
Contact: Mwalim 201 Main Street Mashpee, MA 02649
(Updated 1/29/04)

Sundowning (2005)
Gum Spirits Productions
Status: Complete
Director: Jim Cole
Producer: Jay Towle
Starring: Minor Rootes, Steve Jones, Aaron Duffey, Emmanuelle Chaulet, George Hamm,
Michael Howard
Locations: Maine
Genre: Drama
Contact: colej@mac.com. 
(Updated 3/31/05)

Sweet Nothings (2002)
Rising Sun Entertainment
Director:  Andrew McQuinn
Writer: Anthony S. Deller
Producer: Andrew McQuinn
Genre:  Comedy
Status:  Pre-production
Starring: Jordan Healy, Lindsay Galli, Rob Scrivens, Devin Gallagher, Amanda Bell
Locations:  Western Massachusetts, Boston, Cape Cod, NY
Plot:  Three teenagers embark on a mission in their junior year: one of them will become the boyfriend of the most popular girl in school. Join the world of Jay, Schwink and Hummer as they comedically stumble through high school to get the girl.
Contact: Contact Person is Andrew McQuinn through email. thevoicetv@adelphia.net 
(updated 1/22/02)

Sweet and Sour (1998)
GenerAsian Films
Status: pre-production
Contact: GenerAsian Films, Box 15490, Boston, MA 02215
(updated on 6/18/98)

Taffy was Born (2004)
Synchronicity
Status: Post-Production
Writer, Director, Producer: David Giardina
Starring: Scott Mitchell Kelly, Madalyn McKay, David McDaniel
Locations: Middlesex County Connecticut
Plot: Middleaged man returns to his small town after many unhappy years away hoping to reclaim himself. His hopes soon fall to pieces as he makes some very disturbing discoveries- the biggest being that sometimes we really CANNOT go home.
Genre: Mystery
Contact: David Giardina 917-286-0525
(Updated 12/17/03)

Tax Day (1997)

Status: 1998 New England Film and Video Festival Winner
Directed by: Laura Colella
Genre: Comedy
Plot: Two young women on their way to the Post Office on Tax Day embark on an exploration of a variety of landscapes and lifestyles.
Coverage: Read an interview with Laura Colella from a past issue of NewEnglandFilm.com
(Updated 11/01/97)

Tea Cakes or Cannoli (2000)
Status: Seeking Distribution
Writer, Director, Producer: Francine Pellegrino
Starring: Conor Dubin, Abe Vigoda
Locations: North End, Boston, Massachussetts
Plot: Life through the eyes of a sixteen-year old boy growing up in Boston's north side. Director Francine Pellegrino captures the richness of Boston-Italian heritage while exposing the importance of love, family, and neighborhood.
Genre: Drama
Contact: pellpro@aol.com Phone, 781.446.0713
(Updated 3/31/05)

The Terror of the Invisible Man (2001)
Roffman/Kimball Productions in association with the Filmshack
Status: Complete
Written By: Adam Roffman
Directed by: Adam Roffman & Wayne Kimball
Produced by: Adam Roffman & Wayne Kimball, Executive Produced by Robert Patton Spruill-the Filmshack
Cinematographer: Beecher Cotton, Post-Production Supervisor: Ellie Lee, Sound Design: Wayne Kimball, Film to Tape Transfer/Colorist: Jeremy Sawyer
Genre: Comedy
Filming Locations: Brookline, Somerville
Plot: A vindictive and homicidal scientist discovers the serum for invisibility and sets out to exact his revenge upon his peers at the local community college who mocked him. He soon discovers that it takes more than madness to be a mad genius.
Behind the Scenes: Premiered at the 25th Cleveland International Film Festival.
Contact: adamroffman2000@yahoo.com
(Updated 03/21/01)

Testament (2000)
Status: Production 
Directed by: Lauren Ivy Chiong
Filming Locations: Boston, MA
Plot: This short film focuses on the lives of two young girls whose mothers believe that they can communicate telepathically with Jesus Christ. The mothers use their devotion to Christianity as justification for the abuse and neglect to which they subject their children.
Adapted from a story by Joanna Kleinschmidt
Behind-the-Scenes: Won Mass Media Fellowship
Coverage: Read an interview with the filmmaker in a past issue of NewEnglandFilm.
(Updated 7/28/00)

Theme: Murder (1999)
Status: non-theatrical distribution through New Day Films, seeking foreign distribution. NEFV festival winner, other awards domestic and international
Produced by: Jane Gillooly and Martha Swetzoff
Directed by: Martha Swetzoff
Edited by: Karen Schmeer
Written by: M. Swetzoff, J. Gillooly and K. Schmeer
Principal Photography by: M. Swetzoff and J. Gillooly
Music by: David Torn
Additional Music by: Rob Johnston
Voice of Hyman Swetzoff: Jeff Webster
Executive Producer: Ellen Poss, in association with the Center for Independent Documentary
Filming locations: Boston, Cambridge, VT., NH, misc NE locations
Synopsis: Art dealer Hyman Swetzoff was murdered in Boston in 1968. The murder, rumored to be "gay-related", remains unsolved. In this lush, personal film, his daughter tells the story of Hyman's life, death, and her struggles to make sense of his homicide.
Contact: M.Swetzoff (martha@thememurder.com) Sympathetic Productions, 65
Green St. Brookline MA 02446
Coverage: Read a review of "Theme: Murder" in a past issue of NewEnglandFilm.com.
(Updated 10/12/99)

There's Something About Mary (1998)

Status: Release on July 14, 1998 at Rhode Island International Film Festival; on video
20th Century Fox
Directed by: Peter and Bobby Farrelly
Starring: Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Gary Shandling and Bill Murray
Budget: $20 million
Filming Locations: Rhode Island
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Plot: A lawyer named Ted hires a private investigator to find Mary, his old girlfriend whom he hasn’t seen since high school.  The private eye finds Mary easily enough and falls in love with her, so he and the lawyer fight to win Mary’s heart.
Coverage: Read a review in a past issue of NewEnglandFilm.com.
Web site: http://www.aboutmary.com
(Updated 1/31/99)

This Town (2001)
One Take Productions
Status: Complete - Seeking Distribution
Written/Directed by: Chris Engles
Producer: Chris Engles/Tom Krymkowski
Starring: Barlow Adamson, Chris Andrew, Shannon Hartzler, Kate Kelly
Filming Locations: Boston/Cambridge/Somerville
Genre: Comedy
Plot: Shoes, guns, guitars...and love.
Contact: chrisengles@hotmail.com 
Web site: www.thistown-boston.com  

Ties To Rachel (1997)
Counterproductions, Inc.
Directed and Written by: Jon Resnik
Executive Producers: DJ Paul,Todd Lippiatt, Betsy Morris, and Louis Marx
Starring: Joanna Adler, Arija Bareikis, George Dicerson, Tim Hopper, Ellen Parker, Molly Price, Bill Raymond
Director of Photography: Garrett Fisher
Editor: Dan Rosen
Casting Director: Susan Shopmaker
Production Designer: Michael Krantz
Music by: Ben Wilborn
Filming Locations: Burrilville, Rhode Island
Plot: Ties to Rachel Ties to Rachel Ties to Rachel, based on short stories by Bear Kirkpatrick, presents four eccentric but endearing characters living in a small New England town -- a shopkeeper, a housepainter, a mechanic, and a boxer -- who each react differently to the absence of a beautiful, enigmatic young woman named Rachel.
Behind-the-Scenes: Ties To Rachel marks Resnik's debut as a feature film director and screenwriter. A note from the Director reads: "Ties to Rachel [became] the movie that I had always envisioned it being. Few filmmakers can make that claim, and I am deeply honored to be among this privileged minority."
(Updated 7/28/00)

Titus Andronicus (2000)
South Main Street Productions
Status: Seeking Distribution
Written By: William Shakespeare - Adapted by Richard Griffin
Directed by: Richard Griffin
Produced by: Zoya Pierson and Christopher Pierson
Genre: Drama
Starring: Nigel Gore, Zoya Pierson, Chris Perrotti, John Capalbo, Molly Lloyd, Kevin Butler, Christopher Pierson, Kevin Costa, Eric Cutler, Tom Roache, Dan Welch, Kate Lohman
Filming Locations: Providence, Newport and Bristol, Rhode Island
Plot: A modern telling of William Shakespeare's darkest tragedy.
Website: www.titusandronicus.8m.com 
Contact: Richard Griffin, email: rgriffin2@home.com
(Updated 01/03/01)

Tracks to Somewhere: An Intimate Portrait of the Hobo Lifestyle (2004)
Status: Production
Director: Dacia "Hitch" Kornechuk & Blake "Boomer" Harjes
Producer: Michael Gunn
Plot: “Tracks to Somewhere” is a first person documentary which explores the contemporary hobo community and its rail riding lifestyle. Through documenting hoboes around the nation, “Tracks to Somewhere” will truly create one of the most intimate portraits of contemporary American hobo.
Genre: Documentary
Contact: Michael Gunn Producer (617) 953-3531 boomerandhitch@yahoo.com, website: www.boomerandhitch.com. 
(Updated 6/7/04)

Tragedy of Tonsil (1998)
Status: Complete
Written and Directed by: Memo Salazar
Filming Locations: Massachusetts
Contact: XIMIX Productions, 61 Appletree Ln., Holden, MA 01520, XXIMIXX@JUNO.COM, 508-898-1311, http://www.net1plus.com/users/clashua/
Coverage: Read an article by Memo Salazar about filmmaking from a past issue of NewEnglandFilm.com
(Updated on 7/28/00)

Trees The Movie (2001)

Pioneer Motion Pictures LLC
Status: Available on Video
Distributed by: Raven Releasing
Written By: Michael Pleckaitis
Directed by: Michael Pleckaitis
Produced by: Andrew Gernhard
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Starring: Kevin McCauley, Phil Gardiner, Peter Randazzo, Mary Ann Nilan, Raymond Michuad and Lorne Lakin
Filming Locations: Thomaston and Bristol CT
Plot: TREES is a comedic-homage to Steven Spielberg's 1975 classic "Jaws."  It replaces the killer shark with an equally menacing Great White Pine Tree! Without a doubt one of greatest comedic adventures to ever emerge from the woods of Connecticut!
Website: www.treesthemovie.com 
Contact: Michael Pleckaitis, or Andrew Gernhard, Pioneer Motion Pictures LLC, PO BOX 2730, Bristol, CT 06010-2730, Tel # (860) 582-7089
(Updated 06/26/01)

Trendy Passay 21st Century Hobo (2002)
American Pictures
Status: Post-production
Written and Directed by: Stephen Saraceno
Producer: American Pictures
Filming Locations: Massachusetts, Rhode Island
Plot: A contemporary hobo with a soft spot for obsolete technology meets a young woman who wants to star in a Hollywood blockbuster.
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Contact: American Pictures, 11 Williams Road, Ashland Mass. 01721 or molson9@fastmail.ca

The Trouble with Uncle Max (2006)
Status: Pre-production
Written and Directed by: Rufus Chaffee
Plot: Killing Uncle Max was the easy part, disposing of his body was a whole other matter.
Genre: Suspense/Dark Comedy
Contact: rufus02144@yahoo.com. 

Trust Me (2004)
Ameriteck Global IT Solutions
Status: Pre-production
Director: Saba Khan
Contact: dolly_care@rediffmail.com. 
(Updated 5/31/04)

Untitled CityScape Production (2001)
Status: Cityscape instructors and student-apprentices will complete the film, with a shoot scheduled for Spring 2001. Cityscape, which opened for classes in June, aims to train new and emerging filmmakers through work in real film project. 
Directed by: Roger Corman
Contact: Laura Wilson or Paula Ribeiro at 617-254-9984.
(Updated 7/28/00)

Urban Relics (1998)
Status: released on May 8, 1998
Cheapshot Productions
Budget: $500,000
Written, Produced and Directed by: Roger Saquet
Filming Locations: Massachusetts
Starring: Richard Romanus and Frank Sivero
Plot: A delayed coming-of-age story, Urban Relics chronicles ten days in the life of aging wiseguy Charlie Shivers who decides to go straight after an epiphany.
Web Site: http://www.urbanrelics.com
(Updated on 7/28/00)

Vietnam (1999)
Status: Complete
Directed by: Nancy Mroczek PhD
Written by:  Nancy Mroczek PhD
Produced by: Nancy Mroczek PhD
Filming Locations: Boston
Genre: Experimental 
Contact: info@nancymroczek.com
Website: http://www.nancymroczek.com/music/?section=film.   
(Updated 5/11/05)

Veil of Blood (2001)
Ion Spire Pictures/Gable Pointe Entertainment
Status: Post-Production
Directed by: Tim Dennis
Written by: J. Albert Lemieux & Tim Dennis
Produced by:  J. Albert Lemieux
Starring: James Mundy, Karen Vaughn and Tim Dennis
Filming Locations: Cape Cod, Quincy, MA
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Plot:  A small town detective investigates a series of Mob killings that may be linked to the Jewish myth the Golem.
Website: www.ionspire.com
Contact: ionspirestudios@aol.com
(Updated 5/21/01)

The Wait (1998)
Status: unknown
Draft One Films
Directed by: James Beirne
Genre: Black Comedy
Filming Locations: Boston University, Massachusetts
Plot: Mackie Spencer and Carmichael Jones are in purgatory awaiting judgement in this outrageous black comedy. Nothing is what it seems in the waiting room of heaven (or hell) as Mackie and Carmichael debate their lives, the Holocaust and friendship - while also trying to steal a glimpse into God's bedroom. What happens in the end? Is Carmichael bound to Hell due to a lifetime of drinking and cavorting with the wrong people? Can Mackie save him, or is he to doomed to the firey pits?
(Updated 5/25/98)

A Wake in Providence (1999)
Status: Seeking Distribution
Directed by: Rosario Roveto
Genre: Drama
Filming Locations: Providence, Rhode Island
Plot: Italian-American man and African American woman fall in love with each other
notwithstanding the possible hurdles and consequences to overcome.
(Updated 3/31/05)

Wedding Band (1999)
Status: at 2000 American Film Market
Directed and Written by: Martin Guigui
Starring: Dom DeLuise, Deborah Gibson
Filming Locations: Shelburne, Vermont; Holiday Inn, Burlington, Vermont
Genre: Comedy
Plot: Filmed in May of 1997 on Lake Champlain in Vermont, "The Wedding Band" is about a Jewish/Catholic wedding. Jon Fishman is the band's drummer, and performs (in a pink dress) with Hebber Stebber (played by Burlington musician Chad Hollister), Barry Goudreau (late Boston guitarist), Deborah (a.k.a. Debbie) Gibson, and Dom DeLuise.
(Updated 7/28/00)

The Wedding Guest (1998)
Status: Unknown
Shoot it Now Pictures, in association with Paradox Productions
Producer: Jake Benedict/Neil Benedict
Written and Directed by: Neil Benedict
Filming Locations: Vermont
Plot: Feature film about a week in the life of Porter Moran. An eccentric whose former fiancé arrives to reclaim an old debt on the eve of her wedding. Moran decides to be a part of her upcoming wedding in one way or another. All this while he deals with cockroaches, audio/visual stimuli, a single mother and her kids that live down stairs and a large sums of money he tries desperately to ignore. Moran's solution to attending the ceremony makes Lara's wedding a day to be remembered for years to come.
Contact: Prospectus for this film is available to serious inquiries at Paradox Productions, RR #1 Church St., Barnet, VT 05821 or e-mail plienair@together.net
(updated on 12/21/98)

Whatever (2002)

CC Development
Writer and Director: Carl Charroux
Producer: CC Development
Starring: Carl Charroux, Christine De Melo, PJ Carrol, Mike Coutinho
Locations: New Bedford
Plot: What happens when you add pressure to guilt? whatever...
Genre: Drama
(Updated 12/7/03)

What I Did When I Was Away (1999)
Status: Complete
Written, Produced and Directed by: Theodore Cormey
Director of Photography: Scott Deangelo
Editor: Steve Gentile
Filming Locations: Boston, Massachusetts
Plot: A young man relocates from the Midwest to Boston to pursue a college sweetheart; but, when the relationship falls through, the young man is left adrift. Alone in a strange city without family, friends, loved ones, or a solid sense of identity, the young man goes into a turbulent "downward spiral," taking to drink and petty crime. The Boston Gothic/industrial club scene plays a major backdrop in the film.
Web site: www.gothflik.com
(Updated 7/28/00)

Wheelchair Invader (1998)
Status: Unknown
Directed by: Ari Rosenfield
Starring: James Petrone
Genre: Black Comedy
Filming Locations: Holden, Massachusetts
(Updated 9/6/98)

When it Rains... (1998)
Status: Unknown
Written by: Co-written by Marjorie Spoto and Socorro Ortega
Filming Locations: Westerly, RI and New London, CT
Genre: Romantic Comedy/Drama
Plot: A film about three sisters, one of whom is dying of Lou Gehrig's Disease.
Behind-the-scenes: First-time director Majorie Spoto takes on the writing, directing, acting, and even music composition for the film.
(Updated 10/01/98)

Who's Your Angel (1998)
Status: Unknown
Sigh-It's-Fiction Productions
Contact: Lawrence Schwartz at 163 Brookline Street, Cambridge, MA 02139 or call 617-864-6680
(Updated 7/8/98)

Wilbur Falls aka Renata of Wilbur Falls (1998)
Cody Films International
Directed by: Juliane Hiam
Filming Locations: Pittsfield, Becket and Dalton, Massachusetts
(updated on 6/18/98)

Winging It! (1998)
Naked Heart Film
Status: Wrapped
Genre: Comedy
Plot: The lives of a couple of guys who work in a chicken wing shack.
(updated on 6/18/98)

Working Stiff (1999)
Working Pictures
Status: Completed
Directed by: Greg Joyce
Genre: Dramatic Comedy
Filming Locations: Boston
Plot: A disillusioned corporate filmmaker begins to shoot an adult film at the office studios.
Coverage: Read an interview with the director by NewEnglandFilm.com.
(updated on 11/19/98)

The World Is Too Much (2001)
Status: Post-Production
Synthetic American Movies, LTD.
Writers:  Nathan Ryan, Christopher Barrett, Taylor Hill, Ronald Ryan
Cast: Nathan Ryan, Marc Colucci, Gina Theodore, Sarah Williams, Hal Lublin, Daniel Parenti, Christopher Barrett, Van Cantor, Ian Scheller, Taylor Hill, David Kanehann, Geoffrey Burke, Michelle Connolly, Andrew Fleischer
Original Score: Geoffery Burke
Theme song: Keith Ruggiero  www.sovietmusic.com 
Website: www.syntheticamerican.com
Summary: Secret Agent Ross Sterling falls for a beautiful enemy agent as a terrorist with a fork in his neck threatens to destroy Chadsville.
(updated on 9/27/00)

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