Press Kit - Monterey Media

 A MONTEREY MEDIA PRESENTATION STARRING:
HENRY IAN CUSICK, NICKI AYCOX, STEPHEN LANG WRITER /DIRECTOR: LARRY BRAND PRODUCERS: JIM CARPENTER, REBECCA REYNOLDS, GARY SALES EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: ROSS SATTERWHITE CINEMATOGRAPHER: DAVE SPERLING EDITORS: LARRY BRAND, STEPHEN MARK PRODUCTION DESIGNER: JESSICA PREUSS MUSIC BY: ALEXANDER JANKO Drama/Thriller Runtime: 80 Minutes ©2013 The Girl On The Train LLC. MPAA: R monterey media inc. The Girl on the Train 2 S YNOPSIS
Documentary filmmaker Danny Hart boards a train at Grand Central Terminal, heading to upstate New
York to interview the subjects of his latest project. A chance encounter with a mysterious young woman
leads him on a journey of a very different sort, and within the blink of an eye, Hart is forced to leave his
complacent life behind for a world in which the line between fantasy and reality is blurred. As Hart tells
his strange story to police detective Martin, he finds himself being questioned as Martin tries to discover
whether Hart is the victim or the suspect in the strange affair. Q UOTES
"Deeply absorbing. Intense and a fine multi-­‐layered psychological thriller!" -­‐ Jeffrey Lyons/LYONS DEN RADIO “Great film noir! Deliciously suspenseful!” -­‐ Roberta Burrows, TALKING MOVIES “An engaging and suspenseful thriller” -­‐ WKCC's The Reel Focus “A mesmerizing odyssey. It is at turns a murder mystery, a crime drama, a psychological thriller noir, and a thought-­‐provoking look into what is real and what is fantasy… compelling film noir for the 21st century.” – reellifewithjane.com “A heady, slippery and thoroughly entertaining neo-­‐noir… always compelling” – Boca Magazine "After I saw Girl on the Train in the beautiful State Theatre in Traverse City, Michigan, I felt a
responsibility to get this film in theaters. It was beautiful, evocative, and spine-tingling. I thought about
who might share my passion, and monterey media came to mind. Girl on the Train needed a thoughtful
and well-tended distribution plan. I connected the dots and felt producer Rebecca Reynolds and
distributor Jere-Rae Mansfield would make a great team to get Girl on the Train on screens around the
country. I felt Mansfield was wise and seasoned with success to bring audiences to the film. Sometimes
you have to push the rock up the hill, but in this case, it moved quickly -it was a simple introduction of
two women who are confident in their experience,” says Kathleen Glynn (Bowling for Columbine,
Fahrenheit 9/11 and Capitalism: A Love Story) F ESTIVAL
monterey media inc. The Girl on the Train 3 O N L OCATION New York City, New York, USA C AST B IOS
HENRY IAN CUSICK (DANNY) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0193738/?ref_=tt_cl_t1 HENRY IAN CUSICK began his career at the Glasgow Citizens Theatre playing his first leading roles in ‘Hamlet’ and ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray.’ He received a special commendation in the Ian Charleson award for the title role in ‘Torquato Tasso’ at the Edinburgh International Festival and as Creon in ‘Oedipus’ at the Citizen’s theatre. On stage, Cusick has worked with the Royal National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company and Almeida, London to name a few. He is best known for playing Desmond Hume from 2005-­‐2010 in the hit TV show ‘LOST’ where he was nominated for an Emmy. He was a series regular in ABC’s ‘Scandal’ and had recurring roles on ‘24’, ‘Fringe’, ‘The Mentalist’ and ‘Body of Proof’. On the big screen Cusick starred in Hitman, Gospel of John, 9/tenths and Half-­‐light as well as leading roles in Frank vs. God and The Girl On The Train. NICKI AYCOX (LEXI) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0043704/?ref_=tt_cl_t2 NICKI AYCOX starred in 8180 Films’ first feature film, Christina, as Christina Vogel, and was honored with the Best Actress award at the 2010 Buffalo-­‐Niagara Film Festival. Since Christina, Aycox had a starring role in the movie Lifted and co-­‐starred in Jerry Bruckheimer’s TV series, ‘Dark Blue,’ for TNT. Aycox can also be seen in the 20th Century Fox releases: Chris Carter’s X-­‐Files: I Want to Believe and Joy Ride 2: Dead Ahead, for director Louis Morneau. Also on the big screen, Aycox appeared in the thriller Perfect Stranger, playing the pivotal role of Grace, a childhood friend of Rowena Price, an investigative reporter, starring Halle Berry. Recurring on the WB’s hit show ‘Supernatural,’ Aycox played the murderous demon, Meg Masters. For the 2005-­‐2006 TV season, she appeared as a regular on the FX Iraq war drama ‘Over There,’ playing Private Brenda Mitchell, a feisty unit member whose hardness masks a life of suffered abuse. In 2013, Aycox guest starred in the television series ‘Longmire’ and ‘The Glades’ and also appeared in the movie, The Employer, with Malcolm McDowell. monterey media inc. The Girl on the Train 4 C AST B IOS (cont.) STEPHEN LANG (DETECTIVE MARTIN) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002332/?ref_=tt_cl_t3 STEPHEN LANG is an award-­‐winning actor known for his work on TV, film and stage. Lang is currently starring as Increase Mathers in the new WGN America hit series “Salem.” Lang will be reprising his role from James Cameron’s “Avatar” in the three upcoming sequels. He can be seen next in several films including IN THE BLOOD, PIONEER, and Stephen King’s A GOOD MARRIAGE. He was most recently seen in the animated film THE NUT JOB and was featured in the cast of the HBO documentary LOVE, MARILYN. Lang’s many films include LAST EXIT TO BROOKLYN, TOMBSTONE, GODS AND GENERALS, GETTYSBURG, PUBLIC ENEMIES, WHITE IRISH DRINKERS, CONAN THE BARBARIAN, CHRISTINA, and AVATAR. Film awards and nominations include Saturn Award for Outstanding Villain, The Grace Prize, MTV and Teen Choice Awards, Best Actor Buffalo-­‐Niagra Film Fest, Outstanding Acting Achievement VisonFest X. Extensive work on TV includes Michael Mann's classic CRIME STORY, and TERRA NOVA. His extensive work on the New York stage includes A FEW GOOD MEN, THE SPEED OF DARKNESS, DEATH OF A SALESMAN DEFIANCE, THE GUYS, and HAMLET, as well as 101 critically acclaimed performances of his solo play, BEYOND GLORY at The Roundabout. He received the NEA Chairman's Medal for Distinguished Service for bringing BEYOND GLORY to American troops around the globe, as well as the Bob Hope Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society for his portrayal of American fighting men. Other theatre awards and nominations include The Tony, Drama Desk, Lucille Lortel, Joseph Jefferson, Helen Hayes, and Outer Critics Circle Awards. Lang holds Honorary Doctorates from Swarthmore College and Jacksonville University, and is a member of The Actors Studio.
monterey media inc. The Girl on the Train 5 C REATIVE P ERSONNEL B IOS
LARRY BRAND (WRITER/DIRECTOR)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0104487/?ref_=tt_ov_dr Brand’s first job in the film industry was as driver and production assistant to the legendary Orson Welles. Following his first feature film, the psychological thriller Backfire (co-­‐written with frequent collaborator Rebecca Reynolds), he went on to write, direct, and co-­‐
star in The Drifter, Masque of the Red Death, and Overexposed for indie producer Roger Corman. Over the past two-­‐and-­‐a-­‐half decades, with budgets ranging from $15 thousand to $15 million, his films have included the award-­‐winning independents Paranoia and Christina, and studio productions Hard Luck (starring Wesley Snipes) and Halloween: Resurrection (starring Jamie Lee Curtis), which went on to become the second most profitable sequel in the franchise's history. In 2008 he formed 8180 Films with partners Rebecca Reynolds and James Carpenter. Their first feature, Christina, went on to win major awards on the film festival circuit, including Best Film, Best Director (Brand), Best Actress (Nicki Aycox), Best Actor (Stephen Lang) Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking, Outstanding Achievement in Acting (Lang) and Outstanding Achievement in Writing (Brand), and is available from Indican Pictures. 8180's The Coexist Comedy Tour (directed and edited by Brand) is 2013's recipient of Best Documentary Feature at New York's VisionFest13, and is currently in release through Starz and Cinedigm, with DVDs scheduled for release in January, 2014. A Perfect Man, starring Liev Schreiber (X-­‐Men, Ray Donovan), Jeanne Tripplehorn (Big Love, Criminal Minds), and Louise Fletcher (Academy Award Winner, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest), from a script by Brand and Peter Elkoff, was released theatrically by AMC/IFC in November, 2013, and was Amazon's #1 selling feature in the “new release” and “romantic drama” categories for thirty days. 8180 Films' noir thriller, The Girl on the Train, written and directed by Brand, and starring Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Nicki Aycox (Christina, The X-­‐Files), and Stephen Lang (Avatar), has just received the Best Screenplay Award at the prestigious Napa Valley Film Festival of 2013. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN is Brand’s third directorial project with 8180 Films. He directed the award-­‐winning, post WW II drama, CHRISTINA, in 2010 starring Stephen Lang, Nicki Aycox and Jordan Belfi. In 2012, he directed the feature-­‐length documentary, THE COEXIST COMEDY TOUR. DIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHY
THE DRIFTER (1988, 89 min. Feature) MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1989, 85 min. Feature) OVEREXPOSED (1990, 80 min. Feature) monterey media inc. The Girl on the Train 6 TILL THE END OF THE NIGHT (1994, 90 min. Feature) PARANOIA (1998, 91 min. Feature) Winner, Best Feature Film, Atlantic City Film Festival; Best Editing, Williamsburg Film Festival. THE BASEMENT (2002, 75 min. Feature) Winner Best Feature Film – Family Drama, New York International Film & Video Festival CHRISTINA (2010, 90 min. Feature) Winner, Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking, Newport Beach Film Festival; Best Director and Best Film, Buffalo-­‐Niagara Film Festival; Outstanding Achievement in Writing, VisionFestX. THE COEXIST COMEDY TOUR (2013, 90 min. Feature) Winner, Best Documentary, VisionFest XIII. A PERFECT MAN (2013, 95 min. Feature) THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN (2013, 90 min. Feature) monterey media inc. The Girl on the Train 7 P RODUCTION S TILLS
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