Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit
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Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit
Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 1 PRESS KIT Straight Outta Tompkins A film by Zephyr Benson WEBSITES 108media.com straight-outta-tompkins.com DISTRIBUTOR 108 Media Corporation 25 Lesmill Road, Unit 5, Toronto, ON M3B 2T3 (416)443-9202 • sharon@108mediacorp.com ONE SENTENCE SYNOPSIS A forlorn teenager abandoned in New York City mistakes the welcoming embrace of a Lower East Side drug dealer for the love of family. SYNOPSIS Zephyr Benson shines a light on addiction and the white middle class drug scene with his debut film about a forlorn teenager abandoned in New York City who mistakes the welcoming embrace of a Lower East Side drug dealer for the love of family. As writer, director, producer and protagonist, Benson reveals innocence lost with a humorous narrative on the mixology of weed, narcotics and pills, and the absurdity of the junky lifestyle. He is supported by the outstanding dramatic performances of Aaron Costa Ganis as Cruz, Adonis Rodriguez as Ivan, Jon Mccormick as Sam, and Michael Steinmetz as Bobby. The plot follows the sales and distribution of narcotics through teen social circles until they come to a violent end. Benson’s fearlessly honest insider’s view busts the myth of casual drug use as his character, Gene, morphs from troubled child to novice dealer to accidental addict. The ending is a jolt audiences won’t forget. FILM INFORMATION Run time: 92:44 minutes Shooting Format: HD Screening Format: HD-DCP Sound: 5.1 Rating: Not rated at this time Country: USA Language: English Genre: Drama Trailer: available Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 2 FILMMAKER’S STATEMENT Since I was 17 years old, heroin has been an unfortunate part of my life. I’ve watched friends of mine battle addiction. Some ended up going down similar paths with similar tragic outcomes. I've lost people I love to this drug. If you haven't experienced it, it's hard to imagine. But it’s a story I felt compelled to share. I dropped out of NYU after one semester to write this script. I was 19, and I was angry. I wanted to tell an honest story about something I’ve seen personally and expose the truth — the comradery, the highs and lows of selling and using these drugs. In Straight Outta Tompkins, drugs are Gene’s escape -- from the pain of rejection by his dad, the pain of the loss of his family, and the pain of uncertainty. He is attracted to a drug dealer like Cruz because Cruz is certain. He has all the answers. But it’s a lie. Cruz represents heroin to me. He lies to Gene the way heroin lies to an addict. He tells Gene everything is ok though clearly it's not. I think the film is an authentic portrayal of how a person can slip so easily into addiction. Drugs falsely gives your life focus and your other problems recede and become small. Chasing the high becomes your life.I wanted to put drugs in a light I have seen. Not good light or a bad light, just an honest one. Hopefully, people will come out of the film and see life through a new set of eyes. — Zephyr Benson Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 3 CAST BIOS Zephyr Benson / Writer, Producer, Director, Gene Zephyr Benson was born March 23, 1992 in Santa Monica, California. He spent his formative years in Los Angeles, the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and New York City. He made his feature film screenwriting and directorial debut at age 20 with Straight Outta Tompkins. His talents were nurtured growing up in a show business family, witnessing the production of countless film, television, and stage productions as the son of actor/writer/director Robby Benson. At 15 he was invited to assist his father in all departments on a feature film starring Armie Hammer. Moving back to NYC he attended an unconventional high school enabling him to schedule time to participate in Robby’s sought after senior level filmmaking courses at NYU, and student thesis films. Zephyr entered NYU as a freshman in the class of 2014, but dropped out after a semester to write Straight Outta Tompkins based on his real life experiences on the Lower East Side. His mother is singer, Karla DeVito. Zephyr is a third generation screenwriter and third generation member of the Screen Actors Guild. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 4 Aaron Costa Ganis / Cruz Aaron Costa Ganis was featured in the 2013 international action film Blood, Sand, and Gold, directed by Gaelan Connell. He can also be seen in A New York Love Story (Soho International Fest, Dances With Films) with director/writer Apolla Echino, cast by Emmy Award winning Judy Henderson. Other credits include the upcoming comedic web series Understudies, Double Crossed (SXSW), The Mess We're In (NY Shorts Fest), and numerous theatrical credits in New York City and regionally. He was trained at the MFA NYU Graduate Acting Program. Aaron will be appearing in the 2015 season of Unforgettable on CBS. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 5 Adonis Rodriguez / Ivan Adonis Rodriguez is a Brooklyn born and raised actor making his feature film debut in Straight Outta Tompkins. After ditching a pre law political science major, he found his true passion in acting and attended the New York Film Academy and hasn’t looked back. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 6 Jon McCormick / Sam Jon McCormick film credits include Further Lane (2009), Poetry Man (2010), Greenwood. His Off Broadway stage credits include Luke in Phantom Killer, Abingdon Theatre Company. Chi in Tuesday Night Poker, Theatre Row. Garcin in No Exit, 59E59. His Off Off Broadway stage credits include Jake in happYouth, The Gene Frankle Theatre. Grazy in Revolution on the Roof, NY Fringe Festival. Turner in Thunder Rock, ReGroup Theatre Company. His other credits include Laertes/Guildenstern in 3D Hamlet, and A Lost Generation, Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 7 Michael Steinmetz / Bobby Mike Steinmetz film credits include Not Fade Away (2012) (Dir. David Chase), the indie feature I Don't Want to Kill Myself (2011) and for television Unforgettable (CBS). He is a proud member of the Pipeline Theatre Company and of the band Miko and the Musket. Graduate of NYU Tisch. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 8 Angelina Fiordellisi / Miss Kintrich Angelina Fiordellisi has acted on Broadway, Off-Broadway, on national tours and in every venue imaginable across the country in about 50 plays. Her film credits include When a Man Loves A Woman, Where The Heart Is, Big Stone Gap, Out Of Darkness, Delusion and Word of Honor. Her television credits include Law & Order, LA Law, Star Trek: TNG, The Cosby Show, Roseanne, Thunder Alley, The Kennedy Center Honors Program and The New Munsters. Angelina owns and operates the historic Cherry Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village. On Broadway, she won her first Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critic's Circle and Drama League awards for producing the revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 9 Ezra Knight / Killer Ezra Knight has most recently appeared in The Blacklist, Orange is the New Back (Season 1), and soon to be released To Whom It May Concern and The Confines. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 10 Lisa Pettersson Bearpark / Tandra Lisa Pettersson Bearpark is an actress and producer working in the US and Sweden. After graduating from Columbia University with a degree in Art History and pre-med, she went on to study acting with the legendary Wynn Handman. You can catch her as the lead in the upcoming feature The Tangent Room. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 11 Christina Saragaglia / Roxy Christina Saragaglia made her television debut as the lead in an episode of Fatal Encounters, and will soon appear in the new HBO series The Leftovers. She can also be seen on MTV in the upcoming PSA “Bias Isn’t a Good Look.” Other credits include the film Campus Life (Dir. Catherine Scorsese), the web series Wave Goodbye, and various theater productions in New York City. Christina graduated from Ithaca College with a degree in marketing, and previously worked in advertising before making the transition to acting. She is a member of the Anthony Meindl Acting Studio, and was recently selected to join their advanced master class. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 12 Patrick Brana / Ace Patrick Brana can be seen in Isabel Coixet’s international feature Learning to Drive with Sir Ben Kingsley and Patricia Clarkson. He appears on an episode of NBC’s Taxi Brooklyn after making his television debut in 2013 as a guest star on the Ironside pilot directed by Peter Horton. Other credits include All My Children, a lead role in Dead Man’s Trigger, as well the independent short The Dark Ages. Patrick appeared in the critically acclaimed independent short film Nevo, based on the NY graffiti scene, as well as the independent web series produced by and starring Kiefer Sutherland, The Confession, directed by Brad Mirman. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 13 Andrew Butler / Matt Andrew Butler is a Brooklyn-based writer, performer and composer. With musicalsketch comedy group Political Subversities he has performed at Joe's Pub, Ars Nova, UCB and The PIT, and been featured on Funny or Die, College Humor, HuffPo and MSNBC. Andrew has created and performed new theater at Ars Nova, The Bushwick Starr, HERE, CATCH, Dixon Place, The Skirball Center, The Williamstown Theater Festival, and The ICA in London. Web Series: No Place Else To Go, Going Gold, GoodCopGreatCop. Film: An Addiction To Payne, But Not For Me. Andrew holds a BFA from the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 14 Cliff Bemis / Headmaster Toddman Cliff Bemis originated and performed the role of Ezekiel Foster in Irving Berlin’s White Christmas on Broadway and in San Francisco, LA and Detroit. He has worked OffBroadway at the Irish Repertory Theatre and The Mint Theatre in NYC, toured nationally in The Drowsy Chaperone and White Christmas, and appeared in regional theatres. His film work includes Billy: The Early Years, Nancy Drew, The Distinguished Gentleman, World Trade Center, and Au Pair II. His more than 75 guest star TV appearances include shows like White Collar, Law and Order SVU, One Life To Live, Dallas, and Cheers. He has worked with such distinguished directors as Robby Benson, Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone, David Zucker, and Ted Demme. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 15 ERICA EVERAGE / GENE’S SISTER Erica Everage was born and raised in Santa Monica, CA. She began acting as a child, appearing in numerous TV commercials and playing Michael Madsen's daughter (and the title role) in the film The Sender (1998). After graduating from Crossroads School in Santa Monica, she went on to major in Theatre at Northwestern University. After graduation Erica returned to Los Angeles, where she has appeared in many short films, commercials, and comedic web sketches, as well as starred in an original sitcom created and produced at the USC graduate film school. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 16 EXECUTIVE PRODUCER BIOS ROBBY BENSON / Executive Producer, Original Score Robby Benson has written, produced and directed feature films and television series for 40 years, including directing over 100 sitcom episodes, most notably for Friends and Ellen. A musician and composer, he wrote the iconic “We Are Not Alone” for John Hughes’ seminal film The Breakfast Club. Most recently he produced Lyric’s Love Light Revolution (2012) for his daughter, Lyric Benson. He is a two time Golden Globe nominated actor. He starred in Jeremy, Ode to Billy Joe, Ice Castles, Tribute, Harry and Son, Running Brave, The Chosen, and is the voice of Beast in Disney’s Academy Award winning Beauty and the Beast. On Broadway he starred in Zelda, The Rothchilds and Joseph Papp’s Pirates of Penzance, where he met his wife, singer/actress Karla DeVito. In 2007 he wrote the best-selling Who Stole the Funny? A Novel of Hollywood (Harper Collins) and in 2012 the multimedia medical memoir, I’m Not Dead…Yet! At age 19, working with his father, Robby sold his first original screenplay for the basketball classic One on One to Warner Brothers, and is thrilled to be continuing that family tradition collaborating with his son, Zephyr Benson. DAVID RUDD / Executive Producer David Rudd is a Los Angeles based producer, director and director of photography with over 30 years’ experience. His credits include features, commercials, promos and music videos. He has directed commercial campaigns for Nissan, Infiniti, Thomasville Furniture, Nutrilite, Community Hospital of Monterey and Crest; as well as directing live performances for Transiberian Orchestra and Cirque Du Soleil. He has done photography for McDonalds, Discover Card, Ameritech, AT&T, Captain D’s and Cincinnatti Bell. His feature film credits include Keeper of the Pinstripes, Bill, Wisteria, The Grey Man and Captain Nuke and The Bomber Boys. His television credits include ABC’s Ugly Betty, Comedy Central and Happy Madison Pretend Time, Sting: Inside-The Songs Of Sacred Love, Sting: All This Time, Sting: Songs From The Labyrinth. With credits on over 200 music videos and live shows he has worked with Metallica, Keith Urban, Dave Matthews, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie And John Mayer. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 17 {Opening Credits} LYRIC FILMS PRESENTS ***** A BENSON RUDD BENSON PRODUCTION ***** A FILM BY ZEPHYR BENSON ***** {End Credits} WRITTEN, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED BY ZEPHYR BENSON ***** EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ROBBY BENSON DAVID RUDD ***** PRODUCER GREG T. GORDON ***** PRODUCERS SAM ELLIS JOSEPH PERNICE ***** CO-PRODUCERS ALEXANDER MAGER ASHER NOVEK ***** ASSOCIATE PRODUCER KARLA DEVITO ***** CASTING ASHER NOVEK ***** CINEMATOGRAPHY BRANDON ROOTS ***** EDITOR RYAN FOLSEY ***** ZEPHYR BENSON ***** AARON COSTA GANIS ***** Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 18 ADONIS RODRIGUEZ ***** JON MCCORMICK MICHAEL STEINMETZ ***** ANGELINA FIORDELLISI EZRA KNIGHT LISA PETTERSSON ***** CHRISTINA SARAGAGLIA PATRICK BRANA ANDREW BUTLER ***** and CLIFF BEMIS ***** GABRIEL SLOYER WOODY LEWIS BRIAN MORVANT ERICA EVERAGE JAIDEN KAINE JOEY PRICE ***** ANTINO ANGYL CROWLEY CORWIN TUGGLES JIMMY BROOKS THOM SCOTT II BRAD ANZMAN MARGARET COPELAND ***** DANIELLE DALLACCO ED LIEBERMAN PAUL KREPPEL LLOYD KAUFMAN And BERNIE WILLIAMS Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 19 CAST IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE Gene Street Kid Street Kid #2 Random Man Undercover Cop Undercover Cop #2 Hot Girl at Bodega Roxy Dad Young Gene Mom Sister Sister’s boyfriend Policeman Ivan Gene’s Upscale Neighbor Milo Pauly Perfect Fight Club girl Fight Club Fighters ZEPHYR BENSON CORWIN TUGGLES JIMMY BROOKS BRIAN MORVANT RON PIRETTI BRIAN WALTERS ASHLEY LARSEN CHRISTINA SARAGAGLIA PAUL KREPPEL JULIAN MURDOCH LELA EDGAR ERICA EVERAGE GREG T. GORDON VINCENT ZAPICCHI ADONIS RODRIGUEZ THOM SCOTT II WOODY LEWIS RYAN DELUCA EMMA PETTERSSON KYLE O’TAIN MALCOLM GOURDINE ANDY ZOU Crazy Freddy ALEXANDER MAGER Crazy Eddy JAKE DETER Fight Club Kids KEVIN CANO JORDAN GOLDSTON DAVID LUI RICH PAYNE DAN THRASHER KEVIN ETHERSON Ms. Kintrich ANGELINA FIORDELLISI Gene’s Classmates BRANDON ELIA DAVID LUI PERRI LAUREN KATHERINE ROMANS BEN THOMPSON KAITLIN MCGRATH THOMAS LEVERTON IAN CHERRY NICK BRUNO CHARLOTTE FOSTER SHAWN BRYANT NICHEAL GADSON EMILY BRADSHAW Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 20 Coach Shappy Headmaster Toddman University Scout Elfin Assistant Scout Rico Bobby Cruz Antonio Sam Tompkins Baseball kids Delivery Girl Cruz’s Crew Dad’s assistant in Bangkok Dolphin Expert Celeb Recovery Star Celeb’s brother Ghetto Fool Detective Claiborne Detective Price Skinny White Girls Tired Library Girl Headmaster’s Assistant Tandra Kabibbe Killer Kabibbe Bobby’s Psychiatrist JEN COHEN MICHELLE FERREIRA MOLLY EVANS MARIA APARO MADISON HATCH JOY YANG PHILLIP LAWSON TYREE BROWN STEPHAN BIELECKI KYLE KOLGAN GABE GREEN MARK CROWELL IAN CHERRY LLOYD KAUFMAN CLIFF BEMIS BERNIE WILLIAMS BRAD ANZMAN MICHAEL STEINMETZ AARON COSTA GANIS GABRIEL SLOYER JON McCORMICK CHRISTOPHER DIXON TYLER DIXON LANE HALPERIN ALEX BRINDIS WILLEM BRANDELER SERENA TCHANIA SAM SINGER MILO HATCH KARLA DEVITO ED LIEBERMAN DANIELLE DALLACCO ASHER NOVEK ANTINO ANGYL CROWLEY JAIDEN KAINE JOEY PRICE CAITLIN McINERNEY DEBBIE WILLIAMS EVA EVERAGE CATERINA LEANESS EMMA PURVEY NORIKO SATO MARGARET COPELAND LISA PETTERSSON EZRA KNIGHT SEAN DERMOND Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 21 Bank Deposit Recruits HAYLEY WAGNER ANNIE PACE NATALIE FRIEDMAN DY MAXIMILLIAN DIANE POULOS JESSICA JONES Perc Daddy PAUL BENJAMIN Pharmacist MARC BLAGOWIDOW Perc’s Girl SARAH ELLEN STEPHENS Perc’s Partygoer WALTER E. TUCKER SCOT RENZ WILLEM BRANDELER No Smoking Lady BARI HYMAN Antonio’s brother JOSH QUAT Benched Classmate PHILLIP LAWSON Ace PATRICK BRANA Matt ANDREW BUTLER First AD Alexander Mager Script Supervisor Asher Novek Original Score Robby Benson 1st AC Zach Kuperstein 2nd AC Matt Ahl Additional 2nd AC Alex Schaefer Michelle DoCampo Additional Cinematography Greg T. Gordon David Rudd Matthew Troy Robby Benson Location Sound Mixer Nick Chirumbolo Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 22 Additional Location Sound Mixers Robert Burns Brett Van Deusen Boom Operator Hayley Wagner Additional Boom Operator Mary Pomilla Gaffer Matthew Troy Additional Electrical CJ Baker Alex Crowe Dylan Laziza Production Designer Emma Mead Art Director Derek Connell Props Bradly Fischer Nola Denett Robby Benson Art Assistant Jarrad James Wardrobe Consultant Isabelle Simone Wardrobe Emma Mead Sean Dermond Robby Benson Fight Consultant Ron Piretti Special FX Supervisor Bohdan Bushel Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 23 Special FX Jeremy Chernick Allison Aaron for J&M Special Effects Key Makeup Artist Sasha Grossman Additional Makeup L. Bates Jaffe EPK Directors Kyle O’Tain Dan Thrasher Key Production Assistant/Driver Kevin Etherson Production Assistants Annie Pace Ryan Brown Gabe McCabe Jake Deter Jared Biunno Griffin Osborne Jake Sherry Assistants to Mr. Benson Kyle O’Tain Dan Thrasher Post Production Supervisor Erica Mireles-Folsey Post Production by Shapeshifter Post Production Producer Russo Anastasio Post Production Coordinator Bonnie Ostergard George Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 24 Digital Color Timing C. Randy Coonfield Online Finishing Editor David Berlinsky Visual Effects Supervisor Dean Chu Post Production Engineer Edgar Furse Assistant Editor Mallory Yarnall Sound Supervisor Kevin Burke Dialogue Editor and Re-Recording Mixer Lisa Baro Sound Effects Editor Wes Kobernick Foley Supervisor Zane Bruce Foley Artists Zane Bruce Shane Bruce Foley Mixer Lyndsey Schenk Catering provided by Go Getters 06 Legal Services provided by Mark Sendroff Sendroff & Baruch LLP Accounting Services provided by Ed Lieberman Linda Richter Taylor & Lieberman, AAC Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 25 Payroll Services provided by Entertainment Partners Insurance Services provided by Dorothy Doring Taylor and Taylor, Ltd. Equipment provided by Liman Video Rental Handheld Films Wits End The Specialists, Ltd. J&M Special Effects Gotham Sound and Communications Vehicle Provided by JOE & DEBBIE PERNICE Stock Footage Oceanic Preservation Society Dolphin Footage provided by Peter Schneider www.underwatercam.tv “Dolphins belong to the Ocean…Let’s keep them there!” Music Supervisor Karla DeVito Robert S. Meitus Music Licensing Attorney Meitus Gelbert Rose LLP Ericka Perron Music Licensing Consultant Meitus Gelbert Rose LLP Music consultant Kimberly Grigsby Original Music Written and Composed by Robby Benson Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 26 "Straight Outta Tompkin Performed by Verbal PHANTOM Written by Verbal PHANTOM and Ace Ha Produced by Ace Ha for Moonshine Track Design (ASCAP) Buckshot "Glide With Me" Written by: Kenyatta Blake, Mark Brown Publishing: Target Practice Music (ASCAP), Brown Works (ASCAP) Courtesy of @DuckDownMusic Boot Camp Clik "Let's Roll" Written by: P. Hendricks, B. Powell, D. Yates, T. Williams, J. McNair, K. Blake, D. Yates Jr. Publishing: Baby Paul Muzik (BMI), Boot Camp Clik (ASCAP), The Boy Toy Music (ASCAP), Target Practice Music (ASCAP), Bucktown USA (ASCAP), PotGod Prod (ASCAP) Courtesy of @DuckDownMusic "My Son" Performed by Verbal PHANTOM Written by Ace Ha and Verbal PHANTOM Produced by Ace Ha for Moonshine Track Design (ASCAP) "Officer and a Gentleman" Written and performed by Zac Greenberg EZGreenberg Music (ASCAP) "Dying in Your Sleep Unlike Your Passengers" Written by Zac Greenberg, Sam Katz, and Logan Marshall Performed by Young Set Club EZGreenberg Music (ASCAP) "Killer Killed" Written by Zac Greenberg EZGreenberg Music (ASCAP) "Random Man Requiem" Written and produced by: Robby Benson (BMI) Boot Camp Clik "Let's Go" Written by: K. Blake, S. Price, D. Yates Jr., J. McNair, R. Ibanga Jr. Publishing: Target Practice Music (ASCAP), Disagreeable Muzak (ASCAP) (ASCAP) (ASCAP), Bucktown USA (ASCAP), PotGod Productions (ASCAP), Da Sour Milk Café Publishing (ASCAP), Little Trouble Big China (ASCAP) Courtesy of @DuckDownMusic “Ghost Rider" Performed by Rattlesnake Hyde Written by Zac Greenberg and Austin Ford EZGreenberg Music (ASCAP) "Another Man Done Gone" Performed by Zac Greenberg (traditional; arrangement by Zac Greenberg) Buckshot "I'll Be Damned" feat. Swan Written by: Kenyatta Blake, Mark Brown, D. Benoit Publishing: Target Practice Music (ASCAP), Brown Works (ASCAP), All of Swan's Music (ASCAP) Courtesy of @DuckDownMusic “You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are” Written By Keaton Henson Published by Keaton Henson Administered By Kobalt Music Publishing America, inc Performed by Keaton Henson Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (UK) Ltd By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 27 EQUIPMENT GENEROUSLY PROVIDED BY Filmed with the support of The New York State Governor’s Office for Motion Picture & Television Development AND Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 28 Zephyr Benson, David Rudd and Robby Benson would like to give heartfelt thanks and all possible love to: WHOOPI GOLDBERG LINDA RICHTER ED and LYNN LIEBERMAN BERNIE WILLIAMS MARK SENDROFF JEFFREY ABRAMSON AT SUNSHINE SACHS TO OUR FRIENDS IN THE CANON COMMUNITY PAT SWINNEY KAUFMAN KRISTOFFER POLAHA ARMIE HAMMER LLOYD KAUFMAN & TROMA ENTERTAINMENT BRAD AZMAN MARSHA MOORE MCKEEVER TIM AND MAXX HOCKENBERRY EVAN S. MCGRATH OF LIMAN VIDEO RENTAL TOD MAITLAND JEREMY CHERNICK GABRIEL AND NICOLE NADIG WILMA & JESSE RUIZ KEVIN & DEBBIE OSBORNE KEVIN ARMENTO BEN WEISGALL JOE & DEBBIE PERNICE NICK CARA & AQUA PACIFIC WATER DON ALLISON & REGIS HIGH SCHOOL WILL HENRY SAM ELLIS LYRIC BENSON KATHY LANDINI & JETER JAMES H. LAURENCE Cat Wrangler RACHEL GREENE CARLEEN SIMONE WINSTON SIMONE NIKHIL MEHTA RON PIRETTI CLIFF BEMIS LAUREEN A. TROTTO BONNIE BIESS BODINE & ALEXIS BOLING 59 STANTON ST. DELI THOMAS BOATSWAIN TIM WU BILLIE BEST Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 29 JAKE DETER MAX DETER ALEX BRINDIS THE BRINDIS FAMILY FERNANDA, MAIA & ZOE BASERGA-RUDD ANN BENSON & JERRY SEGAL SHELLI SEGAL & MOSHE ELIMELECH DAN BERLINGHOFF THE EVERAGE FAMILY EVA EVERAGE MURPHY CROSS BARRY KEATING MARCELLA ANDRE MALCOLM GOURDINE RICK QUALLIOTINE DARRYL MERCHANT MICHAEL DERMEN CARMEN DEANE KAREN BOYLE PABLO MASEDA WALTON VECC SCHIAFINO EKA LIPSZYC DIEGO BRINDIS CHE WALKER MILO HATCH A.H.C. WILLEM BRANDELER SERENA TCHANIA SAM SINGER DAINTO POBOY NASTO TAE Robby Benson would like to thank his friends, colleagues, fellow faculty and staff at Indiana University. IU where the arts are alive and thriving! A very special thanks to the entire Lower East Side/East Village +¢A Krew SDR www.straight-outta-tompkins.com Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 30 The events and characters depicted in this motion picture are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. © 2013 Lyric Films, Inc. All rights reserved. Lyric Films Inc. is the author and creator of this motion picture for the purpose of copyright and other laws in all countries throughout the world. This motion picture is protected under the laws of the United States of America and other countries. Unauthorized duplication, distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution. Straight Outta Tompkins Press Kit - Distributed by 108 Media Corporation 31