Robert D. Siegel's BIG FAN is Now on DVD!!! (2009 release/Sundance)
Press release
BIG FAN
Opens on Friday, August 28, 2009
in NYC and Philadelphia, PA
Directed by Robert D. Siegel
The directorial debut from the writer of THE WRESTLER
[(2009)USA/First Independent] - (1 hr 26 min)
SYNOPSIS: Paul Aufiero, a 35-year-old parking garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan." He lives at home with his mother, 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.
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 spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell Bishop at a gas station in their neighborhood. They impulsively follow his limo into Manhattan, to a strip club, where they hang in the background, agog at their hero. Paul cautiously decides 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 team, 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.
MOVIE website-http://www.bigfanmovie.com/
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NOW PLAYING in select theaters!!!
January 15, 2010
TBA
HELD OVER
TBA
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UPCOMING venues:
1/29/2010
Stony Brook, NY - Stony Brook Film Festival
2/22/2010
Jackson, MI - Michigan Theatre
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BIG FAN
Opens on Friday, August 28, 2009
in NYC and Philadelphia, PA
Directed by Robert D. Siegel
The directorial debut from the writer of THE WRESTLER
[(2009)USA/First Independent] - (1 hr 26 min)
SYNOPSIS: Paul Aufiero, a 35-year-old parking garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan." He lives at home with his mother, 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.
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 spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell Bishop at a gas station in their neighborhood. They impulsively follow his limo into Manhattan, to a strip club, where they hang in the background, agog at their hero. Paul cautiously decides 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 team, 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.
MOVIE website-http://www.bigfanmovie.com/
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
NOW PLAYING in select theaters!!!
January 15, 2010
TBA
HELD OVER
TBA
---------------
UPCOMING venues:
1/29/2010
Stony Brook, NY - Stony Brook Film Festival
2/22/2010
Jackson, MI - Michigan Theatre
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