| Date: | Saturday, October 17, 2009 |
| Time: | 9:30pm - 11:45pm |
| Location: | Morton Theater, Athens GA |
| Street: | 195 W. Washington St |
| City/Town: | Athens, GA |
"Paper Boys" has finally opened to an elbow-to-elbow crowd at Atlanta's Plaza Theatre. It's World Premiere comes only a week after winning an "Indie" Award from the Indie Fest, an industry-only jury festival, ranked in the top 10. The exhibition went off without a hitch despite last minute mixdowns to it's rich soundtrack and improvements in its visual effects; completed only the night before.
“Paper Boys” stars newcomer Louis Lavdas in the lead role of the film as Sean Sanders, the son of a violent father who, at 18, has done his best to survive. Sean's character falls into a common trap, the escape from reality by using drugs. The film begins as Sean prepares to leave rehab and to live with his best friend’s family instead of his dysfunctional family. The rest of the film is driven by the conflict between Sean’s self-destructive tendencies and his passion for life. Supported by an ensemble cast, “Paper Boys” moves seamlessly from seriousness to “Tom-Foolery”. Sean and his best friend, Steve (David Hall) and a crew of teenage door-to-door salesmen are led by a young sales manager/mentor/philosopher, Ray Keats, starring Christopher Whitley.
“We are pleased at the level of recognition our film has received as it has yet to have its public premiere. The Indie Fest is a closed competition screened and judged only by industry professionals in
The Indie Fest recognizes film professionals who demonstrate exceptional achievement in craft and creativity, and those who produce standout entertainment or contribute to profound social change. Entries are judged by highly qualified professionals in the film industry. Information about the Indie Fest and a list of recent winners can be found at http://www.theindiefest.com/. In winning an Indie, Aware Productions joins the ranks of other high-profile winners of this internationally respected award. Thomas Baker, Ph.D., Chairman of the Indie Fest, remarked, “The Indie is not an easy award to win. Entries are received from around the world. The Indie helps set the standard for craft and creativity. The judges were exceptionally pleased with the exceptionally high quality of entries. The goal of The Indie is to help winners achieve the recognition they deserve.”
“Paper Boys” has it world premiere Saturday night, June 20th at the Plaza Theater in
ABOUT AWARE PRODUCTIONS
Aware Productions (http://www.awareproductions.com/) has been around for more than 20 years but this film marks its entry into feature film entertainment. Having produced commercials, music videos, PSAs, and artistic projects of various lengths, Aware Productions has worked with many well known musical and acting artists. At the helm, Bryan E. Hall has several other full-length projects in various stages of development.
Aware Productions
Bryan E. Hall, Executive Producer, 404-579-0905
bryanehall@hotmail.com
Kevin Christopher, Co-executive Producer and Editor, 404-325-3355
J. Howard Bach, Co-executive Producer, 404-931-3738
CD SoundtrackProgramming Descriptors
FORMS:Narrative Fiction, Feature
GENRES:Comedy, Drama, Erotic, Coming of Age , Dramedy, Hip Hop, Music
NICHES:Student, Youth/Teen, Mature/Adult, Sub-theme-Gay/Lesbian bicuriosity
Medium Synopsis
“Paper Boys” is a coming-of-age film in the strictest sense but more; it is an exploration of a microcosm of young door-to-door newspaper salesmen who are closer than most families in many regards. A truly ensemble piece, the film revolves around a common problem for teens which most often feels unique but isn’t, dysfunctional, non-traditional family. Add to this violence, psychological abuse, confusion over sexuality and a fierce awareness of one’s own economic standing, the main character turns to drugs and finds himself in a tailspin while his friends have no idea how to handle it.
False bravado and hyper-sexuality amplified by drugs and painful circumstances, gives us a recipe for a rich juxtaposition of comedy and potential tragedy. The soundtrack creates a relentless ride which leaves one emotionally exhausted from laughter and tears.
Best friends Sean and Steve are members of a door-to-door newspaper sales crew. They and several other friends share a world most have never experienced, joined at the hip nightly as they cruise suburban neighborhoods with their mentor, Ray, who finds them more family than employees.
The film considers sales as a metaphor for life and they all discover that each of us meets a different set of objections to the sale. One of the more experienced boys shares, 'Life is jus sales man... a series of controlled failures leading to a few successes.'
Sean discovers his life has presented him with more stumbling blocks than most face. Will he handle them well?
Actors Louis Lavdas and David Hall (Sean and Steve) are blood-sworn best friends for life, one a product of wealth the other from a highly dysfunctional family; but they grew up next door to each other. Sean lived in the dump Steve's father had grown up in... next door to the new mansion.
For those who have been waiting patiently, the film is receiving it's final details at this moment and is to the point that we have submitted it to several very competitive film festivals. This project has attracted many talented contributors and beyond the production, we would like to thank Editor/Co-Producer Kevin Christopher and Music Composer Benjamin New, who in one week wrote, performed and produced an extraordinary soundtrack score.
