Movies - Thunder Road , be ready to discover one of the best comedy-drama movies 2018

Par Mulder, 12 octobre 2018

The Thunder road theatrical release began yesterday exclusively in Alamo Drafthouse Theaters, including in Virginia (Ashburn, Charlottesville, Winchester); Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston, Lubbock); New York (Brooklyn, Yonkers); Colorado (Denver); Nebraska (Omaha); North Carolina (Raleigh); California (San Francisco); and Arizona (Phoenix). Showtimes can be found here. Writer, Director and Actor Jim Cummings will be participating in Q&As at select screenings throughout the East Coast. Starting nationally on Friday October 19th, the film will expand across the country including showings in Los Angeles, Columbus, New Orleans, South Florida, and Vancouver. The full list of theaters can be found at the film’s website, www.thunderroadfeature.com, and will be updated throughout the coming weeks. Thunder Road is currently playing its fifth week in France to great success.

Thunder Road has been a festival favorite both internationally and domestically. The film was honored with the the SXSW 2018 Feature Film Grand Jury Award and was in the top five best reviewed films at Cannes this year where it premiered internationally. The film has also received the Grand Prix at Deauville American Film Festival in France, the New Directors Grand Jury Award at Nashville Film Festival, the New American Cinema Grand Jury Award at Seattle International Film Festival, the Narrative Feature Jury Prize at the Indie Street Film Festival, and the Best Feature Award at the Sidewalk Film Festival.

Vanishing Angle, in association with The 10 East Pictures, and with the support of Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship distribute the SXSW 2018 Grand Jury Winning Feature Film Thunder Road in theaters beginning since yesterday as an exclusive engagement with Alamo Drafthouse Theaters. The film will expand further theatrically next week and release for sale and rental on October 26th; it is currently available to pre-order on iTunes. On September 13th, the film released theatrically in France to critical acclaim.

Written by, directed by, and starring first-time feature director Jim Cummings, Thunder road is based on the 2016 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize winning film of the same name. Thunder Road stars Kendal Farr, Nican Robinson, Jocelyn DeBoer, and Macon Blair. The film is produced by Natalie Metzger, Zack Parker, and Benjamin Wiessner. It is executive produced by Matt Miller of Vanishing Angle. This is a first-time collaboration between Vanishing Angle and the newly formed Texas-based production company The 10 East Pictures, founded by producer Zack Parker to facilitate the next generation of independent filmmakers.

Thunder Road is being distributed by Vanishing Angle, in association with The 10 East Pictures, and with the support of Sundance Institute’s Creative Distribution Fellowship.Vanishing Angle is an independent studio based in Los Angeles. Previously, VA distributed the successful, 35mm only, theatrical release of Dennis Hauck’s TOO LATE starring Academy Award nominee John Hawkes. Vanishing Angle will also be releasing Patrick Wang’s A BREAD FACTORY PART 1 and A BREAD FACTORY PART 2 on October 26th, and Wang’s previous film THE GRIEF OF OTHERS on November 2nd, in New York and Los Angeles. THE GRIEF OF OTHERS was produced by Cummings, Miller, and Wiessner. This is a first-time collaboration between Vanishing Angle and the newly formed Texas-based production company The 10 East Pictures, founded by producer Zack Parker to facilitate the next generation of independent filmmakers.

During the Deauville American film Festival we have the great opportunity to be among the first in France to discover this excellent drama comedy, be also present to the press conference and doing a great interview

Presentation American film Festival Deauville Thunder Road video (photos can be found on our flickr page) :

Press conference American Film Festival Deauville video :

Synopsis
A police officer comes to grips with the death of his mother while giving a heartfelt eulogy at her funeral.

Thunder Road
Written and Directed by Jim Cummings
Produced by Natalie Metzger, Zack Parker, Benjamin Wiessner
Starring Jim Cummings, Kendal Farr, Nican Robinson
Cinematography : Lowell A. Meyer
Edited by Brian Vannucci
Production companies : The 10 East, Vanishing Angle
Distributed by Paname Distribution (France), March 12, 2018 (SXSW Film Festival), September 12, 2018 (France),
Running time : 92 minutes

Photos and videos: Boris Colletier (Mulderville)

(Source : press release)