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Glasgow Film Festival 2009

Powerful, gritty films from America - take your friends and prove to them that there's life in the US film industry beyond Hollywood.

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Bart Got A Room Bart Got A Room
Bart Got A Room and Prince Of Broadway
Ballast (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Lance Hammer; Writer: Lance Hammer; Stars: Michael J Smith Sr, Jim Myron Ross, Tarra Riggs, Johnny McPhail), Official Site
An emotionally frayed family find their lives torn apart in a small Mississippi Delta town.
Full Review See: Sundance Film Festival 2008: Day Eight
Bart Got A Room (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Brian Hecker; Writer: Brian Hecker; Stars: William H Macy, Steven Kaplan, Cheryl Hines, Alia Shawkat, Chad Jamian Williams, Mike Benitez, Ashley Benson, Carrie Drazek, Brandon Hardesty, Kate Karpinski, Dinah Manoff), Official Site
It's tick-tock, tick-tock for Danny as the prom approaches, and he still doesn't have a date...
Full Review See: Brian Hecker interview on Bart Got A Room
, Tribeca 2008 Diary: Day 5 and 6
The Burning Plain (Country: US; Director: Guillermo Arriaga; Writer: Guillermo Arriaga; Stars: Charlize Theron, Kim Basinger, Joaquim de Almeida, Jennifer Lawrence, José María Yazpik)
Interwoven storylines focusing on love, relationships, and the difficulties thereof.
Childless (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Charlie Levi; Writer: Charlie Levi; Stars: Barbara Hershey, Joe Mantegna, Diane Venora, James Naughton)
Four adults struggle with their own problems at a teenage girl's funeral.
Prince Of Broadway (Country: US; Year: 2008; Director: Sean Baker; Writer: Sean Baker, Darren Dean; Stars: Prince Adu, Karren Karagulian, Aiden Noesi, Keyali Mayaga, Kat Sanchez, Victoria Tate), Official Site
An illegal immigrant and his boss try to do the right thing when unexpectedly asked to care for his young son.
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