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ScoopSanDiego.com, CA
Sept 21 2012
My Uncle Rafael Opens in Mission Valley
The family comedy My Uncle Rafael opens tonight at the AMC Mission
Valley 20 theatres as well as Horton Plaza Downtown. The award-winning
film stars Missi Pyle (The Artist, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory),
John Michael Higgins (Yes Man, TVs `Happily Divorced'), Anthony Clark
(Yes, Dear), Joe Lo Truglio (Role Models) and Rachel Blanchard (Road
Trip).
Directed by former Steven Spielberg protégé Marc Fusco, the film
introduces Armenian stage and TV star Vahik Pirhamzei whose successful
stage play featuring the Uncle Rafael character served as the
inspiration for the movie. This is the first American comedy to have
an Armenian lead character.
My Uncle Rafael follows a dysfunctional all-American family who is
cast in a reality television show and must invite a stranger into
their home - in this case an old Armenian uncle, who has one week to
save them from falling apart. The film will open in several major
cities in its opening weekend and then expand from there.
Mission Valley News spoke to Fusco about his start in Hollywood. `I
was very lucky, I walked onto a movie lot and got into an elevator
with a total stranger,' said Fusco. `I introduced myself as an
aspiring film maker and he offered me an internship; just like that!'
As an intern, Fusco had many responsibilities, one being to re-read
rejected screenplays to confirm that they did indeed suck. They
usually did, but one screenplay had Fusco waving a red flag to anyone
who would pay attention because he considered it good. Nobody paid
attention and eventually another studio bought the rights and that
movie became The Shawshank Redemption.
Later, he got to work with Spielberg which gave him the experience and
confidence to break out on his own. My Uncle Rafael is Fusco's second
film and it took him two years to shop the film and get it released.
Fusco says this is normal for an independent filmmaker who has to have
his film shown at film festivals across the country to try and land a
distributor. Opens in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto
this weekend.
http://scoopsandiego.com/mission_valley_news/local_news/my-uncle-rafael-opens-in-mission-valley/article_e62495c4-0444-11e2-b361-001a4bcf6878.html
From: Baghdasarian
Sept 21 2012
My Uncle Rafael Opens in Mission Valley
The family comedy My Uncle Rafael opens tonight at the AMC Mission
Valley 20 theatres as well as Horton Plaza Downtown. The award-winning
film stars Missi Pyle (The Artist, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory),
John Michael Higgins (Yes Man, TVs `Happily Divorced'), Anthony Clark
(Yes, Dear), Joe Lo Truglio (Role Models) and Rachel Blanchard (Road
Trip).
Directed by former Steven Spielberg protégé Marc Fusco, the film
introduces Armenian stage and TV star Vahik Pirhamzei whose successful
stage play featuring the Uncle Rafael character served as the
inspiration for the movie. This is the first American comedy to have
an Armenian lead character.
My Uncle Rafael follows a dysfunctional all-American family who is
cast in a reality television show and must invite a stranger into
their home - in this case an old Armenian uncle, who has one week to
save them from falling apart. The film will open in several major
cities in its opening weekend and then expand from there.
Mission Valley News spoke to Fusco about his start in Hollywood. `I
was very lucky, I walked onto a movie lot and got into an elevator
with a total stranger,' said Fusco. `I introduced myself as an
aspiring film maker and he offered me an internship; just like that!'
As an intern, Fusco had many responsibilities, one being to re-read
rejected screenplays to confirm that they did indeed suck. They
usually did, but one screenplay had Fusco waving a red flag to anyone
who would pay attention because he considered it good. Nobody paid
attention and eventually another studio bought the rights and that
movie became The Shawshank Redemption.
Later, he got to work with Spielberg which gave him the experience and
confidence to break out on his own. My Uncle Rafael is Fusco's second
film and it took him two years to shop the film and get it released.
Fusco says this is normal for an independent filmmaker who has to have
his film shown at film festivals across the country to try and land a
distributor. Opens in San Diego, Los Angeles, New York and Toronto
this weekend.
http://scoopsandiego.com/mission_valley_news/local_news/my-uncle-rafael-opens-in-mission-valley/article_e62495c4-0444-11e2-b361-001a4bcf6878.html
From: Baghdasarian