| TRIBECA FILM ACQUIRES THE LAST RITES OF JOE MAY |
| Monday, 01 August 2011 01:09 |
 Tribeca Film announced today that it has acquired all distribution rights in the US and Canada to The Last Rites of Joe May, an emotionally powerful drama centering on a hustler (Dennis Farina, Get Shorty, Midnight Run, Snatch) traveling a winding road to redemption. Joe May, written and directed by Joe Maggio and produced by Stephanie Striegel and Bill Straus in association with Chicago's Steppenwolf Films, had its world premiere in competition at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. The title will be released in October on VOD and theatrically by Tribeca Film, which is supported by Founding Partner American Express, and brings films to consumers across a range of platforms, including nationwide VOD, theatrical, DVD, pay-TV and digital. The deal was negotiated by Nick Savva, Director of Acquisitions for Tribeca Film with Nate Bolotin of XYZ Films on behalf of the producers. In the spirit of classic 1970's filmmaking, Joe May is the story of a sixty-something Chicagoan named Joe May, a short-money hustler of Rolex knockoffs and bootleg DVDs. Joe returns home from a lengthy hospital stay only to find that his landlord thought he was dead and rented out his apartment to Jenny (Jamie Anne Allman, AMC's The Killing), a single mom with a young daughter. Begrudgingly, Joe accepts Jenny's offer to share the apartment. Joe attempts to plot his comeback scheme with help from an old contact (Gary Cole), but instead a domino effect gets everything going against him. With his health failing and resources dwindling, Joe is presented with one last shot at redemption in the eyes of a community that's all but left him for dead. Farina's Joe May "is designed in the classic tough-guy mold, but the veteran character-actor's performance also serves to disassemble it," observed indieWIRE when the film played TFF. Caption: Dennis Farina in The Last Rites Joe May For more articles like TRIBECA FILM ACQUIRES THE LAST RITES OF JOE MAY, please visit the Film Features Section of TimesSquare.com |
