Nice Guy Johnny
World Premiere

Nice Guy Johnny

Encounters
| USA | 89 MINUTES | English

Sure, she can be a little overbearing sometimes, but Johnny Rizzo loves his fiancée Claire, and he made her a promise: By the time he's 25, he'll trade his current dream job as a sports talk radio host (even if it is the 2 a.m. slot) for something that'll pay bigger bucks. And Johnny's nothing if not a man of his word. Now he's flying to New York to interview for some snoozeville job that Claire's well-to-do dad set up. Enter Uncle Terry, a rascally womanizer bent on turning a day in the Hamptons into a final fling for his nephew. Nice guy Johnny's not interested, of course, but then he meets the lovely Brooke….

A master of the modern relationship dramedy, Edward Burns is once again in top form as a writer, director, and wise-crackin' actor. His swaggering bartender Terry is the perfect foil to baby-faced Matt Bush's (Adventureland) Johnny, and together they're great at trading Burns' characteristically sharp dialogue. More contrasts are mined with Anna Wood's image-conscious Claire and Kerry Bische's (Scrubs) Brooke, a blonde-haired and bright-eyed free spirit. Burns wraps a summery tone around Johnny's real crisis: follow through with your promises, or follow your heart?


Cast & Credits
Directed by
Edward Burns
Primary Cast
Matt Bush
Kerry Bishe
Anna Wood
Edward Burns
Max Baker
Music
PT Walkley
Editor
Janet Gaynor
Co-Producer
Mike Harrop
Producer
Aaron Lubin
Director of Photography
William Rexer II
Director
Edward Burns
Screenwriter
Edward Burns
Co-Producer
Nicolas Newbold

Contacts
Director's Manager
Joanne Colonna
Phone: 310 275 6135
Press Contact
Sean Cassidy
Phone: 212 981 5233
sean_cassidy@dkcnews.com
Press Contact
Susan Novak
dkc Public Relations & Integrated Marketing
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212-981-5243
susan_novak@dkcnews.com
Press Contact
Rhett Usry
Phone: 212-981-5214
rhett_usry@dkcnews.com



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