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King Jack

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World Premiere

USA | 81 MINUTES | English |

KING JACK

Drama, New York, NY Director(s)
Jack is a scrappy fifteen-year-old, growing up in a rural town and looking down the barrel of another bout of summer school. Burdened with an oblivious mother, an absent father, and a violent bully, Jack has learned to do what it takes to get by. After his aunt falls ill and a runty younger cousin comes to stay with him, the tough teen is set on a course to discover the importance of friendship, family, and looking for happiness even in the most desolate of circumstances. Unfolding over the course of a single summer weekend, King Jack is a tough and tender coming-of-age story from first-timer Felix Thompson.

With a keen sense of the perceived heightened stakes that seem to typify all of teen existence, and a beautiful sense of a unique place and moment in time, Thompson brings to life one boy’s rough-and-tumble daily life as he grasps for happiness in a way that is both specific and widely resonant.

—Cara Cusumano

CAST & CREDITS

Directed by Felix Thompson

Felix Thompson is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. His previous short films have been in competition at festivals such as SXSW, Tribeca and the BFI’s London Film Festival. His first short film “Bedford Park Boulevard” was awarded a grant from the National Board of Review and also picked up the top prizes at NYU’s First Run Film Festival in 2010. “King Jack” is his first feature film and was selected for the Sundance Creative Producing Labs along with producer Gabrielle Nadig. Felix received his MA in Screenwriting from the Royal Holloway University of London and currently lives in New York City.
Director
Felix Thompson
Screenwriter
Felix Thompson
Producer
Gabrielle Nadig, Dominic Buchanan
Editor
Paul Penczner
Cinematographer
Brandon Roots
Executive Producer
Daniel Bergmann, Rick Rosenthal, Bert Kern, Nick Morton, Martin Forbes, Robert Herman
Composer
Bryan Senti
Co-Producer
Corey Deckler
Cast
Charlie Plummer, Cory Nichols, Danny Flaherty, Christian Madsen, Erin Davie, Yainis Ynoa, Scarlet Lizbeth, Chloe Levine

CONTACTS

Print Source
Gabrielle Nadig
Buffalo Picture House
Brooklyn, 11222
Phone: 347 294 0688
gabrielle@buffalopicturehouse.com
Sales Contact
Ben Weiss
Paradigm Talent Agency
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Phone: 310 288 8000
bweiss@paradigmagency.com
Sales Contact
Meghan Oliver
Paradigm
Beverly Hills, CA 90291
moliver@paradigmagency.com
Press Contact
Annie McDonough
Falco Ink.
New York, New York 10016
Phone: 212 445 7100
anniemcdonough@falcoink.com