The Sydney Underground Film Festival and Film Mafia are giving away two double passes to the closing night film RED, WHITE AND BLUE. And the passes include tickets to the closing night party! First two people to email the Don at cj@cjjohnson.com.au will lay claim. The flic’s on at 10pm this Saturday the 11th September at the Factory in Marrickville. Check out the website: www.suff.com.au
RED, WHITE AND BLUE (dir: Simon Rumley, USA)
http://www.redwhitebluemovie.com/
In Austin Texas, the lives of three young people – Erica, Franki and Nate – intertwine in a fateful, tragic way and head down a rocky and violent road to heart-rending oblivion. Erica (Amanda Fuller) lives rent-free in the local co-op, but spends her nights trawling the bars and beds of Austin. Damaged, emotionally withdrawn, never really connecting with anyone, and sleeping with multiple men is just what she does… until she meets the older and mysterious Nate (Noah Taylor), working in a hardware store, but with an “honorable discharge” from Iraq. Despite his quiet air of danger, Nate’s the only guy who doesn’t seem to want to get her into bed at the first opportunity, and the two form a hesitant bond. But one of Erica’s casual sexual encounters is about to bite back. Franki (Marc Senter) is a young, hot-headed wannabe rock star trying to make it big. Looking after a sick mother and estranged from his long term girlfriend, he “shared” Erica with his buddies one drunken evening. A shocking twist of fate is all it takes throws his already crazy world into a spin, and in Franki’s eyes there is only one person to blame…