“Road to Nowhere” Premiering At Venice Film Festival

August 28th, 2010 • By admin :: Film News

“Road to Nowhere,” the independent motion picture filmed last year in Western North Carolina, will premiere at the prestigious Venice Film Festival in Italy, which is scheduled September 1-11. The film is one of 19 selected to represent the United States, along with others by such notable directors as Martin Scorsese, Sofia Coppola, Ben Affleck and the late Dennis Hopper.

“Road to Nowhere” was directed by Monte Hellman, and written and produced by Steven Gaydos. It stars Dominique Swain (“JAG,” “Ghost Whisperer”), Shannyn Sossamon (“How to Make it in America,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”), Tygh Runyan (“Battlestar Galactica,” “SGU Stargate Universe”), and Cliff De Young (“The Young and the Restless,” “Grey’s Anatomy”).

“Road to Nowhere” is described as a romance-thriller about a young filmmaker who gets wrapped up in a crime while shooting his latest project on location. The real filmmakers spent two months last year shooting in several areas of North Carolina, including Jackson, Graham, Buncombe, Haywood, and Swain Counties, the cities of Waynesville, Asheville and Bryson City, and at Fontana Lake.

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E1 takes world rights on Hellman’s “Road To Nowhere”

May 13th, 2010 • By admin :: Film News

E1 Entertainment has secured worldwide sales rights to Monte Hellman’s noir thriller Road To Nowhere starring Shannyn Sossamon and Dominique Swain.

Road To Nowhere tells of a film-maker who sets out to make a film based on what he believes to be a true crime story, only to discover that his young lead actress is not who she appears to be and that his life is in danger.

The film shot in North Carolina, Los Angeles, London, Rome and a handful of other European locales and is based on a screenplay by Steven Gaydos.

Melissa Hellman makes her feature debut as producer and the cast includes Waylon Payne, Tygh Runyan and Cliff De Young. Monte Hellman served as executive producer on Reservoir Dogs.

Jonathan Dana negotiated the deal between the film-makers and E1 Entertainment.

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