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Shot with Christian funding,</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">FINDING HOME</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> is currently in regional release around the U.S., expanding to Nashville, Knoxville, Memphis and Little Rock in September.<BR> <BR> </FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">FINDING HOME</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> is a powerful story of forgiveness, reconciliation and redemption. The film tells the story of a young woman who must unravel the mysteries of her family’s troubled past when she returns to her grandmother’s remote island inn where she is forced to re-evaluate her own life and values. Filmed at spectacular locations on Deer Isle, Maine, the story addresses important social and psychological issues such as sexual responsibility, the importance of family, and making the right choices in life. Many churches around the country are finding the film valuable as a discussion topic and lesson tool in Bible study programs.<BR> <BR> MOVIEGUIDE® film critic Ted Baehr states</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">FINDING HOME</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> is a well-crafted, evocative moive. Strong moral points are made throughout and the Bible is quoted in a magnificent way. The movie works extremely well and is highly entertaining. MOVIEGUIDE® urges audiences, especially young people, to see this movie for its entertaining, profound insights."<BR> <BR> </FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">FINDING HOME</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> has garnered numerous awards on the festival circuit including 5 Best Picture awards (including this year's Memphis Int'l FIlm Festival), Best Director and Best Actress awards at the Monaco Int’l. Film Festival, and named “Best of the Festival” at both the Sarasota and Nashville Film Festivals. The picture was also honored with the Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography and Best Song Awards at the Rome Int’l. Film Festival, the Excellence in Producing Award at the Montréal World Film Festival and numerous others.<BR> <BR> The film stars Academy Award® winner Louise Fletcher, best known for her role as Nurse Ratched opposite Jack Nicholson in</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, Academy Award® nominee and Golden Globe Award winner Geneviève Bujold, and Justin Henry, the Academy Award® nominated child star of</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Kramer vs. Kramer</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and star of John Hughes’</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Sixteen Candles</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. The cast also includes Lisa Brenner of Mel Gibson's</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Patriot</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, Johnny Messner (</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Anacondas, Tears of the Sun</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">) and Emmy Award nominee Sherri Saum (</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">One Life to Live, Beggars & Choosers</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">), and Academy Award® nominee and Pulitzer Prize winner Jason Miller (</FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">The Exorcist</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">) in his final role. Steven Spielberg, John Landis, Michael Cimino and Arthur Hiller personally consulted on this heartfelt drama.<BR> <BR> </FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">FINDING HOME</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> is the culmination of a five-year odyssey for award-winning director Lawrence David Foldes and award-winning producer Victoria Paige Meyerink who invested their entire life savings in finishing the picture. The husband and wife team erected a full service temporary movie studio on Deer Isle, and faced the challenges of marine filming and 14-foot tidal shifts. They also had to extend the New England “fall color” from Labor Day until Christmas. The project originated at The Int’l. Film & Television Workshops in Rockport, Maine where Foldes and Meyerink, faculty members for over fifteen years, were approached by a student with the original storyline. Foldes and co-writer Grafton Harper then wrote the screenplay, spending over a year researching the field of traumatic and repressed memories with the medical community’s top experts and their patients.<BR> <BR> Meyerink gained international fame at age four when she co-starred for four seasons with Danny Kaye on his CBS variety series. She also co-starred with Elvis Presley and Nancy Sinatra in MGM’s</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Speedway</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> as well as</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Brainstorm</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> with Anne Francis,</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Seconds</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> with Rock Hudson, and</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Night of the Grizzly</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> with Clint Walker and Martha Hyer. On television she was a regular on the popular series</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Green Acres, My Three Sons</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Family Affair</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. Foldes gained industry prominence with the highly successful cult classic</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Malibu High</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> which he produced at age 18, making him the youngest professional filmmaker in history.<BR> <BR> </FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">FINDING HOME</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> marks the 20th anniversary of filmmaking duo Foldes and Meyerink and is a personal triumph for producer and former child star Meyerink, who battled a brain tumor and created a controversial new radiation treatment during the film’s production. The drama and challenges the filmmakers faced on the rocky cliffs of Felsted, a famous inn and property on Deer Isle originally designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted (designer of New York City’s Central Park and San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park), were exponentially increased by Meyerink’s medical ordeal.<BR> <BR> After producing four successful features with Foldes, Meyerink was diagnosed in 1998 with an acoustic neuroma, a deep-seated brain tumor that, if surgically removed, would have left her deaf in one ear with the possibility of facial paralysis, imbalance, and other serious side effects. She was determined to find a better treatment, so she and her husband took matters into their own hands. After consulting over forty doctors on both coasts and in Europe and interviewing hundreds of patients, Meyerink convinced Dr. Georg Noren, a prominent physician at the New England Gamma Knife Center at Rhode Island Hospital, to attempt a new protocol involving two different forms of radiation treatment. Dr. Noren believed the treatment could be successful and he and Meyerink created what is known as Fractionated Gamma Knife Radiosurgery (FGK), and Meyerink became the first patient in the world to undergo the new treatment. It worked. Since then, Dr. Noren has successfully treated over fifty patients and the procedure is about to be implemented in other countries. A portion of the film’s proceeds are being donated to fund further research at the New England Gamma Knife Center at Rhode Island Hospital.<BR> <BR> The film, which came about at the most turbulent time in the filmmakers’ lives, is a major shift in the careers of Foldes and Meyerink, whose previous credits also include actioners</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Young Warriors</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Nightforce</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">, and comedic festival favorite</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Prima Donnas</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">. This change in the filmmaker’s focus was brought on by the life-altering challenges they encountered with Meyerink’s illness and their realization of the preciousness and frailty of life. “I could not have made this picture six or seven years ago, says Foldes. "Victoria’s illness and her resiliency in the face of such adversity forced us to confront our mortality and allowed me to mature as a filmmaker. We began to think about the legacy that we would leave behind as filmmakers. Did we want to be known for a shelf full of action movies at Blockbuster? Or could we use our talents to create something meaningful that would enhance the lives of audiences for generations."<BR> <BR> "We felt that we could do something more than simply babysit audiences and sell popcorn," adds Meyerink. "We have the ability to use the powerful medium of film to have a positive impact on peoples’ lives.”<BR> <BR> </FONT><I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">FINDING HOME</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> opens in Nashville and Knoxville on September 9, and Memphis and Little Rock on September 16. Castle Hill Productions, the film’s New York based distributor, will continue releasing the film throughout the rest of the country in the fall. Foldes and Meyerink are traveling to each city, and appearing at select screenings to introduce the film and answer questions from the audience. Their grassroots approach in marketing this film has proven highly successful, resulting in extended stays and frequent sell-outs coast to coast.<BR> <BR> Critics have called</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">FINDING HOME</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> "Stunning," "Heartfelt" and “Impeccably crafted," predicting a potential Oscar nomination for Geneviève Bujold. Rex Reed of the New York Observer hails the film as “Exhilarating!” and calls it “Honest and relevant, intense and riveting, a cause for rejoicing.” “One of life's great pleasures for a film critic is the serendipitous jolt of happening upon a new work at a film festival that reaffirms the love of making movies. Lawrence David Foldes' impressive memory drama</FONT><I> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">FINDING HOME</FONT></I><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> is such an experience,” says film critic Jake Jacobson of Westwood One/CBS Radio.</FONT></P> </div> </div> <div class="shadowbottom"><div class="shadowbottomleft"></div><div class="shadowbottomright"></div></div> </div> <div id="rightsidebar"> <script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">  </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://ypn-js.overture.com/partner/js/ypn.js"> </script> <br><br> <script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript' src='http://wespreadtheword.net/advertising/adx.js'></script> <script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'>  </script><noscript><a href='http://wespreadtheword.net/advertising/adclick.php?n=a943cdbe' target='_blank'><img src='http://wespreadtheword.net/advertising/adview.php?what=zone:7&n=a943cdbe' border='0' alt=''></a></noscript><br> <br> <FONT face=verdana size=-2> <A href="http://applesofgold.com" alt="14K Gold Jewelry, gold chains, bracelets, gold crosses, Christian Jewelry.">Apples of Gold Jewelry</A><br> <A href="http://christian-jewelry-gift.com" alt="14K Gold Christian Jewelry, gold crosses, religious jewelry, rings, and pendants">Christian-Jewelry-Gift.Com</A><br> <A href="http://Wedding-Band-Ring.Com" alt="Wedding bands, wedding rings, Celtic rings, gold and platinum wedding bands.">Wedding-Band-Ring.Com</A><br> <A href="http://www.mychildoncd.com/idevaffiliate/idevaffiliate.php?id=100" alt="personalized kids cds, kids cds, personalized cds">MyChildonCD.Com</A> </FONT> </div> </div> </div> <hr class="hide" /> <div id="footer" class="clear"> <a href="http://topsites.wespreadtheword.net/"><img src="http://topsites.wespreadtheword.net/button.php?u=ldstryfe" alt="WeSpreadTheWord.net Top Christian Sites" border="0" /></a>  <script type="text/javascript" src="http://edge.quantserve.com/quant.js"></script> <p>© 2008 WeSpreadTheWord.net</p> <p>© 2008 WeSpreadTheWord.net</p> <script type="text/javascript">_qacct="p-961kdLri_0zDc";quantserve();</script> <noscript> </noscript>  <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-322232-1"; urchinTracker(); </script> </div> </div> </body> </html>