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2010 Press Release
LIFF Spotlights Beware the Gonzo
Long Beach Island, New Jersey
June 1, 2010
The Lighthouse International Film Festival is spotlighting New York born and bred filmmaker Bryan Goluboff's writing and directing debut Beware the Gonzo on Sunday afternoon at the Beach Haven School. This semi-autobiographical movie which is a must see for teens (and their parents) begins when Eddie Gonzo Gilman gets thrown off the staff of his school newspaper by his arch rival who is good looking, a super athlete and always gets the girls, everything that Gonzo is not. Eddie vows revenge by forming an underground paper, the Gonzo Files. Together with a staff of fellow bullying victims and other assorted misfits, Gonzo and his Files shake up the entire school, only to learn that there is more to writing the truth than they anticipated and that people can get hurt. Beware the Gonzo is a fantastic teen comedy that premiered at the TriBeca Film Festival this year.
For horror film fans, the Film Festival is presenting My Dad's a Freakin' Vampire directed by David Matheny on Friday evening at the Beach Haven School. Mysterious happenings and disappearances around his town lead a high school student to suspect that his stepfather has a hidden agenda, one that involves more than normal parental duties. Fans of horror-comedies will revel in this feature sendup of the horror classic.
Several documentaries at the Festival are worthy of special mention. Gus: An American Icon, having its New Jersey premiere, is an honest look at the life and times of Gus Giordano, the man considered by many to be the father of American Jazz dance. Photos, extracts of his choreography and a full performance of Wings are supplemented by the words of Gus's closest friends and collaborators. Also having its New Jersey premiere is Jezis Je Normalni! from the Czech Republic. The filmmaker, Tereza Nvotova, has a chance encounter with a church group that she had been a part of as a child. Intrigued, she seeks out old classmates and teachers and examines the religion's teachings in an attempt to understand how it has affected all of them. United Kingdom's Ross Cairns is the director of Lives of the Artists. This is a gorgeous film with stunning visuals which connects the lives of disparate men- musicians, surfers, a snowboarder- and shows how they all deserve the title artist.
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