I’ve been emailed by someone called Ben. He sent me bits and pieces about a award-winning feature, Lovely By Surprise. It’s being released on DVD at the end of this month.

There are four clips, plus the trailer, on the Vimeo channel.
The official release is July 7, by the way.

Here is an excerpt from the press release:

Winner of the Special Jury Prize at Seattle International Film Festival, and the New Filmmakers Forum Award at St. Louis International Film Festival, Lovely By Surprise established itself as a cinemagoers favorite.

Leading a true ensemble cast, Carrie Preston turns in a moving performance as Marian; while Austin Pendleton, playing her literary mentor/ex-lover, and his wife, played by Kate Burton, try to keep Marian from falling apart before finishing her first novel.

In the second of three interwoven threads, Richard Masur does his best to buttress a bereft Reg Rogers, until Michael Chernus and Dallas Roberts literally escape from Marian’s developing manuscript to emerge in the “real” world.

Shot by Steve Yedlin and amplified by the astral sounds of Shelby Bryant, with songs by the visionary Stephin Merritt, Gunn’s film displays a beautiful palate while remaining a defiantly independent labor of love featuring cameo performances from legendary members of the Memphis arts scene, with Tom Waits performing the closing song.

Lastly, I’m attaching a pic that we haven’t released to anybody. Taken by Trey Clark, it is of Carrie Preston (Marian) and Dallas Roberts (Mopekey).

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