ADOPT A SAILOR
OREGON PREMIERE!
Directed by Charles Evered
United States, 86 minutes
Comedy/Drama
SAT APR 25, 5:15pm;
SUN APR 26, 5:45pm **Please Note Change From Festival Guide**
Filmmaker Sherry Halperin in attendance
Emmy Award winners Bebe Neuwirth and Peter Coyote head up the cast of Adopt A Sailor as a successful, hip couple who inadvertently invite a sweet-faced young sailor (Ethan Peck, grandson of Gregory) into their home during Fleet Week in New York City. He is awestruck by the big city and quietly distressed by Patricia and Richard’s slowly crumbling marriage, but his polite Southern nature creates a connecting force between the three. The beating heart of this absorbing and honest and winning little film is in the performances. Originally written as a ten-minute stage play, screenwriter and director Charles Evered expertly fleshes out his characters to turn a very simple story about the complicated relationship between three extremely different people into one that tugs at our heartstrings. In less time than it takes to have dinner, these three have changed each other’s lives forever.
Filmography: First Feature
Sherry Halperin (Producer)
Over the last forty years, Sherry Halperin has consistently worked on projects in the arts -- from working on hundreds of hours of network television as a writer, producer and director, distributing feature films, agenting actors and directing stage productions. She recently produced world music concerts and ballets all over the United States in venues such as Lincoln Center and UCLA's Royce Hall and is currently producing a Palm Springs television talk/variety program titled "The Patti Gribow Show." Sherry is the author of the current novel, Rescue Me, He's Wearing A Moose Hat which has been optioned by Darkwoods Productions for a feature film which she will co-produce with Frank Darabont and Anna Garduno. She is on the board of Women In Film, Palm Springs.
