Filmmakers Jason Ritter & Marianna Palka in attendance
Good Dick is a modern fairy tale about a troubled, reclusive young woman and the persistent video clerk who draws her out of her claustrophobic world by starting up a unique courtship with her. Jason Ritter and newcomer Marianna Palka have created one of the most fascinating and unusual on-screen couples in current film. As they become closer, her sexual antipathy is met with his unflinching optimism, until finally her aggressive defenses overwhelm them both. Profoundly affected by his presence in her life, she finds that she has the courage to face her past. This raw, edgy glimpse into a wounded, cautious relationship is riveting with its prickly, stellar performances.
Filmography: First Feature
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Marianna Palka (Director)
Marianna Palka was born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. She directed the documentary For My American Friends which focuses on Glasgow's working class neighborhood Maryhill. At 16, Marianna made a short film, By My Very Self, before moving to New York a year later to study at The Atlantic Theater Company. She currently lives in Los Angeles and is an actress, writer, director, photographer and co-founder of the production company Morning Knight. She recieved a 2004 Critic's Pick from Backstage West and a Best Actress nomination from The Ticket Holders Awards for her performance in Martin McDonagh's The Lonesome West at the Actor's Gang Theatre in Los Angeles.
Jason Ritter (Actor)
Jason Ritter is a graduate of New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he studied at the Atlantic Theater Company. His theater credits include the Lincoln Center production of Wendy Wasserstein's Third, Tom Donaghy's The Beginning of August off-Broadway and the world premier of Neil LaBute's The Distance from Here. Ritter starred in the CBS comedy "The Class" as well as the CBS drama "Joan of Arcadia". Ritter can also be seen in the films W by Oliver Stone, Happy Endings written and directed by Don Roos and Mumford, which was written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan. His movie The Deal premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. He and Marianna Palka are co-creators of production company Morning Knight, Inc.
