The locally made film Fairhaven is getting a limited theatrical release in Massachusetts and New York. I first saw the film, shot in Fairhaven, MA and the surrounding area, at the Independent Film Festival Boston 2012 and thoroughly enjoyed it. It was written, directed and stars local Tom O’Brien. Mad Men’s Rich Sommer stars along with Sarah Paulson and the film also stars Chris Messina of Argo, The Mindy Project, and pretty much everything else on TV and film from the past 2 years. Seriously, Chris seems to be in everything and does it all very well.
Fairhaven will play one week at The Somerville Theater in Davis Square Somerville, MA starting January 11th and will also be at the Cinema Village in New York City that same week. The film will hit VOD (video on demand) starting January 15th including iTunes and Amazon and your local cable provider.
About the film: A former high school football star and one time college athlete, Jon has landed back in the place of his youth - Fairhaven - a small fishing village on the Massachusetts coast. Now in his early thirties, and with the promise of younger days seemingly washed ashore, Jon’s vague feelings of dissatisfaction are crystallized by a television interview with his football hero Tom Brady, who proclaims that, even after three Super Bowl wins, “There’s got to be something more than this.” Jon recounts his epiphany to Sam, old friend and schoolmate who married early, fathered early, divorced early and never left town. Sam made his own peace with small town life years ago, and is happy enough just to provide a stable home for his loving daughter, Cara, while secretly still pining for his beautiful ex-wife Kate. Together, Jon and Sam anticipate the return of Dave, the third member of their once-indomitable trio. Having left town seven years ago and never looked back, Dave is finally returning to Fairhaven on the occasion of his estranged father’s death. As tonic to Jon’s soulful self-inquiry and Sam’s stoic loneliness, Dave is determined to inject some heavy-duty, Vegas-style fun into the funeral weekend. But when old dreams and simmering resentments come to the beer & tequila-soaked surface of their reunion, not even Dave can fend off a healthy dose of reality.
I interviewed Rich Sommer about the film months back so if you would like to learn more about the film, read here: http://www.examiner.com/article/rich-sommer-talks-about-his-film-fairhaven
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