DIRECTOR: Kirt Gunn
PRODUCER: Kirt Gunn, Jake Abraham, Michael Hilliard, Marco Londoner
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Steve Yedlin
WRITER Kirt Gunn
COUNTRY: USA
YEAR: 2007
RELATED WEBSITES: http://www.lovelybysurprise.com/BRIEF: Filmmaker Kirt Gunn’s whimsical, multi-layered work weaves an intriguing narrative from three seemingly unrelated plot threads. First, there’s Marian (Carrie Preston), an emotionally vulnerable novelist saddled with writer’s block and seeking advice from her mentor and former lover (the extraordinary Austin Pendleton). Then there are her characters, Humkin (Michael Chernus) and Mopekey (Dallas Roberts, The L Word), two grown-up brothers with the minds of children who live on a boat in the middle of a desert, subsisting on cereal and having limited contact with the outside world. Lastly, there’s bereaved and unstable car salesman Bob (Reg Rogers), who is struggling to connect to his daughter after the death of his wife. These three worlds collide in this witty, deftly written, completely original comedy-drama. 98mins. Kirt Gunn and Austin Pendleton in attendance.
