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The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle
August 13-19, daily at 7 and 9pm
Director David Russo in attendance - please send all interview requests to ryan @ nwfilmforum.org
Actors and local crew also available for interviews
Northwest Film Forum is delighted to announce that filmmaker David Russo's dark, stylish comedy The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle will make its hometown theatrical debut at the Film Forum after wowing top-tier festival audiences across the country.
Little Dizzle is an edgy, character-driven story with a unique Seattle flavor. The first Seattle film to be “incentivized” by WashingtonFilmWorks (www.WashingtonFilmworks.org), it was shot on locations including City Hall, the Seattle Municipal Tower and many others. Dizzle was produced in association with Northwest Film Forum as part of its Start-to-Finish program; it also received generous support from the Rockefeller Foundation, the Creative Capital Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation.
Familiar Northwest icons (the Space Needle, the Viaduct, the waterfront, the skyline, the ferries) haunt the background of Russo's strange new world.
“It's a story for the new Seattle,” says producer Peggy Case (Zoo, We Go Way Back), “about changing your life from the inside out. A story about finding what's really important.”
Dory (Marshall Allman of Prison Break) loses his high-tech job and finds himself working as a night janitor. He forges an unexpected bond with his ragtag group of outcast cleaning colleagues. When strange things start to happen to his mind and body, Dory discovers that he and his co-workers are the subjects of a cynical (but delicious!) experiment.
Russo brings his story to life with a surreal visual sensibility; animated sequences by legendary Dutch animator Rosto add a layer of complexity. The talented young cast (Allman, Tygh Runyan of Normal, Tania Raymonde of Lost, Vince Vieluf) gives an extraordinary ensemble performance.
In addition to the exceptionally talented Northwest cast and crew, the film provides a showcase for Seattle imagery and music (works by “Awesome,” Huge Spacebird, Eric Richards, Michael Cozzi, Chenoa Egawa). “It's really a film that could only have been made in Seattle,” says Case. “It's totally unmistakably Seattle."
“Northwest Film Forum chose David Russo for its unique Start-to-Finish program a couple of years ago,” says Northwest Film Forum executive director Lyall Bush. “We chose well. David is a fiercely original talent, and Little Dizzle shows that exuberantly. The Film Forum is happy to have helped bring this movie into being.”
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