This Last Lonely Place PRESS KIT

This Last Lonely Place PRESS KIT:

This Last Lonely Place is a noit thriller, set in Los Angeles. Starring Rhys Coiro, Xander Berkeley and Carly Pope. It is written and directed by Steve Anderson, and Executive Produced by the Humphrey Bogart Estate.

Contact: Steve Anderson – [email protected] Robbert de Klerk – [email protected]

Synopsis: One line -- Things go from bad to worse for an L.A. cab driver when he picks up a banker and his mistress after they've committed an unspeakable crime.

Shorter: This Last Lonely Place is a twisted, noir-drenched drive through the dark streets and back alleys of Los Angeles. Iraqi war vet Sam Taylor is a cab driver. Late one night in Beverly Hills he picks up the wealthy Frank Devore, a shady investment banker, who is on the run. A horrible crime has been committed, and when they pick up Frank's mistress Faye Gardner at the famed Chateau Marmont, things go from bad to worse, and quickly. As this long and bloody evening progresses, the dark layers of deceit come to light. Lust, greed, murder: some things never change.

Longer: Iraqi war veteran Sam Taylor lives in a rundown downtown hotel and drives a yellow cab. One dark night in Beverly Hills, investment banker Frank Devore, slides into the taxi's back seat. Throwing $500 cash over the seat, Frank says "turn off the meter and just drive." Needing the money, Sam does as he's told. Nervous, and fueled by too much whiskey, Frank complains about his wife and confesses to a shady investment scheme. He's on the run, headed for a private jet. They pick up his beautiful and scheming mistress - the high-end escort Faye Gardner. She has a gun. An unspeakable crime has been committed. Something has gone horribly wrong, and Sam is now at their mercy. As this long and bloody evening progresses - through the lonely streets and back alleys of Los Angeles - the dark layers of deceit come to light. This night might never end. Filmmaker Bios:

Writer/Producer/Director Steve Anderson: Writer/Producer/Director Steve Anderson is the creative force behind Santana Films. He is the producer/writer/director of our new thriller This Last Lonely Place, a Kickstarter success story, which stars Rhys Coiro, Xander Berkeley and Carly Pope. He also wrote and produced the Sony-released feature The River Murders, starring Ray Liotta, Christian Slater and Ving Rhames. Steve was the producer/director of the free speech documentary F*ck, which was released theatrically by THINKFilm and made audiences laugh and swear at over 100 film festivals around the world. His first film The Big Empty starred Jon Favreau, Kelsey Grammer, Daryl Hannah, Rachael Leigh Cook and Sean Bean. It was released theatrically by Artisan. He is also quite proud of his "Special Thank You" credit on Napoleon Dynamite. A Peabody Award winner, Steve has shot seven national documentaries for PBS and thousands of hours of broadcast television. He's been charged by lions on the Serengeti Plain, caught fire in the Malibu fires and rattled homeless by an earthquake. He's been blessed by Mother Teresa, drank martinis with Captain Kangaroo, flirted with Raquel Welch and smoked hash with Hunter S. Thompson. Steve's been trained as a Hollywood stunt driver, flown aerial acrobatics and shot hoops with Magic Johnson. He's been shot at in the L.A. riots, chased O.J. up the freeway and lounged in the grotto at the Playboy Mansion. Steve is one of the original guitarists and songwriters in the legendary upstate New York jam band Slipton Fell. He also makes a damn fine meatloaf.

Executive Producer - Stephen Humphrey Bogart: Stephen Humphrey Bogart, the son of acting legends Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, is the steward of the Bogart legacy and the inspiration behind Santana Films. He is the co-managing partner of the Humphrey Bogart Estate, and the chairman of the annual Humphrey Bogart Film Festival in Key Largo, Florida.Stephen is the author of the non-fiction best-seller Bogart: In Search of My Father and the novels Play It Again and The Remake. He was a producer at ESPN and Court TV, an executive producer of the critically-acclaimed documentary New York at the Movies, narrated by Meryl Streep, and the creator of the award-winning Showtime shortPersonal Assistant. Stephen also served as writer and producer at NBC Nightly News, The Today Show, The CBS Early Show, and Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Some of his recent speaking engagements have included speaking at the dedication of the new Warner Brothers Theater at the Smithsonian and at Mario Gabelli’s annual Wall Street investment conference, and addressing film festivals in Spain, Chicago, Omaha, and El Paso.

Executive Producer - Robbert J.F. de Klerk: Robbert J.F. de Klerk is the founder and managing partner of Los Angeles-based boutique venture capital firm Orange Equity, which has committed to funding Santana Films’ initial slate of five movies. Robbert is Stephen Bogart’s co-managing partner at the Humphrey Bogart Estate and the co- creator of the Humphrey Bogart Film Festival. Other Orange Equity portfolio companies include New York-based digital media brand UrbanDaddy and 33 Forest Capital, which manages the world’s first REDD+ carbon project in the Amazon Rainforest. Robbert was born and raised in the Netherlands and moved to Los Angeles, California, at age twenty. After receiving two Bachelor of Arts degrees from Pepperdine University and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Minnesota Law School, all cum laude, Robbert went on to become the managing partner of a successful Southern California law firm. In 2008, after eight years as an active trial lawyer and a passive investor, he retired from the practice of law and went on to found Orange Equity. Robbert continues to reside in the Los Angeles area with his wife and three children. Blurbs from top critics:

“A taut, surprising, compelling film noir. Well-acted and extremely well shot on the streets of Los Angeles at night. I thoroughly enjoyed it.” - Leonard Maltin “Beautiful, with taut direction and great performances. Not a false note.” - Lou Lumenick N.Y. Post “ A superb film. Classic film noir, through and through, with mystery, sex, betrayal, femme fatales, and sharp twists and turns. L.A. hasn’t been this gorgeous and definitive on film in years.” – Jack Garner Democrat & Chronicle

Steve Anderso, Rhys Coiro, Carly Pope and Xander Berkeley

Sample film review – from Twitch.com

Newport Beach Film Festival Review: THIS LAST LONELY PLACE, A Fine Tuned, Pitch Dark Noir Ben Umstead, U.S. Editor

Picture it: The gun in the lap of a beautiful dame. A once powerful man hounded by the shadows of his triumphs. The cabbie with a kind heart and worn eyes. A fresh start. That last trick. The final score. And then there's the city; that never ending sprawl, a throbbing vein of head lights and stop lights, boney roadways to nowhere, and nothing... Los Angeles: The ultimate Femme Fatale. Steve Anderson's third feature, This Last Lonely Place, for lack of better phrasing, colorizes classic noir and pulp tropes, bringing them into a time when economic woes, low American morale and a potent melancholy and paranoia rule the day. In other words, desperation itself has rarely felt so desperate.

Stoic Sam Taylor (Rhys Coiro), hawk-eyed cabbie and ex-army officer, preps his cab for one last night on the job. He fiddles with the fussy engine, the final brilliant rays of the day spreading across the pacific coastline behind him. Night falls, and even on the twinkling streets of Santa Monica and Beverly Hills something feels dark and dank. Sam's yellow cab slinks in and out of shadow, as if tracing the vile undercurrent of the city, making a note of every shady corner, every deviled face. Sam, in his own way, is a chronicler of a Los Angeles many of us only know in, well... the movies.

Sam picks up Frank (Xander Berkeley), an the older man, slick in a suit, if a little disheveled, who offers to buy out the cab for the night. He unfolds bill after bill, hands the crisp, robust roll to Sam, who begins to protest, and then Frank is on his cell phone, furious, frustrated... scared. The pair just drive. The tension building in the cab is dense, perfectly ripe... something bad will happen. Spurred on by alcohol, Frank begins to unravel, detailing how his world is crashing in on him, unless... unless tonight he and Faye (Carly Pope) can make a clean getaway. Faye, a mourner forever remembering every heart she's aimed to break, is picked up at where else but the Chateau Marmont.

And so This Last Lonely Place has stacked its deck, built its house, and is methodically, suite by suite, knocking it all down.

You can bet your tattered fedora that personal vendettas, twists, schemes and agendas lead to some pitch dark paths. Nothing but nothing is a coincidence here. And while not all elements lock into place, namely the plot revolving around Sam and his ex-wife, Anderson and his cast excel in creating a thoroughly compelling, character-driven piece of neo-pulp.

Pope's Faye skirts the edge of cold, hard bitch with a luscious bite. She may be seen by some as an object of desire, but she uses such petty desires to her own advantage at every turn. Coiro as Sam, has a gentle if broken and almost brutish gait. The stories that run across his face, that glow from his coal-dust eyes, bring a humanity and vulnerability to the film that we rarely get in the genre. Berkeley's Frank may feel like a ticking time bomb, but his manic nature never unfurls the film itself into maniacal or maddening territory. There's little doubt that the veteran screen actor, who Twitch readers may remember best from his stint on 24, is having a ton of fun chewing into the meaty pathos of Frank Devore. But not one moment is over-the-top. As it goes, a desperate man is a man with focus, and Berkeley brings a laser-sharp attitude and wry sense of humor that makes his initial scenes with Coiro crackle.

And then there's our fourth lead: LA itself. Cinematographer Patrick Meade Jones captures the town in buzzing neon and rich, deep blacks pockmarked by hazy twinkles of streetlight: last bastions of hope and serenity before the long, dark road to hell. The city is portrayed in considerably devious two-faced fashion. It is a place of glamor, power and dreams, and of those shattered dreams, with edges sharp enough to cut deep. When it comes to LA films set at night, and largely in a car, audiences may recall Michael Mann's Collateral or Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive. But comparisons pretty much end there. Anderson's take on LA is as mythic as those two flicks, sure, but by literally setting the course of Sam's cab over real-world, accurate geography, This Last Lonely Place becomes grounded and realized in a way few LA films end up feeling. It may not synch up for those who don't live in or are unfamiliar with the city, but it also helps to bolster the film's psychological landscape, with each locale a marked extension of the characters' histories... their presents and futures.

As such This Last Lonely Place is an impressive independent production, if only because it balances its time-honored genre with a near perfect sense of tragedy and black humor. There are moments that will make you cringe, moments that will make you whoop with sinister-bent glee, and moments that will make you rub your chin, chuckle, and wonder what's it all about.

This Last Lonely Place Full Credits:

*****OPENING PRESENTATION CREDITS – at beginning of film*****

Santana Films Presents

in Association with Industry Standard Films

A Mudflap Films Production

A Film by Steve Anderson

RHYS COIRO

XANDER BERKELEY

CARLY POPE

THIS LAST LONELY PLACE

*****MAIN CREDIT SEQUENCE – at the end of the film*****

THIS LAST LONELY PLACE

Written and Directed by Steve Anderson Produced by Steve Anderson Jeff Marchelletta Josh Mandel

Executive Produced by Robbert de Klerk Stephen Bogart D. Hanna

Executive Produced by Brad Willis Mary Jeanne Russell Brett Bozeman

Co-Producers Andre Fontanelle Wendy Weidman Rebecca Mangieri

Associate Producers Sumiko Braun Paul Jamison Brian Gustafson Hal Stellini

Edited by Steve Anderson Jason A. Payne

Director of Photography Patrick Meade Jones

Production Designer Aaron Osborne

Costume Designer Ise White

Original Score by Jonathan Hartman

Casting Wendy Weidman, CSA Rebecca Mangieri, CSA

Starring Rhys Coiro

Xander Berkeley

Carly Pope

Richard Portnow

Jeananne Goossen

Jeff Marchelletta

Erin Matthews

Heather Snell

Logan Clarke

Channing Chase

Michelle Krusiec

Robert Knott

Andrea Lwin

Ken Wilson Jr.

Fanny Veliz

Sunny Reichert

Sumiko Braun

Holland de Klerk

Santana Films Presents

in Association with Industry Standard Films

A Mudflap Films Production

THIS LAST LONELY PLACE *****END ROLLING CREDITS OVER BLACK*****

A Very Special Thanks to The Estate of Humphrey Bogart

Cast: Sam Taylor - Rhys Coiro Frank Devore - Xander Berkeley Faye Gardner - Carly Pope

Jason Pure - Richard Portnow Luna - Jeananne Goossen Cameron Kane - Jeff Marchelletta Laura Devore - Erin Matthews Hope - Heather Snell Barry Dean - Logan Clarke Sam's Mother - Channing Chase V.A. Doctor - Michelle Krusiec CHP Officer - Robert Knott Convalescent Doctor - Andrea Lwin Homeless Man - Ken Wilson Jr. V.A. Nurse - Fanny Veliz Bunny - Sunny Reichert Leilani - Sumiko Braun Olivia Taylor - Holland de Klerk Tulip Cafe Waitress - Dolores Orozco Duck Blind Clerk - John Campbell Cab Passenger #1 - Hal Stellini Cab Passenger #2 - Andre Fontanelle

Karlie Taylor - Alyssa Marchelletta Cab Topper Girl - Catherine Gontran

Newscaster V.O. - Anders Harte Cab Dispatcher V.O. - Steve Anderson

Polo Lounge Waitress - McKenzie Coffee

Featuring The Taxi INSERT SHOT OF TAXI CAB

Stunts Stunt Coordinator - Manny Perry Stunt Double - Talia K. Dillingham Camera Department First Assistant Camera - Peter Brunet Assistant Camera - Ashley Nicole Cook Assistant Camera - Andrew Harris Assistant Camera - Angie Pop

Sound Department Sound Recordist - Andre Fontanelle

Art Department Art Director - Hope Latimer Assistant Art Director and Set Dresser - Kristin Gibler Art Department Shopper - Mark Ilvedson Graphic Designer - Haley Keim Set Dresser - Danny Robertson

Costume Department Assistant Costume Designer - Trey Haines Wardrobe Assistant - Tiffany Girard Wardrobe Assistant - Lauren Temple

Make-up and Hair Make-up and Hair Stylist - Rachael Garcia Additional Make-up and Hair Stylist - Giovanna Avila

Transportation Department RV Commander - Paul Jamison Picture Car Coordinator - Mario E. Garcia Taxi Equipment Company - George Butts Sal Saucedo and the fine crew at Morris Automotive

Locations Locations Manager - Jeff Marchelletta

Craft Services Crafty - Trey Haines

Productions Assistants Ashley Nicole Cook McKenzie Coffee Andrea Lwin

Special Effects Special Effects Coordinator - Susan Milliken-Gill Pyrotechnician - Neil Smith Special Effects Technician - Joe Andreas Special Effects Technician - Kevin Berve

Business Affairs Payroll Accountant - Cliff Broadway

Production Insurance Zeboray Insurance Services

POST PRODUCTION

Editorial Department Post Production Supervisor - Jason A. Payne

Trailer Editor - Ryan Whisenant Digital Intermediate Colorist - Crash Carlucci

Post Production Sound Sound Design and Supervision - Ugo Derouard Sound Editor - Elan Polushko Adr Editor and Recording Engineer - Michael Capuano

Audio Post Production at Ugosound Studios

Music Chopin’s Nocturne #20 performed by Janina Gavankar

“Death Don’t Have No Mercy” Words and Music by The Reverend Gary Davis Performed by Alastair Moock Downtown DLJ Songs o/b/o Chando Music Company / Budde Music, Inc. (ASCAP)

Featured Musician and Additional Music - Roger Lamison Score Mixer - Adam Schmidt

Special Thanks to Freesound

Atmospheric Score by Steve Anderson

Atmospherics provided by Eric Hopton

Additional Atmospherics Dan Oberbauer, Wellenstrom, Yewbik

Visual Effects VFX Designer - Ryan Whisenant

Titles Title Designer - Ryan Whisenant Lingerie Provided by Frederick's of Hollywood

Additional Production Equipment Provided by Bryan Shepard/Eaglevision

Police Vehicles and Equipment by Mario Garcia and Cop Shop LA

Production Legal Services by Tifanie Jodeh at Entertainment Law Partners

Special Thanks Aiko Accame Alastair Moock Alec Rossel Andrew Sarvis of West Coast Water Tenders Beverly Hills Hotel Beverly Hills Self Storage Chateau Marmont Dangling Carrot Dan Taylor of Inland Empire Film Commission Dede Smith Hermon Dr. Elliot Plotkin George Butts Greg Zeboray Independent Studio Services Jenny Best Jonathan Enayati at Studios 60 Karina Nazarian Kickstarter Killspencer Lori Green and Pat Fallon at Jordan Vineyard and Winery Luis Castillo, Hertz Mark Sullivan Mary Lisa and ULA Swimwear Matt Handan Maurice Shevah and Duck Blind Liquor Store Mike Fitch - Eclectica Vintage Store Outpost Digital Robert Riley - SAG-AFTRA Sam K Photography Selen Bayrak at Selen Design Stephen L. Vader and Hi-Chatterel Inc. Stewart Silver The Baltimore Hotel The Tulip Cafe Topanga Ranch Motel Ursula's Costumes Yellow Cab Co. of Los Angeles

The Producers Wish to Thank

Don Anderson Krista and Jon Gieselman Jake, Olivia and Karlie Thanks Mom. Love you and miss you.

Corena de Klerk Sebastian, Holland, and Julian Thank you for your love, support, and patience

Jerry and Margaret Marchelletta Jerry Marchelletta Jr. Joyce Laidler The Circle Group of Companies Daniel Saxon

Ben and Olga Mandel Ben Umstead Elisabeth Holm

Marianne Parker

Jennifer Schiewe North by Northwest Entertainment Rich Cowan Dan Heigh Dave Tanner Brad Harland Tay Voye Juan Mas Maria Jamison

A Special Thank You to Kickstarter

A Very Special Thank You to our amazing Kickstarter Supporters!

We couldn’t have done this without you. Cottage Barfly - Tommi Huston Data Wrangler - Jason Payne Mr. Anderson’s Doctor Gonzo - Jack Verdon Sommelier - Bruce Leiserowitz The Other One - Diane O’Brien The Teched Techie - Clayton Griffin Theremin Soloist - Carvin Knowles Wine Down Grammy - Jacky Fisher WTF - Pete & Missy

Pretty Much In Alphabetical Order:

Aaron Gitnick Adrienne DeMers Alan Todd Alan Bazin Alessandro Calabro Alexis Shoemate Alison Weinstock Alyssa Palmer Amanda Wetherhold Amanda Boutwell Anastacia Brooks Andrew Carslaw Andy Holcombe Anthony Marucci Arthur Gottlieb Barb DellaVilla Barney LaHaye Ben Perdue Bonnie & George Wallace Bruce Leiserowitz C.J. Severs Camilla S. Larsson Carol Cullen Caroline Lindqvist Carolyn Andrews Carvin Knowles Cecilia Cabello Chad Law Chandler Coyle Chris Cady Chris Gumprich Chris Johnson Chris Saguisag Christine Beebe Cindy Merrill Clay Harrell Clayton Broomes Jr. Connie Parker Dan Kiely Dave Simmons Deb Cameron Napier Debbie Smith Debbie Vega Denise Dunphy Diane O’Brien Don Anderson Dottie Durham Doug Mankoff Dyana Valentine Edmund Vosik Elizabeth Rossel Erica Minutella Fanny Veliz Felix Girard Flora Sanchez Franz Laufke Graham Inman Gregg L. Daniel Gregory Norwood H Lynnea Hal Stellini Hans Petter Bjerva Harmony Foster Hilary Gardner Houston Allen Howie Weckselblatt Hybrid Vigor Film Iain Cook Ihor Kowalysko Ise White Jack Marchetti Jack Verdon James Lamplugh Jason Matzner Jay Berendes Jill Blotevogel Joanne Conlon Jodie Arnold Joel Ferris John and Sherry Crimmins John Munfield John Romano John Semper Jr. John Thursby Johnnie Gee Jonathan Baker Jonathan Ulrich Joyce Laidler JT Welsh Julie Cook Julie Halperson Justin Poirier Justin Sammarco Karen Green Kate Holzemer Kelly Gray Ken Wilson Jr. Kenneth Sizer Kevin Abbott Kevin Kane Kim Hasenauer Kim Ormiston Kipley Bruketa Kristian Egdamin Larry Maher Laura & Dave Bryson Laura Dean Lawrence Rosenblum Len N. Wallace Lesley Bracker Matt & Tia King Lisa Babb Lisa Cessna Lisa Flanyak Tom Sobieski Lucille & Stuart Ronis Lucy Millar Margaret Hayes Margaret Marchelletta Marian Williams Maria Elena Laas Mario Salazar Mark Black Mark Sullivan Marty Lynn Roth Martha Saxby Mary Daisey Mathieu Bueno-Areny Media At Large - Shashi Balooja Merrick Williams Michael Eakins Michael Greer Michael Shaw Michael Shoob Michael Young Michelle Krusiec Mike Blum Mike Fenger Mike Merell Mike Sgroi Mirjam Kositchek Mitesh J. Patel Neal Polister Nicholas Donnermeyer Norm Knakal Pat Fallon Pat Seaman Patricia Suriel Patty Hinckley Paul Hugg Paul Osborne Peter Bodensteiner Phil Landa Rakesh Taneja Ralph A. Ford Jr. Rebecca Parsons Rebekka Jones Richard Clapp Richard Moore Rick Looby Rick Singer RL Scally Rob Moore Robert H. Craig Robert Rhoda Robin Glithro Rosemary Pleninger Rosie Cavin Sandy Howe Sandy DellaVilla Sandy Marchelletta Sara Terry Scott Schwartz Sean Welsh Shannon & John Phillips Peter Bodensteiner Stephanie H Stephen Wolf Steve Press Steven Foor Steven Kaminsky Steven Urso Stu Smith Sue Clayton Sue Reesen Sumiko Braun Tami Rotchford Tate McCullough Temple Mathews Tiffany Arnold Tim Meyer Tobias Fleischer Venla Sipila William Langley

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THIS LAST LONELY PLACE

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