Homegrown Filmmaker on Brink of Big Time
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10 brink of big time cliquey, and you have to decide developed at Pascack Hills, his who you are and who you want to associatestoday are the ones who be associated with. When I was are helpinghim move forward. there I felt that I alwayshad to be FrankVincent plays a featured 'on' because the group of people I role in Remedy. (VincentPastore hung out with were very interest and Ace Frehley of the band Kiss ing and entertaining. We were also appear in the film.)Raised in alwaystrying to amuseeach other.' Jersey City, Vincent is one of the Doscher viewsNorthern Jersey most recognizablecharacter actors as a breeding~ound for cavaliers in Mafioso films.He appeared in in the filmbusiness. "It has a pace RagingBull, Goodfellas, Casino, of livin$ that is demanding and and is in his second season of The productive,a sense of competition Sopranos. When asked about that builds success. While his basic skillsmay have SEEREMEDY , PAGE70 on the NJTurnpike. The incident blew open a massiveracial profil ing investigation erv:ingas a cata lyst in contemporary civil rights Do ch r in a telephone inter advocacy. Starline Films staff, ie,, last, 1:k.he aid, ''Jon i a headed up by Paul Wood, Jr., is ctheart. ry profe sional. He also producing a documentary great potential for an acting about the incident. areer, a true ·ense of camaraderie D scher feelsthat 4Chosen"has d re pect for other people''. the potential to affect millions of Do· her's father was a third mainstream audiences", so he is eneration ironworker who assemblinga powerfulproduction vorked on the World Trade Cen team. Angelo Pizzo, who wrote ter. Do cher considered following and produced Hoosiersand Rudy, his father's footsteps, but he had a is tentativelyset to rewrite Dosch drive and determination that led er's script.David Anspaugh, also of him elsewhere. Hoosiersand Rudy fame, is tenta After dropping out of college, tively set to direct the film. "I Doscherdeveloped two successful couldn't be more excited at the businesses as a contractor and prospect of working with these magazinepublisher. It wasthrough professionalsto help bring a posi his contracting company that he live resolution to this real life et Danny Aiello, who gave him tragedy". ' timelyadvice and guidance."I was Through a mixture of ambition, tudying acting at Strassberg in hard-work and talent, Doscher is ew YorkCity, and Danny told me makinghis way in a most compel to leave the school and go on audi itivefield. His advice to others with •ons:• a dream similar to his, "Be pas The advice paid off as Doscher sionale and persistent. The key is anded the role of FBI "Agent to get out there. If you want to be lark" in ThisThing of Oursstar- an actor, geton a movk set,even . g James Caan. It was on the set as a backgroundactor. Leaveyour f this film that he met Christian ego at the door and good thing taelen, Frank Vincent,and others will happen:' ho helped propel his career. Doscher now has his sights set To learn more about Jon n his next feature film,4Chosen, Doscher,go to iondoscher.com. ased on the 1998 shootings of To learn more about Remedy, our New York youths pulled over visit remedythemovie.com. .