NONAMES

(USA, 2009, 108 mins, digital video)

Midwest Premiere

executive producer: Camrin Crisei
writer: Kate Lindboe
director of photography: Kenneth D. Wilson
producer: Kate Lindboe, Robin Van Ert
co-producer: Nicholas Owen Langhoff, Simon David
editor: Frank Reynolds
associate producer: Connor A. Tiggerus
composer: Takeshi Furukawa
cast: James Badge Dale, Gillian Jacobs, Dan Hopman, Peter McCain, Bill Heck, Lindsay Kraft, Michael Chernus, Casey Greig, Darren Burrows, Jamie Harrold, Alexandra Neil, Jennifer Ferrin, James McCaffrey, Barry Corbin
music Supervisor: Robin Van Ert

“My dad once told me I’d never make a name for myself if I stayed in this town. I never believed him. He said we’re all products of our environment, and sometimes places like this are impossible to make a great escape from, no matter how hard you try. But we should try.” NONAMES is an exquisite story of the strength that comes from lifelong friends, and how a close-knit community can both support and suffocate. Kevin (James Badge Dale from HBO’s The Pacific) is navigating the responsibilities of becoming grown man, something that hasn’t come easy to him after his mother died. He’s got his buddies, a scruffy pack of fellow ne’er-do-wells in this central Wisconsin town, who become a new kind of family after his dad and sister move away. Broadening into one of the finest ensemble casts in recent Wisconsin-based films, these guys are forced to confront the consequences of a violent act against Kevin’s girlfriend CJ which slowly builds into a conflagration. Filmed entirely in central Wisconsin, Nonames explores small-town affections (Kevin and CJ setting up house together; Simon’s affair with a married woman who everyone knows; the favorite tavern; a loyal dog) and the risks we take to protect those we love. Also starring Gillian Jacobs (Community), James McCaffrey (Rescue Me), and Darren Burrows and Barry Corbin, both of Northern Exposure.

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