ALL-AMERICAN BOY

SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER AT 10AM UGC HAYMARKET SCREEN 3

John Truby will be at the screening

Country USA Running Time 93 mins Format Digibeta Director/Screenplay John Truby Producer Lisa Orlando DoP Jim Helling Cast Jason Magnotti Rose Stockton Ross Gibby John Albano Print Source Gavin Film E jtruby7@aol.com

All-American Boy is a coming-of-age tale set in America of the 1960s. Jim Green, 9, worships his soldier father and dreams of following in his footsteps by going to a military academy. He is proud that his father is one of the first to fight in Vietnam.

But as Jim becomes a teenager, he sees his happy military world begin to crumble. His older brother leaves home and his parents start to fight. Sent to prep school, Jim gets into fights with other students and is ostracised. His only saving graces are a black student who befriends him and an English teacher who inspires him to be the hero of his own life. In the spring of 1970, Jim learns he has won admittance to the academy, but his excitement is short-lived when he finds out his father has orders to go back to Vietnam. Now Jim is confronted by a great personal decision. And with it will come a deep conflict with his father that will change his family and his nation for all time.

All American Boy was awarded the Gold Special Jury Award for Best Dramatic Film at the Houston International Film Festival and was nominated for best picture at the Hollywood Film Festival. EG

John Truby has taught his 22-Step Great Screenwriting and Genre classes to over 20,000 students worldwide. His students include the filmmakers of Sleepless in Seattle, The Addams Family, Beetlejuice and Star Wars. He has also worked as a story consultant and script doctor for Disney, Sony, BBC, FOX and HBO. This is his first feature.