by Larry Richman
July 31, 2008 12:27 PM

Good news about one of the films we've been following on this blog for over a year. Choose Connor has been acquired for North American distribution by Strand Releasing.

The film had its World Premiere at CineVegas in May, 2007. I attended the East Coast Premiere at the Woodstock Film Festival in October. I saw it a second time this past April at the Philadelphia Film Festival.

Choose Connor is a singular achievement and the vision of one man, Luke Eberl, who wrote, directed, produced and edited this film at the age of 19.

The cast is filled with industry pros as well as relative newcomers -- no doubt you'll recognize many faces. Veteran Steven Weber (Wings, Brothers & Sisters) stars as Congressman Lawrence Connor. But most of all this is Alex Linz's (Max Keeble's Big Move) film. Linz, 17 at the time, plays a bright but vulnerable campaign volunteer and is onscreen virtually from opening to closing credits. Other favorites include Escher Holloway (The Tillamook Treasure) as the congressman's nephew and Chris Marquette (The Girl Next Door, Alpha Dog) in one moving, emotional scene which is one of the most pivotal and important moments in the film.

Strand Releasing is a major theatrical distributor of foreign and domestic independent films. Their home entertainment division is known primarily as the premiere brand for LGBT-themed titles.