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The debut feature of A Chip & A Chair Films, IF YOU COULD SAY IT IN WORDS was featured in Filmmaker Magazine’s “In Focus” section in Summer 2007, and has begun to garner support from the Asperger’s community. The director and the actor playing Nelson were recently interviewed for www.WrongPlanet.net, a website run by and devoted to people with Asperger’s and other autism-related disorders. After showing some of the clips of the film, it has earned praise for its realistic and nuanced portrayal of this condition.
Nelson has Asperger’s Syndrome, a condition that impairs social function. Undiagnosed, poor, and a painter, he has been pushed to society’s fringes. He is working on a triptych of emotional portraits that he understands more intellectually than intrinsically. He meets Sadie, a young woman with broken dreams who now treads water at a job that’s not her career, has a roommate who’s not her friend, and sleeps with her married boss, Mark.
A one-night stand grows into an unlikely romance wherein two people lost in different ways begin to find themselves through each other. With Sadie, Nelson is now overcome by the emotions he struggled to paint. With Nelson, Sadie is freed from the strain of her own self-imposed expectations.
As the weeks go by, they come to share their secrets freely, but sharing feelings comes slower. Nelson becomes more immersed in his triptych, racing to capture on canvas what he cannot say in words. Feeling neglected, Sadie pushes him to join her in more conventional social settings where he can barely cope. Soon their entire relationship is in jeopardy. When at last the cost of dating erodes Nelson’s meager finances, he agrees to sell Mark a painting he had already promised to Sadie. In Sadie’s eyes, this is betrayal. In the end Nelson is left alone with his canvases to ponder what went wrong and to mourn what could have been.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Nicholas Gray posted an announcement
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“If You Could Say It In Words” is coming to Nebraska! Our feature will screen on April 16, 17 and 18 in Omaha, Lincoln and Bellvue, respectively. Visit www.iycnebraska.com for details… and if you’re in the neighborhood, come check us out! |
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Katharine Clark Gray posted an announcement
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Our feature “If You Could Say It In Words” culled two nominees at Method Fest: the Low Budget Indie “Maverick Award”, and a Best Actress nod for Marin Ireland! |
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Katharine Clark Gray posted an announcement
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Hi all— we wanted to remind you that ‘If You Could Say It In Words’ screens Sunday (tomorrow!) March 29 at 7 pm at Method Fest in north LA county.
Location is the Calabasas Civic Center, Founders Hall.
VERY IMPORTANT NOTE!!! The address listed on the Method Fest site (100/200 Civic Ctr Way) does NOT work for Google Maps! Google Maps will send you to Malibu… that’s not where we are.
Kindly use the following address and your GPS/iPhones/various gadgets will take you to us:
23910 Park Sorrento, Calabasas CA 91302
OR: You can use the map on the cityofcalabasas.com website: http://www.cityofcalabasas.com/civic-center-map…
If for any reason you have trouble finding the place, call 917.915.2929 and one of us will be able to guide you in. The phone on until just before the screening.
We hope to see you there! And if you’ve already RSVP’ed “yes”, we are so glad you are joining us!
See you on Sunday,
Katie
PS Check out our festival blog!
http://ifyoucould-festivals.blogspot.com/ |
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Katharine Clark Gray posted an announcement
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Method Fest update: METHOD FEST UPDATE: Dennis Lehane, writer of Mystic River, Gone Baby Gone and the Scorsese movie Shutter Island will be officially presenting our movie at Method Fest! We’re honored and thrilled to have Mr. Lehane introduce our film this Sunday night. [for tickets:]
brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/59525?prod_id=2315
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Katharine Clark Gray posted an announcement
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An award-winning love story about an impoverished painter with undiagnosed Asperger’s syndrome, IF YOU COULD SAY IT IN WORDS will have its second public screening and West Coast Premiere at the Method Fest film festival in Calabasas, CA— 15 minutes from LA. Screening occurs March 29 at 7pm at the Calabasas Civic Center. [For directions: http://www.cityofcalabasas.com/civic-center-map…]
Written and directed by Nicholas Gray, the film takes a nuanced look at uncharted terrain. “Alvin [Keith]‘s performance as Nelson is quite possibly the most authentic portrayal of an autistic person that I’ve ever seen in the movies…It’s refreshing to finally see a film that explores an autistic individual who isn’t two dimensional,” says Alex Plank, founder of autism advocacy website WrongPlanet.net.
Starring Obie-award winner Marin Ireland (REASONS TO BE PRETTY/ B’way) and Alvin Keith (Daniel Beaty’s RESURRECTION) . Featuring Gerry Lehane, Yvonne Woods, PaSean Wilson, Susanna A. Guzman, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Dana Snyder (Master Shake, AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE).
Tickets are available through Brown Paper Tickets:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/producerevent/…
Please contact the Method Fest (info below) for questions about tickets or info specific to the festival. *If you are interested in being part of our ground team, contact Adam Eisenstein at aeisenstein@chipchair.com.* |
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Katharine Clark Gray posted an announcement
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The hits just keep on comin’ for our talented If You Could… cast! Alvin Keith [Nelson] has just concluded a three-theatre premiere run of Daniel Beaty’s Resurrection (Arena Stage, Hartford Stage, and Philadelphia Theatre Company), and now Marin Ireland [Sadie] is making her Broadway debut! Marin costars with Steven Pasquale (“Rescue Me”), Piper Perabo (The Prestige) in Neil LaBute’s reasons to be pretty, which begins previews on March 13 and opens April 2 at the Lyceum Theatre. For more info, go to http://www.theatermania.com/new-york/news/01-20…
Congratulations Alvin and Marin on these fabulous achievements! |
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Nicholas Gray posted an announcement
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If You Could Say It In Words just won Best Feature and Best of Festival awards in Louisville! |
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Nicholas Gray posted an announcement
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If You Could Say It In Words to open Derby City Film Festival
On October 8, A Chip & A Chair’s Film’s debut fillm will be the opening night feature at the Derby City Film Festival in Louisville KY. Showtime is at 9:00 PM, tickets and venue information can be found at www.DerbyCityFilmFest.com. We are also fundraising here on IndieGoGo to help cover festival costs. Contribute and earn some swag! |
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Nicholas Gray posted an announcement
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If You Could Say It In Words is now fundraising to cover the costs for our festival debut this October. Please help us get our team there so they can see the premiere. |
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http://www.cafepress.com/chipchair.24676501 |
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| The mug plus a poster autographed by the movie's director Nicholas Gray and star Alvin Keith. |
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| The mug, the poster, and a screener copy of the move on DVD. |
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| HOW THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED |
| We are ready to start putting together special features and commentary tracks for the eventual DVD. |
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http://www.cafepress.com/chipchair.24676501 |
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| The mug plus a poster autographed by the movie's director Nicholas Gray and star Alvin Keith. |
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| The mug, the poster, and a screener copy of the move on DVD. |
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| HOW THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED |
| We are ready to start putting together special features and commentary tracks for the eventual DVD. |
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http://www.cafepress.com/chipchair.24676501 |
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$200 or more = Mug and Poster
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| The mug plus a poster autographed by the movie's director Nicholas Gray and star Alvin Keith. |
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| The mug, the poster, and a screener copy of the move on DVD. |
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| HOW THESE FUNDS WILL BE USED |
| We are ready to start putting together special features and commentary tracks for the eventual DVD. |
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Looks Great. Best of luck.
Nice work so far, Katharine. Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.