JACK OF THE RED HEARTS

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JACK OF THE RED HEARTS

Janet Grillo, John D'Leo

Thursday, February 11, 2016

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Thursday, February 11, 2016



Advance Screening of JACK OF THE RED HEARTS, Q&A to follow

Join us for an screening followed by a Q&A with director Janet Grillo and  John D'Leo. 

Moderated by TBD.

SYNOPSIS
AnnaSophia Robb portrays Jack, a tough teenage runaway on the lam from her parole officer. The conniving street kid brazenly impersonates a trained care giver and forms a unique bond with an 11-year-old autistic girl named Glory, brilliantly played by newcomer Taylor Richardson. Famke Janssen, as the child's desperate mother Kay, also bonds with the imposter. And the girl’s cute older brother Robert (Israel Broussard) falls in love. When the deception is exposed and the cops descend, loving father Mark (Scott Cohen) struggles to hold his family together as the pieces of this puzzle are reshuffled into a new, satisfying whole.


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Janet Grillo -- Director & Executive Producer 
Janet Grillo is a critically acclaimed filmmaker, Emmy Award winning producer, and former studio executive. Most recently, Janet directed Jack of Red Hearts, winning the Jury Prize at the inaugural Bentonville Film Festival  (co-founded by Geena Davis to promote diverse filmmakers), the inaugural NYWIFT/Ravenal Foundation Grant for a second film made by a woman over age 40, and the Catalina Film Festival's Chimera Award for gender equality in filmmaking.  Jack of the Red Hearts has screened in film festivals in US and abroad, receiving a total of 11 awards. In 2011, Janet wrote/directed/produced Fly Away, which premiered in Dramatic Competition at SXSW, and won the Special Jury Award for Best Performance/Arizona Film Festival. It opened to rave reviews in NY Times, LA Times, NY Observer, Huffington Post, Variety and Hollywood Reporter. The LA Times sited it’ s lead actor for delivering one of four independent film performances “most overlooked for an Oscar nomination.” In 2008, Janet won an Emmy as Executive Producer of HBO’s Autism: The Musical. While an executive at NEW LINE, she oversaw the House Party series, and launched the careers of many esteemed filmmakers. Janet is an Arts Professor at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Kanbar Institute of Film and Television. She is the mother of a son on the Autism Spectrum.  

John D'Leo – Actor  
John D'Leo is an actor and New Jersey native whose recent credits include Unbroken , directed by Angelina Jolie, and Luc Besson's dark comedy The Family in which he played Warren, the son of Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer. D'Leo can also be seen in the award-winning film from director Janet Grillo Jack of the Red Hearts, hitting theaters in 2016. D'Leo landed his first role on the soap opera Guiding Light. The experience solidified his love for acting, and he has since went on to appear in notable films such as The Wrestler, Brooklyn’s Finest, National Lampoon's Dirty Movie, Cop Out and Wanderlust . D’Leo’ s television credits include guest star roles in Orange Is the New Black , NBC' s Mercy, Law & Order: SVU , ABC’s Life on Mars, The Unusuals and HBO’s How to Make it in America. He can also be seen in numerous national network commercials and campaigns such as Nestle, Oreo, Verizon and Red Lobster.