Wolfe announced this past week that writer/director Keith Behrman’s award-winning coming of age tale, Giant
Little Ones, will be making the transition from its theatrical release
run to the home entertainment marketplace on June 11 as a DVD product offering.
The ARR comes in at 109
days and the box office take was an impressive $181,507 … its widest run was
only 32 screens!
Franky (Josh Wiggins — Max,
Walking Out) and Ballas (Darren Mann — Even Lambs Have Teeth, Twisted
Blues) seemingly have it all. Childhood
friends who are now high school jocks (swim team), with beautiful girlfriends,
solid grades … in short, they are top of the pecking order and poised for a
bright future.
Franky lives with his
mom, played by Maria Bello (who was also involved as one of the film’s
producers), and there is a backstory here about this single-mom relationship
that will come into play as the story progresses.
With that said, the
pivotal moment for filmmaker Keith Behrman’s story comes on the night of
Franky’s 17th birthday party.
His buddy, Ballas, has it all set for him to score with “Cil”/Priscilla
(Hailey Kittle), one of the cute chicks … party, beer, pot and
score! Except things don’t go quite as
planned and Franky’s life is turned upside down. The days that follow will be hell on earth.
You have it all, and in a
very short period of time your only friends at school are the school’s “slut,” Natasha
(Taylor Hickson — Hunting Pignut), a
weakling named Michael (Carson MacCormac) and Mouse (Niamh Wilson), who has
sexual identity issues. Outcast;
teenage pariah … and
you haven’t done anything wrong.
With
Giant Little Ones, you have a
terrific story that doesn’t follow the normal teenage angst pattern. Instead filmmaker Keith Behrman takes our protagonist
out of his comfort zone, and his clearly defined teenage years trajectory, and
makes him reexamine the things — and feelings — that are really important in
his life.
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