Trailer, Poster for Touchback, starring Kurt Russell, Brian Presley, Melanie Lynskey, Marc Blucas and Christine Lahti The Don Handfield-directed and scripted family drama opens on April 13th via Anchor Bay Films, and also stars Sarah Wright, Drew Powell, Steve Turner, Kevin Covais, James Duval Sianoa Smith-Mcphee and Barry Sanders. We have the first trailer below, as well as the poster, which you can see below the trailer. Pic is produced by Carissa Buffel, Randall Emmett, George Furla, Lisa Kearns, Kevin Matusow and Brian Presley. The story tells of a man who looks back 15 years to an injury that put a halt to his dreams as promising high-school football player. This marks Handfield's first feature to hit the big screens after the Driver's Ed TV movie...
- 2/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer, Poster for Touchback, starring Kurt Russell, Brian Presley, Melanie Lynskey, Marc Blucas and Christine Lahti The Don Handfield-directed and scripted family drama opens on April 13th via Anchor Bay Films, and also stars Sarah Wright, Drew Powell, Steve Turner, Kevin Covais, James Duval Sianoa Smith-Mcphee and Barry Sanders. We have the first trailer below, as well as the poster, which you can see below the trailer. Pic is produced by Carissa Buffel, Randall Emmett, George Furla, Lisa Kearns, Kevin Matusow and Brian Presley. The story tells of a man who looks back 15 years to an injury that put a halt to his dreams as promising high-school football player. This marks Handfield's first feature to hit the big screens after the Driver's Ed TV movie...
- 2/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer, Poster for Touchback, starring Kurt Russell, Brian Presley, Melanie Lynskey, Marc Blucas and Christine Lahti The Don Handfield-directed and scripted family drama opens on April 13th via Anchor Bay Films, and also stars Sarah Wright, Drew Powell, Steve Turner, Kevin Covais, James Duval Sianoa Smith-Mcphee and Barry Sanders. We have the first trailer below, as well as the poster, which you can see below the trailer. Pic is produced by Carissa Buffel, Randall Emmett, George Furla, Lisa Kearns, Kevin Matusow and Brian Presley. The story tells of a man who looks back 15 years to an injury that put a halt to his dreams as promising high-school football player. This marks Handfield's first feature to hit the big screens after the Driver's Ed TV movie...
- 2/29/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Kurt Russell is coming back to the big screen as a high school football coach in "Touchback". Kurt has already played a player-turned-coach character in 2004's Miracle ( I had accidentally put 1994. The reader who corrected me was a douche. So I banned him. That's what happens when you don't play nice.), so this should be old hat for Kurt.Here's the press release:Freedom Films named Kurt Russell as the head high-school football coach in Writer/Director Don Handfield’s Touchback, which stars Brian Presley (Home of the Brave), Melanie Lynskey as his wife, (Up in the Air, The Informant, Sweet Home Alabama) and Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Christine Lahti as his mother (Obsessed, Smart People). Marc Blucas (Knight and Day, The Jane Austin Book Club, First Daughter), Drew Powell (Straw Dogs, 1408), Sarah Wright (The House Bunny), Sianoa Smit-McPhee (Hung) and Kevin Covais (College, Labor Pains) also star.
- 8/4/2010
- LRMonline.com
HollywoodNews.com: Freedom Films named Kurt Russell as the head high-school football coach in Writer/Director Don Handfield’s Touchback, which stars Brian Presley (“Home of the Brave”), Melanie Lynskey as his wife, (“Up in the Air,” “The Informant,” “Sweet Home Alabama”) and Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Christine Lahti as his mother (“Obsessed,” “Smart People”). Marc Blucas (“Knight and Day,” “The Jane Austin Book Club,” “First Daughter”), Drew Powell (“Straw Dogs,” “1408″), Sarah Wright (“The House Bunny”), Sianoa Smit-McPhee (“Hung”) and Kevin Covais (“College,” “Labor Pains”) also star. Filming on “Touchback” begins this week in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area.
Handfield and Freedom Films are thrilled to have Mr. Russell come aboard in the role of “Coach Hand.” “I am thrilled he responded to the material. He is an icon and brings a unique warmth, charm and strength to the character. I feel blessed to be working with such...
Handfield and Freedom Films are thrilled to have Mr. Russell come aboard in the role of “Coach Hand.” “I am thrilled he responded to the material. He is an icon and brings a unique warmth, charm and strength to the character. I feel blessed to be working with such...
- 8/4/2010
- by HollywoodNews.com
- Hollywoodnews.com
Kurt Russell is drawing up a game plan to play a football coach in Freedom Films' "Touchback," which Don Handfield is writing and directing.
The cast also includes Brian Presley as a small-town farmer who flashes back to his high-school glory days; Melanie Lynskey, who will play the wife of Presley's character; and Christine Lahti, who will play his mother.
Marc Blucas, Drew Powell, Sarah Wright, Sianoa Smit-McPhee and Kevin Covais are also aboard.
Filming begins this week in Grand Rapids, Mich. Producers are Lisa Kearns of Freedom Films, Presley, Kevin Matusow, Carissa Buffel-Matusow and George Furla.
Sports Studio's Mark Ellis, who has worked on such films as "We Are Marshall" and "The Rookie," is serving as the project's football coordinator.
"Touchback" is the first film to go into production under a three-picture deal between Freedom and financier Palo Verde, a hedge fund founded in 2008 by Paul Ross and Tony Stacy.
The cast also includes Brian Presley as a small-town farmer who flashes back to his high-school glory days; Melanie Lynskey, who will play the wife of Presley's character; and Christine Lahti, who will play his mother.
Marc Blucas, Drew Powell, Sarah Wright, Sianoa Smit-McPhee and Kevin Covais are also aboard.
Filming begins this week in Grand Rapids, Mich. Producers are Lisa Kearns of Freedom Films, Presley, Kevin Matusow, Carissa Buffel-Matusow and George Furla.
Sports Studio's Mark Ellis, who has worked on such films as "We Are Marshall" and "The Rookie," is serving as the project's football coordinator.
"Touchback" is the first film to go into production under a three-picture deal between Freedom and financier Palo Verde, a hedge fund founded in 2008 by Paul Ross and Tony Stacy.
- 8/3/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kurt Russell has joined to be the lead role in Don Handfield’s "Touchback." Russell will play a head high-school football coach.
Here is the full press release:
Freedom Films named Kurt Russell as the head high-school football coach in Writer/Director Don Handfield’s Touchback, which stars Brian Presley (Home of the Brave), Melanie Lynskey as his wife, (Up in the Air, The Informant, Sweet Home Alabama) and Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Christine Lahti as his mother (Obsessed, Smart People). Marc Blucas (Knight and Day, The Jane Austin Book Club, First Daughter), Drew Powell (Straw Dogs, 1408), Sarah Wright (The House Bunny), Sianoa Smit-McPhee (Hung) and Kevin Covais (College, Labor Pains) also star. Filming on Touchback begins this week in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area.
Handfield and Freedom Films are thrilled to have Mr. Russell come aboard in the role of “Coach Hand.” “I am thrilled he responded to the material.
Here is the full press release:
Freedom Films named Kurt Russell as the head high-school football coach in Writer/Director Don Handfield’s Touchback, which stars Brian Presley (Home of the Brave), Melanie Lynskey as his wife, (Up in the Air, The Informant, Sweet Home Alabama) and Academy Award and Golden Globe winner Christine Lahti as his mother (Obsessed, Smart People). Marc Blucas (Knight and Day, The Jane Austin Book Club, First Daughter), Drew Powell (Straw Dogs, 1408), Sarah Wright (The House Bunny), Sianoa Smit-McPhee (Hung) and Kevin Covais (College, Labor Pains) also star. Filming on Touchback begins this week in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area.
Handfield and Freedom Films are thrilled to have Mr. Russell come aboard in the role of “Coach Hand.” “I am thrilled he responded to the material.
- 8/3/2010
- by amcsts@gmail.com
- AMC - Script to Screen
Emmett/Furla Films and Freedom Films will produce three films, financed through the Palo Verde hedge fund, starring Brian Presley.
First up is "Touchback," to be written and directed by Don Handfield. Presley also is producing with Lisa Kearns, Shannon Gardner, Derek Beumer, Kevin Matusow and Carissa Buffel-Matusow of Freedom Films and George Furla and Randall Emmett of Emmett/Furla Films, along with executive producers Rob Cowan, Adam Griffin and Ryan Bundra.
Presley is managed by Kritzer Levine Wilkins Griffin.
First up is "Touchback," to be written and directed by Don Handfield. Presley also is producing with Lisa Kearns, Shannon Gardner, Derek Beumer, Kevin Matusow and Carissa Buffel-Matusow of Freedom Films and George Furla and Randall Emmett of Emmett/Furla Films, along with executive producers Rob Cowan, Adam Griffin and Ryan Bundra.
Presley is managed by Kritzer Levine Wilkins Griffin.
- 3/29/2010
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Emmett/Furla Films and Freedom Films will produce the football drama "Touchback" says Variety.
The story centers on a high school football star (Brian Presley) looking back on regrets over an injury that ended his career fifteen years before. Don Handfield directs the feature which is the first of three pictures the companies will produce that Presley will star in.
Presley, Lisa Kearns, Shannon Gardner, Derek Beumer, Kevin Matusow and Carissa Buffel-Matusow, George Furla and Randall Emmett will produce.
The story centers on a high school football star (Brian Presley) looking back on regrets over an injury that ended his career fifteen years before. Don Handfield directs the feature which is the first of three pictures the companies will produce that Presley will star in.
Presley, Lisa Kearns, Shannon Gardner, Derek Beumer, Kevin Matusow and Carissa Buffel-Matusow, George Furla and Randall Emmett will produce.
- 3/29/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Emmett/Furla Films and Freedom Films are teaming to produce "Touchback," a football drama starring Brian Presley. Don Handfield (TV release "Driver's Ed") directs from his own screenplay. "Touchback" tells of a high school football star's regrets and realizations fifteen years after an injury in a big game ends his career. Presley produces alongside Lisa Kearns, Shannon Gardner, Derek Beumer, Kevin Matusow and Carissa Buffel-Matusow of Freedom Films and George Furla and Randall Emmett of Emmett/Furla Films. Rob Cowan, Adam Griffin and Ryan Bundra are serving as executive producers on the project.
- 3/29/2010
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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