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Thursday, April 17th, 2008 at 7pm

An Indie Comedy Feature filmed entirely in East Tennessee

Hot on the heels of his successful 2006 Film Festival circuit movie “Point of Fear”, a thriller, Writer/Director Brooks Benjamin of Harriman, Tennessee, began scribing “Boys of Summerville”, a comedy. “Comedies have always been my first love when it comes to movies” says Benjamin.

In late 2006, after the script had been completed, money was being raised, Keith McDaniel (Clinton 12, Secret City – The Story of Oak Ridge) was brought onboard as Executive Producer and actors began being interviewed for roles in the production. While all of that was going on; locations had to be scouted and secured, an experienced local crew had to found, and last, but not least, food services for the hungry talent and crew had to be located.

By early 2007, Benjamin had set June as the time-frame for the filming of “Boys of Summerville”. His actors and actresses set about doing rehearsals. And not just for their vocal utterances of the script. Many of the parts included physical prat-falls, playing softball against actual local softball teams (for real) and even jumping on a trampoline whilst holding onto a canned beverage. “Everybody seems to be having a great time with this picture” observed Keith McDaniel in May of ’07.

The first of 22 shoot days began on June 4th, 2007. High Definition was chosen as the format of the film. Over the next month, Benjamin and crew crisscrossed Middle-East Tennessee: Oak Ridge, Alcoa, Maryville, Kingston, Harriman, and Rockwood would be the towns and communities where hilarious scenes would be shot. The actors, actresses, ball fields, restaurants, a jet airplane, cars, houses, businesses and a host of other locations were used to bring a wonderfully funny script to life.

Throughout the shoot, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) talent came to and performed on the “Boys of Summerville” sets here in East Tennessee. Some of them very familiar names in our local communities: David Dwyer of Maryville, TN (October Sky, Remember the Titans, We Are Marshall, etc), David Keith of Knoxville, TN (An Officer and a Gentleman, Behind Enemy Lines, Daredevil, etc). The other SAG actors are Natalie Canerday (October Sky, Walk the Line, Slingblade), Catherine Campion (North Country, Sex and the City), Kevin Michael Walsh (My name is Earl, King of Queens), Wes Murphy of Maryville, TN (Heaven and Hell, The Work and the Glory III), and Eddie Nickerson (Batman & Robin, Heaven and Hell). Comedians Rodney Hood and Todd Justice made a stop to make a cameo appearance in the movie. Other out-of-town talent included Barry Battles and Griffin Hood.

“One of the characters in the movie Charles “Buddy” Davis, was based on my father, Charles Davis Benjamin, who passed away from cancer in 2000. I wanted to make a movie as a tribute to him, and since he loved comedies and softball so much, I thought this would be a perfect movie to make”

Additional information and advance tickets for the premiere may be purchased through www.boysofsummerville.com. Tickets may also be purchased on the night of the premiere, Thursday, April 17th, at the Regal’s Downtown West theater box office.

The movie will begin at 7:00PM.