CHICAGO, May 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Cow Lamp Films
announced today that they acquired all rights in North America to Caitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss's THE VIEW FROM TALL.
Written and directed by Parrish and Weiss (CBS TV's upcoming THE
RED LINE, executive produced by Ava
DuVernay, the filmmaker behind A WRINKLE IN TIME,
QUEEN SUGAR, SELMA), the film
screened at the Chicago
International Film Festival, the Los
Angeles Film Festival, the Midwest Independent Film Festival
and the New York ReelAbilities Film Festival.
Set in Chicago, Caitlin Parrish and Erica Weiss's comedy-drama follows a 17-year-old
student (Amanda Drinkall) finds an
unlikely lifeline in her therapist (Michael
Patrick Thornton) after a sexual transgression. As the lines
of propriety between two lonely souls are slowly broken, she has to
navigate the thorny issue of age, lust and leaving one's life
behind. Drinkall is a Chicago
theater actress who has appeared on the TV shows ONE FINE DAY! and CHICAGO MED, while Thornton had a recurring
role in the ABC-TV series PRIVATE PRACTICE, spun off from Shonda
Rhimes' GREY'S ANATOMY.
"I'm absolutely thrilled that Cow Lamp Films will be
distributing THE VIEW FROM TALL. Being a Chicago-based distributor, they're the perfect
home for this Chicago-based film,"
said Erica Weiss. Director/Writer
Caitlin Parrish added, "We're so
happy to be teaming up with Cow Lamp Films. They're giving Midwest
filmmakers much-needed exposure."
The Chicago Reader said of THE VIEW FROM TALL, "...this
Chicago-set love story breaks new
ground with the protagonist's self-knowledge and directness."
VoxMagazine.com wrote that the film "...explores questions of
consent and ethics in sexual relationships where there's a
significant power differential."
"This movie, made by a majority of incredible women, is so
special, and we couldn't be more excited to be putting it out for
the universe to see with Cow Lamp Films. Their collaborative and
filmmaker-friendly approach made it a no-brainer for us to team up
with them." -Amanda Pflieger,
producer
"THE VIEW FROM TALL is another amazing example of the new wave
of filmmakers coming from the Midwest, that COW LAMP FILMS
celebrates. Erica Weiss and
Caitlin Parrish are the definition
of up and coming!" said Josh da
Silva.
ABOUT COW LAMP FILMS
Cow Lamp Films is the Midwest's first and only full-service
independent film and television distributor. Cow Lamp Films
provides the full-service distribution opportunities to independent
filmmakers that are difficult to access without the support of
large studios.
Josh da Silva
Cow Lamp Films
307 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60601
312-266-9400, pr@cowlampfilms.com, CowLampFilms.com
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