THE THORNHILLS OF PARK AVENUE Screens At New England Film Fest

THE THORNHILLS OF PARK AVENUE screened at the Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival, in Concord, New Hampshire, home to the famous St. Paul's School. The comic film stars Juliette Bennett, Bill Connington, and Anthony Haden-Guest, who have all been making waves of late.

THE THORNHILLS has been screened at a string of festivals: the SNOBFF Festival, the Long Island Film Festival, the Gold Coast International Film Festival, and the NYC PictureStart Festival so far. The film will also be screened at the NewFilmmakers Film Festival in Manhattan on the hip Lower East Side, on October 19th at 7 pm. (www.newfilmmakers.com)

Juliette Bennett has recently won a string of awards for her hit film THE COUPLE, which will be shown as an official selection at the Santa Fe Film Festival. (www.santafefilmfestival.com). Bill Connington is a multiple-award winner for the play and short film of ZOMBIE, which will be shown at the Willifest (named "one of the 20 coolest festivals") in "hipsterland"--Williamburg, Brooklyn. (www.willifest.com) ZOMBIE is scheduled to be shot as a feature film in 2012. Bennett has been called, "one of the beautiful New York actors to watch." Patrick Lee of Theatermania has written, "Connington is a riveting performer." There are industry rumors that Bennett and Connington will reunite to shoot a comic webseries sometime in the near future.

Bennett (www.juliettebennett.com) and Connington play a young society couple, James and Elizabeth Thornhill, who are visited by a sardonic British guest, played by Anthony Haden-Guest (www.anthonyhadenguest.com). THE THORNHILLS OF PARK AVENUE was penned by the multi-award winning actor/writer Bill Connington, and directed by the noted director Thomas Caruso (www.thomascaruso.com), who also directed Connington in the award-winning stage and short film versions of ZOMBIE, based on a novella by famous American author Joyce Carol Oates. (www.zombiethefilm.com, www.zombietheplay.com, www.usfca.edu/jco). The film of ZOMBIE was produced by Michael Cooper. The composer for both ZOMBIE and THE THORNHILLS was award-winning composer Deirdre Broderick

(www.deirdrebroderick.com).

The synopsis of THE THORNHILLS OF PARK AVENUE reads, " A young Park Avenue couple invites a British writer and cartoonist for cocktails. Quips and satire ensue. The story is: what is more important: money or happiness? The answer? Cocktails, apparently."