Kathleen Chalfant Stars In The Film THE LAST NEW YORKER, Opens 2/19 In NYC

Award-winning actress Kathleen Chalfant co-stars in the film "THE LAST NEW YORKER" opening February 19th in NYC. Directed by Harvey Wang, the film also stars Dominic Chianese (Uncle Junior, The Sopranos) and Tony Award winner Dick Latessa (Hairspray).

Ms. Chalfant plays ‘Mimi Hotchkiss', the romantic heart of the film. The film is a love letter to New York and many of the people and places that are vanishing in front of our eyes with the gentrification of the city. Directed by fellow New Yorker, Emmy Award-winning filmmaker and photographer Harvey Wang, the film is based on his book of portraits of older New Yorkers dealing with the ever-changing city.

Kathleen Chalfant is well known to theatre audiences for her moving portrayal of Vivian Bearing in the New York, Los Angeles and London productions of the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama WIT. For her performance, Ms. Chalfant received the Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama League Award, LA Ovation Award, Connecticut Critics Circle Award, as well as her second Obie Award. She received a TONY Award nomination for playing multiple roles in Tony Kushner's ANGELS IN AMERICA.

In 2010, Ms. Chalfant will be appearing in two new Off-Broadway plays: Beth Henley's FAMILY WEEK with Rosemarie Dewitt, directed by Jonathan Demme, and PROPHECY, written and directed by Karen Malpede, with George Bartenieff, Nadjla Said, and Andre de Shields.

Her other Broadway credits include BLOOMER GIRL for Encores!, RACING DEMON, DANCE WITH ME, and M. BUTTERFLY. Her Off-Broadway credits include VITA & VIRGINIA, DEADMAN'S CELL PHONE, A HARD HEART, Spalding Gray: STORIES LEFT TO TELL, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, 5 BY TENN, GUANTANAMO, THE LAST LETTER, TALKING HEADS, SAVANNAH BAY, FAR AWAY, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, NINE ARMENIANS (Drama Desk Nomination), TWELVE DREAMS, HENRY V (Callaway Award), and TRUE HISTORY AND REAL ADVENTURES. She's also appeared in DELIRIUM, IPHIGENIA AND OTHER DAUGHTERS, ENDGAME, THE PARTY, THREE POETS, SISTER MARY IGNATIUS, JUST SAY NO, THE INVESTIGATION OF THE MURDER IN EL SALVADOR, HOLD ME! and SIGNS OF LIFE.

Her feature films include A PERFECT STRANGER, DUPLICITY, KINSEY, REBEL VOICES, THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO, MURDER AND MURDER, Bob Roberts, FIVE CORNERS, JUMPIN' AT THE BONEYARD, DREAM WORK, A PRICE ABOVE RUBIES, SIDE STREETS, RANDOM HEARTS and COMPANY MAN.

Ms. Chalfant was Artist in Residence at the Weill College of Medicine of Cornell University for 2005 - 2006, was the Beineke Fellow at the Yale School of Drama in the Spring of 2006 and again in the fall of 2008 and is a member of the Board of Advisors of MSF/Doctors Without Borders.

BRINK FILM PRESENTS THE LAST NEW YORKER

RELEASE DATE: February 19, 2010 at the Quad Cinema, NYC
DIRECTOR: Harvey Wang
WRITER: Adam Forgash
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Richard Macary, Todd Olson
PRODUCERS: Danny Vinik, Adam Forgash
STARRING: Dominic Chianese, Dick Latessa, Kathleen Chalfant and Josh Hamilton
RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes
RATING: Unrated

Link to trailer and further information: www.lastnewyorker.com.

Lifelong friends Lenny Sugarman (Dominic Chianese) and Ruben Liebner (Dick Latessa), both in their 70s, both dyed-in-the-wool New Yorkers, barely recognize the Manhattan of their youth. The city they've loved for decades has become a playground for the rich.

THE LAST NEW YORKER is a tale of friendship, love and the world's greatest city -- and how all three keep us young and make us feel alive.

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