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COOPER - Wayne Reynolds
A first-time film actor and Sweetzer's leading man, Wayne's character,
Cooper, was originally developed in a one-man show called "Sensitive,"
that he performed in 2002 at the Salvation Theatre in Silverlake.
"Sensitive" played to full houses and favorable reviews, with L.A.
Weekly writing, "Wayne glides through his one-man two act tale...
eliciting laughs from the sheer absurdity of his situation, which he
builds steadily until the side-splitting denouement."
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CINDY - Jen Dede
"Entourage," "Gilmore Girls," "ER," indie films. Some say there are two kinds of women: The kind you want to go to bed with and the kind you want to wake up next to in the morning. Jen Dede is both. From television, to theatre, to indie films: chops and smarts, she hails from Chicago.
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SERGIO - Jorge Garcia
He caught the attention of everyone in Hollywood with his portrayal of
a pot dealer on "Curb Your Enthusiasm," then went on to fame playing
Hurley on the hit show "LOST". But before all this happened, when
Sweetzer director Wayne Reynolds was crashing acting classes, looking
for people to work with, he saw Jorge, nudged a friend, and said,
"If that guy can act, I'm gonna write something for him."
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GLISSY - Jessa French
"The Shield," "Without A Trace" and "Bones". Upcoming: the role of Blowing Leaf in the hilarious film, "Enlightened!" check out www.jessafrench.com
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MITCH - Bryan Callen
"Mad TV," "Fat Actress,” “Entourage,” “Las Vegas,” “How I Met Your Mother” and more than 40 other film and television credits. A stand-up comedian who travels the country he still finds time for art, love and big fat juicy intellectual novels.
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CHARRETTE - Erika Heenan-Medici
Actress and model, she plays the evil ex-girlfriend. Erika had only
been in town for two weeks when she auditioned for Sweetzer and landed
the role of Charrette.
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COYOTE - Coyote Shivers
Empire Records, Johnny Mnemonic, Down and Out with the Dolls. He's a
rock star. He does a cameo in the Sex Addicts Meeting.
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BONNIE - Terryn Westbrook
Terryn most recently appeared on the hit show “Weeds,” and in David Lynch's
“Inland Empire.” In Sweetzer she not only played a yogini named Bonnie, but she also designed stuffed animals for the art department and worked as a singer/songwriter on the soundtrack.
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ZORAN - George Katt
Leading roles include “In the Gray” and “Valley of Angels” (Best Break-through actor NY Int’l Independent Film and Video Festival) In Sweetzer, George gives a quick comedic turn as the philandering neighbor. www.GeorgeKatt.com
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KELLY/BAMBI - Shannah Laumeister
Bullets over Broadway, The Brady Bunch, Nobody's Fool, "NYPD Blue," and the HBO Film "61." Shannah wrote and directed “No Destination” and is making a documentary about legendary photographer Bert Stern who’s photographed her since she was 13.
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BARNABY - William Schallert
With over 300 movie and television credits to his name, he is perhaps best known as
the father on "The Patty Duke Show" and as the Federation Undersecretary Nilz Baris
in the "Trouble with Tribbles" episode of the original Star Trek. In Sweetzer,
he is the old man who won't come out of the bathroom.
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WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER - Wayne Reynolds
Wayne Reynolds' award winning short films include the American Film Institute's "Laura
Sobers" and the experimental surf movie, "This Town Will Tear You Apart," made in collaberation
with the painter, Barnaby Levy. Sweetzer is Wayne's first feature as a writer,
producer, and director.
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CINEMATOGRAPHER - Reinhart Peschke
The 7th Commandment, Fascination, Woman, Thou Art Loosed.
Worked as Chief Lighting Technician with two-time Oscar winning Cinematographer
Robert Richardson on the ground-breaking Natural Born Killers, Peschke has
gone on to work as a cinematographer himself, sharing his incredible lighting
skills with independent filmmakers.
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PRODUCER - Mark Gordon
An all around filmmaker, he is a cinematographer in his own right, shooting
Secretary director Steve Shainberg's first feature, Hit Me.
Mark has produced over sixteen feature films.
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CASTING CONSULTANT - Ellen Parks
Responsible for early casting of actors such as Scarlett Johansson, Mark Rufalo,
and Maggie Gyllenhall, she has worked as a casting director for several amazing
independent filmmakers at the beginning of their careers: David O. Russel, Steven
Shainberg, and the Cohen Brothers. New York based, she still found time to help
out the writer/director Wayne Reynolds and vet his casting choices for Sweetzer.
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ORIGINAL SCORE - David Wirth
A graduate of the Berklee College of Music, David's been playing bass, piano, and
guitar since he was a boy. Influenced by music of every kind, he has played on stages
from NY to LA. He scored the Academy Award finalist short film, "Time Out," as well
as many other TV and film projects.
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