The Paper Store (2016 Film)
The Paper Store is a 2016 film directed by Nicholas Gray, and written by Katharine Clark Gray and the director, adapted from her acclaimed play 516 (five-sixteen). The film is produced by Jonathan Gray (of no relation), John Grossman, and casting director Bonnie Timmermann (Heat, Armageddon, Black Hawk Down). The film stars Stef Dawson, Penn Badgley, and Richard Kind, and focuses on "a revenge tale about a former college student who forges essays for cash, the grad student who becomes her lover, and the professor who discovers their scheme." [1]
Cast
- Stef Dawson as Annalee
- Penn Badgley as Sigurd
- Richard Kind as Professor Marty Kane
- Clifton Dunn as Hooper
- Caitlin Mehner as Emily
Production
The Paper Store is a film adaptation of Katharine Clark Gray's acclaimed play 516 (five-sixteen), workshopped at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2007 and singled out as a must-see production,[2] with four out of five stars on Time Out (magazine).[3] 516 received its first professional debut through Philadelphia Theater Workshop in 2010, culminating plans to adapt the play into a film shortly thereafter.
Katharine and her husband, Nicholas Gray, were producing partners at A Chip & A Chair Films (If You Could Say It In Words) for eight years before branching off to create Uncompromised Creative. The company partnered with producers Jonathan Gray, Bonnie Timmermann, John Gorssman, and Co-Executive Producers Actium Pictures to make The Paper Store, Uncompromised Creative's feature debut.[1]
Filming took place in New York City and Syracuse, NY.
Reception
Festival Selections & Awards
2016
- Manchester International Film Festival, with a Jury Special Mention for Lead Actor (Penn Badgley).
- Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival
- Manhattan Film Festival - named Best Dramatic Feature [4]
- Oxford International Film Festival
Critical Reception
- Named Best Drama of 2016[5] by the LA Film Review
- The Manchester Evening News named The Paper Store as one of the "six best films you have to see" of the Manchester Film Festival,[6] and FranklyMyDear hailed it as "the ultimate tale of romance and revenge set in academia."[7]
References
- 1 2 "The Paper Store Movie".
- ↑ "516 (five sixteen)".
- ↑ "Time Out New York's Fringe Binge".
- ↑ "Manhattan Film Festival - Awards selections". Facebook.com. April 25, 2016.
- ↑ "2016 LAFR Award Winners". LOS ANGELES FILM REVIEW. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
- ↑ "Manchester Film Festival 2016: Six of the Best Films You Have To See".
- ↑ "Film Review: The Paper Store - #MANIFF2016".