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You Can Go Home Again, Sometimes with a Feature Film Under Your Belt!

A Comedy about Friendship, Family and Faith,
HAPPY HOLIDAYS is the Product of Local Talent

Burbank, CA – James C. Ferguson couldn’t be happier to return to his New England this fall. Most likely, it’s because the producer/director/writer is returning home with his own independent feature-length film, HAPPY HOLIDAYS, screening at the S.N.O.B. (Somewhat North of Boston) Film Festival in Concord, New Hampshire on Sunday, November 11th.

Ferguson isn’t the only local talent involved in the project (Ferguson grew up in Rhode Island and attended high school at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire.). Lead actor Paul Hungerford was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield County, having lived in the towns of Trumball, Fairfield and Weston. Make-up artist Sekinah Erskine is from New Haven, Connecticut, and many of the crew Ferguson gathered are fellow Emerson College alumni, including: actors Hungerford, John Crye, Mike D’Alonzo and Robyn Simms; writer Thomas J. Misuraca; director of photography Josh Blakeslee; editor Tim Stepich; and actress/unit photographer Molly Beck-Ferguson.

Much of HAPPY HOLIDAYS was shot in Ferguson’s Rhode Island neighborhood. All of the most striking exterior images were filmed just after a fresh snowfall in March 2006, a gift from Mother Nature “that we lucked into, because the season had been snowless up until the day we started filming,” recalls Ferguson. One of the most memorable interior scenes was shot in the gymnasium at the middle school where Ferguson, Blakeslee and casting director Kirk Moody attended together. “It was totally fun and comfortable, going back to our old stomping grounds to shoot the footage. Best of all, everyone we encountered was supportive and excited for us, which really motivated the cast and crew,” claims Ferguson.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS is the story of three high school friends who unexpectedly reunite in their New England hometown the week before Christmas. Now in their mid-thirties, it’s the first time Patrick, Alden and Kirby have all been in the same zip code since their high school graduation. Life has taken them in very different directions and now they have a hard time finding common ground, especially when it comes to matters of morality, responsibility and faith. While discussions about religious pluralism and lifestyle differences may seem out of place in a comedy, there’s plenty of irreverent banter and humorous situations to lighten things up.

For additional information, including a teaser trailer, please visit www.happyholidaysthemovie.com or myspace.com/happyholidaysthemovie. Tickets to the November 11th, 3:15 PM screening of HAPPY HOLIDAYS at the S.N.O.B. (Somewhat North of Boston) Film Festival can be obtained through the Red River Theaters box office here: http://www.redrivertheatres.org/index.php. (For information of the S.N.O.B. film festival, please go here: http://www.snobfilmfestival.org/)

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