Fling (film)
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Fling, internationally titled Lie to Me, is an independent film
about a couple navigating the hazards of an open relationship
. It is the feature directorial debut of director John Stewart Muller
and stars Brandon Routh
, Steve Sandvoss
, Courtney Ford
, Nick Wechsler
, Shoshana Bush
and Ellen Hollman
. It is the first feature from Santa Monica-based Steele Films and was written and produced by John Stewart Muller
and his partner Laura Boersma
.
Fling features Brandon Routh
in his first lead role since Superman Returns
. It premiered to a sold out crowd at the 2008 Newport Beach Film Festival
on April 26 in the Lido Theater on the Balboa Peninsula. The film received an award for "Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking" from the festival's jury.
Fling had its official Los Angeles premiere on October 18th at the Fine Arts Theatre on Wilshire Blvd. as part of the 2008 LA Femme Film Festival.
Shortly thereafter, it had its completely sold out East Coast premiere on November 7 at the 2008 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. One week later on November 14, Fling had its Midwest premiere at the Screenland Theatre in the Crossroads District of Kansas City, Missouri
which kicked off a month-long run at the theater.
Fling had its international premiere at the 2008 Bahamas International Film Festival
on December 5, 2008. North American distribution is being handled by Peace Arch Entertainment and the DVD was released on March 24, 2009.
) and Mason (Steve Sandvoss
) are the picture perfect couple: young, attractive, successful, and madly in love. At her sister Allison’s (Ellen Hollman
) idyllic spring wedding, Samantha, a twenty-something fashion designer, finds herself irresistibly drawn back into the arms of her ex-boyfriend, James (Brandon Routh
), a surprise wedding guest. Meanwhile, Mason, a published novelist just shy of thirty, spends a flirtatious evening culminating in a steamy hot tub
encounter with his best friend Luke’s (Nick Wechsler
) 18-year-old sister, Olivia (Shoshana Bush
). Carefully sneaking out of James’s room, Sam is startled by Mason and confesses her affair. But Mason’s reaction is not quite what is expected.
So begins Fling. This twist on the classic love story addresses concerns that every couple must deal with: honesty, jealousy, commitment, maturity, understanding and ultimately the capacity for love.
The supporting cast includes Mousa Kraish
, Deborah Rush
, Tamar Kaprelian
, Diana Newton, and Joshua C. Hunt.
, whose work on the Little Miss Sunshine
soundtrack resulted in a Grammy
nomination.
The film was shot in and around Kansas City, Missouri
.
Independent film
An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...
about a couple navigating the hazards of an open relationship
Open relationship
An open relationship is an interpersonal relationship in which the parties want to be together but agree to a form of a non-monogamous relationship. This means that they agree that a romantic or sexual relationship with another person is accepted, permitted, or tolerated...
. It is the feature directorial debut of director John Stewart Muller
John Stewart Muller
John Stewart Muller is an American motion picture and television commercial director.- Biography :Muller was born in Washington D.C. and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, where he attended the Pembroke Hill School before moving to Los Angeles to study film at Loyola Marymount University. He began...
and stars Brandon Routh
Brandon Routh
Brandon James Routh is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2006, he gained greater recognition for his role as the titular hero...
, Steve Sandvoss
Steve Sandvoss
Steve Sandvoss is an American actor.-Career:Sandvoss's break as an actor came when he landed the role of a football star competing against Will Estes in the NBC drama series American Dreams. His other television roles include appearances on Dr...
, Courtney Ford
Courtney Ford
Courtney Braden Ford is an American actress. She was born in Orange County, California, and moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.- Career :...
, Nick Wechsler
Nick Wechsler
Nick Wechsler is an American actor best known for his role as Kyle Valenti in the The WB teen drama series Roswell . He stars as Jack Porter on the ABC drama series Revenge.-Life and career:...
, Shoshana Bush
Shoshana Bush
-Career:Bush is a native of Tiburon, California. She has made guest appearances on television series such as CSI: Miami, Moonlight and Ghost Whisperer. In 2007, she co-starred alongside Tom Arnold in Palo Alto and then appeared in the 2008 film Fling...
and Ellen Hollman
Ellen Hollman
-Biography:Hollman was born in Detroit, Michigan, and eventually moved to Troy, Michigan where she graduated from Troy High School. She made her television debut on an episode of Malcolm in the Middle in 2005, before going on to appear in fourth season of The O.C. as young Kirsten Nichol in a...
. It is the first feature from Santa Monica-based Steele Films and was written and produced by John Stewart Muller
John Stewart Muller
John Stewart Muller is an American motion picture and television commercial director.- Biography :Muller was born in Washington D.C. and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, where he attended the Pembroke Hill School before moving to Los Angeles to study film at Loyola Marymount University. He began...
and his partner Laura Boersma
Laura Boersma
Laura Boersma is an American film producer best known for 2008's Fling .- Biography :...
.
Fling features Brandon Routh
Brandon Routh
Brandon James Routh is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2006, he gained greater recognition for his role as the titular hero...
in his first lead role since Superman Returns
Superman Returns
Superman Returns is a 2006 superhero film directed by Bryan Singer. It is the fifth and final installment in the original Superman film series and serves as a alternate sequel to Superman and Superman II by ignoring the events of Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace .The film stars...
. It premiered to a sold out crowd at the 2008 Newport Beach Film Festival
Newport Beach Film Festival
The Newport Beach Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Newport Beach, California, that showcases more than 350 films to more than 30,000 attendees annually....
on April 26 in the Lido Theater on the Balboa Peninsula. The film received an award for "Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking" from the festival's jury.
Fling had its official Los Angeles premiere on October 18th at the Fine Arts Theatre on Wilshire Blvd. as part of the 2008 LA Femme Film Festival.
Shortly thereafter, it had its completely sold out East Coast premiere on November 7 at the 2008 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival. One week later on November 14, Fling had its Midwest premiere at the Screenland Theatre in the Crossroads District of Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
which kicked off a month-long run at the theater.
Fling had its international premiere at the 2008 Bahamas International Film Festival
Bahamas International Film Festival
Bahamas International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in early December in the Bahamas, founded in 2004.The Bahamas International Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the local community and international visitors with a diverse presentation of films...
on December 5, 2008. North American distribution is being handled by Peace Arch Entertainment and the DVD was released on March 24, 2009.
Plot
By all appearances, Samantha (Courtney FordCourtney Ford
Courtney Braden Ford is an American actress. She was born in Orange County, California, and moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.- Career :...
) and Mason (Steve Sandvoss
Steve Sandvoss
Steve Sandvoss is an American actor.-Career:Sandvoss's break as an actor came when he landed the role of a football star competing against Will Estes in the NBC drama series American Dreams. His other television roles include appearances on Dr...
) are the picture perfect couple: young, attractive, successful, and madly in love. At her sister Allison’s (Ellen Hollman
Ellen Hollman
-Biography:Hollman was born in Detroit, Michigan, and eventually moved to Troy, Michigan where she graduated from Troy High School. She made her television debut on an episode of Malcolm in the Middle in 2005, before going on to appear in fourth season of The O.C. as young Kirsten Nichol in a...
) idyllic spring wedding, Samantha, a twenty-something fashion designer, finds herself irresistibly drawn back into the arms of her ex-boyfriend, James (Brandon Routh
Brandon Routh
Brandon James Routh is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2006, he gained greater recognition for his role as the titular hero...
), a surprise wedding guest. Meanwhile, Mason, a published novelist just shy of thirty, spends a flirtatious evening culminating in a steamy hot tub
Hot tub
A hot tub is a large tub or small pool full of heated water and used for soaking, relaxation, massage, or hydrotherapy. In most cases, they have jets for massage purposes. Hot tubs are usually located outdoors, and are often sheltered for protection from the elements, as well as for privacy....
encounter with his best friend Luke’s (Nick Wechsler
Nick Wechsler
Nick Wechsler is an American actor best known for his role as Kyle Valenti in the The WB teen drama series Roswell . He stars as Jack Porter on the ABC drama series Revenge.-Life and career:...
) 18-year-old sister, Olivia (Shoshana Bush
Shoshana Bush
-Career:Bush is a native of Tiburon, California. She has made guest appearances on television series such as CSI: Miami, Moonlight and Ghost Whisperer. In 2007, she co-starred alongside Tom Arnold in Palo Alto and then appeared in the 2008 film Fling...
). Carefully sneaking out of James’s room, Sam is startled by Mason and confesses her affair. But Mason’s reaction is not quite what is expected.
So begins Fling. This twist on the classic love story addresses concerns that every couple must deal with: honesty, jealousy, commitment, maturity, understanding and ultimately the capacity for love.
Cast
- Brandon RouthBrandon RouthBrandon James Routh is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on multiple television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2006, he gained greater recognition for his role as the titular hero...
- James - Steve SandvossSteve SandvossSteve Sandvoss is an American actor.-Career:Sandvoss's break as an actor came when he landed the role of a football star competing against Will Estes in the NBC drama series American Dreams. His other television roles include appearances on Dr...
- Mason - Courtney FordCourtney FordCourtney Braden Ford is an American actress. She was born in Orange County, California, and moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.- Career :...
- Sam - Shoshana BushShoshana Bush-Career:Bush is a native of Tiburon, California. She has made guest appearances on television series such as CSI: Miami, Moonlight and Ghost Whisperer. In 2007, she co-starred alongside Tom Arnold in Palo Alto and then appeared in the 2008 film Fling...
- Olivia - Nick WechslerNick WechslerNick Wechsler is an American actor best known for his role as Kyle Valenti in the The WB teen drama series Roswell . He stars as Jack Porter on the ABC drama series Revenge.-Life and career:...
- Luke - Ellen HollmanEllen Hollman-Biography:Hollman was born in Detroit, Michigan, and eventually moved to Troy, Michigan where she graduated from Troy High School. She made her television debut on an episode of Malcolm in the Middle in 2005, before going on to appear in fourth season of The O.C. as young Kirsten Nichol in a...
- Alison - Deborah RushDeborah RushDeborah Rush is an American actress.Rush has worked in television, film and on Broadway. In 1984, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off. She also acted in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot...
- Katherine - Mousa KraishMousa KraishMousa Kraish is an American actor and director, who has appeared in several Hollywood films including Steven Spielberg's 2005 film "Munich".Kraish was born in 1975 in Brooklyn, New York to Palestinian parents from the West Bank city of Jericho...
- Patrick - Diana Newton - Amy
- Mary Kay Riley - Brooke
- Erin McGrane - Becky
- Ginny Weirick - Jessica
- Makinna Ridgway - Jenni
- Brandon White - Josh
- Lahcen Anajjar - Tom
- Tamar KaprelianTamar KaprelianTamar Kaprelian is an Armenian American musician and singer. She is best known for her single "New Day" and for winning the OneRepublic "Apologize" Cover Contest in March 2008...
- Kim
The supporting cast includes Mousa Kraish
Mousa Kraish
Mousa Kraish is an American actor and director, who has appeared in several Hollywood films including Steven Spielberg's 2005 film "Munich".Kraish was born in 1975 in Brooklyn, New York to Palestinian parents from the West Bank city of Jericho...
, Deborah Rush
Deborah Rush
Deborah Rush is an American actress.Rush has worked in television, film and on Broadway. In 1984, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play for Michael Frayn's comedy Noises Off. She also acted in Stephen Adly Guirgis' The Last Days of Judas Iscariot...
, Tamar Kaprelian
Tamar Kaprelian
Tamar Kaprelian is an Armenian American musician and singer. She is best known for her single "New Day" and for winning the OneRepublic "Apologize" Cover Contest in March 2008...
, Diana Newton, and Joshua C. Hunt.
Production
Fling features original music by Nick Urata, the frontman for the band DeVotchKaDeVotchKa
DeVotchKa is a four-piece multi-instrumental and vocal ensemble. They take their name from the Russian word devochka , meaning "girl"...
, whose work on the Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine
Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama film. The road movie's plot follows a family's trip to a children's beauty pageant.Little Miss Sunshine was the directorial film debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer...
soundtrack resulted in a Grammy
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
nomination.
The film was shot in and around Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
.
External links
- Fling at the 2008 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
- Fling at the 2008 Newport Beach Film FestivalNewport Beach Film FestivalThe Newport Beach Film Festival is a film festival in the United States held in Newport Beach, California, that showcases more than 350 films to more than 30,000 attendees annually....
- Fling at the 2008 Bahamas International Film FestivalBahamas International Film FestivalBahamas International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in early December in the Bahamas, founded in 2004.The Bahamas International Film Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the local community and international visitors with a diverse presentation of films...