The Coverup is a crime/thriller film directed by Brian Jun

Brian Jun

Brian Jun is an American film director, screenwriter, film editor and producer. Jun has made two short films, Jimmy Brown and Researching Raymond Burke. Jun won the Sundance Channel Emerging Director Award in 2006 at the St. Louis Film Festival for his first feature film Steel City...

 and starring Gabriel Mann and Eliza Dushku

Eliza Dushku

Eliza Patricia Dushku is an American actress known for her television roles, including recurring appearances as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel. She starred in two Fox series, Tru Calling and Dollhouse...

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Plot

The story centers on around the mysterious death of repeat drunk driving offender Kevin Thacker and the discovery of his body in an alley behind the Marshalltown, Iowa, police department after his latest DUI arrest.

Cast

• Gabriel Mann as Stu Pepper
• Eliza Dushku
  Eliza Dushku
  Eliza Patricia Dushku is an American actress known for her television roles, including recurring appearances as Faith on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff series Angel. She starred in two Fox series, Tru Calling and Dollhouse...
  
   as Monica Wright
• John Savage
  John Savage (actor)
  John Savage is an American film actor, producer, production manager, and composer.- Acting career :...
  
   as Thomas Thacker
• Michael Welch as Kevin Thacker

Release

The film wrapped production the middle of 2008 and is currently making the festival circuit having already screened in the Austin Film Festival

Austin Film Festival

The Austin Film Festival was started in 1994 in Austin, Texas and is claimed to be "the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s unique creative contribution to the film and television industries"...

, the Hollywood Film Festival

Hollywood Film Festival

The Hollywood Film Festival is an annual Film festival which is located in Los Angeles, California, USA. The Festival was established in 1997 by Carlos de Abreu and his wife, model Janice Pennington....

, the St. Louis International Film Festival

St. Louis International Film Festival

The St. Louis International Film Festival is an annual film festival in St. Louis, Missouri, which has been running since 1992. The coordinating organization changed its name to "Cinema St. Louis" in 2003...

, and the Cedar Rapids Film Festival.

External links

• Hollywood Reporter article