Bleecker Street Buys UFO Drama ‘Jules’ Starring Ben Kingsley
variety.comManori Ravindran Executive Editor of International Bleecker Street has acquired the North American rights to “Jules” from director Marc Turtletaub (“Puzzle”) and starring Ben Kingsley, Harriet Sansom Harris, Zoe Winters, Jade Quon and Jane Curtin.
Written by Gavin Steckler (“Review”), “Jules” made its world premiere at this year’s Sonoma International Film Festival where it was the opening night film and won the Stolman Audience Award for Best Feature.
Bleecker Street will release the film in theaters on August 11. “Jules” follows Milton (Kingsley) who lives a quiet life of routine in a small western Pennsylvania town, but finds his day upended when a UFO and its extra-terrestrial passenger crash land in his backyard.
Before long, Milton develops a close relationship with the extra-terrestrial he calls “Jules.” However, things become complicated when two neighbors (Harris and Curtin) discover Jules and the government quickly closes in.
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