Jack Dunn Indie musical “Heart Strings” will have its Los Angeles premiere June 30 at American Cinematheque‘s Loz Feliz Theater.
Director Ate de Jong (“Drop Dead Fred”) co-wrote the film with Steven Gaydos, Variety executive VP, Global Content, who is also co-producing. “It’s a great honor to screen at the American Cinematheque.
And especially to play the film at their Los Feliz location where ‘Heart Strings’ first began as a screenplay decades ago when I lived there after working on a Roger Corman film in Georgia,” Gaydos said. “Fans of 1970s American indie cinema might be surprised to find that Ate de Jong has just made an audience-engaging film with the subversive spirit and maverick attitude of that time.
It only took 50 years to get the job done, which I hope makes Francis Coppola feel better about ‘Megalopolis!’” “Heart Strings” follows phony lovebirds Lucky (Sam Varga) and Billie (Maggie Koerner) who lie their way to stardom while competing on a music competition TV show.
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