by Larry Richman
October 20, 2006 1:18 PM

"Black Irish" is having its World Premiere here tomorrow night. The film stars Michael Angarano, Brendan Gleeson, Tom Guiry, Melissa Leo, Emily VanCamp, and Michael Rispoli. Shot in sweltering Boston in the summer of 2005, the blurb for the film says, "This tale chronicles the trials and tribulations of Cole McKay (Angarano), 15, an obedient son who yearns for the attentions of his emotionally remote father (Gleeson). Cole is by turns nurtured and abandoned by the rest of his family; his sister Kathleen (VanCamp), older derelict brother Jack (Guiry), and rigid mother Margaret (Leo). As the tale unfolds each family member undergoes a crisis of their own, their individual arcs interweaving until a heart-wrenching climax."

I'll be attending the screening tomorrow, of course, but tonight I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with writer/director/producer Brad Gann.

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