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STANLEY'S GIRLFRIEND (EPISODE FROM "TRAPPED ASHES")

Out of Competition
Directed by :
Monte HELLMAN 
Country:
USA, JAPAN
Year:
2006
Duration:
27.00 minutes

Synopsis

In Hollywood, 1957, two ambitious young filmmakers become unlikely friends: Leo, writer of sadistic little B-pictures like "The Strangler" and a soon-to-be-famous director named Stanley. They find they share a passion for photography, jazz -- and chess. During all-night chess matches, the two men open their creative souls to each other. Nothing could come between them -- until the day Stanley shows up with a mysterious girlfriend, Nina. There’s something ancient and modern about her, some indefinable, irresistible quality that drives Stanley half-mad with desire, turning his back on his work, his films, his friend Leo.

After a long silence, Leo receives an invitation to play chess one afternoon -- but when he arrives at the apartment, he finds Stanley has left town on a film project, leaving girlfriend Nina behind. Leo can’t resist tasting the forbidden fruit, even if it means betraying his best friend Stanley. But he soon discovers that Nina’s love comes with its own terrible price to pay ...

"Stanley's Girlfriend" is the third episode in the anthology horror film TRAPPED ASHES, which features segments directed by Monte Hellman, Joe Dante, Ken Russell, Sean Cunningham and John Gaeta. The story revolves around a group of tourists visiting a Hollywood movie studio who find themselves trapped
inside the decaying set from a legendary horror film, and wind up revealing their own personal stories of the bizarre, the erotic and the terrifying.


Monte HELLMAN

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Contacts and useful links

Production

TRAPPED ASHES LLC - Dennis BARTOK - Brunswick Avenue - T : +1 323 953 8428 - F : + 1 323 653 5579 - dennisbartok@aol.com ELEPHANT STUDIOS (ETATS-UNIS) FIVE WINDOWS (ETATS-UNIS) CINEMA INVESTMENT FUND (JAPON) TOKYO BROADCASTING SYSTEM INTERNATIONAL (ETATS-UNIS) ASMIK ACE (JAPON)

International press

Greg MIELCARZ - T : + 1 213 675-6476 - F : - greg@connected-pr.com

Foreign sales

ARCLIGHT FILMS - T : +1 310 777 8855 - gary@arclightfilms.com - www.arclightfilms.com

The Official Selection 2006

Out of Competition