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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.
Credits
- Monte HELLMAN - Director
- Dennis BARTOK - Screenplay
- Zoran POPOVIC - Cinematography
- Robb WILSON KING - Set Designer
- Marcus MANTON - Film Editor
- Rich CROOKS - Sound
Actors
- Amelia COOKE - Nina
- Tahmoh PENIKETT - Leo (Younger)
- Tygh RUNYAN - Stanley
- John SAXON - Leo (Older)
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
- AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH
- AVIDA
- BAMAKO
- BOFFO! TINSELTOWN'S BOMBS AND BLOCKBUSTERS
- CHAMBRE 666
- CHLOPIEC NA GALOPUJACYM KONIU
- CLERKS II
- EL-BANATE DOL
- ELECTION 2
- GUISI
- ICI NAJAC, A VOUS LA TERRE
- INVITATION A WIN WENDERS
- LES SIGNES
- NOUVELLE CHANCE
- OVER THE HEDGE
- PROGRAMME DE COURTS METRAGES
- REQUIEM FOR BILLY THE KID
- SHORTBUS
- SIDA
- SKETCHES OF FRANK GEHRY
- STANLEY'S GIRLFRIEND (EPISODE FROM "TRAPPED ASHES")
- THE DA VINCI CODE
- THE HOUSE IS BURNING
- THE WATER DIARY
- TRANSYLVANIA
- UN LEVER DE RIDEAU
- UNITED 93
- VOLEVO SOLO VIVERE
- X-MEN: THE LAST STAND
- ZIDANE, UN PORTRAIT DU 21ÈME SIÈCLE














