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Saving Grace B. Jones is a suspenseful tale that takes you to a 1950's small town in the Midwest, where a gentle family man, Landy (Michael Biehn), and his wife, Bea (Penelope Ann Miller), fight to release his sister Grace from a state asylum for the insane. Grace (Tatum O'Neal) was sent there after a horrible incident on her wedding day 20 years before left her mentally deranged. Landy brings her home but the local townspeople are distrustful of this damaged woman who alternates between quiet acceptance and wild rants. They soon have bigger problems when a horrific rainstorm threatens to flood the town. In the midst of this natural disaster, Grace experiences a crisis and sets out on a deadly rampage to destroy those who cross her. The unrelenting rain masks the true pathological extremes of an unhinged woman bent on revenge. We have your exclusive look at the DVD box art and poster,...

The Second Annual St. Louis Black Film Festival will be September 15-18 2013 at Wehrenberg Ronnies 20 Cine 5320 Lindbergh Blvd. Saint Louis, Missouri. The first St. Louis Black Film Festival was in February of 2012 and was a classic series, designed to present some black film history during Black History Month, and featured such gems as Raisin In The Sun, Superfly, and Cooley High. This year, all the films screened will be new movies and not only will feature length films be screened, but music videos, short films, and short documentaries as well.

The St. Louis Black Film Festival provides the American Midwest with a forum for African American independent film and video, and also serves as an advocate for African American film and video production in the state of Missouri. The Festival seeks to introduce the best films and videos from the surrounding area to its culturally diverse, film-loving audiences Stlbff was...

She’s been the hot young actress on a TV series, a movie star who played it straight for the biggest comedians of the era, had chart topping hit records, worked as a nightclub singer, starred on Broadway in a Neil Simon play, ran a successful cosmetics company and other businesses and been involved in numerous charities with a special emphasis on veterans, native Americans and the handicapped -- but at age 74, Connie Stevens isn’t finished blazing new trails. On Friday, the movie she conceived, co-wrote, produced and directed, Saving Grace B. Jones, -- based on a true story -- opened in

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New Films Cinema has provided us with an exclusive clip from Saving Grace B. Jones, director Connie Stevens' drama that is currently available through VOD formats before its theatrical release December 14. Michael Biehn stars as a Missouri man in the 1950s who is dealing with the aftermath of a deadly flood. His life becomes even more chaotic when his sister Grace (Tatum O'Neal) moves in after spending some time at a mental hospital. Take a look at this scene where Grace explains what the hardest thing about being crazy really is.

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In the heartland of America, during one of the most disastrous floods in history, the lives of one couple become chaotic when the man's sister comes to live with them after being released from a local insane-asylum.

Saving Grace B. Jones was released December 14th, 2012 and stars Michael Biehn, Tatum O'Neal,...

Watch the trailer and see new images and the poster from Connie Stevens' Saving Grace B. Jones drama. In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family. Available on VOD and in theaters December 14, 2012, the film stars Michael Biehn, Tatum O'Neal, Piper Laurie and Penelope Ann Miller. Stevens helms as well as scripting the film alongside Jeffrey Elison. Also in the cast areEvie Thompson, Joel Gretsh, Rylee Fansler and Scott Wilson.

Watch the trailer and see new images and the poster from Connie Stevens' Saving Grace B. Jones drama. In a 1950s-era Missouri town the life of a couple is thrown into chaos when the husband's sister is released from the local asylum and comes to live with the family. Available on VOD and in theaters December 14, 2012, the film stars Michael Biehn, Tatum O'Neal, Piper Laurie and Penelope Ann Miller. Stevens helms as well as scripting the film alongside Jeffrey Elison. Also in the cast are Evie Thompson, Joel Gretsh, Rylee Fansler and Scott Wilson.

The Artist, a film without dialogue and only a handful of supporting roles, attracted an ensemble of accomplished, well known actors including James Cromwell and Penelope Ann Miller. Cromwell, who plays silent film star George Valentin’s devoted chauffeur, thought the project was too good to pass up after he saw director Michel Hazanavicius’ detailed storyboards which revealed a very clear vision. Penelope Ann Miller, who portrays George’s increasingly disaffected wife, was also intrigued by the notion of acting in a feature-length silent. The period setting held great appeal to the actress, a lifelong movie buff who is extremely knowledgeable about Hollywood cinema history. We sat down with Cromwell and Miller at a roundtable interview to talk about the challenges of doing a silent film. They told us how director Michel Hazanavicius created a perfect environment for the actors that helped put them in the moment, why the artistic...

The acclaimed actress is now directing her second genre feature (the first was last year's thriller Saving Grace B. Jones, which stars Tatum O'Neal as a crazy lady), and it's a western.

After spending around 50 years as an actress, Stevens picked up the directorial badge last year and continues on with her new project Prairie Bones. It takes place in the bleak and stark 1870's Nebraska prairie, and features a young couple trying to eke out a rough living despite horrific tragedy and the dangerous land in which they live.

I have always felt that directing was the natural progression for any creative filmmaker. Many women, especially, start out as actresses (Penny Marshall, Kathryn Bigelow, Jennifer Love-Hewitt, Amber Benson) before moving on to writer and producer. Directing is the ultimate creative control position for anyone in film making, and I'm excited that Connie Stevens has reached that place.

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Tatum O'Neil is an insane and dangerous woman in this new thriller written and directed by Connie Stevens.

Yes. That Connie Stevens. The TV actress and B-movie star from the 1950's (she got her start in flicks like 1957's Eighteen and Anxious and Drag Strip Riot.) You might also remember her as herself in 1988's Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello comeback Back to the Beach, trying to steal Frankie's heart away from Annette. Or as Miss Mason in Grease 2.

Well, she's directed something, and its severely disturbing!

Starring O'Neil as the title character, and costarring Michael Biehn, Piper Laurie, Penelope Ann Miller and Joel Gretsch, Saving Grace B. Jones is a terrifying thriller about a woman with extreme mentak problems who goes a little nuts one night during a chaotic storm. Set in 1950s-era Missouri and with a creepy southern gothic feel, it looks super awesome and Lifetime-tv-y.

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Throughout her 50-year career, renaissance blonde Connie Stevens has been a popular star of movies and TV as well as a recording artist and founder of a hugely successful cosmetics empire. Now with the new film Saving Grace B. Jones, Ms Stevens can add movie director and screenwriter to her list of accomplishments. But I’ll always remember Ms Stevens fondly for a movie she starred in in the mid 70’s. It may not be her proudest moment but the 1976 movie Scorchy is an entertaining action-adventure in which Connie starred as a sexy undercover drug agent who will stop at nothing to break up a violent narcotics-smuggling ring. Scorchy was a fun, if not particularly good, movie aimed squarely at drive-in audiences who like their action spiced with a touch of sexploitation but Scorchy is Not currently available on DVD.

In Scorchy Connie Stevens plays Sgt. Jackie Parker (I have...

“Raising Jeffrey Dahmer” takes a slightly different approach to depicting the life and crimes of the infamous American serial killer, focusing not on the maniac himself, but on his parents, in particular his father. Through this, first time director Rich Ambler is able not only to chart Dahmer’s chilling development, but more importantly to ask questions as to what might have turned him into a killer, and why those closest to him did not realise what he was doing. Originally shot back in 2006, the film is now receiving a region 2 release via Revolver Entertainment on a barebones DVD without extras. The film largely revolves around Jeffrey’s father Lionel (Scott Cordes, also in the likes of “Suspension” and “Saving Grace B. Jones”) and his second wife Sheri (Cathy Barnett), who are forced to look to themselves after his horrific crimes are revealed. As the police (led by exploitation legend...

Summit Entertainment recently released this new movie clip “Psychic Showdown” from the film “Push” by director Paul McGuigan (Four Knights, Lucky Number Slevin) and starring Dakota Fanning (Coraline, Charlotte’s Web), Colin Ford (Jack and the Beanstalk), Joel Gretsch (Saving Grace B. Jones), Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond) and Camilla Belle (Mary Mother of Christ). Synopsis: Chris Evans and Neil Jackson are featured in this clip from Push. A riveting action-thriller, Push burrows deep into the deadly world of psychic espionage where artificially enhanced paranormal operatives have the ability to move objects with their minds, see the future, create new realities and kill without ever touching their victims. Against this setting, a young [...]...

New York -- Tatum O'Neal, Tom Berenger and James Brolin will face deception, corruption and misguided family loyalties in the indie suspense drama "Last Will."

Brigitte Nielsen, Patrick Muldoon, William Shockley, Jeffery Dean, Shawn Huff and Moon Unit Zappa round out director Brent Huff's ensemble cast.

"Will" centers on Hayden (O'Neal), a woman framed for the murder of her wealthy husband (Berenger) in their affluent Midwestern town. With all evidence stacked against her, she's arrested by a detective (Brolin) and begins a quest to uncover the truth.

Landing the central role in "Will" is a triumph for the Apa/Untitled-repped O'Neal. It is her first film since pleading guilty in the summer to disorderly conduct and entering rehab after attempting to purchase drugs.

O'Neal, who recurs role on FX's "Rescue Me," next appears in the indie drama "Saving Grace B. Jones."

Writer Alan Moscowitz's "Will" is produced by Irmgard...