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Annabella Sciorra and Aaron Poole signed with Abrams Artists Agency for representation in all theatrical. Sciorra received an Emmy nomination in 2001 for her role as Tony Soprano’s temperamental flame Gloria Trillo in HBO's The Sopranos and was a series regular in Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Her numerous credits also include Spike Lee's Jungle Fever and Curtis Hanson's The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. More recently, she appeared in the features Friends and Romans, Wishi…...

Annabella Sciorra and Aaron Poole signed with Abrams Artists Agency for representation in all theatrical. Sciorra received an Emmy nomination in 2001 for her role as Tony Soprano’s temperamental flame Gloria Trillo in HBO's The Sopranos and was a series regular in Law and Order: Criminal Intent. Her numerous credits also include Spike Lee's Jungle Fever and Curtis Hanson's The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. More recently, she appeared in the features Friends and Romans, Wishi…...

Persistently setting out to prove how diverse your range, personality and abilities are can be a daunting task, whether you’re trying to prove that your professional talents are unique, or you want to move past personal and cultural stereotypes. Taking the first steps to show that adaptability can be challenging because people are often unwilling to change their minds and see you for who you truly are. That harrowing process of bravely demonstrating your real skills to the world is grippingly showcased in writer-director Christopher Kublan’s new comedy, ‘Friends and Romans,’ which is now playing in a limited theatrical release nationwide. ‘Friends and Romans’ follows Nick DeMaio (Rispoli), an aspiring [ Read More ]

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Determinedly setting out to prove how versatile your range, personality and abilities are can be a daunting task, whether you wish to demonstrate that your professional talents are distinctly unique, or you want to move past personal and cultural stereotypes. Taking the first steps to show that adaptability can be challenging because people are often unwilling to change their minds and see you for who you truly are. That harrowing process of bravely demonstrating your real skills to the world is grippingly showcased in the new trailer for the upcoming comedy, ‘Friends and Romance,’ which is exclusively premiering on Shockya. The characters in ‘Friends and Romans,’ much like the film’s [ Read More ]

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Mark Urman’s distribution company and the film’s producer will release the farce in October.

Friends And Romans stars Michael Rispoli and Annabella Sciorra and features eight cast members from The Sopranos including Tony Sirico, Paul Ben-Victor, Anthony DeSando and Katie Stevens. Christopher Kublan directed.

The Staten Island-set story charts an aspiring actor’s bid for respectability as he and his friends stage Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, only for the FBI to mistake the production for a mafia front.

The film opened the 2014 Woodstock Film Festival and won the audience award for best narrative feature at the Boston International Film Festival.

The film will open in late October in Philadelphia and Providence, Rhode Island, before heading to New York in November.