John Shea (6/12 Northern Borders)
Excerpt from Kickstarter 6/13/12: John Shea | Northern Borders
Northern Borders Film -- Post-Production
by Movies from Marlboro
We’re a group of 27 students and 7 recent grads from 16 colleges, including Marlboro College, Boston University, Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, George Washington, NYU, Sarah Lawrence, Columbia, Champlain, Smith, Wheaton, Connecticut College, Plymouth State, University of Connecticut, Vassar, and Cornell. We’ve been working alongside 20 professionals make an ambitious 1950’s period feature film, Northern Borders, based on Howard Mosher’s award-winning 1994 novel that tells the story of 10 year-old Austen Kittredge, who is sent to live with his grandparents, whose charged relationship is called “the Forty Years War.” Faced with daily challenges on his grandparent’s farm, Austen must navigate their difficult relationship, a new way of life, and the surprising characters he meets.
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Other actors include: 10 year-old Jacqueline Hennessey (30 Rock andSaturday Night Live), Rusty DeWees (The Logger, Pieces of April, Black Dog), Jay O' Sanders (Tumbleweeds, JFK, Glory, Half Nelson), John Rothman (Sophie’s Choice, Ghostbusters, Zelig, Purple Rose of Cairo), John Shea (Missing, Southie, Lois and Clark), Mark Margolis (The Wrestler, Pi, Scarface, Gone Baby Gone, Breaking Bad), Tom Bodett (NPR's Wait Wait Don't Tell Me). ALSO: Irene Shamas, Jim Fitzpatrick, Kaley Ronanye, Alicia Lyn Hunt, Brent Crawford, John Kiedaisch, Karin Shearer, John Griesemer, Tara O'Reilly, and Nettie Lane.
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Boston.com 7/17/12: John Shea
Chris Noth heads to Nantucket for film benefit
Mark Shanahan and Meredith Goldstein July 17, 2012
“The Good Wife” and “Sex and the City” star Chris Noth will be on Nantucket on Aug. 4 as part of a benefit for the Dreamland Film & Performing Arts Center’s foundation and the movie “Northern Borders,” which stars Bruce Dern, Jessica Hecht, John Shea, and Geneviève Bujold. The film, which was made in Vermont and is based on the novel by Howard Frank Mosher, is in the post-production phase.
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Excerpt from Wilton Town Hall Theatre 8/13: John Shea
Jay Craven’s Northern Borders to Launch NH Barnstorming Tour August 7th in Wilton
Award-winning director Jay Craven will present his most recent Vermont film, “Northern Borders,” at a series of New Hampshire venues, starting Thursday, August 7th at the Wilton Town Hall Theatre.
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“Northern Borders” stars Academy Award nominees Bruce Dern (“Nebraska”) and Geneviève Bujold (“Anne of a Thousand Days,” “King of Hearts”) and Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (“Moonrise Kingdom” and “Before Midnight”). The picture also features 2010 Tony Award nominee Jessica Hecht (“Sideways,” “Friends”), John Shea, Jay O. Sanders, Mark Margolis, Tom Bodett, Rusty Dewees, and John Rothman.
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Excerpt from Kingdom County 8/6/13: John Shea
Northern Borders Live in Nantucket with Special Guest Bruce Dern!
Principal Cast: Academy Award nominees Bruce Dern (The Great Gatsby, Coming Home) and Geneviève Bujold (Anne of a Thousand Days, King of Hearts), Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (Moonrise Kingdom) and Jessica Hecht (Sideways, Seinfeld) - with a gracious cameo by Theater Workshop of Nantucket’s artistic director, John Shea (Southie, Costa-Gavras’ Missing).
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Excerpt from Goddard College 8/11/13: John Shea
Film Screening: "Northern Borders" by Jay Craven
Sun, 08/11/2013 - 7:30pm
Haybarn Theatre at Goddard College, 123 Pitkin Rd.
Plainfield, VT
A screening of Jay Craven's new film Northern Borders with special guests Jay Craven (MA '78) & Howard Frank Mosher! Presented by Goddard's MA in Health Arts & Sciences and MA in Individualized Studies programs. Advanced tickets $10 online - Click Here to purchase. | $12 at the door.
Northern Borders tells the story of ten year-old Austen Kittredge, who is sent by his father to live on his grandparents’ Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets.
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The film marks Jay Craven’s fifth collaboration with writer Howard Frank Mosher and it stars Academy Award nominated actors Bruce Dern (Coming Home, Hitchcock’s Family Plot) and Geneviève Bujold (Anne of a Thousand Days, King of Hearts), Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick (Moonrise Kingdom), Jessica Hecht (Sideways, Seinfeld), and a supporting cast of Mark Margolis (Scarface, The Wrestler), John Shea (Missing, Lois and Clark), Jay O’ Sanders (JFK, Tumbleweeds), John Rothman (Sophie’s Choice, Ghostbusters), Tom Bodett (NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me), Jim Fitzpatrick (The Lottery), Brent Crawford (Sex and the City) and 6 Vermont and NH actors: Rusty Dewees, John Griesemer, John Kiedaisch, Karin Shearer, Tara O’Reilly, and Nettie Lane.
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