Screening Party

Screening Party

25 mins | Comedy | June 21, 2008

When journalist Dennis gets assigned to write about Pretty Woman for Marquee magazine's “Hooray for Hollywood Hookers” issue, he invites five friends over to screen, celebrate and skewer the modern-day Cinderella story. The partiers include his roommate Tony, a burnt-out cruise ship crooner who's desperately looking for a new gig on land; Lauren, a relationship-challenged aspiring stand-up comic; Marcos, a sweet-natured attorney who never met a tangent he couldn't go off on; Ross, an Opera-loving video clerk with multiple tattoos and arsenal of movie fun facts at the ready; and Dr. Beverly Beaverman, the shrink next door who finds Freudian psychological meanings in everything she sees. Together, they do their best to make sense of the 1990 Richard Gere-Julia Roberts romantic comedy classic while discovering that the movie's themes—sex, money, sex for money—resonate in their lives in ways both ridiculous and profound.

Screening Party

25 mins | Comedy | June 21, 2008

Screening Party
When journalist Dennis gets assigned to write about Pretty Woman for Marquee magazine's “Hooray for Hollywood Hookers” issue, he invites five friends over to screen, celebrate and skewer the modern-day Cinderella story. The partiers include his roommate Tony, a burnt-out cruise ship crooner who's desperately looking for a new gig on land; Lauren, a relationship-challenged aspiring stand-up comic; Marcos, a sweet-natured attorney who never met a tangent he couldn't go off on; Ross, an Opera-loving video clerk with multiple tattoos and arsenal of movie fun facts at the ready; and Dr. Beverly Beaverman, the shrink next door who finds Freudian psychological meanings in everything she sees. Together, they do their best to make sense of the 1990 Richard Gere-Julia Roberts romantic comedy classic while discovering that the movie's themes—sex, money, sex for money—resonate in their lives in ways both ridiculous and profound.
Producers Velvet Candy Entertainment, Wait...What? Productions
Original title Screening Party
Directors Mike Mannarino, Chelsea Huff, Chil Kong
Writers Dennis Hensley

Cast

Dennis Hensley

as Dennis

Erin Quill

as Lauren

Tony Tripoli

as Tony

Felix Pire

as Marcos

Ossie Beck

as Ross

Nora Burns

as Dr. Beverly Beaverman

Chil Kong

as Barry

Todd Christian Hunter

as Danny Dancer

Eli Eagle

as Peter

Justin Marco

as Young Dennis

Bob McEwen

as Mr. H.

Debbie Praver

as Bronx Chick 1

Julie Mann

as Bronx Chick 2

Judi Evans

as Amy

Bridgette Wright

as Marcos' Assistant

Danny Casillas

as Beaverman's Patient

John Carrozza

as Barrista

Phil Young

as Cop 2

Derek Livingston

as Club Trade Bouncer

Doug Prinzivalli

as Doug the Bartender