“You Can Choose Your Family” LA Film Festival Premiere Part 2
Director Miranda Bailey
Director Miranda Bailey (“The Diary of a Teenage Girl” “Swiss Army Man” “Norman“), Producer Amanda Marshall (“The Diary of a Teenage Girl” “Swiss Army Man” “Norman“), Composer Craig Richey, and cast: Jim Gaffigan (“Chappaquiddick” “Chuck” “Super Troopers 2” “American Dreamer””), Hayes MacArthur (“Angie Tribeca” “She’s Out of My League” “Life As We Know It”), Isabelle Phillips (“To Dust”), and Daniel Rashid (“Stargate Origins” “Bodied”)
“You Can Choose Your Family” Synopsis: It’s 1992, the year Grunge music becomes mainstream hitting middle American teenagers directly in their angst. Phillip longs to leave his small town for music school in The Big Apple. His dreams are dashed when his overbearing father, Frank, played by Jim Gaffigan, forbids it. In retaliation to his father’s dictatorial parenting, he sneaks away for a wild spring break. However, when he crosses state lines he instead finds a charming lake community where he spots his father with another woman. Turns out, his father lives in this town and has an entire other family. With this new heartbreaking information Philip realizes he can wallow in his father’s deceit or take matters into his own hands.
Cast: Jim Gaffigan (“The Jim Gaffigan Show”), Logan Miller (Before I Fall), Anna Gunn (Sully), Samantha Mathis (FX’s “The Strain”), Alex Karpovsky (HBO’s “Girls”), Danielle Campbell (CW’s “The Originals”)
Director: Miranda Bailey
Writer: Glen Lakin
Producers: Miranda Bailey (Don’t Think Twice, Swiss Army Man), Amanda Marshall (Don’t Think Twice, Swiss Army Man), Karen Kehela Sherwood (A Beautiful Mind)
Director of Photography: Yaron Scharf (Norman)
Running Time: 110 Minutes
