LEON FILMS, INC. ROLLS CAMERAS FOR THE NORTHERN STAR

Leon Films, Inc. has announced it will begin shooting its first feature film, The Northern Star, in Florida locations January 6 onwards. From an original script by producer/director Aaron Uris, the thriller-drama is a voyeuristic account of a female American journalist caught in a web of intrigue in a totalitarian Asian country and finding a most unlikely ally in the very heart of the regime she has to escape from. Jennifer Christie, as Sharon Booth, leads a large Asian/American cast all selected from the local talent pool. The expected release for The Northern Star is Spring 2002.

(PRWEB) January 6, 2002

Ft. Lauderdale, FL – January 4, 2002

Leon Films, Inc., a Florida based company, has announced that it is starting to shoot its first independent DV feature film, The Northern Star, on Sunday January 6, 2002 in mostly interior locations in Broward and Miami-Dade counties. The film is expected to go into postproduction by end January after a marathon two-week shoot. The film will be ready for select festivals and theatrical distribution by end March 2002.

Based on an original script by Aaron Uris, who is also producing and directing the feature, The Northern Star has a cast of 46 and crew of 21 put together from the local (Florida) talent pool. The film’s story line, being photographed in a voyeuristic style, is about Sharon Booth, a female American journalist, set out to interview the most reclusive leader of a totalitarian state in Asia, unexpectedly discovering a deeply guarded secret and finding herself in a web of intrigue. Sharon meets a most unlikely and powerful ally in the very heart of the dictatorship she has to escape from and a strange set of events take her from the reclusive state to Beijing, Washington, D.C., New York and finally to Miami, during which she is faced with the hypocrisies and indifference surrounding human relationships across and at all levels; love, nationalities, politics, cultures, and media. According to writer/director Uris, “The Northern Star is not a standard action feature but rather a dreamlike venture, in the thriller-drama genre, into the coldness of the world we have to live in and find our own lighthouses.”

Leon Films, Inc. (Production Company); Aaron Uris (Producer/Writer/Director); Jay Barros (Line Producer/Production Coordinator); Louis Laporte (Director of Photography); Marcela Pacheco (Production Designer and Costumes/Wardrobe Supervisor); Anthony Cargioli (Sound Supervisor); Niko Mihailov (Hair and Make Up Supervisor); Mario Xavier (Assistant Director); Jock Mitchell (Casting Associate); Sound Space-Korea (Published music)        

Principal Cast: Jennifer Christie (Sharon Booth), Juno Pak (Su Jong), Christopher Chu (Ri Hung), Gerald Hew (Ken Igawa), Al Reidel (Herb Doleman), David Steel (Sid Herter), Bill Kelley (Lin-Chin a.k.a. Corby Bowman), Shane Russeck (First Official), Owen Miller (Second Official), Trish Dempsey (Gail Bowman), Jim Quan (Interrogation Committee Chairman), Michael and Jason Birch (Su Jong’s operatives), and Nicole Lee (Li Choi).