Somehow the message I posted about "The Insurgents" has disappeared
or maybe I deleted it accidentally. Anyway here it is again:


Mary Stuart Masterson stars in a new independent film. The film,
written and directed by Scott Dacko, follows a group of
disillusioned patriots who are lured into plotting a terrorist
attack.


"The Insurgents"

Set in a post-9/11 America, writer-director Scott Dacko hopes to
raise questions about our views on terrorism by exploring what
drives people to do appalling acts.

In the film, four Americans come together to build a truck bomb and
plan to detonate it on a target in the U.S. Highlighting the days
leading up to the event, Dacko says the film is more about the
motivations of the people involved than the act itself. "One of the
ideas of this film was to create characters that were very American
so that you have to evaluate what they say at face value," Dacko
says.

Originally conceived as a novel, Dacko decided six months ago to
change it into a screenplay after realizing what he was writing was
too current to have sitting on the shelf waiting to be discovered.
He quickly found interest in production companies Full Glass Films
("My Suicidal Sweetheart") and Angel Baby Entertainment and has
recently begun the 15-day shoot in Long Island City, New York. Dacko
says the motivation behind the film is to make people talk more
about domestic terrorism. "We don't want to say this is how you
should act, but if you're scared of terrorism what does that really
mean and how do we as a society respond to that?"

Produced by Michael Parness, Elana Pianko, Stan Erdreich, John
Gallagher and Greg Segal, the film's being shot on HD by Learan
Kahanov and edited by Joe Hobeck. The cast includes Mary Stuart
Masterson, Michael Mosley, Henry Simmons, Juliette Marquis and John
Shea. Jared Moshe is the film's rep.

http://www.indiewire.com/movies/2006/02/by_jason_guerra_1.html

Claudia
www.mary-stuart-masterson.com