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GREENWICH ENTERTAINMENT ACQUIRES STARRING JERRY AS HIMSELF
WINNER OF THE 2023 SLAMDANCE AUDIENCE AND JURY AWARD WINNER FROM VISIT FILMS
Los Angeles, CA – March 20, 2024 – Greenwich Entertainment announced today the acquisition from Visit Films of the 2023 Slamdance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award winner, Starring Jerry As Himself - a genre-bending film that recreates the fantastical misadventures of Jerry Hsu, an ordinary Taiwanese immigrant retired in Orlando, who becomes a spy in an international money laundering investigation. After months of keeping his mission secret, Jerry finally reveals everything to his family. This prompts Jerry’s actual son and producer of the film, Jonathan Hsu, to ultimately dramatize his father’s ordeal in order to discover the truth about what really happened and how it changed Jerry’s life forever.
In making this shapeshifting documentary/narrative hybrid, Jonathan reached out to Law Chen, an award winning commercial, film and documentary shorts director, who also co-produced and co-wrote with Jerry Hsu. They enlisted family members, actors, and most importantly Jerry himself to tell his baffling story.
“This will be the most personal film I'll ever produce, a film about my father,” states Jonathan Hsu. “I’m grateful to Greenwich Entertainment and the Visit Films team for championing this complex, genre-bending film that Law Chen crafted.
“Greenwich Entertainment has always sought unique, indie films that can turn the lens on the audience's soul in all their acquisitions and we're honored for Starring Jerry As Himself to join their slate,” says Law Chen.
“Starring Jerry as Himself was one of the true festival sleeper hits of last year and we’re delighted to offer general audiences the same dizzying and poignant experience thousands of festival goers have had,” adds Greenwich Entertainment Co-President Edward Arentz.
Starring Jerry as Himself is produced by Jonathan Hsu and Law Chen. Greenwich will release the film in select theaters and on home entertainment platforms beginning late summer. Greenwich’s Arentz negotiated the acquisition with Visit Films’ President Ryan Kampe on behalf of the filmmakers.
PRESS QUOTES
“Endearing and enigmatic… a clever subversion of genre storytelling akin to “The Mole Agent”…building toward a bittersweet finale with universal resonance.”
Eric Kohn, Indiewire
“The clever blurring of storytelling lines makes this an unusually entertaining kind of cautionary tale”
Dennis Harvey, 48 Hills
About Greenwich Entertainment
Greenwich Entertainment is an independent film distribution company specializing in compelling documentary and narrative features. Past releases include NatGeo’s Academy Award-winning Free Solo, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice from Oscar winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Matt Tyrnauer’s Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, Quentin Dupieux’s Deerskin starring Oscar winner Jean Dujardin, and Isabel Coixtet’s The Bookshop starring Emily Mortimer and Academy Award nominees Patricia Clarkson and Bill Nighy. GreenwichEntertainment.com
About Visit Films
Visit Films is a worldwide film sales company based in New York, whose mission is to sell unique and fascinating American and international independent films.
Visit Films contact - [email protected] +1.718.312.8210
https://www.visitfilms.com/
In making this shapeshifting documentary/narrative hybrid, Jonathan reached out to Law Chen, an award winning commercial, film and documentary shorts director, who also co-produced and co-wrote with Jerry Hsu. They enlisted family members, actors, and most importantly Jerry himself to tell his baffling story.
“This will be the most personal film I'll ever produce, a film about my father,” states Jonathan Hsu. “I’m grateful to Greenwich Entertainment and the Visit Films team for championing this complex, genre-bending film that Law Chen crafted.
“Greenwich Entertainment has always sought unique, indie films that can turn the lens on the audience's soul in all their acquisitions and we're honored for Starring Jerry As Himself to join their slate,” says Law Chen.
“Starring Jerry as Himself was one of the true festival sleeper hits of last year and we’re delighted to offer general audiences the same dizzying and poignant experience thousands of festival goers have had,” adds Greenwich Entertainment Co-President Edward Arentz.
Starring Jerry as Himself is produced by Jonathan Hsu and Law Chen. Greenwich will release the film in select theaters and on home entertainment platforms beginning late summer. Greenwich’s Arentz negotiated the acquisition with Visit Films’ President Ryan Kampe on behalf of the filmmakers.
PRESS QUOTES
“Endearing and enigmatic… a clever subversion of genre storytelling akin to “The Mole Agent”…building toward a bittersweet finale with universal resonance.”
Eric Kohn, Indiewire
“The clever blurring of storytelling lines makes this an unusually entertaining kind of cautionary tale”
Dennis Harvey, 48 Hills
About Greenwich Entertainment
Greenwich Entertainment is an independent film distribution company specializing in compelling documentary and narrative features. Past releases include NatGeo’s Academy Award-winning Free Solo, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice from Oscar winners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, Matt Tyrnauer’s Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, Quentin Dupieux’s Deerskin starring Oscar winner Jean Dujardin, and Isabel Coixtet’s The Bookshop starring Emily Mortimer and Academy Award nominees Patricia Clarkson and Bill Nighy. GreenwichEntertainment.com
About Visit Films
Visit Films is a worldwide film sales company based in New York, whose mission is to sell unique and fascinating American and international independent films.
Visit Films contact - [email protected] +1.718.312.8210
https://www.visitfilms.com/
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