Murray Hill is “Throwing Stars”

The cast of the indie film Throwing Stars is back in Murray Hill this week.  Not that they have gone too far from MH, just other areas of town to film. 

The filming of Throwing Stars started back In mid July at Dave’s Diner. The film’s screenplay was written by a Bishop Kenny graduate Ryan Steckloff who doesn’t appear to have any prior film credits to his name.  It is also the debut film for the director Todd Breau, although he has unit production manager credits in television for “True Caribbean Pirates“ and “Shot From the Sky.”  Also a bit of local flare is that the co-producer of the film is TigerLily Media from here in Jacksonville. 

A brief synopsis of the plot:  A dark comedy where a troubled doctor kills a drug dealer and recruits friends to help disposes of the body with the trial and tribulations that follow. 

I’m sure there is more to it than that but it’s all I could find for now.  In an article from the Times Union the director describes the movie as “Very Bad Things meets Swingers“.  Doesn’t sound too bad and when you have Wayne Knight, the infamous Newman from “Seinfeld” playing a bungling police officer, it adds flavor to the mix. 

I look forward to checking out the movie when it is released and appreciate what the local film councils have done to promote the area and entice production companies to come to the North Florida area.  The Hill will follow this up with some facts relating to what goes into filming a movie in the City of Jacksonville.

I wanted to add a link to a story about Throwing Stars from First Coast News.