CT Filmmakers Host Premiere of Their UNIQUE film at Bethel Cinema

Husband-and-wife producing, directing, and writing team, Stephanie C. Lyons-Keeley and Wayne J. Keeley, and their partner, Craig Dobson, are hosting a World Premiere of an award-winning, vintage, cult classic at FilmFest52. Wait – say that again? How can they be hosting a film that has already achieved "vintage" and "classic" status and it has not even been released yet? Well, it's a story that is twenty-five plus years in the making – and that has to be told first.

"Old films never die, but they will fade away if you let them," Keeley says. An off-chance remark in the production office gave the film its title – Kissy Cousins, Monster Babies and Morphing Elvis. In 1992, the first scenes were shot with the Miami Dolphins Cheerleaders in Florida. What was to be a relatively low-budget quickie, straight-to-video shoot became an epic film, with a spiraling budget. The main part of the film took years to shoot and spanned seven states including the District of Columbia. The film stars David Belafonte, Steve Kearney, Jack Plotnick, Nipsey Russell, Dr. Joyce Brothers, Irwin Corey, Michael Medved, Jeffrey Lyons, the Knicks City Dancers, and countless others. It went through three distributors ("Distribution Hell") and was never released.

Enter Keeley's muse, and wife, Lyons-Keeley. In addition to having seven kids and five pets between them, she's also his creative partner, a writer, producer, professor, and owner of Someday Productions as well as owner of the couple's highly popular and successful entertainment blog, Pillow Talking. Together the pair sat down to write additional material that would make the film socially and politically relevant to today. "We've created a monster (no pun intended)! We've called on favors from friends, actors with whom we've worked in the past."

The film features Trumbull residents, Tanya Feduik-Smith and John R Smith Jnr. Tanya is a theater producer and director, and John is a theater producer and actor. They are also the Co-Founders and Co-Artistic Directors of Vagabond Theatre Company. VTC is a non-profit theatre company dedicated to staging thought provoking productions that acknowledge, explore and dissect complex social issues. They also focus on identifying and nurturing new talent on and offstage, and encourage and develop new works from established and aspiring playwrights

With the new footage, it rises to a new level – it will have taken twenty-five plus years to finish. TO DATE THE FILM HAS RECEIVED 53 FILM FESTIVAL LAURELS & RAVE REVIEWS!
Most of the film was shot in CT, with the most recent footage at WCSU.

Here are the details of the Premiere:
JOIN THE EXPERIENCE -- FILMFEST52 BETHEL CINEMA, CT
"The History Of Everything: Kissy Cousins, Monster Babies and Morphing Elvis – World Premiere (about time after 25 years) 6:00pm Red Carpet Reception 7:00pm Film, Q&A And Premiere After Party
September 26 @ 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
$9.00 – $10.50
Tickets
http://66319.formovietickets.com:2235/T.ASP…
7:00pm Wed Sept 26
World Premiere (about time after 25 years)
The History Of Everything: Kissy Cousins, Monster Babies and Morphing Elvis
6:00pm Red Carpet VIP Reception For All Ticket Holders
7:00pm Film And Q&A To Really Grill The Producers Why It Took So Long
After Party At Broken Symmetry Gastro Brewery, Bethel, CT
Trailer: https://vimeo.com/284382509