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The Perfect Family

May 9, 2012 by Ruth Atkinson Leave a Comment

Anne Renton @ The Laemmle's in Santa Monica

Four years ago director Anne Renton, looking to direct her first feature, found The Perfect Family by Claire V. Riley on Inktip. Off a referral from FIND (Film Independent) we  started working on the script. Anne and her producing partner, Connie Cummings,  hired Paula Goldberg for the rewrite and, well, multiple drafts later (that’s the Cliff Notes version) Anne was shooting her movie with Kathleen Turner, yes, THAT Kathleen Turner, in the lead!

The Perfect Family was the gala closing film at LA’s Outfest last July and is in theaters right now!  Congratulations Anne!!!

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