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RSO-Robert Byington, Kevin Corrigan, Kristen Tucker
Highlights:
There may be one thing worse than being a sex offender sent to prison: Being a sex offender released from prison. RSO tells the story of one offender's unlikely rehabilitation.
Director Robert Byington and cast talk about making the comedic and “less heavy” film dealing with the charged subject matter. They discuss the responsibilities and obligations of the main character, the energy that arises from combining scripted, un-scripted, actor, and non-actor elements, and questioning the true “weirdness” of being labeled a sex offender.
Happenings:
Writer/director Bob Byington was recently selected as the Sundance Institute's 2007 Annenberg Feature Film Fellow. Byington's most recent feature film, Olympia, was the Opening Night film at SXSW in 1998. His next project, also a feature film, is titled Harmony and Me and stars Justin Rice and Kristen Tucker. It is slated to begin filming in Austin in April 2008.
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