The Scene At The “BIG FAN†Premiere Party At Sundance 2009
Reported by Denise Castillón
The “BIG FAN†Sundance Premiere Party was held at Park City’s Sky Lodge and Greenhouse venues on Sunday, January 18th.
BIG FAN stars Patton Oswalt, Kevin Corrigan, Michael Rapaport, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Gino Cafarelli, and Matt Servitto and is written and directed by Robert Siegel (“The Wrestlerâ€)
In BIG FAN, Paul Aufiero (Patton Oswalt), is the self-described “world’s biggest New York Giants fan”. One night, Paul and his best friend Sal (Kevin Corrigan) spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell Bishop at a gas station in their Staten Island neighborhood. They impulsively follow his limo to Manhattan, and into a strip club. The fallout of this chance encounter brings Paul’s world crashing down around him as his family and the team. A consequential tug of war has Paul calling into question everything he believes in.
Following up his first filmed screenplay, “The Wrestler”, writer- director Robert Siegel once again demonstrates a unique and potent vision of the human experience, in all of it its harsh truths and hopeful humanity.