After premiering at Sundance Film Festival in 2010, we haven’t heard much about Nick Tomnay‘s directorial debut. The “slippery psychological thriller” stars a very creepy-looking David Hyde Pierce (Frasier, Wet Hot American Summer) and Clayne Crawford (24, A Walk To Remember). The film will finally be getting a theatrical and VOD release, looking to be a good alternative to Transformers: Dark of the Moon (but again, what isn’t?) on the first of July. Check out the trailer below via Apple.
If you want a complete, unfiltered taste of Tomnay, I’ve also included a short he completed last year titled Swimming to France, about “some disturbing news [that] offers Donald an opportunity to leave his mundane sea side town and embark on a long desired journey.”
Swimming to France:
Synopsis:
Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage. As the wine flows and the evening progresses, we become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be. With outstanding performances by David Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford, cowriter/director Nick Tomnay takes us on a suspense-filled ride where nothing is as it seems. THE PERFECT HOST is a slippery psychological thriller that exposes true human nature and reveals just how far we’re willing to go to satisfy our needs.
The Perfect Host hits theaters July 1st, 2011, after heading to on demand at the end of May.
What do you think about the short? The trailer?