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Dying for stardom she finds a role to kill for.
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A perennial understudy takes matters into her own hands to achieve fame at any price. | full synopsis
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Fresh Release: The Understudy
(From Daily Film Music Blog. 25 February 2009, 5:35 AM, PST)
Cinemonde Soiree Presents Film Screening And Reception 2/7
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 27 January 2009, 12:13 PM, PST)
(From Daily Film Music Blog. 25 February 2009, 5:35 AM, PST)
Cinemonde Soiree Presents Film Screening And Reception 2/7
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 27 January 2009, 12:13 PM, PST)
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The Power of Positive (?) Thinking
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Marin Ireland | ... | Rebecca |
 | Paul Sparks | ... | Bobby |
 | Aasif Mandvi | ... | Sarfras |
 | Richard Kind | ... | Ian |
| Tom Wopat | ... | Detective Jones |
 | Gloria Reuben | ... | Greta |
| Reiko Aylesworth | ... | Kinsky |
| Nicky Arezu Akmal | ... | Autograpth Hunter #1 |
| Ashley Adler | ... | Waitress |
 | Emanuele Ancorini | ... | Jesus |
| Stephen Anoroso | ... | Producer 1 |
| Pun Bandhu | ... | Producer 2 |
| Kerry Bishé | ... | April |
| Jean Boht | ... | Mrs. Davidovitz |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Louise Brown | ... | Nurse's Colleague |
| Matt Brown | ... | Poseidon |
 | Scott Cohen | ... | Jonny - Greta's dealer |
 | David Conolly | ... | Hollywood Producer |
| Carl Davis | ... | Mr. Davidovitz |
 | Hannah Davis | ... | Casting Assistant |
| Marcia DeBonis | ... | Alison |
 | Kelli Giddish | ... | Simone |
| Carole Healy | ... | Pru |
| Fredrick Helm | ... | Janitor |
 | Charlie Hewson | ... | Douglas |
 | Calista Hill | ... | BBQ Kid |
| Gabriella Hill | ... | BBQ Kid |
| Madeline Hill | ... | BBQ Kid |
| Dee Hoty | ... | Diane Kinsman |
| Birgit Huppuch | ... | Nurse's Colleague |
 | Sakina Jaffrey | ... | Nurse |
| Timothy Karcher | ... | Chris |
| Barbara Lindorme | ... | Celebrity |
 | Jennifer Loryn | ... | Aphrodite - Greek Chorus |
| Adam Ludwig | ... | Hermes - Greek Chorus |
| Melanie Angelina Maras | ... | Simone's Agent |
 | Adrian Martinez | ... | Guard |
| Justin Maruri | ... | Cronos - Greek Chorus |
| Emily Cass McDonnell | ... | Jackie |
| Peter McRobbie | ... | Edward |
| David Melville | ... | Oscar |
| Daya Mendez | ... | Gaia - Greek Chorus |
| Billy Merritt | ... | Dennis |
| Torri Newman | ... | Persephone - Greek Chorus |
| Neko Parham | ... | Detective Smith |
 | Amy Redford | ... | Helen |
 | Amanda Ronconi | ... | Customer |
 | John Rothman | ||
| Johnny Sanchez | ... | Bill |
| Brooklyn Scalzo | ... | Medusa - Greek Chorus |
| Mike Silverman | ... | Producer 3 |
| James P. Stephens | ... | Atlas - Greek Chorus |
| Myra Lucretia Taylor | ... | Lara |
 | Sarah Yahr Tucker | ... | Athena - Greek Chorus |
 | Judy Unger | ... | Georgia |
| J.T. Waite | ... | Thaddeus Battersby |
| Charlotte Walker McClimens | ... | Young Dresser |
 | Max Woertendyke | ... | Delivery Boy |
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The Understudy is an allegory that we can all relate to, albeit somewhat uncomfortably; a black comedy that seamlessly transforms wishful thinking into a sort of telekinetic mayhem and turns Norman Vincent Peale's "power of positive thinking" on its head. Marin Ireland as Rebecca is a revelation. Her supporting cast is stellar. With the certain critical success of The Understudy, I hope we hear from co-directors Connolly and Davis again and again. One only hopes that the more established and perhaps undeserving directors in their path don't suffer the same fate as those unfortunates that Rebecca sought to supplant and that stood in the way of her ambitions. But, then again, some do deserve such a fate, if only in one's imagination.
Andrew Malekoff, Long Beach, New York