Angela Cullins is off to France to promote her yet-to-be released movie “American Sunset” at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. American Sunset stars the late Corey Haim in his final on screen performance. “I am deeply saddened that Corey won’t be leading the charge in promoting this, his last film” says Angela.
Though not an official entry at the festival, the movie will be shown to select distributors and critics for promotion ahead of its release in North America and abroad. Movie distributor ID Communications Inc. from Montreal will be showing the film as part of the 2010 CANNES MARKET SCREENING on May 19.
The movie, whose star-studded cast also includes the late Corey Haim and Frank Molina, is a roller coaster ride of a thriller where Haim’s character Tom awakens to find his wife (Cullins) missing. A call from a kidnapper, 6 clues and 24 hours to find her, the game is on to rescue her. Cullins and Haim became close during the shooting of the film and she suggests it was “method-acting”, art imitating life. “Our characters were turning into our reality. We acted the roles in real life. We had something special. And he meant the world to me.” Cullins says she learned a great deal about the business from Haim, and he became her mentor.
“Corey truly was a gifted actor – one of a kind. He was intrigued by me because I was not part of the Hollywood establishment. He was really tired of the scene and wanted to protect me from it,” Cullins said.
Angela wants to keep the spirit of Corey alive by helping promote “American Sunset” and spreading the positive word about Corey. She remembers his “as a loving, dearly talented man, who had finally come out of his darkness, and was beginning to conquer his demons. He was ready for his true potential. And this film was just the beginning.”
