Nick Nolte and Trevor Morgan star in Off the Black along with Timothy Hutton and Sally Kirkland. Scott Macaulay and Robin O'Hara produced the drama with Bob Hariri, Meg Mortimer, Maggie Meade and Steve Kalafer executive producing.
In a press release issued by THINKFilm Ponsoldt said, "I am very pleased to have THINKFilm handle my film. After meeting with Mark Urman, I knew I had found the company to bring my film to the widest possible audience.”
THINKFilm's Urman added, “James is a wonderful, classical storyteller, and he has shown equal strength with a veteran like Nick and a newer performer like Trevor, both of whom are absolutely marvelous in the film.”
THINKFilm plans on releasing Off the Black in November 2006.
Off the Black - The Official Synopsis
Off the Block is a coming-of-age story of teenager Dave Tibbel (Morgan) who copes with his own distant father (Timothy Hutton) by forming an unlikely friendship with a disheveled, irascible high school umpire, Ray Cooke (Nolte). As they grow more dependent on each other, Ray asks Dave to go to his 40th high school reunion and pretend to be his son, a benevolent act of deception that winds up opening unexpected dimensions in the two men.
Source: THINKFilm
