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Using Benefit @ Park West with Terry O’Quinn from LOST
Fresh Bread Production and Phenom Features
will be hosting a benefit for their upcoming independent motion picture, Using on Saturday, July 31, 2010 at the Park West (322 West Armitage) from 8:00 pm -11:00 p.m.
Terry O’Quinn, John Locke from LOST will be there to support his brother’s fundraiser.
This is a benefit to raise money for Phenom Features pilot project - the film Using a feature-length drama about loving deception and a father’s desperate fight to save his only daughter from self-destruction. Using is a cautionary tale of addiction, betrayal and unlikely redemption, which asks the impossible question, “How far would you go to save a dying child?” A portion of the proceeds from the film will go to Salvation Army Safe Harbor House Shelter and Teen Challenge of Illinois.
Music will be provided by twice featured on television, Chicago’s own Aubyn Beth. Guests will have an opportunity to bid on our silent auction items featuring LOST items, tickets to The Emmy Awards, tickets to The Grammy Awards, tickets to Dancing with the Stars, tickets to David Letterman, exotic vacation packages to Grenada, Bonaire, Nevis and more!
Committee Members:
Ruth Ratny - REEL Chicago
Dean Williams - Hollywood Still Photographer/founder Central IL Film Commision
Gina Driskell - Jr Board Chicago International film festivalTickets Are:
- $250 VIP
- $125 general admission
- $50 student/industry rate with I.D (guests who purchase student/industry ticket will be asked to present student/industry I.D. at guest registration upon arrival at event)
VIP tickets include a private reception with a meet and greet with the actors of the film as well as Terry O’Quinn. All tickets include cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, entertainment, silent auction and selected clips of the film.
One lucky winner and four guests can win the chance to spend an evening with Terry O’Quinn! There will be an online auction in advance of the event, beginning Monday, July 12th for dinner with Terry O’Quinn before the benefit on July 31st at Gene and Georgetti Restaurant. The lucky winner will also win tickets to the event later that evening. The online auction on EBay will run for 10 days, ending midnight July 22nd.
Posted on July 14, 2010
USING is a feature-length drama about loving deception and a father's desperate fight to save his only daughter from self-destruction. The original screenplay is written by Illinois Wesleyan University professor Thomas Anthony Quinn. 22-year-old Gwen McNeil is the out-of-control daughter of real estate magnate Edward "Eddy" McNeil. Gwen's desperate father devises an elaborate and deceitful scheme to rescue her from the streets of Chicago, but if his plot is uncovered it could cost him his daughter. USING is a cautionary tale of addiction, betrayal and unlikely redemption, which asks the impossible question, "How far would you go to save a dying child?"
