Screenwriter Felice Bassuk was kind enough to offer us a sneak peek of an unfinished version of The Call, the anti-smoking film she co-wrote with the help of a collaborator. At a little more than nine minutes, it's a powerhouse package with a strong message. Namely, that smoking is devastating to your health and will lead to heartbreak. "The message is there," she said. "You can't miss it." The film revolves around two kids, actors Ryan Newman and Jonathan Morgan Heit, in a desperate attempt to reach their dying grandfather, played by Menahem Zilberman.
The kids are hanging out on the beautiful beaches of Santa Monica, Calif. as their grandfather hacks and wheezes "in a crappy nursing home 100 miles from the ocean," the kids say. We won't say what happens next, but suffice it to say the movie is part public service announcement, part indie short and all full of emotion. Bassuk said final editing is expected to be finished in the next week or so. After that, the producers will shop it around to various film festivals across the country. Even unfinished, the film, directed by Stephen Messer, has captured plenty of social buzz.
Its Facebook page has more than 12,000 fans and their Twitter account clocks in with more than 1,300 followers. And it has picked up a key endorsement from the American Cancer Society. Bassuk said the grassroots support speaks to the unfortunate but common experience of knowing someone battling smoking-related health problems. According to the Center for Disease Control, "tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death, disease, and disability in the US."
About 443,000 people die from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, the CDC reports, and another 8.6 million suffer from a serious illness from smoking. "It's just amazing how smoking is prevalent in this country," Bassuk said. Locally, Bassuk has been talking with school districts in Oak Park and River Forest to possibly screen the film during health and physical education classes, complete with a viewing guide. A premiere at the Lake Theatre is also in the works.
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