Saturday, March 23, 2013
Film with Plymouth ties draws sold-out crowd at Penn Theatre.
A sold-out crowd packed the Penn Theatre on Friday for the premiere of Love and Honor, a Vietnam-era romance written by Plymouth Township-based scribe Jim Burnstein and inspired by Plymouth Mayor Pro Tem Mike Wright's experience going AWOL. Lines of moviegoers wrapped around the corner of Penniman Avenue and Main Street on Friday for the sold-out screening, which benefited the nonprofit historic theater. The film—which was Michigan-written, directed and filmed—made its video on demand premiere on Feb. 14. Friday marked the film's theatrical release in select cities around the world. For those unable to secure a ticket to the Plymouth premiere, Love and Honor will have its opening weekend at Emagine Novi beginning March 29. Were you at the…
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Film, which premieres Friday at the Penn Theatre, stars Liam Hemsworth as character based on Plymouth Mayor Pro Tem Mike Wright.
Plymouth Mayor Pro Tem Mike Wright has a word of caution for anyone who is an acquaintance of his friend Jim Burnstein, a screenwriter from Plymouth Township whose credits include Renaissance Man and D3: The Mighty Ducks. "Be careful what you tell him, because you have no idea where it's going to end up," Wright said. For Wright, a story he told Burnstein of going AWOL while serving in Vietnam sparked Burnstein's next movie idea: A story about two soldiers who flee to Michigan in the midst of the Vietnam War. Love and Honor, the byproduct of Wright's story, premieres theatrically following a 7:15 p.m. engagement Friday at a sold-out Penn Theatre. The film premiered in February on video on demand services nationwide and will open …
Friday, February 15, 2013
Film by Plymouth Township screenwriter Jim Burnstein and loosely based on experience of Plymouth Mayor Pro Tem Mike Wright available to watch before theatrical release.
A film with several connections to Plymouth is now available on Video On Demand services. Love and Honor, written by Plymouth Township screenwriter Jim Burnstein and based loosely on Plymouth Mayor Pro Tem Mike Wright's experience going AWOL during the Vietnam war, is hitting the Video On Demand circuit ahead of its March release in select theaters around the U.S. Read more: Plymouth Township screenwriter discusses "Love and Honor." The film had been available this month exclusively on DirecTV, but expanded its reach to most major television providers, including AT&T Uverse and Comcast, on Thursday. The film stars Liam Hemsworth (The Hunger Games), Teresa Palmer (Warm Bodies), Austin Stowell (Dolphin Tale), Aimee Teegarden (TV's Friday …
Thursday, February 7, 2013
'Love and Honor,' by Plymouth Township screenwriter Jim Burnstein, is loosely based on experience of Plymouth Mayor Pro Tem Mike Wright.
Jim Burnstein thought he had heard all of his friend Mike Wright's best war stories from his time in Vietnam until his friend told him about the time he went AWOL. For Wright, mayor pro tem for the City of Plymouth, his AWOL experience was out of necessity—lodging costs were too high while on R&R in Hawaii and he and a friend had to find cheaper living. For Burnstein, a screenwriter from Plymouth Township, his friend's story provided enough inspiration to be his next big idea for a movie. While the events in Love and Honor—currently on video on demand on DirecTV and available Feb. 14 on major VOD services—differ from Wright's actual AWOL experience, the basis of a soldier going AWOL while on R&R was a suitable starting point for Burnstein…
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