Dare Premiere

July 19, 2009 LOS ANGELES GAY AND LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL FORD AMPITHEATRE, LOS ANGELES, CA OUTFEST - The 27th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival ended tonight with a screening of Dare. Based on their award-winning short film, writer David Brind and director Adam Salky return to Outfest with DARE, a stunning debut feature that poetically captures the confusion, longing, thrill and lust of teenage life. The film opens with Alexa (Emmy Rossum), a beautiful, studious, aspiring thespian whose dreams are shattered when acclaimed actor Grant Matson (Alan Cumming) tells her that she has brains but no edge. This devastating blow motivates Alexa to shed her good-girl image. She ditches her best friend Ben (Ashley Springer) - a closeted, melancholy outsider - slips into a hot miniskirt and seduces the gorgeous and popular, but troubled, Johnny Drake (Zach Gilford). No sooner do they become an item than Ben decides he wants a piece of the action and kisses Johnny. Johnny is confused, Ben is ecstatic and Alexa is furious, but in typical teen style, they work it out… and in the process, they discover what it means to become an adult. Stellar performances from the three young leads are bolstered by the comic genius of Ana Gasteyer, Alan Cumming and Sandra Bernhard. Outfest is the leading organization showcasing, nurturing and preserving lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender film images and artistry. For 25 years Outfest has led the charge, spotlighting emerging talent, creating community between filmmakers and audiences and offering a world-class forum for stories that reflect and often transform LGBT lives.
Emmy Rossum	David Brind	Ashley Springer
Alan Cumming	Kristen Schaffer	Emmy Rossum and Alan Cumming
Emmy Rossum	Adam Salky	Emmy Rossum
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