The Unseen
ROLE: Harold
DIRECTED BY: Lisa France
WRITTEN BY: Lisa France
CO-STARS: Steve Harris (Heist, The Practice), Michelle Clunie (Queer as Folk, House), Philip Bloch (Victoriana), Catherine Dent (The Shield, 21 Grams),
SITE: http://www.theunseen2005.com
SUMMARY
When Roy Clemens returns to his rural hometown of Haralson, Georgia (population 83) for his father�s funeral, he inherits the family store and a mess of skeletons in the closet. Delivering a package, he discovers Sammy, an old acquaintance who has been locked-up at home by his older brother Harold for twenty years. Imminently trusting and yet na�ve of even the difference between baked beans and mashed potatoes (due to Harold�s cruel sense of humor), Sammy spends most of his time alone, listening to soap operas, vocally destroying �Goody Gum Drops� and stuffing envelopes in the dark at Harold�s behest. Meanwhile, Harold has cornered the market for homebrew with his girlfriend Kathleen and his redneck friend Earl, who remain loyal to him in spite of their distaste for his treatment of Sammy. Sammy and Roy form a bond around a desire to leave Harralson for the city lights of Atlanta and the elusive comfort they hope it holds, but to get there they must both come to terms with Harold and the secret he shares.
TRIVIA
- Philip Bloch (Sammy) is a well known fashion critic.
REVIEWS
- INTERVIEW WITH LISA FRANCE
- PRODUCTION REPORT
- Gale Harold, one of the stars of Showtime’s “Queer as Folk,” has landed two indie features for his summer hiatus. In “Life on the Ledge,” for director Lewis Helfer, Harold plays a suicidal man who falls in love with a stripper. He will then segue to “The Unseen” opposite Steve Harris for writer-director Lisa France. Harold and Harris play former childhood friends who have to face issues being on opposite sides of the racial hotbed in rural Georgia. Harold has consistently used his hiatus to book indie films. His credits include “Rhino Eyes,” opposite Michael Pitt, and “Wake,” with Martin Landau. Harold is repped by the Gersh Agency and manager Suzanne Dewalt. – The Hollywood Report
