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Cast

• Starring: Vanessa Lengies | bio

  Vanessa Lynne-Marie Lengies was born in Montréal, Québec, Canada on July 21, 1985. Ever since Vanessa was able to speak she wanted to act. She started professionally acting at the age of 9, in which she did several family cable shows. Vanessa has also done some voice work. Some of her credits include Arthur, Are You Afraid of the Dark, and Radio Active. Vanessa was a co-host on the show , Popular Mechanics for Kids, she was also a fan of the show before becoming a member of the cast. Vanessa did her first movie (TV) in 2000 called "Ratz", she was nominated a Young Artist Award for that role.

  Vanessa's real "break" didn't come until 2002 when she auditioned for the role of "Roxanne Bojarski" for a TV pilot called "American Dreams". She got the role and the show was then picked up. Unfortunately the show was canceled in its 3rd season in 2005.

  Vanessa has 4 upcoming movies, Arthur the Movie, The Perfect Man, Waiting.., & Stick It. Arthur the Movie is animated and she provides the voice of "Emily". The Perfect Man stars Hilary Duff and Heather Locklear. Vanessa plays Hilary Duff's best friend. The Perfect Man is set to be released August 12th, 2005. Waiting... is an independent film in which Vanessa plays the role of "Natasha" set to be released in October 2005. Just recently Vanessa landed a role in the new Disney sports comedy "Stick It" expected to be released in theatres in late 2005 or early 2006.

• Starring: Ray Wise | bio

  In the critically hailed Warner Independent Film GOOD NIGHT, AND GOOD LUCK, written, directed and starring GEORGE CLOONEY, Ray Wise gave a memorable performance as troubled newsman Don Hollenbeck. Chronicling the story of how famed broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow worked to bring down Senator Joseph McCarthy, the film garnered astounding acclaim from critics and audiences alike. Ray Wise and his co-stars shared “Best Ensemble Cast” nominations at the both the 2006 Critic’s Choice Awards and Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) Award ceremonies.

  Ray Wise’s impressive acting resume includes more than 30 feature films including, starring roles in JEEPERS CREEPERS 2, TWO CAN PLAY THAT GAME (with VIVICA A. FOX), BOB ROBERTS (with TIM ROBBINS), RISING SUN (with WESLEY SNIPES), THE CHASE (with CHARLIE SHEEN), ROBOCOP, POWDER (with MARY STEENBURGEN and JEFF GOLDBLUM) and THE RAINMAKERS. One of his favorite roles was playing “Sol Gann,” a Depression-era father in Disney’s classic family drama THE JOURNEY OF NATTY GANN.
  
  On the small screen, Ray Wise starred in MATT DAMON and BEN AFFLECK’s made-for-TV movie, THE BATTLE OF SHAKER HEIGHTS for Project Greenlight on HBO. This season, Wise recurs as Vice-President Hal Gardner on the popular Fox TV series 24 starring Keifer Sutherland.

  Other recurring and guest roles on TV series include THE WEST WING, RESURRECTION BLVD., SECOND CHANCES, SAVANNAH, THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW, KNOTS LANDING, THE COLBY, DALLAS, and TWIN PEAKS. It was his role on the latter that Wise credits for catapulting him into international stardom.

  To date, Ray Wise has also starred in 85 stage productions, including Broadway performances of “Romeo and Juliet” and “Tartuffe.” His role as Yank Smith in O’Neill’s “The Hairy Ape” garnered wide critical acclaim, and in 1983, he received an OBIE Award for his work in Sam Shepard’s “The Tooth of Crime.”

  This year, Ray Wise will be seen in the upcoming feature film releases, PEACEFUL WARRIOR with Nick Nolte and Amy Smart, THE FLOCK with Richard Gere and Claire Danes, and THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR with Vanessa Lengies and Arlen Escarpeta.

  Ray Wise lives in Southern California with his wife and children.

Crew

• Director: Greg Morgan | bio

  Of his three great loves, (his daughters Summer & Autumn, his wife Jeanne, and filmmaking) Greg’s first was film. Immersed in theatre and the arts at an early age, Greg’s grade school years took a path far from ordinary. His friends in those years still recall the boy and his camera, the living room theater, and the proclamation: “I will be a director some day…some day I will…”
  One well-lived adolescence and a few dozen short films later, Greg confronted the issue of college. His choice was foregone: The issue was desire, and California State University, Northridge film school sated as well as fueled it. Graduating with a well-stocked quiver, Greg enlisted the help of his young wife Jeanne and soon wrote and shot his first feature film 17& Under. The film won him his first awards, garnered successful distribution, and landed him squarely on the filmmaking map.
  Several years later, Greg’s next feature, The Playaz Court, followed. Once again, he found distribution, this time with Artisan Entertainment. The awards just sweetened the pot, yet after this second success, he felt the need to pause. It was, in this long breath, that Greg charted a new course: A course borne of wishes, bound for fabled shores.
  The Substance of Things Hoped For signals Greg’s arrival. Steeped in visual metaphor, haunting and visceral, Substance is his first true will and testament, an expression of the artist and the man. If love has any sway, there will be many to follow…Oh yes, there will!

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