Manx-made film nominated at US festival

Thursday, 6 September 2012 01:00

A Manx-produced movie has been nominated at a film festival in the US.

Independent film company Solus Entertainment/Belief films is based in Douglas.

The movie's called The Paddy Lincoln Gang and has been selected for the Best International Feature category.

It includes a cast of Hollywood stars such as Dean Jagger from The Travellers, Stephen Bridgewater from Forrest Gump and 21 Grams.

It'll be premiered on Saturday, September 29th, a day before the awards are announced at Huntington Beach in South California.

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