{"id":1938,"date":"2011-09-18T16:17:40","date_gmt":"2011-09-18T23:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/risabg.com\/?page_id=1938"},"modified":"2015-06-02T13:59:44","modified_gmt":"2015-06-02T20:59:44","slug":"the-con-artist-dvd-release-just-out","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/risabg.com\/blog\/the-con-artist-dvd-release-just-out\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Con Artist” on DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A romantic action comedy about crime and art.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Directed by Risa Bramon Garcia.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starring Rossif Sutherland, Rebecca Romijn, Sarah Roemer, Russell Peters, Greg Germann, Jed Rees, Mac Fyfe and Donald Sutherland.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Written by Collin Friesen.<\/strong>\u00a0Produced by Kirk D’Amico, Paul Barkin, Risa Bramon Garcia, Larissa Giroux.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Read more about it at\u00a0Myriad Pictures<\/a>\u00a0and on\u00a0IMDB<\/a>.\u00a0 Available to order\u00a0here<\/a>. With running commentary by Risa Bramon Garcia. Or rent here.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

And watch instantly or rent on\u00a0NETFLIX HERE.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Production companies ar<\/strong>e\u00a0<\/strong>Myriad Pictures<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Alcina Pictures<\/a>, in association with Telefilm Canada<\/strong>\u00a0and the Ontario Media Development Corporation. The distributor in Canada is was Maple Pictures (now part of Alliance Films.)<\/strong><\/p>\n

DVD release of The Con Artist by\u00a0eOne home video<\/a>.<\/strong>
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The Con Artist had its world premiere at the\u00a0Zurich Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0in October 2010. It was received with lots of enthusiasm. Risa wa<\/strong>s there to introduce the film and discuss it with the audience.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Plot —<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When Vince (Rossif Sutherland<\/a>) is paroled after five years in prison for a heist gone wrong, his dangerous and controlling former boss, Kranski (Donald Sutherland<\/a>), forces him back into a life of crime. Working for Kranski as a car thief, Vince finds solace in welding sculptures out of metal and old car parts in Kranski\u2019s chop shop. When Vince\u2019s raw and evocative sculptures are discovered by the calculating art dealer, Belinda (Rebecca Romijn<\/a>), his chance for a new life as an artist emerges, as well as romantic complications with Belinda\u2019s gallery assistant, Kristen (Sarah Roemer<\/a>). Caught between the pressure from Kranski and the demands of the art world, Vince has to cleverly maneuver his way out to become his own man and his own artist.<\/p>\n

Piece of Trivia:<\/em><\/strong> The film was originally titled\u00a0The Love Child of Andy Warhol and Yoko Ono<\/em>, and as filming began in Toronto the name was abbreviated to\u00a0The Love Child<\/em>. It ultimately became\u00a0The Con Artist<\/em>. (The other title didn\u2019t fit any longer, as much fun as it was.)<\/p>\n

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Come June 14th when The Con Artist is released, you’ll definitely wanna add this to your Netflix queue or buy a copy\u00a0at a dealer near you; it’s light fun and very entertaining, I highly recommend it. And out of \u00a0TOV 5 stars, I’m giving The Con Artist 4.5 and its Valkor Viewed, TOV Approved!\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
–The Other View.com<\/a><\/h5>\n
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Vince, an ex-con (Rossif Sutherland), tries to go straight, but is forced back into a life of crime by his sadistic boss (the great Donald Sutherland, Rossif\u2019s real-life papa). Finding solace in making sculptures out of used auto parts, Vince soon finds himself falling for a seductive art dealer (Rebecca Romijn) who has plans of her own for the young man. Solid little film from director Risa Bramon Garcia, made in Canada. Bonuses: Commentary by Risa Bramon Garcia. Widescreen. Dolby 5.1 surround.<\/em><\/span><\/h5>\n
– The Hollywood Interview (site<\/a>)<\/h5>\n

Also check out:<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0\u00a0Risa, cast and crew on set<\/a><\/p>\n

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A romantic action comedy about crime and art. Directed by Risa Bramon Garcia.\u00a0 Starring Rossif Sutherland, Rebecca Romijn, Sarah Roemer, Russell Peters, Greg Germann, Jed Rees, Mac Fyfe and Donald Sutherland. Written by Collin Friesen.\u00a0Produced by Kirk D’Amico, Paul Barkin, Risa Bramon Garcia, Larissa Giroux. Read more about it at\u00a0Myriad Pictures\u00a0and on\u00a0IMDB.\u00a0 Available to order\u00a0here. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1938","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/risabg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/risabg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/risabg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risabg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/risabg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1938"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/risabg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3909,"href":"https:\/\/risabg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1938\/revisions\/3909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/risabg.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}