'Velocity' Puts Actresses On Track
The indpendent film "Personal Velocity" follows three women who have each reached a turning point in their lives. Two of the film's three stars, Parker Posey and Kyra Sedgwick, visit The Early Show Friday with details of the film.
The film is based on Rebecca Miller's acclaimed book of short stories. While Miller was writing the stories that became "Personal Velocity," she ran into her friend Gary Winick. Supported by IFC, Winick was putting together InDigEnt - a slate of low budget digital feature film projects done as a collaborative effort in which filmmakers own a piece of the film. "Personal Velocity" was shot on digital video during 16 days in almost 40 locations.
In the story, Kyra Sedgwick is Delia, a spirited working-class woman from small town New York who leaves her husband and sets out on a journey to reclaim the power that she has lost.
Parker Posey is Greta, a cookbook editor who is "rotten with ambition" and struggling (not too hard) with issues of fidelity to her kind, but unexciting husband.
Fairuza Balk is Paula, a troubled young woman who takes off on a journey with a young hitchhiker after a strange, fateful encounter on a New York street.
As each of the stories unfold, the characters undergo an awakening of their inner selves and set out on a new life path.
About the Cast
Parker Posey, named "Queen of Indies" by Time Magazine, has appeared in more than 30 films in the last seven years including "The House of Yes" (Special Jury Prize 1997 Sundance Film Festival) "SubUrbia," "Waiting For Guffman," "The Daytrippers," "Dazed and Confused," "You've Got Mail" and three films for Hal Hartley; "Amateur," "Flirt" and "Henry Fool." She has also appeared in all three installments of Armistad Maupin's "Tales of The City" trilogy. She can be seen reuniting with her "Waiting For Guffman" team in Christopher Guest's "Best in Show," which is about the world of dog shows.
Parker starred in the Los Angeles premiere of John Patrick Shanley's "Four Dogs and a Bone" and made her Broadway debut starring opposite Matthew Broderick in Elaine May's "Taller Than a Dwarf." She can also be seen in "Anniversary Party," a film co-directed by her "Josie and the Pussycats" co-star Alan Cumming. Posey can be last seen in Roger Krumble's "The Sweetest Thing" and is currently in production on Christopher Guest's "A Mighty Wind."
Kyra Sedgwick has conquered success on stage and screen, winning two Golden Globe nominations, a Theater Award, Los Angeles Drama Desk Critics Circle Award, and a Dramalogue Award. She recently completed the independent film "Red Door," in which she stars opposite Keifer Sutherland. Her recent film credits include "Door To Door," for Showtime, ABC's miniseries "Talk To Me," and Fisher Stevens' "Just A Kiss," with Ron Eldard and Marley Shelton, "What's Cooking," which opened the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, as well as Sydney Lumet's "Critical Care," with James Spader and Albert Brooks.
Other screen credits include the box office hit "Phenomenon," directed by Jon Turteltaub, in which she starred opposite John Travolta; "Mr. And Mrs. Bridge," with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward; "Singles;" "Hearts and Souls;" "Lemon Sky;" and Oliver Stone's "Born on Fourth of July." Sedgwick was nominated for a Golden Globe for her scene-stealing performance in the 1995 romantic comedy "Something To Talk About." Her role in Joseph Sargent's "Miss Rose White" earned her a second Golden Globe nomination.
On television, Sedgwick starred in the HBO premiere "Montana," with Stanley Tucci, Robin Tunney, and Philip Hoffman, and for Showtime's "Losing Chase," which she executive produced and starred in opposite Helen Mirren. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and received a Golden Globe and Cable Ace nomination.
Sedgwick's theater credits include a triumphant run of Nicholas Hytner's "Twelfth Night" at Lincoln Center, "Ah Wilderness!" for which she won the Theater Award, and David Mamet's "Oleanna," which garnered her a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and a Dramalogue Award.