RESPECT THE JUX

#NYC OPEN #CASTING CALL FOR THE FEATURE #FILM, "RESPECT THE JUX"

BASED ON THE BESTSELLING NOVEL BY "FRANK C. MATTHEWS"

WHAT:

If you love movies and would love to be in a movie, then we're looking for YOU!!! RESPECT THE JUX is looking for talent of #Jamaican and/or #Caribbean descent -- ALL AGES and ALL TYPES. The film starts shoots here in New York City on December 9th!! Check out the details below!

SEEKING JAMAICAN AND CARIBBEAN MEN AND WOMEN - ALL AGES AND ALL TYPES - WILLING TO WORK AS FEATURED #EXTRAS AND EXTRAS!! UNION AND NON-UNION #ACTORS MAY #SUBMIT!!

WHEN: 

Monday, December. 2, 2013 From 3:00pm to 7:00pm

WHERE: 

Pearl Studios

500 Eighth Avenue (between 35th and 36th)

New York, NY 10019

Room 410

BRING: 

Recent Photo or Headshot with Acting Resume. Snapshots are okay.WHAT IF I CAN'T MAKE IT?

If you can't make it to the open call. Email a recent photo with your name and phone number to: WSAEXTRAS@GMAIL.COM State whether you are over 18 or under 18. PLEASE DON'T FORGET TO INCLUDE YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER!

RESPECT THE JUX

Feature Film

Ultra Low Budget SAG Agreement

Directors: Frank C. Matthews, Ron Elliot

Executive Producer: Frank C. Matthews

Producers: Ron Elliot, Cordelia Donovan, L. Rx Pringle, Anthony Jacobs

Casting Director: Winsome Sinclair

Start Date: December 9thBased on Frank C. Matthews' highly-acclaimed, bestselling novel, RESPECT THE JUX, Cat was left in Jamaica by his mother at the age of eleven in pursuit of a better life. It would be six years later until she was able to send for him and his sister. Within those six years of her absence, Cat becomes a member of “The Order”, a local gang. Living with his mother in a small apartment in the ghettos of Brooklyn, New York, he would become obsessed with obtaining his vision of the American dream. He finds himself working in a supermarket for minimum wage living with his mother after years of hardship. Cat forms “The Order” based on the gang he once belonged to in Jamaica to obtain his quest of becoming rich. During a botched robbery, one of them accidentally shoots the daughter of the Mayor of New York City. Cat fleas to Miami and calls on the members of “The Order”. A huge score leads to a shootout between members of The Order and the cops and only one man escapes.

Locations: New York and Jamaica, West Indies.