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Big Fan

First Independent Pictures | Release Date: August 28, 2009

Summary: Paul Aufiero, a 35-year-old parking-garage attendant from Staten Island, is the self-described "world's biggest New York Giants fan". He lives at home with his mother, spending his off hours calling in to local sports-radio station 760 The Zone, where he rants in support of his beloved team, often against his mysterious on-air rival, Eagles fan Philadelphia Phil. His family berates him for doing nothing with his life, but they don't understand the depth of his love of the Giants or the responsibility his fandom carries. One night, Paul and his best friend Sal spot Giants star linebacker Quantrell Bishop at a gas station in their neighborhood. They impulsively follow his limo into Manhattan, to a strip club, where they hang in the background, agog at their hero. Paul cautiously decides to approach him, stepping into the rarefied air of football stardom--and things do not go as planned. The fallout of this chance encounter brings Paul's world crashing down around him as his family, the team, the media and the authorities engage in a tug of war over Paul, testing his allegiances and calling into question everything he believes in. Meanwhile, the Giants march toward a late-season showdown with the Eagles, unaware that sometimes the most brutal struggles take place far from the field of play. (First Independent Pictures)

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Runtime:	88 min
Rating:	Rated R for language and some sexuality.
Production:	First Independent Pictures
Genres:	Drama, Sport, Comedy, Crime
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Home Release Date:	Jan 12, 2010

Director	Credit
Robert D. Siegel	Director

Writer	Credit
Robert D. Siegel	Written By

Cast	Credit
Caroline Gallo	Gina And Jeff Daughter
Cookie Bradshaw	Law-Office Ad Woman
Gino Cafarelli	Jeff Aufiero
Joe Garden	Dennis
Jonathan Hamm	Quantrell Bishop
Julian Lane	Birthday Boy
Kevin Corrigan	Sal
Marcia Jean Kurtz	Paul's Mom
Matt Servitto	Detective Velarde
Maya Louise Dispenza	Christine And Dennis Daughter
Michael Rapaport	Philadelphia Phil
Patton Oswalt	Paul Aufiero
Polly Humphreys	Christine
Serafina Fiore	Gina Aufiero
Sidné Anderson	Hospital Doctor

Producer	Credit
Elan Bogarin	Producer
Jean Kouremetis	Producer
Jen Cohn	Executive Producer
Jessica Cassimatis	Co-Executive Producer
Joan Siegel	Co-Associate Producer
Johnny Cassimatis	Co-Executive Producer
Josh Trank	Co-Producer
Mike Loew	Associate Producer
Nick Gallo	Associate Producer