Chicago – Jer Sklar has created a one-of-a-kind feature film debut – “Tom of His Life” – the story of a boy who ages four years every hour, living his entire life in one day. The film has a week-long run at Chicago’s Music Box Theatre, with Sklar making an appearance on May 8th, 2021, with a Q&a moderated by Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com (click here for tickets).
Jer Sklar wrote, directed, provided the soundtrack and edited the film, in addition to portraying Tom from age 32-104. The story is about the birth of the boy that ages four years every hour (portrayed by different actors up to age 32), and a nurse named Jess (Baize Busan) who recognizes Tom’s fate and kidnaps him from the hospital to provide a semblance of a life cycle in one day. The events of this time period – like life – are not very well planned,...
Jer Sklar wrote, directed, provided the soundtrack and edited the film, in addition to portraying Tom from age 32-104. The story is about the birth of the boy that ages four years every hour (portrayed by different actors up to age 32), and a nurse named Jess (Baize Busan) who recognizes Tom’s fate and kidnaps him from the hospital to provide a semblance of a life cycle in one day. The events of this time period – like life – are not very well planned,...
- 5/7/2021
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
"They grow up so fast." Gravitas Ventures has released the first official trailer for an indie dramedy titled Tom of Your Life, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Jer Sklar. When a baby is born who inexplicably grows, evolves and ages four years every hour, a strung out nurse decides to smuggle him out of the hospital to show him what life is all about before the authorities and time catch up with them both. She takes him on the road to let him experience the world on the one day he’ll have to live in it... The concept reminds me of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, or even Big Fish, but with a whole different kind of charm. Starring Jeremy Sklar, Baize Buzan, and James Sharpe. And featuring music by the band The Blackstrap Molasses. This isn't the best trailer, way too short, but I still...
- 8/19/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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