Crush the Movie

CRUSH directed by John Soto and Jeff Gerritsen

"Attraction can be fatal."

CRUSH, a supernatural thriller created and written by John Soto and co-directed by John Soto and Jeff Gerritsen with Deidre Kitcher as Producer, has been picked up for national theatrical release by co-distributers' Filmscope Entertainment and Odin's Eye Entertainment in the first half of 2009.

CRUSH stars Chris Egan (NBC series KINGS: 2009, Eragon, Resident Evil 3 - Extinction, Virgin Territory), Emma Lung (The Jammed, Triangle, The Boys are Back, House of Wax, Entourage: 2008) and Brooke Harman (Till Human Voices Wake Us, The Secret Life of Us, Ned Kelly).

Soto and Gerritsen have created a must-see film for teens and young adults, a suspenseful thriller which flirts with the supernatural. CRUSH follows the story of University student Julian (Chris Egan) who after being seduced by the mysterious and beautiful Anna (Emma Lung), finds his life unravelling in a series of increasingly strange and dangerous events as her infatuation with him turns deadly.

Crush could be best described as a teen Fatal Attraction meets The Haunting. Combine this with the lure of former 'Home and Away' star, Chris Egan whose major television series, KINGS for US network NBC, is set to be as big as HEROES (replacing ER from 15 March 2009) and AFI award nominee Emma Lung and you'll start to understand why CRUSH is one of the most anticipated teen films this season.

The CRUSH trailer has already become a favourite attraction on You Tube where it recently ranked in the Top 5 in the WORLD (out of 17,200 clips) for all countries under the You Tube search 'Movie Trailers 2009 Official'. The CRUSH trailer has had over 100,000 views in three weeks and has won the following awards; #1 Rated Movie Trailer - Films and Animation, January 2009, Australia. #1 Viewed Movie Trailer - Films and Animation, January 2009, Australia. #2 Favourited Movie Trailer - Films and Animation, January 2009, Australia.

Music in the film features some of Australia's coolest bands as well as international acts including Silverchair, Papa Roach, Little Birdy, Codrazine, Something for Kate, Pacifier and The Sleepy Jackson. Music has been composed by Jamie Blanks (Director of Urban Legend and Director/ Composer of Storm Warning). CRUSH was filmed in Perth and edited by one of Australia's most exciting new Editors Jason Ballantine (Prom Night, Rogue, Wolf Creek).

Despite the 'financial crisis' CRUSH has recently sold in various international territories at Berlin FM (Feb, 2009) including Indonesia, Malaysia and the Middle East with negotiations underway for sales in a further five minor and three major territories. The distributors for those territories intend releasing Crush theatrically in their countries in mid 2009.

CRUSH was privately financed with no government support. The film is rated M and has a running time of approximately 85mins. CRUSH is the directorial debut for Soto and Gerritsen.

www.crushthemovie.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvHOo9qiVew

JOHN V. SOTO, Director + Writer

John is the key creative force behind the feature film, Crush. A film fanatic with a love for the thriller genre, he has spent many years honing his skills as a writer and director. His extraordinary imagination and fresh storytelling ability has resulted in a number of exciting, cutting edge scripts. In 2006 John sold the script for horror feature film Prey which was produced by Topcat Films out of Melbourne in 2008 and is due for release later in 2009. In 2007 he Directed a short film called Repulsion which was the testing ground for Crush. In early 2008 John co-Directed Crush in addition to creating the story and writing the script.

His next film, Needle (a supernatural action thriller), is currently in development at Filmscope Entertainment with John attached as Director.


JEFF GERRITSEN, Director

Jeff, a technically creative Film Director is a vital member of the Nexus 6 Films team. Jeff has directed a number of TV Commercials, corporate videos and band clips (for Rage TV). Jeff is the go-to guy when it comes to figuring out how best to shoot a scene in addition to conquering any technical complexities that may arise.


DEIDRE KITCHER, Producer

Deidre Kitcher B.Bus CPA PFP, a Financial Accountant, has applied her broad business experience to establish Nexus 6 Films and Filmscope Entertainment as teen-orientated film production companies. Previous commercial video production experience combined with her expertise in business planning and the set-up of a number of successful business ventures has lead her to branch out into film production. Deidre was the sole Producer on Crush and also acted as story consultant on the film. She is currently in the process of finalizing funding for Needle, with an anticipated pre-production date of July 2009.


JASON BALLANTINE, Editor

Nominated for an ASE award for The Caterpillar Wish, and AFI and FCCA awards for Wolf Creek, Jason recently completed the Screen Gems teen Thriller Prom Night in Los Angeles (the film opened at No.1 at the US Box Office). Jason also edited Dimension Films' creature feature Rogue, which was directed by Greg McLean. As 1st Assistant Editor and Visual Effects Editor, Jason has worked alongside many noteworthy Directors and Editors on such films as Babe and Pig in The City, Dark City, MI2, Moulin Rouge, Hearts in Atlantis, The Quiet American and Star Wars Ep 2 and 3 in a career spanning over 15 years.