{"id":18148,"date":"2016-11-22T08:16:51","date_gmt":"2016-11-22T15:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/?post_type=film&p=18148"},"modified":"2016-11-22T08:23:40","modified_gmt":"2016-11-22T15:23:40","slug":"getting-ed-laid","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/film\/getting-ed-laid\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Ed Laid"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nShowtime: Dec 10th, 1:00\u00a0PM<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0at the Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe<\/p>\n

Storyline<\/h2>\n
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An 85 year old professor hires a hooker for a last hoorah. Afraid taking Viagra will kill him, he’s waiting for a callback from a cardiologist when a quirky older hooker shows up. Funny happens as these two lonely people discover – no matter what your age, life can surprise you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

About the Director<\/h2>\n

Deborah Pearl began her career as a professional singer doing club work, jingles and record back up for artists from Linda Ronstadt to Neil Young, as well as the album, “Pearl,” on London Records with her sister, Leslie, writer of the Folger’s “Best Part of Waking Up” jingle. \u00a0She went on to become a screenwriter, playwright and writer\/producer for television having worked on numerous sitcoms, most notably the critically acclaimed \u201cDesigning Women\u201d. She wrote and co-produced the short film, \u201cWaiting for Yvette\u201d, starring Wendie Malick, third place winner in Logo Networks Click Fest, and audience awards at film festivals around the country. Her second short as writer\/co-producer, \u201cIn Confidence\u201d went to the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. She wrote, directed and produced the short film \u201cGetting Ed Laid,\u201d starring Ed Asner and Jean Smart, winner of the Lou Costello Award for best comedy short at the 2016 Garden State Film Festival. Her 34 second short \u201cWhy Vote?\u201d won the 60 Seconds to Impact Video Contest co-sponsored by the Palm Springs Film festival. She has scripts in development with director Thor Freudenthal, their latest an adaption of the Israeli graphic novel \u201cExit Wounds\u201d with producers Killer Content.<\/p>\n

As a playwright, Pearl was a semi-finalist in the Eugene O\u2019Neill National Playwright\u2019s Competition both 2013 and 2014. Her collection, \u201cSex: A Ganglion of Short Plays,\u201d a finalist at HBO’s Comedy Fest, was produced at the MET Theater in L.A. and chosen for the Samuel French One Act Festival in New York. Pearl’s musical, \u201cAt the Bistro Garden\u201d, written with composer David Kole, was produced in Detroit directed by Jules Aaron. Her critically acclaimed one-woman show, \u201cChick Singers\u201d, exploring the lives of six different styles of singers was developed at the HBO Workspace, and ran at The Cinegrill and<\/p>\n

Odyssey Theater in L.A.. As a singer and lyricist, Pearl\u2019s cd “Souvenir of You – New Lyrics to Benny Carter Classics” – available on cdbaby, iTunes and Amazon.- is a posthumous collaboration with multi-Grammy winning jazz legend Benny Carter. Pearl is a member of the Actor’s Studio Playwrights\/Directors Unit, The Ensemble Studio Theater LA, and is associate artist at the Interact Theater Company. She co-founded and directs “The National In-Choir,\u201d a group of volunteer singers who perform at hospitals and nursing homes in Los Angeles during the Holiday season. Pearl graduated cum laude from Barnard College, Columbia University. For more about her, visit www.deborahpearl.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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