Watch our ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL video interviews with cast & director

Watch our ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL video interviews with cast & director

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It’s a movie you’re likely to be hearing a lot about, especially once the award season kicks into gear. After making a big splash at Sundance and even our own Dallas International Film Festival, ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL is already a film festival hit, and now opens wide in theaters this weekend. Director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s take on Jesse Andrews’ novel is something almost all ages can relate to, and has a personal feel and sincerity rarely seen in films these days. I had a chance to sit down with Rejon and principal cast members Thomas Mann, Olivia Cooke and RJ Cyler (I apologize for mis-pronouncing his name in the video, it’s pronounced “Ky-ler”) for a fun chat about putting the film together and what it means for them. This is one of those special productions you owe it to yourself to check out. Give our interviews a look, and then get your butt to a theater this weekend to see for yourself what all the chatter is about.

Winner of the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL is the uniquely funny, moving story of Greg (Thomas Mann), a high school senior who is trying to blend in anonymously, avoiding deeper relationships as a survival strategy for navigating the social minefield that is teenage life. He even describes his constant companion Earl (R.J. Cyler), with whom he makes short film parodies of classic movies, as more of a ‘co-worker’ than a best friend. But when Greg’s mom (Connie Britton) insists he spend time with Rachel (Olivia Cooke) – a girl in his class who has just been diagnosed with cancer – he slowly discovers how worthwhile the true bonds of friendship can be.

And here’s director Anfonso Gomez-Rejon:

ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL opens in Dallas on June 19, 2015

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About the Author

Born and raised in Dallas, Mark has been a movie critic since 1994, with reviews featured in print, radio and National TV. In 2001 he started the Entertainment section of the Herorealm website, where he contributed film reviews and celebrity interviews until 2004. After three years of service there, he started Bigfanboy.com, which has become one of the Dallas film community's leading information websites. Bigfanboy hosts several movie screenings in the Texas area, and works closely with film and TV studios and promotional partners to host exciting events and contests. The site also features a variety of rare celebrity and filmmaker interviews, and Bigfanboy.com regularly covers the film festival circuit as well. In addition to Hollywood reporting, Mark has worked for many years as an advertising and sci-fi/comic book artist. Clients have included Lucasfilm Ltd., Topps Trading Cards, The Dallas Mavericks and The Dallas Stars. From 2002 until 2015 he managed the Dallas Comic Con, Sci-Fi Expo and Fan Days events in the DFW area. He currently catalogs rare comic books and movie memorabilia for Heritage Auctions, and runs the Dallas Comic Show conventions, but remains an avid moviegoer and cinema buff.