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Getting It

Jamie (Tom Heard) is a singer whose cabaret partner and boyfriend dumped him a year ago. Since then, he has angrily shut out the world, licking his wounds and always putting himself first. His best friend Elaine (Sharron Bower) has had it, and calls out his selfishness, which only hurts Jamie and pushes him further inward. Jamie's neighbor, Ben, (Donato De Luca) is a poet who is reeling from the devastating loss of his mother a year ago, and currently lives like a hermit with his brother, Luke, and sister-in-law, Alicia. When Alicia asks Jamie to reach out to Ben, Jamie sees his opportunity to appear generous and prove Elaine wrong. Slowly, Jamie starts falling for Ben. But has Jamie really changed?

  • Tom Heard
    Director
    Directorial debut
  • Tom Heard
    Writer
    First screenplay
  • Tom Heard, Christopher Lee Herod
    Producer
  • Tom Heard
    Key Cast
    "Jamie"
    Friday Night Lights, Revenge In Kind, True Rights
  • Sharron Bower
    Key Cast
    "Elaine"
    Rescue Me, Law And Order, Law And Order Special Victims Unit
  • Donato De Luca
    Key Cast
    "Ben"
    The Chosen
  • Lesley Pedersen
    Key Cast
    "Alicia"
    Drop Dead Diva
  • Project Type:
    Feature
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 45 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 18, 2020
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Breaking Glass Pictures
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights, Internet, Video on Demand, Pay Per View, Hotel, Airline, Ship, Theatrical, Video / Disc, Free TV, Paid TV, Console / Handheld Device
Director Biography - Tom Heard

Tom Heard was born in Long Beach, California and grew up in Austin, Texas. At age ten he appeared in a University of Texas production of Julius Caesar playing, Lucius. He acted in Austin civic theatre throughout his high school years and upon graduating began working in regional theatres in Dallas, Chicago and Los Angeles. His first film was, Black Snow (1989) playing Mel the pot smoking bartender for the Houston Cinema Group. In 1999, Meg Thayer cast him as the hilarious and nefarious, Drew Stein in her Hollywood film satire, True Rights (2000) which Guerilla Filmmaker Magazine called, "an indie masterpiece." Other TV and films roles have followed, including an appearance on NBC's Friday Night Lights (2006) as Doctor Nelson, and in 2017 he played villain, George Lehman in, Revenge in Kind (2017). In 2019 he wrote and directed his first feature, Getting It (2020).

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