IT GETS BETTER – Cast and Filmmakers of The Weinstein Company’s DIRTY GIRL

The stars and filmmaker of the new indie film DIRTY GIRL are speaking up and helping to spread the message, it gets better.

The film tells the story of a pair of mismatched misfits who must discover each other and themselves through a funny and serendipitous friendship. Abe Sylvia’s touching story of growing up in an intolerant place shares the universal message of hope, making it a great fit with author Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” project.

For more information visit: www.itgetsbetter.org

SYNOPSIS:
Dirty Girl is the story of Danielle (Juno Temple), the dirty girl of Norman High School in Norman, Oklahoma, circa 1987. When Danielle’s misbehavior gets her banished to a remedial class, she is paired on a parenting project with Clarke (Jeremy Dozier), an innocent closet-case with no friends.  Danielle is determined to get to California to find the father she’s never met, and Clarke is desperate to escape being sent to military school by his homophobic dad.  Together, the mismatched misfits light out for California, and discover each other and themselves through a funny and serendipitous friendship.

DIRTY GIRL:
Release Date:  October 7 – Limited
Genre: Comedy, adventure
Cast: Juno Temple, Jeremy Dozier, Milla Jovovich, William H. Macy, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam, Tim McGraw
Directed / Written by: Abe Sylvia
Produced by: Rob Paris, Jana Edelbaum, Rachel Cohen, Ed Hart, Joan Huang, Christine Vachon, Pamela Koffler, Robert Bevan, Samantha Horley, Cyril Megret, David Grace, Jonathan McCoy