Tribeca 2011: JANIE JONES After Party

The final event I attended of the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival was the After Party for the film JANIE JONES. It was a very fitting conclusion to my festival experience since I saw the film on my first day and interviewed stars Abigail Breslin & Alessandro Nivola halfway through the festival.

When I arrived at Marquee, I realized this was unlike the other parties I had attended at Tribeca. This was less of a networking event and much more of a celebration for cast, crew, friends & family. I immediately felt out of place but I’m used to that. The guest list included stars of the film Abigail Breslin, Alessandro Nivola and Frank Whaley, as well as other celebrity guests including Marisa Tomei, Ethan Hawke, and Emily Mortimer.

Towards the end of the night, I had a chance to spend some time with Alessandro who remembered me from our interview. He mentioned that he has been checking out our coverage of the film and that he really enjoyed my review of JANIE JONES. It is always gratifying to receive compliments about your coverage from someone associated with the film so that was very cool.

In addition to getting to talk with some really cool people, I also got to watch Abigail Breslin and Alessandro Nivola perform a short acoustic set.  Below are some photos from their performance. While I did take video of them, I was asked not to post any audio or video from the night. Sorry but I have to honor their request. However, if you would like to hear one of the songs Abigail Breslin performed from the film, “Fight For Me” is now available via iTunes.

While I have many more, these are some of my favorite images of the night. I also included a few random shots of the crowd before they lowered the lights. The guys in the last picture thought I was the event photographer and asked me to take a photo. Sure, why not?

Jerry Cavallaro  – www.StuckLikeChuck.com