About Fifty

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About Fifty
Fifty-nothing.jpg
Directed byThomas Johnston
Written byMartin Grey
Drew Pillsbury
Thomas Johnston
Produced byIan Toporoff
Starring Wendie Malick
Martin Grey
Drew Pillsbury
Production
company
Five-Oh Productions
Distributed byScreen Media Films
Release date
  • January 7, 2011 (2011-01-07)
Running time
119 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

About Fifty (also known as Fifty-nothing) is a 2011 independent comedy film written by Thomas Johnston and Drew Pillsbury. It stars Wendie Malick, Michaela McManus, Anne-Marie Johnson, Jessalyn Gilsig, Martin Grey, Drew Pillsbury, and Kathleen Noone. [1] It premiered January 7, 2011 at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.

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Screen Media Films acquired the film for a November release under the new title About Fifty. [2]

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References

  1. "Fifty-nothing Official website". May 4, 2011. Archived from the original on March 8, 2012.
  2. Variety, October 11, 2011