{"id":338274,"date":"2019-03-05T17:56:08","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T17:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/?p=338274"},"modified":"2019-03-05T17:56:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T17:56:08","slug":"zach-browns-seventime-winning-hard-surfaces-lands-us-release-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/zach-browns-seventime-winning-hard-surfaces-lands-us-release-exclusive_338274.html","title":{"rendered":"ZACH BROWN\u2019S SEVEN-TIME WINNING \u2018HARD SURFACES\u2019 LANDS US RELEASE (EXCLUSIVE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\" width:250px; padding:8px 10px 10px 10px; float:right;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1551749359.jpeg\" style=\"border:none !important;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" ><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29\" title=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/1551749359.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"\" style=\"padding:0px 0px 10px 10px; border:0 solid !important;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"quotes\" style=\" font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;\">\n<div>&#8220;HARD SURFACES \/\/ NORTH OF TWO&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-style:italic; padding:8px 0px;\">If you could only choose one \u2013 your career, your significant other, or keeping your 9-year-old niece out of a children\u2019s home \u2013 what would you choose?<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Los Angeles, CA &#8211; March 5, 2019 &#8211;<\/strong> <em>Adrian, a functioning drug addict and famous photographer, inherits his sister&rsquo;s 12-year-old daughter when she dies and must face the life changes of becoming a responsible parent.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">North of Two announces the release of Writer-Producer, Zach Brown&rsquo;s directorial debut, <em>HARD SURFACES <\/em>(2017) onto US digital platforms today, March 5<sup>th<\/sup>. Watch it on DIRECTV <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.directv.com\/movies\/Hard-Surfaces-MkZzWEdnY0p0eXlueTN6VHJRZW9QQT09%20\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The seven-time award-winning dramatic narrative film, previously titled <em>The Moleskin Diary<\/em>, is a heartwarming and compelling feature following Winston-Salem photographer, Adrian Trace (Shawn Pyfrom of <em>Desperate Housewives<\/em>), who grew up as an orphan with his sister, Samantha (Mariana Novak). Famed for his unique photographing style of capturing drug addicts, Adrian&rsquo;s art begins to imitate life when he begins partying hard and using drugs with his trophy-girlfriend Liz (Julia Voth), attempting to drown out his painful childhood past. But, when the unexpected death of Adrian&rsquo;s sister leaves him with her 9-year-old daughter, Maddy (Hannah Stock), Adrian is suddenly forced to face his inner demons and darkest secrets, sacrificing life as he knows it to keep Maddy out of a children&rsquo;s home.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Evoking genuine, compelling and emotional responses, <em>HARD SURFACES<\/em> is an intense and intimate story portraying just how far people would really go for those they call family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>HARD SURFACES<\/em> had its world premiere at WorldFest Houston in April 2017 where the drama was awarded three wins: Gold Remi Award for Best First Feature, Critics&rsquo; Choice Awards for Best Supporting Actress and Best Young Performer. <em>HARD SURFACES<\/em> has continued to rack-up film festival accolades, winning Best Screenplay at the 2017 Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles, and also found three victories at the 2018 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema: Best Director, Best Supporting Actress &ndash; Feature and Best of Festival.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>HARD SURFACES<\/em> will land on US digital streaming platforms March 5<sup>th<\/sup> (DIRECTV, Amazon, Vimeo on Demand, Vudu, Fandango, Dish\/Sling). For press inquiries and exclusive interviews, please contact <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:jenna@tricoast.com\">jenna@tricoast.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/uploads\/db395e147358a3064bb39992a213314a.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>HARD SURFACES<\/strong> (2017, 89 min.) Directed and written by: Zach Brown. Produced by: Shawn Pyfrom, Julia Voth. Editor: Patrick Bellanger. Cinematographer: Noel Maitland. Original Music: Ryan Rapsys. USA, English. Kumonryu Creative, North of Two<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Produced by:&nbsp;<\/strong>Kumonryu Creative, North of Two.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>About North of Two:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">North of Two is a motion picture development, production, and distribution company that specializes in independent film production and theatrical &amp; digital releasing. The company is based in Los Angeles, California.<\/p>\n<p><span style='font-size:18px !important;'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> TriCoast Entertainment <br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Jenna Wilen<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href='http:\/\/www.universalpressrelease.com\/?pr=zach-browns-seventime-winning-hard-surfaces-lands-us-release-exclusive&#038;type=pra'>Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Phone:<\/strong> 3104587707<br \/><strong>Address:<\/strong>11124 Washington Blvd.  <br \/><strong>City:<\/strong> Culver City<br \/><strong>State:<\/strong> California<br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tricoastworldwide.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.tricoastworldwide.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><object type=\"text\/html\" data=\"http:\/\/www.tricoastworldwide.com\" style=\"width:605px; height:400px;\"><\/object><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/press_stat.php?pr=zach-browns-seventime-winning-hard-surfaces-lands-us-release-exclusive\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;HARD SURFACES \/\/ NORTH OF TWO&#8221; If you could only choose one \u2013 your career, your significant other, or keeping your 9-year-old niece out of a children\u2019s home \u2013 what would you choose? Los Angeles, CA &#8211; March 5, 2019 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/zach-browns-seventime-winning-hard-surfaces-lands-us-release-exclusive_338274.html\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[401],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338274"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338274\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/pressreleases\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}