Edward Burns’ latest film ‘Nice Guy Johnny,’ which premiered at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, will be released on October 26 via cable VOD, DVD, and iTunes. The film is a rom com with a bit more com than rom, and is definitely enjoyable.  It’s a light movie about a mid 20′s guy who considers giving up the pursuit of his dream job due to pressures from his over bearing fiance.  Of course he meets a beautiful girl that begins to change his life.  The film stars Matt Bush and Kerry Bishe and of course Burns himself.  Check out my complete Tribeca review of the film here.

I think Burns has done a great job trying to promote his small indy film via various means especially Twitter. I am a follower of Burns’ Twitter account and really think that his down-to-earth personality really comes through in spreading the film’s buzz (although he is a Mets fan – come on Edward).  If you follow his account, you know all the different places and steps he took to obtain distribution, something that most film insiders don’t do a good job at. Instead you usually get all the glitzy and glamourous things your favorite stars are doing.  Stuff that I could care less about.  Burns keeps his followers intrigued and up-to-date on the many steps it takes to get a film shown as well as giving everyone a real (un-glitzy tainted) taste of life as a film maker.

The trailer to Nice Guy Johnny is also up on the Apple website. Click here for the trailer.

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