Good Deed Entertainment has announced the acquisition of MAJOR ARCANA which will open in partnership with Kino Marquee’s virtual cinema platform on October 9. The Oscar-nominated indie house will also release the film from writer/director Josh Melrod to video on demand on November 6.
Melrod stated that “In creating Major Arcana, I wanted to offer people a unique emotional journey in the story of the lead character, Dink. It was wonderful to see it so well received by a the Austin Film Festival and am now so pleased to collaborate with Good Deed on the next leg of this journey.”
Dink (Ujon Tokarski) is an itinerant carpenter with a reputation for drunkenness and duplicity. After a long absence he returns to Vermont, newly sober, to take possession of his father’s estate: a derelict trailer, $15K hidden in a wall vent, and 52 acres of wilderness. He soon crosses paths with Sierra (Tara Summers, “Boston Legal”) with whom he shares a complicated past and sets out to prove to her that he’s turned his life around. Inspired by the beauty of his new land, Dink cuts down a stand of pine trees and sets to the arduous task of building a log cabin by hand. Alone in the woods Dink loses himself in his work, timber by back-breaking timber, and he escapes the persistent reminders of his shoddy existence. As the cabin takes shape, and Dink’s mother (Lane Bradbury) hounds him for the inheritance she believes is rightfully hers, Dink finds his sobriety in jeopardy and he must at last choose his fate: darkness or light.
Major Arcana was written and directed by Josh Melrod. Sarah Brennan Kolb, Alan Oxman and Teo Zagar are the Producers. Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol) wrote and recorded an original song for the film, aptly titled “Major Arcana.”
Good Deed Entertainment CEO and Founder, Scott Donley, added “This is such an impressive drama from Josh, especially as a first-time writer and director, and we are excited to work with him as well as our friends at Kino Marquee, and give the audiences entrenched at home something special to watch.”
Good Deed Entertainment’s Vice President of Distribution and Acquisitions, Kristin Harris, negotiated the deal for North American rights with Dan Fisher of Poppy Pictures representing the filmmakers.
