The Last Word is an offbeat romantic dramedy written and directed by Geoffrey Haley set to have its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January. It will be released wide in 2008.

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be Frear: When an artist dies, his work becomes ten times more valuable than it was when he was alive. Most artists are only recognized as such posthumously. They spend their entire lives ignored, unappreciated. But once dead, they become famous. Why can we only truly appreciate something when it's gone?

Izzy Wright is a young prosecutor whose life has just become complicated. Attending the funeral of her therapist as the film begins, Izzy is surprised to find herself sitting next to Luke Callaghan. Izzy and Luke have not seen each other in the two years since they broke up over Luke's drinking problem. Now sober, Luke is working at a dead end job at the copy shop but enjoying real success with his roommate Ben in their singular acoustic band, The Flops. Since his breakup with Izzy, and only by chance, Luke had also been seeing the now-deceased therapist Marian Zizek. Izzy and Luke quickly discover that they have very dif-ferent memories of this mysterious figure. Was Marian a genius, a sham, or both? Izzy and Luke spend more and more time trying to solve this riddle and, even as they fall into their old habit of trading rapid-fire insults, they are falling back in love. Meanwhile, Izzy is making another leap of faith. When her highly esteemed former law professor Nadir Rumi is arrested for downloading child pornography from the Internet, the DA offers Izzy the task of prosecuting him. Frustrated and highly suspicious of the DA's motives, Izzy quits her job as prosecutor and devotes herself to Rumi's defense. The Last Word is a witty, entertaining concoction that ably blends romantic comedy with courtroom drama and rock and roll music. It's a sweet, smart film with likeable characters who actually care about each other. Written by Anonymous

A poignant story in which a quietly wronged man sees his ex at the market, avoids her in produce, avoids her in cereals, avoids her in dairy, but is finally cut off by her in a mad dash to the checkout line where, despite his taciturn nature, he is no longer able to contain his long dormant bitterness. Written by Anthony Sheppard (III)

A journalist with solid mob connections falls for a stripper with a dark past. His best friend then drags him to L.A. with the intent of becoming movie men. But does real life and fiction really go together? Written by Steve Richer