LOS ANGELES, Calif. (September 30, 2014) – Ocean Avenue Entertainment continues to solidify strategic partnerships and endorsements in support of its October 24 national theatrical release of 23 Blast. 23 Blast has added former NFL coach and best-selling author Tony Dungy to its growing list of champions.
Tony Dungy, a former professional American football player and first African American National Football League head coach to win the Super Bowl when his Colts defeated the Chicago Bears in Super Bowl XLI, is a strong advocate for the film.
“23 Blast is a powerful movie about football and perseverance, based on the true story of Travis Freeman,” Dungy said. “If you’re looking for an inspiring movie that the whole family can enjoy, go see this film!”
Dungy also plans to support and promote 23 Blast via their social media channels, leading up the film’s theatrical kick-off.
Grammy® award-winning artist and producer TobyMac (“Unstoppable”) as well as others have teamed up to support 23 Blast through their musical contributions to the movie’s soundtrack with songs featured throughout the film.
23 Blast features Freeman, a typical teenager growing up in a small town in Kentucky, who is a local hero on and off the field. In the fall of 1997, in the prime of his youth, he is unexpectedly stricken with an infection that destroys his optic nerve. He becomes blind overnight. Under the influence of parents who love him, a physical therapist who challenges him, a coach who inspires him, and a best friend who he cannot bear to leave behind, Freeman shows us what true bravery is by competing on the gridiron, helping his Corbin High School team advance to the state playoffs. 23 Blast follows Freeman and Jerry Baker, his closest friend, from the time they meet on the football field as kids through high school. Baker’s attraction to the dark side of teenage temptations, beer and drugs, threatens to pull the friends apart. It is only on the football field where they truly connect.
The film stars Dylan Baker, Stephen Lang, Alexa Vega, Mark Hapka, Max Adler, Bram Hoover, Kim Zimmer, Becky Ann Baker, Timothy Busfield, and Fred D. Thompson, and is written by Bram Hoover and Toni Hoover, directed/produced by Dylan Baker (Spider-Man 2 & 3, 13 Days) and produced by Gary Donatelli and Toni Hoover. Executive producers for the movie include Daniel Snyder (owner of the Washington Redskins), Misook Doolittle and Brent Ryan Green.
The Dylan Baker Film is designed to encourage and uplift audiences and depicts a story of hope triumphing over despair, of courage and faith overcoming fear and of victory prevailing over adversity. Inspired by the true-life events of Travis Freeman, who played football for Corbin High School in the mid 1990’s despite being blind, 23 Blast will release through Ocean Avenue Entertainment, Inc. in association with Toy Gun Films.
For more information about 23 Blast, please visit:
Website: www.23blast.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com/23Blast
Instagram: www.instagram.com/23blast
Facebook: www.facebook.com/23Blast
About Ocean Avenue Entertainment, Inc.
Launched in January 2009, Ocean Avenue Entertainment, Inc. is the destination for productions that offer hope to audiences looking for inspiration in entertainment. It is committed to releasing films and television programming that is inspiring and redemptive. For more information, please visit www.oceanave.tv.
About Dylan Baker
With three Emmy, Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, Dylan Baker brings a wide-ranging acting career, from Planes, Trains and Automobiles to Anchorman 2, from Secretariat to The Good Wife, to directing plays and now film. Having acted alongside such stars as Steve Martin, Robert DeNiro, John Candy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Diane Lane, John Goodman, Tom Hanks, Juliana Margolies, Kevin Costner and Emma Stone, Baker goes behind the camera for the first time in 23 Blast.
About Toy Gun Films
Toy Gun Films is an independent film production company run by Director/Producer Brent Ryan Green. For more information, please visit www.toygunfilms.com.
