Jump, Darling
Jump, Darling
Product Description
After a disastrous non-debut at a Toronto drag club, Russell leaves his status-conscious boyfriend and takes shelter with his grandmother Margaret in Canadian wine country. Margaret is a woman coming to terms with her own mortality while determined to hang on to her independence. As tempers wear thin and family secrets are revealed, Russell and Margaret fight to maintain their dignity while being true to themselves.
Review
"an essential watch" --RogerEbert.com
"very real and very moving" --Screen International
"Leachman delivers a luminous performance" --San Francisco Chronicle
About the Actor
In a career spanning over seven decades she has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, and an Academy Award for her role in The Last Picture Show (1971). Leachman was a part of Mel Brooks' ensemble cast, appearing in iconic roles such as Frau Blücher in Young Frankenstein (1974) and Madame Defarge in History of the World, Part I (1981). Her longest running role was the nosy and cunning landlady Phyllis Lindstrom in the CBS sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spin-off, Phyllis in the 1970s.
About the Director
Phil is a writer, director and producer. His debut feature film JUMP, DARLING starring Thomas Duplessie and the late, legendary Cloris Leachman has played over three dozen film festivals, won multiple awards and sold in territories across four continents. His action drama series pilot, HUBRIS+PARANOIA was a 2018 BlueCat Semi-Finalist. His geo-political feature drama, RANA PLAZA, about the 2013 factory collapse in Bangladesh, was recently named a Semi-Finalist for the 2021 Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.