Jeff Cardoni has been hired to score the upcoming indie comedy Furlough. The film is directed by Laurie Collyer (Sherrybaby, Sunlight Jr.) and stars Melissa Leo and La La Anthony. Anna Paquin, Tessa Thompson and Whoopi Goldberg are also rumored to appear in the movie, which centers around an inmate who is granted one weekend out of prison to see her dying mother and her relationship with a rookie correction officer. Barry Strugatz (She-Devil, Married to the Mob) wrote the screenplay.
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J Mascis Scoring ‘Sunlight Jr.’
J Mascis has composed the score for the upcoming romantic drama Sunlight Jr.. The film is written and directed by Laurie Collyer (Sherrybaby) and stars Naomi Watts, Matt Dillon, Norman Reedus and Tess Harper. The movie follows a convenience store clerk and her paraplegic boyfriend who are trapped in a generational cycle of poverty and ignorance. Andera Roa (Drinking Buddies) is producing the project for Freight Yard Films, Charlie Corwin (The Squid and the Whale) is producing for Original Media and Ariel Elia is producing for Empyrean Pictures. Mascis is best known as the singer, guitarist and songwriter for the underground rock band Dinosaur Jr. whose music has been used in numerous films, including Reality Bites, Young Adult and Grace of my Heart.