SYNOPSIS

Pat Spurgeon is a professional musician whose dreams of being in a successful rock ‘n’ roll band have come true. But just as his band, Rogue Wave, starts to take off, his kidney starts to fail. “D tour” chronicles the life of a musician with “no back-up plan” as he’s faced with daily dialysis, a grueling tour, and a search for a new kidney. “D tour” will also address issues with the health care system, the lack of affordable insurance, the importance of organ donation, plus much more. Featuring live performances from Rogue Wave, The Moore Brothers, John Vanderslice, Nada Surf, and Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie).

2009 Winner of Best Documentay Feature Film at SJIFF!

SELECT FESTIVALS AND AWARDS

• Winner, Golden Gate Award for Best Bay Area Documentary Film, 2009 San Francisco International Film Festival
• Official Selection, 2009 Sarasota Film Festival

DIRECTOR'S BIOGRAPHY

Director, Producer, Director of Photography, Co-Editor Jim Granato has directed and produced several short films and music videos. He collaborated with San Francisco’s punk rock artists, The Bobbyteens for their 1999 cult hit documentary, Rock-n-Roll Show, also directing the music video, Hot City Boy. The 2002 Downstream International Film Festival awarded him the best music video award for Carbon Copies, featuring the music of Brando. His most recent short documentary film, Vivid Dreams (2007) has been playing film festivals worldwide for the past year. As cinematographer and sound recordist Jim Granato has been involved with several independent feature film productions such as past festival favorites Stuck (2003), Mango Kiss (2004), and Revolution Summer (2007). In addition, he’s worked on award-winning documentary features including Taggart Siegel’s The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005), Michael Jacobs’ Audience of One (2007) and Dori Berenstein’s Some Assembly Required (2008). D Tour is his first feature film as director and producer.

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SHOWTIMES

FRI. 5/22 at 6:00PM
Director in Person
Stockton Empire Theatre

SUN. 5/24 at 6:00PM
Stockton Empire Theatre

CAST AND CREW

Production Company: Autonomy 16 Film & Video Productions
Screenwriter: Jim Granato
Producer: Jim Granato
Cinematographer: Jim Granato
Editor: Richard Levien, Jim Granato
Music: Pat Sprugeon, Zach Rogue
Principal Cast: Pat Spurgeon

SOURCES

Print Source:
Autonomy 16 Film & Video Productions
www.dtourmovie.com