Winner of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award
BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON
Be one of the first to see new comedy starring Jillian Bell (22 Jump Street, Rough Night & Inherent Vice) BRITTANY RUNS A MARATHON at special #ReclaimTheFrame preview screening of the film at Everyman cinema Newcastle.
Following the film there will be a panel discussion hosted by Oscar winning producer and Birds’ Eye View director-at-large Mia Bays.
Also, join Mia and other members of the Reclaim The Frame community for a unique creative writing workshop, reflecting on the act of running, led by award winning poet, writer and performer Be Manzini, marathon runner and Virgin Sport pacer and director of Caramel Film Club. Don’t miss this!
You Can’t Stop Progress
Hilarious, outgoing and always up for a good time, New Yorker Brittany Forgler is everybody’s best friend ― except maybe her own. At 27, her hard-partying ways, chronic underemployment and toxic relationships are catching up with her, but when she stops by a new doctor’s office to try to score some Adderall, she gets slapped with a prescription she never wanted: Get healthy.
Too broke for a gym and too proud to ask for help, Brit is at a loss, until her seemingly together neighbour Catherine pushes her to lace up her Converse sneakers and run one sweaty block. The next day, she runs two. And soon, after finishing her first mile, she sets an almost unthinkable goal: running in the New York City Marathon.
Written & Directed by
Award-winning playwright Paul Downs Colaizzo
Based on the true story of Brittany O’Neill.
RT: 103 mins
In UK Cinemas from 1st November 2019
AMAZON ORIGINAL
REVIEWS
★★★★
Total Film
“Hilarious and sincere, inspiring and heartfelt, this feel-good story isn’t afraid to face its demons head-on, which makes it convincing and satisfying”
Danielle Woodward, Psychologies
★★★★★
“Fresh, smart and very funny”
Charles Gant, Heat
“A sweet and sometimes inspirational little Rocky story that survives on Jillian Bell’s immense talent”
Matt Rodgers, Flickering Myth
