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Professional Motion Picture Production and Distribution NEWS
| St. Baldrick's Foundation and the Producers of "Jingle Hell" Movie Announce Holiday Promotion By StudentFilmmakers.com posted Nov 17, 2011, 16:26 |
This holiday season, the St. Baldrick's Foundation and the producers of the independent film "Jingle Hell," in conjunction with the film's distributor Janson Media, are teaming up to raise money for kids' cancer research.
(Los Angeles, CA) Percentage of profits from DVD and instant watch to help fund childhood cancer research.
It takes actors, producers and directors to Conquer Kids' Cancer! This holiday season, the "Jingle Hell" is a witty and stylish comedy about the Fitzgerald family, a large Irish Catholic clan from New York, who have all returned home for the holidays. The gathering turns out to be a far cry from the picture-postcard Currier & Ives Christmas anyone had in mind. This year the matriarch of the family, Peg Fitzgerald, wants Christmas to be different. She's thrown away the television set, leaving five grown children, four significant others, three fighting siblings, two grandchildren, and Seamus, her TV-loving husband, with nothing to do but actually act like a family for an entire holiday weekend.
"One of the storylines in our film is that of a pediatric oncologist who, at Christmas, is questioning whether he makes a difference," said Carter Anne McGowan, producer and co-screenwriter of "Jingle Hell." "We always thought that somehow we could use that storyline to do something positive with the film as a whole and teaming up with St. Baldrick's gives us that opportunity."
With each purchase of a "Jingle Hell" DVD and Amazon Instant Watch, the producers will donate the entire portion of their profits, which equals 20 percent of overall profits, to the St. Baldrick's Foundation. The film is available for purchase online through Janson Media and Amazon.
Worldwide, more than 160,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year, and it remains the leading cause of death by disease among children in the United States. St. Baldrick's funds are critical to continue the battle against this devastating disease.
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