The plot of this movie might be familiar – a struggling young actress from middle America who can`t seem to get a break happens to meet a well-connected industry vet who envisions her as a future sensation, and a movie star is born. While that`s the story told anew in Henry Jaglom`s feature, the acclaimed “Hollywood Drea

ms,” it also happens to be pretty close to the real-life story of the film`s dynamic and engaging leading lady.

But actress Tanna Frederick, who has drawn raves for her tour-de-force as aspiring starlet Margie Chisek, is quick to point out that although they have similar stories, she`s far from the chaotic and sometimes naive Margie. “A lot of people at film festivals were afraid to approach me because they thought I was playing myself,” Frederick laughs. “Thankfully the next character I play is quite normal – complicated, but down-to-earth, so people will hopefully see once and for all that Margie and I are not the same person.”

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Henry Jaglom´s “Queen of the Lot,” starring Tanna Frederick and Noah Wyle, is currently playing in theaters nationwide. In the film, an electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest isn’t about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Frederick) from the two things she craves the most: real fame and true love. With more “Google points” than her Iowa hometown, but far less than Angelina Jolie, Maggie is desperate to claw her way off the B-list of action/adventure pictures and into major movie stardom. With a team of handlers (Ron Vignone, Diane Salinger, David Proval and Zack Norman) to spin her recent drunk driving arrests into tabloid gold and bad-boy movie star boyfriend Dov (Christopher Rydell) on her arm, Maggie’s star is on the rise. Things get complicated when a trip home to meet Dov’s legendary family introduces Maggie to the world of Hollywood Royalty (Kathryn Crosby, Mary Crosby, Peter Bogdanovich, Dennis Christopher and Jack Heller) and to her boyfriend’s brother Aaron (Noah Wyle), the black sheep of the family and a failed writer who can actually see Maggie for who she really is behind her ingénue facade. Last year Frederick starred in Henry Jaglom´s “Irene in Time,” which looked at the complex relationships between fathers and daughters and the consequences years later on a grown woman´s relationships with the men in their lives. She also starred in Jaglom´s “Hollywood Dreams” in 2008.

Critic David Thomson once said that Henry Jaglom had invented a new kind of movie, where people more or less play themselves, and the plot is life itself rather than a developing theme. Dialogue is mainly improvised. Any complications arise because the people insist on playing themselves. At the same time, he adds, the action is as shapely as a short story.

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Juggling love story, jewel heist, suicide and a hilarious 12-step meeting, Mr. Jaglom displays his usual loosey-goosey style and insider wit. He’s not too fussy about where he puts his camera, but who else can persuade Peter Bogdanovich to play a whiny, unemployed director, or require his heroine to flirt while spitting mouthfuls of ice cream? That’s one skill even Ms. (Angelina) Jolie might hesitate to acquire.

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The demands of the Hollywood lifestyle can take a heavy toll on a small-town girl, a well-explored theme that director Henry Jaglom takes on in “Queen of the Lot.”

In it, an up-and-coming actress named Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) is sporting a special anklet — the electronic variety — after getting popped for two DUIs. Under house arrest, she forges on in pursuit of her dream: to act her way off the B-list and into a rarefied status where her “Google points” are unmatched by the likes of Angelina Jolie. But as a team of image-makers begin spinning her drunk driving arrests into tabloid exposure heaven, she finds unexpected — and forbidden — romance on a trip to her boyfriend’s childhood home.

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Henry Jaglom’s 17th film as writer/director, Queen of the Lot, is scheduled to open in theaters nationwide this fall. Currently he is shooting his 18th film, Just 45 Minutes From Broadway, adapted from his hit play which just closed after a year-long run at the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica. Tanna Frederick will reprise her onstage starring role and Judd Nelson will be her costar in the film, along with — from the original cast — Julie Davis, Jack Heller, David Proval, Diane Salinger and Harriet Schock. Ms. Frederick also costars with Noah Wyle in Queen of the Lot, which also stars Christopher Rydell and features performances by Peter Bogdanovich, Dennis Christopher, Kathryn Crosby, Mary Crosby, Jack Heller, Sabrina Jaglom, Zack Norman, David Proval and Paul Sand. The cinematographer on both films is Mr. Jaglom’s longtime collaborator Hanania Baer and the producer is Rosemary Marks.

Meanwhile, Mr. Jaglom’s very first feature, A Safe Place (1971) starring Tuesday Weld, Jack Nicholson and Orson Welles, will be released on December 14 in Criterion’s uniquely special box-set America Lost and Found: The BBS Story, which includes films produced by BBS Productions at Columbia Pictures in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The other films included in the anthology, which is listed at $99.95, are Head (1968), Easy Rider (1969), Five Easy Pieces (1970), Drive, He Said (1971), The Last Picture Show (1971) and The King of Marvin Gardens (1972).

Also coming out this fall on DVD is the box-set: Henry Jaglom Collection Volume 1: Love and Romance, containing three films: Always (But Not Forever) (1985), Venice/Venice (1992) and Deja Vu (A Love Story) (1997). Breaking Glass Pictures will release the collection on November 9 at a list price of $24.99. For further information please contact:
Sharon Lester at the Rainbow Film Company, 9165 Sunset Boulevard, Penthouse, Los Angeles, CA 90069, 310-271-0202, therainbowfilmco@aol.com

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