JONATHAN SEGAL’S AWARD-WINNING FILM NORMAN HITS AMC THEATRES® OCTOBER 21 PRESENTED BY AMC INDEPENDENT

STARS DAN BYRD, EMILY VANCAMP, RICHARD JENKINS, ADAM GOLDBERG

SOUNDTRACK FEATURES ORIGINAL SCORE BY ANDREW BIRD

“One of the most intelligent and deeply felt big-screen portrayals of a troubled teen in the last several years.” —The Hollywood Reporter

Director and producer Jonathan Segal’s award-winning film Norman receives its theatrical release October 21 in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Seattle and Spokane. In a deal brokered by executive producer Kim Blackburn, the film has been chosen by AMC Theatres to participate in the AMC independent™ program, which celebrates new and diverse on-screen storytelling. The film stars Dan Byrd (“Cougar Town,” Easy A, “Heroes”), Emily VanCamp (“Everwood,” “Brothers and Sisters,” ABC’s forthcoming “Revenge”), Academy Award®-nominee Richard Jenkins (The Visitor, Step Brothers, Friends With Benefits) and Adam Goldberg (Dazed and Confused, Saving Private Ryan, A Beautiful Mind) and has received numerous awards on the festival circuit including the Silver Hugo New Directors Competition at the Chicago International Film Festival.

Norman tells the story of Norman Long (Byrd), a self-aware and darkly funny teen who is trying to handle his daily high school existence. An unexpected set of life-changing circumstances turns his world upside down and then ultimately right side up as he meets the magnetic Emily (VanCamp). With love, humility and a heavy dose of truth, he emerges to face challenges not meant for a boy his age.

Norman’s soundtrack, due October 11 on Mom + Pop Records, features Andrew Bird’s first-ever original instrumental film score. It also includes new and previously released songs by Bird along with Wolf Parade, Chad VanGaalen and The Blow with Richard Swift.

For more information, please contact Joe Cohen, Krista Williams or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.

Dan Byrd (Norman Long)

Dan Byrd recently wrapped Screen Gems’ comedic retelling of The Scarlett Letter, Easy A, opposite Emma Stone and Amanda Bynes. Byrd is currently a series regular opposite Courtney Cox on ABC’s highly rated “Cougar Town,” playing Travis, Jules’ (Cox) teenage son in this comedy from Executive Producer Bill Lawrence (“Scrubs”). Byrd got his big break starring alongside Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray in the Warner Bros. teen romantic comedy A Cinderella Story. Byrd’s additional feature film credits include Universal Picture’s Lonely Hearts opposite John Travolta, FOX Searchlight’s The Hills Have Eyes and 28 Days opposite Sandra Bullock. Byrd had a memorable arc as Sylar’s (Zachary Quinto) protégé apprentice Luke on NBC’s hit drama “Heroes.” Prior to that he starred on the critically acclaimed CW series “Aliens in America.” Byrd’s television credits include the CBS drama “Clubhouse,” the lead role in the TNT miniseries “Salem’s Lot” with Rob Lowe, Sci-Fi Channel’s miniseries “Firestarter 2: Rekindled” with Dennis Hopper and the Lifetime Original Movie Just Ask My Children starring Virginia Madsen.

Emily VanCamp (Emily Harris)

Emily VanCamp is set to star in the upcoming ABC series “Revenge” premiering this fall. VanCamp recently starred on ABC’s acclaimed hit drama series “Brothers and Sisters” opposite Sally Field, Rachel Griffiths, Rob Lowe and Calista Flockhart. She starred in the Hallmark Hall of Fame telepic movie Beyond the Blackboard as well as the CBC/BBC mini-series Ben Hur. VanCamp also recently starred in the thriller Carriers opposite Chris Pine, Piper Perabo and Christopher Meloni. She first won over audiences on the WB’s critically acclaimed drama “Everwood” starring opposite Treat Williams and Gregory Smith, her performance garnering Teen Choice Award nominations for Best TV Actress three years in a row. Recent film credits include The Ring 2 with Naomi Watts and Simon Baker, the Sundance Film Festival hit Lost and Delirious, A Different Loyalty with Sharon Stone and Black Irish with Melissa Leo, Michael Angarano and Brendan Gleeson. VanCamp also portrayed young Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the miniseries Jackie O: A Life Story and was a regular on the WB series “Glory Days.”

Richard Jenkins (Doug Long)

Academy Award-nominated Richard Jenkins is one of the most in-demand character actors in Hollywood, having made over 50 feature films. Recently cast in the upcoming Robert Redford political thriller The Company You Keep alongside Shia LeBeouf and Susan Sarandon, Jenkins received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance in director Tom McCarthy’s The Visitor along with Independent Spirit Award and Screen Actor's Guild Award nominations. Jenkins recently starred alongside Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem in Eat, Pray Love and Overture’s Let Me In. He also stars opposite Bradley Whitford in Drew Goddard’s highly anticipated upcoming thriller Cabin in the Woods. In 1997 Jenkins received an Independent Spirit Award nomination as Best Supporting Male Actor for his performance in David O. Russell’s comedy Flirting With Disaster, appearing alongside Ben Stiller, Tea Leoni, Josh Brolin and Lily Tomlin. Among Jenkins’ other film credits are George Miller’s The Witches of Eastwick, Richard Benjamin’s Little Nikita, Sea of Love; Mike Nichols’ Wolf, North Country, the Judd Apatow comedy Fun With Dick & Jane and Peter Berg’s 2007 film The Kingdom.

 Adam Goldberg (Mr. Angelo)

Since landing a career-launching role in Richard Linklater’s classic ode to `70s high school Dazed and Confused, Adam Goldberg has managed to bounce with ease between roles in blockbuster movies, Oscar winners and sleeper independent films alike. Most notably he has portrayed a doomed soldier in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar winning Saving Private Ryan, a scientist classmate and friend of Russell Crowe’s lead character in Ron Howard’s Oscar-winning A Beautiful Mind, a slacker in Linklater’s Waking Life, a zombie henchman of Christopher Walken’s angel Gabriel in Gregory Widen’s The Prophecy, the voice of a Jack Russell terrier in George Miller’s Babe: Pig in the City, a physicist in the Tony Scott thriller Déjà Vu, the hero of Jonathan Kesselman’s “Jewsploitation” comedy The Hebrew Hammer, a speed freak in D.J. Caruso’s drug noir The Salton Sea and recently starred as Jack in the sleeper hit Two Days in Paris. Goldberg is also a filmmaker in his own right, having written, directed, co-edited, produced and starred in his first film, Scotch and Milk, which made its debut in 1998 at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival and was featured on the Sundance Channel series “10 Best Films You May Never Have Seen.” Goldberg is currently set to star alongside Jeffrey Tambor in the kickoff series from AMC’s new digital division AMC Digital Studios, “The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks.”

Jonathan Segal (Director/Producer)

Jonathan Segal’s film experience has been focused on directing, writing and producing. Segal directed the 20-minute short film Ripple, which premiered in competition at the Sundance Film Festival, starring Anthony Michael Hall, Marcia Cross, David Hyde Pierce and Colm Meaney. Segal also recently executive produced the short film Despair, starring Bryce Dallas Howard, with cinematographer Matthew Libatique. His first feature film, The Last Run, was acquired and distributed via New Line Cinema.  Segal has been a writer-for-hire on several indies as well as for studios including 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers.

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