A filmmaking doubleheader
Knoxville area is setting for 2 movie productions
By Betsy Pickle
Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Last summer, East Tennessee struck out in terms of film production, but this year the region already has scored a double. Two homegrown filmmakers chose to begin shooting their films this week in the Knoxville area.
Homegrown indie film ready for red carpet
By Betsy Pickle
Sunday, April 13, 2008
When Brooks Benjamin was shooting "Boys of Summerville" last June in his hometown of Kingston and nearby Harriman, Rockwood, Oak Ridge, Alcoa and Maryville, he was thinking of green outfields, not red carpets.
Doubleheader
‘Boys of Summerville’ showcases local talent, premiers in ET
By Lance Coleman
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The Summerville Hornets held their own against competitive men’s softball teams throughout East Tennessee…on film.
Brooks Benjamin, writer/director/producer of Boys of Summerville
By Rose Kennedy
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
The movie’s about a man who gets lured back to his hometown through softball. Is Harriman, where you live, the real “Summerville”?
Local "Boys"
By Eric Dawson
April 17, 2008
Brooks Benjamin’s locally made film
Boys of Summerville
will have its premiere Thurday, April 17, 7 p.m., at Regal’s Downtown West Cinema 8.
The Summerville Ringer
By FilmStew Staff
Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 9:45 PM
How actor David Keith came to be a part of independent filmmaker Brooks Benjamin's romantic comedy
Boys of Summerville
proves the old adage that it all starts with the script.
Red carpet treatment
Boys of Summerville premieres at Regal Downtown West
By Lance Coleman
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Maryville actor David Dwyer has a pretty simple formula for figuring out if a movie premiere went well.
“A sold out crowd said it all,” he said of “Boys of Summerville,” the film made in East Tennessee last June that debuted April 17 at the Regal Downtown West movie theater.
"Boys of Summerville" to premiere to sold-out crowd
By Jake Jost
April 17, 2008 6:47:26 PM
If you had hopes of catching the earliest showing of the East Tennessee-made softball comedy "Boys of Summerville," you may be out of luck. Advance tickets have sold out for the Regal Downtown West premiere.
Brooks Benjamin is the reel deal
By Janet Testerman
June, 2008
Like his favorite movie,
The Neverending Story
, Brooks hopes his filmmaking career will be a never-ending story.
Hollywood comes to Knoxville
By Stephanie Edwards
A little bit of Hollywood will grace Knoxville on April 17. The premiere of Harriman writer/director Brooks Benjamin’s newest film “Boys of Summerville” will be held at 7 p.m. at Regal Cinema’s Downtown West Theater.
Movie teaches a lesson about life
By Stephanie Edwards
Some movies are made simply to entertain, but others are meant to teach a lesson — one that sticks with you for life.
This can be said of Harriman director/writer Brooks Benjamin’s newest film, “Boys of Summerville,” which debuted at Regal Cinemas Downtown West on April 17.
