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Tagline: Sex, Murder, Blackmail. There's a first time for anything.
Desperate to be free from her drunken, unloving mother Diane, the beautiful, scheming young Mini (Reed) seduces her stepfather Martin (Baldwin) and soon convinces him to join her in a sadisctic scheme to have Diane declared insane. But their conspiracy soon escalates to murder and when John Garson, a young detective starts investigating, Martin and Mini begin to turn on each other.
"Mini's First Time," starring Nikki Reed, proves that having it all comes at a steep price. Mini has a deep loathing for her embittered gold digging mother, Diane (Carrie-Anne Moss).
But, Mini has an idea: she is going to follow in the footsteps of her dear mother and get what she wants, when she wants it. The first and most important step is becoming the apple of her very rich stepfather's (Alec Baldwin) eye. With a little coaxing, she persuades him that life would be a lot more fun without mom around.
"Mini's First Time" is an irreverent, scandalous, edgy black comedy with superb performances featuring Nikki Reed ("Thirteen," "Lords of Dogtown," "The OC"), Alec Baldwin and Carrie-Anne Moss. The film is an audacious debut feature from writer/director Nick Guthe.
About the Film (Director's Statement)
"Mini's First Time" was born from a number of factors. I had always wanted to make a film about someone who viewed their life as an opportunity to live as originally as possible. Not to define their success by money or status, but simply by how many unique experiences they could achieve in their lifetime. It also came out my frustration with watching a string of movies about the teenage experience in America that did not resemble any high school or teenagers I had ever known.
The film, while a dark comedy, is also intended as a cautionary tale about what happens to children who are unwanted and left to raise themselves, how their moral compasses often do not fully develop. Mini is intended to be an embodiment of our "latch key" society. The film is also the reflection of a society where adults frequently abdicate social responsibility when it doesn't fit their immediate personal needs.
While some of the events in the movie may seem extreme, they were actually directly inspired from articles I had read in the media as I was writing the script. Truth is often stranger than fiction, and at the end of the day I hope the audience enjoys the ride, while recognizing that the film is simply a reflection of the America we live in today.
About Bold Films
Los Angeles-based Bold Films was established in 2004 as an independent film finance and production company. Bold is dedicated to finding original voices, creating an artistic haven for filmmakers and producing innovative, provocative and meaningful feature films. Bold has completed 4 films to date, including "Slingshot", "Mini's First Time" and "Come Early Morning." Bold's most recent film "Bobby" written and directed by Emilio Estevez features a star-studded cast including Anthony Hopkins, Lindsay Lohan, William H. Macy, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood and many others. "Bobby" is slated for a fall 2006 release with The Weinstein Company.
About First Independent Pictures
In February of 2004, veteran distribution executive, Gary Rubin formed First Independent Pictures, a boutique domestic distribution company designed to release 4 to 6 films a year, some to the theatrical marketplace and others to be given premiere treatment in the ancillary world. FIP distributes to the DVD universe through its label deal with Universal Music and Video Distribution. FIP also provides selected consulting and repping services.
Based in Los Angeles, FIP now acquires 5-8 features yearly, most for theatrical release. Previous releases include the Sundance '05 selection "New York Doll" as well as Hypnotic/Cherry Road/Double Edge's "Mail Order Wife". FIP distributes to the DVD universe through its label deal with Universal Music Group Distribution. The company is in the initial stages of raising its second tranche of financing.
On Friday, June 23, 2006, Gary Rubin's First Independent Pictures begins a very busy month as it is undertaking the theatrical release of 3 motion pictures, all with all-star casts, in that time period, the first of which is Danny Leiner's The Great New Wonderful. The film's ensemble cast includes Maggie Gyllenhaal ("Secretary"), Tony Shalhoub ("Monk") and Edie Falco ("The Sopranos"), and opens at selected theatres in New York, Boston and Washington.
Further, FIP's next two releases hit the same day, July 14th, 2006: First, there's the Stuart Gordon - directed Edmond, an '05 Venice and Telluride selection, written by David Mamet with an all star cast including William H. Macy, Julia Stiles, Mena Suvari, Denise Richards, Dylan Walsh, Joe Mantegna and Rebecca Pidgeon.
Also on the 14th, the company releases the Bold Films/Trigger Street production, Mini's First Time, directed by Nick Guthe and with an all star cast that includes Alec Baldwin, Carrie-Anne Moss, Luke Wilson, Jeff Goldblum, and starring Nikki Reed ("Thirteen," "The OC") as Mini. HBO has the video rights to the picture. Edmond opens in NY exclusively and begins its rollout in Chicago on the 28th, and Mini's First Time begins its release in New York and LA simultaneously on the 14th.
 About the CastNikki Reid (Mini)
At the young age of thirteen, Nikki Reed co-wrote and starred in the now classic "thirteen" (2003), for which she was awarded the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance, the Prism Award for Best Performance and the Young Hollywood "One to Watch" Award.
In the few years following, Nikki has accumulated quite a list of credits, including the features "Mini's First Time" starring as Mini alongside Alec Baldwin, Jeff Goldblum and Luke Wilson; "Lords of Dogtown" co-starring Heath Ledger and directed by her co-writer on "thirteen", Catherine Hardwicke; "American Gun" with Donald Sutherland and Marcia Gay Harden; and "Cherry Crush" with Jonathan Tucker.
I the television arena, Nikki has just completed filming six episodes Guest Starring as Sadie' for "The O.C." Along with acting, Nikki continues to write and currently divides her time between Los Angeles and New York.
 Alec Baldwin (Martin)Born April 3, 1958, Alec grew up in Massapequa, Long Island where his father was a high school teacher for twenty-eight years and his mother raised six children, including his sisters, Beth and Jane. Alec is the eldest of his brothers, Daniel, William, and Stephen Baldwin, all of whom are actors in film and television.
Alec attended George Washington University and planned to attend law school, when he auditioned for the New York University Undergraduate Drama Program on a dare. He was accepted, and in 1979 began what would become his professional training. In 1980, he was cast in the daytime TV series "The Doctors" on NBC and, subsequently, has worked in nearly every venue as a professional actor ever since.
Whether in regional theater or Saturday Night Live, blockbuster movies or Broadway, literary festivals or television mini-series, Alec has always attempted to balance his love of communicating with an audience with the demands of a motion picture career.
On Broadway, Baldwin recently appeared in The Roundabout Theatre Company's 2004 revival of Hecht and MacArthur's "The Twentieth Century", directed by Walter Bobbie, co-starring Anne Heche. He was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in the 1992 revival of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire", was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for the television movie of that same production, won an Obie Award for the 1991 off-Broadway production of Craig Lucas' "Prelude to a Kiss" and a Theatre World Award in 1986 for his turn in Joe Orton's "Loot" on Broadway. He has also performed on Broadway in Caryl Churchill's "Serious Money". Other stage includes David Mamet's "Life in the Theatre", (directed by the late AJ Antoon), the Williamstown Theatre Festival and at the Bay Street Theatre in Sag Harbor, New York, where he performed in Ira Lewis's "Gross Points".
Alec has starred in several films, including "The Hunt for Red October", "Miami Blues", "Prelude to a Kiss", "Malice", "The Shadow", "Glengarry Glen Ross", "Heaven's Prisoners", "Ghosts of Mississippi", "The Edge", "Pearl Harbor" and "Cat in the Hat", among others. In 2004, Baldwin received a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award nomination for his role in Wayne Kramer's "The Cooler". That year, Baldwin was awarded the National Board of Review Best Supporting Actor honor for "The Cooler". He also recently appeared in "The Last Shot" with Mathew Broderick and Martin Scorsese's "The Aviator". In 2005, Alec can be seen in Cameron Crowe's film "Elizabethtown" and in Jim Carrey's new comedy "Fun with Dick and Jane", also starring Tea Leoni and directed by Dean Parisot.
His production company, El Dorado Pictures, has co-produced "The Confession" (winner of the 2000 Writers Guild Award for best adapted screenplay by David Black) for Cinemax Television, "Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial" for Turner Network Television, "State and Main", a motion picture comedy written and directed by David Mamet and TNT Productions "Second Nature" co-starring Powers Boothe.
Alec is an out-spoken supporter of various causes related to public policy, including environmentalism, the government's support of the arts, campaign finance reform, animal rights and gun control. He serves on the board of directors of The Bay Street Theatre (Sag Harbor, Long Island), The New York University/Brennan Center for Justice Program Advisory Board, People For The American Way and the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund, dedicated in honor of his mother. He is a vigorous supporter of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) and The Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS). Alec is a dedicated supporter of the East Hampton Daycare Center. Baldwin is a graduate of New York University (BFA, Tisch School of the Arts), 1994. Alec has a daughter, Ireland Eliesse.
 Carrie-Anne Moss (Diane)After starring opposite Keanu Reeves in the Wachowski brothers smash hit film, The Matrix for Warner Bros., Carrie-Anne Moss has become one of the most sought-after actresses in Hollywood.
The younger of two children, Carrie-Anne was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. At the age of eleven she was starring in a children's musical theatre group. During her senior year at the exclusive Magee Secondary, she was chosen to tour Europe with the school choir. This trip affirmed her passion for performing. Upon her return, she enrolled at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena. After graduating she set out to become a model and moved to Europe. Success was almost immediate and it wasn't long before she landed modeling jobs in Toronto, Japan and Spain, where at the age of 20 she shot her first of many international magazine covers.
While working in Spain, she landed a regular role in the television series Dark Justice, which was produced in Barcelona the first season. Carrie-Anne moved to Los Angeles the following year when the series switched locations. Soon after Carrie-Anne landed a starring role in the popular Aaron Spelling television show Models Inc. and has worked continuously ever since.
Following the release of the The Matrix, Carrie-Anne was snapped up by some of Hollywood's most prominent producers for starring roles in four films. First, audiences saw her star opposite Burt Reynolds and Richard Dreyfuss in the Disney mobster comedy The Crew for producers Barry Sonnenfeld and Barry Josephson. Then they saw her star with Val Kilmer in Red Planet for Warner Bros. for producer Mark Canton. She then co-starred opposite Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp and Dame Judy Dench in Miramax's Oscar-nominated film Chocolat for director Lasse Hallstrom and producer David Brown next she starred with Guy Pearce in the critically acclaimed independent thriller Memento for which Carrie-Anne earned an Independent Spirit Award for her performance.
Carrie-Anne reprised her role as 'Trinity' in The Matrix: Reloaded and The Matrix: Revolutions once again teaming with Keanu Reeves and Lawrence Fishburne. She then joined Aaron Eckhart and Sir Ben Kingsley in the Cruise/Wagner produced Suspect Zero helmed by Eliase Merhige.
Other recent projects include the ensemble independent feature film The Chumscrubber with Ralph Fiennes, Rita Wilson and Glenn Close, Mini's First Time opposite Alec Baldwin, Luke Wilson and Nikki Reed, and Marc Evans' touching drama Snow Cake with Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman.
Most recently Carrie-Anne completed work on Andrew Currie's feature film for Lions Gate Pictures entitled Fido and opposite Billy Connelly, Dylan Baker and Tim Blake Nelson.
 Svetlana Metkina (Jelena)Russian-born actress, Svetlana Metkina, embodies the essence of grace and talent. Her credits to date include films such as "Bobby" and "Mini's First Time." The international tale of Svetlana's success story began at age 11 in the Moscow theatre world, growing from there to a string of European films and then stretching intercontinentally, eventually lander her at the center of today's film making circles.
Irrefutably talented, natural, and with stunning looks, Svetlana followed a charmed path to her first US feature film "Slingshot," starring opposite David Arquette, Thora Birch and Balthazar Getty. Though she always spoke English fluently, Metkina worked especially hard to bring her skillful acting into English for the first time. Thriving in the collaborative environment of this film, Metkina enjoyed the enthusiasm of the film's first-time director Jay Alaimo. Metkina's character had originally been scripted as a man, so they changed the character into a tough independent woman, a jewel fence going by the moniker "Fast Bobby." The film premiered at the 2005 Tribeca Film Festival.
Next in the cards for Metkina, "Mini's First Time" featured her in a superb cast alongside Luke Wilson, Alec Baldwin, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jeff Goldblum and Nikki Reed, who Metkina found "hilariously funny." Metkina plays the delicious part of Russian trophy wife "Jelena." The sexy darkly comic thriller will premiere at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival.
Svetlana's creativity in developing her characters is illuminated by a painstaking thoroughness. She contemplates every aspect of a character step by step. "I love stepping into a different person, a different life, with each character I play," she remarks. Stories based on classical literature or important historical events are Svetlana's absolute favorite type of films of which to be a part.
Thus, her next film, "Bobby", was a dream part for the international beauty. A fictional account of the events surrounding the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, the film also stars William H. Macy, Sharon Stone, Elijah Wood, Lindsay Lohan, Helen Hunt, Freddy Rodriguez, Heather Graham, Christian Slater, Demi Moore and Sir Anthony Hopkins. The experience of filming "Bobby" was summed up by Metkina in one word, "paradise."
When asked what she learned from working with such an august ensemble, Metkina explained that with Hopkins and Macy, "it is not acting you do, but rather living. You are not playing a character; you are living in a different character, and reacting genuinely. It is not lying or pretending; it is real."
One of the most poignant moments of her career happened on the set of Bobby. Shooting 5 takes of her scene following Senator Kennedy's murder, her crying and despair were so convincing that all of the extras spontaneously burst into applause for her. The director Emilio Estevez commented he had never seen anything like it and Svetlana was touched.
Achieving so much in only a few years, Svetlana reminisces fondly of her first acting experiences on stage. Her very first role as an actress, at age 11, was in a children's theatre's production of a play similar to Cats, only it was about dogs. Recalling how she played a "shaggy white dog," Svetlana's youthful heart reveals an innocence and openness--to the world, to her acting--in a way that is incredibly endearing to her fans, her co-stars and anyone she meets, in any language.
Svetlana cherishes theatre as much as film. At the University of Moscow, she studied Theatre, History, Literature, Music, Art and Philosophy. Following these studies early in her career she graced the screen of several Russian and European films. She starred in the thriller, 300 Years Ago; delivered a touching portrayal as Ailia in the film Family; and starred in Roger Corman's Barbarian.
Embracing travel and culture, Svetlana speaks a number of languages and splits her time between Europe, Russia and America, where she especially revels in the differences between America's east and west coasts. Dynamic and multi-faceted, Svetlana paints and writes short stories as a hobby. The single greatest inspiration in her life has always been her family.
 Jeff Goldblumm (Mike Rudell)A favorite actor of audiences and critics alike, Jeff Goldblum has starred in two of the fifteen highest grossing films of all time. These roles include his performance as the unconventional scientist in Steven Spielberg's worldwide box-office success "Jurassic Park" and his starring role in Twentieth Century Fox's science fiction thriller, "Independence Day" in 1996.
In 2005, Goldblum received critical praise for his return to Broadway, starring in "The Pillowman" alongside Billy Crudup, Zeliko Ivanek and Michael Stuhlberg. Goldblum received an Outer Critics Circle Award and nominations for the Drama Desk Awards and the Drama League Awards for his role. The play has also received a Drama Critics Award and nominations for the Tony Awards, Outer Critics Circle Awards, Drama Desk Awards and Drama League Awards. The play opened on April 10, 2005.
In 2004, Goldblum starred in Wes Anderson's "The Life Aquatic". The film also starred Bill Murray, Anjelica Huston, Owen Wilson, William Dafoe and Cate Blanchett. Goldblum is also guest starred in three episodes of "Will & Grace" over January ?I February 2005. He also currently wrapped production on "Mini's First Time", which also stars Alec Baldwin, David Andriole and Mark Deklin and was directed by Nick Guthe.
Also in 2004, Goldblum received critical attention for his role as campaign operative George Gorton in Showtime's "Spinning Boris," directed by Roger Spottiswoode ("Tomorrow Never Dies"). The film, based on a true story, takes a behind-the-scenes look at the orchestration of Russian President Boris Yeltsin's 1996 political comeback by a trio of U.S. political consultants, played by Goldblum, Anthony LaPaglia and Liev Schreiber.
In 2003, Goldblum starred in "War Stories," a compelling television movie for NBC. Goldblum portrayed a conflicted newspaper war correspondent assigned to cover a civil war that has broken out in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. campaign against the region. The movie was originally shot as a drama pilot and was later expanded into a two-hour television movie for the network.
Goldblum also received critical attention in 2002 for his role in MGM's "Igby Goes Down" opposite Susan Sarandon, Ryan Philippe and Claire Danes. The film was written and directed by Burr Steers, a former student in Goldblum's acting class that he has been teaching at The Playhouse West for several years.
At the age of seventeen, Goldblum moved to New York to study acting with Sanford Meisner at the Neighborhood Playhouse. In less than a year, Joe Papp cast him in the Broadway hit, "Two Gentlemen of Verona." While in New York, Goldblum had his first film audition and was cast as the terrifying rapist in "Death Wish." In contrast to that role, the very next week Robert Altman cast Goldblum as the twenty-year-old boy wonder in "California Split," and also asked him to play the mysterious biker/magician in "Nashville." Thus begun his feature film-acting career.
Goldblum's long list of feature credits include "The Lost World: Jurassic Park," "Holy Man," the voice of ??Aaron' in "The Prince of Egypt," Chris Colombus' popular comedy "Nine Months," Woody Allen's "Annie Hall," Lawrence Kasdan's "The Big Chill," "Silverado," "The Fly," "Deep Cover," Paul Mazursky's "Next Stop Greenwich Village," "Remember My Name," "The Right Stuff," "Threshold," "Between The Lines," "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," "Mr. Frost," "The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai," " Into the Night," "The Tall Guy," " Twisted Obsession" and "Fathers and Sons." On television, Goldblum starred in the Showtime original film "Lush Life" with Forest Whitaker and Kathy Baker. Set in the contemporary New York jazz scene, the tele-film focused on the interesting life of sidemen, the unsung heroes of the music world.
Aside from acting, Goldblum takes pride in his abilities as a director. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his Live Action Short Film "Little Surprises." He also served as a member of the jury at The 1999 Cannes Film Festival. Goldblum resides in Los Angeles.
 Nick Guthe (Director / Writer)Nick Guthe is a native of Brooklyn, NY, and his first feature, "Mini's First Time," which he wrote and directed, premiered at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. It's a full circle moment after a long and winding Hollywood journey. After graduating college, Nick moved to Los Angeles to pursue his dream of being a director. With his parents gently asking if this was really how he wanted to utilize his education, Nick defiantly answered "This is all I've ever wanted to do, and I don't care if it takes 5, no make that 10 years for me to make it," as he headed westward in his friend's crappy Volkswagen.
Arriving in LA and seeing too many people take jobs that allowed them more income but less time to pursue their dreams, Guthe decided to devote his peak creative hours to screenwriting. His first scripts were unsuccessful, and he took a series of night jobs to help make ends meet.
Deciding that film school was also not the route he wanted to follow, Guthe enrolled at Playhouse West, an acting school in North Hollywood, with the intention of learning how to direct actors by learning the craft firsthand. His two and half years there were very productive and he landed his first literary agent.
Guthe eventually landed his first job as a screenwriter, writing film and television scripts for celebrated Hollywood producer Roger Corman. Guthe and his wife, Heidi Ferrer, who is also a screenwriter, made a short film together called "Voice Male," that was shot entirely in their apartment. It was selected for the Hudson Valley Film Festival.
Soon after completing the short, Guthe began writing "Mini??s First Time." He completed it in six weeks and sent it off to his agent. The writing was noticed and soon after, he booked his first studio re-write.
Mini's attracted the attention of director Roger Kumble ("Cruel Intentions") and they teamed up to sell a pitch to Universal. Nick continued to do re-write work and sell pitches with Heidi, as well as selling his script "Don Cornelius," to MGM.
Four years after writing the script, Nick heard an inspiring interview on NPR with Kevin Spacey discussing how his company, Triggerstreet, was designed to "send the elevator back down" to help new talent be heard. Having an idea for a pitch that he and Heidi needed a star to attach their name to, Nick had his agents send over "Mini's First Time" as a writing sample. Three weeks later he was in front of Kevin Spacey pitching him the project. As they were shopping it around town, the rights to "Mini's First Time" reverted back to Nick and he asked Kevin's partner, Dana Brunetti, if they would be interested in producing the film. They answered "yes" and set off to find the money.
The next six months were spent knocking on every door in town, with success finally achieved when Bold Films agreed to finance the film. Alec Baldwin was quickly attached. Nikki Reed, Luke Wilson and Jeff Goldblum soon followed, with Carrie Anne Moss joining the cast a week before filming began.
"Mini's First Time" premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, which felt like a homecoming of sorts for a director proud to be from Brooklyn.
 These production notes provided by First Independent Pictures. |
Mini's First Time