www.TakeOutTheMovie.com                                 

Dear San Diego producers and columnists:

Please take a moment to read about a critically acclaimed and award-winning feature film, Take Out, which is opening this Friday, Dec 12th in San Diego at the Reading Cinemas Gaslamp Stadium 15.

Take Out is a day-in-the-life of Ming Ding, an illegal Chinese immigrant working as a deliveryman for a Chinese take-out shop in New York City. Ming is behind with his payments on his huge debt to the smugglers who brought him to the US. The collectors have given him until the end of the day to deliver the money that is due. After borrowing most from friends and relatives, Ming realizes that the remainder must come from the day's delivery tips. In order to do so, he must make more than double his average daily income.
             
In a social-realist style, the camera follows Ming on his deliveries throughout the upper Manhattan neighborhood where social and economic extremes exist side by side. Inter-cutting between Ming's deliveries and the daily routine of the restaurant, Take Out presents a harsh and realistic look at the daily lives of illegal Chinese immigrants in present day New York City.  

Take Out is listed as 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes! 
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/take_out/

Take Out was just nominated for the John Cassavetes Award at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards!

To watch the theatrical trailer please visit:  http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/takeout/

If you would like passes to the screening on Friday, a screener or wish to schedule an interview with filmmakers Sean Baker and Shih-Ching Tsou, please let me know and I will be happy to arrange it.
Sincerely,
Audrey Mullen
Advocacy Ink
Ph. 703-548-1160