Honorees

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The 2012 Robert Pastorelli Rising Star Award recipient is Hoboken native, Adam Mucci. Currently appearing on the Emmy, SAG and Golden Globe Award-winning Boardwalk Empire, Adam’s other television credits include Blue Bloods, Law and Order, Third Watch and The Sopranos. As a Boardwalk Empire cast member, Adam has been honored with the Screen Actors Guild 2011 and 2012 Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.

He appeared in the acclaimed films Revolutionary Road and Little Children with Academy Award winner Kate Winslet, and has performed with Al Pacino, Johnny Depp and Will Ferrell. His breakout performance was as Agent Harold Reinecke in Michael Mann’s Public Enemies. In addition to Mr. Mann, Adam has also worked with some of the greatest directors of our time such as Martin Scorsese, Sam Mendes, Barry Levinson and Adam McKay. A native of Hoboken, Adam is a graduate of Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts and studied with William Esper, Maggie Flanigan and Vicki Hart.

The Garden State Film Festival proudly awards a deserving filmmaker each year with their Broader Vision Award for Film Making Dedicated to the Greater Good.

AND THIS YEAR’S WINNER IS…..SPHERE

SPHERE’S mission is to improve the quality of life for adults with developmental disabilities. SPHERE, a 501(c)(3), was founded over twenty years ago to serve residents with developmental disabilities.   

This year we are proud to present their film ” ShakeSPHERE: Romeo and Juliet” and to honor their important work.

Ken Pisani’s screenplay Two Ton Tony has won the 2012 Garden State Screenwriting Competition. Ken’s screenplay is a gritty and engaging portrayal of the often boorish yet compelling, heavyweight boxer “Two Ton” Tony Galento. Ken Pisani is a former sports producer and writer (including Sports Illustrated and two Olympics), earning two Emmy nominations for compelling true sports stories. His original play, Glove Story, a tragic-comic tale of two retired former boxing champions, was named a finalist for the 2009 Julie Harris Playwright Award and the 2005 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference. “Two Ton” Tony Galento was a heavyweight boxer who trained on beer and spaghetti and did his roadwork with a cigar in his mouth. He also delivered ice, hauling enormous blocks that gave him his prodigious strength; and owned a saloon in Orange, New Jersey, where he kept a bear that he boxed for the amusement of his drunken, raucous patrons. And one night in an unlikely title fight against the greatest heavyweight who ever lived, Tony proved he was more than just a fat, beer-guzzling clown from Orange, New Jersey. Professional actors will conduct a live stage reading of Two Ton Tony at Watermark, 800 Ocean Avenue in Asbury Park on Sunday, March 25, during the Garden State Film Festival.