Pastore Coming to Film Festival

CAPE MAY — Vincent Pastore, veteran actor of the big and little screen alike is coming too the Cape May Film Festival.
Pastore stars in the new short film, “Alienated,” where he portrays a mob guy whose preoccupied with “other worldly creatures.” Best known for his work in nearly the entire series of “The Sopranos” as a character named “Big Pussy,” Pastore has appeared in dozens of films and television episodes.
These works include “Goodfellas,” “Carlitos’s Way,” “The Ref,” as well as “Law & Order” and a fair share of soap operas.
Pastore will receive the first-ever “Robert Prosky Character Actor Award,” given in honor of Cape May’s favorite character actor, Bob Prosky. It was Prosky who said, “I’m the actor whose name you don’t know but whose face you instantly recognize.”
Bob had a great career in television, film, and stage, many times playing a character role that worked beautifully for the film. Bob died in late 2008.
Also joining the festival will be Greg Henry, independent filmmaker who has been nominated for an Emmy award and has had a short but accomplished career in film and television.
Henry began his career with Academy Award winning documentarian Charles Guggenheim before moving to New York to work with journalist Bill Moyers, He spent five years with Mr. Moyers including a year as a producer on the weekly series NOW.
He has since continued to produce films and series for PBS, The History Channel, Discovery, and major broadcasters.
His father, Ed Henry, has long been a supporter of the Film Festival as a past president as well as overall philanthropist and owner of Harpoon Henry’s with wife Theresa.
The spirit of doing good must run in the family. One of Greg Henry’s first requests was to have an opportunity to speak with students at the local schools about filmmaking, which they will do at Teitelman.
There is a great selection of films this year, and they’re selecting only the best ones to screen during the weekend of Oct. 22-24, exclusively at the Chalfonte Hotel.
Find out more at www. capemayfilm.org, call 609-884-6700 or email capemayfilm@hotmail.com.
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