Jonathan Parker has never been successful in the romance department. He's a 24 year-old, spacey bookstore employee who feels he has one last chance to strike it rich romantically. So he writes a…
24 Nights
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Jonathan Parker has never been successful in the romance department. He's a 24 year-old, spacey bookstore employee who feels he has one last chance to strike it rich romantically.
So he writes a letter to Santa. That's right, Santa! Jonathan has never stopped believing in Santa, so he writes a letter asking for the man of his dreams. Then Toby comes into his life and appears to be everything Jonathan has wanted...except Toby already has a boyfriend. Jonathan proceeds to wreck the life of everyone around him in pursuit of his Christmas wish.
24 Nights is director Kieran Turner's first full-length feature film and has won several awards, including the 1999 Best American Independent Film Award at the Cleveland International Film Festival. The cast includes Kevin Isola (Jonathan), who will be starring opposite Jim Carrey this November in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, and Aida Turturro, who is currently appearing in The Sopranos on HBO. Awards: Winner, Best American Independent Feature Film - Cleveland International Film Festival; Winner, Best Original Screenplay - Rhode Island Film Festival
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