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Searching for Sonny

Searching for Sonny is a 2011 independent film and the feature film debut of writer/director Andrew Disney.[1] The film released on October 22, 2011 and stars Jason Dohring as one of several people involved in a murder mystery.[2]

Searching for Sonny

Andrew Disney

Greg Beauchamp
Red Sanders

Alice Wood

  • October 22, 2011 (2011-10-22) (Austin Film Festival)

United States

English

Plot[edit]

Elliott (Jason Dohring), Calvin (Nick Kocher), Gary (Brian McElhaney) and Eden (Minka Kelly), find themselves chief suspects in a murder mystery at their ten-year high school reunion. The events surrounding the disappearance of their friend Sonny (Masi Oka), is reminiscent of a high school play they once performed, coincidentally written by Sonny himself. Deception leads to scandal and the truth surfaces as the friends learn that shady businessmen and school officials are involved in a complex scheme of money and murder.

as Elliot Knight

Jason Dohring

as Eden Mercer

Minka Kelly

as Sonny Bosco

Masi Oka

as Principal Faden

Michael Hogan

as Calvin Knight

Nick Kocher

as Gary Noble

Brian McElhaney

as The Narrator

Clarke Peters

as Maggie Phillips

Mackinlee Waddell

as Zack Hayes

Brandon Thornton

as Cynthia Schubert

Kristin Sutton

Best Screenplay at the (2012, won)[8]

Phoenix Film Festival

Best Ensemble at the Phoenix Film Festival (2012, won)

[8]

Best Narrative Feature at the (2012, won)[9]

Festivus Film Festival

Official website

at IMDb

Searching for Sonny

Kickstarter campaign