THE PERFECT HOST

Official Selection - Sundance Midnight Section

DIRECTOR: Nick Tomnay
SCREENWRITERS: Nick Tomnay, Krishna Jones

Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m. John Taylor is a career criminal. He’s just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick’s doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who’s been mugged and lost his luggage. As the wine flows and the evening progresses, we become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be.

With outstanding performances by David Hyde Pierce and Clayne Crawford, cowriter/director Nick Tomnay takes us on a suspense-filled ride where nothing is as
it seems. The Perfect Host is a slippery psychological thriller that exposes true human nature and reveals just how far we’re willing to go to satisfy our needs.
- LISA OGDIE (Sundance Programmer)

PRINCIPAL CAST: David Hyde Pierce, Clayne Crawford and Helen Reddy
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Martin Zoland
PRODUCERS: Stacey Testro, Mark Victor
CINEMATOGRAPHER: John Brawley

“...a seamlessly crafted story that keeps you guessing with every scene. The police thriller meets twisted comedy meets love story features excellently developed characters and off the wall plot twists...one of the most exceptional and unpredictable films that I have seen in the past year.”
-Jeanette D. Moses, Salt Lake City Slug Magazine.com

“Without wanting to give anything away, it should just be said that of all films that are labeled as “psychological thrillers,” The Perfect Host is one of the
most deserving. The film evolves into a clever cat-and-mouse game between Warwick, his captor, and a police detective (Nathaniel Parker) who’s closing
in on solving that bank robbery….The Perfect Host is the best kind of project for big-name actors looking for something different. Host is different and in all the best ways!”
– He-Shot-Cyrus.blogspot.com

“…this movie isn’t over ‘till it’s over”