'Butterbean' Wins Major Award at Beverly Hills Film Festival

'Butterbean' Wins Major Award at Beverly Hills Film Festival

CHICAGO, April 24 /PRNewswire/ -- "Butterbean," a screenplay by James Oliveros White was selected as one of the top two screenplays at the prestigious Beverly Hills Film Festival in the Festival's Golden Palm Screenplay competition. "Butterbean" was chosen from among 70 finalists out of over 1000 screenplays that were submitted to the competition.

"Butterbean," is based on the life-affirming true story of Bob "Butterbean" Love, former Chicago Bulls and NBA star, who overcame a severe stuttering disability to become one of the most sought after motivational speakers in the country.

The feature film is being produced by America's Film Fund and Chicago Capital Entertainment Group in collaboration with The Sports Studio. It is expected to be released in late 2009 or early 2010. Mark Ellis (whose credits include 'Semi-Pro,' 'The Game Plan,' 'We Are Marshall,' 'Invincible,' 'The Longest Yard,' 'Coach Carter,' 'Any Given Sunday,' 'Miracle,' 'The Replacements,' and 'The Rookie') is set to direct.

"Find Yourself A Dream - The Bob Love Story" to Debut on WYCC Chicago

"Find Yourself A Dream - The Bob Love Story," a documentary about Bob "Butterbean" Love and his struggle to overcome his stuttering disability, which was directed by James Oliveros White, had its broadcast premier on WYCC Chicago TV20 on Thursday April 17th. The award winning feature will be shown again in an encore presentation on WYCC on Sunday, April 27 at 8PM.

Bob Love led the Chicago Bulls in scoring for seven straight seasons with a total of 12,623 points. He was an NBA All-Star in 1971, 1972, and 1973 ... All-NBA Second Team 1970-71, and 1971-72 ... NBA All-Defensive Second Team 1971-72, 1973-74, and 1974-75. Many of his records were only finally surpassed by Michael Jordan.

Today, as Director of Community Affairs for the Chicago Bulls, Bob Love makes over three hundred appearances each year, and he speaks to over 250,000 young people and their parents about the importance of staying in school, getting an education, perseverance over adversity, and achieving one's dreams.

Bob Love's Jersey, #10, was officially retired on January 14, 1994.

More information is available at http://www.findyourselfadream.com/.

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Source: America's Film Fund

CONTACT: Steve Kennedy of America's Film Fund, +1-312-368-0429,
info@americasfilmfund.com

Web site:

http://www.findyourselfadream.com/

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