''About Scout'' (originally titled ''Scout'') is a 2015 American

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film directed and written by Laurie Weltz. The film stars India Ennenga, James Frecheville,

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and

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. The film had its world premiere at the

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on April 25, 2015. It was scheduled to be released on March 11, 2016, in a

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and through

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by Breaking Glass Pictures and Reel Red Films.

Premise

A 15-year-old girl named Scout ( India Ennenga), travels with a suicidal man Sam ( James Frecheville), to find her young little sister Lulu ( Onata Aprile) whilst avoiding Child Services (Danny Glover).

Cast

* India Ennenga as Scout Havers * James Frecheville as Sam Prescott *

as Georgie *

as "Red" Freston *

as Gram *

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as Gloria Prescott * Tim Guinee as Ray * Onata Aprile as Tallulah "Lulu" Havers' * Shelley Hennig as Melinda * Kevin Scott Allen as Ride Operator

Production

On October 7, 2013, it was announced that Laurie Weltz would be directing a film "''Scout''", which Beverley A. Gordon, Nic Emiliani and Dwjuan Fox would produce. While the film's stars would be India Ennenga,

, James Frecheville, Onata Aprile and Shelley Hennig. On October 28,

and Tim Guinee joined the cast of the film. BrownBag Pictures and Decipher Entertainment would handle finance and production.

Filming

The filming began in October 2013 in

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, Reed was spotted there filming some scenes.

Release

The film had its world premiere at the

on April 25, 2015. In November 2015, it was announced that Reel Red Films and Breaking Glass Pictures had acquired U.S distribution rights to the film, with a planned March 2016 release. The film was scheduled to be released on March 11, 2016, in a

and through

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, about_scout_2016 Films shot in Los Angeles Films set in Los Angeles American road comedy-drama films 2010s road comedy-drama films Films about missing people Films about families 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language comedy-drama films