''About Scout'' (originally titled ''Scout'') is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed and written by Laurie Weltz. The film stars

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, Danny Glover 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 limited release and through

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by Breaking Glass Pictures and Reel Red Films.

Premise

A 15-year-old girl named Scout (

), travels with a suicidal man Sam (

), to find her young little sister Lulu (

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) whilst avoiding Child Services (Danny Glover).

Cast

as Scout Havers *

as Sam Prescott *

as Georgie * Danny Glover as "Red" Freston *

as Gram *

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as Gloria Prescott *

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as Ray *

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

, Danny Glover,

and Shelley Hennig. On October 28,

and

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 limited release and through

References

External links

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