Harrington Talents is a film

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located in the City Island area of

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. The company was founded by three childhood friends: Frank Mosca serves as the company's head producer, Stephen Franciosa Jr. works as the director, chief editor, and technical director, and John Morena works as a creative director and art designer.

Projects

2009

* ''Archive'' * '' Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet'' * '' Before I Self Destruct''

2008

* ''The Road'' * ''Ibanker'' * ''Comedy Jump Off: The Latino Explosion'' * ''Dough Boys'' * ''B.S.I'' * ''Straight Outta Puerto Rico: Reggaeton's Rough Road to Glory''

2007

* ''Dance on the Planet'' * ''Comedy Jump Off: The Latino Invasion'' * ''Super Slice'' * ''WhiteBoyz in the Hood'' * ''Seekers''

2006

* ''Comedy Jump Off: The Latino Connection'' * ''Even Steven'' * ''Legends Never Die'' * ''"T&T Today"'' * ''"Whiteboyz in the Hood"'' * ''The Making of 'Press Play * ''

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2005

* ''Life's Decisions'' * ''Ape to Man''

2003

* ''Jin: Making of a Rap Star''

2002

* ''It's Gotta Start Somewhere''

Spot On

Spot On is a commercial production division of Harrington Talents. It was established in 2009 as the influx of demand for commercial, industrial, and viral productions rose for Harrington. Owners Frank Mosca and Stephen Franciosa Jr. felt it necessary to establish a subsidiary that solely dealt with commercial and promotional production.

Spot On projects

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: A Sleeve is a Terrible Thing to Waste'' was done for the

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to promote of Larry's show ''Only in America with Larry the Cable Guy''. * HCG Platinum with

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was an

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done for the

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. *In 2011, Spot On worked on a

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(PSA) entitled ''Not Acceptable'' done for the

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campaign. It was a controversial treatment that advocated removing the word "retard" from use as a personal description. It shows people of many backgrounds expressing the unacceptable nature behind many derogatory words. The spot culminates with

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and

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imploring everyone to remove the word from everyday language. It has garnered support from the

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, the

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, the

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, and many other organizations.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://harringtontalents.com/
Spot On
Film production companies of the United States