Regional 'Happy Holidays' movie hits iTunes

Emerson grad James C. Ferguson's low-budget, black-and-white indie flick "Happy Holidays" hits iTunes in early January or, as Apple calls it "gift card month."

Shot in East Greenwich, Rhode Island for $150,00 over 14 days in 2006, "Happy Holidays" tells the story of three guys in their 30s who reunite in their New England hometown for the first time since high school.

It's the week before Christmas and, as the movie's tagline goes, ""An Athiest, a Catholic and a Jew walk into a bar..." Oh, there's a gay character as well which results in a holiday-themed comedy of errors.

The film's main actors, John Crye and Paul Hungerford, are old pals from Ferguson's Emerson years. The third, Thomas Rhoads, is a Temple grad but hung out with the Emerson crew back in the day.

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