Slate&Kelly

Slate&Kelly is a fun romp with two Police Academy rejects who develop an unusual partnership in order to find the person responsible for a string of serial murders of drag queens in Weho. It’s her brawn to his brains -- her real world savvy to his cyber brilliance. Slate&Kelly are novice, gay private investigators who combine their quirky talents and manage… somehow… to solve the mystery and in the process find friendship with each other.
J.P. Slate -“The Brawn.”
A tall, hot “Cathy DeBuono” type with a soul as gentle as her exterior is tough. Slate makes her living tending to the monkeys as the County Zoo and lives alone in her West Hollywood apartment. In her mid-thirties, with no career, no health insurance, no girlfriend, no family of her own and no secure future, Slate has begun to question if she will ever figure it all out.
Sean Patrick Kelly - “The Brains.”
Kelly’s a handsome 30-something, recovering addict who works for minimum wage at WeHo’s Sheriff’s Department. An introverted cyber-genius, still living with his parents, Kelly starves to be a part of something meaningful and sees his chance when the LA PD suggests a job change.
Photos by Faye Sadou http://www.savoirmag.com
THE PLAYERS
Cathy DeBuono - (Producer, Star - "JP Slate")
CATHY'S WEBSITE OR CATHY'S MYSPACE PAGE
Cathy is an actress most recently seen in a lead role in the award winning film "Out at the Wedding" and on LOGO's new series "Exe's & Oh's". Other credits include, "Star Trek: DS9," "Chicago Hope," and "The Pretender." In January, she is completed a lead role opposite Jill Bennett in "And Then Came Lola" and is attached as a lead in "Tremble & Spark," which is in preparation. She can also be seen in a recurring role in the new season of the webisode series "3-Way."
You can also catch Cathy weekly on her vlog, "Ask Cathy," on AFTER ELLEN.COM
Cathy is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City.
Cathy jumped into her first co-producer role for "The Touch," her first endeavor on the other side of the camera. She was involved in everything from casting to pre-production through post, and marketing. Her creative talents also translated into all of the beautiful still photos on the set of "The Touch".
John W. McLaughlin - (Producer, Star - "Sean Patrick Kelly")
JOHN'S MYSPACE PAGE
Like Cathy, John earned an Advanced Associates Degree from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City where he was also a member of the prestigious Academy Company. It was there that the two friends hashed out the origins of "Slate and Kelly". In 1996, he made his Off-Broadway debut in the US premier of English playwright Dusty Hughes’ campus drama “Bad Language” in the role of Alistair. Since relocating to Los Angeles, John has been involved in a handful of television and independent film projects and is the co-creator, co-producer and co-star of "Slate&Kelly". He is seen in film most recently in "The Touch" after what seems to be an eternal hiatus.
Jane Clark - (Co-Producer, Writer, Director)
PRODUCTION COMPANY WEBSITE OR THE TOUCH WEBSITE
“The Touch” ( THE TOUCH MYSPACE PAGE ) is Jane’s fourth short film, based on the romance between Renee Vivien, a lesbian poet, and Kerime Turkhan Pasha, a married Islamic woman. It earned a fiscal sponsorship from Women Make Movies (WMM) and was awarded the Panasonic Digital Filmmaker's Grant, as well as receiving a grant from the Arch and Bruce Brown Foundation, and in-kind support from an overwhelming number of companies. It made it’s debut at the Northampton Independent Film Festival November 10, 2007, and is scheduled to play a number of upcoming festivals. You can find out where it is screening next by going to the myspace page linked above.
“Carrie’s Choice” Jane’s third short, was also sponsored by WMM and granted the Panasonic Digital Filmmaker’s Grand Prize grant. It won best women’s issue film, nominated for best short and was a finalist in the USA Film Festival, before going into distribution through Intermedia.
"A Host of Daffodils” has played 15 film festivals, won two awards, and was nominated four times for Best Short film, and is in distribution with Big Short Films.
Jane's first short, "Dog Gone" was one of the "program director's pics" at the 2003 Wood's Hole Film Festival and is being distributed by Petstyle.com.Jane began her career as an actor and had a recurring role on TV’s "Chicago Hope." She attended the 2002 Sundance Institute producer’s conference and gained producing experience for her short films, by producing a string of successful theatrical showcases and a sold out charity run of "Burn This" in Los Angeles. She currently speaks on panels on a variety of topics such as production, post, distribution and filmmaking for social change.
VICTORIA ALONSO (producer)
Victoria is currently co-producer for Marvel Enterprises’ “Ironman,” starring Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow and directed by Jon Favreau, do out in May 2008. Her resume includes VFX Producer on other mega budget productions like “Kingdom of Heaven,” for which she won the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture. Other films include “50 First Dates,” “Big Fish,” and “6th Day.” In live action production she produced the hit gay film "Sordid Lives," starring Olivia Newton John, Beau Bridges, and Delta Burke which won 10 film festival awards and was distributed by Regent Releasing in the US and Optimale in France. Following that film Victoria wrapped production with producer Bonnie Curtis on “Brace Face Brandy,” a short film for Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks,SKG. She has worked on numerous high-end commercials, music videos and shorts for directors such as David Kellogg, Simon West, David Fincher, Sam Bayer, Marcus Nispel and Kinka Usher. Victoria also serves as VP on the board of the Gay Media Arts Project. She has a doctorate in Psychology and a master’s in theatre from the University of Washington.