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Full of undeserved overconfidence and flailing feuds,\u00a0<em>Awful Nice<\/em> follows James Pumphries and Rennie as two brothers, strange and estranged, who learn that their recently-deceased father left the two of them the old family getaway &#8230; in Branson, Missouri, the showbiz playground of the heartland. After dining at The Wood in Culver City, Mr. Sklar and Mr. Rennie shared stories of their production, the Kraft-Dunning effect, how they may have accidentally helped cover up a murder during their indie shoot, myths and legends of Christopher Meloni, how to best detonate an airbag with a wrestling move, the best places to eat in Branson, Missouri, and the difference between <em>contrast<\/em> and <em>contempt<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The film can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@awfulnicemovie\">@AwfulNiceMovie<\/a> on Twitter; it&#8217;s available on iTunes now and will be in theaters from Screen Media on March 7th.<\/p>\n<p>Remember,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/jamesrocchi.com-podcast\/id668731016\">The Lunch Podcast is available on iTunes<\/a>;\u00a0The Lunch Podcast is proudly sponsored by Snoot Films, makers of the upcoming <em>The Guest.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on The Lunch, regular host James Rocchi is joined by Todd Sklar (R) and Alex Rennie (L), the co-writers of the new film\u00a0Awful Nice, which Mr. Sklar directed and Mr. Rennie stars in. 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