Dennis Quaid and other stars heads up THE LONG GAME Nosotros Community Screening and Reception held at the iconic The Ricardo Montalban Theatre

By Oliver Carnay

Actor Dennis Quaid with wife Laura, together with Director/Co-Writer of the film Julio Quintana and other cast members headed up the green carpet at The Ricardo Montalban Theatre along Vine Street at the center of Hollywood to celebrate and have the special screening of their latest film, THE LONG GAME. An array of Latino actors joined them as guests.

The film stars Jay Hernandez (who wasn’t able to attend), Dennis Quaid, Cheech Marin, Julian Works, Jaina Lee Ortiz, Brett Cullen, Oscar Nunez, Richard Robichaux, Paulian Chavez, Mykle Mccoslin, Miguel Angel Garcia, Gregory Diaz IV, Jose Julian, Christian Gallegos, Mykle McCoslin, Michael Southworth, Gillian Vigman and Jimmy Gonzalez.

Celebrity guests include Jesse Metcalfe, Emilio Rivera, Johnny Ortiz, JJ Soria, Alejandro de Hoyos, Eddie Garza, Sandra Santiago, Dir. Jorge Xolalpa, Sole Bovelli, Bobby Cloud, Gilbert Saldivar, Elsy Guevara (fashion influencer), Casting Director Natalie Ballesteros, CD Alan Luna, and many more.

At the end of the screening, cast members were called in onstage. Dennis Quaid was the first one to take on a swing golf to play on a virtual led. Reception was held in the theater and on the rooftop.

The film is based on the true story in 1955, of five young high school Mexican-American who are sought after golf caddies at a country club in their hometown Del Rio, Texas, but are faced with discrimination and racism among local bigots at their own game.

In 1956, JB Pena (Jay Hernandez) and his wife moved to the small town of Del Rio, Texas, partly for a job as a school superintendent, but mostly to fulfill JB’s dream of joining the prestigious, all-white Del Rio Country Club. So when JB is rejected on the basis of his skin color, he is devastated. But his world soon collides with a group of young latino golf caddies who work at the country club, and JB is inspired by the handmade course the boys built in the country to teach themselves golf. With little experience and even fewer resources, JB convinces the boys to start their own high school golf team, starting them all on a journey where they learn that it takes more than just golf skills to make history.

The movie opens this weekend (April 12), in more than a hundred theatres, nationwide.