TV Guide writes, “Could Pride & Loyalty be a contender at the upcoming Oscars?” ABC Soaps calls Pride & Loyalty “an engaging crime thriller” and tells their readers that they “will love a copy” of it. Soap Opera Digest calls the film's actors "daytime's finest" and pronounces the movie an “indie hit.” Pride & Loyalty is a smart, new film based on filmmaker/author/attorney Kenneth Del Vecchio's novel of the same name. The movie features an all-star cast, including:

 

Charles Durning (2-Time Academy/4-Time Golden/9-Time Emmy Award winner & nominee; 2008 SAG Lifetime Achievement Award recipient)

 

Mark Consuelos (My Super Ex-Girlfriend; The Pleasure of Your Company; The Great Raid; Hope & Faith; 1-800-Missing; 2002 Emmy Nominee)

 

Rebecca Budig (All My Children, Full Frontal Fashion- 2003, 2001 Emmy Nominee);

 

Gina Tognoni (Guiding Light, 2008 & 2006 Emmy Winner);

 

Nicol Paone (Heartbreak Kid, LOGO's Simply Sketch)

 

Marj Dusay (All My Children - 1995 Emmy Nominee)

 

John Bolger (One Life to Live)

 

Sonia Satra (Guiding Light & One Life to Live);

 

Joe Barbara (Another World & All My Children)

 

Andrew Napolitano ("Freedom Watch" - Fox News)

 

Gene Terinoni (HBO's The Wire)

 

PRIDE & LOYALTY, as described by Kenneth Del Vecchio on his novel's cover:

Where does Jake DeMitro's loyalty lie? When the lives of the people around him are laid on the line, this is the question he faces.

Jake DeMitro, an Ivy League law graduate, cannot maintain his relationship with his girlfriend Kelly Francini or concentrate on his prestigious position with the Prosecutor's Office. He suffers from an obsessive-compulsive personality and fights on a regular basis with his professional nemesis, Brian O'Leary. But that's not the cause of his struggles. Finding himself in the middle of an investigation of his father, Dr. Nick DeMitro, is what triggers his problems. And his situation worsens when his sister's murder is connected to the investigation.

Jake knows the Prosecutor's Office wants to nail his father as a drug kingpin and he learns the mafia wants to kill O'Leary. What will determine how he will react? Jake DeMitro, thrust into this world of moral dilemmas, can only focus on where his loyalties lie. 

 

KENNETH DEL VECCHIO

Critically Acclaimed Filmmaker & Best-selling Author

Film Festival Chairman & former Judge

 

“As usual, Mr. Del Vecchio was larger than life.”

-The New York Times

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Kenneth Del Vecchio is an acclaimed filmmaker who has written, produced and directed over 30 movies that star several Academy Award and Emmy winners and nominees. His films are distributed through industry leaders such as Sony Pictures, Lionsgate, NBCUniversal, Millennium Entertainment, Cinedigm, Screen Media Films, Anchor Bay, Gravitas Ventures, and eOne Entertainment. He has starred in numerous movies, as well. Mr. Del Vecchio is founder and chairman of Hoboken International Film Festival, called by FOX, Time Warner, and other major media "One of the 10 Biggest Film Festivals in the World." He also is the author of some of the nation’s best-selling legal books, including a series of criminal codebooks published by Pearson Education/Prentice Hall and ALM. A best-selling criminal suspense novelist, he penned his first published novel at only 24-years-old. In addition, he has appeared as a legal analyst on hundreds of TV news shows for major news networks (Fox News, i24 News, Newsmax). He is the owner of the Criminal Law Learning Center, where he has taught thousands of police officers and lawyers. He is a former Judge, who also has tried over 400 cases as a practicing commercial litigation, criminal defense, and entertainment law attorney; he is a partner at the law firm Stern, Kilcullen & Rufolo…Mr. Del Vecchio, a competitive weightlifter who has won over 50 bench-press competitions, is also a longtime high school, college, and youth wrestling coach. In addition to having served as a head coach and assistant coach for five high school wrestling programs in New Jersey, Florida, and South Carolina (where he currently coaches at both a high school & a college RTC), he has coached wrestlers at all levels (high school, college and youth) at several clubs, including though his own Justice Trained academy.

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Kenneth Del Vecchio’s filmography includes: The Life Zone, Scavenger Killers, An Affirmative Act, Price For Freedom, Rock Story, Snapshot, A Wrestling Christmas Miracle, A Karate Christmas Miracle, Bleeding Hearts, Fight to Win, Cries of the Unborn, American Criminal, O.B.A.M. Nude, Joker’s Wild, iMurders, Kinky Killers, The Grand Theft, Fake, 4 Presidents, The Great Fight, Hospital Arrest, Renaissance Man, American Brawler, Puppets, Aberrant, Real Gangsters, Three Chris’s, Alone in the Dark 2, The Drum Beats Twice, Pride & Loyalty, Tinsel Town, Here and There, The Crimson Mask, and Rules For Men. His novels are Pride & Loyalty, Revelation in the Wilderness and The Great Heist. And his legal books include: Code of Criminal Justice: A Practical Guide to the Penal Statutes (national criminal codebook), New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice: A Practical Guide to the Penal Statutes, New York Code of Criminal Justice: A Practical Guide to the Penal Statutes, and Test Prep Guide to Accompany New Jersey Code of Criminal Justice, with numerous others in the works…Mr. Del Vecchio also served as the publisher/editorial page editor for a daily newspaper in New Jersey.

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Bio Reels: https://vimeo.com/752310728/bca050b39f

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https://vimeo.com/793917825 (long, very long)

 

For more detailed information about Kenneth Del Vecchio, including critical reviews and press quotes, please visit www.justiceforallproductions.com. 

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