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{{Infobox film
| name           = Dear J
| image          =
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| director       = [[Roberto Muñoz (producer)|Roberto Munoz]]<br />Mann Munoz
| producer       = [[Roberto Muñoz (producer)|Roberto Munoz]]
| writer         = R.M.M. Munoz
| narrator       =
| starring       = Joseph Halsey <br />Allison Lane<br />[[Carson Grant]]<br/>Maya Serhan<br />Patrick Mitchell<br />[[Karen Lynn Gorney]]
| music          = Miq Munoz
| cinematography = Jake Forsyth
| editing        = Miq Munoz
| distributor    =
| released       = {{Film date|2008}}
| runtime        = 84 minutes
| country        = United States
| language       = [[English language|English]]
| budget         =
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'''''Dear J''''' is a 2008 [[Independent Film]] drama by [[CubeCity Entertainment]]. Directed by [[Roberto Muñoz (producer)|Roberto Munoz]] and Mann Munoz. The film is the story of an evangelist who admits himself to a psychiatric institution after the death of his agnostic girlfriend.
==Plot==
''Dear J'' is about an evangelist, James Jamisin (Joseph Halsey), who must cope with the unexpected death of his agnostic girlfriend: Paige (Maya Serhan). To sort things out, James admits himself into Logous Psychiatric Institute, where he replays a make-believe Trial in his mind over and over again. The Trial is presided over by a no-nonsense imaginary Judge (played by [[Karen Lynn Gorney]]) and is animated by an array of off-the-wall characters. Some of the witnesses called to the stand are inspired by real-life individuals, like the literary scholar and apologist [[C.S. Lewis]] (Patrick Mitchell). Throughout the movie, his psychologist, Dr. Frolick (Allison Lane) tries to get him to open the letter Paige wrote to him just before her death—a letter he has been carrying around and refuses to read. Trouble brews when the head of the institute, Dr. Donovin ([[Carson Grant]]), plans on foiling all attempts to bring James to a resolution.
==Production notes==
Formerly entitled ''Liars and Lunatics'',{{citation needed|date=December 2021}} the movie was released on DVD as ''Dear J'' in 2008. The movie was filmed in 2006 in [[Whitestone, Queens|Whitestone]], [[Queens]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.backstage.com/bso/community/success/success_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003382116# | title=Backstage Magazine &#124; Auditions & Casting Calls, Talent Seeking, Advice & Tips }}</ref> and also in [[Putnam County, New York|Putnam County]],<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pcnr.com/news/2007/1010/Cultural_Events/029.html | title=Putnam County News | date=25 January 2017 }}</ref> [[New York (state)|New York]].
The [[Dove Foundation]] gave the movie four doves and its seal of approval (recommended for ages 12 and over).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.christiancinema.com/catalog/article_info.php?articles_id=5597 | title=Christian Cinema }}</ref> Author and historian, [[Paul Maier|Dr. Paul Maier]], said of the film: "I thoroughly enjoyed the film... I was blown away by the sheer professionalism of it all: the characters were convincing, the plot nicely paced."{{Citation needed|reason=Where is the source of this claim?|date=June 2021}}
==Cast==
* Joseph A. Halsey as James Jamisin
* Allison Lane as Dr. M. Frolick
* [[Carson Grant]] as Dr. Donovin
* Maya Serhan as Paige
* Patrick Mitchell as Staples
* [[Karen Lynn Gorney]] as the Judge
* Amanda Michelle Short as Avie
* Hudson Chambers as Davie
* Bruce Nicholls as Philosopher Hume
* Heidi Azaro as Mother Parrot
* Ron Kuriloff as Prof. Boltmaniac
==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://cubecity.org/dearj_film.htm}}
* {{IMDb title|id=1267405|title=Dear J}}
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