Daryl Wein (Breaking Upwards) & Logan Miller (Touching Home) at LRFF Picnic

Think about this scenario: You've never written a screenplay. You've never directed a film. You've never acted in a film. Heck, you've never even been a grip. Try taking that resume and making a film with it, starring veteran actor Ed Harris. That is exactly what co-directors Logan and Noah Miller have done with Touching Home. Based on the true story of the Miller Brothers' relationship with their alcoholic father (played by Harris) the twin brothers play themselves and are surprisingly good.  Filmed at and around their home in Marin County, north of San Francisco, the story focuses on the boys' attempts to become professional baseball players while coping with the deterioration of their father's life. If the film wasn't enough, the Miller brothers have also penned a book about their journey called "Either You're In Or You're In the Way" and are plugging both through radio and television talk shows.

The movie has been winning festival awards around the country since its unveiling at SXSW a couple months ago, and receiving Oscar buzz for its star Hal Holbrook who plays an elderly Tennessee farmer who resists being put out to pasture in an old folks home and gets into a battle over losing his farm to an old enemy, Lonzo Choat, played by McKinnon. After some acclaimed work in projects like HBO's "Deadwood" and O, Brother Where Art Thou? McKinnon gives his strongest performance to date in his dark portrayal of Choat, an extremely unlikable character that McKinnon somehow convinces us to sympathize with. This is the actor who captivated us when he burst onto the scene and won an Oscar for his short 2001 film The Accountant, still a classic. After the screening director Scott Teems and co-producer/co-star Walton Goggins joined McKinnon for a Q & A, moderated by screenwriter Graham Gordy. It screens again Saturday night.