NO MIS-'TAKE'

0 Comments | Philadelphia Daily News, October, 2007 | by HOWARD GENSLER gensleh@phillynews.com 215-854-5678

TORONTO - Brad Furman was trying to catch his breath. The previous week had been a whirlwind of excitement and stress, as his debut feature film, "The Take," starring John Leguizamo, Tyrese and Rosie Perez, had had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (Sept. 12) and a press/industry screening the following morning.

We caught up with Furman, 32, a Lafayette Hill native and Friends Central grad, at the film festival's Varsity Theater, not long after that screening - and he was still wired.

Worn out but wired.

A group of his Philadelphia buddies had joined him in Toronto for what they thought might be a trip out of "Entourage." Furman was hoping for a little R&R after the mad rush to finish the film. But there was no time to relax and that...