FIVE-TIME EMMY� AWARD WINNER DORIS ROBERTS AND �SCRUBS� STAR JUDY REYES PORTRAY A WEALTHY WIDOW AND A HOMELESS WOMAN WHO EACH DISCOVER A LIFE WORTH LIVING IN �OUR HOUSE,� A HALLMARK CHANNEL ORIGINAL PREMIERING MARCH 25
�Anyone Can Fall Prey to Hitting Rock Bottom� � Judy Reyes
�How Ashamed Should We Be That Millions of Americans Call NOWHERE
Home?� � Doris Roberts
Five-time Emmy� Award winner Doris Roberts (�Everybody Loves Raymond�)
and �Scrubs� star Judy Reyes portray a wealthy widow and a homeless woman who
each discover a life worth living in Hallmark Channel�s Original movie �Our House,�
which premieres March 25 (9/8c). Encores of �Our House� will be presented
immediately following the premiere (11/10c) and on March 30 (9/8c).
While filming �Our House,� both Roberts and Reyes made promises to
themselves to learn something about the real-life plight of America�s 3 � million
homeless people and to use every promotional opportunity within the film to create
awareness.
Roberts met with Santa Monica Mayor Pro Tem and homeless advocate Bobby
Shriver, Corporation for Supportive Housing�s President and CEO Carla Javits and
Director/CSH Jonathan Hunter.
Both stars have made public pleas on behalf of the homeless in national print
�How ashamed should we be that in America there are millions of people whose
home address is NOWHERE?� asked Roberts.
Reyes adds, �It was devastating to me to see the tens of thousands of people on
the streets during the recent snap of cold weather.
�It was mind-boggling to learn that it actually costs less to provide housing than
to leave people on the streets. In fact, it can be up to five times cheaper!
�This movie meant the world to me because it allowed my character, Billy, a
homeless woman, to show that homelessness is not about behavior; it�s about having a
house. Anyone can fall prey to hitting rock bottom. �Our House� shows what can
happen when we help � rather than turn away from � those who have hit their own
personal bottom.
The love between these characters is reason enough to watch the movie. I felt it
in my heart!� Reyes concludes.
�Having a safe place to call home strengthens families, communities, and the
nation as a whole,� Roberts says.
In �Our House,� Roberts� character, Ruth Galloway, attempts suicide after the
death of her husband, but a chance encounter with Billy (Reyes), a homeless woman
who rescues Ruth from a pill overdose, helps each woman discover a life worth living.
For more information on homelessness in America, go to
www.hallmarkchannel.com.
�Our House� is a Hallmark Entertainment presentation of an Alpine Medien
Production in association with Larry Levinson Productions. Robert Halmi, Jr. and Larry
Levinson are executive producers. Nick Lombardo and Amy Goldberg are co-executive
producers. Randy Pope and Lincoln Lageson are co-producers. �Our House� was
directed by Mark Griffiths and written by Michael Lach.
Hallmark Channel is a 24-hour basic cable channel that provides a diverse slate
of high-quality entertainment programming to a national audience of more than 72
million subscribers. The program service is distributed through more than 5,300 cable
systems and communities as well as direct-to-home satellite services across the
country. Crown Media also operates a second 24-hour linear channel, Hallmark Movie
Channel. Through its subsidiary, Crown Media Distribution, LLC, Crown also distributes
titles from its award-winning collection of movies, miniseries and films for exhibition in a
variety of television media including broadcast, cable, Video-on-Demand and High
Definition Television.
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