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Cam Gigandet, 5 Star Day Directed by Danny Buday (photo), and starring Twilight's Cam Gigandet and Sucker Punch's Jena Malone, the psychological drama 5 Star Day opened via Breaking Glass Pictures on Wednesday in select theaters (in the Los Angeles area: the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood and the Playhouse 7 in Pasadena). [Watch the trailer. Official website.] Writer-director Buday's first feature film, 5 Star Day tells the story of Jake Gibson (Gigandet), whose horoscope "forecasts a flawless day the morning of his birthday." Instead, Jake's "entire world is about to be turned upside down as everything that could go wrong — does." Jake then sets out to disprove "the theory of Astrology." During his journey, he meets three people born at the same time and place as himself: a single mother with a dark past (Jena Malone), an overworked nurse (Brooklyn Sudano) and an struggling jazz singer (Max Hartman). Buday is a graduate student of the American Film Institute (AFI) masters directing program.

Cam Gigandet and Jena Malone have signed up for a Five Star Day, an indie film from writer-director Danny Buday, about a guy obsessed with 80s pop group 5 Star- wait, what? It's actually a journey of self-discovery? Oh well.Yes, rather than stalking British family popsters, the film sees Gigandet's character lose everything, forcing him to "come to terms with what's important in life". Malone plays his girlfriend, and Will Yun Lee (Bionic Woman, Die Another Day) has signed on as his best friend, who provides the voice of reason as Gigandet's life goes off the rails.Gigandet's currently vamping it up in the forthcoming Twilight, but will already be familiar to Oc fans as Volchok and seems poised on the verge of stardom. Buday, meanwhile, is making his feature directorial and writing debut on this one, after winning several awards for his short film Dependency, which he made as...