Trinidad and Tobago is in for a treat when the enticing Caribbean movie featuring love, scandal and desire hits the country with a premiere on October 8 before being released to general audiences on October 10.

And patrons will see the movie ahead of its international premiere as an Official Selection of the prestigious American Black Film Festival in West Hollywood, Los Angeles from October 25 to 29!

Hit For Six!, written and directed by Trinidadian-born Barbados-based Alison Saunders-Franklyn, is the story of a playboy West Indies cricketer who must fight the demons of his past, including a match fixing charge, and learn about love while struggling for his last chance to play in a major global tournament and earn the respect of his estranged father, a former great West Indies player.

The stars of the movie include popular host of MTV Tempo, Trinidadian Jeanille Bonterre; British-based Trinidadian actor, Rudolph Walker; lead actor Barbadian Andrew Pilgrim; Canadian-based Barbadian actress, Alison Sealy-Smith; and Barbadian actress Varia Williams.

Saunders-Franklyn credits the Trinidad and Tobago Film Company (TTFC) with being the first contributor to Hit For Six!, stating that the grant "gave us legitimacy early in our fund raising process and showed the confidence of a government."

Since its world premiere in Barbados on April 18, Hit For Six!has copped three awards in the Bridgetown Film Festival 2007: Best Barbadian Film, Best Actress (Jeanille Bonterre) and Best Cinematographer (Richard Lannaman). It enjoyed a five-week run at the Olympus cinema and had much publicity in several international newspapers and magazines.

Hit For Six! then premiered in Jamaica on July 9. Next, it opened in Antigua September 21, and following the Trinidad and Tobago release, the film will be shown in St. Lucia and St. Vincent on October 24 before it is viewed in other territories.

Production company Blue Waters Productions Inc has been successful in securing distribution deals covering 14 Caribbean countries through Palace Amusements of Jamaica and Trinidad-based Goldmine Entertainment

Recently Alison Saunders-Franklyn was one of three film makers who conducted a workshop as a lead up to the ongoing Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival 2007, and the workshop was entitled 'From Concept to Completion & Beyond: Film Financing, Marketing, Distribution.'