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BYRON LANE
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his birthmark isn't contageous...
but his videos are viral
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HERPES BOY is an award winning feature film comedy about a man with a facial birthmark who accidentally becomes famous on the internet.
The film started as a webseries on YouTube, was discovered by a producer, and developed into a feature starring Academy Award winner Octavia Spencer (The Help), Beth Grant, (The Mindy Project, No Country For Old Men, Little Miss Sunshine), and many others.
HERPES BOY played many festivals all over the world, won awards including Best Comedy at Comic Con and an audience award from the Austin Film Festival, and is available to watch on iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, and Netflix.
HERPES BOY was written by Byron Lane.
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