title: A Sight for Sore Eyes (film)
text: # A Sight for Sore Eyes (film)
  
  A Sight for Sore Eyes is a 2005 dramatic short film directed by Shane Stanley and starring Hayden Adams, Deborah Zoe, and Gary Busey. The screenplay concerns a man who is reunited with a former high school flame who is now blind.
  
  ## Plot
  
  An overconfident young executive with a matching ego thinks he's a know-it-all with the ladies until he's reunited with Amie; his former high school flame who is now blind. The encounter causes him to rethink his relationships with everyone from the women he dates to his father, whom he hasn't seen in several years.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Hayden Adams - Steve Langston
  * Deborah Zoe - Amy Cooper
  * Gary Busey - Earl Cooper
  * Rhasaan Orange - Jarred Williams
  * Alisa Reyes - Laura Sanchez
  * Terry Holbrook - Jan Cooper
  * Marla Maples - Samantha Blake
  * Val Barri - Marie Evans
  * Keith MacKechnie - Howard van Bommel
  * Zack Duhame - Ryan Cooper
  * Kelly M. Dixon - Traci Lewis
  
  ## Awards and honors
  
  In 2005, A Sight for Sore Eyes was honored with the Gold Special Jury Award at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival before winning three Aurora Awards for writing, original screenplay and directing. The film was honored with two Telly Awards for writing and directing and won several renown international film festivals including the International Film Festival for best dramatic short film. The film was invited to screen at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.
  
  