EchelonEntertainment has put back the release of Henry LeRoy Finch's drama anddirectorial debut Wakeand will now open it in LA and New York on May 28.

The picture, which centres on four brothers who convenefor a night of revelry only to discover they are attending a wake, wasoriginally scheduled to open in late April. Martin Landau, Gale Harold andBlake Gibbons star.

Wake was shotentirely on location in and around Bath in the Northeastern state of Maine andis produced by Landau's daughter Susie Landau Finch.

Finch won theQueens Spirit Award for best director at the 2003 1st Annual QueensInternational Film Festival, with Gibbons picking up best actor honours.