A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
April 6, 2011
Original Title:
They're Out of the Business
Genres:
Comedy
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 89
A decade and a half after their seminal indie film launched meteoric filmmaking careers, Splick and Jason find themselves staring at their own individual, pre-midlife crises. Having not spoken to one another since a late-nineties falling out, they're each grappling with the challenges of stalled careers and relationships, as the hands of time creep ominously past forty-o'clock. Splick's most recent TV show, centered around his character's perverse relationship with dessert foods, is unceremoniously cancelled by the network, forcing a return to his childhood bedroom at his mother's apartment in New York. Frustrated by a barrage of comments about the "good," "funny," movies he used to make with his old partner, Jason, Splick determines to seek him out and attempt a reunion.
Casting:
Jodi Collins
Director:
Donal Lardner Ward
Eric Schaeffer
Director of Photography:
Marc Blandori
Editor:
Anton Salaks
Original Music Composer:
Matthew Puckett
Producer:
Chip Hourihan
Eric Schaeffer
Donal Lardner Ward
Production Design:
Alan Bruckner
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