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Release Date:
June 19, 2020
Original Title:
Selfie Dad
Genres:
Comedy | Family
Production Companies:
Kappa Media
Rapture Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG
Runtime: 97
Spiraling into a mid-life crisis and feeling disconnected from his family, Ben Marcus, a reality-TV editor, thinks he can only be happy by fulfilling his dream of becoming a professional comedian. Ben posts his stand-up routines to YouTube, and the videos fall flat. Then his tweener son posts Ben miserably failing on a home improvement project, and much to his teenage daughter’s dismay, it goes viral, launching Ben's social-media career as Selfie Dad. Although he quickly becomes an award-winning phenom, no amount of success brings Ben satisfaction. Through his friendship with a young coworker, Mickey, Ben finds the secret to a happy family . . . with his Bible in one hand, and his phone in the other.
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Art Direction:
Naoko Inada
Casting:
Ricki Maslar
Co-Producer:
Michael Curylo
Amy Hunter
Patrick G. Ingram
Karen Long
Costume Design:
LaRae Wilson
Director:
Brad J. Silverman
Director of Photography:
Ulf Soderqvist
Editor:
Vaughn Bien III
Richard Nord
Executive Producer:
Paul L. Long
Mike Sullivan
Geno Taylor
First Assistant Director:
Jared Jacovich
Line Producer:
Patrick G. Ingram
Music:
David Siebels
Production Design:
Gladys Rodriguez
Set Dresser:
Scott Schulte
Unit Production Manager:
Michael Curylo
Writer:
Brad J. Silverman
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