A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Featuring:
Stephanie Swink, Elijah Ward, Neil McDonald
Written by:
Dale Ward
Directed by:
Dale Ward
Release Date:
January 1, 2013
Original Title:
My Life is a Movie
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 100
Wyatt Monroe (Elijah Ward) is a ten-year-old filmmaker who copes with his dysfunctional home life by treating life as a movie. The actors don’t take direction and the genre keeps changing, but as his life unfolds, Wyatt is recording every scene on his phone. Wyatt’s sister Lyndsy (Stephanie Swink) is an aspiring painter who is tormented by her stepbrother and neglected by her mother. When Lyndsy, too young to drive, decides to run away from home, Wyatt tags along to film their search for a better life. To get a happy ending, sometimes you have to rewrite the script.
Life through the eyes of a 10-year-old - or at least through the lens of his smart phone camera. Wyatt shoots video of everything - everything! - and when he and his big sister run away from home, they discover that life outside the home can be fun, dangerous, and every bit as challenging.
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