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Release Date:
October 1, 2011
Original Title:
The Trouble with Bliss
Alternate Titles:
East Fifth Bliss
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
7A Productions
Torn Sky Entertainment
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: PG-13
Runtime: 97
35-year-old Morris Bliss is clamped in the jaws of New York City inertia: he wants to travel but has no money, he needs a job but has no prospects, he still shares an apartment with his widowed father, and the premature death of his mother has left him emotionally walled up. When he finds himself wrapped up in an awkward relationship with Stephanie, the 18-year-old daughter of a former classmate, Morris quickly discovers his static life unraveling and opening up in ways that are long overdue.
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Art Direction:
Cassia Maher
Costume Design:
Amy C. Bradshaw
Director:
Michael Knowles
Director of Photography:
Ben Wolf
Editor:
Michael Knowles
Executive Producer:
Eric Strong
Alex Balandin
Jon Finkel
Chuck Goodgal
Nita Goodgal
David E. Price
Brady Richter
Bruce Rogoff
Victoria Rogoff
Dong-Chen Tsai
Key Hair Stylist:
Layna Roberts
Key Makeup Artist:
Bria Dorsen
Line Producer:
Douglas Matejka
Novel:
Douglas Light
Original Music Composer:
Daniel Alcheh
Producer:
John Will
Michael Knowles
John Ramos
Production Design:
Lucio Seixas
Writer:
Michael Knowles
Douglas Light
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