Hotwire
Stan is a shy and hopeless romantic who pines after his best friend Cindy. Too scared to risk sharing his true feelings, he instead imagines a world where his action movie heroics woo her time and again. However, when Cindy is offered a job overseas, Stan must man up and mirror the hero of his film fantasies in order to win her heart. During their last celebratory dinner, his failed romantic gestures ricochet from reality into fantasy and back again, right up to the heart-pounding and heart-warming climax that ticks down to the wire.
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Jake ThomasWriterLeaves
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Erin Brown ThomasDirector
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Carly MarconiProducer
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JoshProducer
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Hans ObmaKey Cast"Stan"Criminal Minds, Independence Day: Resurgence
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Teri ReevesKey Cast"Jake Thomas"Once Upon a Time
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Romance, Action, Fantasy
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Runtime:15 minutes
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Completion Date:December 11, 2014
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Production Budget:15,000 USD
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Country of Origin:United States
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Country of Filming:United States
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:RED
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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March 25, 2015
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Big Island Film FestivalHawaii, Hawaii
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May 23, 2015
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Sunscreen Film FestivalSt. Petersburg, Florida
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Sci-Fi London Film FestivalLondon
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Sidewalk Film FestivalBirmingham, Alabama
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Lake Erie Film FestivalSanduskey, Ohio
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ITSA Film FestivalGroveland, California
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Dam Short Film FestivalBoulder City, Nevada
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Canton Film FestivalCanton, Ohio
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Cinema at the Edge Film FestivalSanta Monica, California
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Erin Brown Thomas is a writer/director/editor, who has worked on projects with Selena Gomez, Eminem, Zach Galifianakis, and many more heavy hitters including recent collaborators Lena Dunham, Emmy Rossum, and Elisabeth Moss.
Erin’s short films have been screened in over 75 festivals worldwide. Her whimsical and poignant comedic short REKINDLED sold to facebook after playing 12 Oscar Qualifying festivals winning 16 awards. Other shorts include BUT FIRST… (experimental), HOTWIRE (action-comedy), ADOPTED (series), WILDMAN ATHLETICA, (documentary), and Семья (foreign language).
Erin just finished helming her fifth aerial-arts driven film entitled HUMAN, under her viral-hit production company VERSATILE ASSASSINS. The film will release late summer 2019.
Her newest short FEELING FLUSH, an LGBTQ+ dramedy, is also currently in festivals.
Erin shot and produced the 2019 art-house experimental feature SHEDDING.
Also a skilled editor, Erin cut TOKYO PROJECT for EP Lena Dunham and Emmy-winning director Richard Shepard. The short premiered at Tribeca Film Festival and is currently on HBO.
Erin was selected as an Artist in Residence for the 2019 Palm Springs International Shortfest.
She was also a workshop participant in the 2019 Commercial Director’s Diversity Program.
Finally, as Artistic Director, Erin curates the Salute Your Shorts Film Festival in Hollywood, CA.