G.I. Hospital
Antiwar comedy. A group of severely wounded soldiers are cheerful about their injuries. After all, it's not like they lost their arms or legs for nothing. It was "for their country," so that makes it okay. This film uses humor to encourage the viewer to think twice about the personal cost of war.
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Jonny LewisDirector
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Jonny LewisWriter
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Jonny LewisProducer
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Deus Xavier ScottKey Cast
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Adrian GonzalezKey Cast
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Heather FoxKey Cast
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Jonny LewisKey Cast
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Maxwell GlickKey Cast
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Christine JoëlleKey Cast
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Carol RasaphangthongAnimators
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Jennifer KimAnimators
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Carol RasaphangthongEditor
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David RaiklenComposer
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Project Type:Animation, Short
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Runtime:5 minutes 44 seconds
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Completion Date:August 11, 2016
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Production Budget:5,000 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:digital
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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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Chandler International Film Festival
United States
September 28, 2016
Arizona Premiere
Best Animated Short -
Indie Night Festival
United States
September 24, 2016 -
California International Shorts FestivalHollywood, CA
United States
September 17, 2016
U.S. Premiere
Best Animated Short
[NOTE: Although I am currently in Michigan looking after my elderly mother, I acted and made films in L.A. for 11 years. I do fly to L.A. for festivals that have Q&A, and 90% of my 1000+ Facebook friends are actors and filmmakers I've worked with in L.A.]
Jonny Lewis started acting in 2002, at age 45. He starred in three stage plays in New York, and won an award for the first short film he ever acted in, before moving to Los Angeles in 2003, where he acted in 150 student and independent films. In 2009 he wrote and shot his first short film. Since then he has shot 16 more (including some in Spanish), and written about a hundred. He has completed one feature film (a “spiritual comedy”) and is working on others. Jonny’s current project consists of a series of antiwar comedy shorts.
War is simply average people trying to kill each other because someone "higher up" told them to do so. Seems kind of crazy to me. Yet we accept it as natural and right. I don't. So I've written several short comedies highlighting the many ways in which war is pointless. Let's have a good laugh, and then think again.