Maybe Sunshine
Maybe Sunshine is a "coming-of-middle age" story about a 40 something rock queen (Lisa Hammer, Triana Orpheus on Adult Swim's The Venture Bros.) who builds a new band from scratch after the disastrous break-up of her last band a decade earlier. She was a big deal in the 90’s, but now she is 20 years older, 40 pounds heavier, and divorced. She must learn how to tweet, text, twerk, hashtag and trend, just to keep up. She has to start from the bottom again, playing crappy gigs, dealing with nymphomaniac, drug addict band mates, a quirky Colombian manager with 5 jobs, his mysterious bodyguard, a Pee Vampire, debauched frienemies, a depressed male gigolo, a coke-head record label executive, vapid models, and rival bands. She must do all this while navigating the new world of older lady-dom; like peeing when she sneezes, getting winded from one flight of stairs, amassing as much weight as she does debt, and worst of all: facing her own irrelevance and being called “ma’am”. Lisa handles her new reality with all the grumpiness and sarcasm of a Gen X, quirky, goth-punk, managing to piss off or alienate everyone she meets.
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Levi WilsonDirectorPunk's Dead: SLC Punk 2, See You Next Tuesday, Not Fade Away
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Levi WilsonWriter
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Lisa HammerWriter
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Sean MannionProducer
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Carolyn MaherProducer
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Levi WilsonProducer
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Lisa HammerProducer
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Lisa HammerKey CastThe Venture Bros
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James GlayatKey Cast
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Jonathon ForteKey Cast
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Louis CozzaKey Cast
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Niabi CaldwellKey Cast
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Melissa PattersonKey Cast
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Project Type:Web / New Media
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Runtime:9 minutes
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Completion Date:May 3, 2016
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Production Budget:1,000 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, Spanish
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Shooting Format:Blackmagic Pocket, Apple ProRes
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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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IndieworksNY, NY
United States
September 24, 2015
World Premiere
Audience Choice Award -
Hudson Valley Film FestivalMonroe, NY
United States
August 27, 2016
Finalist
Levi Wilson has worked with talented professionals such as Lisa Hammer (The Venture Bros.) and James Merendino (SLC Punk!) as well as collaborating with Hammer and writer Ben Edlund (The Tick, Angel) for the indy film POX: The Movie. He appeared The Invisible Life of Thomas Lynch, co-directed by Hammer and Merendino, which screened at the CMJ Film Festival where it won Best Narrative Feature. He has published short plays including a Strawberry One-Act Festival Best Play winner in which he was also nominated Best Actor.
Levi has also appeared in David Chase's Not Fade Away, Drew Tobias' See You Next Tuesday, and most recently in James Merendino's Punk's Dead: SLC Punk 2 alongside Devon Sawa and James Duval.
This is his first foray into directing for the screen.
I love this project. It's a story I've been wanting to tell with for a few years. Lisa Hammer used to tell me stories of her days on the road, opening for Type 0 Negative, Ministry, Christian Death, playing at the famous Limelight, Danceteria, Pyramid, CBGB, El Rey in Los Angeles. These stories are hilarious! And I wanted to make a show about how ridiculous and funny all of it actually is. Do we need more shows about an over-dramatic music industry, a show that takes itself too seriously? How about some funny?
Also, she has a new band now in Radiana and I love their music. What better way to get new music out there?