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Multiplex 10

MULTIPLEX 10 centers around the lives of the movie-loving and customer-weary staff of the Multiplex 10 Cinemas. Kurt is an usher, pining for that special someone to share his love of horror movies. The newest hire, Jason, is a film snob who just needs a freakin’ job, okay? Despite their differences, the pair will make fast friends — unless they kill each other first.

  • Gordon McAlpin
    Writer
  • Dana Luery Shaw
    Writer
    Classic Alice, Echo Chamber, Personal Space
  • Gordon McAlpin
    Director
  • Gordon McAlpin
    Producer
  • Dana Luery Shaw
    Producer
    Classic Alice, Echo Chamber, Personal Space
  • Amy Guth
    Producer
    Unsolved, Better the End
  • Robert Hornak
    Producer
    Elstree 1976, Nowhere Girl, Life After Flash
  • Tom Brazelton
    Key Cast
    "Kurt"
  • Gordon McAlpin
    Key Cast
    "Jason"
  • Dana Luery Shaw
    Key Cast
    "Melissa"
    Matryoshka
  • Aiyanna Wade
    Key Cast
    "Becky"
    Nostalgia Critic
  • Javier Prusky
    Key Cast
    "Neil"
    Halt and Catch Fire
  • Chris Rager
    Key Cast
    "The Blogger"
    Dragonball Z, Attack on Titan
  • Tangelene Bolton
    Composer
    I Am Joe, American Zealot
  • Ian Vargo
    Sound Design
    Vexed, Olive Juice
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    comedy, workplace comedy, animation
  • Runtime:
    11 minutes 49 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 15, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    17,500 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.85:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • GeekFest Film Festival (at Long Beach Comics Expo)
    Long Beach, CA
    United States
    February 17, 2018
    Best Web Series
  • Door County Short Film Festival
    Sister Bay, WI
    United States
    February 17, 2018
    Finalist
  • Mindfield Film Festival - Albuquerque

    Best Animation Short–Diamond Award (Feb. 2018 Bi-Monthly Competition)
  • The Lyric
    Fort Collins, CO
    February 9, 2018
    World Premiere
  • Mindfield Film Festival - Los Angeles

    Best Animation–Gold Award (April 2018 Bi-Monthly Competition)
  • Palm Springs International Animation Festival
    Palm Springs, CA
    Official Selection
Director Biography - Gordon McAlpin

Gordon McAlpin is a Filipino-American illustrator, cartoonist, and animator living in Somerville, MA. He has an MFA in Design from the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities. He wrote and illustrated the award-winning humor comic strip, Multiplex, from July 2005 through April 2017. Although he has produced several animated videos for various clients, Multiplex 10 is his first narrative animated short; he co-wrote, executive produced, directed, animated, and edited the award-winning short.

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Director Statement

Multiplex 10 is about the love of film. On its surface, it's an odd-couple comedy about two movie theater ushers with diametrically opposite taste in cinema. But it's really about how the things we love (and, conversely, the things we hate) become part of us. It's about how those of us who love movies talk about and experience them, and it's about how people relate to each other through the language of film. (There are also a lot of jokes in it.)

I'm incredibly grateful to the rest of the cast and crew of Multiplex 10 for helping me bring these characters to life, and thrilled to finally be able to share it with the world.