The Rest of Your Life
College-bound Abby wants her friend Caleb to embrace a more ambitious course to his life, but Caleb soon finds he must contend with a far more radical life change.
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William R. CoughlanDirectorThe Greater Evil, Tex: Wisdom of the Old West, Number One With a Bullet
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Anna CoughlanWriterWinston, Tex: Wisdom of the Old West
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Lee PernaProducerThe Greater Evil, Tex: Wisdom of the Old West
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Dylan GottliebKey Cast
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Erin Rose CoughlanKey CastCodependence Day
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Nello DeBlasioKey CastCodependence Day, Touched by a Lawyer
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Anna CoughlanKey Cast
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Keith WatersKey CastWinston, Tex: Wisdom of the Old West, Uke & Trust Me
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Mary EganKey CastCodependence Day, Touched by a Lawyer
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Brian Mac IanKey CastWinston, Table for Three, Mancession
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Brooks TeglerKey CastTex: Wisdom of the Old West, Uke & Trust Me
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Carol Lampman McCaffreyKey CastThe Greater Evil, Codependence Day
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Project Type:Short
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Genres:Drama, Comedy, Supernatural, Coming of Age
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Runtime:7 minutes 42 seconds
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Completion Date:June 25, 2017
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Production Budget:800 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:2.40:1
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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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48 Hour Film ProjectSilver Spring, MD
United States
July 13, 2017
World Premiere -
48 Hour Film Project Special Selections and Team Spirit ScreeningWashington, DC
United States
October 30, 2017
Special Selection -
TIVA Peer Awards 2017Washington, DC
United States
November 11, 2017
Silver Award: Independent Short | Bronze Award: Editing - Fiction -
MystiCon Independent Film FestivalRoanoke, Virginia
United States
February 24, 2018
Award Semi-Finalist -
Ocean City Film FestivalOcean City, Maryland
United States
March 10, 2018
Official Selection -
Indiana Comic Con Film FestivalIndianapolis, Indiana
United States
March 31, 2018
Indiana Premiere
Official Selection -
San Francisco Comic Con Film FestivalSan Francisco, California
United States
June 9, 2018
California Premiere
Official Selection -
Atlanta Comic Con Film FestivalAtlanta, Georgia
United States
July 14, 2018
Georgia Premiere
Nominee: Best Narrative -
Tampa Bay Comic Con Film FestivalTampa, Florida
United States
August 4, 2018
Florida Premiere
Nominee: Best Narrative -
Michigan Comic Con Film FestivalDetroit, Michigan
United States
August 18, 2018
Michigan Premiere
Nominee: Best Narrative -
Movie Night at the Evening Star CafeAlexandria, Virginia
United States
October 28, 2018 -
Comedy World Network Film FestivalLas Vegas, Nevada
United States
December 1, 2018
Nevada Premiere
William R. Coughlan is an award-winning screenwriter and director, and founder and CEO of independent video production company Tohubohu Productions, LLC. He worked for several years with The Advisory Board Company (and its offshoot companies, CEB and EAB) in Washington, D.C., where he began as a graphic designer before creating a full-service in-house video and multimedia department, and then eventually moving into the ranks of creative department management. In addition, he provides creative oversight for the global public affairs firm EGA, is the Creative Director of Jabberwocky Audio Theater, and served for several years on the Board of Directors for TIVA, the Television, Internet, and Video Association of DC, Inc., filling the roles of Treasurer and Vice President before finishing his tenure as President. He also enjoys acting, voiceover performance, design and illustration, editing, animation, and writing autobiographical comments in the third person. He is the illustrator of the therapeutic workbook Stories for Children with Problems & Wishes, has provided schematic graphics for several HBS case studies, designed the acclaimed Protégé clay poker chip line, served as the Critic at Large for the online literary magazine Inkblots, has been a judge for both the TIVA Peer Awards and the Emmy Awards, founded and co-hosted the long-running Tohubohu Producer Podcast, and is an accomplished animator and ambigram artist. He currently resides at a secret compound in Northern Virginia.
“The Rest of Your Life” is probably the most explicitly personal film I’ve directed to date. While a coming-of-age story can take place at any number of times in a person’s life, there’s something about departing for college that feels like a most fundamental (and widely identifiable) transition, even under the most ordinary of circumstances. But while deep drama is naturally inherent in that transition, a short film (as opposed to a feature) might be a difficult avenue in which to really make that resonate. So for that abbreviated duration, we needed a readily-accessible “hook” — a metaphorical construct that both merited viewer interest and still spoke clearly to the struggle of moving on to a new stage of life, acknowledging the attendant fears of losing that which is comforting and familiar. In our initial take on the story, we leaned more heavily on the comedic and exaggerated elements. But as we fleshed things out (and even continuing into shooting), I realized that while we could still keep things comparatively light, we needed to embrace the underlying gravity that such a transition signifies. In the end — as my own daughter prepares to leave home — I hope the tonal combination succeeds.