Two Out-of-Work Actors
Two desperate guys battle wits with a big name Hollywood producer in a pitch meeting gone wrong.
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Fred ShahadiDirector
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Fred ShahadiWriterSame Suits; Recipe Rehab: BOX; Supertrain; Twice; How Many Fingers?
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Fred ShahadiProducer
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Jason MaximProducer
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RJ LucciProducer
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Joel PolisKey Cast"Frank Madar"The Thing, Cheers, The Rookie, True Believer, Seinfeld, Fatal Vision
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RJ LucciKey Cast"Gary"The Irishman, Same Suits, Searching Hope Springs
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Jason MaximKey Cast"Zak"No Solicitors, My Crazy Sex, Jurassic City
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Mary ShahadiKey Cast"Frank's Hot Wife"
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Jose Pena - DP/1st AD/EditorCrew
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Leilani Barrett - Unit Production ManagerCrew
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Rick Reynolds - SoundCrew
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Josh Whitaker and Khalil DraperMusic
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Eric PrinceSpecial Thanks
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Margarita KaraghiozakisSpecial Thanks
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Project Type:Short
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Runtime:6 minutes 25 seconds
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Completion Date:October 26, 2019
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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:Yes
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Student Project:No
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LA SUN Film FestLos Angeles
United States
Best Comedy Short -
Cyrus International Film Festival of TorontoToronto
Canada
Best Producer -
Venice Film AwardsVenice
Italy
WINNER: Honorable Mention Comedy -
Silicon Beach Film FestivalLos Angeles
November 20, 2020
WINNER Best Comedy Short -
Oniros Film Awards of New YorkNew York
WINNER: Honorable Mention Comedy -
Florence Film Awards
Best Comedy -
Hollywood Gold Awards
WINNER Silver Award Best Comedy -
Screen Power Film Festival
Best Comedy -
Vegas Movie Awards
Best Comedy -
IndieX Film FestLos Angeles
WINNER Best Acting Ensemble
Fred Shahadi is a Lebanese American filmmaker, playwright, television writer, and author living in Los Angeles CA. His play BOX, had two successful Off Broadway runs in 2003 and 2011 and he was the head writer for three seasons for the Emmy nominated Recipe Rehab on CBS. Fred won consecutive Heck-Rabi Dramatic Awards for his plays Plastic Man and Supertrain, as well as a Parents Choice Award for his work on Recipe Rehab in 2014. Fred is also the author of the cult sci-fi novel Shoot the Moon which Mat Johnson author of Pym, Incognegro, and Loving Day, called “a brilliant fever dream of a novel--wildly creative, relentlessly funny, and wholly unique. Fred Shahadi has an utterly original literary voice that you're going to want to sit down and listen too."
Laughing is a free way to get high, especially when it's out of your control. I like to tell stories that make people laugh, make people cry, and make people feel good. I like to do it on film, television, stage, and in print. I like watching my kids watch movies for the first time. That amazement, that awe, will live inside them forever.I know because it did for me. My father took me to my first movie, I remember every moment. So many of my best moments surround film. I want to give best moments to people for a living.