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Kidnapped: The True Story of How I Made America Great Again

How does an upper middle class, suburban, mother-to-be go from golf lessons to waking up with the Republican candidate for United States President tied to a chair with a hood over his head in her basement? And why? Who benefits? And who has the power to cover it up?
So begins “Kidnapped! The True Story of How I Made America Great Again.” Based on the soon to be HUUUGE best selling book, this is the story of a motley crew of Real Americans and their struggle to take back their country. It is the story of Thomas and Pamela Perry: a simple Middle Class, Middle American couple, who find themselves, like so many Americans do, in over their heads. It is the story of closed door meetings between TV Preachers and the daughters of real estate tycoons. It is the story of a Golf Instructor’s forbidden love. In short, it is the story of the dissolution of The American Dream. A dream once bold enough to tear down walls, now on the verge of melting through the fingers of it’s own tiny little hands.

  • Andy Hopper
    Director
    Sunfish Lake
  • Andy Hopper
    Writer
    Sunfish Lake
  • Quattro Gatti
    Producer
    Sunfish Lake
  • Hugo Armstrong
    Key Cast
    Coherence
  • Amy Frances Quint
    Key Cast
    Sunfish Lake
  • Matthew G. Park
    Key Cast
    Sunfish Lake
  • Niamh McCormally
    Key Cast
    Sunfish Lake
  • David Tufford
    Key Cast
    Lady Dynamite
  • Ben Enke
    Director of Photography
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    37 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    September 22, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    14,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Andrew Hopper
    Country: United States
Director Biography - Andy Hopper

Andy Hopper is a writer and director from Northern California. He attended California Institute of the Arts in Southern California and then relocated to Brooklyn, NY after several years working with various theater companies in Los Angeles, including Padua Playwrights and A Noise Within. In NYC he wrote and directed an episodic sci-fi rock and roll musical titled Radio Deluxembourg at The People’s Improv Theater. After several episodes in NYC, Radio Deluxembourg ran as a full length play for a month at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland UK. Mr. Hopper recently wrote, directed and starred in the critically acclaimed, Dateline: Macbeth, at the DC Fringe Festival. He has written several screenplays including an adaptation of Stephen King’s, Christine; Middle 8, Mellow Gold and Licorice Stick, the short film version directed by Emmy nominated Cosmo Segurson. Mr. Hopper’s Sunfish Lake screened at the Minneapolis Underground Film Festival. He is currently in pre-production for Mellow Gold, which will be his first feature film as writer/director.

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