King Ed
King Ed
King Ed
King Ed
King Ed
A short LGBT comedy film about facing the music.
A short LGBT comedy film about facing the music.
A short LGBT comedy film about facing the music.
A short LGBT comedy film about facing the music.
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King Ed
A short LGBT comedy film about facing the music.
A short LGBT comedy film about facing the music.
A short LGBT comedy film about facing the music.
A short LGBT comedy film about facing the music.
A short LGBT comedy film about facing the music.
KING ED
Ed didn’t just get dumped, per se—but he did encounter a “relationship upheaval.” And that break-up didn’t leave him with crippling depression, necessarily—he’s just not “emotionally thriving.” His hunt for a cure leads him to the office of The Ketamine Oracle: an alternative therapist-slash-modern-day-myth who just might be addicted to some substances herself.
Her drug-fueled visions reveal two things: that a) Ed fell for his ex-boyfriend Joseph when he heard the “perfect playlist” Joseph played on their first date, and b) that said ex-boyfriend did not, in fact, make said playlist. Instantly reinvigorated, Ed launches a search for the true author of the playlist, and the soul mate that awaits him.
OUR CAST
Brendan Scannell (“ED FRIEDMAN”)
Brendan is an actor, writer, and comedian most known for his starring role in the Netflix dark comedy series Bonding, for which he was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Actor in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series.
He previously co-starred in Heathers, Paramount Network’s TV adaptation of the cult classic film, and in BJ Novak’s FX anthology series The Premise, opposite Kaitlyn Dever and Lucas Hedges.
Sufe Bradshaw (“THE KETAMINE ORACLE”)
Sufe is best known for her role as Sue, the secretary to Vice President Selina Meyer in the HBO Comedy Veep and has since appeared in the HBO series Lovecraft Country. Her film credits include The Getback opposite Dermot Mulroney, Little Dixie with Frank Grillo, and Star Trek with Chris Pine.
Nick Fascitelli (“JOSEPH”, Writer/Director)
Nick is a comedy television writer whose credits include B Positive, Fuller House, and Sullivan & Son. His work for LGBT media representation has been featured in The Advocate and Instinct Magazine, and his creation of the first LGBT character on Emmy-nominated family sitcom Fuller House earned the show a GLAAD award nomination.
Nick was also the subject of an episode of This American Life for his work with Behavioral Theorist Dr. Will Felps, and more recently guest-starred on the long-running animated comedy The Simpsons.
Jack Plotnick (“LEON”)
Jack is an award-winning actor who has performed in countless TV shows, commercials and feature films, including Grace and Frankie, Z Nation, The Mentalist, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Reno 911, Action, Ellen, and Drawn Together, Meet the Fockers, Down With Love, Rubber, Wrong, and Gods and Monsters.
Jack co-wrote and directed Space Station 76, starring Patrick Wilson and Liv Tyler, co-wrote and directed the Broadway musical, Disaster!, and executive-produced and starred in the LGBT cult hit Girls Will Be Girls.
Nancy Cohen (“LOUISE”)
Nancy Cohen is an Emmy and WGA nominated television writer whose credits include King of Queens, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Fuller House, Blind Date, Alexa & Katie, Baby Daddy, Surfside Girls and Gravity Falls. She’s had pieces published in Harper Collins’ “More Mirth of a Nation” and Crown’s “Howl: A Collection of Contemporary Dog Wit”. Nancy has also voiced numerous characters for various television shows and commercials.
OUR CREW
Brad Bradley (Executive Producer)
Brad Bradley's television credits include United States of Al, The Ranch, Fuller House, and The Thundermans. He is also a passionate independent filmmaker who has been producing his own for nearly two decades.
UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGER: Marilyn Majich
SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR : Eric Schwartzmiller
MAKEUP ARTIST: Farah Bunch
HAIR STYLIST: Anna Maria Orzano
COSTUME DESIGN & SET COSTUMER: Bailey Soudelier
EDITOR & POST-PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR: Monique Batac
SPECIAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR: Frank Balzer
PROPS: Jeffrey Silverstein
CHROMA KEY: Waymon Boone
CONDUCTING SPECIALIST: Jackson Janis
UNIT PHOTOGRAPHER: Kaya Savas
GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Malcolm Cumming
LEGAL CONSULTANT: Rohit Malhotra
OUR GOAL
To make a twenty-minute LGBT film festival short, and to promote LGBT talent and visibility.
$35,000 is certainly a lot of money, but that's on the very conservative side of what it will likely take to make us whole by the end of production. Films are expensive! We have locations, equipment, crew, cast, costumes, and song clearances to pay for-- and then most importantly, everyone has to get fed. Anything helps.
And if by some incredible luck we should hit and go past $35,000, that additional money will continue to go back into the movie -- more shooting options, better post-production refinement, and most importantly, proper pay for our cast & crew.
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