Terminal Wellness, is a dark romantic comedy that is a satire of our completely messed up healthcare and political systems and in particular how we treat the mentally ill in America and how our future is looking like an episode of South Park mixed with Black Mirror every day.
PLOT:
Greg Leibowitz is a recently dumped unsuccessful and underachieving failed app developer who works retail at a chain sex shop where his ex fiance dates his boss openly. He’s broke and severely depressed on countless medications with the only support system being his friend Katy, an older Jesus-obsessed drug addict prostitute that works the customers around the store. Greg decides to exit his dark absurd reality where Artificially “Intelligent” pop culture themed computer avatars have taken the place of politicians, the country is run by AI "President Brandon" whose administration butts against big pharma assisted suicide clinic corporation, “Ascension Terminal Wellness” meanwhile “L.I.V.E.” , an Internet Christian conspiracy theorist group, is rapidly growing in size and morphing into an actual terrorist threat, attacking “Terminal Wellness” centers across America. After a failed suicide attempt at home, Greg seeks the help of the Ascension Terminal Wellness Clinic where he meets offbeat and outspoken Shelley who shares the same suicidal outlook towards society and is seeking the same services to exit it but sparks fly between the two and they are still left with a big decision to make.
TONE:
A uniquely balanced blend of absurdist satire and existential humor wrapped up in a dark romance.
Having been on the front lines of the mental health minefield in America as both patients and staff, we're carrying a message of a generation's discontent cloaked in a healthy amount of dick jokes.
PLAN:
So far we've raised enough funds to attach a director, a director of photography, a line producer and actor Paul Kandarian!
We will use the funds to continue to attach more and more high profile cast members to attract bigger production companies and distributors and pay for the full scale pre-production, production and post production of the movie including paying cast and crew decent wages and inevitably paying for festival submissions and advertising.
So far we've shot two proof of concepts that will showcase the level of quality that the film we're able to produce with NO BUDGET.
Ascension Terminal Wellness commercial:
Uncle Urny - It's Okay to Pass Away:
This is your opportunity to contribute to something really special, the world needs more comedy addressing the elephants in the room in society and this project for certain pulls no punches!
For more information visit www.terminal-wellness.com
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