They're Out of the Business (2011)
A decade and a half after their seminal indie film launched meteoric filmmaking careers, Splick and Jason find themselves staring at their own individual, pre-midlife crises. Having not spoken to one another since a late-nineties falling out, they're each grappling with the challenges of stalled careers and relationships, as the hands of time creep ominously past forty-o'clock. Splick's most recent TV show, centered around his character's perverse relationship with dessert foods, is unceremoniously cancelled by the network, forcing a return to his childhood bedroom at his mother's apartment in New York. Frustrated by a barrage of comments about the "good," "funny," movies he used to make with his old partner, Jason, Splick determines to seek him out and attempt a reunion.
Directors: Eric Schaeffer, Donal Lardner Ward.
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Eric Schaeffer as Splick |
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Donal Lardner Ward as Jason |
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Diane Davis as April |
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Stefanie E. Frame as Sarah Jane |
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Ian Azumosir as Guy on Cell Phone |
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John Bianco as Dana |
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Jordan Carlos as Network Executive |
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Dina Pearlman as Registrar |
| Writing | Donal Lardner Ward | Writer |
| Production | Chip Hourihan | Producer |
| Art | Alan Bruckner | Production Design |
| Production | Jodi Collins | Casting |
| Writing | Eric Schaeffer | Writer |
| Production | Eric Schaeffer | Producer |
| Sound | Matthew Puckett | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Donal Lardner Ward | Producer |
| Directing | Eric Schaeffer | Director |
| Editing | Anton Salaks | Editor |
| Directing | Donal Lardner Ward | Director |
| Camera | Marc Blandori | Director of Photography |