The New Hire (2018)
Barry Johnson is a mild-mannered spreadsheet analyst leading a life of quiet, almost theatrical ordinariness — alarm clocks, chicken BLTs, YouTube videos at his desk. When a woman named Moonflower Fairchild walks into his office for a job interview, something stirs in him that he can't name and can't shake. A connection he can't quite place. A past he may or may not be remembering correctly. As Barry's obsession with Moonflower deepens, the boundary between his waking life and his dreams begins to dissolve. His marriage strains. And a furious man enters his life with grievances both personal and deeply strange. Shot entirely in Cincinnati, The New Hire treats the surreal and the mundane with equal sincerity — a deadpan absurdist comedy in the tradition of early Coen Brothers and Lynch, where ordinary life turns out to be far stranger than it appears.
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Dave Leicht as Barry Johnson |
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Andy Gasper as Andrew Sands |
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April Spry as Moonflower Fairchild |
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Hannah Search as Sylvia Johnson |
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Gwen Johnson as Restaurant Employee |
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Jonathan Hancock as Street Musician |
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Colin Haydu as Young Barry |
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Millie Leonhardt as Young Angela |
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Aerilyn Leamon as Girl |
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Erica Kempf as Erica |
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Andrew Rodriguez as Bill |
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Bill Spry as Steve |
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Robyn Wong as Angela |
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R.J. Robertson as Goon |
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Matthew Turner as Goon |
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Andy Marko as Mr. Elkhorn |
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Janice F. Stemen as Fan |
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Steve Kemple as Fan |
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Kurt Hilfer as Alien |
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Ben Phifer IV as Alien |
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Nini Spry as Extra |
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Jamie Hilfer as Extra |
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Andi Gudgeon as Extra |
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Amanda Melcher as Extra |
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Mark Leyendecker as Extra |
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Michael Kevill as Extra |
| Production | Dave Leicht | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Bill Spry | Editor |
| Crew | Bill Spry | Cinematography |
| Production | Bill Spry | Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erica Kempf | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Gwen Johnson | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Quinn Collins | Music |
| Production | Erica Kempf | Production Assistant |
| Production | Jonathan Hancock | Production Assistant |
| Production | Alexander Sohn | Production Assistant |
| Camera | Alexander Sohn | Drone Cinematographer |
| Production | Sam Herbers | Production Assistant |
| Production | Julia Waldorf | Production Assistant |
| Production | Kurt Hilfer | Production Assistant |
| Production | Molly Leicht | Production Assistant |
| Art | Sam Herbers | Prop Designer |
| Production | Ben Phifer IV | Production Assistant |