Act One
| Title: | Act One |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Tagline: | Fade In. Grow Up. Fade Out. |
| Directors: | Brad Ellis |
| Writers: | Allen Gardner (writer) |
| Actors: | Allen Gardner | Bettina Adger | Casey Cannon | Joey Watson | Adam Burns | Jerry Kimble | Jake Warren | Steve Butler | Bonnie Kourvelas | Nicholas Taylor | Jessica Scott | Mark Norris | Natalie Jones | Julianne Chandler | Amy Weatherford |
| Rating: | 6.2 | 20 votes |
| Languages: | English |
| Color: | Color |
| Country: | USA |
| Company: | Old School Pictures |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Plot: | |
| 1): Act One is a comedy-drama that relays the story of Kevin Hansen, a confident, immature twenty-two year old screenwriter. Throughout his whole life, things have pretty much gone Kevin’s way. He’s likable, talented, has never had a problem getting girls, and has managed to sell Heatwave, his first completed screenplay, for a million dollars to a major studio. After moving from his hometown of Memphis, TN to Los Angeles, everything seems to be continually getting better and better. However, soon after Heatwave is completely misinterpreted by the studio and becomes a major flop upon its release, Kevin begins to have increasingly greater difficulty with writing his next script. He gets a sneaking suspicion that a turning point (or “conflict,” as he refers to it in screenplay vernacular) is on the horizon. And with the first conflict, as any screenwriter knows, comes the inevitable and dreaded “act one” – an act that, unfortunately, means it’s time to grow up. Act One explores what it’s like to be twenty-something and trying to tackle your two greatest – yet seemingly conflicting – goals: bettering yourself while connecting with the world around you. It’s a story that takes an often comedic look at growing up in the world, the people who do the real growing for you, and how we’re all just trying to make the movie that is our life the best that it can be. |
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| Comments: | |
| 1) A great movie in the spirit of the early Kevin Smith works. This film'smain attraction is the brilliantly written and flawlessly performeddialog. The movie's plot is easily related to, and the cast is perfectfor their roles. One of the few original comedies to emerge in adecade. The writer, cast, and crew of this film are part of a groupthat's been making movies for almost a decade now. This film representstheir first main-stream endeavor. Their other films are along the samelines as far as quality , but run the gambit as far as subject matterand genre. This particular film is a refreshing change from thecomedy-a-minute carbon-copy films that Hollywood usually turns out.Some of the humor and subject matter will find an audience with viewersin their 20's more so than older viewers. | |
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