FREEDOM STATE
Comedy / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi & Fantasy
After the apocalypse, a group of mental health patients have inherited the Earth. Armed with a short bus and imagination, they must rebuild society and find the edge of the world.
A crackpot comedy about sanity, a quest, and crazy love. When eight mental health home patients wake up to discover that the Nurse is absent, the T.V. is out, and find a glass eye made in Rapture, Indiana. . .they come to the only possible conclusion: the apocalypse has happened. Each takes on a new role in society and finds a sense of purpose through imagination. Led by their president--a disenfranchised housewife who has decided normal is crazy--they commandeer a short bus and head out on a mission to save the world's survivors.
- Directed by Cullen Hoback
- Written by Cullen Hoback
- Produced by Aaron Kirk Douglas
- Running Time 56 min
- Release Date 2006
- Content Rating Intended Audience: family
- Website FREEDOM STATE
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Written by Cullen Hoback
Produced by Aaron Kirk Douglas
Cast Megan Murphy:
Harry Lessinger:
Richard Garfield:
Jim Craig:
Nine DeJanvier:
Suzanne Duval:
Dax Jordan:
Payam Karamooz:
Matt Ludwick:
Ry Sherrell:
Hunter Rose Teal:
Agrippa Williams:
Katie Bailey:
N. Michael Acker:
Aaron Kirk Douglas:
David Morrison Douglas:
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Original Music by:
Makeup Department:
Tim Scotten:
Martin Oliver Edward Wright:
Lynn Reynolds:
Shane Baker:
Aaron Gordon:
Jenelle Giordano:
Michael Lindberg:
Timothy Oakley:
Jon Putnam:
Matt Donaldson:
Greg Ives:
John Northcraft:
Erik Ring:
Creed Spencer:
Matt Barbee:
Joshua Burson:
Tyson Carpenter:
Kyril Cvetkov:
Jim Dunn:
Jeff Ettlin:
Brian Fleskes:
Brian Neubauer:
John Nichols:
Robert Platt:
Sean Strauss:
Steve Waters:
James Wilderhancock:
Alice Clemans:
Greg Day:
James Eubank:
Tim Scotten:
3 Leg Torso:
Joshua Burson:
Greg Fredette:
Rachel Lipsey:
Jeff Miholer:
Ben Oh:
Corinne Theodoru:
Rob Ottley:
Aaron Ward:
Moondance International Film Festival
Santa Fe Film Festival
Annapolis Film Festival
Rome International Film Festival
SONSCREEN Film & Video Festival
What are you trying to get across with FREEDOM STATE?
Cullen Hoback (Director): It’s largely about space, how we fit into it. The film restructures how we think about our roles in the world. Each of the characters in the film has their own view of reality and the whole film is removed from society. That’s one of the key elements. They create their own reality and get completely caught up in it. It’s a reality that’s equally valid to our daily lives. Through what we perceive is fantasy, they find life. They find meaning. There’s also some subtle political and social commentary. I like to structure films with layers, and context, down to the numbers of the bus, so even an 8-year-old can enjoy it.
