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An obsessed sci-fi fanatic uses an impressionable young woman to lure aliens to earth, with tragic results. Based on a true story.
Vic's days are filled with selling sci-fi collectibles, harassing his fellow antique dealers, and trying to communicate with
extraterrestrials. The latter activity is singularly unsuccessful until the day he meets a mysterious young woman, Cassie. Vic becomes convinced that extraterrestrials are keenly interested in Cassie, and he sets out to prove it, with shocking results. Based on a true story.
- Directed by James Vculek
- Written by James Vculek
- Produced by James Vculek
- Running Time 74 min
- Release Date 2005
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Country
United States of America
- Content Rating Intended Audience: mature
- Website Two Harbors
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Written by James Vculek
Produced by James Vculek
Cast Claudia Wilkens: Stella
Marshall Hambro: Antique dealer
Richard Ooms: Bickering antique dealer
Ari Hoptman: Spock buyer
Alex Cole: Vic
Catherine E. Johnson: Cassie
M. Scott Taulman: Tom
Don Goerisch: Detective Gotty
Nels Lennes: Slacker clerk
Robert Webster: Bickering antiques dealer
Charles Brin: Near-sighted shopper
Paul Cram: Antiques dealer
Joshua Will: Antiques dealer
Elizabeth Sibley: Pretty clerk
Paul Samuel Johnson: Composer
Aaron Gelperin: Director of Photography
Jana Kramer: Production Manager
Philip Geller: Executive Producer
Lisa Dittmann: Boom Operator
Jennifer Santoro Rotty: Makeup/Hair
Audrey Vculek: Principal Dollmaker
Matt Livermore: Computer Effects
Kristi Shuey: Graphic Designer
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival -- Best Feature (Won)
Milwaukee International Film Festival -- Best Feature (Won)
Sarasota Film Festival
Mendocino Film Festival
Fargo Film Festival
Beloit International Film Festival
Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival -- Honorable Mention (Won)
Free Range Film Festival
Eugene Film Festival -- Best Feature (Won)
Shot on: Canon XL-1S;
Edited on: Pinnacle Liquid Edition Pro v.5.5
[A recent review from imdb.com]
Wow! Way better than I expected., 7 April 2006
Author: Ace_of_Sevens from Cedar Rapids, IA, USA
I caught this movie at the Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival. It's one of the better movies I've seen in a while. I hope someone picks this up and I very much want to buy it. It is the story of a grumpy middle-aged seller of antique action figures, Vic, who meets a sweet, very vulnerable young woman, Cassie, who sells dolls in a booth in the same center. He has been trying for years to catch the notice of extra-terrestrials, apparently because no one down here notices him and she goes along with it because she has the same problem. It was at once funny and tragic. It does a great job of making its two major characters very real, despite their general bizarreness and likable, despite Vic's abusiveness to almost everyone he meets. It's not perfect, but it's about as close as you can get for a movie made for so little money. The fact it was a first film for the writer/director makes it all the more amazing. The hope of finding something like this is the reason I go to independent film festivals. Buy it if it ever comes to DVD.
