A Short Film
The Team
2 hr 30 min
150 US dollars
2 hr 30 min
150 US dollars
2 hr 30 min
150 US dollars
Fletcher Crossman, Director
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Fletcher has been an artist and filmmaker for many years, and has exhibited paintings and filmwork at some of the most prestigious galleries in America and Britain. In 2015, Fletcher directed the feature movie Heavy Objects, which has been selected by five film festivals and was nominated for Best Feature at the 2017 New York Winter Film Awards. His work has been screened at the Katzen Museum in Washington, he has received awards from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, the George Sugarman Foundation, and has been twice sponsored by the British Council for the Arts.
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Kevin Roy, co-Producer
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Kevin has eighteen years experience in the entertainment industry, working on studio and independent feature films. He has experienced a prodigious career as a member of the Director's Guild of America, working with such directors as Gore Verbinski, Shane Black, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Tony and Ridley Scott. Kevin is currently involved in production on several short films, as well as developing two feature films for theatrical release.
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Francisco Aguilar, Production Assistant
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Francisco Aguilar, is a producer & director that was born on May 7, 1994 in central New Jersey. During his time as an undergraduate at Ithaca College he directed Korean Fried Chicken which debuted at the Asian Film Festival of Dallas in 2016 before venturing to Los Angeles where he now works in television.
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Jason Stare, Production Sound Mixer
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Jason Stare, drummer, sound designer, production sound mixer, and visual artist from New York, graduated from S.A.E. Institute with a certificate in audio engineering and the Maryland Institute College of Art (M.I.C.A.) with a Bachelor of fine Arts Degree. Jason has a long list of film recording credits to his name, and produced the award winning short film ‘De Puta Madre A Love Story’. Jason has also been performing with a number of musical acts, most recently drumming for The Submarines, and sharing the stage touring with Amiee Mann, The Walkmen, Richard Holy, Mason Jennings, The Morning Benders, The Brunettes and Brett Dennen.
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Kimya Kiarash, Makeup
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Kimya Kiarash is a professional makeup-artist from Make-Up Designory LA. Her abilities include makeup for print, TV, film, bridal, special effects, men's grooming, and hair styling. She is described as social, funny, and ambitious. She makes sure whoever sits in her chair is always comfortable and at ease. Kimya has done numerous short films, including those with the American Film Institute and New York Film Academy. She's also been head department for the feature film, Muna. Kimya also has a love for fashion and edgy makeup, and has worked with many photographers in print.
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Lucy Song, Costume/Wardrobe
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Lucy Song is a talented costume designer, fashion designer and artist, originally from Seoul, South Korea. She initially received attention as a costume designer on the 1858-set Western short film “Vengeance”, for which she was lauded for the authenticity of the wardrobe. Her creativity also finds outlet in her painting and drawing, as well as the clothing she makes by hand, which was exhibited in a fashion show she held last year. Currently, she is working on three productions: the fairy-tale musical “Bee’s Bakery”, the sci-fi horror “Dante Falls”, and the race-related drama “Thicker Than Water”.
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Lee Grubbs, Hair Stylist
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Lee Grubbs is a makeup artist and hair stylist that specializes in beauty makeup for print, runway, and special occasion. Lee started her career doing makeup and hair for theater productions and dance performances. Shortly after, she went to cosmetology school and got her license. She then began assisting for celebrity hair stylist Janet Barajas, as well as Sally Van Swearingen, owner and creator of Studio Essential Cosmetics. Creating amazing fashion stories and eye catching looks in runway is her passion. In the future, she strives to make more women feel beautiful in film/television, print, and runway.
David Air, Dr Benjamin Attlee
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Dr Benjamin Attlee is the protagonist at the heart of "The Poison of Grapefruit," an arrogant but compelling character with a personality somewhere between Hannibal Lecter and Martin Shkreli; as another character says, “Attlee treats every human interaction as a kind of bloodsport." His prickly personality makes him both alienating and strangely mesmerizing: we miss him when he’s not on the screen.
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Amanda Viola​, Esterline Dray
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Esterline Dray suffers from Catatonic Schizophrenia, and her recovery is the central event of "The Poison of Grapefruit"; in the course of her treatment by a psychiatrist, Esterline gradually emerges from her silence, and as she begins to speak she reveals the abuse that led to her condition. This is a role that highlights the actor’s range, in being able to play a catatonic patient just beginning to re-learn the use of speech. The portrayal of Esterline Gray is at the heart of the audience’s investment in this story.
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Lisa Roumain
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Judge Macy Collins
Judge Macy Collins is a central character in this courtroom drama, a tough adversary for the movie’s protagonist, who confronts the Judge in a bizarre opening showdown; her tough professionalism gives way to a very human reaction, and it is this confrontation with the film's protagonist that gives the film its electricity.
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Nakia Jewel Williams
Anna Lake
Anna Lake is Attlee's lawyer, doing a quietly professional job in defending a volatile convict against insurmountable odds; Anna Lake has real depth of character, and in her opening scene we see both her intelligence and her discomfort in having to defend a man who appears to be guilty of a heinous crime.
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Timothy Haug
Officer Beckett
Officer Beckett is a relatively inexperienced police officer, and as he escorts Attlee towards the courtroom, Attlee’s constant trash-talking finally push Beckett over the edge. The two get into a heated exchange, and this volatile argument against a high-stakes backdrop is our first introduction to the movie’s quick-fire pace and tension.
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Mike Capozzi
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Mike Capozzi has extensive character work as an actor/improvisor under the teaching and direction of Gary Austin (the founder of The Groundlings). Known as Mike “The Face” in the improvisational theatre circles has allowed him to play a variety of characters on many shows including his work as “Angry Brian" on the TBS show Men at Work and as the co-lead in Jim Klock's digital series “Interrogations Gone Wrong” working opposite guest stars like Keanu Reeves and Jason O'Mara. On stage he performs in the improvised show, Two Ring Circus, featuring original Groundlings. An accomplished trumpet player, Mike worked closely with Gary Austin to create a solo show featuring all styles of trumpet playing and will be premiering that show in 2018.
