South of 8

South of 8

Official release poster
Directed by Tony Olmos
Produced by
  • Ryan Binse
  • Jeanette Di Pinza
  • George Jac
  • Tony Olmos
  • Luke Anthony Pensabene
Written by Tony Olmos
Starring
  • Brian Patrick Butler
  • George Jac
  • Jennifer Paredes
  • Kate Schott
  • Raye Richards
  • Luke Anthony Pensabene
  • Shane P. Allen
Music by Somerset Barnard, Freedom Fries, Mother Mary Mood, Spero
Cinematography Tony Olmos
Edited by Tony Olmos
Production
company
Rosewood Five
Release dates
 September 26, 2016
Running time
 91 minutes
Country USA
Language English

South of 8 is a 2016 American crime drama film written by first time director Tony Olmos. The official premiere was September 26, 2016 at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival in Los Angeles, California[1] where it won the jury award for Best Dramatic Screenplay. [2] Prior to its premiere, the film won 'Best Trailer' at the San Diego Film Awards[3] and was a finalist for Audience Choice #TrailerChallenge at DTLAFF via Indi.com.[4]

Plot

An ex-con trying to find work in a new Depression is lured back to a life of crime, but his gang passes the point of no return once they become fugitives.

In the near future, a group of young bank robbers become infamous during America's second great depression. When the stakes are raised, they enlist the help of other depression-era criminals. Ultimately, they sink deeper into the criminal underworld and passed the point of redemption.

South of 8 is a crime thriller set in San Diego during a very near dystopian future characterized by mass poverty and intense government surveillance. After a 'Second Great Depression,' unemployment and crime in the United States are at record highs, the nation's farmlands have been crippled by several years of drought, and a massive diaspora to the already-crowded cities created a swell in the enormous homeless population. The vast economic divide eventually spawns numerous subversive groups -- each with their own agenda -- and the police react by launching a brutal "dirty" war against them throughout the city, with drones being used routinely by the police and private companies as urban watchdogs to compensate for their downsized manpower. All the elements that forged the public enemies of the 1930's are coinciding again, and history is set to repeat. The story focuses on three young adults who go into a life of crime, each for their own petty motives. They become known as 'The Vanishers' to the public, and their methods become increasingly more violent as the police close in on them. When the stakes are raised, they enlist the help of other Depression-era criminals who adjust their tactics and augment their robberies, and they sink deeper into the underworld, past the point of redemption.

Production

The story was conceived by director Tony Olmos in July 2013. By September, it had been pitched to executive producer Luke Anthony Pensabene. Lead actor Brian Patrick Butler was cast in October and the screenplay was written by January 2014. It was then presented to its third producer, Jeanette Di Pinza, under the company name "Rosewood Five".

With an expedited planning and preliminary casting phase that subsequently enlisted lead actor George Jac, supporting actor Shane P. Allen, and three of the "Lolas", principal photography began in March 2014 with a car chase and shootout scene in National City that featured a 1971 Plymouth Barracuda. Jennifer Paredes and Kate Schott were the next two principal cast members who auditioned and confirmed immediately after, and filming continued steadily into August 2014, at which point referred actress Raye Richards was auditioned and cast in a supporting role for the shooting block in Alpine, CA.

Production slowed in September 2014 as the producers cleared out and constructed a private studio space in downtown San Diego to shoot four major scenes necessary for completion. Construction began on the first of the bank sets in January 2015, and all four shoots were wrapped by April 2015. The remainder of filler scenes continued shooting until principal photography was wrapped in July 2015 on an aggregated microbudget.

Around this time, the developing Rosewood Five Studios was already in talks with members of three other local production companies to form an association for packaging this film and producing future projects: Justin Burquist and Ryan Binse of Broken Swing Productions, Robert Padilla of IndieMan Productions, and Ray Gallardo of Infrastructure Productions.

Cast

  • Brian Patrick Butler as Ryan Bertrand
  • George Jac as Victor Vasquez
  • Jennifer Paredes as Emma
  • Kate Schott as Lori Randolph
  • Raye Richards as Lola 5
  • Luke Anthony Pensabene as Benji
  • Shane P. Allen as Lt. Armando Harris

References

  1. ↑ "2016 DTLA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FEATURE FILMS AND SPECIAL SERIES". dtlaff.com.
  2. ↑ "DTLA FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2016 AWARDS". dtlaff.com.
  3. ↑ "AND THE WINNERS ARE:". filmconsortiumsd.com.
  4. ↑ "@dffla #trailerchallenge". Indi.com.

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