Lurking in Suburbia (2006)

Director:

Mitchell Altieri

Writer:

Mitchell Altieri

Release Date:

30 May 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

The fear of becoming 30, love, friendship: a writer's coming of age into his thirties. His world is filled with early morning beer drinking...

Plot Keywords:

Writer | Gay Friend | Birthday Party | Mexican | Breaking The Fourth Wall

Cast

Joe Egender	...	Conrad / Connie (as Joseph Egender)
Samuel Child	...	Sean
Ari Zagaris	...	Danny
Buffy Charlet	...	Frankie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Alexander	...	Marty the Party
Shana Barrett	...	Lelia
Cody Carroll	...	Steve
Corky Cornett	...	The 80's guy
Catherine Frazier	...	Mindy
Katina Faye Hubbard	...	Cindy
Jonte LeGras	...	Todd
Desiree Matthews	...	Madison
Chad McGuirk	...	Chad
Jerry Moore	...	Buchanon
Eddy Murillo	...	Eddie
Peter Edward Mussad	...	Keg Man
Tom Osborne	...	21 Birthday Boy (as Thomas Osborne)
Riley Plattner	...	Market Boy
Danielle Reid	...	Suzie
Johnny Smith	...	Narrator
Perry Smith	...	Martha the Machine
Anthony Spears	...	Lamar
Mitzi Thompson	...	Indiana
Silver Tree	...	Tina

Directed by
Mitchell Altieri

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mitchell Altieri

Produced by
Mitchell Altieri	....	producer
Phil Flores	....	producer
Kimbra Ohlinger	....	executive producer

Original Music by
The Velvet Teen

Cinematography by
Abe Levy

Film Editing by
David Klagsbrun
Robbie Proctor

Production Design by
Phil Flores

Set Decoration by
Jennifer McClelland
Martha Sapiro
Hannah Weiss

Makeup Department
Keri Picolla	....	key makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jennifer Jajeh	....	assistant director

Sound Department
William Storkson	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike R. Wright	....	sound
Eli Yerbury	....	sound editor

Camera and Electrical Department
Brett Rogstad	....	assistant camera

Other crew
Danielle Reid	....	production coordinator

Production Companies

• Industrial City Films
• San Francisco Independent Cinema

Distributors

• Gravitas Ventures (2007) (worldwide) (TV) (VOD)
• Heretic Films (2006) (USA) (all media)
• IndieFlix (2010) (worldwide) (all media)

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Pacifica, California, USA

Company:

Industrial City Films

Movie Connections:

References El mártir del Calvario (1952)

Terrible Movie

This was the worst movie i've ever rented in my life. my biggest problem with this movie was the acting. i mean, they weren't given much in the dialog department, but still. the lead in the movie, Conrad, played by Joe egender, had his moments. but in the end, you can call him a poor man's Giovanni ribisi. a very poor man's. in the beginning of the movie, there's a part where one of Conrad's roommates, Frankie (a female), offers to make Danny breakfast. Conrad asks 'what about us?' and she replies, 'no but i can make you a glass of shut the ---- up". right there i knew it was going to be a disaster. this movie was so cliché in so many ways. the time-line seemed like a ripoff of 'clerks'. i was wishing the movie would end at 12:00AM but it drags on for 7+ more hours. Conrad is turning 30 and his friends are throwing him a party. he manages to run into 2 of his ex girlfriends in one night, one who has 2 kids, one named Conrad(!). she's walking out of a bar alone, yeah that's believable, and ends up macing Conrad, then having him over her house. believable again. his friends hire 2 strippers, and when the hot one offers Conrad a BJ, Conrad refuses. she berates him and leaves, only to return 3 hours later to 'check out the party'. they hook up. again, very believable! one big thing missing from this movie is a climax. if there was one, i didn't notice it. the movie dragged on at the end, and it was predictable anyway. the movie looked like it was filmed on a $300 digital camera. it was bad. the audio was OK, i didn't have a problem hearing the characters for the most part. the music was very good, but that's about it. but even that was misused in most parts. i could never figure out where the movie took place. one of his friends worked in 'the city', and NYC is mentioned a few times, however, the neighborhood itself did not look like long island, Westchester, or any parts of new jersey. it could have been Rockland county, i don't know. most of the characters went to college, but none were mentioned except 'state'. the only character i liked was the Mexican landlord who doesn't say a word of English in the movie. perhaps he should have landed the lead here.