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Up with Happiness! Down with ketchup... moreCast
(Credited cast) | Kim Anderson | ... | Amy Timmons (as Lisa Sabo) |
| Jim Barnett | ... | Jimmy Barnett |
| Janet Brooks | ... | Mom |
| Brian Burkhardt | ... | Jack Townborn |
| Olivia Charles | ... | Dog Owner |
| Alex Douglas | ... | Gerry |
| Jim Drummond | ... | Gene Hanson |
| Brenda Dubor | ... | Brenda |
| Barbara Figgins | ... | Delores |
| Astrid Fingerhut | ... | Newscaster |
| Christopher Harris | ... | Joel |
| Anne Harvey | ... | Toni Campbell |
| Donna Helphrey | ... | Woman #2 |
| Ivan Hernandez | ... | Parallel Parking Man |
| James Hicks | ... | Jake Cannata |
| Dan Johnston | ... | Mr. McCarty |
| Johnny Kilbane | ... | TV Director |
| Jonny Kilbane | ... | T.V. Director |
| Jeffrey Kite | ... | Brian Kelly |
| Mark Kroom | ... | Dad |
| Kerry Kuzmich | ... | Anne Marie Moss |
| Kelley Maher | ... | Workout Video Woman |
| Katy Marquardt | ... | Katie |
| Joe McCauley | ... | Steve Coombs |
| Terry McGarr | ... | Mick |
| Stefano Mizell | ... | Ben |
 | Maribeth Monroe | ... | Molly |
| Chris Myerscough | ... | Karl Cavanaugh |
| Chris Myserscough | ... | Karl Cavanaugh |
| Mike Palmer | ... | Benjamin Fingerhut |
 | John Papp | ... | Party Goer |
| Steve Ratcliff | ... | Heath |
| Dan Roush | ... | TV Camera Operator |
| Susie Salvatori | ... | Woman #1 |
| Marty Shannon | ... | MC |
| Kathy Spiller | ... | Amanda Deevers |
| Matthew Spiller | ... | Larry |
| Debbie Szeocsky | ... | Party Goer |
| Tammy Vincent | ... | Tricia Murphy |
| Mary West | ... | Party Goer |
 | Frank Zieger | ... | Paul |
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I rated this film a 7 out of 10, but that's in big picture perspective. This film was the 2nd place winner in the 72 hour Feature Project at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago so all 80 or so minutes were filmed and edited in 72 hours. As a result, the editing is a little shaky in some places and the sound transitions are often noticeable. Nonetheless, the directing, acting and most impressively the writing is as good as you will find for this type of endeavor. With humor, melancholy and brilliant characterization, these 3 vignettes force the audience to explore their own notions of happiness. In the first vignette, a dog-walker/aspiring actress struggles to find happiness looking for her big break into television. In the second, an advertising copywriter is overcome with paranoid preoccupation of death, specifically of his living and otherwise healthy parents. The last story introduces us to a wife-dominated driving instructor who finds happiness when he discovers his true passion in life is... well, drinking ketchup. I enjoyed the film immensely; it was non-didactic, yet it effectively demanded introspective from its audience.