Coup de Cinema (2011)

A film crew hijacks their company's current production and improves it behind the director's back.

Directors:

Austin Hillebrecht, Sean Parker

Writers:

Sean Parker, Austin Hillebrecht

Stars:

Austin Hillebrecht, Dennis Fitzpatrick, Corey Brunish

1 win.

Cast

Credited cast:
Austin Hillebrecht	...	Miles Smith
Dennis Fitzpatrick	...	Buster Owens
Corey Brunish	...	Adrian Dreyfus
Nomi Summa	...	Caitlyn
Barrie Wild	...	Tim
David Loftus	...	Rick Steiner
Michelle Damis	...	Cynthia
Tom Walton	...	Jake
Tony Zilka	...	Ren Fields
Rhyan Schwartz	...	Wilhelm
Tylor Neist	...	Daniel
Tracy Conklin	...	Dorian
Catherine Johnson	...	Dolores
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cecil Averett	...	Runner
Michael Biesanz	...	Zack Mintz

Storyline

When a headstrong filmmaker gets a lowly job at the worst film production house in town, he leads a disillusioned film crew into hijacking their company's latest movie, filming a better version behind the back of their overbearing director.

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Taglines:

STEP 1: Steal the script and make it better. STEP 2: Get cast & crew to help remake the film. STEP 3: Don't get caught.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 April 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

Coup de Théâtre

Filming Locations:

Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hapstance Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During the final push to finish the undercover film, Miles hands Tim a long list of "shots we needed by several days ago." Some of the items include: "Fireball hurtling into sky," "Staged archive footage of president speaking about U.S.-Congo relations," "Grenade falling to floor," "Cultist gets hit by flying Jake," "Ken Burns-style panning over Congo jungle map (close up)," and "Dolores steals Jake's sandwich and puts extra spicy hot death sauce on it."

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Goofs

When Ren Fields flees the transit train, hazy reflections of bystanders are visible in one of the train windows. However, no one is there. Non-actor bystanders had wandered through the shot, requiring them to be digitally removed. While surrounding detail allowed them to be realistically painted out of the shot, the reflections remained, leaving an unintended ghostly effect.

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Quotes

Adrian Dreyfus: That's just a little thing we do to the new guys. It, uh, weeds out the wimps. Hope I didn't scare ya!
Miles Smith: [laughs] No.
Adrian Dreyfus: [laughs] Good to have you aboard! You can touch the camera. I was just messin' with ya!
[laughs]
Adrian Dreyfus: Okay, everybody! Whattaya say we make some magic?
Buster Owens: Welcome to Bourgeois, kid.

User Reviews

Cute film about filmmaking

This was a cute film done on a low budget in and around the Portland, Oregon area. Some of the indoor scenes are a little too dimly lit, but the acting was good, as was the soundtrack. I laughed out loud a number of times while watching it. The co-directors are both relatively young and have done a number of shorter films before. This is professionally directed, professionally acted and professionally shot. Yes, there are some of the usual clichés here but they do not belabor any point and the pace moves along pretty well. A number of good local actors were used as well as some non-actors. It was so well done, though, that there is no taste of amateur anywhere in it.