Brave New Jersey (2016)

A comedy about a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles' legendary 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, which led millions of listeners to believe the U.S. was being invaded by Martians.

Director:

Jody Lambert

Writers:

Michael Dowling, Jody Lambert

Stars:

Anna Camp, Heather Burns, Grace Kaufman

4 wins.

Cast

Credited cast:
Anna Camp	...	Peg Prickett
Heather Burns	...	Lorraine Davison
Grace Kaufman	...	Ann Davison
Sam Jaeger	...	Paul Davison
Mel Rodriguez	...	Sheriff Dandy
Tony Hale	...	Clark Hill
Raymond J. Barry	...	Captain Ambrose P. Collins
Erika Alexander	...	Helen Holbrook
Evan Jonigkeit	...	Sparky
Matt Oberg	...	Chardy Edwards
Dan Bakkedahl	...	Reverend Ray Rogers
Noah Lomax	...	Peter
Sandra Ellis Lafferty	...	Old Farmer Lady
Leonard Earl Howze	...	Stan Holbrook
Adina Galupa	...	Shannon

Storyline

A comedy about a small New Jersey town on the night of Orson Welles' legendary 1938 "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast, which led millions of listeners to believe the U.S. was being invaded by Martians.

---

Plot Keywords:

war of the worlds broadcast | reference to the war of the worlds the radio play | 

---

Taglines:

An alien invasion comedy where the aliens never show up.

---

Genres:

Comedy

---

Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filming was partially done in Maury City, TN. It's a very small town where many stores have long gone out of business. Dirt was trucked in to cover the parking area to better authenticate the look of the era.

---

Goofs

The dialogue includes several modern expressions that wouldn't have been used in 1938, including "time frame" and "inappropriate" to mean an unwanted sexual advance from a man to a woman.

---

Soundtracks

Long Story Short
Written by Dennis Lambert
Performed by Tony Hale
Courtesy of Tuneworks Music

User Reviews

Opportunity Lost

Had fairly high hopes for this film. Thought it might be one of those little diamonds in the rough you come across every so often. At least the story seemed to offer potential, but alas, in the end, there was little to feel good about except the well disciplined 1:26 run time.

I suppose there were a few bright spots, though certainly not in the drawing out of the characters. Instead of this small town being populated with a few delightful, original odd-balls, what we get instead are mostly unlikeable, two-dimensional cardboard cut outs. I mean, when the character whose scenes you're most look forward to is a kid (Grace Kaufman), that tells you a lot about the writing.

Maybe I should have gone 4 stars, but the film was easy enough to look at, and like I said earlier, they did at least keep it short.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 August 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

New Jersey nagyjai

Filming Locations:

Maury City, Tennessee, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$13,437, 6 August 2017

Gross USA:

$16,544

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,544

Company Credits

Production Co:

The Shot Clock, BondIt Media Capital

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color