Punk rock cinema
in a post-truth world
FAILED STATE: OUR DEBUT SPYZIETY
… all shot on a phone.
WARNING: Your system may be compromised. Watching the trailer above may result in enjoyment not sanctioned by the Central Intelligence Authority. Watch at your discretion. Or don’t. We can’t stop you. Or can we?
Our first feature!
A dynamic duo of misguided dreamers must extract their high concept, alt-reality TV show from a top secret CIA/Hollywood cabal in order to avoid a shift in the global balance of power and prove that “Failed State can really happen!”
OUR UNLIKELY HEROES and MAD-EYED NE’ER-DO-WELLS
Levy
"I'm not gonna let those horse thieves steal Failed State. Not when there's a bidding war going on!" Patrick Joseph Rieger
Meyer
"I don't know what planet you call home, but there is no bidding war." Patrick Curran
Lucinda
"Do we work with the C.I.A.?" Tamika Katon - Donegal
Paulson
"We call it The Agency." Ian Littleworth
Albert
"It's a double reverse paradox, what I suspected all along." Max Marsh
Pam
"Shh. The Mouse has ears." Ann Noble
Levy
The Other Writer
Meyer
The Writer
Lucinda
Junior Exec in the Wind
Paulson
"The Agency" Liason
Albert
Truth Seeker
Pam
The Iceman
“You remember that episode of SCTV directed by David Lynch about All The President’s Men? Failed State.”
— Ann of Piedmont, CA
“Yo, it’s like One Battle After whatever but didn’t cost a hundred million. And I kinda liked it better.”
— My friend Bill (who hates everything)
Misfits and Miscreants
Matt Doherty
Grand Poobah
Matt Doherty began his storied career as Averman in The Mighty Ducks franchise. On set, a bunch of funny people convinced him he would never make it in the NHL and steered him toward a life behind the camera. After a brief stint as a cosmonaut, he became one of the most in demand story consultants in between screenplay adaptations. He began Ohkeydoh when his accountant double dog dared him to. Committed to repairing the pipeline and discovering new sustainable ways to help artists be self supporting, he started stealing rare antiquities. He is also available to weather proof your windows or add solar to your roof – reach out for a free estimate.
Mikey Philbrick
More Than Meets The Eye
Mike Greenwood
The Lost Beastie Boy
Mike Greenwood (or Greenberg, as many have misnomered) is an artist, actor, producer, composer, sound designer, award-winning writer, high school track star, father, and musician. As others might see it, mostly broke and unemployed. He is forever a student of life, and quite literally a 37 year-old student at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Mike’s previous academic ventures included clown college at the Second City Chicago, along with the prestigious 3-fingered Freddie’s school for keytar and hambone. Go ahead and give ’em a looksie on Instagram.
Marc Alan Fishman
Multi-Hyphenate
Secretly the reason Barenaked Ladies broke up, Marc Alan Fishman has been the thorn in the side of many world-famous friends. When he’s not being someone’s Yoko Ono, Marc is a well-weather graphic designer, comic book illustrator, and writer of thing. Some say Matt, Mikey, and Mike simply liked the homogeny of adding another ‘M’ to the menagerie. And with that, Marc Alan Fishman chortled “lemme make ya some arts, kiddos!”. The rest, they say, is mystery.
Debra Hoy
Redacted Title
Some people believe she is Banksy, or a member of that one band that plays with trashcans on their heads. But more functional. Without her, none of this is real. Or is it? She knows. You don’t. Don’t ask. In fact? You never read this or learned that she was Assistant Company Manager for NY Shakespeare, or the CTG, or Physical Production Coordinator at Disney. Oh, and she doesn’t want you to know she was the model for the hyenas for the stage production of The Lion King.