The Concessionaires Must Die! – FEATURE FILM

Hard times for the gang at the Monarch: a one-screen movie theater bringing the best in vintage and cult cinema to the masses, or more often, four nerds and a couple of kids who ought be in school. With a multiplex about to open just down the street, Gabby (Zakareth Ruben) decides it’s time to smell the coffee, sell up and cut out. But her brave team of dedicated concessionaires, led by uber-geek Scott (David Blue), refuses to give up. Surely there must be some way to keep the dream alive?

The feature directorial debut from America Young is an engaging slacker comedy peppered with goofy movie parodies executed with tender, loving care on a shoestring budget (everything from Batman to Casablanca, Star Wars to Conan the Barbarian-and that’s just the first five minutes). On top of that you get celebrity cameos (Stan Lee, Dan Lauria, Yuri Lowenthal, Sasha Grey, Tracie Thoms, Beth Grant, Neil Grayston, Aleks Paunovic, Alison Haislip and Fernando Chien ), a treasure trove of pop culture trivia, and a not-entirely-inaccurate elegy for a breed of plucky repertory movie houses dying a slow death through inattention and digital streaming.

Glowing reviews!

“…They also serve to make the actual, in-the-story moments more real, allowing the comedy-heavy script make a brief foray into the serious topic of substance abuse in a way that feels earnest, and not judgmental.”  – Big Picture Big Sound

“The film deftly plays on the theme of pop-culture obsessed youths who’ve become pop-culture obsessed adults and end up puzzled by the ways of the world. ” – Film Threat

“It’s got more geeky references that you can shake a whole bunch of sticks at.” – Geeksout.org

“The new movie love letter to fans.” – Syfy.com   Interview with America Young – SyFy

Interview with David Blue – Unreal TV

“…tells a fun story, benefits from a likable cast with good comic chops, and has good production values.” – Unreal TV

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