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Run For Your Life
ARIZONA PREMIERE
2017, USA, 78 Min
Comedy, Drama
Directed by J. Douglas Guffey
Cast: DeJean Brown, A.J. Moorehead, Luke Johnson
Yesterday, Employee 00213 missed nine of his eleven pickups. Today, he must use all his charm, call in every last favor, lie, weasel and outwit his auditor Employee 00418, if he wants to keep his job. The main problem with his situation is, 00418 is famously unflappable. Never moves outside of company policy or fudges the numbers or accepts a bribe.
00213 is confident he can soften 00418s stance on his case. As 00213 pleads for his job, the business doesnt stop. 00213s files continue to logjam and his bumbling do-gooder trainee, Employee 142, keeps making mistakes (making them both look foolish), adding stress to 00213s all ready nerve-racking day.
Every fabrication 00213 attempts is thwarted instantly by 00418. He is a steel-trap when it comes to his role as a middle manager. As 00213s tall-tales grow increasingly outlandish and more information comes to light, it is evident that 00418 will have to send his case file upstairs for processing. Once this happens 00213 will have one more chance to plead for his livelihood in front of the boss boss. 001, Himself. Grim.
Ultimately, Grim will decide if 00218 keeps his job or is fired in disgrace, which would create a whole new set of problems for the businessman and his wife, upon his return home.
Director Statement:
Run For Your Life is a collision of a few seemingly separate ideas: The mundane routine and bondage to ones employment anddeath. Somewhere along the way those two separate script ideas became one and, irony fully intended, the film actual felt like it could live. Throw in a character that weve had in our back pocket for years (a character we have adored and despised with equal measure) and the film actually felt like it could have a pulse. Getting it off the ground and on its feet with Very (notice the capital V) little financing has been another struggle altogether and I dont even want to mention getting the picture walking once it was on its feet. We do think weve hit upon and interesting idea and think these characters are fascinating to spend an hour and a half with. We hope it is engaging and humorous and sad and all the other great words that come with enjoying the cinema. Our lack of budget was and continues to be our biggest hurdle and yet, watching it now, I think we pulled off a bit of a magic trick: The picture doesnt look like a summer blockbuster, but looks a good 47% better than its budget would suggest. Plus, I love the little flourishes our lack of money has lent the picture. They are many of the finer moments of the film. Hope you enjoy it at as much as we are capable of. Thank you. With all my heart. Thank you. -J. Douglas Guffey
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LocationAlamo Drafthouse Cinema (View)
4955 S. Arizona Ave
Chandler, AZ 85248
United States
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