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Ambers new movie: 'Angst'
Read some information about "Angst" starring Amber Benson! |
“Angst”
Aspiring to be a Broadway actor, Lake (Michael Muhney), is tired of his baby-face looks keeping him from the roles he wants, so with the help of his prosthetic-savvy friend he transforms into a senior citizen to get a part in a Broadway-bound play. But when the producers want him to go to an old age home to do research on his character, Lake learns the elderly aren’t as simple minded as he thought.
Director Robin Christian initially got the idea of making the film after watching classics like “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Tootsie” and “Big,” but when interviewing people in nursing homes before writing the script with Muhney (TV’s “Veronica Mars”), he realized there would be more to his film than the typical fish-out-of-water high jinks. “It’s amazing how much like kids they are,” says Christian about the people he met in nursing homes. “They’re frustrated because they want to still do the things they used to do but other than that they’re no different from you or I, just a lot more wiser. So [the film] is touching at different times, they really open Lake’s eyes.”
Shot over four weeks last June in Champaign, Illinois, Christian says one of the things that needed close attention was Muhney’s heavy makeup and latex suit in the hot weather. “We spent thousand and thousands of dollars to make it look realistic so four hours of putting on and taking off really tested Michael’s patients.” But Christian says his lead actor toughed it out and was so convincing he fooled everyone in the nursing home when he walked in the first time.
Budgeted at under $200,000, the film’s currently in postproduction. Shot on HD by John Luker, the film’s financed through Christian’s Dreamscape Cinema. The film also stars Pat Morita (“The Karate Kid”), Eddie Jones (“The Terminal”) and Amber Benson (TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”).
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