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TURKEY, Comedy/Family, 17min, USA
Directed by Erik Linthorst
This darkly comic short indie film finds a good-hearted but wayward family searching for gratitude in all the wrong places, only find it where they least expect it.
Writers
Erik Linthorst
Film Type: Short
Runtime: 16 minutes 54 seconds
Completion Date: March 15, 2015
CAST:
Priscilla Barnes as Sue
Tim Haldeman as Len
T.W. Leshner as Gary
Lora Plattner as Cara
Zena Gaynes as Jean
Christopher Carrington as Keith Miller
Eva Fisher as Tam Miller
Production Budget: 40,000 USD
Country of Origin: United States
Country of Filming: United States
Film Language: English
Shooting Format: Alexa
Aspect Ratio:2:85
Get to know director Erik Linthorst:
An award-winning documentary filmmaker and screenwriter, Erik’s films have screened at dozens of film festivals including the Sundance Film Festival, Edinburgh, Austin, and Toronto After Dark.
Erik has written or produced work for Anchor Bay Films, Radar Pictures, Cosmic Entertainment, Parallel Media, Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst Entertainment and others. His feature film, “High School”, featuring Academy Award winner Adrien Brody was released nationwide theatrically in 2012, and is currently airing on Showtime and Starz Network.
Due to the grass roots success of his PBS documentary about his son Autistic-Like: Graham’s Story, Erik has been an invited presenter and keynote speaker nationally and internationally at education conferences. He remains a strong parent advocate and proponent for the inclusion of effective play therapies in early intervention programs.
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