Kirk Mannican's Liberty Mug 2007

Synopsis:

Kirk Mannican’s acting career is all but dead until he is invited to endorse a cheap patriotic mug. Seizing the opportunity for public attention, Kirk goes to desperate measures to stage a career comeback.

Comments:

Half a year after screening Milligan Tribute Band, Alex and Joe began work on a new full-length screenplay for Kirk Mannican's Liberty Mug. After a few weeks, Joe dropped out of the writing process and left Alex to finish the screenplay with help from his sister Zoë Lentz. Filming with new borrowed high definition cameras and audio equipment and securing exciting filming locations, we were able to drastically improve the production values over our earlier work. Unfortunately, with an entire budget of approximately $250, many actors and locations were hard to secure for multiple days, and aspects of the production were rushed and impossible to refilm. Despite this, Kirk Mannican's Liberty Mug is a highly successful feature-length film with a great amount of technical prowess.