Stuck in a Philadelphia series
September 21st, 2024
Seething Mark shows up to lunch with his friend Al to find the root behind why everything in his life is going wrong in an adaptation of “The Philadelphia” by David Ives.
Status: Available
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Cast & Crew
Director
Logan Bauer
Cast
Eric Salem as Al
Kenyon Byrd as Mark
Andrea Tiu as Betty (Waitress)
Producers
Logan Bauer
Andrea Tiu
Kenyon Byrd
Eric Salem
Editor
Logan Bauer
Cinematographer
Logan Bauer
Design
Logan Bauer
Script Edits
Logan Bauer
Original Score
Eric Salem
Francis Chan
Location Management
Jeff Besterman
James Besterman
Sherri Roberts
Special Thanks
Sam Koehne
Wilson Bullions
Mr. Tim Resiert
Creative Writing Class
Music
"Intro to Philly" by Eric Salem
"Twistin' the Night Away" by Sam Cooke
"It's Right Behind Me, Isn't It" by Francis Chan
Runtime: 11 minutes
Added in website version 14.1.0
Last updated in website version 17.0.0
Made using Adobe Premiere Pro 2024.
© 2024 Logan Bauer. All rights reserved.
© 2024 L.A.B. Productions. All rights reserved.
© 2024 LAB Media. All rights reserved.
Adapted from "The Philadelphia" by David Ives. Initially published in 1994.
Gallery
The film's finalized poster
The film's thumbnail
The L.A.B. Productions intro at the start of the film, with an orange background.
The film's logo
The author credit to David Ives
Eric Salem as Al
Kenyon Byrd as Mark
Andrea Tiu as Betty (Waitress)
Taking his order
Mark's rough day
Al is making no sense
"You're only gonna get hurt, babe,"
"May your dating pool be Olympic-sized,"
Mark is frustrated
The Blueprint mentioned
Mark gets the waitress' attention
Taking his order
Al is... stuck in a Philadelphia
Using his own words against him
Showing off the cheese steak
The cheese on this steak
"Betty"
Shaking hands
"So."
Title card
Behind-the-Scenes Gallery
The film's teaser poster
The post announcing the film, from September 10th, 2024 on the L.A.B. Productions Instagram
The film's banner
A photo of the three actors and director outside the Finneytown Skyline Chili where the movie was filmed
The cheese steak
Close-up
A photo taken for a potential different poster, which went unused
It's Grover
Script Gallery
The script remains almost entirely intact from the original version written by David Ives, with only minor changes up until the listing drinks/foods part on page 8.
Trivia
The work "The Philadelphia" was read aloud by Logan Bauer (Al), Sam Koehne (Mark), and Wilson Bullions (Waitress) in Creative Writing Class, which inspired the making of this film.
The film was watched on the last day of Creative Writing Class on January 8th, 2025 to end off the class.
The film was given a tentative release date of October 24th, 2024 on Letterboxd as a "last resort" option--the day before leaving for IFTJ. This was never considered a true release date for the film.
Eric Salem was given the script to read over his Kairos in September 2024.
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