Another Life is a short film written

Screenwriter

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 and directed

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 by Nathan Ruegger

Nathan Ruegger

Nathan Ruegger is a screenwriter, the son of writer/producer/director Tom Ruegger, and the voice of certain characters in his father's cartoon shows. The first was in Tiny Toon Adventures when he played the baby version of Plucky Duck, famous for his catchphrase "Water go down the hooooooooole!"...

, famous as the voice of Skippy Squirrel from the 1993 animated series, Animaniacs

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. The film is about a young female veteran who has three days to kill an innocent man or they both die.

Synopsis

After a poker game ends violently, a female army veteran named Angela (Tracy Coogan) owes her life to a powerful crime boss named Doug (H.K. Sweeney), and her only way out is to kill a district attorney named Scott (Robert Evans). Angela follows him to his house but soon discovers that Scott is a beloved father and a fellow veteran of the Iraq War. Angela draws closer to Scott, but as time runs out, she must make a life-shattering decision.

Cast

• Tracy Coogan
  Tracy Coogan
  Tracy Elizabeth Coogan is an Irish actress most widely noted for her leading role in the 2004 independent film Zombie Honeymoon.-Career:Coogan was born and raised in Trim, County Meath, Ireland, one of five children of Michael and Ann Coogan. She first acted in many theatrical productions at school...
  
   - Angela
• H.K. Sweeney - Doug
• Robert Evans - Scott
• Bobbie Prewitt - Kaylie

Reception

The short film won the Gold for Best Original Dramatic Short at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, the Jury Selection Award at the Lady Filmmakers Film Festival, the Award of Merit at the Accolade Competition

Accolade Competition

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, and Official Selection at 12 different Film Festivals.

Feature film

A feature length version of Another Life is in the works, and will once again be written and directed by Ruegger

Nathan Ruegger

Nathan Ruegger is a screenwriter, the son of writer/producer/director Tom Ruegger, and the voice of certain characters in his father's cartoon shows. The first was in Tiny Toon Adventures when he played the baby version of Plucky Duck, famous for his catchphrase "Water go down the hooooooooole!"...

.