Stuck Between Stations
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Stuck Between Stations is an upcoming romantic drama film. Helmed by Twin Cities filmmaker Brady Kiernan from a script penned by Nat Bennett and Sam Rosen, the film is an authentic snapshot of a generational zeitgeist
and tells a coming-of-age story for modern-day middle America about former high school classmates reunited by chance during a chaotic party-filled evening.
Stuck Between Stations premiered as an official selection of the Viewpoints section at the SVA Theater at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
in New York City
, New York
, U.S.A. A NYC
theatrical release was slated in November 2011.
It was the 2009 indie thriller Four Boxes
through one of the actors of the film, Sam Rosen, that lead Brady Kiernan to directing Stuck Between Stations. Rosen and his writing partner, Nat Bennett, were working on the screenplay for Stuck Between Stations and in March 2009 submitted it to Kiernan.
Stuck Between Stations is named after the opening track of The Hold Steady
’s Boys and Girls in America
album. “The title [of the film] is mostly a reference to the spirit of the song,” Kiernan revealed in an 2009 interview. "This film is about those nights that we’ve all had where you meet someone, spend the whole night with them and start to maybe fall in love."
On June 7, 2010 the Independent Feature Project (IFP), America’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced that Stuck Between Stations was one of the ten projects selected for participation in its 2010’s narrative edition of their prestigious Independent Filmmaker Labs. The Independent Filmmaker Labs are a highly immersive free mentorship program for low-budget (< $1,000,000) first feature films which have shot all or a substantial amount of footage for their features but have not completed post-production
. This program is supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Hollywood Foreign Press Association
, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
, New York State Council for the Arts, Newman’s Own Foundation, SAGIndie
and Time Warner
. Lab partners include 92Y Tribeca, The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, BMI
, Filmmaker Magazine
, Deluxe Post New York, Rooftop Films
, and The Workbook Project.
’s ReRun Theater with a week-long run, starting November 4th, 2011 to November 10, 2011. The film will also be released in Minneapolis on December 16, 2011 at St. Anthony Main Theater. The film will be available on DVD and Vide-On-Demand through Lionsgate in March of 2012.
Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist is "the spirit of the times" or "the spirit of the age."Zeitgeist is the general cultural, intellectual, ethical, spiritual or political climate within a nation or even specific groups, along with the general ambiance, morals, sociocultural direction, and mood associated with an era.The...
and tells a coming-of-age story for modern-day middle America about former high school classmates reunited by chance during a chaotic party-filled evening.
Stuck Between Stations premiered as an official selection of the Viewpoints section at the SVA Theater at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival
The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival...
in New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, U.S.A. A NYC
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
theatrical release was slated in November 2011.
Plot
A decade after they graduated from high school and went their separate ways, Casper, a soldier haunted by the horrors of war, and Rebecca, a whip-smart graduate student with a shaky future, reunite by chance and get to know each other over the course of an accidental tour of the little-known underbelly of Minneapolis. The evening's odyssey includes a bar fight, a house party, a punk-rock circus, a spontaneous burglary, a home Casper did not know he had, and a cast of strange characters, unexpected allies and disappointing friends.Cast
- Sam Rosen as Casper, a young soldier on bereavement leave from a tour in AfghanistanWar in Afghanistan (2001–present)The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, as the armed forces of the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the Afghan United Front launched Operation Enduring Freedom...
for the funeral of his hippie-ish father. - Zoe Lister Jones as 'Becky' Rebecca, graduate student of comparative literature and Casper's high school crush.
- Josh HartnettJosh HartnettJoshua Daniel "Josh" Hartnett is an American actor and aspiring producer. He first came to audiences' attention in 1997 as "Michael Fitzgerald" in the television series Cracker. He made his feature film debut in 1998, co-starring with Jamie Lee Curtis in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later for Miramax...
as Paddy, a neck-tattooed sort-of-anarchist leader of a bicycle gang and frenemy of Casper's. - Michael ImperioliMichael ImperioliJames Michael Imperioli , commonly known as Michael Imperioli, is an American actor and television writer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos for which he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2004. He also...
as David, a college professor of dubious moral substance and Becky's lover and PhD advisor. - Nadia DajaniNadia DajaniNadia Dajani is an American actress of Irish and Palestinian descent.-Acting career:For two seasons , she starred as Amanda Moyer in the Fox television sitcom, Ned & Stacey. She starred in numerous television pilots...
as Sheila, the head of Becky's comparative literature department and David's possessive wife.
Production
Stuck Between Stations is produced by Spencer Kiernan and Todd Cobery for RKB Pictures. The film was shot mainly in Minneapolis. Principal photography began on October 2, 2009.It was the 2009 indie thriller Four Boxes
Four Boxes (film)
Four Boxes is a 2009 low-budget thriller starring Justin Kirk, Terryn Westbrook and Sam Rosen. The movie was written, produced and directed by the husband-and-wife team Wyatt McDill and Megan Huber of Minneapolis....
through one of the actors of the film, Sam Rosen, that lead Brady Kiernan to directing Stuck Between Stations. Rosen and his writing partner, Nat Bennett, were working on the screenplay for Stuck Between Stations and in March 2009 submitted it to Kiernan.
Stuck Between Stations is named after the opening track of The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady
The Hold Steady is an American indie rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2004. The band consists of Craig Finn , Tad Kubler , Galen Polivka , Bobby Drake , and Steve Selvidge...
’s Boys and Girls in America
Boys and Girls in America
Boys and Girls in America is the third studio album by The Hold Steady, released on October 3, 2006 by Vagrant Records.On August 18, 2006, first single "Chips Ahoy!" was released as a free download from music site Pitchfork Media...
album. “The title [of the film] is mostly a reference to the spirit of the song,” Kiernan revealed in an 2009 interview. "This film is about those nights that we’ve all had where you meet someone, spend the whole night with them and start to maybe fall in love."
On June 7, 2010 the Independent Feature Project (IFP), America’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced that Stuck Between Stations was one of the ten projects selected for participation in its 2010’s narrative edition of their prestigious Independent Filmmaker Labs. The Independent Filmmaker Labs are a highly immersive free mentorship program for low-budget (< $1,000,000) first feature films which have shot all or a substantial amount of footage for their features but have not completed post-production
Post-production
Post-production is part of filmmaking and the video production process. It occurs in the making of motion pictures, television programs, radio programs, advertising, audio recordings, photography, and digital art...
. This program is supported by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Hollywood Foreign Press Association
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is an organization composed of working journalists who cover the United States film industry for a variety of outlets, including newspapers and magazines in Europe, Asia, Australia and Latin America. Today, the 90 members of the HFPA represent at least 55...
, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs is dedicated to supporting and strengthening New York City's vibrant cultural life. Among their primary missions is to ensure adequate public funding for non-profit cultural organizations, both large and small, throughout the five boroughs.-External...
, New York State Council for the Arts, Newman’s Own Foundation, SAGIndie
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide...
and Time Warner
Time Warner
Time Warner is one of the world's largest media companies, headquartered in the Time Warner Center in New York City. Formerly two separate companies, Warner Communications, Inc...
. Lab partners include 92Y Tribeca, The Adrienne Shelly Foundation, BMI
Broadcast Music Incorporated
Broadcast Music, Inc. is one of three United States performing rights organizations, along with ASCAP and SESAC. It collects license fees on behalf of songwriters, composers, and music publishers and distributes them as royalties to those members whose works have been performed...
, Filmmaker Magazine
Filmmaker Magazine
Filmmaker is a quarterly publication magazine covering issues relating to independent film. The magazine was founded in 1992 by Karol Martesko-Fenster, Scott Macaulay and Holly Willis...
, Deluxe Post New York, Rooftop Films
Rooftop Films
Rooftop Films is a non-profit film organization based in Gowanus, Brooklyn. They are best known for their Rooftop Films Summer Series, a screening series/film festival that runs from June through September every year and consists of as many as 47 outdoor screenings of new, independent short and...
, and The Workbook Project.
Festival screenings
| Event | Section | Location | Date(s) | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tribeca Film Festival Tribeca Film Festival The Tribeca Film Festival is a film festival founded in 2002 by Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff in a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the consequent loss of vitality in the TriBeCa neighborhood in Lower Manhattan.The mission of the festival... |
Viewpoints | New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... , New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... , USA |
April 22, 2011 - April 25, 2011 - April 28, 2011 | |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival The Minneapolis–St. Paul International Film Festival is a springtime film festival in the U.S. state of Minnesota that has been held since the early 1980s. Known as the largest film event in the Upper Midwest, the festival invites numerous films from all corners of the globe, and attracts a large... |
Official Selection | Minneapolis, Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state... , USA |
May 5, 2011 | |
| New Hampshire Film Festival | Official Selection | Portsmouth Portsmouth, New Hampshire Portsmouth is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in the United States. It is the largest city but only the fourth-largest community in the county, with a population of 21,233 at the 2010 census... , New Hampshire New Hampshire New Hampshire is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. The state was named after the southern English county of Hampshire. It is bordered by Massachusetts to the south, Vermont to the west, Maine and the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Canadian... , USA |
October 15, 2011 | |
| Austin Film Festival Austin Film Festival The Austin Film Festival was started in 1994 in Austin, Texas and is claimed to be "the first organization of its kind to focus on the writer’s unique creative contribution to the film and television industries"... |
Narrative Feature Competition | Austin Austin Austin is the capital of the U.S. state of Texas.Austin may also refer to:-In the United States:*Austin, Arkansas*Austin, Colorado*Austin, Chicago, Illinois*Austin, Indiana*Austin, Minnesota*Austin, Nevada*Austin, Oregon... , Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... , USA |
October 20, 2011 - October 23, 2011 | |
Theatrical Release
Stuck Between Stations made its New York theatrical premiere at BrooklynBrooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
’s ReRun Theater with a week-long run, starting November 4th, 2011 to November 10, 2011. The film will also be released in Minneapolis on December 16, 2011 at St. Anthony Main Theater. The film will be available on DVD and Vide-On-Demand through Lionsgate in March of 2012.