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| Cast: Cliff Poche as WESLEY Emilie Germaine as KALI Natalie Edwards as TANNI Written by: DANIEL J.W. HUGHES Directed by: RICHARD POCHE 17 minutes |
| EDISON CITY Wesley Chase (Cliff Poche) is a lonely man. Stuck in an unhappy marriage to Tanni (Natalie Edwards), Wesley's love life is going nowhere. Housebound because of his severe asthma, Wesley shrinks into the role of the brow-beaten house husband. But when Tanni leaves on a business trip, Wesley's friend comes over and tells him about the "pig wraps." The "pig wraps" are the female androids of the day. At the urging of his friend and his own lonely curiosity, Wesley picks up the phone and rents a female robot for the weekend. Kali (Emilie Germaine) arrives and Wesley is smitten. She is even more real than he imagined. "It's not cheating if the skin isn't real," Wesley's friend assures him...Soon Wesley has to choose, between his loveless, *real* marriage and his real love for a *fake* woman. |
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| Wesley (Cliff Poche) and Kali (Emilie Germaine) enjoy a day at the beach. |
| DIRECTOR'S NOTES: This was my second go around at a sci-fi flick. The first was the short, Psycho-Somatic. Now doing a believable futuristic science fiction flick is definitely tougher to pull off (in general) than a talkie romantic comedy or a horror movie. The entire believability of the story hinges on the production design and ambience. I am probably stating the obvious but having a low budget is definitely tougher to pull off in the science fiction realm than any other genre. Which is what makes it more of a challenge. We had to make things look like they could be taking place in the future. The story itself did prompt some interesting discussions between me and the cast members. What exactly will the future hold? Advanced video phones? Already here. Robots with artificial intelligence? Here. Space cars? No frickin' way. And this point we argued for awhile (it is how we pass the time between takes). I took the position that even if they do invent "space cars" it will be something that will be highly regulated. Can you imagine some drunk behind the wheel of a flying saucer going crashing into a ten story apartment building. There would be no more DUIs, instead there would be FUIs (flying under the influence). Wouldn't happen. But...I do believe that technology will alter the way men and women relate significantly and Edison City addresses some of these issues. I should say that the end result of Edison City really isn't the original vision I had in mind when I first received the screenplay from my screenwriter friend Daniel J.W. Hughes. In the original casting, Katie Anderson of "Conjure") was pegged to play "Kali" but we never got things together. In stepped Emilie Germaine and she pulls the role off quite well. I had to alter the script to more suit her personality type and acting style as in the original script the character was much more sexually suggestive. So, the final product ended up being different than what I had originally planned. Not better or worse, just different. And things worked out. |
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| (TOP LEFT) Tanni (Natalie Edwards) comes home and, ahem, doesn't look to happy with her husband. (BOTTOM LEFT) Kali (Emilie Germaine), a sweet loving female android that happily cooks, cleans, and provides other "needs" for her man. Wesley has to make a choice.... |
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