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Indie Noir Thriller Dispatch Readies Debut
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posted Aug 22, 2010, 09:46
Based on real experiences, director Steven Sprung and star Michael Bershad co-wrote the film as their first feature. Set in a seedy Hollywood limousine dispatch office on the night of a big movie premiere, Steven Sprung�s Dispatch, from a script by Sprung and star Michael Bershad, depicts one night in the life of Nick, an overnight dispatcher with everything on the line.
Based on real experiences, director Steven Sprung and star Michael Bershad
co-wrote the film as their first feature. Set in a seedy Hollywood limousine
dispatch office on the night of a big movie premiere, Steven Sprung’s
Dispatch, from a script by Sprung and star Michael Bershad, depicts one night
in the life of Nick, an overnight dispatcher with everything on the line.
(Los Angeles, CA) Based on star Bershad’s personal experience, Dispatch
finds Nick, a fallen Hollywood success, battling celebrities, publicists, and
producers as he dispatches his chauffeurs to the big premiere. It soon becomes
one of the most devastating nights of his life when, after being served with
divorce papers, Nick makes decisions which place him in the greatest of personal
and professional jeopardy.
Financed and produced independently, Sprung and Bershad, who met while chauffeuring,
spent two years writing the screenplay before principal photography commenced
in the spring of 2009 in downtown Los Angeles. Sprung, an Emmy® nominated
film and television editor (“Entourage,” “Community,”
“Arrested Development”) then edited Dispatch himself.
Sprung, Bershad, and their entire team anticipate big buzz and major distribution
for Dispatch after its July completion. They will enter festivals, hold screenings
and meet eagerly with any and all interested press throughout 2010.
Dispatch is sure to entertain, intrigue and inform as it presents an Angeleno
for whom everything sways in the balance on one crucial night in that city that
holds such promise.
Crew:
Director: Steven Sprung
Written by: Michael Bershad & Steven Sprung
Producers: Michael Bershad, Angela Sostre
Associate Producer: Kevin M. Slee
Editor: Steven Sprung, A.C.E.
Sound Designer: Andy Hay
Director of Photography: Mathew Rudenberg
Production Designer: Mariano Rueda
Costume Designer: Samantha Kuester
Cast:
“Nick" - Michael Bershad
"Harry" - Bruce Bohne
"Killer" - Blake Robbins
"Ace" - Tim Peper
"Oscar" - Harry Karp
"Lucia" - Melina Lizette
"Iceman" - Black Thomas
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