Title: A Wake in Denver
Genre: Dramatic Comedy
Website: www.AWakeInDenver.com
Written by: Helen Castles (The Shed)
Director: J.T. Mollner (Henry John and the Little Bug, The I Scream Man, The Red Room)
Cinematographer: Gavin Kelly (Little Fish, Strange Pond, Play the Game, Wake)
Producers: Spero Stamboulis, Chris Ivan Cevic, Jordan Rosner & Gato Scatena
Supervising Producer: David M Bernstein (The Green Mile, The Perfect Storm, Flags of Our Fathers, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan)
Line Producer: Alan Chu (The Art of War, Origami, Scarlet Waiting)
Casting Director: Mark Bennett (Good Will Hunting, Life is Beautiful, American Psycho)

Status: September 28, 2009. We just signed award-winning cinematographer Gavin Kelly (DP of West Bank Story, Academy Award Winning film) , casting director Mark Bennett (Good Will Hunting, Life Is Beautiful and American Psycho), and Alan Chu, one of Oliver Stone’s development execs as our line producer.

Our escrow account is open and we are still seeking a remaining $300K for the production. Fortunately, there are 50-75% immediate tax deductions being offered to our investors.

Synopsis: Three very different siblings – Bryan; a self-centered movie producer, Charlie; a suicidal gambler, and Veronica; a delusional, compulsive liar – all go home to Denver to bury their estranged father Edward, an abusive, emotional cripple who they never got along with but whose love they all secretly craved. Over the course of one crazy day, Veronica publicly accuses her stepmother of murdering her father before she attempts to jump off the roof in front of a crowd of horrified mourners, Charlie tries to steal his rich, deaf aunt's purse in order to pay off his mountain of gambling debt, all the while contemplating hanging himself from the living room ceiling fan, before Bryan causes an all-in-fight at the wake which ends in a police bust. Now trapped together in a raging snow storm, all three are forced to confront their individual grievances with their dead father as well as the utter contempt that they have for each other. By the end of the day three very different characters emerge from their childhood home having dealt with their fractured past, now ready to face their respective futures.