Roll The Dice
Short Film
As 2010 winners of Steeltown Entertainment Project's FILM FACTORY, Hustlebot was awarded funding for their short film production.
Written and directed by Lawrence Phillis, Dave Fedor, John Feightner, and Joe Wichryk II of Hustlebot, "Roll The Dice" is about a comedy troupe that struggles with the idea of raising the stakes of their contest-winning script by betting the prize money.
You can watch "Roll the Dice" here, originally premiered at the 2010 Three Rivers Film Festival in November, 2010.
Behind the Scenes Featurette
In November, 2009 Joe Wichryk II, Larry Phillis, David Fedor, and Jon Feightner, a Pittsburgh based comedy troupe collectively known as "Hustlebot," entered a script into the first annual Steeltown Film Factory Filmmaking competition. The ironic and humorous twist was that their script was actually a script about writing a script for Steeltown's competition. In their script they ended up winning the competition and in a case of life imitating art, the group actually did win $12,500 and began work on turning their vision into an actual film. From troubles with locations, to creating their own underground casino, and even a run in with Matthew McConaughey, what follows is a quick glimpse into the making of a film about making a film about making a....well you get the idea.
Trailer
Written and directed by Hustlebot, "Roll The Dice" premiered at the 2010 Three Rivers Film Festival in November, 2010.
As winners of Steeltown Entertainment Project's FILM FACTORY, Hustlebot was awarded funding for their short film production... which happens to be about 4 guys who win a script contest... with a script about a film contest... Can you see where this is going?
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Hustlebot
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Michael Savisky
PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER
Brian "Keegs" Keegan
CHIEF LIGHTING TECHNICIAN
John Zelinski
BEST BOY GRIP
Donald Meteny
FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Walt Mancing
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Melinda Mullen
Ben Palmer
Dave Joseph
GRIPS
Devin Phillis
Laura Woods
EDITED BY
David Fedor
ASSISTANT FILM EDITOR
Michael Savisky
HAIR & MAKEUP
Sarah Young
SCRIPT SUPERVISORS
David Ranallo
Anne Marie Sweeney
STORYBOARDS
Michael Rubino
SET DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
Joe Wichryk II
The Official "Roll The Dice" Drinking Game Rules:
1) Notice Joe's dad in the background of a scene in "Roll The Dice"2) Be the first one to yell, "Joe's dad!" and excitedly point at the screen.
3) Everyone else takes a drink.
Joe's dad:
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