For Immediate Release from TromaDance Film Festival! January 19, 2006
The World Premiere of the film, “Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night,” has been a last minute Official Selection of the 2006 TromaDance Film Festival, it was announced today (January 19, 2006) by Co-Directors Jonathan Lees and Kiel Walker.
Produced by Travis Irvine, is “the first known feature in cinema history to star an assortment of REAL, dead, frozen animals…” “Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night” will be screened in the Secret Screenings section of the 2006 TromaDance in Park City, Utah.
For further details about Secret Screening Times, stay connected to The Official TromaDance Festival Site.
The story begins as a group of college students attend Raccoon Creek Campground in hopes of having the best summer break of their lives. But after encountering obnoxious frat guys, backwoods hippies, overzealous bible students, and an incompetent group of camp administrators that could put any government official to shame, chances for a successful vacation look slim. Things only get worse as it is soon discovered that killer raccoons have targeted the camp with the intention to wreak havoc, destruction, and hilarity!
This comedy/horror/satire, 82-minute movie is the vision of writer/director Travis Irvine, who grew up in Bexley, Ohio and currently attends Ohio University majoring in video production. With the help of some of the most creative and innovative comedy minds Ohio has to offer, Irvine was able to create a unique and downright funny movie on a shoestring budget of only $5,000 dollars.
Shot predominately in Columbus and Athens in the summer of 2005, all the cast and crew for the film has connections to Ohio. Producer Colin Scianamblo grew up with Irvine in Bexley, and currently attends Santa Monica College in Los Angeles majoring in film. He has worked for some of the biggest names in the business including producer Scott Rudin who is best known for movies such as “The Truman Show”, and the “South Park Movie”. Producer Mark Lammers is a senior at Ohio University and has championed such projects as “The Converts” which was received with much praise by various film critics. The lone member of the crew that is not from Ohio is Producer/DP Kamal Patel who hails from London, England. Patel attends film school across the pond and directs his own movies, while not working on other professional industry projects. Rounding out the cast is the Wrong Man Comedy Group who lives right in Columbus. Their brand of humor combines biting satire, impeccable timing, gut wrenching one-liners, and is driven home by their acting chops, which really shine in the film.
