Callback: The Unmaking of Bloodstain (2008)

Synopsis: When a gritty cop drama goes terribly wrong on the first day of shooting, the actors and director must examine the chain of events that caused the film to go spiraling out of control. After being... When a gritty cop drama goes terribly wrong on the first day of shooting, the actors and director must examine the chain of events that caused the film to go spiraling out of control. After being released from the Pleasant Valley Institution for the Mentally Disturbed, Tony Shamus moves to LA to pursue an acting career. Though heavily medicated and totally without experience, things go pretty well for him. He meets a girl who happens to be a casting director and lands himself a callback for a feature film. The problem: Tony is about as exciting to watch as paint drying on a wall. But, Tony has another, darker side to his personality, a dynamic alter ego that he has been struggling to repress. When Tony decides to sacrifice sanity for success he finds himself caught up in a struggle for control with his destructive alter ego.

Carl Simple’s life is in the toilet. He’s engaged to a beautiful but manipulative woman who doesn’t respect him, and he’s been reduced to mugging people just to make ends meet. But Carl dreams of becoming an actor and he just might have a shot if he can convince his uncle Duffy to throw him a bone. See, Duffy is a small time wise guy who’s using his dirty money to finance a film. After begging and pleading with him, Carl finds himself with a small, but pivotal role in the movie. Carl is ecstatic, but the part is not enough for his fiancé Beth, who has her eyes on a larger prize.

Peter Downs is a highly trained theatre actor with a diploma from Julliard and two cents to his name. After countless failed auditions, he finally decides to get a real job. But, the only gig he’s qualified for is as a phone sex operator for a gay party line. When Peter’s life savings is stolen, he’s forced to make a decision, beat ‘em or join ‘em. Opportunity knocks when an unsuspecting woman drops a pocketbook full of money outside an ATM late at night. When Peter’s only phone sex client, a casting director named Andrew, offers him an audition for the lead in a feature film, Peter finds himself face to face with the very woman whose purse he stole…

Marci McFadden is an up-and-coming director helming the production of her first feature. Unfortunately, the film’s producer has made her an offer she can’t refuse; he’ll foot the bill for the film as long as she casts his nephew, who can’t act. One of her actors is completely insane and she’s missing her leading man. After a brutal assault at an ATM she finds herself confronted by the perpetrator, the problem is, he’s perfect for the role. She decides to have her cake and eat it too, by casting him in the lead role and taking her revenge in the process. While she’s focusing on how to make his life a living hell, she loses sight of the big “picture.”

Hollywood is a small world and the characters of Callback find themselves constantly thrown together in the most random of ways. By the time principal photography on Bloodstain begins, they all have history together, history that lands them in a boiling cauldron of neuroses, desperation and nepotism that threatens to overtake the entire production. --© Official Site [More]

Starring: Michael DeGood, Kate Orsini, Jennifer Hall

Starring: Michael DeGood, Kate Orsini, Jennifer Hall

Director: Eric Wolfson

Director: Eric Wolfson

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