Winning

Los Angeles, California | Film Feature

Comedy

Batia Parnass And Ben Eckstein

1 Campaigns | California, United States

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WINNING is a dark, subversive, post-apocalyptic political satire exploring what might be the motivations of a mad man pursuing power and what might happen if he actually got it... Created originally as a play during the 2016 presidential elections. It turned into reality by the time we opened.

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Mission Statement

It is our mission to be open and inclusive to all ethnicities, sexes, sexualities and identities. We actively pursue diversity and our cast and crew are international, ethnically diverse and comprised of more then 50% women.

The Story

This movie is an alarm, red lights flashing, emergency presidential texts blowing up your phone. Please listen. Yes, we are telling tons of jokes, but we are not kidding. It's time to stand up, speak the truth and be brave. Now, when it's terrifying, when it's hard, when the stakes are life and death. We make art, we funny people, believing it can make a change. Can pens, paint brushes, actors and cameras stand up against the growing swell?

I wrote WINNING during the 2016 presidential election campaigns, wanting to explore a wild flight of the imagination:  what might be the motivations of a mad man in perusing power and what might happen if he actually got it...

We were fortunate to draw top artists who produced stellar work and created an amazing movie. We're so proud and delighted... We pulled it off and we couldn't be happier with the result. Our cast and crew worked arduously and diligently in total dedication, with blind faith and trust in each other. Seeing the story transform from a blank page when I started writing to a film rich with creativity and bursting with talent was the most gratifying artistic experience of my life.

 

JOHN PIRRUCCELLO - ACTOR - DONALD PUMP.

Deputy Chad Broxford on Showtime's Twin Peaks:The Return, Detective John Loach on HBO's Bill Hader and Alec Berg dark comedy Barry and Nick Stavros along side Hellen Mirren & Al Pacino on HBO's Phil Spector.

 

ELIZABETH ANWEIS - ACTRESS - KATE.

Abbie on Showtime's Twin Peaks:The Return, Tria on Showtime's Golden Globs winner The Affair and Marie on NBC's Parks & Recreation.

 

JOHNNY FERRO - ACTOR - DANIEL.

Played Donald in the original Zero Fucks play, PJ Harris on Amazon's Hand Of God and Johnny on Socially Unacceptable.

 

KEELIN WOODELL - ACTRESS - IVANKA PUMP.

Young Mrs. Redmon in the thriller The Bye Bye Man, April Carrigan on CSI: Miami and Sarah Renfield on Criminal Minds.

 

MIGUEL A. LOPEZ - ACTOR - ADAM.

Played Adam in the Zero Fucks original play,  Eddie Gomez on The Z Virus and Michael in the horror feature Vindication.

 

SARAH JEAN LONG - ACTRESS - WANDA.

Played Wanda in the original Zero Fucks play and Miriam Sullivan on Showtime's Twin Peaks:The Return.

 

XAVIER JIMENEZ - ACTOR - STEVE.

Bullet in the action short Contract and Jack in Canon: Jar of Quarters.

 

 

BATIA PARNASS - PRODUCER.

Creator & Producer of Pre Peroduction - Fake it till you make it, Rent A Gay , The Swamp and the founder of the KomedyCo comedy network. Batia holds an AA in dramatic arts from the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute in New York City, and is an alumni of the acclaimed iO improv comedy theatre. 

 

BEN ECKSTEIN - WRITER/DIRECTOR.

Ben holds an MFA in acting from The Academy for Classical Acting and The George Washington University in DC. Preformed and directed contemporary and classical plays around the country and creator of Studio B acting ensemble in Los Angeles. Ben has written several plays including Midsummer & Dark Horse and produced and directed Zero Fucks as a stage play in 2016. He is also a fine arts painter and photographer with numerous exhibitions in the US and abroad.

 

KEN STACHNIK - DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY.

Ken is cinematographer, director and a screenwriter based in Los Angeles, CA. His work has been commissioned by major media and corporate clients, including Men's Health, Hewlett-Packard, and Porter Consulting. He is known for The ToyBox, Clowntown & Please Kill Me Again. Ken has worked on more than 100 film sets, including low-budget independent films, music videos, and major studio projects for Universal, Bravo, and The History Channel. His short film Return to Grace won the People's Choice Award at the Elgin Short Film Festival.

 

KRISTA HUSAR - CASTING DIRECTOR.

Krista has worked with industry giants such as David Lynch and the Russo Brothers, credits include Twin Peaks:The Return, Skyscraper, Godzilla: King of the Monsters and Agents of Shield.

 

RYAN PILZ - ART DIRECTOR & PRODUCTION DESIGN.

Known for his work on The ToyBox and The award wining feature ClownTown and Quija House.

 

We made WINNING like bandits. I mean, it was easy really, just rolled up our sleeves, maxed out our credit cards, gave up sleep for months, lost 10 pounds because who needs to eat. And voila! We made a movie. A little crazy. We like crazy. We got it done. We are humbled by the many people who helped make this movie, packed full of stellar performances in front of and behind the camera. Our crew of twenty five and cast of seven. What a fragile wonder it is to realize none of this would have happened if any single person hadn't joined our pack. 

 

We've spent all of our own money to get WINNING this far and, straight up, we're tapped out. There is so much goodwill and interest surrounding this project, but we simply can't self-fund the final step, post production. Join the WINNING movement and make this movie with us!

 

 

 

 

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EDITING!

Costs $10,000

Its time to ED-IT!

COLOR GRADING

Costs $6,000

A color grade master brings the footage to life!

ADR

Costs $5,000

To make sound perfect, we need a few ADR sessions.

SOUND EDITING & DESIGN

Costs $6,500

Perfect sound makes the world go around.

ORIGINAL SCORE

Costs $2,000

Our original score will excite and delight.

MARKETING & FEES

Costs $4,000

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SFX & GRAPHIC DESIGNE

Costs $5,000

Special effects and graphic design take it to the next level.

LEGAL FEES

Costs $7,500

First we kill the lawyers.

FESTIVAL PREP & SUBMISSIONS

Costs $4,000

We're coming for those awards people!

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About This Team

From this day to the ending of the world, but we in it shall be remembered...

 

The Zero Fucks family are a conglomerate of different talents put together to form a magical whole. The union of angels must have assigned their best to watch over our project, because we could literately grab on to the enchantment on set and felt blessed. It's one thing to say they each worked at the top of their talents in total dedication, but another thing altogether to see the look in their eyes as they did.


We few, we happy few, we band of brothers..

 

 

 

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