Unmanned

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Shorts - Fiction 2
Old Town Playhouse Sat, Aug 4, 2012 3:00 PM
This group of stunningly crafted shorts trades in high drama and mounting tension as the films' protagonists are forced to make difficult decisions. Featuring a cast of Somali refugees, “Asad” follows a young boy faced with a choice between falling in with pirates or living an honest, humble life, while in the drug ballad “Narcocorrido,” a pill-popping cop finds herself in over her head after a border shakedown goes awry, and in “Unmanned,” a young drone pilot living thousands of miles away from the warzone gets a harsh wake-up call in the aftermath of an errant missile strike.
Film Info
Section:Short Films
Release Year:2011
Runtime:22 min
Production Country:USA
Original Language:English
Web Site:http://www.unmannedthemovie.com/
Cast/Crew Info
Cast:Jonah Wharton
Danielle Doyen
Austin James Rodriguez
Dan Stransky
Rick Gifford
Sola Bamis
Director:Casey Cooper Johnson
Produced by:Casey Fenton
Screenwriter:Casey Cooper Johnson
Cinematography:Sevdije Kastrati
Editing By:Matthew D. Horn
Music By:Robert Litton

Description

Rick Clayfield is a young Air Force drone pilot, operating airstrikes in Afghanistan remotely from a base in America, and returning each day to his wife and toddler son. Trained on video games and far from harm’s way, Rick treats killing insurgents on his screen like getting a high score until his team makes a lethal mistake. Now, with growing stress at war and pressures at home, will he be able to continue as a ‘cubicle warrior’ and remain detached from the human cost of remote control warfare?