In 2003, a very small movie called "Killing The Dream" hit the festival circuit. It was a "mocumentary" shot in 12 days with a Canon XL1-s, natural light, a skeleton crew, and an extremely talented cast including Joel Spence, Drew Droege, Sean Douglas, Amy Rohren, and Evan Andes.

It's first screening at the Washington D.C. Indiefest attracted the attention of companies like Miramax and Focus Features, both of whom requested that screener's copies be sent to their "acquisition" departments. Alas, the movie was "too small" for companies of that stature. But it did go on to win the Grand Jury Award (the top honor) at the Temecula Valley International Film Festival, and play at festivals across the country and in Europe.

After receiving a number of somewhat disappointing distribution offers, the producers and cast decided to remake the movie as a regular feature (as opposed to a "mocumentary") with an even better script and proper lighting and camera work on 24p, high-definition cameras. With the new title (15 Minutes Later), the producers plan to begin shooting in the winter of 2006.

Synopsis

"15 Minutes Later" follows the exploits of John Colbert and Ken Chandler who have made a pact with each other: They will either make a movie by the time they are 38, or they will buy .038's, put them to each other's heads and count to 3 ("or, 38 -- cuz it's like a theme"). In an effort to keep costs down, they have decided to use their friends and neighbors as cast and crew. There is one exception, of course -- they've spent a third of their budget on a "real" Hollywood actor named David Steel, who has starred for two seasons on the Christian Soap Opera, "One Afterlife To Live."

Together, they will all suffer through the trials of no-budget, indie filmmaking -- from "on-set" romances to "checking the gate" to how to deal with location sound problems like the neighbor's dog that won't shut up.