Directed by Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy Written by Adam Brooks, Matthew Kennedy and Conor Sweeney Produced by Social Media sales Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy Twitter Producer’s Reps @theeditormovie Starring @astron6 Nate Bolotin Paz de la Huerta [email protected] Adam Brooks Facebook 310 909 9318 Facebook.com/editormovie Laurence R. Harvey Facebook.com/astron6 Mette-Marie Katz Samantha Hill [email protected] Udo Kier INTERWeb 323 983 1201 Jerry Wasserman www.theeditormovie.com Matthew Kennedy International Sales www.astron-6.com Conor Sweeney Dan Bern Paul Howell Tristan Risk CONTACT [email protected] Brett Donahue Kennedy/Brooks Inc. +44 (0)207 434 4176 738-3085 Pembina Hwy. Brent Neale Winnipeg MB R3T4R6 Sheila E. Campbell Kevin Anderson Matthew Kennedy Jasmine Mae [email protected] Tech Details Adam Brooks 99 min | Color | DCP | 2.39:1 | 5.1 | Canada | 2014 [email protected] LOGLINE A once-prolific film editor finds himself the prime suspect in a series of murders haunting a seedy 1970s film studio in this absurdist throwback to the Italian Giallo. SYNOPSIS Rey Ciso was once the greatest editor the world had ever seen. Since a horrific accident left him with four wooden fingers on his right hand, he’s had to resort to cutting pulp films and trash pictures. When the lead actors from the film he’s been editing turn up murdered at the studio, Rey is fingered as the number one suspect. The bodies continue to pile up in this absurdist giallo-thriller as Rey struggles to prove his innocence and learn the sinister truth lurking behind the scenes. 4 THE EDITOR THE EDITOR 5 CREW Directors’/Producers’/Writers’ Statement The Editor is our love letter to the borg and Father’s Day with the rest Italian giallo films of the 1970s and of Astron-6, but no. We jumped right 80s; the convoluted murder myster- back into the fire all over again (lit- ies of Mario Bava, the super-saturated erally doing our own stunts) for this color palettes of Dario Argento, and absurdist take on the genre. Our aim the supernatural twists of Lucio Fulci. was to ramp up the production value, Most of these old films were written to shoot 4k instead of DSLR, to get in Italian but performed in English some name actors, to make a Canadi- (even when the actors couldn’t speak an giallo. the language,) set in America but shot in Italy, all to appeal to a larger Everything was created from the world market. This resulted in some ground up. Locations had to be built often-unusual syntax and almost al- or painted or both. Every piece of ways-unusual cadences and deliveries furniture was carried in one piece at a on the part of the English speaking time by us and our closest friends (we performers required to sync their couldn’t afford movers). Once we had deliveries to the original footage. It the costumes, locations, set dec and is perhaps as important to the giallo actors in place, we would be exhaust- aesthetic as dream logic, hyper-vi- ed, just in time to start shooting. olence or an overactive zoom lens. And it is this aesthetic that charmed Our budget only allowed us a skeleton Directors’ Bio us so much to begin with. With giallo crew for one quarter of production. ADAM BROOKS AND MATTHEW KENNEDY films, the style is the substance. After we had shot that quarter it was up to the two of us to complete Matthew Kennedy and Adam Brooks have been making films since they were Making The Editor has been our the rest along with a few friends and old enough to save their allowance and rent a camcorder from Radio Shack. greatest creative challenge to date. family as our only assistants. We took After meeting through the Winnipeg Short Film Massacre in 2006, the two We learned that making a period piece years off of our lives, lost weight and miscreants joined forces the following year to form the no-budget-movie-pow- with multiple name actors, endless gained grey hair as we did every pos- erhouse - Astron-6. Kennedy and Brooks both appeared in the award winning set pieces and special effects on a sible job one can do on a film. Manborg, and Father’s Day (co-directing the latter with the other members of shoestring budget is a sleep depriving, After months upon months of endless Astron-6). hemorrhoid-inducing stress-mare to work hours we are happy to release say the least. Sure, you might think our proudest achievement to date. For more info visit www.astron-6.com and www.adambrooks.net we learned our lesson making Man- 6 THE EDITOR THE EDITOR 7 CREW What is Astron-6? In Tolkien lore, Astron-6 is the day of The Elvish New Year. And a new year is upon us indeed... Astron-6 is composed of five filmmakers, writers and artists. These men are Adam Brooks, Jeremy Gillespie, Matthew Kennedy, Steven Kostanski and Conor Sweeney. From their first meeting at The Winnipeg Short Film Massacre, the five men instantly found themselves embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Rather than destroy each other, the sworn enemies decided to unite - and then destroy themselves (once famous.) Astron-6 is the brainchild of these five iconoclastic, multi-media artists who share a fascination with the mechanics of fear and laughter. They subvert the expectations of the seasoned viewer with the nightmarish and absurd. Their imagery and recurring themes are often torn from the childhood of the iro- ny-craving, internet savvy Generations X and Y. 8 THE EDITOR THE EDITOR 9 CREW Andria Spring Steven Kostanski EXECUTIVE PRODUCER MAKEUP FX Andria Spring is a producer and production manager, Steven Kostanski is the writer and director of the cult hit, known for Donovan’s Echo (2011), Elijah (2007) and The Manborg (2011). He is known for his work on The Mortal Thaw (2009). THE EDITOR marks her first collaboration Instruments: City of Bones (2013), Resident Evil: Retri- with Astron-6. bution (2012) and Father’s Day (2011) as well as the TV series, Hannibal. Emersen Ziffle MAKEUP FX CLAUDIO SIMONETTI Emersen Ziffle is known for his work on Wolfcop (2014), COMPOSER Curse of Chucky (2013), Chained (2012) and Dolan’s Ca- Simonetti is probably best known for his electronic score dillac (2009). to the George A. Romero classic Dawn of the Dead, but is also highly regarded for his work on the films of Italian horror maestro Dario Argento, with whom he has worked Aftermath FX almost exclusively since 1975. Goblin’s score to his film Profondo Rosso was one of the highest-selling horror mov- KALEIGH BROWN AND JASON KOCH – MAKEUP FX ie soundtracks ever produced. Adam Brooks and Matthew Kennedy Jeremy GILLESPIE and BRIAN WIACEK DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY COMPOSERS Adam and Matt have been shooting/lighting their own Jeremy Gillespie and Brian Wiacek have both composed films since they first entered the world of filmmaking, an endless library of music for Astron-6 in the past, in- learning as they go with extremely limited resources. cluding pieces for both Father’s Day and Manborg. Alex McLellan 1st AD After volunteering as a PA on Father’s Day Alex was forced into the position of 1st AD on The Editor. He has since shaved his head and lost his mind. 10 THE EDITOR THE EDITOR 11 STILLS 12 THE EDITOR THE EDITOR 13 14 THE EDITOR THE EDITOR 15 16 THE EDITOR THE EDITOR 17 CAST BIOS Paz de la Huerta Matthew Kennedy as JOSEPHINE JARDIN as PETER PORFIRY Paz de la Huerta was born and raised in New York City, to a Matthew Kennedy has wanted to be an actor since he was Spanish-born father and a Minneapolis, Minnesota-born moth- seven years old. By writing, producing and directing his own er. She has been acting since the age of four, having trained films, he has been able to make this difficult dream a reality. at the SoHo Children’s Acting Studio. Aside from acting, Paz Kennedy starred previously in Father’s Day and appeared as is a skilled artist, designer, and writer who enjoys listening the titular character in Manborg. to punk rock music. She resides in Tribeca, New York, with her mother and sister. Appearing recently in Nurse 3D, de la Huerta is arguably best known for her role as Linda in Enter the Void or Lucy Dazinger in the HBO hit series, Boardwalk Empire. Samantha Hill Laurence R. Harvey as BELLA as FATHER CLARKE Critics have already hailed her for helping theatre audiences Best known for his role as Martin in Human Centipede II, Lau- “fall in love with first love all over again.” So it’s no surprise rence Harvey has been a performer since a young age. He has that Canadian-born thesp Samantha Hill remains so commit- since appeared in several other films including The Human ted to her own first love — that of performing on stage and Centipede III and the critically acclaimed short film, Call Girl. in TV and film. (Thankfully, a childhood preoccupation with becoming a chiropractor was short-lived.) Sam’s breakout role on Broadway was Christine Daae in The Phantom of the Opera and her breakout role on film is happening now as Bella in THE EDITOR. Udo Kier Adam Brooks as DOCTOR CASINI as REY CISO Possessing a pair of the most elegantly piercing steel blue eyes Adam Brooks has no formal acting training but has learned ever to be captured on celluloid, German cult actor Udo Kier from experience over the past seven years.