movie
Kultur Shock!
Director: Todd Osleger
Year: 2013
Plot: Three helpless American immigrants, Red, White and Blue, are tormented by an Uncle Sam doll in a locked, windowless room. They can't remember who they are or how they got there. Little by little, they start to piece things together and rebel against their captor, but time is not on their side. Something terrifying outside the room desperately wants in. Where are they?—Eric Chapman
Original Title:
Kultur Shock!
Director:
Todd Osleger
Writer:
Eric Paul Chapman
Producer:
Eric Paul Chapman
Type: movie
Year: 2013
Genres: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Cast:
Jerry Pietrala
,
Kevin Kukler
,
David Hundertmark
,
Terry McNavage
,
Eric Paul Chapman
,
Todd Osleger
,
Alfred Gui
,
Maureen O'Malley
Runtimes:
85
Countries:
United States
Languages:
English
Color Info:
Color
Original Air Date: 24 Feb 2017 (USA)
Rating: 6.6
Votes: 72
Year: 2013
Production Companies:
Forgotten Path
Distributors:
Indie Rights
Synopsis:
A man wakes up in what appears to be an old storage unit, filled with odd toys and two other people with armbands representing their names: red and white. Red it a woman who has sustained a head injury, and white is a shy man who has a leg injury. The man who wakes up is blue, according to his arm band, and he has also sustained a head injury as well as what appears to be a leg injury due to the fact that he is on crutches. The cause of the injuries are unknown. by the three characters, as well as their names and how they got to this strange room. While blue is inquiring about where they are, white and red are doing a puzzle, and direct him to ask Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam is a doll sitting in from of a chalkboard that reads "WANT YOU". Blue sees this as ridiculous, and begins to take a look around. Searching through tanks and drawers, he finds some to be empty and some to contain games, dolls, or pieces of paper. A beeping and flashing is heard, and blue is informed to sit down because class is starting. Class is directed by Uncle Sam, it comes in muffled through the speaker on his chest, and he is a man with a German accent. He takes attendance and asks red and white to recited the numbers 1-10 in German, to which blue is flippant and unamused by Uncle Sams "games". Uncle Sam refuses to give blue snacks after class and then a game, resembling bingo, titled "Dumas" is played at game time, where multiple papers fall on Blue's head that read "I want you". After game time, the three go to bed, although blue has just woken up. Throughout the night and what seems like a few days, the group is met with loud explosions from outside, but informed by Uncle Sam that it is just the neighbors and nothing to worry about. One day during class, Uncle Sam presents a picture film, filmed with various photos of women, soldiers, dead horses, graves, and toys that have been seen around the room. After the odd film, the days continue, until one day, Blue challenges Uncle Sam to a game of tic-tac-toe, which Blue loses and says "I messed up. Later on, Blue remembers his name, which is Kane, and encourages everyone else to do so. They discover that White's name is Henderson and Red's name is Weathers. Kane convinces Weathers to participate in his rebellion against Uncle Sam, which gets game time and snacks canceled, and they are instructed to finish the puzzle. They cannot, because there is one piece missing. The group searches around and places clues to escaping in a box titled "Cloos" to which they realize that when they are sleeping, more things are being put into the room and that they will need a bigger box. In distress from not finding the piece, Uncle Sam instructs them that class is happening again, and he shocks the whole group by asking Henderson to recite the phrase "Heil Hitler". She refuses, and the group reacts by walking around and chanting their names: "Henderson, Weathers, and Kane" they do this until they are sprayed, and knocked unconscious by a mysterious gas. They awake to a man walking around, a man with the same voice as Uncle Sam's, explaining why they are here in a thick, German accent, wearing a German army uniform and a mask. He goes onto explain more about the war and his secret duties, and insults the intelligence of America and its residents, and how they have all failed the course. He informs the three that he has worked out a deal to allow them to work in a coal mine, as he takes the missing puzzle piece out of his pocket, and it shows the face of Hitler. He is about to stick the group of three with a needle filled with "another dosage" when Kane attacks the soldier with a piece of glass, seemingly killing him. This incites a panic in the room. Kane opens a box that is filled with American space suits, one of them with his name on it, and he repeats the phrase "I messed up" the room begins shaking and the door flies open, the three being taken by men in what seems to be space suits. Henderson, Weathers, and Kane now sit in a spaceship with masks on, looking through the window to see that the Nazi army has reign over the moon, and an American has landed there. The last scene shows Kane looking through the window to see that they are far away from planet earth.
Cinematographer:
Mark Christian
Producer:
Eric Paul Chapman
Editor:
Jamie Lockhart
Sound Crew:
Frank Decker
,
Kevin Kukler
,
Chris Bell
Visual Effects:
Lee Copeland
Music Department:
Frank Decker
Miscellaneous Crew:
Cindy Fernandez
,
John Sabatine
,
Doug Thomas
,
Cindy Fernandez-Nixon
,
Tanner Rose
,
Nichole Redmiles
,
Jordan Dirisio
,
Cindy Jackson
,
Levi Zvirman
,
Doug Thomas
,
Danielle Osleger
,
Cindy Wolfe
,
Ed Schultz
Thanks:
Greg Rempel
,
Kim Britt
,
Kati Lightholder
,
Björn Ahlstedt
,
Ted Althof
,
Kevin Konitsch
,
John Stein
,
Matt Shimer
,
John Maggio
Other Companies:
Pittsburgh Film Office
,
Toy Soldiers of San Diego
Costume Designer:
Madeline Puzzo
Make Up:
Monica A. Granato
,
Madeline Puzzo
Art Department:
Jason Hager
,
Michael Williams
,
Shane Quinn
Camera and Electrical Department:
Kevin Kukler
,
Brian Fuller
Costume Department:
Madeline Puzzo
Production Design:
Madeline Puzzo
Special Effects:
Kevin Kukler
,
Lee Copeland
Videos: Video 1