Second Chance

A micro-trailer for Second Chance: A story of unrequited love. And a time machine.

Showing at the Mile High Movie Show

March 11 at the Myan Theater in Denver

Starring Jake Swain, Amanda Sides, Anthony Bell, Elena Roth and Kevin Cunningham. Shot on location in Denver, Colorado and on the campus of Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design.

Note: a new audio mix is on the way February 2010. Cast DVDs will be distributed after this is complete. The full film will be placed online when it completes the 2010 festival cycle -- look for it spring 2011.

Director's Statement

I'm a dork.

I grew up watching PBS, and was always fascinated by the science programming. Dispassionate voices described relativity, newton's laws, the scope of the universe and the challenges of using the scientific method.

As a five-year-old I could sometimes follow what they were talking about, sometimes not. But there was always an expectation that what they were talking about actually worked. It was exhilarating.

After a while the content and syntax of their discussions stopped being important. The shape and texture of the words became a sort of technological jabberwocky. It would wash over me, and it was beautiful.

Later, a similar voice with a more whimsical vocabulary gained wide use in many television shows -- the most prolific early example being Star Trek TNG. Their writers brought faux-science gibberish to the level of inspired beat poetry.

The tradition continues today, in programs like House, CSI, Fringe, etc. But the magic is gone from these latecomers. Something special remains attached to those bygone days of Cosmos, and the PBS science lectures.

One of my goals for Second Chance was to recapture some of that essence -- you will have to determine whether or not the production team and I were successful. Either way we all hope you enjoy the show.