Harold strands his apathetic son on the other side of the country. The challenge: make yourself interesting - find your way home and don’t do it quickly. He then alienates his self-hating daughter and pushes away his bored wife to setup this blunt, multi-generational black comedy/drama.
Told from an Asian American perspective by writer|director X. Dean Lim with a script that scored in the top 5% on The Black List, First World Problems is set to premiere at the 2018 SXSW Film Festival.
Featuring Stephen Park (Fargo), Tamlyn Tomita (Berlin Station), Brandon Soo-Hoo (Tropic Thunder) and Nikki Soohoo (The Lovely Bones) and shot by the ethereal lens of Chris Saul (Nike, Lenovo), First World Problems asks just how bad is your shit, really?
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"My first career was that of a writer. And although I will always have a passion for it, my true calling was to be a filmmaker - seeing a project from start to finish. But make no mistake: I will always love the feeling and the satisfaction of writing FADE OUT." - XDL
THE WEST WING - METAMORPHOSIS
A run of school shootings rocks the Bartlet Administration as Tobey - the New York PS protest legend - grapples with how the younger generation now voices their civil unrest. Meanwhile, a mysterious and constant stream of personal letters addressed to CJ have been driving White House Security nuts.
MADMEN - THE POWER OF DREAMS
Don and Sterling Cooper have been contracted by the Big Three (FORD, Chrysler & GM) to run a counter-campaign against new start-up Honda. Meanwhile Campbell is forced to drive across country in “toy” Japanese convertible and proud patriot Roger learns that Henry Ford may have contributed to the Nazis.
ENTOURAGE - JERSEY BOY
Vince, Ari and the gang are up for a coveted Frank Miller role but must compete against Asian action star Frankie Zero and his entourage just in from Hong Kong. The trouble is Frankie's team seem to agent, manager and star better than Vince's, and what’s worse Frankie’s really from Jersey. On top of that, Frankie has a smoke’n hot sister who is also an old flame of Drama’s?