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Family Camp
Written by Brian Cates and Rene Gutteridge
For Tommy Ackerman, church is a great place to be on Sunday mornings … if he can get his latest work deal closed on the back nine before the service ends. But when their pastor encourages the congregation to sign up for a week away at family camp, his wife Grace believes she’s found the perfect cure for her imperfect clan—even if they’d all rather be anywhere but at rustic Camp Katokwah.
Enter the Sanders clan. Dr. Eddie is a harmonica-playing chiropractor who sees himself as a Miyagi-like mentor for anyone who is not as spiritual as he is … which is pretty much everyone! Soon, Tommy and Eddie are engaged in hilarious top-this battles instead of being focused on their families who desperately need them.
When all appears lost, Tommy and Eddie end up in the deep forest while hiking, truly lost. As everyone at camp desperately searches, the dads are forced to work together to discover a new direction if they hope to find their way back.
A laugh-out-loud comedy, FAMILY CAMP is the first feature film from The Skit Guys—Tommy Woodard and Eddie James. The cast includes familiar faces like Leigh-Allyn Baker (“Good Luck Charlie”), Gigi Orsillo, Cece Kelly (HALT), Robert Amaya (COURAGEOUS), and social media sensation Heather Land. FAMILY CAMP is sure to touch the hearts and tickle the funny bones of every family member from eight to eighty.
2023 Movieguide Awards
Most Inspirational Independent Movie
Love's Complicated
A Hallmark Original Movie, based on the novel My Life as a Doormat by Rene Gutteridge, starring Holly Marie Combs and Ben Bass
Leah Townsend has always been a people pleaser. From her childhood as a senator’s daughter to her career as a successful author, Leah goes out of her way to avoid conflict.
So strong is her desire to keep the people around her happy that Leah is also too afraid to let her longtime boyfriend Edward Crouse know that their relationship is in a rut—the same date night, at the same restaurant, with the same food, week in and week out. And to top it all off, her second novel is proving much more difficult to write than the first.
When Leah and Edward have a minor disagreement at Edward’s faculty party (it barely qualifies as a spat) Edward enrolls her in a group conflict resolution class. There, she meets Cinco Dublin, a shock-jock radio host attending the class by court order. His family has a prickly past with the Townsends: Cinco Sr., a renowned journalist, went toe-to-toe with Senator Townsend when he was in office and the bad blood still remains. Leah bristles at Cinco’s brashness and can’t see past the scathing review he gave her debut novel.
As they meet for conflict resolution class each week, Leah sees some cracks in Cinco’s façade, but can’t get past their differences. She finds herself torn between two men: dependable Edward, loving even if he is predictable; and Cinco with all his bluster, who makes Leah feel alive. As Leah learns how to be comfortable with conflict in her daily life, can she resolve the one deep within her heart?
SKID
A independently produced comedy based on the novel SKID by Rene Gutteridge.
Directed by Ryan “Staples” Scott. Written by Rene Gutteridge. Produced by Grey Wolf Productions and available on Amazon Prime.
Blissfully unaware that Atlantica Flight 1945 from Atlanta to Amsterdam is about to make aviation history, First Officer Danny McSweeney focuses his energies on navigating the turbulent personalities of an eccentric female captain, a co-pilot with a talent for tactless comments and conspiracy theories, and a lead flight attendant with an outsized attitude that definitely exceeds the limits for carry-on baggage.
Blissfully unaware that Atlantica Flight 1945 from Atlanta to Amsterdam is about to make aviation history, First Officer Danny McSweeney focuses his energies on navigating the turbulent personalities of an eccentric female captain, a co-pilot with a talent for tactless comments and conspiracy theories, and a lead flight attendant with an outsized attitude that definitely exceeds the limits for carry-on baggage.
On the other side of the cockpit door, the unscheduled in-flight entertainment includes a potbellied pig, a jittery diamond courier, and the recently jilted Lucy Meredith, whose personal mantra of “What Would Oprah Do?” will be challenged by the sudden appearance of her ex and his new traveling partner. On her left sits Hank Hazard, whose unusually polite but constant requests–prompted by his covert role as a spy for the airline–test the limits of the crew’s customer service.
But as Lucy and the rest of the crew discover, Hank’s odd behavior is linked to a quiet faith that may play a key role in the fate of everyone on board. Especially when an unexpected traveler sets this already bumpy flight on a course toward the unfriendly skies.
deadCenter Best Oklahoma Feature Film 2015
Red Dirt Film Festival Best Oklahoma Feature Film 2015
In addition to being a 2015 official selection at Sunscreen Film Festival, Breckenridge Film Festival, and San Antonio Film Festival
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