"Automatic"

A film by Jonathan Walls with Jamie Anne Brown, Jennifer Ferguson, Brandy Howard, Sean O'Bryan, Travis Schuldt & Jay Thames

Q&A with filmmakers/cast moderated by SAG Indie National Director Paul Bales

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"Automatic"

A film by Jonathan Walls with Jamie Anne Brown, Jennifer Ferguson, Brandy Howard, Sean O'Bryan, Travis Schuldt & Jay Thames

Q&A with filmmakers/cast moderated by SAG Indie National Director Paul Bales

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Begins at 7:00 PM PDT

Tuesday, August 30, 2005



Do you really think you have a choice?

In "Automatic" six people examine that very question. Three reckless men. Three troubled women. Three unlikely couples. Each coasting through life on their pre-determined paths. Each fulfilling destinies bound only to them. Each tied to one another with varying degrees of success.

As their lives unravel, they do what any good American would do...pull themselves up by the bootstraps and begin again.

Except...it\'s worse than where they started.

There\'s Brad Miller (Sean O\'Bryan), a not so dutiful husband with a wandering eye and a career in advertising. Brad likes to do what he wants. When he wants. How he wants. And he does want. Something you shouldn\'t.

Brad\'s wife, Sara Miller (Jennifer Ferguson), is the one left to pick up the pieces of their crumbling marriage. When she finally lets go, a new world opens up to her. She discovers new feelings. Feelings for Brad\'s half-brother.

Randall Dunn (Travis Schuldt). Randall seems to have it all. A great job. Money to spare. Women to choose from. The American dream. And then he wakes up, and real life rears its ugly head. Randall\'s existence unravels. Debt...debauchery...despair.

Which is a feeling not uncommon to Will Marcus (Jay Thames). Will is alone. His life... Routine. His efforts...thwarted. Until a chance meeting. One that will change his world, his destiny, his fate. And her name is...

Austin (Jamie Anne Brown). Austin is unknown. Moving in and out of people\'s lives (and their apartments) at her whim. She likes to take things. Keepsakes. Mementos. Hearts. Even those she loves.

Love. Sam Miller-Sliva (Brandy Howard) seems to get that everywhere she goes. A gorgeous woman. The world at her fingertips. Any man there for the taking. Even Brad. And she happens to be his half-sister.

In "Automatic" the result is always the same. Because