Synopsis
A comedy about family, communication, insecurity, and the fragility of the male ego, the film follows Jim and Dave, a dad and a step-dad, as they struggle with bonding during a weekend upstate with Branson, the son they share. DAD & STEP-DAD first began as a series of improvised shorts created by Tynan DeLong, Colin Burgess, and Anthony Oberbeck in 2018, allowing the trio years to hone their characters and comedic sensibility before growing the project to feature-length. Inspired by cinéma vérité documentaries, ASMR, and Japanese environmental music, the formally and tonally unique character-driven slow-burn was shot in four days during the summer of 2021 with a production budget of $18,000 and is entirely improvised, based on a robust outline and several rehearsals.
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Director
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Tynan DeLong
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Producer
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Graham Mason,
Sarah Wilson
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Screenwriter
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Tynan DeLong,
Colin Burgess,
Anthony Oberbeck,
Clare O'Kane
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Distributor
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NoBudge
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Genre
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Comedy
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Original Language
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English
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Release Date (Streaming)
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Mar 22, 2024
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Runtime
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1h 18m
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