Otis

Director: Tony Krantz
Cast: Daniel Stern, Illeana Douglas, Kevin Pollak, Jere Burns, Bostin Christopher, Tracy Scoggins, Tarah Paige, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, Jared Kusnitz, Ashley Johnson
Format: HDCam   Runtime: 100 minutes
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screening in: 'Round Midnight

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11:59 PM, Friday March 7th - Alamo Ritz 1
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11:59 PM, Wednesday March 12th - Alamo Ritz 1
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Synopsis:
OTIS is a story of suburban America gone haywire.In the midst of a serial abductor/killer's rampage, a beautiful young teen, Riley Lawson (Ashley Johnson), goes missing. When her desperate parents, Will and Kate (Daniel Stern and Illeana Douglas), are contacted by her kidnapper, an insufferable FBI Special Agent (Jere Burns) takes charge of the case.But, from deep within the psychopathic subterranean world created by Otis (Bostin Christopher), Riley turns the tables on her tormentor, manages to escape and to contact her parents.And, fed up with the tragi-comic inability of the FBI to find their girl, Will, Kate, and Riley's brother, Reed (Jared Kusnitz) decide to take matters - and justice - into their own hands.But when Otis's brother, Elmo (Kevin Pollack), shows up unexpectedly, the Lawsons find themselves mired in one of the more unusual and macabre consequences of vigilantism.Such is the premise of OTIS, a bold satire of the teenager-in-peril- grindhouse horror genre, and the fourth film of the successful Raw Feed series of DTV movies for Warner Home Video.Far from proclaiming 'Mission Accomplished,' the backed-in-a-corner Lawsons will further complicate their already deadly predicament with a surprising, unfortunate and frankly hilarious final choice.In the black-comedy/absurdist tradition of Blood Simple, Fargo and A Simple Plan, OTIS represents a new and satirical twist on suburban horror, family values and the chaotic consequences of American homemade justice.

Director's Bio:
Tony Krantz is perhaps the only agent-turned-director in the entertainment business. Krantz began his career in the entertainment business producing rock concerts and jazz festivals as a student at Berkeley. After graduating, he joined the CAA mailroom, where over the course of his 15 years there he rose to run the Prime Time Television Department. Krantz personally packaged ER, THE WEST WING, TWIN PEAKS and BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 among many others. After departing CAA, Krantz became the Co-Chair and Principal Founding Partner and Owner of Imagine Television, with Brian Grazer and Ron Howard. Building the company from scratch, he Executive Produced SPORTS NIGHT with Aaron Sorkin, FELICITY with JJ Abrams, THE PJs with Eddie Murphy, WONDERLAND with Pete Berg, MULHOLLAND DR. with David Lynch and the multiple Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning, 24. Four years ago, Tony Krantz started his own company, Flame Ventures, and has produced multiple network and cable series along with, in 2007-2008 alone, 13 movies made for the fast emerging original DTV market. These include the multi-film brands RAW FEED for Warner Bros., QI with Andrew Lau and UNSTABLE FABLES with The Jim Henson Company and Prana Animation Studios for The Weinstein Company, and untitled labels for MTV Enterprises, MGM and others. In 2006, Tony Krantz directed his first film, the surreal psychological thriller SUBLIME. OTIS is his follow-up, and he is set to direct the new NASCAR IMAX film in 3D and the theatrical drama AMERICAN VOODOO in 2008.