"A Simple, Little Robbery" to have world premiere at The Dab Lounge
|
Published by Sareth Ney on Aug. 19, 2016 at 1:04 p.m.
|
|
Photo credit: "A Simple, Little Robbery" Facebook event page
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – “A Simple, Little Robbery” will be showcased for the first time at The Dab Lounge, on Aug. 26. The venue’s address is 1532 North Circle Drive, Colorado Springs, Colo. 80909. It will be screened at 7:30 p.m.
“A Simple, Little Robbery” production took about three years to complete and was produced by Shoot This Productions. The running time for the film was 40 minutes. It was written, filmed,directed and edited by Luke McMurtee. McMurtee. Frankie Aragon, John Brown and Key Dieck portrayed the armed robbers in the film. Charley McMullen depicted the priest. The cast featured local talent in the southern Colo. region too.
Synopsis of “A Simple, Little Robbery” tells the story of a priest (McMullen) laundering money from a church. Pete (Aragon), Larry (Brown) and Teddy (Dieck) plan a heist to rob him of his earnings. Larry is an ex-convict with an addiction to consume alcohol and he attempts to persuade his partners-in-crime to take part. However, the others have a difficult time to follow suit.
“The film shows off our local comedians’ diversity and talent with very convincing dramatic performances by John and the entire cast,” McMurtee cited.” These guys are also very good actors.”
After the world premiere of “A Simple, Little Robbery”, McMurtee will submit the film to the festival circuit. He hopes the film wins in all of the categories it is nominated for. After the festival run, he plans to make it available online. The trailer for the film can be viewed on YouTube and Vimeo.
Other works by McMurtee can be viewed on YouTube. They include: “Johnson’s Summer”, “Mr. Dragon Shirt & Mr. Fire Shirt Fight to the Death”, “Mr. Dragon Shirt & Mr. Fire Shirt Fight to the Death” trailer, “ Butter Knives & Guns” and more.
Aragon is the co-president of the production company, Shoot This. He is an alumnus of American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. He resides in Pueblo, Colo. Dieck is part of the Eden Talent Agency roster. He is from Divide, Colo. and resides in Colorado Springs, Colo. Brown is a stand-up comedian and relocated to Aurora, Colo., to continue his stand-up comedy career. He will compete in the World Series of Comedy in Las Vegas, in Aug. McMullen is a stand-up comedian. He contributes to Geek Juice Media. Together with Brown, they are part of The Thompson Boys comedy troupe
“A Simple, Little Robbery” production took about three years to complete and was produced by Shoot This Productions. The running time for the film was 40 minutes. It was written, filmed,directed and edited by Luke McMurtee. McMurtee. Frankie Aragon, John Brown and Key Dieck portrayed the armed robbers in the film. Charley McMullen depicted the priest. The cast featured local talent in the southern Colo. region too.
Synopsis of “A Simple, Little Robbery” tells the story of a priest (McMullen) laundering money from a church. Pete (Aragon), Larry (Brown) and Teddy (Dieck) plan a heist to rob him of his earnings. Larry is an ex-convict with an addiction to consume alcohol and he attempts to persuade his partners-in-crime to take part. However, the others have a difficult time to follow suit.
“The film shows off our local comedians’ diversity and talent with very convincing dramatic performances by John and the entire cast,” McMurtee cited.” These guys are also very good actors.”
After the world premiere of “A Simple, Little Robbery”, McMurtee will submit the film to the festival circuit. He hopes the film wins in all of the categories it is nominated for. After the festival run, he plans to make it available online. The trailer for the film can be viewed on YouTube and Vimeo.
Other works by McMurtee can be viewed on YouTube. They include: “Johnson’s Summer”, “Mr. Dragon Shirt & Mr. Fire Shirt Fight to the Death”, “Mr. Dragon Shirt & Mr. Fire Shirt Fight to the Death” trailer, “ Butter Knives & Guns” and more.
Aragon is the co-president of the production company, Shoot This. He is an alumnus of American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York. He resides in Pueblo, Colo. Dieck is part of the Eden Talent Agency roster. He is from Divide, Colo. and resides in Colorado Springs, Colo. Brown is a stand-up comedian and relocated to Aurora, Colo., to continue his stand-up comedy career. He will compete in the World Series of Comedy in Las Vegas, in Aug. McMullen is a stand-up comedian. He contributes to Geek Juice Media. Together with Brown, they are part of The Thompson Boys comedy troupe
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sareth Ney is the journalist for A Quarter and Dream Pictures. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mass Communications and Center for New Media from Colorado State University-Pueblo. He is a former apprentice to master of horror, Clive Barker. He is a Wu-Tang Clan inspired superhero, Wu-Man Chu. He is an award-winning short filmmaker; his goal is to write 150 articles in select time zones, inducts every article into his hall of fame, is a stand-up comedian, motivational speaker, founder and co-host of Pueblo's Independent Multimedia Podcast and is the festival director at Sareth-Fest Music and Comedy Festival.
