The Utopian Society
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The Utopian Society is a film made in 2003
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| Directed by | John P.Aguirre |
| Produced by | Cordelia Culver Robert Mankowitz |
| Written by | Jason Preston |
| Starring | Sam Doumit Austin Nichols Malin Akerman Mat Hostetler Kelvin Yu Kirsten Ariza |
| Music by | Erik Godal |
| Release date(s) | April 11, 2003 |
| Running time | 95 min. |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $N/A |
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[edit] Plot
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The Utopian Society is the story of six college students who are put together by their professor to complete a final project: create a Utopian Society. Like most college students, they’ve waited until the night before it’s due to start working on it. They each come from different backgrounds and have pre-existing assumptions about the others, causing them to want to spend as little time working with each other as possible. But since they’ve waited until the last minute to start working, they are forced to cram an entire semester’s work into one night, whether they like it or not.
[edit] Cast
- Sam Doumit .... Nera
- Austin Nichols .... Justin Mathers
- Malin Akerman .... Tanci
- Mat Hostetler .... Caleb
- Kelvin Yu .... Ken
- Kristen Ariza .... Aaliyah
- Robert Romanus .... Barry
- Matt Mauser .... Shawn
[edit] Awards
- DV Awards (UT):WINNER - Best Long Form Drama
- RAD Digital Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA):WINNER - Best Feature Drama/Comedy
- Independents Film Festival (Tampa, FL):WINNER - Best Feature
- Texas Film Festival (College Station, TX):WINNER - Audience Award
- Fargo Film Festival (Fargo, ND):WINNER - Audience Award
- DIY Awards (Los Angeles, CA):WINNER - Best Cinematography
- The Honolulu Film Festival (Honolulu, HI):WINNER - Best Direction
- Back East Picture Show (Hoboken, NJ):WINNER - Best Screenplay
- Wine Country Film Festival (Napa/Sonoma, CA):WINNER - Best First Feature
- Great Lakes Film Festival (Erie, Pennsylvania):WINNER - Founder's Vision Award
Director Of Photography is Eric Petersen (S.O.C.) (I.C.G)
[edit] Nominated
- Ashland Film Festival (Ashland, OR):NOMINATED - Best Acting Ensemble & Best Cinematography
- Phoenix Film Festival (Phoenix, AZ):NOMINATED - Best Acting Ensemble
