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Garden Party (2008) -- 15-year-old April is running from one bad situation to another, hoping to find an answer that doesn't involve getting undressed. As April navigates LA, she finds a group of confused kids struggling to chase their dreams.
Garden Party (2008) -- This is the theatrical trailer for Garden Party, directed by Jason Freeland.
Garden Party (2008) -- Are you young, sexually confused, just trying to get by? Do you sing, dance or possess some other talent...
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User Rating:
6.0/10   1,516 votes
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Writer:
Jason Freeland (writer)
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Release Date:
11 July 2008 (USA) more
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Come with a Dream. Leave with a Story.
Plot:
Are you young, sexually confused, just trying to get by? Do you sing, dance or possess some other talent... more | add synopsis
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Perfectly Captures the "Move to L.A." Experience more (7 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)

Vinessa Shaw ... Sally St. Claire

Willa Holland ... April

Richard Gunn ... Todd

Patrick Fischler ... Anthony
Fiona Dourif ... Becky
Erik Smith ... Sammy (as Erik Scott Smith)
Alexander Cendese ... Nathan (as Alex Cendese)

Ross Patterson ... Joey Zane
Jordan Havard ... Wayne

Christopher Allport ... Davey Diamond
Jeff Newman ... Carlos

Tierra Abbott ... Lana

Lisa Arturo ... April's Mother
Erik Bragg ... Dirk

Alesha Rucci ... Adriana (as Alesha Clarke)
Lindley Domingue ... Second Groupie

Shelley Dowdy ... Anna

Robert Ellsworth ... Waiter
Carrie Finklea ... Lost Girl
Scott Grossman ... Super Duper
Jessica Havard ... First Groupie

Sonita Henry ... Celine

Jim Holmes ... Therapist

Tadhg Kelly ... John

Jennifer Lawrence ... Tiff
Griffin Lamfers ... Harry (as Griffin Lemfers)

Kevin Makely ... Andrew - Bartender

Candice A. Buenrostro ... Bartender

Jason Medwin ... Big Man
Jake Richardson ... Kevin

Malea Richardson ... Groupie
Marc Rose ... Counter Guy

Reed Rudy ... Earl (as Reed Edward Rudy)

Scott Seymour ... Neil

Robin Sydney ... Sara

Shelly Varod ... Jasmine

Jim Cody Williams ... Dougie

Lora Kojovic ... Leni
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kylan Kochis ... Drunk Kid
Luka Apt ... Randy (uncredited)
Roy Hausmann ... Real Estate Agent (uncredited)

Travis Huff ... Young Hacker (uncredited)
Kirsten Myburgh ... Friend with money (uncredited)

Aaron Jay Rome ... Party Goer / Pool guy (uncredited)
Lola Sanchez ... Clare (uncredited)

Bridgetta Tomarchio ... Lady Luck (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jason Freeland 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Jason Freeland  writer

Produced by
Jason Freeland .... producer
Jason R. Houston .... line producer
Joseph Middleton .... executive producer
Tim Youd .... producer
 
Original Music by
John Swihart 
 
Cinematography by
Robert Benavides 
 
Film Editing by
Daniel R. Padgett 
 
Casting by
Joseph Middleton 
 
Production Design by
Jason Bistarkey 
 
Art Direction by
Jason Bistarkey 
 
Set Decoration by
Elizabeth Birkenbuel 
 
Costume Design by
Debra LeClair 
Jennifer Levy 
 
Makeup Department
Jennifer Daranyi .... key makeup artist (as Jennifer Darany)
Stephane Guerineau .... makeup artist
Dawn Mattocks .... makeup artist
Shannon L. Novak .... makeup artist (as Shannon Novak)
Natalia Senina .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Kristin Mente .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louis Hagney .... first assistant director (as Louis W. Hagney)
Pete Edmond L. Johnson Jr. .... second second assistant director
 
Art Department
Phillip Bouchard .... lead man
Joshua Flagg .... assistant art director
Joshua Flagg .... set dresser
Steve Grest .... property master
Andrew Trosmans .... assistant art director
 
Sound Department
Lee Ascher .... sound mixer
Jesse Cairnie .... boom operator
Ted Hamer .... boom operator: pick-up shots
Chris Julian Irwin .... foley artist
Chris Julian Irwin .... foley mixer
Chris Julian .... sound post-production
Mark Linden .... sound re-recording mixer
Iris Lohninger .... boom operator
Karl W. Lohninger .... sound mixer
Mariel Lohninger .... sound mixer
Harry E. Snodgrass .... supervising sound editor
 
Visual Effects by
Howard Nourmand .... title designer
 
Stunts
Mark Chavarria .... stunt coordinator
Frank Torres .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Broussard .... still photographer
Eddie San Chan .... gaffer
Halsey D. Corbin .... electrician (as Halsey D. 'Pigpen' Corbin)
Steve Dietl .... still photographer
Joshua Dinner .... videographer: behind-the-scenes
Emily Eggan .... second assistant camera
Jose Elias Felix .... best boy grip
Will Gordh .... electrician
Brent Hansen .... best boy grip
Michael Holler .... electrician
Justin Lillehei .... grip
Benjamin Longsworth .... second assistant camera
Derek Rasmussen .... best boy grip: additional unit
Sonoko Shimoyama .... additional best boy electric
Laura Vella .... second assistant camera
Sergio Villegas .... best boy electric
Kevin Yoshimitsu .... first assistant camera
 
Casting Department
Michele Berumen .... casting assistant
Deanna Brigidi .... casting associate
Chimere R. Washington .... extras casting
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Andrew Salazar .... wardrobe supervisor
 
Editorial Department
Brittany Russell .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
Alethia Austin .... music supervisor
Michael Brake .... music editor
G. Marq Roswell .... music supervisor
Adam Swart .... music supervisor
Elizabeth Wendel .... music supervisor
 
Transportation Department
Tristian Wolf .... transportation coordinator
 
Other crew
Renetta G. Amador .... script supervisor
Greg Bernstein .... legal services
Nancy Degan .... script supervisor
Marc L. Fusco .... production assistant
Brandon Gonsalves .... production assistant
Nathan Holsey .... production assistant
Andrew Listermann .... production assistant
Jonathan Lynch .... location manager
Ilja Magura .... production coordinator
Jeff Newman .... stand-in
Tom Porter .... studio teacher
Danielle Snowdon .... script supervisor
 

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88 min
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46 out of 72 people found the following review useful.
Perfectly Captures the "Move to L.A." Experience, 8 July 2008
10/10
Author: wryter64 from los angeles

Los Angeles is a city of transplants, every person arriving with a dream that is eventually shown to be an illusion in the harsh light of city's reality. GARDEN PARTY weaves this theme beautifully with an ensemble cast of up-and-comers.

The film introduces each character as a classic archetype - the runaway teen, the frustrated artist, the demanding successful boss, the aspiring musician, the dead-end job dreamer - but the film then spends its time delving deep into the personalities behind these stereotypes, revealing them all as individuals as it entangles them in various plots that flirt with destruction but offer redemption. Along the way there is porn, pot, homelessness, backstabbing, tools from the entertainment industry, superficiality, revenge ... and love!

As a native Angeleno, what struck me most was how this film captures the mundane, day-to- day existence of Los Angeles with every hint of glamor and Utopian paradise removed from the stark cityscape. What GARDEN PARTY delivers is an accurate and memorable vision of the city of Angels being a landscape of personalities, each with a dream, some with a dark side and most with a sympathetic humanity underneath it all.

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