Press Kit!

Press Kit!
Synopsis!
Defective Man! is the story of two office workers that are involved in a horrible
chemical accident in the supply closet. As the result of this accident, they
are transformed into our two main “heroes,” Defective Man and Horn Dog.
Unfortunately for our heroes, the chemicals didnt actually give them any
powers.
After putting up with Defective Man and Horn Dogs new “traits” for a few
years, there comes a breaking point at work. The company cant just fire
them, as they were injured at work and are now covered by the Americans
with Disabilities Act, but the company can no longer tolerate Defective Man
and Horn Dogs antics, so a compromise is reached. Defective Man and
Horn Dog are offered a deal in which they will continue to be paid their
salary and benefits for the rest of their lives, as long as the promise to
never, ever, come to work again.
Defective Man and Horn Dog take their severance package and their newly
acquired free time and decide to set up their own freelance, low-impact law
enforcement business. They procure some free space in a local
warehouse to use as their “secret” lair, and also recruit two more not-sosuper-heroes to join their cause, Captain Orange-Piss (bet you can guess
his special power) and the man from the Rio Grande, Bill Gill. The
Defective Four equip their almost-secret lair with the latest in technology (a
Super-VHS VCR, a Tandy TRS-80 computer and dot-matrix printer, and a
white board), and begin advertising their services to the public.
The Defective Fours crime fighting abilities will be tested by Defective
Mans nemesis (and ex-girlfriend), the dastardly Hevvy Flo and her righthand-man / lover, Ronny Tobins, as they implement a nefarious scheme to
slowly flood Albuquerque over a matter of days via an overly-complicated
scheme involving the city water supply and hallucinogenic drugs. In
addition to the threat posed by Hevvy Flo, the Defective Four will be tested
by video store violence, hoodlums intent on hurting the homeless, bad bboys hell-bent on besting our heroes in a break-dancing boogie down,
keeping the semi-secret lair a secret (especially from the other people
working in the warehouse), and of course, paying the bills.
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Main Cast!
PAUL ALSING AS DEFECTIVE MAN
ARTURO NEGRO AS HORN DOG
STEVE ECKLES AS CAPTAIN ORANGE-PISS
JOSH SAAVEDRA AS BILL GILL
WITH HAYLEE NELSON AS HEVVY FLO
AND TRENT HAAGA AS RONNY TOBINS
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Additional Cast!
Young Man – Brian Lorelle
Middle-Aged Man – Chris Ranney
Defective Man – Paul Alsing
Horn Dog – Arturo Negro
Mrs. Kreutzman – Elisa Martin
Mr. Rafferty – Towando Clayborn
Van Dyked Meeting Participant –
Mike McGovern
Bearded Meeting Participant – Ryan Mowry
Gay Lawyer #1 – Joey Dalton
Gay Lawyer #2 – Gabe Torres
Receptionist – Tracy Mowry
Office Worker – Helen Fluke-Stewart
Rats - Nicodemus & Moet
Captain Orange-Piss – Steve Eckles
Candi – Becky Weaver
Skeezy Sundstrom’s Skin Shack Patron #1 –
Adam Clark
Skeezy Sundstrom’s Skin Shack Patron #2 –
Garret Ross
Skeezy Sundstrom’s Skin Shack Waitress –
Arielle Nylander
Bill Gill - Josh Saavedra
Homeless Man – Rick Holmes
Hoodlum – Bill Carr
Burning Paradise Robber – Kurly Tlapoyawa
Burning Paradise Clerk – Sara Lehmann
Little Girl – Robin Weston
Pookums – Clamps
Pookums’ Stunt Ferret – Lord Nibbler
Hevvy Flo – Haylee Nelson
Ronny Tobins – Trent Haaga
Motivational Speech Audience Members
Sam Barber – Arthur Black – Jaime Boyzo –
Joe Coffey – Bertha Eckles – Anthony
Flowers – Manuel Gar – Brian Jewell – Eric
S. Jewell – Katelyn Jewell – Mike King –
Sara Lehmann – Elisa McGovern – Mike
McGovern – Nikolas Niforos – Piel Pamela –
Audrey A. Parker –Patrick D. Quinn –
William Rogers
Ralph – Mike McGovern
Martha – Elske McCain
Salesperson – Mark Davidson
Jimny-Bob – Sam Barber
Walking Woman – Courtney Ganstine
Mike – Adam Jarmon Brown
Puritanical Pride Foundation
Francisco L. Apodaca – Bryce E. Harper –
Coleen L. Martinez – Elisa McGovern – Mike
McGovern – John R. Nelson – Nancy Shaw
Albuquerque Pro-Censorship League
Michael E. Beard – Carole Bowling – Tom
Bowling – Bill Carr– Helen Fluke-Stewart –
Joel Shaw
Sister Mary – Bertha Eckles
Sister Frances – Reina Flores
Rooftop G – Michael E. Beard
Los Amigos del Valle Norte
Accordion – Luis Jaramillo
Guitar – Lina Marquez
Vihuela – Vivian Flores
Spokesperson / Guitarra de Golpe –
Earl Santillanes
Guitarron – George Quintana
Dockworker – Peter Fishburn
Soup – Dennis Montoya
Sophomore – Alex Cummings
Lyle – Daniel Garcia
Big B-Boss – Preston Sam
Dancing Hoodlum # 1 –
Joe Manuel Gallegos Jr.
Dancing Hoodlum # 2 – Christian Jojola
Dancing Hoodlum # 3 –
Luke A. Loffelmacher
Dancing Hoodlum # 4 – Christopher Little
Dancing Defective Man – Jonte Culpepper
Dancing Horn Dog – Chris Chavez
Smegma Flats Security Guard –
Max Martinez
Smegma Flats Defective Fans
Bill Carr – Chili – Mark Davidson – Keith
Mager – Lillian Saavedra
The President of New Mexico –
Billy Garberina
Cop – Ryan Mowry
Reporter – Oriana Saiz
Captain Orange-Piss’ Personal Assistant –
Josh Saavedra
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Crew!
Story by Stephen W. Eckles
Screenplay by Stephen W. Eckles & D. Ryan Mowry
Directed, Shot, Lit, and Cut by D. Ryan Mowry
Assistant Director / Animation Director Arthur Black
Produced by Stephen W. Eckles
SPECS!
Anamorphic 16:9 Widescreen
Stereo Sound
Color / B&W / Animated
Full Length Feature (1:46:53)
WEBSITES!
www.sb-films.com
www.myspace.com/defectiveman
www.facebook.com/defective.man
www.imdb.com/title/tt1125300/
www.cafepress.com/defectiveman
www.youtube.com/user/sbfilmsabq
SB-Films official site
Defective Mans MySpace
Defective Mans Facebook
Defective Man! on IMDB
Defective Man! merchandise
SB-Films on YouTube
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Filmographies!
D. RYAN MOWRY
writer/director/actor: Time Has Come (the Film),
After the End: Act I, and various shorts; assistant director/actor: Gimme
Skelter, grip/actor: Wedding Slashers, actor: I Heart U
STEPHEN W. ECKLES
actor: Grave Mistake
PAUL ALSING
actor: Gimme Skelter, Necroville, Stiffed
TRENT HAAGA
director: Chop writer: Deadgirl, Poor Things,
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger part IV, and many others, actor in over
40 films including Living & Dying, Citizen Toxie, and many others
BILLY GARBERINA
writer/director/actor: Collecting Rooftops,
Necroville, Stiffed, I Heart U, actor: Gimme Skelter, Ski Wolf,
and many others
KURLY TLAPOYAWA
actor/stunts: The Stink of Flesh, Wedding
Slashers, Gimme Skelter, The Game, Crank 2 and many others
ADAM JARMON BROWN
writer/actor: Necroville, actor: Collecting Rooftops
ELSKE MCCAIN
actor: Gimme Skelter, Poultrygeist, and many
others, actor/producer: Jessicka Rabid
BRIAN LORELLE
drum and bass musician, also drummer for
techno-rock band Vertigo Venus
Music!
Defective Man!: The you can’t illegally download it on torrent sites yet cut features music from:
James Chavez,
Steve eckles,
Mark ‘m.e.’ Edwards (www.meflyingv.com),
gonzorealism (www.myspace.com/gonzorealism),
gunrunner (www.myspace.com/gunrunneruk),
illustrated man (www.myspace.com/illustratedmanabq),
aaron Michael martinez,
The Mike Project (www.myspace.com/mikeproject) ,
rebilt (www.myspace.com/rebilt505),
riverrat Jenkins (www.myspace.com/riverratjenkins),
styxxoplix (www.myspace.com/styxxoplix),
scg (www.myspace.com/spacecadetglowscg),
wurm (www.myspace.com/wurmidm)
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The Poster!
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The making of Defective Man!
Ryan became involved with Defective Man! way back in 2006 when Steve
contacted him about a script Steve had written. Steve had seen a short
Ryan directed while portraying The Toxic Avenger at the Troma Dance
New Mexico film festival, and thought he would be a good choice to direct
the script Steve had written about two wanna-be superheroes, Defective
Man and Sexual Man. Steve sent the script to Ryan, who read it and
agreed to be involved, as long as Ryan could re-write the script.
The original script for Defective Man! contained many elements that could not
be done on the budget level that SB-Films worked at, and also needed
polishing, especially on the dialogue. Ryan filled his time between
technical support calls at TiVo busting out a quick 2nd draft of the script.
Steve had changes he wanted to that 2nd draft, so Ryan and Steve
collaborated on a 3rd draft, which became the “shooting script,” though
much of what was written changed by the time it was shot.
Ryan changed jobs, moving on to manage a Hollywood Video in the “war
zone” of Albuquerque (known as “The Murder Store”, as it was the site of
the 2nd worst mass-murder in Albuquerques history), and pre-production
continued. Ryan and Steve attempted to secure financing, and eventually
Steve decided to produce the film himself. Ryan purchased a camera,
lights, and a mic, and Steve started working on costumes and locations for
the film. As is often the case with micro-budgeted cinema, Steve and Ryan
did most every job there was to do on set.
Auditions took place in January 2007 at The Guild Cinema in
Albuquerques Nob Hill district, and Steve and Ryan found a pool of local
talent willing and able to work for free to make a movie. Well, Ryan and
Steve thought they had found talent willing to work for free, until people
started dropping out! Paul is Defective Man #2, Steve is Captain OrangePiss #3, Josh is Bill Gill #3, and Arturo is Horn Dog #4! Luckily, Haylee
was our only Flo, and Trent was the only Ronny, as the role was written
specifically for him!
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Defective Man! was originally scheduled for a two-week shoot in the summer
of 2007, but the aforementioned actor issues, along with Ryan now
changing jobs to work at a bank, nixed the two-week plan. Instead,
shooting began on evenings and weekends, starting with the “Park Bench”
scenes. Then, all of Trent s footage was shot in the course of a weekend,
as he was in town for the premier of Scott Phillips Gimme Skelter.
Shooting became much more sporadic after that, as we had to line up
people and places and somehow get everyones schedules to work
together. This continued until November 2007, when we shut down for the
winter. In spring 2008 shooting continued, more sporadically, until that
winter when we shut down once again. Spring 2009 saw the very few
remaining scenes shot, and by April 2009 principal photography wrapped.
The shooting script has changed many, many times due to unforeseen
circumstances (losing locations, actors not showing up, props/costumes
not available, etc.), and in its final form, Defective Man! the movie was quite
different than Defective Man! the shooting script. All of the film was shot in
Albuquerque and Rio Rancho, New Mexico, at locations graciously
provided to SB-Films. These locations included Parks Landscaping as the
Office, Garcias Tents as the Secret Lair, Autumnwood Furniture as the
Smegma Flats Water Treatment Facility, The Lotus Club as Skeezy
Sundstroms Skin Shack, Burning Paradise as Burning Paradise, and The
Guild Cinema as The Guild Cinema. Other random locations – such as
Steve and Ryans houses, Steves back yard, various alleys around
Albuquerque, etc. – filled in the gaps for the rest of the filming.
Various artists have provided music, and more music is being solicited for
the film. So far, musicians providing music include The Mike Project,
Styxxoplix, RiverRat Jenkins, Rebilt, Illustrated Man, Mark “M.E.” Edwards,
WURM, Gunrunner, Gonzorealism, SCG, and Aaron Michael Martinez.
Scenes premiered at Troma Dance New Mexico 2007 and 2008, as well as
Bubonicon 2008. Defective Man!: The you can’t illegally download it on torrent sites yet cut
premiered at the Troma Dance New Mexico 2009 festival, and more
footage is available online, on YouTube and Facebook. Editing continues,
as well as work on the sound, color correction, etc., and also on the
animation for the Lost in the Andes scene, and the Courtroom scene
(including a cameo by director Lloyd Kaufman).
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