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4 and a Half Terrorists
Olive Films
23 min., 2008
Pilot summary:
Four immigrants from the Middle East, and their American roommate from a rural area, are having typical assimilation problems in the big city. Well, maybe not so typical – everyone thinks they’re a terrorist cell. Their challenge is not just finding jobs and dates – it’s staying out of Guantanamo!
Credits:
Created by Farhad Arshad
Written and Directed by Kenny Nilsson
Produced by The Nilsson Brothers
Co-Produced and Edited by Salvatore Pecoraro
Director of Photography: Kimmer Olesak
Sound Design by Salvatore Pecoraro
Cast:
Varun Shastry…Farhad
Ric Walker…Mohammed
Emilio Robles…Abdullah
Vishal Patel…Omar
Sorin Brouwers…Daryl
Zohra…Maya
Mark Nilsson…Agent Chase
Walt Sloan…Agent Hanson
Charles Keebler…The Fed
Salvatore Pecoraro…The Sheik
Kady Frawley…Pizza Customer
Carrie Williams…Waitress
Olive Films
Four people with an interest in depicting the comedic nature of some of the realities of our time made this project come to life. They are Ken Nilsson who wrote the screenplay and directed the film; Salvatore Pecoraro who edited the film and made all the technical things that nobody else knew anything about; Jennifer Bonino who with strong background in music and arts provided critical views on how to develop the project; and Farhad Arshad who came up with the story and helped with its development. All four individuals are committed to cinematic art and are involved, in various capacities, in film production and distribution. Both in distribution and production, Olive Films seeks involvement in projects that challenge the ordinary and offer idiosyncratic cinematic expressions of human thoughts and feelings.
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Why do they always feel like someone’s watching over their shoulders? (Because someone is!) The roommates, from left to right, are Omar (Vishal Patel), Daryl (Sorin Brouwers), Mohammed (Ric Walker) and Abdullah (Emilio Robles).
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