Let’s imagine one could take a heaping jigger of Citizen Kane, another of Blade Runner, pour in a dash of the life of Walt Disney, shake not stir, then serve it chilled with a twist of 2001. That pretty much gives you Able Edwards.

Sometime in the far future, in a desperate step to reverse their failing fortunes, a Mega-Corporation creates a clone from the cryogenic remains of their long dead founder. Shot entirely with a mini DV before a green screen, devoid of both the bloated budgets or numbing razzle-dazzle from state of the art CGI, the black and white Able Edwards proves far more satisfying than either Inception or Tron: Legacy.

Aided by Scott Kelly Galbreath’s superb performance and Michael Suby’s excellent musical score, Graham Robertson demonstrates how a filmmaker is able to exceed the restrictions of their financial limitations; you just need talent.

Available for streaming and on DVD. Here’s a taste:

Writer/Director: by Graham Robertson

Cast: Scott Kelly Galbreath
Keri Bruno
David Ury
Steve Beaumont Jones
Michael Shamus Wiles

Distributed by Heretic Films Indie

Not Rated

Release year: 2004

Written by

An award-winning L.A. playwright and rabble-rouser of note who has hoisted glasses with Orson Welles, been arrested on three continents and once beat up Charlie Manson. His first play, "Among the Vipers" was a semi-finalist in the Julie Harris Playwriting Competition and was featured in the Carnegie-Mellon Showcase of New Plays. It was produced at the NPT Theater in Ashland, Oregon and Los Angeles’ celebrated Odyssey Ensemble Theatre. His following play, “The Little Boy Who Loved Monsters” was produced at The Hollywood Actors Theater, where he earned praise from the Los Angeles Times for his “…inordinately creative writing.” The play went on to numerous other productions including Berlin’s The Black Theatre under the direction of Rainer Fassbinder who wrote in his program notes of Kearney, “He is a skilled playwright, but more importantly he is a dangerous one.” Ernest Kearney has worked as literary manager or as dramaturge for among others The Hudson Theater Guild, Nova Diem and the Odyssey Ensemble Theatre, where he still serves on the play selection committee. He has been the recipient of two Dramalogue Awards and a finalist or semi-finalist, three times, in the Julie Harris Playwriting Competition. His work has been performed by Michael Dunn, Sandra Tsing Loh, Jack Colvin and Billy Bob Thornton, and to date, either as playwright or director, he has upwards of a hundred and thirty productions under his belt, including a few at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater as puppeteer. Kearney remains focused on his writing, as well as living happily ever after with his lovely wife Marlene. His stage reviews and social essays can be found at TheTVolution.com and workingauthor.com. Follow him on Facebook.

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