RestArea
a film by Jeff Stern
Synopsis
RestArea follows 23 seemingly unrelated characters who have stopped at the same highway rest area on the same summer afternoon. This film is about chance meetings between strangers in public spaces and includes a varied cast of characters including a mystical five year-old, an angry youth protesting automobile culture by walking the nation's interstates, and a major U.S. political figure whose dad got him a job that is much harder than he anticipated.
Cast and Crew
Lil Sis: Lindsay Grogan
Mom: Jill Benson
Dad: Ty Jones
Sis: Emily Dempsey
Bro: Brandon Laughridge
The Captain: Asif Kahn
Telephone Guy: Kevin Gearhiser
Undergrad: Thomas Eckerfield
European Woman: Fani Behraki
Big American Poet: Mike Fleisch
Janice: Linda Kay
Carol: Lisa Grogan
Lover One: Mike Kaufmann
Lover Two: Liz Janes
George: Cameron DeVictor
Lois: Rebecca Dempsey
J.H. Christ: John Lupo
Young Turk: Katie Wolfe
Novelist: Lorenzo Hughes
Angry Youth: Mike Robb
Drum Busker: Zak Lee
Guitar Busker: Jeff Stern
Writer/Director/Editor: Jeff Stern
Producer/Assistant Director: Joanna Jefferson
Director of Photography: Mike Fleisch
Assistant Camera: Pegeen Quinn
Gaffer: Matthew Payne
Sound Recordist: Zak Lee
Sound Recordist: Derek Frank
Craft Services: Nina Farouk
Craft Services: Fani Behraki
Production Assistant: Vickie Goetz
Production Assistant: Kristin Hedlund
Production Assistant: Phil Zaman
Indie filmmakers set up cameras at I-70 rest stop
Lawrence Journal World - June 2, 2002 [PDF]
