Remote Control Grandpa
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Film Overview

Directed By: Matt St. Charles Written By: Rick St. Charles, Brad Goodwin, Matt St. Charles View Official Website	Release Date: 2007-09-10 Running Time: 1:37 Content Rating: PG (Parental Guidance)	DVD Region: All Regions Media Format: NTSC-DVD Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Audio Language(s): English
Genres: Comedy >> General :: Comedy >> Buddies :: Comedy >> Satire

Synopsis

Forest Bullard is the best videogame player in the world, but he's got a problem: his overbearing ex-army sergeant Grandpa. With the help of his slacker buddy Spencer, Forest discovers they can control Grandpa via a microchip the army implanted in his brain as a mind-control experiment.

The U.S. Army has a problem too: recruitment is down. They've got more enemies than ever before, but fewer people willing to kill them. The solution? Recruit gamers! They're already desensitized to violence, and there are millions of them. So the army has a contest to find the best player in the world and make him their recruiting champion. First prize? A million dollars!

Can the boys keep Grandpa out of the way long enough for Forest to win? Especially after the chip blows and Grandpa reverts to his former personality- a peace loving hippie... and the army is cheating!

With over 45 minutes of extra features (not counting 2 feature-length commentary tracks), this DVD includes two award-winning short films: In the Dark; and Enjoying Christmas: An Educational Series for Juvenile Delinquents!

Shot in 1.85:1 widescreen at 24p.

Cast

Grandpa: Rick St. Charles | bio
Rick has been making comical movies since he was 15, back when you actually had to shell out some bucks for the film- forcing one to create something decent. Two of his shorts, Black and White in Color and Mutations of the Fruit Fly, were distributed by the Creative Film Society.

A staff writer for the hit TV soapcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and a freelance writer for Benson, he moved to Humboldt County in 1982 and began a 23-year career producing and starring in comedic award-winning radio and TV ads and PSA's, many of them featuring his wife Lisa Monet and their children, Matt and Genny, who were happy to work for free so they could pad their resumes. And now look at them. They should've taken the money.
Forest: Brennan Burke-Martin | bio
Brennan has been an aspiring actor since he was 2 years old, when a sweaty Schwarzenegger fell into a crevice in Conan the Barbarian. "Lawl!" Brennan said, imitating his new hero. The audience was floored. And the rest is history.

Brennan has worked with Rick several times in his commercials.

He is currently involved in the Spare Change youth troupe, and has dreams of local coverage for the iPhone.
Spencer: Wesley Abels | bio
Wes has been making movies with Matt ever since he agreed to cut his hair on a strict annual basis. "It's better that way," Matt said, "trust me."

And trust Wes did.

But that was back when movies were being made for fun. As soon as Matt gave in to the temptations of money, Wes vowed he would never sell out. An epic battle erupted, and unfortunately for everyone, the camera was not rolling. Once the dust settled however, a truce was formed... A truce... named Spencer.
General Matackovich: Ric Streiff
Professor Weisenheimer: Carlos Benemann
Mario Kayasawa: Kristoffer J. Taylor
Ad Guy #1: John Graves
Ad Guy #2: William A. Morrill
Grandma: Lisa Monet | bio
When Lisa's not busy producing, acting or whipping up a feast, she's writing- music that is! And then she sings and plays guitar! And records her songs to compile another album to sell locally and online at her site, www.lisamonetmusic.com.

Billboard magazine hailed her as one of the top five women performers of children's music in the 90's. She has performed leading roles in theatre productions, including The Fantastiks, Dames at Sea, Fiddler on the Roof, and Side by Side by Sondheim.
Kate: Genny St. Charles-Monet

Crew

Director: Matt St. Charles | bio
Matt has been making movies for fun since 1991, and for money since 2002. It wasn't until the summer of 2005 when it occured to him to combine the two motives.
He has been deliriously happy ever since.

Principal photography for RCG began in December of 2005. Figuring the Circle Sound team would be content to shoot only on weekends, Matt continued his full-time employment at a local production house. After two grueling weeks of shooting with minimal sleep and an exhausted adrenal gland, Matt gave his two weeks so he could focus his energy for RCG into a laser beam of efficiency. Minimal injuries resulted.
Copyright: Circle Sound Productions
Producer: Rick St. Charles, Lisa Monet, Matt St. Charles
Writer: Rick St. Charles, Brad Goodwin, Matt St. Charles

Bonus Features

Auditions
Behind the Scenes
Deleted & Extended Scenes
Outtakes
Theatrical Trailers
Interactive Menus
Scene Selections
DVD-ROM PC Weblink/ Website
Director Commentary
Actor Commentary

Accolades

Press Reviews

Ross Frasier, Northern Lights | show/hide snippet
An inventive, entertaining, and surprisingly timely piece of digital filmmaking... with its focused storytelling, great performances, and impressive camera work, ...Remote Control Grandpa could easily find massive fans with its well-played humor. RATING: 4/5
John Kenchenten, Kanda Films | show/hide snippet
Phenomenal... wonderful... better start working on the sequel!
Ross Rowley, Eureka Television | show/hide snippet
The film was just incredible. Just incredible.
Angelique Pike, Creative Film Society | show/hide snippet
Highly entertaining... I roared with laughter
Beti Trauth, Humboldt Beacon | show/hide snippet
A brilliant piece of work.
Jeremy Hanke, MicroFilmmaker Magazine | show/hide snippet
Matt St. Charles makes his feature directorial debut with this film and has done a very solid job. The overall plot of Remote Control Grandpa is quirky and cute, with a theme about family and making a difference, that gives it the potential to be a broad reaching comedy. It has some truly amusing moments throughout, especially for fans of the Three Stooges-style of slapstick.