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Project of the Day: Once Upon a Time in the Steakhouse
In the meantime: Is this a movie you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.
"The Porterhouse"
Tweetable Logline:
A washed up waiter from Queens has to decide whether or not to defend a young Iranian busboy from a violence-prone manager.
Elevator Pitch:
“The Porterhouse” is set in a steakhouse restaurant in the middle of an Anti-Bush Protest in New York City circa 2004.
As the nation awakens from its slumber to the nightmare of Abu Ghraib and extraordinary renditioning, a group of outcasts, a washed up waiter, an Iranian busboy, and a young protester, find themselves in a fight for their lives as the manager of The Porterhouse locks the doors of the restaurant and demands the whereabouts of a missing $10,000.
Production Team:
Director: Ben Insler
Writer/Producer/Actor: Jeffrey Delano Davis
About the Production:
"I was working in a steakhouse restaurant in New York City during the Republican National Convention Protests of 2004. It was an appalling yet fascinating time to live in New York. I was also watching a lot of westerns like 'Deadwood,' '3:10 to Yuma' and 'High Noon.' After a number of drafts and readings, I forged a plot; a showdown in a New York City restaurant that mirrored the tensions of our age. 'The Porterhouse' was born." -- Jeffrey Delano Davis
Current Status:
Pre-production.
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4 Comments
Chris | June 3, 2012 10:18 PM
Very excited to see this film!
Mike G | June 1, 2012 1:59 PM
Looks like a great film!
jameson | June 1, 2012 11:53 AM
Looks awesome !
Jeffrey Delano Davis | May 31, 2012 1:10 PM
Just FYI there's a scene from the film on the project website.