Brave New Jersey

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Brave New Jersey
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Directed byJody Lambert
Written byMichael Dowling
Jody Lambert
Produced byJen Roskind
Taylor Williams
Starring Tony Hale
Anna Camp
Sam Jaeger
Heather Burns
Dan Bakkedahl
Raymond J. Barry
CinematographyCorey Walter
Edited byMatthew Diezel
Music by Dennis Lambert
Matthew Logan Vasquez
Kelly Winrich
Production
company
The Shot Clock
Distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Release dates
Running time
86 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$16,500 [2]

Brave New Jersey is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Jody Lambert, who also served as co-writer, with Michael Dowling. The film stars Tony Hale, Anna Camp, Sam Jaeger, Heather Burns, Dan Bakkedahl and Raymond J. Barry. The film was released on August 4, 2017, by Gravitas Ventures.

Contents

It takes place on the day/night of "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30–31, 1938, and shows how a small New Jersey town reacts to what they thought was an impending alien invasion. The town of Lullaby, New Jersey is fictional, though the story incorporates some real-life elements, such as many listeners' panicked reactions to the broadcast, [3] and the existence of the Rotolactor cow-milking machine.

Cast

Release

The film premiered at the Austin Film Festival on October 15, 2016. [4] It was released on August 4, 2017, by Gravitas Ventures. [1] [5]

Reception

On Metacritic the film has a score of 45 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [6] On Rotten Tomatoes it has a score of 50%. [7]

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  4. "'Brave New Jersey' Debuts at Austin Film Festival". Hollywood Reporter. 2016-10-16. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
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