Maybe Tomorrow (film)

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Maybe Tomorrow
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Theatrical Poster
Directed by Michael Wolfe
Screenplay byMichael Wolfe
Produced byMark Eric Montgomery
Robert Nicotra
Starring Dominik Tiefenthaler
Michael Wolfe
Paul Lange
Christopher Shyer
CinematographyGus Sacks
Edited byTodd Sandler
Music byJoshua Cipolla
Release date
  • October 2012 (2012-10)(Golden Door Film Festival)
Running time
93 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Maybe Tomorrow is a 2012 independent drama film. Written and directed by Michael Wolfe, the film is Mr. Wolfe's feature directorial debut. [1] The film stars Dominik Tiefenthaler, Michael Wolfe, Paul Lange and Christopher Shyer. [2]

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Plot

After fifteen years, three old friends are forced to revisit the one night that changed their lives forever.

In order to evade a lengthy prison sentence, Russ Mahler, a career criminal, blackmails his former friend and Manhattan District Attorney Graham Seifert. With his hands tied, Graham has Russ acquitted, and on insistence of his friend and Chief of Staff Evan Midland, the three men meet for a weekend at Graham's Hampton beach house to finally bury their memory of the night from fifteen years ago. All past grievances surface in an explosive night that alters the trajectories of all their lives. [3]

Cast

Production

Michael Wolfe wrote the first draft of Maybe Tomorrow in 2008. After that, he and his producing partner Mark Montgomery spent nearly three years securing financing necessary to shoot the film. [5] After two months of pre-production, production commenced in February 2011 and lasted eighteen days.

Awards

Maybe Tomorrow won Best Feature at the 2012 Golden Door Film Festival. [6] The festival also gave awards to Michael Wolfe for Best Director, Best Actor and Best Screenplay as well as an award for Best Supporting Actor to Dominik Tiefenthaler. [6]

The film also received a Best Supporting Actor nomination for Michael Wolfe in the 2012 Hoboken International Film Festival [7] and was the Runner Up for Best Feature in the 2012 Philadelphia Independent Film Festival. [8]

Maybe Tomorrow received a nomination for Best Ensemble Cast in the 2012 Orlando Film Festival. [9]

The film was also an Official Selection of the 2012 Bahamas International Film Festival, [10] where it won the award for Best Feature in the New Divisions category. [11] Maybe Tomorrow also screened at the 2012 Greenpoint Film Festival, [12] the 2012 Big Apple Film Festival [13] and the 2012 Hartford Flick Fest, where it won the award for Best Feature Flick. [14]

Reception

Film Threat called Maybe Tomorrow "...an incredibly powerful film." "...emotional and memorable." [15] Misty Layne of Rogue Cinema hailed it as "...one film you don't want to miss." "...an intense character piece that piles on the drama." [16] Charles Tatum of EFilmCritic.com wrote that "Maybe Tomorrow is one of those films that comes out of nowhere, packing an emotional punch and technical finesse that is sadly lacking in other smaller budgeted independent films." [17]

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References

  1. Jacob E. Osterhout, "Rego Park bartender Michael Wolfe submits his film, 'Maybe Tomorrow,' to Sundance Film Festival", New York Daily News
  2. Movies filmed on Long Island
  3. "Maybe Tomorrow Synopsis"
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Maybe Tomorrow Cast"
  5. Gennarose Pope, "Local producer set to premiere new film at Hoboken International Film Festival", Hudson Reporter
  6. 1 2 "The Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City" Archived 2013-04-08 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Hoboken International Film Festival" Archived 2012-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "Philadelphia Independent Film Festival" Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Orlando Film Festival" Archived 2013-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
  10. "The Bahamas International Film Festival"
  11. "BIFF 2012 Winners"
  12. "Greenpoint Film Festival" Archived 2013-04-15 at archive.today
  13. "The Big Apple Film Festival" Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
  14. "Hartford Flick Fest" Archived 2012-12-07 at the Wayback Machine
  15. "Film Threat Review"
  16. Misty Layne, "Rogue Cinema Review" Archived 2013-01-30 at the Wayback Machine
  17. Charles Tatum, "EFilmcritic Review"