Time Expired (2011 film)

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Time Expired
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Directed byNick Lawrence
Written byRachel Tucker
Produced byRachel Tucker
Nick Lawrence
StarringEric Starkey
Topher Owen
Carrie Slaughter
Rebekah Turner
CinematographyJason Musco
Edited byEthan Holzman
Release date
  • April 14, 2011 (2011-04-14)(WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Time Expired is a 2011 comedy-drama film directed by Nick Lawrence, written by Rachel Tucker, and starring Eric Starkey, Topher Owen, Carrie Slaughter, and Rebekah Turner. It was shot in Oklahoma for a budget of $26,000. It premiered at WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival in April, 2011, where it won a Silver Remi award for best comedy feature. [1]

Contents

It was released on VODO under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. [2]

Premise

Randall, a meter maid with a terminal illness, wishes to live out his last days quietly, but his friends and family have other ideas.

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References

  1. "Time Expired premieres at The Roxy". Muskogee Phoenix . April 27, 2011.
  2. "vodo.net Time Expired (2011)". Archived from the original on 2012-11-01.