Fulbright Program

Back to the Front (2006)

Actors: Brandon deSpain (actor), Vincent Piazza (actor), Tze Chun (writer), Tze Chun (director), Sheila Dvorak (editor), Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum (composer), Garrett Hendricks (actor), Rafe Terrizzi (actor), Josh Schwartz (producer),

Plot: Back to the Front takes place on the Eastern front during 1944. Fulbright and Clarke are two American POWs who have jumped a prisoner transport and are trying to make it to the Russian front. On the way, they happen upon a downed black pilot, who tells them he can lead them there. The white POWs are torn between then desire to return home, and their distrust of this outsider. Back to the Front depicts three men far removed from American society, but still acting under its rules and conventions.

Genres: Drama, Short, War,

Big Eden (2000)

Actors: Joseph Conlan (composer), Louise Fletcher (actress), Steven C. Beer (miscellaneous crew), Nan Martin (actress), George Coe (actor), Laurie Gershon (miscellaneous crew), Arye Gross (actor), Beau Holden (actor), Sandy Schklair (miscellaneous crew), Anne Gordon (miscellaneous crew), Corinne Bohrer (actress), Eric Schweig (actor), Tim DeKay (actor), Kevin Bowe (miscellaneous crew), Veanne Cox (actress),

Plot: Big Eden is a tiny fictional town in northwestern Montana, as Preston Sturges or Frank Capra might have envisioned it. Timber and Cowboy country. This is the story of Henry Hart, a successful New York Artist, who returns to the town of his childhood to care for the ailing grandfather who raised him. Back in Big Eden, Henry must come to terms with his relationship to Dean Stewart, his best friend from high School, as well as the object of his unrequited love. All these years Henry has been pining for a dream image of Dean from back then. This is also the story of Pike Dexter, the shy, unassuming Native American owner of the town's general store, who is as surprised as anyone to find himself falling in love with Henry. The people of Big Eden conspire and attempt to bring Henry and Pike together.

Keywords: acceptance, artist, assault, bar, bereavement, bicycle, candle, christmas, church, classroom
Genres: Drama, Romance,
Taglines: A Small Miracle

Quotes:

Jim Soams: There's so few nice surprises in life. Seems to me that it'd be kind of a shame to squander one of them, don't ya think?

Grace Cornwell: Listen, you know what they say when you get lost in the woods? If you stay put, stay in one place and don't wander, they'll find you. And I was just hoping you'd let yourself be found this time. I was hoping you'd let us find you. But you keep wandering and we can't.