An Act of War
2015 film directed by Ryan M. Kennedy
An Act of War (original title: The Projectionist) is a 2015 American thriller film written and directed by Ryan M. Kennedy and produced by Atit Shah. The film stars Russ Russo, Natasha Alam, Doug E. Doug, Joseph R. Gannascoli, Robert Miano and Kiowa Gordon. The story follows a recently returned veteran who tries to put his life back together, but is drawn to deeds that may be more dangerous than his tour of duty.
February, 2014, Indiewire and Collider reported that the project was the first film to ever release on Kickstarter prior to a theatrical and Video on Demand run. The film was released in North American markets on VOD March 31, 2015 and on Netflix in July, 2015.
Cast
Russ Russo as Jacob Nicks
Natasha Alam as Ivana
Doug E. Doug as Marlon
Joseph R. Gannascoli as Frank
Robert Miano as Sully
Chris LaPanta as Lt. Sullivan
Dominik Tiefenthaler as Det. Nicks
Kevin Interdonato as The Stalker
Kiowa Gordon as Private. Locklear
Production
Development
Ryan M. Kennedy directed the film from a script he spent two years developing while working full-time as a waiter at a Midtown Manhattan restaurant. He showed the finished draft to a French cinematographer Nicolas Canton living in New York City and the two began planning to produce the film with a small sum of their own money.
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