Original Release Date: 06/22/2000
Color/R/TRT 1Hr 20 Mins/©2000

Special Edition Release Date:10/18/2002
Color/R/TRT 2 Hrs/©2002

Directed by Jack Venturo
Written by Jack Venturo
Conceptual Art by Justin Duffy
Cinematography Shawn Bonjiorno
Pyrotechnics Technician Mike Bass
Fight Coordinator Eddie Stover
Trailer Voice Over (Special Edition) Dan Cook
Special Edition Restoration Supervisor Chris Roth
Safety Inspector/P.A. Bethany Quinn

Music By Kill Theory
Drummer Erik Jones
Vocals Josh Stanton
Guitar Russel Hause

Synopsis:

The story of 5 friends growing tired of everyday life....

On a quest to see "Star Wars Episode I" they run out of gas.
Getting "Lost in the Wilderness" they find that the game of survival is much harder than they thought as they encounter an exploding chicken, poison ivy, starvation, rotten pizza hallucinations, thirst, mushroom induced illusions, and a hunter.

They must do anything in their power to survive, even fight each other in despair, drink their own fluids and cannibalism

..............."THE QUEST BEGINS"....................

Full Story:

Most people don't like change but they hate the everyday routine that is life, we all get up in the morning and have a routine, we eat, work, go to school, come home, eat, sleep, Entertain ourselves (not in that particular order) and do it all over again every day.

This story of five friends Jack, Justin, Dwight, Georges and Jason growing tired of everyday life, takes place in St Petersburg Florida, a flat and boring place where this young group of pals start noticing their cycle has no end and there is no light at the end of their tunnel other than taking short little mind vacations walking around Downtown, going to see movies or hiding in the shadows of their favorite movie icons like the star of the Chinese fighting movies "Kitt Lee" and Porn Star "Woodgirl".

Finally something to look forward to and with the excitement some leave their depressing environments, they leave the comforts of their homes, Georges's girlfriend leaves him and Justin quits his job.

They start a quest to see "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace" but they know this event only comes one time in their life they will be a part of history since the last time when the first three movies where released "Star Wars Episode IV A New Hope" in 1977, "Star Wars Episode V The Empire Strikes Back" in 1980 and "Star Wars Episode VI Return of the Jedi" in 1983 when people stood in line and camped out for weeks in advance just to see these epics.

Now they where going to do the same thing in their generation with "Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace" 1999 and they where planning to do the same thing for the other 2 prequels, "Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones", in 2002 and "Star Wars Episode III in 2005 but what was to come they would never expect and they where not aware that most of them wouldn't even get to see the movie at all.

For this glorious occasion the guys buy 6 tickets for each of them, meaning they would see all six showings of the movie the first day and they would travel to the furthest reaches of their town to see the film in their favorite theatre not just any theatre but the AMC Theatre where Stadium Seating reaches as far as the eye can see.

On the way to the theatre Jack Picks up all his friends and being late enough as it is, they take a life changing shortcut through the woods, but half way there they run out of gas.

Now they must decide to go up or down the road and go around the woods or go through them.

Getting "Lost in the Wilderness" they find that the game of survival is much harder than they thought

They leave a trail of Alkazeltsers behind to find their way back in case they get lost, but a chicken follows close behind eating their trail and as they go deeper into the woods they encounter the now foaming at the mouth exploding chicken, rotten pizza hallucinations of their Favorite Movie Icons, poison ivy, starvation, thirst, and mushroom induced illusions.

Now they must do anything in their power to survive the harsh Florida Summer Environments and each other.

They try to retain sanity but patience and tolerance runs dry as they fight each other in despair, drink their own Urine and even sink to cannibalism as they eat their friend Jason who is the only one who in four months in the Wilderness has not lost a pound but gained weight dramatically with a backpack secretly filled with all kinds of food.

Finally they separate and Dwight goes off on his own leaving Jack, Justin and Georges behind finding the road and the car by him self and suddenly the unexpected tragedy, Dwight gets hit and run over by a Klansman driving an "El Camino", and gets taken to the Hospital where he finds no help and dies before he can speak about his lost friends.

Georges walking with Jack and Justin suddenly gets a case of "Wilderness Fever" and before he goes mad, he suddenly gets shot by a Crazy Half Blind Deer Hunter.

Now Jack and Justin must run for their lives and in the middle of all that chaos, in the distance, away from the woods they find the AMC Theatres, and they finally get the answers to their prayers.

In this mayhem comedy starring:

Jack Venturo, Justin Duffy, Dwight Bynum Jr, Georges Gallandre-Lebhar, Jason Dunkman, Kitt Tran as Kitt Lee, Alice Stringer as Woodgirl, Esther Bozarth as Nurse Cindy, Michael Simmons as Dr Claxton, Edward Wylie as Edison the Hunter and Chris Cook as Fat Jason.