Over da Rainbow explained

Over da Rainbow
Caption:	"Over Da Rainbow" Movie-Poster
Director:	Jay Lap
Producer:	Jay Lap
Starring:	Al Thompson Joseph P. McDonnell Tyler Hollinger Stephen Hill Jesse Teeters Aldous Davidson Jarrett Alexander Christine Brumbaugh Dan Abeles Allan Fox
Cinematography:	Jonathan Chen
Editing:	Jay Lap
Runtime:	20 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Over da Rainbow is a 2008 American musical-comedy film (20 minutes), directed/produced/edited by Jay Lap, written by Shawn Kittelsen and starring Al Thompson, Joseph P. McDonnell, and Tyler Hollinger. Jay Lap assisted Shawn Kittelsen in developing the story, which was partially inspired by the former's bizarre encounter with a mid-50s musically-disinclined drug-addled divorcee. The film premiered on April 12, 2008 at the First Run Film Festival. Over da Rainbow went on to win four awards at the festival, including Achievements in Producing, Editing, Sound Design, and Production Design.^[1]

Cast

Al Thompson as Terrier Bouvier
Joseph P. McDonnell as Teri / Max Lightning
Tyler Hollinger as Christopher Dalrymple
Stephen Hill as Double Double
Jesse Teeters as Brett Dalrymple
Aldous Davidson as Bukaki
Jarrett Alexander as Sheldon AKA T-BAG
Christine Brumbaugh as ZMT Interviewer / Teri Schemp
Dan Abeles as Televangelist

Release and reception

Over da Rainbow has had a very successful run on the international film festival circuit. The film appeals to both black and gay audiences in particular, and its festival pedigree reflects this. The film has played at BET's Urbanworld Film Festival,^[2] San Francisco Frameline Film Festival,^[3] Chicago Reeling Film Festival,^[4] Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival,^[5] L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival,^[6] Toronto Inside Out Film and Video Festival,^[7] NYC Downtown Short Film Festival,^[8] Dragon*Con Film Festival,^[9] First Run Film Festival,^[10] and others.

Over da Rainbow was chosen as the opening night event for the 2008 London Gay Pride Festival.^[11]

The film was given a glowing review in popular urban lifestyle magazine Heeb.^[12]

Soundtrack

Over da Rainbow features an entirely original soundtrack, complete with three original music videos made for the film. Retrieved on January 7, 2012. Music producer Allan Fox http://www.AllanFox.com

External links

Official Site

Notes and References

http://www.mjl2006.com/get_file.php?id=6&cs=CRAFT "Over da Rainbow" wins four awards at the First Run Film Festival
http://urbanworld.com/urban_films_narative_shorts.cfm Over da Rainbow at BET's Urbanworld Film Festival
http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=1367&FID=42 "Over da Rainbow" at the San Francisco Framline Film Festival
http://www.chicagofilmmakers.org/~reeling/reeling2008/html/film/filmdesc/pus.html Over da Rainbow at the Chicago Reeling Film Festival
http://rainbow.bside.com/2008/films/overdarainbow_rainbow2008;jsessionid=EC609343EB8B5224DC0650DCB1FFC3F8 "Over da Rainbow" at the Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival
http://lacomedyshorts.bside.com/2009/films/overdarainbow_lacomedyshorts2009;jsessionid=BAE17012FD6DD59857738AFDBE6BA6DB "Over da Rainbow" at the L.A. Comedy Shorts Festival
http://www.insideout.on.ca/18Annual/search_details.cfm?filmDetails=YES&title=Over%20Da%20Rainbow Over da Rainbow at the Inside Out Toronto Film Festival
http://www.duotheater.org/music.php?id=18 "Over da Rainbow" at the NYC Downtown Short Film Festival
http://filmfest.dragoncon.org/filmfest08i.htm#21 "Over da Rainbow" at the Dragon*Con Film Festival
http://www.mjl2006.com/get_file.php?id=6&cs=CRAFT "Over da Rainbow" at the First Run Film Festival
http://www.pridelondon.org/whats-on.php?date=18+Jun+2008 Over da Rainbow at the London Gay Pride Festival
http://www.heebmagazine.com/_over-da-rainbow_-the-_heeb_-review/ "Over da Rainbow" review in Heeb magazine