WINNER: Director Discovery Award, Rhode Island International Film Festival WINNER: Best Comedy, Seattle True Independent Film Festival
The Graduates is a hysterical, award-winning comedy about four friends
who head to the beach without a care in the world. Through surprising and
hilarious events, the guys find themselves learning that there's a little
more to life than having a good time.
Packed with laughs, The Graduates is a surprisingly smart and witty look at
what it really means to grow up and be a friend.
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The Graduates is Ryan Gielen's first feature, and the third project produced
with his brother, Matthew Gielen. Born and raised in Columbia, Maryland, the
filmmaking pair grabbed two other Columbia natives- producers Joshua Davis
and Caitlin Marshall- and an army of New York-based young actors, and headed to Ocean City, Maryland to shoot onlocation in the fall of 2007.
The shoot was an incredible feat: an award-winning independent film with over 25 speaking roles, shot over 30 days, for only $95,000 is bound to hit some turbulence. Now you can hear about the increible true story from the people who experienced it first hand. Sex On The Beach: the true story of the turbulent making of the indie cult classic, The Graduates is available on DVD now!
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