Dangers from Within
From Fargo Filmmaking
Dangers from Within (2007) is an 81-minute movie by Christopher P. Jacobs.
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[edit] Main Details
[edit] Plot Summary
The story begins as a character-driven drama, but soon shifts to a gothic suspense thriller and later adds a touch of the supernatural. A troubled young teenage girl kicked out of a boarding school moves from New York City to a small midwestern college town to live with her aunt. There she befriends a graduate student renting a room from her aunt, and who is hoping to publish his translation of a controversial ancient papyrus he smuggled out of the Middle East. Others are also trying to obtain the document by any means possible, however, believing the ancient text has a mysterious power that they want control over. Meanwhile, the aunt has some secrets of her own about her house that will ultimately affect everyone.
[edit] Production Information
Dangers from Within was shot in the HDV format with a Sony HVR-V1U. Preliminary shooting began June 8, 17, 23 and 26. About eight minutes of the estimated 95-100 minute running time were shot and edited by the end of June. After a casting call July 9-10, regular daily production began July 12. Although some second-unit footage was shot in New York City, principal photography was done entirely in Grand Forks. Production wrapped on August 1, 2007 with approximately 16 hours of raw footage. By that time about 50 minutes of roughcut had already been assembled, with a preliminary full-length 80-minute version put together by August 5. The 81-minute final cut was completed October 29, 2007.
Dangers from Within screened at the 2007 Forx Film Fest the afternoon of December 1, 2007 and had a separate premiere the evening of December 14, 2007 at the Empire Arts Center. On February 22, 2008 it opened for a regular theatrical run at the River Cinema in East Grand Forks, Minnesota.
[edit] Cast
- Ellie Unkenholz.... Abbi
- David Henry.... Jack
- Sarah Phillips.... Julie
- Tara Ulness.... Aunt Joan
- Ali Scrable.... Jessi
- Paul Kelly.... Charlie
- Mark Landa.... Henchman
- Jeff Kinney.... Dr. Whittaker
- Michael Harvey.... Frank Griffith
- David Raymond.... Herb Thompson
- Caroline Gray.... Carrie
- Robin Loegering.... Professor 1
- John Nordlie.... Professor 2
- Debra Pflughoeft-Hassett.... Professor 3
[edit] Crew
- Written, Produced, and Directed by Christopher P. Jacobs
- Assistant Directed by Lisa Unkenholz
- Main Boom Operator.... Debra Pflughoeft-Hassett
[edit] Other Information
[edit] Film Festivals
- 2008 The Indie Gathering, Cleveland, Ohio.... Honorable Mention
- 2007 Forx Film Fest
[edit] Trivia
- The footage of New York City was shot at the time Jacobs' earlier movie Dark Highways was playing at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival in April 2004.
- The underground hideaway/tunnel sequences were shot in the basement of the Empire Theatre. The phone call with the Whittaker character was shot in the office of the Fire Hall Theatre.
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[edit] External Links
Dangers from Within website
