Jonah and his college friends are facing the real world. Unified by beer and uncertainty, Echoboom is an existential romp through private school life in the digital age. The last six months of college (starting with the 2004 Election Night) are played out through the prisms of young Democrats and Republicans, unrequited love, apathy, ignorance, the Internet, and general debauchery. Jonah battles his baby-boomer parents' wishes for him to become a lawyer as he tries to buy time to find some meaning, if only he could stay sober.
Writing
Dialogue that captures peak 'we're changing the world' delusion.
Production
Genuine 2004 period detail: flip phones, Kerry/Edwards signs, AIM references.
Director
Justin Krook
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during actual 2004 election season, capturing a specific pre-social media political naivety that feels alien now.
Director Justin Krook and lead Justin Miner are brothers; Kate Miner (Megan) is Justin's real-life partner, making the awkward chemistry somewhat intentional.
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