One wild night + one brutal hangover = 10 years vanished. Dad's worst birthday ever.
After missing his daughter's 12th birthday, Henry embarks on a huge night drinking. The next morning, hungover, he wakes up in Prospect Park -- ten years in the future. With the help of his friend Mike (now with a wife and kid) he has to find a way back to the 2003 and to his daughter's birthday party, whatever it takes.
Writing
Tight 19-minute script with zero fat.
Acting
Jay Klaitz commits fully to desperate dad energy.
Director
Christopher Hawthorne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Christopher Hawthorne made this as his NYU thesis film before building a career in commercials.
The 2003 setting deliberately evokes pre-smartphone NYC, when getting lost for ten years felt almost plausible.
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