Good question.

Many of the main characters in this movie are undoubtedly from those scenes. It is clear that is what has shaped their world views, how they speak, dress, and behave. Most all the supporting characters and extras are 100% from those scene as well. It is a high-school movie, but a high-school movie that lives more in the world of alternative subcultures. Our films are character driven, so it makes sense we will travel through some of these subcultures.

However, we prefer to say the movie takes place within “the backdrop of the skateboarding, hardcore, and bmx subcultures of the 2000s” not that is “about” those subcultures.

An apt reference would be the 1995 movie Kids. This movie takes place within the skateboarding scene of NYC in the 90s. However, it only shows actual skateboarding for a very brief moment and is instead more focused on the storyline between Telly and Jenny. Despite this, many feel it captured the culture without ever showing much skateboarding. Contrast that to movies like Grind, Street Dreams, or Mid 90s (all fine movies), whose storylines are inseparable from the actual act of skateboarding. Our movie is closer to Kids.

This film is also NOT a documentary about the LIHC scene. Nor is it necessarily a movie about the LIHC scene. We write from what we know and Lindenhurst has always been a town dominated by alternative music subcultures and for the past 30 years, that’s been hardcore music and all the adjacent off-shoots of that. Our closest friends all listened to or played in a variety of different bands, whether Emo, Pop-Punk, Melodic Hardcore, Post-Hardcore, Thrash Metal, Ska, Math-Rock, Indie, whatever it was; alternative music shaped how we all lived. If we were to make a movie about growing up in Lindenhurst, it didn’t make sense to not bring up these subcultures. This movie won’t necessarily be a celebration of a certain band or certain genre but rather more observational in its approach and neutral in its perspective.

We must also stress that this movie is primarily an autobiographical film about very personal and internal struggles the main writer had throughout his adolescence. If you’d like to read more about the themes of the movie, please read our Artist Statement.

That all being said, there are a few scenes in the movie that undoubtedly display these subcultures. While we maintain the movie shouldn’t be misinterpreted as being “about” these subcultures, we undoubtedly want to portray them with as much authenticity and care as possible.

Example 1: One of the main characters goes to see some of his bandmates at a MooseLodge/VFW Hall type venue. They’re in the audience of a hardcore show and he’s telling them how he’s quitting their band. It is a short scene, but the high-energy, aggression, and community of a show like that is important to showing who these characters are and the culture they are from.

Example 2: Another small scene occurs at a local eight-stair and a set of ledges with skateboarders hanging around and obviously skateboarding. One of the main characters is asking them if they’ve seen another friend and a conversation starts up about the local kid who recently died. Security then pulls up.

Example 3: There are two scenes in the woods around BMX hills. The intro of the movie starts with a huge party at the BMX hills, the second scene is during the day-time with the main characters at the hills talking about past parties held there.

We’re very excited about this movie and if you grew up similarly to us, then we think you would be too.

We estimate it being a little over 2 hrs long based off the length of the script. A good reference would be The Place Beyond the Pines which explores very similar themes and is a bit more epic in it’s run-time.

If all goes according to plan, the movie won’t be out until 2026 the absolute earliest.

We’re filming in the summer of 2024.

Post-Production will be about a year long, hopefully submitting to film festivals around the Summer of 2025.

Hopefully a film festival premiere in 2026 and it can be picked up for theatrical distribution either for the fall of 2026 or spring of 2027.

GREAT question.

1. Spread the word to as many people as possible. We are casting over 50 speaking roles and have even more extras needed as well.

2. Visit the Location, Props, and Vehicles section of the website (coming soon). We need to film at a few residential homes and also acquire some old cars and even an old abandoned boat.

3. If you’re curious to be on the crew, a few roles we’re still missing are Production Designer, Fight Coordinator, and we will always need extra hands and Production Assistant help, especially on the bigger scenes.