Release Date: July 13th, 2012
Director: Bob Meyer
Writers: Bob Meyer, Randy Buescher
Actors: Aaron Benjamin Miller, Brian Deneen, Bryce Pegelow, Dana Delaney, Dana Delany, Elizabeth Hipwell, Jacob Zachar, Jim Ortlieb, John Goodman, John Malkovich, Rae Gray, Skipp Sudduth, Steve Haggard, Zach Gray
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating: Not available
Official site: drunkboat.com
Drunkboat tells the story of a young teenager, Abe (Jacob Zachar) who manipulates the unsuspecting help of his alcoholic uncle (John Malkovich) to buy a boat (a Drunkboat) from a con man named Mr. Fletcher (John Goodman) when his mother Eileen (Dana Delaney) is out of town. The story resonates with the struggle of Uncle Mort, making the story much deeper than a simple tale of a boy and his boat. Both the uncle and Abe come of age in the story.
Lies have a way of finding the truth…
After twenty years of drunken bottles and empty hallways, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew Moo being beaten while in a drunken stupor. The short contact with family brings Mort back to what are left of his senses and he returns to the last home he remembers in Chicago.
His sister, Eileen, lives in their family home now with her sixteen year old son, Abe. Her older son, Moo, the now missing nephew, helped spark Mort’s return to his family. Three, four, five weeks pass as Mort waits outside her home and makes a tenuous re-entry into family life.
Abe dreams of a sailboat and distant horizons. He saves money and sees an advertisement for the Kathy II. He and his friend calculate a way to buy the vessel from two unscrupulous rogues who make ends meet wholesaling liquor and operating a sometime boatyard.
Eileen, however, is unaware that her youngest son is planning his escape. Comfortable enough with Mort`s presence to allow her a night away from home, Eileen`s departure allows Abe to seize the opportunity that his mother`s absence provides. He purchases a beaten-up wooden sailboat that he scheduled to be delivered to their house while Mort is in charge.
Based on Bob Meyer’s original play. Brought to you by Left Bank Films and Magnificant Mile.
Lies have a way of finding the truth…
After twenty years of drunken bottles and empty hallways, Mort Gleason witnesses his nephew Moo being beaten while in a drunken stupor. The short contact with family brings Mort back to what are left of his senses and he returns to the last home he remembers in Chicago.
His sister, Eileen, lives in their family home now with her sixteen year old son, Abe. Her older son, Moo, the now missing nephew, helped spark Mort’s return to his family. Three, four, five weeks pass as Mort waits outside her home and makes a tenuous re-entry into family life.
Abe dreams of a sailboat and distant horizons. He saves money and sees an advertisement for the Kathy II. He and his friend calculate a way to buy the vessel from two unscrupulous rogues who make ends meet wholesaling liquor and operating a sometime boatyard.
Eileen, however, is unaware that her youngest son is planning his escape. Comfortable enough with Mort`s presence to allow her a night away from home, Eileen`s departure allows Abe to seize the opportunity that his mother`s absence provides. He purchases a beaten-up wooden sailboat that he scheduled to be delivered to their house while Mort is in charge.
Based on Bob Meyer’s original play. Brought to you by Left Bank Films and Magnificant Mile.
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