Rick Derris, We Hardly Knew Ye (Patreon)

Hey everyone, here is the world premiere for the first short Ryan & I have ever made together titled 'Rick Derris, We Hardly Knew Ye'. We're going to be doing a whole Sidetracks episode about what it was like making this, but here's some context:

This short was made for a 37 hours film festival at Kevin Smith's Smodcastle Cinema. We had 37 hours to complete this, though we ended up finishing it in around 30 hours. We were provided the following criteria on Saturday, March 9 at 10 AM and had until the following day at midnight to submit it:

1. THE PROP: A HOCKEY STICK, which must be used in some form of action 2. THE CHARACTER: RICK DERRIS, let’s embody the true essence of the character 3. THE DIALOGUE: “How come we went out as long as we did”? “You had cable”We had already decided to film in a motel so that we had control over the environment and after we received the requirements we quickly formed a story about a middle-aged Rick Derris' final hours alive. The character, seen in 'Clerks', was a personal trainer and it's later mentioned in 'Mallrats' that he fucked Gwen Turner on a pool table while she was dressed as The Bandit and he as Smokey.We found out today that we were not selected for the festival, but we still had so much fun putting this together. A huge shoutout to our friend Ben for starring as Rick Derris and for all of you on Patreon as this short would not have been possible without your financial contributions. 

Stay tuned for the episode where we dive into the making of this as well as more short films from us in the future!