It’s New Year’s Eve, 1999.
Prepare for the biggest small town heist of the century.
National Winner of Film Threat’s “Best Indie Movie of the Year” & “Best Comedy of the Year” (2023)
Plus 14 other award wins & 10 nominations
Directed by Luke Covert | Produced by Brandon Keeton
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The Turbo Cola Story:
[How we created a micro-budget, award-winning, independant feature film in Central Pennsylvania]
TURBO COLA is based on the play “New Years Eve at the Stop N Go” written by Samantha Oty, adapted by Luke Covert & Matas Kiskis.
We filmed the entire movie in the middle of the night in New Cumberland, PA. Well, technically in the middle of 12-nights, in New Cumberland, PA.
That wildly fast shoot schedule was endured by a cast flown in from all over the country, and a closely knit crew pulled from PA & NY.
A few, but not all, of the difficulties encountered were: snow blizzards shutting down roadways, red bull energy drinks exploding all over cameras, and slushy machines that refused to break correctly.
After months of post production in the director’s home office, the film received a distribution deal through Giant Pictures, and began collecting a series of awards, culminating in “Best Indie Movie of the Year”.
At a budget level smaller than most feature film’s coffee bill, we’re happy to share this punk rock, coming of age, teen comedy / heist film.
Plus, Kevin Smith said: “Turbo Cola? I love that flick”. So that’s pretty neat.
If you’d like to support our project, the best thing you can do is leave a review on IMDB, Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon, Letterboxd, or Apple TV. Thank you!
- Luke Covert, Director
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It’s Y2k in small town Michigan, and Austin has a plan…
With all of his friends headed to a party on the last night of 1999, Austin takes an extra shift at the Quality Mart gas station and is forced to look down the barrel of what it means to graduate high school and face a future stuck in his middle of nowhere hometown. He's got one night to make his dreams come true, legal or not, and he's taking it.
Photos from the East Coast Premiere:
Turbo Cola is domestically distributed by the folks over at Giant Pictures.
Production Info:
Shot in December 2020 in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania with an insanely dedicated cast and crew. Post Production by Covert Film.
Cast:
Nick Stoesser, Jared Spears, Jordyn Denning, Landon Tavernier, Brooke Maroon,
Anthony Notarile, Erin Nordseth, Brandon Keeton, Erik Neill & Michelle Hall
Crew:
DP: Dennis Robert Thomas | Co-Writer: Matas Kiskis | 1st AD: Nibha Shetty | Sound Recordist: Sebastian Polat |
Camera Operator: Kurt Voltman |1st AC: Chris Cole | 2nd AC: Martin McGowan | Gaffer: Al Delia
Grip: Scott Keebler | Art Dept: Frank Dianda | Script Punch-up: Spencer Loucks
Technical Specs:
~95 minutes | Shot on RED | 6k capture | 2.35:1 | IMDB