• From concept to Film Festival submission, The Last Passport was completed in just 30 days. From start to the film’s big screen premiere, it was a mere 46 days.
• The Last Passport movie wins Best Directors, and Best Actor at Solstice Film Festival (see the
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• Visit TheLastPassport.com to see our trailer, and much more.
• Poster link is up. Download The Last Passport movie poster here.

What Was Seemingly IMPOSSIBLE Has Been Accomplished.

First time filmmakers, Kent Smith and David Temple have done what no one else has done before, made a feature film in just 30 days.

Let’s break down just how spectacular this accomplishment is.

Most movies take over a year to make, and that is fast according most standards. Concept creation, script writing, casting, rehearsing, shooting, then scoring and editing, it is time consuming. From concept to Film Festival submission, The Last Passport was completed in just 30 days. From submission to the film’s big screen premiere, it was a mere 46 days, an astonishing achievement in the film world.

How was it done? With a lot of perseverance and a dream in mind, that is how co-directors Kent Smith and David Temple made this happen. Kent was heading out on a trip to the Virgin Islands when he realized his passport had expired. Dreading it, he knew he had to make a last minute trip to the passport office. In his 3 hours of sitting around, instead of pulling his hair out, he began to observe everything that was going on around him. The concept jumped into his head. While he was sailing in the sunny Virgin Islands he could not get the thought out of his head, the ideas kept coming to him. Upon his return he called David and ran the concept by him. “Yes!” David said, “Let’s do it. And better yet, let’s do it in 30 days, and have it done by June 6^th, the deadline for Solstice Film Festival” This was only 31 days away. They thought it over and decided they were going to do something crazy and finish the film in just 30 days. That meant they had to start writing the very next day.

Well, that is exactly what they did. They wrote for 7 days straight, while a team of friends and volunteers whom had assembled around them, worked to get the rest of the stuff done that was needed to make the film. From DP’s to PA’s, craft services to Port-O-Jons, GRIPS to actors, everyone was working hard to make this happen. On Wednesday the cast was given the script and Friday morning the shooting began. Steve Saxon was on hand as the DP. He shot everything on a single camera, one of the best in the biz, The Red One. They shot for 3 long days, with cast and crew spending up to sometimes 20 hours on the set. The wrapped on Sunday and then it was on to the hard part, scoring and editing.

Kim Planert of California (who subsequently does the music for the TV shows The Castle and Lie to Me), scored the entire film in a week while the producers and editors poured over all the footage trying to make this monster into a film. After weeks of sleepless nights, the film was shipped on June 5^th in time to meet the Solstice Film Festival June 6^th deadline.

When most films are made, they are premiered and then shuffled off to DVD (if they are lucky) without one single accolade, not The Last Passport. Lucky You Films co-directors walked away with Best Director accolades and lead, Jimmy Hager, won Best Actor. Following that success the film was then premiered in its hometown of Charlotte NC where they played to a sold out crowd of over 200 people. All of the proceeds were donated to Goodwill Southern Piedmont. They raised $1,500 for the local charity that helps needy families in the area.

So what is The Last Passport? It is a story about real people with real thoughts. It’s about you and me; a story that takes an interesting look at who we are as people. The entire story takes place in a passport office…or so you think. The lead, George Miller is a 70 year old man who takes us on a journey through his life to show us we are not all that different. Each person he meets throughout the time he spends at the passport office make a profound impact on his life, something that is likely to happen to you after watching this film.

To view the trailer go to www.TheLastPassport.com, it will change your life.

Best Director at the Solstice Film Festival

Jimmy Hager takes home the Best Actor award at Solstice Film Festival.

You know that you have done something amazing when people try to copy you. Lucky You Films accomplished what was not possible by shooting a feature film (90 minutes) in less than 30 days.  On top of that, the three writers wrote a full script for the film during in the first part of the 30-day process.   It has already won two awards for best actor and best director at the Solstice Film Festival, which was only 45 days after they started working on the project.  On top of that, they streamed video on the internet live during the whole process. The films was shot with the Red One in just three days and with one amazing amazing DP Steve Saxon.

http://www.thelastpassport.com

To see the behind the scenes of the making of the award-wining feature film  ”The Last Passport”

http://luckyyoufilms.com/luckyyoufilms-tv/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1456964/

Kent and David did something that most thought was crazy and close to impossible, they made the Last Passport, from start to finish in only 30 days. It started with a concept that Kent came up with while sitting at a passport office before heading out on a trip. Upon his return he and David decided that they would get it done in 30 days, just in time to submit for the Solstice Film Festival. And, with little time to raise money they settled on a $5,000 budget for the entire film. The clock started ticking on May 6th; they wrote for 4 straight days, sometimes for 20 hours a day. Then it was on to 3 days of shooting, followed but many long days and nights of editing.