Four men out on a STAG NIGHT in New York prematurely exit an underground train after the soon-to-be-best-man begins to hassle two women. Trapped at a deserted station these six adults become the target of a gruesome manhunt when a secret gang of cannibal dwellers, living in the tunnels discovers them. Tensions will rise as they fight to make it through the night with all their limbs attached.
General Info
Genre: Horror /Thriller
Completion: 2008
Release Date: February 24, 2010
Rating: R
Duration: 84 Minutes
Director: Peter A. Dowling
Writer: Peter A. Dowling
Starring: Kip Pardue, Vinessa Shaw and Breckin Meyer
Executive Producers: Todd Traina, Darryn Welch, Chris Ouwinga
Associate Producers: Nicole Haessermann, Sheila Kerrigan, Michael LaFetra
CO-Producers: Jo Marr, Peter Lewis
Supervising Producer: Carl Goldstein
Producers: Christopher Eberts, Michael Philip, Arnold Rifkin,
Production Companies: Film Tiger, Instinctive Film, Rifkin Eberts
Distribution Companies: Arsenal Pictures, 21st Century Pictures
Distribution DVD: Gosthouse Underground, Grindstone Entertainment Group, House Creek Entertainment, Indies Home Entertainment, Koch Media, Maple Pictures, Movie Bank, PlayArte Films
Other Companies: Autonomous FX, Cutting Edge Group. NPI Production Services, NovaStar Digial, Packfair Airfreight
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Festival /Awards:
Los Angeles Film Festival, June 23, 2007
Newport Beach Film Festival 2008: Won Achievement Award- Feature Film
Philadelphia Film Festival 2008: Won Rising Star Award- Shane West
Prism Awards 2008: Nominated Prism Awards- Film Festival Release
Interviews:
Interview with Shane West
“Shane West on Joining the Germs and ‘What We Do is Secret.’ Rolling Stones Magazine, August 6, 2008. Web. 27, June 2012.Link
Nylon Magazine Interview
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Sheffield and Nylon TV. Behind the Scenes of What We do is Secret
Interview with Rodger Grossman
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Social Media/ Press:
Facebook
Reviews:
Baird, Justin. “ What We Do Is Secret.” Not For The Cool Kids, January 2012. Web. 31, May 2012. Link
Burr, Ty. “ The Germs and Punk Anarchy in the USA.” Boston.Com August 22, 2008. Web. 31, May 2012.Link
Campos, Eric. “ What We Do Is Secret.” Film Threat, August 22, 2008. Web. 31, May 2012. Link
Catsoulis, Jeanette. “ In Search of Posthumous Adulation.” The New York Times, August 7, 2008.Link
Cooper, Chris.” What We Do is Secret and Bronson 2 Amazing Biopics! The Small Town Critic, June 17, 2009. Web. 28, May 2012. Link
Emerson, Jim. “ What We Do Is Secret.” Chicago Sun Times, August 14, 2008. Link
Gallo, Phil. “ What We Do Is Secret.” Variety, July 25, 2007. Web. 31, May 2012. Link
Kempler, David. “ What We Do Is Secret.” Big Picture Big Sound,August 7, 2008. Web. 31, May 2012.Link
Morton, Dan. “ What We Do Is Secret.: Metropolis, December 3, 2009. Web. 31, May 2012.Link
Ordona, Michael. “ The Many Sides of Darby Crash.” Los Angeles Times, August 22, 2008. Link
Thompson, Elise. “What We Do is Secret.” The Laist, June 6, 2007. Web. 27, June 2012. Link
Wiegand, David. “ Movie Review: Germ’s ‘Toxic’ Secret.” San Francisco Chronicle August 29, 2008.Link
Yost, Jonathan. “ What We Do Is Secret.” Racket, August, 5 2010. Web. 31, May 2012 .Link
Articles:
Fredrick, Brittany. “ The Television Balcony- What We Do is Secret.” Digitial Air Wave, October 2, 2010. Web. 27, June 2012. Link
“Filming Completed on Germs Biopic.” Billboard 2012. Web. 27, June 2012. Link
Harrington, Richard. “ A Punk Legacy Takes a New Form.” Washington Post, August 4, 2006.Link
“HFO Features.” Hollywood Film Office, 2008. Web. 27, June 2012. Link
Payne, John. “Crash Landing: What We Do Is Secret.” Los Angeles Weekly, August 20, 2008.LA Weekly
“Filming Completed on Germs Biopic.” Billboard 2012. Web. 27, June 2012. Link
Snaith, Simone. “’What We Do Is Secret’ At the Nuart 8/22.” The Laist, August 6, 2008. Web. 28, June 2012.Link
