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United States of AmericaThe use of a secret room for the torture of political prisoners goes awry.
SynopsisAfter 911, a revamped patriot act authorizes the use of ROOM 13, a holding cell for terrorists. Things go awry when the definition of terrorist is expanded to fit governmental whims.
Director's StatementWilliam Lee is an independent filmmaker in Columbus, Ohio. He has translated his feelings about 9/11 into a screenplay and feature film: “ROOM 13: THE TERRORIST PROJECT”. The plot centers around a hypothetical government program intended to drastically handle terrorism. The results are anything but politically correct. The main character, Vincent Kamiglia, is a lone agent in the mold of Vic Mackey who has the task of directly dealing with terrorist agents. Things go out of control as Kamiglia becomes obsessed and starts to eliminate anyone he considers being evil, or just in his way. The dialogue is of the movie is gritty and runs the course of the post-9/11 debate. The reasons for and against dealing with terrorists are all voiced at one point or another, and that is just fine with the director. “Sometimes, we shouldn’t lead the audience to reach a conclusion we would like them to have,” says Lee. “Moviegoers are pretty smart and they can reach their own conclusions. We, as filmmakers don’t need to spoon-feed them.”
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Directed by
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Written by
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Paula Lee -
Produced by
William Lee
Brian Campell
Harlow Keith - Room 13: The Terrorist Project Website
Written by: William Lee
Paula Lee
Produced by: William Lee
Brian Campell
Harlow Keith
Cast
Branch Manager: Brian CampbellBird Lady: Kate Secor
Shelley: Harlow Keith
JFK: Dan Welsh
Hamster #1: william lee
Hamster #2: kathe mcandrews
Screaming Girl: mike ash
Hard Bloke: lisa baldwin
Really Scary Giant Zombie Rabbit: jay patel, jr.
Scariest Giant Zombie Rabbit: sylvester person
Very Scary Zombie Rabbit: becky joffee
Another Really Scary Zombie Rabbit: jason jahn
Charlotte Harvest: jason dominguez
Matt Harvest: marlon richards
Laura Dunn: dan buckley
Danny Kane: bart clemmer
Lincoln Kane: korina ianniello
Patricia Cake: jim crumby
Todd Smite: john woodruff
Aminah: carol stratton
Imam: bob maines
Relative: john stubins
Supervisor: stephanie robinson
Betania: jason hurst
Daniela: susan martin
Valentina: jeb phillips
Elyse: patrick lewis
Nero: mark sloanes
Aquila: brenda sloanes
Crew
: darin waugh: monte stratton
: isaac barton
: tom nichols
: Justin Durban
It started out as an independent film on post 9/11 terrorism and not much more than that. Filming in all kinds of weather, the cast and crew wrapped things up in April 2004. It was when the cameras stopped rolling that events made “ROOM 13: THE TERRORIST PROJECT” more interesting. Prison interrogation scenes, intended to be fictional, were filmed several weeks before the Abu Gharib scandal went public. In June, the Federal Bureau of Investigations announced they had apprehended a man who was plotting to bomb a shopping mall in Columbus, Ohio. “ROOM 13: THE TERRORIST PROJECT” was shot entirely in Columbus and within a few miles of retail centers that were probably on the list of targets. The admission by the government that it has several ROOM 13's around the world made it abundantly clear that “ROOM 13: THE TERRORIST PROJECT” has gone from being a futuristic work of cinematic fiction to a predictor of what is to come.
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Director
William Lee
