Wholesale Souls Inc.

Wholesale Souls Inc.

Wholesale Souls Inc. Poster
Directed by Andrew Gingerich
Written by Andrew Gingerich
Starring Gregory Ley
Stan Mcreynolds
Evan Riffe
Parker Cagle-Smith
Arin Baun
Erin Ray
Micah Buchele-Collins
Music by Kabir Vermouth
Parker Cagle-Smith
Edited by Andrew Gingerich
Parker Cagle-Smith
Distributed by Exploding Goldfish Films
Release dates
 May 31, 2006
Running time
 78 min.
Language English
Budget $5,000

Wholesale Souls Inc. is an independent film written and directed by Andrew Gingerich. The film is the first work of Gingerich and was filmed, cast, and funded primarily through his friends and family. All the scenes were filmed on location in Fort Collins, Colorado. The script had been a long running project for Gingerich and was used for his Capstone Experience, a school-based program that sponsors personal projects and gives recognition of such projects for use on resumes and applications.

Gingerich began the script after an alumnus at his high school committed suicide. This brought the proposed idea of life shattering events are not even noticed by the rest of the world. While such events may change the lives of a few, the world keeps turning.

Shooting of the film took nearly a year, also mixed with varying lengths of editing. The script was subject to many changes before the movies completion. Such changes involved adding additional focus to characters such as Elephant A. Antibody, and the necessary shifting of several characters depending on their availability. It was first publicly shown at Poudre High School on May 31, 2006. This was an incomplete version, lacking several minor shots such as computer screens and documents. A completed and cleaned version was shown at a cast party, during which the commentary track was recorded. The release of the DVD was greatly delayed due to Gingerich's (along with much of the crew's) work on the short (20+ minutes) Terminal Philosophy.

Upcoming

Upcoming projects of Gingerich and the rest of the crew:

Terminal Philosophy A film worked on by much of the cast, written and directed by Parker Cagle-Smith and Andrew Gingerich

Cast

Crew

Additional studio space, equipment and encouragement provided by PSD Channel 10

SPECIAL THANKS:
David & Norma Gingerich
Dwayne & Gladys Nelson

PSD Channel 10: Warren Berman, Herb Saperstone, Jason Unruh

Poudre High School: Sandra Lundt, Sally Doyle, Dulcie Willis, Timothy Lenczycki, Jack Lundt, Darren Marshall, Isabel Thacker

Cinema Club at PHS: Sean Cummings, Vynni Gagnepain

LOCATIONS FURNISHED BY:
Dwayne & Gladys Nelson
David & Norma Gingerich
Poudre High School
PSD Channel 10
Jeff & Kristy Ray, Ray Physical Therapy
Andrew Jackson Reynolds & Dawn Skinner
Jeanne Shoaff, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art

ADDITIONAL THANKS:
The Twarogowskis, for their fantastic dummy
University of California, Santa Barbara Library
Apple Computer
B&H Photo/Video
Stevie Wonder
Ray Charles
God
Friedrich Nietzsche
Andy Ihnatko

Plot summary

A company known as Wholesale Souls Inc. is buying and selling human souls. A group of teens find out about this company and a boy by the name of James Young decides to sell his soul on the internet. The soul is shortly thereafter purchased by Stan L. McReynolds, the CEO of Wholesale Souls Inc.

Before long, James descends in to paranoia. James goes to Wholesale Souls with the hope of buying back his soul. Stan refuses and explains that souls do not exist in the eyes of the law, so there is nothing James can demand the return of. He begins to lose control of his life after his close friend Warren dies in a car accident. James feels that he is responsible for the death of Warren and the guilt destroys him. In the end, James kills himself.

DVD

The DVD was released on March 8, 2007. It is a two disc set which includes multiple commentary tracks, three documentaries regarding the films production, and other extras.

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