Vic (film)

Vic is a 2006 American short film drama. It is the directorial debut of Sage Stallone.^[1] The film stars Clu Gulager, Tom Gulager and Miriam Byrd-Nethery with cameos by Carol Lynley,^[2] John LaZar, and John Phillip Law. Stallone won the 2006 Boston Film Festival “Best New Filmmaker” award for the film.^[1][3] The film had its world premiere at the 2006 Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, where the cast and filmmakers were in attendance.^[4][5][6]

Vic
Directed by	Sage Stallone
Screenplay by	Will Huston
Story by	Sage Stallone
Produced by	Sage Stallone Will Huston Diana Thomas
Starring	Clu Gulager Carol Lynley John Phillip Law Gregory Sierra Robert F. Lyons Peter Mark Richman
Cinematography	John Gulager
Edited by	John Gulager Bob Murawski Paul Hart
Music by	Franco Micalizzi
Production company	Moonblood Pictures
Distributed by	Grindhouse Releasing
Release date	January 1, 2006 (2006-01-01)
Running time	30 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Premise

Clu Gulager plays a "down-on-his-luck" actor who gets a mysterious phone call. Haunted by memories of his former glory days, Vic struggles for a Hollywood comeback.

Cast

• Clu Gulager as Vic Reeves
• Miriam Byrd-Nethery as Mary Kay
• Carol Lynley as Carrie Lee
• Gregory Sierra as Charlie
• John Phillip Law as John Shelbourne
• John LaZar as Ron Barzel
• Diane Ayala Goldner as Cashier
• Peter Mark Richman as Paul Marcus
• Richard Herd as Richard Hanson
• Sage Stallone as Doc
• Robert Jayne as Vic's driver
• Robert F. Lyons as Skip Hurtado

Production

The film was shot on location in Los Angeles, California. Cinematographer John Gulager, best known for being a participant in Project Greenlight and the director of the Feast films, used a 35mm Panavision camera and lenses shooting in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio. The 35 mm film was processed at Technicolor lab in Hollywood. The film's score was composed by Franco Micalizzi, famous for some of Italian cinema's most memorable scores of the 1970s and 1980s.^[7]