Why it may be worth watching
- The Surface combines Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Harry Hains, Nicholas McDonald, Michael Redford.
Movie
Evan, an orphaned 22-year-old who grew up in the foster care system, buys a vintage 8mm camera in a yard sale from an elderly man, ends up with reels of the man's old home movies, and begins to live vicariously through these home movies.
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Harry HainsEvan Jones
Nicholas McDonaldChris Stentz
Michael RedfordPeter Berg
Kyle Patrick DarlingJustin Fishman
Samantha BowlingMichelle
Jinny ChungAmy Chen
Robert E. WeinerHarry Berg
Iva TurnerYard Sale Shopper
Koji NiiyaJohn the Bartender
Ari DavidA.J. Party Guy
Devon WalkerParty Guy
Craig WeiffenbachAngry Pool Man
Gabe WhiteYoung Peter Berg
Viewing guide
Best suited to viewers looking for Drama. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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arry Hains' portrayal of "Evan", an orphaned 22 year old is quite sensitive in this melodrama about a lad searching for a sense of identity and for family. He buys an old movie camera and some films and sets about restoring them to discover they are about the family of the man he bought it from. This triggers in him a need for a sort of emotional freedom so he splits from his long term boyfriend and takes up with the son of the man who sold him the camera. It's a good looking, if hardly ground breaking, film that tries to deal with self-appreciation and…
arry Hains' portrayal of "Evan", an orphaned 22 year old is quite sensitive in this melodrama about a lad searching for a sense of identity and for family. He buys an old movie camera and some films and sets about restoring them to discover they are about the family of the man he bought it from. This triggers in him a need for a sort of emotional freedom so he splits from his long term boyfriend and takes up with the son of the man who sold him the camera. It's a good looking, if hardly ground breaking, film that tries to deal with self-appreciation and longing; and it makes a decent fist of it.
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