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In 2003, David Brind and Adam Salky were classmates in the
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campaign for a sequel to the original short film, with
Cassidy and Fleming reprising their roles. Launching the campaign in August, asking for $ 30,000, by September the film had been backed by over 200 backers and resulted in a total funding of approximately $ 32,000. Filming began on December 22,
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and based on their short film of the same title, stakes out familiar territory and, true to its name, strikes out in some risky new directions. This high school semi-romance, which blends comic and tearful moods, is at once more provocative and more contemplative than most of its big-screen
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by movie critic Rafer Guzman. He wrote, "This little-seen movie stars Ashley
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out of his comfort zone to take on David's story of two very different high school boys who come unexpectedly together one night in a confluence of champagne, a swimming pool and adolescent bravado. The short film starred
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four stars, writing, "What might otherwise be an exercise in ordinary adolescent stories turns powerfully intimate through the wonderful performances that Salky coaxes out from the cast."
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