John Candy, Chris Farley, Jackie Chan, Bill Murray, Emily Watson, Richard Pryor + Gene Wilder, Mel Brooks, Bridgette Fonda, Cate Blanchette, David Simon, Tom Fontana, Morgan Freeman, Jet Li, Damon Wayans, Rod Serling, Godfrey Cambridge.
Directors
Barry Levinson, John Waters, Alexander Payne, Jim Jarmusch, Martin Scorsese, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino, Gordon Parks, Steven Spielberg, Mike Binder, Robert Redford, Melvin Van Peebles, Ron Howard, Kevin Smith, Lee Bonner, Stephen J. Abramson.
Awards
1st prize winner Comedy Category, Mid Atlantic Film Festival 2006; Rosebud nomination 2006.
Festivals
Kevin Smith's Movies Askew 2005, 48 hour Film Project 2005, Mid Atlantic Film Festival 2006, Rosebud Film & Video Festival 2006.
Professional Affiliations
SAG + AFTRA
Lost in Transportation's Interests
General
babes n beer. vice versa.
Music
Shania Twain, David Bowie, Benny Benassi, Blondie, Marvin Gaye, Pat Benatar, The Cars, Mitsou, Dwight Yoakam, Willie Nelson, Melissa Ethridge, The Statler Brothers, Curtis Mayfield, Fictioneering, Jeff Stroud, Robert Hansard.
Movies
Planes Trains and Automobiles, About Schmidt, The Gumball Rally, Two Lane Blacktop, Vanishing Point, The Hired Hand, Shaft (Richard Roundtree version), Super Fly, Lost in Translation, Lost in Transportation, Watermelon Man.
Television
Homicide: Life On The Street, The Wire, Entourage, The Sopranos, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Then Came Bronson, Route 66, the Buddy Dean Show, Lorenzo, Bozo The Clown.
Books
Sports Illustrated swimsuit calendar (book version), Sears and Victoria's Secret catalogs, Alice In Wonderland.
Heroes
Jesus. Litton and Caroline Hansard, Anne Beatts, Steve Jobs, Cal Ripken, Sandy Koufax, Rod Serling.
Lost in Transportation is a short film about Fred and Joe, two shlubs with lots of baggage. Toiling in the lost luggage claims department of BWI International Airport is not as glamorous as it might sound. Supervisor Fred dispatches lackey Joe Schlepp to return the misplaced bags, and disgruntled passengers always seem to hold Schlepp personally responsible for losing their gear. Slogging through another terminal day at the airport, a chance encounter with B-List beauty queen Miss Randallstown puts Joe on cloud 9. But life back on the road takes its toll as Schlepp faces verbal slings, slammed doors, and delivery drudgery at every turn. Questioning his ability to carry on, a mental tailspin seems imminent, but an epiphany from the Goddess of Lost Luggage propels Joe Schlepp toward a surprise destination.
Originally created in 1999 as a full length feature project, Lost in Transportion was abandoned when financing for the film could not be procured. The vehicle lay dormant over five years before its resurrection (in no budget truncated form) as a Baltimore 48 Hour Film Project in June 2005. The extended Directors Cut version of L.I.T. was showcased in Kevin Smith's Movies Askew Short Film Festival 2005. It later won the 2006 First Place Comedy Category Prize at The Mid Atlantic Film Festival and received a 2006 Rosebud Film & Video Festival nomination.
Trailer looks great Joe. I'm living in Baltimore now BTW. I hope we might be able to cross paths soon and catch up with one another. Hope you are well.
hey did you find the anwsers to the unimaginable questions yet or were you to busy drankin....drankin...? Whats going on man? We'll try to get your dvd copy soon. Hope all is well
Rob
