The Story

Clark is a powerful and poignant story of a young boy growing up in 1952 who has a strong loving bond with his mother, but must find a way to survive an abusive father.  To escape reality, he is drawn further into his own world of believing he can be Superman.  Follow his journey to present day as a man who must find himself and his place in the world.

Poster created by Pete Wesenberg

Press release by Randy Molnar

Footage digitized.

The footage (all eight tapes and  six hours worth) is officially digitized and being moved to the hard drive. Next step, my editor begins synching sound to the footage.

Production

The production days for Clark were December 20th and 21st and January 3rd and 4th. We were very lucky, despite a couple of issues, to run on schedule. The film is now in post production with my editor Max Miller. I will post the progress here....stay tuned.

The Cast

          

Garrett Boyle as "Young Clark"

 

John Kyle as "Clark"

Doc Kirby as "Cleat"

Melissa Gruver as "Faith"

Producers

Producers Melissa Gruver and Randy Molnar

I don't know who I met first, it doesn't matter. They are quite a team capable of multi tasking and making productions a very smooth process. I met Randy as an actor on a NYU film.  We became friends and we've worked on several projects together.  

1st AD

1st AD 

Nathan McMahan

Nathan and I met years ago as actors on a short film. I've worked with him as an actor on pro shoots when he was 1st AD. When it came time to look for a  1st he was my first choice. 

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Jose Cassella

Jose cast me as "Mr. Hand" in a feature film called Delivery. He's DP'd several features that I've been cast in and his work is outstanding. 

He brings a lot to the table with his work in Clark.

Audio

Sound Mixer

Pete Wesenberg

I met Pete when we were instructors at Full Sail. He's been sound mixer on several films that I've worked on. He started his own company with John "Claudio" called 45 audio. I had a headset as director and for the first time heard the "chatter" that goes on between Pete and John. I am forever changed.

John Statzell

Boom operator

John and I met years ago at Full Sail when I first started working on Full Sail films. He was actually one of my first acting students. Great guy.

Gaffer

Gaffer

Brandon Nevius or "Sideshow." 

I met Brandon as a student at Full Sail. He has boundless energy and I rarely see him complain. He's always working and comes to the set full throttle. 

Thank you

Cast and Crew

Written and Directed by

Kevin J. O’Neill

 

Produced by

Randy Molnar and Melissa Gruver

 

Director of Photography

Jose Zambrano Cassella

 

Cast

 

Young Clark                                              Garrett Boyle

Adult Clark                                                John Kyle

Faith                                                           Melissa Gruver

Cleat                                                            Doc Kirby

Detective Landon                                    Kevin J. O’Neill

Theatre Lady                                            Annie Kidwell

Tommy                                                       Jarrett Brunk

Susie                                                           Amanda McRae

Lenny                                                         Joel Spector

Barber                                                        Phil Boyle

Book Store Clerk                                     Nils Taranger II

Dog                                                            Spencer

Thugs                                                        Patrick Mulroney

                                                                    Clint Betzel

                                                                    Michael S. Kirby

                                                                    Dennis Kirby

Sidewalk  Bum                                        Randy Molnar

 

 

1^st Assistant Director                           Nathan McMahan

1^st AC                                                        Andy Patania

Gaffer                                                        Brandon Nevius

Sound Mixer                                           Pete Wesenberg

Boom Operator                                      John Statzell

Art Director                                            Bobby Monahan

Key Makeup/Special Effects Makeup  Maria Gallagher

Wardrobe Supervisor                           Carolann Voltarel

Script Supervisor                                    Amanda Weekley

Best Boy                                                    Bryan P. Jones

Key Grip                                                    Lani Wasserman

                                                    Brady Kimball

Electrician/Special Effects                  Jeffrey Moll

Grip                                                           Christian Kyle

Dolly Grip                                                Brandon Nevius

Catering/Craft Services                        Nils Taranger II

Audio Utility                                            Dan Williams

Assistant Art Director                           Clare Forsthoefel

Still Photography                                    Pete Wesenberg

                                                                      Bobby Monahan

                                                                      Al Hubbs

Behind the scenes footage                     Randy Molnar

Animal Trainer                                        Therese Dickinson

                                                                      Dogs-Unlimited

Editor       Max Miller

Post Visual Effects                                   Kenny Pederson