Nic Beery's video: HarpoonLand

Beery Films & Class Clown Pictures are proud to announce the global release their new short film, HarpoonLand. Our story takes place during the summer of 2020, where we meet four friends that work at HarpoonLand - a local water park - as costume characters. During their weekly video chat, the three younger performers have fun yanking the chain of the much older performer, who has been at the theme park so long no one knows his real name - to them, he’s just, “Bert the Tuna”. But who will get the last laugh? Take a much needed 13 minute escape and find out: Join HarpoonLand's virtual backstage world, and "Come Catch Sumthin'!" HarpoonLand is free to watch. Backstory: In the summers of 1981 and 1982, Greg Dorchak (Bert the Tuna, co-writer) and Nic Beery (Director, co-writer) worked as costume characters at Busch Gardens, The Olde Country in Williamsburg, VA. Still friends - and both filmmakers - all these years later, they mined their teenage summer adventures for fodder. Also featuring other Busch Gardens alum Le Ann Etheridge and Michael Webb (Good time country band members), who wrote and performed the closing credit music, HarpoonLand is full of love for those days of long ago. Cast includes Jill Cromwell (Kelly), Jessica Flemming (Maya) and Presyce Baez (Pre). Cameo by Carmen Zayas (Jessie) and Narration by Michael Luce (SiriusXM, WAGE-AM 1200 alum with Nic) Additional music by Joe Rogers (original member of the underground Teen punk band, The Zits, which is presently experiencing a vinyl resurgence and worldwide popularity), Grahame Davies (Nat Geo Channel, The Crowd Scene, who’s perfectly crafted albums span 30 tantalizing years) and Doug Largent (Who, with his Organ Trio, has conquered every posh performance space on the east coast). HarpoonLand was made using Covid-19 safety protocols established by the Association for Independent Producers. Filmed in Hillsborough, NC and Austin, TX. Music produced in Atlanta, GA, Washington, DC, and Carrboro, NC. Beyond our passion for indie filmmaking and staying creative during this time, our goal is simple, to bring a laugh to you, when we all could use one. Enjoy HarpoonLand and feel free to share on all social media platforms. Grab a Slim Jim, Twizzler or Red Bull, dim the lights to movie theater mode, and take a trip to HarpoonLand! You’ll have a whale of a time! Useful links. www.beerymedia.com, www.classclownpictures.com, www.crowdscene.bandcamp.com, www.douglargent.com, zitmusic.bandcamp.com, www.aicp.com/assets/editor/AICP_COVID-19_Guidance_for_Production_V5_6_01_20.pdf