It's a Disaster
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| Directed by | Todd Berger |
| Produced by | Kevin M. Brennan Jeff Grace Gordon Buelonic Datari Turner |
| Written by | Todd Berger |
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Rachel Boston Kevin M. Brennan David Cross America Ferrera Jeff Grace Erinn Hayes Blaise Miller Julia Stiles |
| Music by | Chris Martins |
| Cinematography | Nancy Schreiber, ASC |
| Edited by | Franklin Peterson |
| Distributed by | Oscilloscope Laboratories |
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $60,818 |
It's a Disaster is a 2012 American art-house black comedy film written and directed by Todd Berger. The film was made by Los Angeles-based comedy group The Vacationeers and stars Rachel Boston, David Cross, America Ferrera, Jeff Grace, Erinn Hayes, Kevin M. Brennan, Blaise Miller, Julia Stiles, and Todd Berger. The film premiered on June 20, 2012, at the Los Angeles Film Festival.It's a Disaster was commercially released in US theaters by Oscilloscope Laboratories, which acquired the US distribution rights to the film, on April 12, 2013.
Four couples gather for a regular brunch which, over the years, has devolved into a gathering fraught with tension and awkwardness. One guest (Glenn) is meeting the others for the first time, on his third date with Tracey, the notoriously picky doctor in the group. As they settle into the afternoon (awaiting an "always late" fifth couple, Jenny and Gordon), they get to know the new member of the group and catch up on old times. When the men excuse themselves to watch football, they discover the TV, Internet and landline phones are down. When the host, Pete, accuses his wife Emma of not paying the bills, their upcoming divorce is revealed to the guests.
After a neighbor, Hal, appears in a hazardous materials suit with news of dirty bombs exploding in major U.S. cities, including one 12 miles downtown from them, the couples begin to accept that a disaster has occurred. They split up to search the house for emergency supplies and air seal it with duct tape. Throughout the hunt, revelations of affairs between both hosts and two guests, Buck and Lexi are made, as are rejected sexual advances by the swinger couple toward the nervous newcomer.
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