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THE PROJECT

Fruitcake is a 10-episode comedy miniseries, set during Christmastime, about a college guy with commitment issues.  One night he has too much to drink, and decides to end the suspense by mailing his girlfriend an engagement ring - in a box of fruitcake.  When he wakes up and realizes what happened, he rushes over to explain, but his girlfriend acts like nothing’s wrong.  Since nobody actually eats fruitcake, she had cheerfully re-gifted the box without even opening it.  Which is which is exactly what the next person to receive the fruitcake does.  And the person after that . . .

Fruitcake revolves around our hero's wild goose chase as he desperately tries to catch up with the fruitcake, and its precious cargo--which he absolutely must do before Christmas comes and someone is finally to open the box. 

Also, there are secret agents, a charitable foundation for “Helping Introverts Extrovert,” and a creepy lawn ornament.

THE TEAM

Here at Mirandum Pictures, we've been operating in the Washington DC area for 6 years now, producing numerous creative projects, including one feature film and numerous short films.  For this project, we've got a fantastic (and huge) veteran cast, headed up by Joseph Powell and Samuel Phillips, both of whom have done great work for us in the past, and a hilarious, fast-paced script by Mike Powell.  Principal shooting will be helmed by Colin Mason, who, in addition to shooting most of our films to date, is an international documentary filmmaker and still photographer.


WHY WE NEED MONEY

Like many independent filmmakers, we all pitch in for free because we can't wait to see the final product, but we still need a little money to upgrade some equiptment, rent locations, and buy several fruitcakes.  We're used to making the money stretch (we made our last feature film for around $10,000) so we can produce the pilot episode for only $1950.  Hence, our official Kickstarter goal.

BUT we will ultimately need around $8500 to do the whole ten episode series, so the more we can raise on Kickstarter, the closer we will be to our ultimate goal.

FIND OUT MORE

The series is set to air starting October 19th.  You can get more info on www.fruitcakeshow.com.  Be sure to check us out on Twitter or Facebook for updates!  And of course, remember to take a look at our other work on www.mirandumpictures.com

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This project successfully raised its funding goal on August 17, 2011.

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Limited edition 11''x17'' Fruitcake poster, signed by the cast and director.

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Signed DVD of Fruitcake: The Complete First Season, and all preceding rewards.

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NEVER BEFORE RELEASED: Digital download of the original motion picture soundtrack for Mirandum Pictures' feature film, "Chorus," and all preceding rewards.

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DVD of Mirandum Pictures' Short Films (Vol I), and all preceding rewards.

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Executive Producer credit on one of the episodes, as well as all preceding rewards.

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Specially customized 2-minute public thank-you video, as well as all preceding rewards.

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We're an independent company specializing in productions for fellow artists and for non-profit enterprises, but our first and best passion is for original narrative movie-making.

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