Scott Elrod as detective Matt Fairchild in "Death and Cremation"



"Their lives begin when yours ends"


Matt Fairchild (Scott Elrod) is a product of his environment.

He lives by simple everyday American ideals and ultimately is wrapped up in his police work. He hopes to someday crack the biggest case his small town will ever see. Stan and Jarod might just be that opportunity.


 “Death and Cremation,” has been accepted in the Feature Film Category to screen at the 2010 Bel-Air Film Festival. The film will be screened on Tuesday, 10/19/10, at the UCLA James Bridges Theater at 6:00pm.





“Death and Cremation,” has been accepted to play at "Screamfest 10 - Horror Film Festival" on Sunday, 10/10/10, at the Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood at 2:30pm.



Summary:

In Crest Point, people go about their day-to-day lives with no sense of urgency and standard stereotypes abound. There’s the high school bully with the popular girlfriend. The single mother raising her son after her husband has died. The detective who’s never cracked a bigcase. Then there’s Stan (Brad Dourif), a single 59 year old recluse who contributes to society by offering cremation services from the basement of his funeral home. Jarod Leary (Jeremy Sumpter), a bullied and fatherless 17-year-old high school outcast doesn’t even try to fit in with his high school peers. Dressed in black, with his hair and fingernails matching his wardrobe, Jarod draws attention to himself but not in a good way. He’s constantly picked on by resident jock David Valentine (Blake Hood) and doesn’t seem

to have much luck with the ladies either. Many decide he’s a freak including cool girls Lindsey Weaver (Kate Maher) and Courtney Taylor (Madison Eginton), and although Courtney doesn’t mind him, Lindsey has other plans.


In addition to troubles at school, home life for Jarod isn’t much better. Living out of a trailer, Jarod has to put up with nagging from his mother, Martha Leary (Debbon Ayer), and her budding romance with self-righteous immigration attorney Rick Waters (Sam Ingraffia). Sickof the badgering, Jarod finds after-school work as an apprentice at Stan’s cremation house. The two quickly develop a quirky working relationship and soon Jarod starts to see Stan as afather figure.


Not long after Jarod begins working at the cremation house people start to go missing, including Lindsey Weaver. Her parents Bill (Daniel Baldwin) and Becky Weaver (Staci Keanan) tell suburban detective Matt Fairchild (Scott Elrod) about their recent family visit to a cremation house, and all trails lead to Stan.


Rick begins to apply pressure on Jarod to accept him as Martha’s boyfriend just as Jarod gets acclimated to life at the cremation home. When Jarod rejects a summer trip to Alabama witnessing Rick shows his ugly side. Detective Fairchild, meanwhile, steps up his investigation as more bodies amass. It’s then that Stan must decide if protecting his newfound trainee is worth killing for.


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Release Date: June, 2010.


Blog from director/writer Justin Steel and writer Alecc Bracero on everything "Death and Cremation"


Premiere "Death and Cremation" starring Brad Dourif,

Jeremy Sumpter, Scott Elrod & Daniel Baldwin on

Thursday, August 26th, 2010, Fox Studios LA

Footage of the Red Carpet and interviews with director

Justin Steele and the cast of "Death and Cremation".

Carly Craig (Matt Fairchild's wife Shelly) on kissing Scott Elrod.

Includes the same interview with Scott as above.

Justin Steele (director and writer) and Alecc Bracero

(writer) at the Bel Air Film Festival. October 19, 2010.

Liliana Colombo designed and animated the Ending Titles

for "Death and Cremation"Comic Pages done by

Eshwin Dhir.


Alecc Bracero: 

On June 28th 2010, we're going to have our first screening of the film in Downtown L.A.

The theater is called Downtown Independant. We're going to invite as many distribution companies as possible to hopefully get a deal soon! This screening will also be for cast, crew, and anyone else we can fit into the theater!


Official website "Death and Cremation"

Directed by:


Justin Steele





Writing credits:

Alecc Bracero

written by

Justin Steele

written by


Artwork of "Death and Cremation" courtesy of artist Eshwin Dhir


Production Illustrations of "Death and Cremation" courtesy of artist Eshwin Dhir


Movie tidbit:

Two of the most challenging days were climatic scene 100 where Det. Fairchild corners Stan and Jarod,

and shooting Stan’s car in the hills above Malibu.




Cast:


Brad Dourif

Stan

Jeremy Sumpter

Jarod Leary

Scott Elrod

Matt Fairchild

Debbon Ayer

Martha Leary

Sam Ingraffia

Rick Waters

Daniel Baldwin

Bill Weaver

Staci Keanan

Becky Weaver

Kate Maher

Lindsey Weaver

Carly Craig

Shelly Fairchild

Blake Hood

David

Madison Eginton

Courtney

Kevin Elms

Ryan

Karen Steele

Maria

Tyson Turrou

Peter Waters

Celine Lozier

Jenny Fairchild

Vanessa Vander Pluym

Mary Gold

Odessa Cleveland

Mrs. Jenkins

Joanna Webb

Katherine

Daniel Aldema

Jackson

James Cooney

Larry

Evan O'Connor

Young Stan

Craig Potter

Vice Principal

Jody Haralson

Trailer Park Drunk

Darryll Scott

David's Friend

Owen Stanley

Policeman

Joanna Shelmidine

Soccer Mom

Charlie Campbell

Child in Deli

Tammy Gamble

Mother in Deli

Brooke Lenzi

Phone Attendant (voice)


Some Information courtesy of The Internet Movie Database