YOUTHANASIA (The Movie)

.."Youthanasia" is a true independant film DIY style. With no budget, The Runnels Brothers managed to finish a film that was shot on Super-16 ( to HD ) whith locations that include Northern California, Santa Barbara and several locations in Baja Mexico. The movie was lensed by the rebellious Barry Stone C.S.C. (Dream With The Fishes, Cherish,Triggerman,Paris France) who donated both his time and equipment to the project. Written and directed by Greg Runnels and Mark Runnels. Mark and Greg are Bay Area natives who spent eleven years in Los Angeles producing plays, shooting shorts and working on other indie pics in L.A. and S.F.STORY. On the day of his release from C.Y.A., 21 year old Tommy gets integrated back into society. One by one he reunites with the friends he has not seen in three years. As he recounts the events leading up to his violent crime, he is forced to fully deal with the gravity and consequences of his actions.CAST. The film stars Justin Zachary and Shannon Lucio. Justin was discovered in Los Angeles portraying Mark Renton in the West Coast premiere of "Trainspotting", which earned him a best actor nomination for the Los Angeles Drama Critics, losing out to Alfred Molina. Justin was also voted New Discovery of 2002 by Entertainment Today magazine. He can be seen in the films "Harry and Max", "Little Athens", and "Race You To The Bottom", to be released in theatres March 30, '07, nationwide. Shannon Lucio stars in the film "Graduation" and "The Feast of Love", with Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear. "Feast of Love" will be in theatres in the fall of '07. Her television credits include "ER", "NYPD Blue", "The Division", "CSI: Miami", "Spring Break Shark Atttack" and "The O.C."DVD RELEASE"Youthanasia" was recently acquired by York Entertainment and will be availabe on DVD in the fall of 2007.